Roxette

Roxette was a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (born May 30) (vocals and keyboards) and Per Gessle (born Jan 12) (vocals and guitar). They came to prominence just before 90s with "The Look" and their multi-hit album "Look Sharp!" They continued their success well into the 90s with the "Pretty Woman" ballad, "It must have been love" (UK#3) and the reissue of "Listen to your heart" (UK#) . Both songs were #1 in the States. Upon release of their third album, "Joyride", the title track was nother US #1 as well making the top 5 in the UK. Roxette scored 18 top 40 hits in the UK in the 1990s.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1990    3	It Must Have Been Love
Aug 1990    6	Listen To Your Heart / Dangerous
Oct 1990   18	Dressed For Success
Mar 1991    4	Joyride
May 1991   12	Fading Like A Flower
Sep 1991   21	The Big L
Nov 1991   22	Spending My Time
Mar 1992   21	Church Of Your Heart
Aug 1992   13	How Do You Do!
Nov 1992   28	Queen Of Rain
Jul 1993    7	Almost Unreal
Sep 1993   10	It Must Have Been Love (re-issue)
Mar 1994   14	Sleeping In My Car
Jun 1994   26	Crash! Boom! Bang!
Sep 1994   30	Fireworks
Dec 1994   27	Run To You
Nov 1995   28	The Look (remix)
Mar 1999   11	Wish I Could Fly

What happened next?
Roxette continued to release singles and albums throughout the 2000s and 2010s where they remained successful in their native Sweden. Roxette stopping recording new material and limited touring in 2016 cancelling their European tour, mostly due Freriksson's health.
Marie Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 61, following a long battle with a brain tumour. The day of her death, the music video for "It Must Have Been Love", posted on Roxette's official YouTube channel, had reached over 430 million views. Paying tribute to Fredriksson after her death, Gessle said she was "an outstanding musician, a master of the voice, an amazing performer." An album of previously unreleased outtakes, Bag of Trix, will be issued in December 2020. An outtake from the Good Karma sessions, "Let Your Heart Dance with Me" was released on 2 October. It was one of the final songs Fredriksson recorded before her death.