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The Olsen Brothers' first album came out in 1972. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public To date they have released 12 albums.
Their big hit singles include "Angelina" (1972), "Julie" (1977), "San Francisco" (1978), "Dans Dans Dans" (1979), "Marie, Marie" (1982) and "Neon Madonna" (1985).
After having won the annual Danish Melodi Grand Prix song competition in 2000 in Copenhagen they went on to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm, where they stormed to a landslide victory with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" (translated from the Danish Smuk som et Stjerneskud (literally translated, "Beautiful as a Shooting Star"). The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 13, 2000 in the Globen Arena in Stockholm Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the At one stage, they sold 100,000 copies in one day, in Denmark.
They opened the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen with a short reprise of their winning song from the previous year, followed by a full performance of their new release "Walk Right Back". The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 12, 2001 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen
In 2005 for the first time since their victory, they re-entered the Danish Melodi Grand Prix, the national pre-selection for the Eurovision contest, with the song "Little Yellow Radio". It was widely reported that they hoped to repeat their triumph; however this time they had to settle for second place, finishing behind Jakob Sveistrup, a student teacher from Odense and former finalist on Danish television's talent competition Stjerne for en aften ("Star for a Night"). Jakob Sveistrup (born March 8, 1972) is a Danish Singer. He entered the Danish music scene in 2003 as a competetitor in the Danish The city of Odense (Danish ˈoð̞ˀn̩sə) is the fourth largest city in Denmark.
Their song Fly on the Wings of Love was nominated as one of the 14 finalists for the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, at which they also performed.
Discography
- Olsen (1972)
- For What We Are (1973)
- For the Children of the World (1973)
- Back on the Tracks (1976)
- You're the One (1977)
- San Francisco (1978)
- Dans - Dans - Dans (1979)
- Rockstalgi (1987)
- Det Stille Ocean (1990)
- Greatest and Latest (1994)
- Angelina (1999)
- Fly on the Wings of Love (2000)
- Neon Madonna (2001)
- Walk Right Back (2001)
- Songs (2002)
- Weil Nur Die Liebe Zählt (2003)
- More Songs (2003)
- Our New Songs (2005)
| Preceded by Charlotte Nilsson |
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 |
Succeeded by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL |
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