Meja (album)
Appearance
Meja | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Douglas Carr, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Anders Bagge, Slick, Per Adebratt, Tommy Ekman | |||
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Singles from Meja | ||||
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Meja is the self-titled debut studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Meja, released in 1996[1] by Epic Records. After being part of dance group Legacy of Sound since 1993, Meja met Lasse Karlsson, then-manager of Ace of Base, who introduced her to songwriter Douglas Carr, who went on to produce the album.[2][3] Meja was a relative failure commercially in Sweden—only charting at number 29—but was a huge success in the Japanese market where it sold 600,000 copies.[4]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Welcome to the Fanclub of Love" | Douglas Carr, Janne Taneli-Juntilla, Meja | Carr | |
2. | "How Crazy Are You?" | Carr, Taneli-Juntilla | Carr | |
3. | "I Wanna Make Love" | Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Carr, Meja | Carr, Berggren | |
4. | "Invisible" | Carr, Meja | Carr | |
5. | "I Didn't Know" | Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn | Carr | |
6. | "Rainbow" | Billy Steinberg, Carr, Meja | Carr | |
7. | "My Best Friend" | Alexander Kronlund, Meja | Anders Bagge, Slick | |
8. | "Daniellas Eyes" | Kronlund, Meja | Carr | |
9. | "April Love" | Kronlund, Meja | Carr | |
10. | "It Ain't Over" | Carr, Taneli-Juntilla | Carr | |
11. | "I'm Missing You" | Per Adebratt, Tommy Ekman, Carr, Meja | Adebratt, Ekman, Carr | |
12. | "Flower Girl" | Carr | Carr |
Chart positions
[edit]Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Sweden | 29[5] |
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Sweden (GLF)[6] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
In popular culture
[edit]The song "How Crazy Are You?" was featured in the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball for the Xbox, where it plays during the opening movie.
References
[edit]- ^ "Meja". Swedish Mediadatabse. 1996. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ ”När de har fått skaka min hand börjar de gråta”
- ^ Biografi/Meja Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Duffy, Thom (14 December 1996). "Sweden: The Next Big Thing?". Billboard. 108 (50). Nielsen Business Media: 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Meja". Swedishcharts. 1996. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2019.