Make no mistake: Denmark has produced some of the finest musical acts around, albeit underrated or overpowered by gaudy pop groups and sappy ballad singers. For starters, they got the legendary drummer and co-founder of Metallica Lars Ulrich, who was one of the proponents of heavy metal’s fastest and most aggressive sub genre: thrash metal. Also, Grammy-nominated heavy metal vocalist King Diamond hailed from Denmark; from there, he concocted black metal, which is according to heavy metal filmmaker Sam Dunn is “like punk rock meets Wagner dressed as Alice Cooper.” Also, don’t forget to mention Michael Learns to Rock, a band that crooned many broken hearts worldwide with their powerful and emotional songs. However, there is only one group that actually made people dance with their easy listening tracks and catchy verses, thus conquering the entire Europe with their songs such as “Barbie Girl”, “Doctor Jones”, and “Turn Back Time”. This group is none other than Aqua.

Started as a quest of redemption from a failed project, Aqua picked up the pieces of the defunct electronic tandem of Claus Norreen and Soren Rasted, where shortly thereafter they met two other members Rene Dif and Lene Nystrom along the way. Their first single, “Roses Are Red”, became an instant hit in their country and became a platinum single within two months, paving the road for many other Euro-pop groups such as Vengaboys. This is the same fate of the poker scene in Denmark. While other Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden became big today in the international poker scene, it was Denmark which started the craze through the surge of Dane poker prodigy Gus Hansen in the 2000’s. Since then, Denmark has produced top-notch players such Theo Jorgensen and Peter Eastgate. While there may not be as many poker houses in Denmark as those in France and Germany, they have online poker sites like Partypoker to hone their poker skills and stay at the top of the game. Like Aqua, they worked their way up and finally, their long-coveted fame became at reach.

With the release of their multi-platinum hit single “Barbie Girl”, it became number one in many countries such as Australia, Germany, UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and many other European countries. Since then, their success has been unprecedented, hitting number one in many European charts and getting famous not just in Europe but in South America, Oceania, and the Philippines, as well. Aside from being chart toppers, Aqua also sparked the revival of the pop scene in Australia, and indirectly influenced the rise to fame of Australia’s famous child TV show Hi-5. While Aqua went into hiatus, the group reformed in 2009 and once again made the Danish get up on their feet and dance again.

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