Aquarium is the debut studio album by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua. The album was released in Scandinavia on March 26, 1997 and in USA on September 9, 1997. Although the group had been together for three years under their original name Joyspeed, their only release up to Aquarium was a single called "Itzy Bitsy Spider". The album is best known for including three UK number ones in "Barbie Girl", "Doctor Jones" and "Turn Back Time", the first of those being a huge hit across the globe and a platinum seller Stateside. The release of "Barbie Girl" took the four-piece group onto the A-List of European music, meaning that when the album was released a month later in November 1997 pop fans everywhere went out to buy it. The album would peak at number 6 in the UK charts. While not a million seller like "Barbie Girl", the album's second single "Doctor Jones" was released in 1998 and became a UK number one, staying at the top for two weeks in February. The third release "Turn Back Time" would give the group their third consecutive number-one single and further releases "My Oh My" and "Good Morning Sunshine" would peak at number six and number 18, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart. The album has sold 14 million copies worldwide. Aquarium is the debut studio album by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua. The album was released in Scandinavia on March 26, 1997 and in USA on September 9, 1997. Although the group had been together for three years under their original name Joyspeed, their only release up to Aquarium was a single called "Itzy Bitsy Spider". The album is best known for including three UK number ones in "Barbie Girl", "Doctor Jones" and "Turn Back Time", the first of those being a huge hit across the globe and a platinum seller Stateside. The release of "Barbie Girl" took the four-piece group onto the A-List of European music, meaning that when the album was released a month later in November 1997 pop fans everywhere went out to buy it. The album would peak at number 6 in the UK charts. While not a million seller like "Barbie Girl", the album's second single "Doctor Jones" was released in 1998 and became a UK number one, staying at the top for two weeks in February. The third release "Turn Back Time" would give the group their third consecutive number-one single and further releases "My Oh My" and "Good Morning Sunshine" would peak at number six and number 18, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart. The album has sold 14 million copies worldwide. false 2023-11-09 07:15:51 8 1997 1997-05-21 1997-05-21 47 Bubblegum Pop Dance Dance-Pop Electronic Euro House Eurodance Europop Hard House Pop Bubblegum Dance 113127 2122823 7ffac968-4c13-49ce-b53d-120ac02d1064 a1ed5e33-22ff-4e7d-a457-42f4309e135f 67d4ee24-800d-3d6b-8116-3315f3be10e2 /media/data/media2/Music/Aqua/Aquarium (1997)/folder.jpg Aqua AlbumArtist Aqua Artist Aqua Aqua 1 03:36 2 03:24 3 03:17 4 04:03 5 03:23 6 03:35 7 04:23 8 03:36 9 03:45 10 04:09 11 03:33 12 03:18 13 03:17 Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian Europop band, best known for their 1997 single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1995 in Copenhagen and achieved international success around the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band released three albums: Aquarium in 1997, Aquarius in 2000 and Megalomania in 2011. The group sold an estimated 33 million albums and singles, making them the most profitable Danish band ever. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with three of their singles. The group also caused controversy with the double entendres in their "Barbie Girl" single, with Mattel filing a lawsuit against the group. The lawsuit was finally dismissed by a judge in 2002, who ruled "The parties are advised to chill". The band's members are vocalists René Dif and Lene Nystrøm, keyboardist Søren Rasted, and guitarist Claus Norreen. During their split, Nystrøm, Dif and Rasted all achieved solo chart success, while Norreen remixed other artists' material. At a press event on October 26, 2007, the group announced a reunion tour, as well as the release of a compilation album featuring new material. Their third album, Megalomania, was released on 3 October 2011. MCA Victor, Inc.