Friends (Swedish band)
Friends was a Swedish dansband or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show Friends på turne, made by Bert Karlsson for TV4. The show was a success and Friends competed on Melodifestivalen 2000, reaching second place. They won Melodifestivalen 2001 with "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the English version of the song, "Listen to Your Heartbeat" wearing sexy, tight, leather fitted clothing. Prior to the Eurovision performance, the Swedish delegation was forced to pay royalties to the team behind "Liefde is een kaartspel", an earlier Belgian entry, making the song the first admitted case of plagiarism in Eurovision history.
The band split in 2002, with Inhammar and Kärnfalk forming their own duo Nina & Kim, which continued until 2006, after which Kärnfalk continued as a solo artist.Discography
Albums
- Friends på turné — 1999
- Blickar som tänder — 2000
- Listen to Your Heartbeat — 2001
- Dance with Me — 2002
- Best of Friends Vol. 1 — 2005
- Best of Friends Vol. 2 — 2006
Singles
- Vi behöver varann / Hennes ögon — 1999
- Vad jag än säger dig / Friends — 2000
- När jag tänker på imorgon / När jag tänker på imorgon — 2000
- Holiday / Nu väntar världen här utanför — 2000
- Listen to your Heartbeat / Lyssna till ditt hjärta / Listen to your Heartbeat / Lyssna till ditt hjärta/Listen to your heartbeat — 2001
- Aldrig igen / The One That You Need / The One That You Need / The One That You Need — 2002
- In the Heat of the Night / Vår kärlek är het — 2002
- Let Love Be Love
