Smile. DK

小簡介
Smile.DK是來自瑞典的流行音樂組合，現(xiàn)在由Malin Kernby和Veronica Larsson組成。她們的歌曲"Butterfly"在跳舞機流行的年代里廣受歡迎，這也是她們及她們的歌曲在全世界風靡的原因之一。
雖然她們的組合名稱Smile.DK中含有DK兩個字母（丹麥的簡寫），但Malin,Veronica及前成員Nina都不是丹麥人，她們?nèi)紒碜匀鸬洹Ｋ齻兊膶］嬙诘湴l(fā)行，所以加上了.DK的后輟。
Veronica和Nina最初組建了名為Smile的樂隊并且在1998年發(fā)行了她們的第一張專輯《Smile》?！禨mile》受到了廣泛的關注，特別是在日本。專輯中的一些歌曲被EMI收錄，其中的Butterfly最終經(jīng)Konami授權成為第一代跳舞機舞曲。從那以后，Butterfly成為跳舞機歷史上最受歡迎的歌曲。
在第一張專輯之后，Nina離開了Smile開始單飛，Veronica取代了Nina加入到Smile。樂隊名稱也從Smile變成了Smile.DK.
她們第二張專輯中的"Kissy Kissy"也成為跳舞機游戲EZ2Dancer中的經(jīng)典。
SMiLE.dk is a Swedish pop duo with the singers Veronica and Hanna from Sweden. Their mission is to entertain and create happiness through their catchy lyrics, upbeat sound & tender sensitive ballads, and of course the tracks are bound together by their beautiful voices!
They are a Swedish dance/pop group that has consisted of 4 members over time: Veronica Almqvist, Nina Boquist, Malin Kernby, and Hanna Stockzell. Despite what the group name suggests, the members are not Danish; they are all from Sweden. They were signed at EMI in Denmark, and when the first album "SMiLE" were released in Japan they found out that there existed a Japanese rock-group also named "Smile". To avoid misunderstandings the recordcompany added .dk after the group-name, hence the ".dk" tag.
Veronica and Nina first formed their band as SMiLE and published their first album in 1998. It received wide attention, especially in Japan. Several songs in this album were included in EMI Dancemania compilations, of which one of the songs, "Butterfly", was eventually licensed by Konami into the first version of Dance Dance Revolution. Since then, Butterfly has become one of the most popular songs in Dance Dance Revolution's history!!!
Malin and Veronica met each other in singing school in 1994 and have been best friends ever since. However, they didn’t start working together until the year 2000, when Nina wanted to have a solo career, and Malin joined SMiLE.dk. They celebrated their biggest success in Asia and have achieved superstar status through selling a whole amount of records.
In 2008, SMiLE.dk went through some major changes. Signed to a new record label, new producers, and the new band member, Hanna, were just some of the changes.
A little about the members:
Veronica has been with SMiLE.dk since the very beginning. She has been singing and dancing since a very young age. Eight years in a gospel choir, TV show in Sweden called "Sikta mot Stjärnorna" (Aim for the stars) as Sissel Kyrkjebö. Her first international release was in Japan 1995 with the Swedish group” Look Twice”. She was the lead singer of the band, accompanied by two male rappers – “Vinny” and “Crazy G”. She stayed a part of the band “Look Twice” until the year 1997. In 1998 she helped create the music group SMiLE and has continued to work hard at it ever since.
Nina worked with Veronica on their first CD, SMiLE. However, in 1999 she left the group to pursue a solo career. Before SMiLE she gave out a single in Sweden as a solo artist called "Juicy".
Malin started singing and dancing when she was 5 years old. As she got older she performed as a background singer for many popular Swedish musicians. Today Malin lives in Stockholm and she also became a mom in 2005. Malin & Veronica made 3 albums together: Future Girls, Smile Paradise, and Golden Sky. Due to personal matters, Malin had to leave the group but she will be recording some tracks on their new album including the first single Doki Doki! After the departure, Veronica asked a fellow recording partner, Hanna, to join her in the studio.
Hanna is the newest member of SMiLE.dk and will be working with Veronica on their new album “Party Around The World” that will be released in October 2008. She is a singer and songwriter from southern Sweden. She started her career in a church choir at age six and has continued singing and performing ever since. She loves to spread joy and to give people warmth and strength in her songs. She has done everything from solo performances to different kinds of shows and has been with some of the best vocal coaches in Sweden. She has also done backing vocals for the worldwide artist Pandora.
Now Veronica and Hanna are back with SMiLE.dk producing new music that fans are sure to love! Along with the announcement of returning to the music world, Smile.dk also announced plans several US performances. The future has a lot in store for this duo, so stay tuned & keep smiling!!!