This is about the Swedish Bubblegum pop group. For the British rock band that Queen was formed out of, see Smile (band). Queen are an English rock band formed in 1971 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Smile were a London-based rock band best known as the predecessor to renowned rock band Queen. ...

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Smile.dk (pronounced Smile D-K) is a Swedish Bubblegum Dance group with Hanna Stockzell and Veronica Larsson as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their song "Butterfly" and "Golden Sky" in Dance Dance Revolution. Image File history File links Smile_1b. ... Image File history File links Smile_1b. ... Bubblegum dance (also known as happy house) is a type of Euro House a. ... Butterfly is one of Smile. ... This article is about the Dance Dance Revolution series. ...

The members are as follows:

• Veronica Larsson (Original member)
• Hanna Stockzell (New member in 2008)
• Malin Kernby (Joined during 2nd album, left in 2008 though still doing vocals for Doki Doki and a few other songs)
• Nina Boquist (Left group after 1st Album)

Malin, Veronica and former member Nina are not Danish; they are all from Sweden. They marketed their album in Denmark, hence the ".dk" tag. .dk is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Denmark. ...

History

Veronica and Nina first formed their band as Smile and published their first album Smile in 1998. It received wide attention, especially in Japan. The popular song "Butterfly" was licensed by Konami and featured in the first release of Dance Dance Revolution--a popular dance video game. Butterfly is one of Smile. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... This article is about the Dance Dance Revolution series. ...

After the first album, Nina left Smile and started a solo career and Malin replaced Nina in Smile. The band name was also changed from Smile to Smile.dk.

The single "Kissy Kissy" from their second album is also a popular track in the dance game EZ2Dancer. A music video game, also commonly known as a music game or rhythm game, is a type of video game where the gameplay is oriented almost entirely around the players ability to follow a musical beat and stay with the rhythm of the games soundtrack. ... EZ2Dancer is arcade rhythm video game made by the Korean company Amuseworld. ...

The group's songs, particularly "Butterfly", are often mistaken as being by the similar artists Toy-Box and, on occasion, Aqua. For the Culture album, see Toybox. ... Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, perhaps best known for their 1997 breakthrough single Barbie Girl. The group formed in 1989, and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...

A lot of people think that Japanese pop singer, Ayumi Hamasaki sang the song Butterfly. However, this was just a growing mistake and Ayumi Hamasaki has not sung a whole song in English to date.

The video for "Boys" pays homage to Sabrina Salerno's hit 'Boys Boys Boys (Summertime Love)' in that Veronica is seen performing in a crystal-clear swimming pool, as did Salerno in her own video Sabrina Salerno on the cover of her single Gringo (1989) Sabrina Salerno (born 15 March 1968 in Genoa, Italy as Norma Sabrina Salerno) is an Italian singer, showgirl, model, actress and record producer. ...

Hiatus

In 2005, according to their manager, Smile.dk have begun a hiatus due to both Veronica and Malin having become married; one with a child on the way. However, he does not believe that Smile.dk will become defunct.

Return

In 2008 Smile.dk will return with a worldwide single and album as seen in their web site.

They will be performing live at San Japan, an anime convention located in San Antonio, Texas, USA, on August 9th, 2008. This is the first time they have ever performed in North America. (visit http://www.san-japan.org for more info)

They will also be preforming live at Sakura-Con 2009, an anime/manga convention located in Seattle, Washington, USA, on April 10-12, 2009.^[1]

Trivia

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The Smile.dk single, Domo Domo Domo was inspired by Australian born, Nagoya, Japan based radio DJ Chris Glenn. The line is a catchphrase used by Glenn as a greeting to his radio shows and events. "Domo" translates as an informal "Thank You". Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

Also Smile.dk is the third most licensed artist in DDR history, fellow dance act Captain Jack being the first and E-Rotic, the second. This article is about the German band. ... E-Rotic is a Swiss/German techno/hip house/eurodance group. ...

Similar artists

• Aqua (Danish band famous for their hit "Barbie Girl")
• Toy-Box (famous for their hit "Tarzan & Jane")
• Hit'n'Hide (famous for their hit "Space Invaders")
• Daze (famous for their hit "Superhero")
• Vengaboys (famous for their hits "We're going to Ibiza", "Boom Boom Boom Boom" & "We Like to Party")
• Me & My (famous for their hit "Dub I Dub" & "So Many Men")

• See Bubblegum dance

Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, perhaps best known for their 1997 breakthrough single Barbie Girl. The group formed in 1989, and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Barbie Girl is a song in the bubblegum pop genre by the band Aqua, who released it in 1997 as a single and included it on the album Aquarium. ... For the Culture album, see Toybox. ... HitnHide is a bubblegum dance group from Denmark. ... Cover art from Dazes album Super Heroes Daze was a Eurodance/Bubblegum dance band whose music had a bouncy/fun rhythm with interesting (and sometimes meaningless) lyrics. ... // In 1995 The Vengaboys started performing in Illegal House/Beach Parties. ... Me & My (real names Susanne Georgi, born July 27, 1976 and Pernille Georgi, born July 24, 1974) are a Danish Eurodance-Bubblegum sister duo signed under the EMI record label. ... Bubblegum dance (also known as happy house) is a type of Euro House a. ...

Singles

• Butterfly
• Boys
• Mr. Wonderful
• Coconut
• Get Out
• Doo Be Di Boy
• Dancing All Alone
• Kissy Kissy
• First Time Lovers
• Domo Domo Domo
• Golden Sky
• Petit Love
• Dragonfly
• Doki Doki (2008)

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Albums

• Smile (1998)
• Future Girls (2000)
• Smile Paradise (2002)
• Golden Sky (2003)
• TBA (2008-2009)

Future Girls is the second album by Swedish pop music/Bubblegum Dance group Smile. ...

Video Game Discography

External links

• Smile.dk at Bubblegum Dancer
• Smile.dk at Myspace
• Smile.dk Official Website
• Smile.dk Fansite

Reference

1. ^ http://www.sakuracon.org/programming/guests/smiledk.php