ateens

In the scant two years since Sweden's A Teens got together in October 1998 they have evolved into one of Europe's biggest teen bands. Their rocket-ship of a rise has seen them receive several international awards, break sales records around the world, appear on American TV with Puff Daddy, not to mention touring the USA with pop goliaths NSYNC and Britney Spears. It's almost appropriate then, for a group enjoying the mind-boggling rise through the stratosphere of the pop world, for their new single to be called "Upside Down". For since their debut album "The Abba Generation" sold close to 3 million copies worldwide, that indeed is how their world has been turned.

It all started in May 1999 when it only took one week for A Teens to break the sales records in Sweden with their first single "Mamma Mia" which entered the Swedish Sales chart at the top spot. After three weeks the track had sold 120.000 copies and it eventually went on to become the best-selling single in Sweden of 1999, after staying at number one for two months.

The debut album "The ABBA Generation", full of high energy renditions of ABBA's pop gems, followed in August 1999 and it mirrored 'Mamma Mia's success by also entering the Album chart at number one. The record stayed there for five weeks, and since then the album has gone on to sell Triple Platinum in Sweden.

A Teens are Marie Serneholt (17), Amit Paul (17), Sara Lumholdt (16) and Dhani Lennevald (16). After their conquering of Scandinavia, the band set out to conquer the world. Holland, Belgium, Spain, Germany and the rest of Europe were completely captivated. By the time summer 2000 came around they were awarded a European Platinum Award for 1 million sales on the continent. In September 2000 they received a Viva Music Award for Best International Newcomer in competition with, the likes of Christina Aguilera and Blink 182 thanks to www.a-teens.com

Sara Helena Lumholdt

Nickname: Saris
Born: 25 th of October 1984, in Stockholm, at Karolinska in Stockholm.
Sign: Scorpio
Family: Mother Gunnel, father Peter, sister Anna
Pets: Haven't got any. Favourite pet is dog.
Favourite food: Spaghetti with meatsouce.
Favourite film: Circle of Friends
Favourite artist/band: Cajsa Lisa Ejemyr, Eminem
Favourite colour: Blue
Most embarrassing moment: Fell in the big stairs at the Sergel cinema
My motto is: Live your life!!
Favourite TV- program: Friends
Favourite record: Pulp Fiction
Favourite actor: Joshua Jackson
First bought record: MN8, I've got a little something for you
Favourite song with ABBA: Our last summer

Marie Eleonor Serneholt

Nickname: "Marre", "Wipz", "Skalleper"
Born: the 11 th of July 1983, Stockholm
Sign: Cancer
Family: Dad- Ronny, mum- Lotta, sister- Malou and brother- Jonas.
Pets: No, but I had a "hopping bean" once!
Favourite food: May I say candy? No, but I love pasta.
Favourite film: "Show Me Love"
Favourite artist/band: No one particular, but I like Robyn, she«s an amazing artist.
Favourite colour: Hm...hmm.. That all depends on in what kind of mood I am and which season it is. If I shall mention some, it`s; Red, cerise pink, black and grey
Most embarressing moment: I do embarrassing things every day... I like to embarrass my self, sometimes on purpose
My motto is: "Be yourself and believe in yourself, if you want to get anywhere"
Favourite TV-program: I like soaps
Favourite actor: At the moment it«s Alexander Skarsgärd (son of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgärd)
First bought record: I don't remember...probably not a good one!
Favourite song with ABBA: Mamma Mia, Our Last Summer, Summer Night City and so on...

John Dhani Lennevald

Nickname: just... Dhani
Born: the 24 th of July 1984, at Danderyds hospital
Sign: Leo
Family: Mum- Elisabeth, dad- Bejje and big sister Dinah.
Pets: Two big fat cats, Molle and Elvis. Two canarys without names.
Favourite food: Chicken fillet with avoririce.
Favourite film: Help, I can't think of anyone right now.
Favourite artist/band: Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill among others.
Favourite colour: Blue.
Most embarrassing moment: Where shall I begin?
My motto is: "It always works out"
Favourite TV-program: "Late Evening with Luuk"
Favourite record: Tracy Chapman, Eric Clapton unplugged among others
Favourite book: Forrest Gump
Favourite actor: Robert Gustavsson, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey
First bought record: Green Day
Favourite song with ABBA: Lay all your love on me, Mamma Mia

Amit Sebastian Paul

Nickname: Amit
Born: 29 th of October 1983, Boden (north of Sweden)
Sign: Scorpio
Family: A little sister Mandi, Swaraj and Ann-Christin
Pets: None (allergic sister)
Favourite food: Entrecot with wooked vegetables and fried potatoes is high on my list.
Favourite film: StarWars triology, The Rock 2
Favourite artist/band: Eminem is good.. haven't really got any favourite artist Favourite colour: Yellow, varm yellow is nice, I've got it in my room.
Most embarrassing moment: I have done so much, that I don't remember anything particular!!
My motto is: "Always look at the bright side of life
Favourite TV- program: I don't know
Favourite record: At the moment it's Eminem: The Slim Shady LP
Favourite book: The Lord of the rings triology, but also Robert Jordan is very good.
First bought record: I don't remember, but I believe it was some compilation album.
Favourite song with ABBA: People need love and He is brother