# Roxette discography
The Roxette discography consists of the albums and singles released by the Swedish pop duo Roxette, formed in Halmstad in 1986 by vocalist [Marie Fredriksson](https://www.edgepedia.org/marie-fredriksson) (1958–2019) and singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist [Per Gessle](https://www.edgepedia.org/per-gessle). Across ten studio albums, a remix album, a live collection, a Spanish-language set, and numerous compilations, the duo sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making Roxette Sweden's biggest music export next to ABBA.[1](https://www.gessle.com/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 10: Pearls of Passion (1986) through Good Karma (2016)[2](https://snl.no/Roxette) |
| Biggest sellers | Look Sharp! (1988) sold more than 10 million copies; Joyride (1991) sold 11+ million[1](https://www.gessle.com/) |
| US chart record | Four Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love", and "Joyride"[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) |
| UK chart record | 6 top-10 singles and 5 top-10 albums, with no UK number ones[4](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25349/roxette/) |
| First release | Debut single "Neverending Love", released 8 July 1986[5](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/warnermusic/pressreleases/roxette-fortsaetter-40-aarsjubileet-med-specialutgaava-av-debutsingeln-neverending-love-3456143) |
| Streaming landmark | "It Must Have Been Love" passed one billion streams on Spotify in 2026[6](https://www.roxette.se/) |
| Latest studio release | Good Karma (2016)[2](https://snl.no/Roxette) |
## The name and the first releases
The name Roxette predates the duo. In 1984, Gyllene Tider, Gessle's band, recorded their only English-language album, *The Heartland Café*; for the American release, [Capitol Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/capitol-records) cut the 11-song album to a six-track EP titled *Heartland* and adopted the name Roxette, taken from a song by the British pub rock band Dr. Feelgood.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
As Roxette, Gessle and Fredriksson cut the single "Neverending Love" in 1986, a major hit in Sweden, and songs the pair had earmarked for Fredriksson's third solo album became the basis of the first proper Roxette album, *Pearls of Passion*.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) According to Warner Music Sweden, "Neverending Love" was released on 8 July 1986 and had originally been written in Swedish under the title "Svarta glas", intended as a gift to Pernilla Wahlgren.[5](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/warnermusic/pressreleases/roxette-fortsaetter-40-aarsjubileet-med-specialutgaava-av-debutsingeln-neverending-love-3456143) A remix album, *Dance Passion*, followed in 1987.[2](https://snl.no/Roxette)
## The international breakthrough albums
**Look Sharp! and Joyride.** *Look Sharp!*, released in October 1988, contained the American number ones "The Look" and "Listen to Your Heart" as well as the international hits "Dressed for Success" and "Dangerous".[1](https://www.gessle.com/) The album had initially not been released in the United States until an American student studying in Sweden brought a copy home to [Minneapolis](https://www.edgepedia.org/minneapolis) and persuaded a DJ to play "The Look"; Capitol then rush-released the album, which went platinum in the US.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) With "The Look", Roxette became the third Swedish act to top the American singles chart.[7](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-04-15.pdf) The album sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.[1](https://www.gessle.com/)
*Joyride* (1991) went platinum in America and its title track also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, helping the album sell more than 11 million copies.[1](https://www.gessle.com/) • [3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) It was followed in 1992 by *Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotel Rooms and Other Strange Places*, material recorded during the group's 1991–92 world tour, including "How Do You Do!" and "Queen of Rain".[1](https://www.gessle.com/) • [3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
**Crash! Boom! Bang! and Baladas en Español.** *Crash! Boom! Bang!* (1994) produced the singles "Sleeping in My Car", "Fireworks", "Run to You", and "Vulnerable" and supported another successful world tour.[1](https://www.gessle.com/) Roxette paused their activities in 1996, following the completion of a Spanish-language record, while Gyllene Tider reunited for a tour and Gessle put out a solo record.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) That album, *Baladas en Español*, is dated 1996 by the Norwegian encyclopedia Store norske leksikon and 1997 in AllMusic's discography.[2](https://snl.no/Roxette) • [3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
## Later studio albums and hiatus
Roxette returned in 1999 with *Have a Nice Day* and in 2001 with *Room Service*, with the duo making a high-profile appearance as part of the [Eurovision Song Contest](https://www.edgepedia.org/eurovision-song-contest).[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) Roxette went into hiatus in 2002 when Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour.[1](https://www.gessle.com/)
Following Fredriksson's recovery, the duo released three more albums: *Charm School* (2011), their first album of new material in ten years, *Travelling* (2012), and *Good Karma* (2016), while returning to world stages and performing for more than 2.5 million people in over 50 countries.[1](https://www.gessle.com/) • [3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) The lead single from *Charm School*, "She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)", topped the European Airplay charts in January 2011.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764) *Travelling* was originally to be called *Tourism 2*, a direct sequel to the 1992 album, but EMI insisted on avoiding album titles with numbers.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
## Chart performance
The catalog's reach is visible in national chart totals. In the United Kingdom, Roxette placed 25 singles in the Top 75, including 6 in the Top 10, and placed 9 albums in the Top 75, 5 of them in the Top 10, though the duo never held a UK number one on either chart; "The Look" (1989, peak number 7) and "[It Must Have Been Love](https://www.edgepedia.org/it-must-have-been-love)" (1990, peak number 3, 14 weeks on the chart) were their strongest UK performers among these.[4](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25349/roxette/) AllMusic notes the duo earned number ones in several countries with *Look Sharp!*, *Joyride*, and *Crash! Boom! Bang!*, and continued to chart Top Tens in Europe with *Room Service* (2001), *Charm School* (2011), and *Good Karma* (2016).[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
## Compilations and anniversary releases
Compilations have carried the catalog between studio albums. Apple Music lists *The 30 Biggest Hits XXX* (2015), the rarities collection *Bag of Trix (Music from the Roxette Vaults)*, and 30th anniversary editions of *Look Sharp!* (2022), *Tourism* (2023), and *Crash! Boom! Bang!* (2024), alongside an extended edition of *Have a Nice Day* released in 2026.[8](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/roxette/2397346) AllMusic reports that in 2020, the year after Fredriksson died in December 2019 at age 61, Roxette issued *Bag of Trix*, a collection of previously unreleased songs that included "Let Your Heart Dance with Me", a *Good Karma* outtake and one of the last vocals Fredriksson recorded.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
2026 marks 40 years since the debut album's release, and the anniversary has brought remastered music videos, remixes, new reissues, and unseen archive footage.[6](https://www.roxette.se/) In July 2026, Parlophone Music Sweden released "Neverending Love (40th Anniversary Edition)" as a 12-inch vinyl single and digital edition, with previously unreleased versions of the debut single and a remastered original music video.[5](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/warnermusic/pressreleases/roxette-fortsaetter-40-aarsjubileet-med-specialutgaava-av-debutsingeln-neverending-love-3456143) In the same year, "It Must Have Been Love" passed one billion streams on Spotify and entered Spotify's Billions Club; together with ABBA, Roxette is the only Swedish artist with a song released before 2000 in that club.[6](https://www.roxette.se/)
## Performing the catalog after Fredriksson
Fredriksson withdrew from Roxette in 2016 and died on 9 December 2019 of a brain tumour.[2](https://snl.no/Roxette) Gessle toured in 2018 as Per Gessle's Roxette and in 2022 as PG Roxette, which released the album *Pop-Up Dynamo!* in autumn 2022.[2](https://snl.no/Roxette) In 2024, Roxette was revived with Gessle and the Swedish pop star Lena Philipsson (born 1966), and from spring 2025 Philipsson took Fredriksson's place on a world tour; the official site counts 43 concerts worldwide in 2025, and a further tour continued through 2026.[2](https://snl.no/Roxette) • [6](https://www.roxette.se/) • [9](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/43rOea/roxette-har-stallt-in-sin-usa-turne) In July 2026, Live Nation US postponed the North American leg of the "40th Anniversary Tour 2026", which had scheduled 12 concerts in the United States and 2 in Canada, citing enormously increased touring costs.[9](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/43rOea/roxette-har-stallt-in-sin-usa-turne)
## Album discography
Per Store norske leksikon:[2](https://snl.no/Roxette)
- 1986: *Pearls of Passion*
- 1987: *Dance Passion: The Remix Album*
- 1988: *Look Sharp!*
- 1991: *Joyride*
- 1992: *Tourism* (live)
- 1994: *Crash! Boom! Bang!*
- 1996: *Baladas en Español*
- 1999: *Have a Nice Day*
- 2001: *Room Service*
- 2011: *Charm School*
- 2012: *Travelling*
- 2016: *Good Karma*
## References
1. [Gessle.com – official Per Gessle site, biography](https://www.gessle.com/)
2. [Bergan, Jon Vidar: "Roxette", Store norske leksikon](https://snl.no/Roxette)
3. ["Roxette – Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews", AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxette-mn0000298764)
4. ["ROXETTE songs and albums | full Official Chart history", Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25349/roxette/)
5. ["Roxette fortsätter 40-årsjubileet med specialutgåva av debutsingeln 'Neverending Love'", Warner Music Sweden press release](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/warnermusic/pressreleases/roxette-fortsaetter-40-aarsjubileet-med-specialutgaava-av-debutsingeln-neverending-love-3456143)
6. [Roxette – 40th Anniversary, Official Homepage](https://www.roxette.se/)
7. [Record Mirror, 15 April 1989, worldradiohistory.com](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-04-15.pdf)
8. [Roxette artist page, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/roxette/2397346)
9. ["Per Gessle om inställda USA-turnén: 'Såklart besvikna'", Aftonbladet](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/43rOea/roxette-har-stallt-in-sin-usa-turne)
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