Originally a non-album single in 1987, " It Must Have Been Love" became an international hit when it was re-released in 1990 as part of the soundtrack to Pretty Woman. Both songs peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, while " Dangerous" peaked at number two. Their international breakthrough came with Look Sharp! in 1988, which contained " The Look" and " Listen to Your Heart". The record and its singles performed well in Sweden, but failed to chart elsewhere. The duo formed in 1986, releasing debut album Pearls of Passion that same year. They were particularly successful in Germany, where they are recognised as one of the highest-certified acts of all time, with shipments of 5.725 million units. The BPI in the UK certified Roxette for shipments of at least 2.2 million. The RIAA awarded them certifications of 3.5 million units in the US, where the duo have sold over two million albums since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data in May 1991. They sold over 75 million records worldwide, although a report by the Los Angeles Times put the figure as high as 80 million. The duo, which consisted of Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson, are the second most commercially successful Swedish act of all time, after ABBA.
The discography of Swedish pop duo Roxette consists of ten studio albums (including six Swedish number ones), one live album, nine compilation albums, one remix album, eleven video albums, three box sets, fifty-six singles (including three Swedish and four US number ones) and twenty promotional singles, as well as fifty-two music videos.
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