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Rollo and King

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Rollo & King
OriginDenmark
GenresPop
Years active2000-2002
MembersSøren Poppe
Stefan Nielsen

Rollo & King was a Danish group, formed by Søren Poppe and Stefan Nielsen, who represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The two men named themselves after two dog names. They topped the charts with their first album Midt i en løbetid which stayed in the charts for 13 weeks in 2000–2001.

Before Søren Poppe got famous with the band, he was a teacher in a school in Valby, in Copenhagen teaching music and mathematics.

Eurovision

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Danmarks Radio invited them to enter the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2001. They won with their song Der står et billede af dig på mit bord (literal translation, "There's a picture of you on my desk"). Together with female singer, Signe Svendsen, who had joined the group, they performed the song (translated into English as "Never Ever Let You Go") at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and received 177 points ranked second out of 23 entries.

Discography

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Albums

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Year Album Peak positions Certification
DEN
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2000 Midt i en løbetid 1[2] 2× Platinum[2]
2001 Det nye kuld 25

Singles

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Year Single Peak positions Album
DEN
[1]
2001 "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" 1
"Never Ever Let You Go" 3
"Kvinder & mænd som os" 13

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rollo & King discography". danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Hitlisten.NU".
Preceded by Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
2001
Succeeded by