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Remember the girls from Ace of Base? Here’s what they look like now

All That She Wants stars look pretty different 20 years after their biggest hits

REMEMBER the nineties pop sensation Ace of Base?

Who can forget the catchy strains of All That She Wants or the melancholy rifts of Cruel Summer?

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Remember this fab foursome? The nineties version of ABBA were pictured in 1994

The Swedish quartet were made up from three siblings – Jonas “Joker” Berggren , Malin “Linn” Berggren and Jenny Berggren – and pal Ulf “Buddha” Ekberg.

Their singalong songs shaped Europop in the 1990s, are they are even to blame for the success of Lady Gaga, who cites them as a major influence.

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The Swedish group had a string of hits in the nineties

Their first hit, All That She Wants, was a hit around the world and topped the UK charts for three weeks in 1993 and their debut album, Happy Nation, sold 21 million copies.

They followed it with a string of smashes including The Sign and Don’t Turn Around, which scored number ones around the globe, releasing their last big hit, Cruel Summer, in 1998.

So what are they up to now?

After a reunion in in 2003, and a series of concerts between 2007 and 2009, the group split.

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Jenny, now 44, at a bash in Russia in 2014

Ulf and Jonas teamed up to record two other female vocalists, Clara Hagman and Julia Williamson.

Linn gave up the music business and Jenny went solo.

In 2010, she was in the running to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest but her song, Let Your Heart Be Mine, failed to get her through the National Final.

On 18 September 2004, Jenny, now 44, married her long-time boyfriend Jakob Petrén, a Swedish pianist.

They have two children together, a son and a daughter, and live in Gothenburg.

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Linn Berrgren gave up the music business after the band’s heyday

Linn, 45,  disappeared from the limelight but brother Jonas confirmed that she is enjoying a peaceful life with no interest in fame or returning to music.

Last year the band’s first four albums were remastered and re-released with new bonus tracks and an album of unreleased material, called Hidden Gems, was released.

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The band reunited in 2003 and are pictured in 2005

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Good news for nineties Europop lovers though… the group haven’t ruled out working together in the future.

In October 2015, Ulf said:”With the right elements in the next few years, I don’t think it’s impossible.”

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Jonas Berggren is still writing songs and has not ruled out a reunion

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Ulf pictured at an Ace of Base concert in 2011

 

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The new Ace of Base, in 2010, had ditched the sisters and replaced them with Julia and Clara
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