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* BareYourMidriff: The girls both do this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw "Sugar Rush"]] as well as in Upside Down and Perfect Match. Marie does this in Halfway Round the World, Floorfiller and I Promised Myself.


** "Can't Help Falling In Love" (Music/ElvisPresley, for the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' soundtrack).
** School's Out," which even featured Music/AliceCooper on backup vocals.

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** "Can't Help Falling In Love" (Music/ElvisPresley, for the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' soundtrack).
** School's Out," "School's Out", which even featured Music/AliceCooper on backup vocals.


The cover group shifts only lasted one album, ''The ABBA Generation''. Their follow-up, ''Teen Spirit'', saw the group doing exclusively original material and scored the group's biggest hit, "Bouncing Off The Ceiling (Upside Down)." The group released one more album, ''Pop 'Till You Drop'', in 2002 before disbanding in 2004.

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The cover group shifts gimmick only lasted one album, ''The ABBA Generation''. Their follow-up, ''Teen Spirit'', saw the group doing exclusively original material and scored the group's biggest hit, "Bouncing Off The Ceiling (Upside Down)." The group released one more album, ''Pop 'Till You Drop'', in 2002 before disbanding in 2004.



* Marie Eleonor Serneholt: The oldest in the group, born on 11, July 1983. After the band, she had some success with her solo album, ''Enjoy the Ride.'' She has taken part in a variety of TV shows, including for appearances on ''Melodifestivalen,'' the Swedish version of Series/TheXFactor, and most recently the lottery game show, ''Bingolotto.''
* Amit Sebastian Paul: The older of the two males, born 29, October 1983. He was born to an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n father and a Swedish mother. He has been relatively laying low since the band's days, mainly producing indie music.
* John Dhani Lennevald: The tallest of the group, was born on 24, July 1984. Dhani has also been keeping a low profile since the band's days, he's mainly now a music producer.
* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest of two females, was born on 25, October 1984. She was born to a Swedish father and a half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.

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* Marie Eleonor Serneholt: The oldest in the group, born on 11, July 11 July, 1983. After the band, she had some success with her solo album, ''Enjoy the Ride.'' She has taken part in a variety of TV shows, including for appearances on ''Melodifestivalen,'' the Swedish version of Series/TheXFactor, and most recently the lottery game show, ''Bingolotto.''
* Amit Sebastian Paul: The older of the two males, born 29, October 29 October, 1983. He was born to an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n father and a Swedish mother. He has been relatively laying low since the band's days, mainly producing indie music.
* John Dhani Lennevald: The tallest of the group, was born on 24, July 24 July, 1984. Dhani has also been keeping a low profile since the band's days, he's mainly now a music producer.
* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest of two females, was born on 25, October 25 October, 1984. She was born to a Swedish father and a half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.



* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens initially stands for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute act, but the A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.

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* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens initially stands stood for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute act, but the A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.



* SpinoffBabies: What the group was original conceived as, a tribute act who performed ABBA covers with a [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] teen pop fun, but the tribute act shifts only lasted one album.

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* SpinoffBabies: What the group was original conceived as, a tribute act who performed ABBA covers with a [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] teen pop fun, shtick, but the tribute act shifts gimmick only lasted one album.


* CoverVersion: In addition to all of the ABBA covers in ''The ABBA Generation'', of course:

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* CoverVersion: In addition to all of the ABBA covers in ''The ABBA Generation'', of course:there was...



** "One Night in Bangkok" (Murray Head, technically could be also called from ABBA since it was written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson).

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** "One Night in Bangkok" (Murray Head, Head. While not technically could be also called an ABBA cover, it ''was'' from ABBA since it was written [[Theatre/{{Chess}} a musical]] co-written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson).


* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stands for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute act, but the A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.

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* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally initially stands for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute act, but the A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.


* Amit Sebastian Paul: The older of the two males, born 29, October 1983, he was born to an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n father and a Swedish mother. He has been relatively laying low since the band's days, mainly producing indie music.

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* Amit Sebastian Paul: The older of the two males, born 29, October 1983, he 1983. He was born to an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n father and a Swedish mother. He has been relatively laying low since the band's days, mainly producing indie music.



* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest of two females, was born on 25, October 1984. she was born to a Swedish father and a half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.

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* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest of two females, was born on 25, October 1984. she She was born to a Swedish father and a half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.


* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest of two females, was born on 24, October 1984. she was born to a Swedish father and a half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.

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* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest of two females, was born on 24, 25, October 1984. she was born to a Swedish father and a half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.


* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stood for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute band, but the A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.

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* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stood stands for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute band, act, but the A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.


* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stood for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute band, but the Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.

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* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stood for Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute band, but the Teens A-Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.



* NonindicativeName: Their first album, ''The ABBA Generation'', was specifically made for a generation who'd never even heard of ABBA, and none of the Teens themselves were even ''born'' when ABBA was together.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: During the tenure, Dhani was rarely called by his real name, John, by anyone including his band mates and anyone interviewing them. He was often called by his middle name.

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* NonindicativeName: Their first album, ''The ABBA Generation'', was specifically made for a generation who'd never even heard of ABBA, and none of the Teens A-Teens themselves were even ''born'' when ABBA was together.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: During the tenure, Dhani was rarely called by his real name, John, by anyone including his band mates bandmates and anyone interviewing them. He was often called by his middle name.


** A Music/{{KISS}} poster appears in the teenage son's bedroom in "Super Trouper."

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** A Music/{{KISS}} poster appears in the teenage son's boy's bedroom in "Super Trouper."


* SpinoffBabies: What the group was original conceived as, a tribute act who performed ABBA covers with a TurnOfTheMillennium teen pop shtick, but the gimmick only lasted one album.

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* SpinoffBabies: What the group was original conceived as, a tribute act who performed ABBA covers with a TurnOfTheMillennium [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] teen pop shtick, fun, but the gimmick tribute act shifts only lasted one album.


[[caption-width-right:350: ABBA For Generation Y -- Left to Right: Sara Lumholdt, Marie Serneholt, Amit Paul, and Dhani Lennevald.]]

Formed in 1998 by Niklas Berg, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] pop group A-Teens (sometimes stylized as A*Teens) began as an Music/{{ABBA}} tribute group for the the Teen Pop Revival of the TurnOfTheMillennium. Like ABBA, the band consisted of two males, Amit and Dhani, and two females, Marie and Sara.

The cover group gimmick only lasted one album, ''The ABBA Generation''. Their follow up, ''Teen Spirit'', saw the group doing exclusively original material and scored the group's biggest hit, "Bouncing Off The Ceiling (Upside Down)." The group released one more album, ''Pop 'Till You Drop'', in 2002 before disbanding in 2004.

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[[caption-width-right:350: The ABBA For Generation Y -- Left to Right: Sara Lumholdt, Marie Serneholt, Amit Paul, and Dhani Lennevald.]]

Formed in 1998 by Niklas Berg, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] pop group A-Teens (sometimes stylized as A*Teens) began as an Music/{{ABBA}} tribute cover group for the the Teen Pop Revival of the TurnOfTheMillennium. Like ABBA, the band consisted of two males, Amit and Dhani, and two females, Marie and Sara.

The cover group gimmick shifts only lasted one album, ''The ABBA Generation''. Their follow up, follow-up, ''Teen Spirit'', saw the group doing exclusively original material and scored the group's biggest hit, "Bouncing Off The Ceiling (Upside Down)." The group released one more album, ''Pop 'Till You Drop'', in 2002 before disbanding in 2004.



* Marie Eleonor Serneholt: The oldest in the group, born on 11 July 1983. After the band, she had some success with her solo album, ''Enjoy the Ride.'' She has taken part in a variety of TV shows, including for appearances on ''Melodifestivalen,'' the Swedish version of Series/TheXFactor, and most recently the lotto show, ''Bingolotto.''
* Amit Sebastian Paul: The older of the two males, born 29 October in 1983, he was born to an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n chemist and a Swedish woman. He has been relatively laying low since the band's days, mainly producing indie music.
* John Dhani Lennevald: The tallest of the group, was born on 24 July in 1984. Dhani has also been keeping a low profile since the band's days, he's mainly now a music producer.
* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest; she was born to a Swedish psychotherapist and a Turkish-Filipino woman. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.

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* Marie Eleonor Serneholt: The oldest in the group, born on 11 11, July 1983. After the band, she had some success with her solo album, ''Enjoy the Ride.'' She has taken part in a variety of TV shows, including for appearances on ''Melodifestivalen,'' the Swedish version of Series/TheXFactor, and most recently the lotto lottery game show, ''Bingolotto.''
* Amit Sebastian Paul: The older of the two males, born 29 29, October in 1983, he was born to an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n chemist father and a Swedish woman.mother. He has been relatively laying low since the band's days, mainly producing indie music.
* John Dhani Lennevald: The tallest of the group, was born on 24 24, July in 1984. Dhani has also been keeping a low profile since the band's days, he's mainly now a music producer.
* Sara Helena Lumholdt: The youngest and smallest; smallest of two females, was born on 24, October 1984. she was born to a Swedish psychotherapist father and a Turkish-Filipino woman.half-Turkish, half-Filipino mother. When it comes to as far as music, she's been keeping a low profile about it although her song, "First," has been released on iTunes. Apart from music, she has appeared on many programs as well, like co-hosting the after show for ''The X Factor'' and became a pole dance instructor.


* BareYourMidriff: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw "Sugar Rush"]] the girls did this, as well as in Halfway Round the World, Upside Down, Floorfiller, I Promised Myself and Perfect Match.

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* BareYourMidriff: In The girls both do this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw "Sugar Rush"]] the girls did this, as well as in Upside Down and Perfect Match. Marie does this in Halfway Round the World, Upside Down, Floorfiller, Floorfiller and I Promised Myself and Perfect Match.Myself.


* BareYourMidriff: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw "Sugar Rush"]] the girls did this.

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* BareYourMidriff: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw "Sugar Rush"]] the girls did this.this, as well as in Halfway Round the World, Upside Down, Floorfiller, I Promised Myself and Perfect Match.


* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stood for Music/ABBA when the group was an ABBA tribute band, but the Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.

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* ArtifactTitle: As mentioned above, the A in A-Teens originally stood for Music/ABBA Music/{{ABBA}} when the group was an ABBA tribute band, but the Teens never covered any more of their songs after that first album.



* CoverVersion: In addition to all of the ABBA covers, they also covered Music/ElvisPresley's "Can't Help Falling In Love" for the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' soundtrack, and "School's Out," which even featured Music/AliceCooper on backup vocals.

to:

* CoverVersion: In addition to all of the ABBA covers, they covers in ''The ABBA Generation'', of course:
** "Morning Light" (E-Type).
** "One Night in Bangkok" (Murray Head, technically could be
also covered Music/ElvisPresley's called from ABBA since it was written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson).
** "I Promised Myself" (Nick Kamen).
**
"Can't Help Falling In Love" (Music/ElvisPresley, for the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' soundtrack, and "School's soundtrack).
** School's
Out," which even featured Music/AliceCooper on backup vocals.

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