Caracola
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- For the song "Caracola", by Los TNTLos TNTLos TNT were an Italian-Uruguayan rock 'n' roll band, popular in the sixties. The band consisted of two brothers and a sister from Udine, Italy: Edelweiss "Tim" Croatto , Hermes "Tony" Croatto , and Argentina "Nelly" Croatto . The acronym and word play "TNT" comes from their nicknames...
, see CaracolaCaracola (song)"Caracola" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, performed in Spanish by the trio Tim, Nelly & Tony, better known as Los TNT....
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with the three singers Frida Karlsson, Emma Lewin and Emilie Rosén. They sing in harmonies as well as in chorus, and the style of their music varies between schlager pop and Ibiza-style trance, but a dance element is usually present.
In Sweden, they have scored five Top 10 singles to date, with "Överallt" (2006) peaking at No. 8 and spending 11 weeks in the Top 25, "Sommarnatt" (2006) peaking at No. 3 and spending nine weeks in the Top 25; "Glömmer bort mig" (2006) peaking at No. 5 but spending just five weeks in the Top 25; "Mango Nights" (2007) peaking at No. 4 and spending 11 weeks in the Top 25; and "Smiling in Love" (2008) peaking at No. 7 and spending 14 weeks in the Top 25, including seven weeks in the Top 10.
On February 23, 2008, they participated in the third semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2008 with the song "Smiling in Love". After finishing within the top half of their semi-final but not within the top-quarter, they got through to the round called 'Andra Chansen' ('Second Chance') on March 8, but lost in a head-to-head vote against Ola's
Ola Svensson
Ola Nils Håkan Svensson , professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish pop singer born in Lund in the southern region of Skåne, Sweden. He first appeared on Idol in 2005. He has sold over 135 000 records in Sweden and his songs have been played on the radio just under 200,000 times in Sweden...
"Love in Stereo". Nonetheless, "Smiling in Love" went on to become one of their greatest hits in the Swedish singles chart, spending significantly more weeks on the Swedish singles chart than any other hit of theirs to date, outlasting nearly all of the Melodifestivalen entries that reached the final of the competition, and notably spending twice as many weeks in the Swedish Top 25 as Ola's song, which managed only seven, of which one in the Top 10.
Caracola have released albums in both Swedish and English, but these have been less successful than their singles so far, their first "Caracola" (2006) peaking at No. 34 and spending just two weeks on the Swedish album chart, their second "Love Alive" (2007) peaking at No. 43 in its sole week on the chart, and their third "This is Caracola" (2008) peaking at No. 24 though enjoying a total of nine weeks in the Top 50 albums chart.