Raymond & Maria is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 pop group

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

. It was started in 2002 by the male members of the band: Johan, Staffan, Olle and Per. As singers they found Maria and her sister Camilla. The first single from the band was Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja ("No one wants to know where you bought your sweater") in 2004. The song was number one in the Swedish charts for several weeks.

The band produced a stir when they broke through with their anti-commercial messages. The music is simple with only drums, guitar and vocals. As the band is quite concerned with their privacy, they have opted to not disclose the band members' last names. Nonetheless it has emerged that Johan Kindblom is the author of the lyrics.

The name comes from the old sex club in Stockholm where one could exchange partners with one another.

Albums

• Vi ska bara leva klart
  Vi ska bara leva klart
  Vi ska bara leva klart is the debut album by Swedish pop group Raymond & Maria, released on August 18, 2004.-Track listing:# "Nej"# "Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja"# "Redan idag"# "Ingenting för dig"# "Dom älskar dig"# "Min pappa"...
  
  (2004)
• Hur mycket jag än tar finns alltid lite kvar
  Hur mycket jag än tar finns alltid lite kvar
  Hur mycket jag än tar finns alltid lite kvar is a 2006 album from Swedish pop group Raymond & Maria.-Track listing:#Dikter på fel sätt#Storstadskvinnor faller ner och dör#Jag läste om någon som stal en bil#Hur andra människor bor#Väntar#Kärlek 1...
  
  (2006)
• Jobs where they don't know our names (2011)

Singles

• Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja (2004) — Sweden #1
• Nej (2004)
• Redan idag (2005)
• Storstadskvinnor faller ner och dör (released September 2006)

External links

• MySpace Music site
• Raymond and Maria - Official Homepage
• https://www.facebook.com/raymondandmaria