Ace Of Base consists of Jenny Berggren (vocalist), Jonas Berggren (keyboardists), Malin Berggren (vocalist), Ulf Ekberg (keyboardists).
Ace of Base is a Swedish dance/ pop band that consists of Jonas Berggren (Joker), Ulf Ekberg (Buddha), Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren; the three Berggrens are siblings . They are often compared to fellow Scandinavian acts ABBA and Aqua , although their music is quite different.
In 1987, Jonas Berggren, together with his two friends Johnny Lindén and Nicklas Tränk, formed a house/techno group . Jonas' sisters, Jenny and Malin, joined as singers. Their band went through several names; 'Kalinin Prospect' (a street in Moscow), 'CAD' (Computer Aided Disco), and 'Tech-Noir' ( French for "black technology'; named for a nightclub in The Terminator). In 1990, Johnny & Nicklas left the group, and Ulf Ekberg joined and they changed their name to Ace of Base. Jenny explained once that the reason was "no one could pronounce the name of the group and nobody could remember it" .
After having been rejected by all the major record labels in Sweden, in March 1992 they were eventually signed by Mega Records in Denmark. The single Wheel Of Fortune was released twice without success, but on the third attempt it climbed all the way to no.2 on the Danish singles chart . By the end of the year it had been joined at no.1 by All That She Wants, produced by the legendary Denniz Pop . At the beginning of 1993, thanks to a pan-European distribution deal with Metronome/PolyGram the song hit the charts in Germany and became one of the biggest hits of the year all around the world, hitting no.1 in the UK and no.2 in the USA .
The months that followed saw the band propel themselves to worldwide fame. More hits followed such as The Sign, which went on to spend six weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy .
