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The band is founded in Copenhagen. The only member of Norway is the singer, who lives in Denmark with her Danish family. All the other members is from Denmark. So if Aqua is Danish-Norwegian is Metallica also American-Danish? So let's have a deal: If Aqua shall be Danish-Norwegian, then shall Metallica be American-Danish, Nile shall be American-Greek, ABBA shall be Swedish-Norwegian. Understood? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esbendyr ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
I don't think it's correct to definite Aqua as a Danish-Norwegian band. The band was founded in Denmark and all the members lives in Denmark. That makes it a Danish band! The only relation to Norway is that one of the members is born in Norway, if that makes Aqua Danish-Norwegian, then Queen would be a Zanzibarian-English band, Metallica would be an American-Danish band and ABBA would be a Swedish-Norwegian band. No doubt in my mind, so is anybody against me changing it? Pardy 14:59, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
Aqua is indeed a Danish-Norwegian band. The lead singer, which means the front figure of the band, Lene, is Norwegian. Please - she´s the only famous person my home town has to brag about! ;)
Aurora —Preceding
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WRONG!!! Aqua is danish. Then should Jethro Tull be English-Scottish, and Zavod should be Swedish-Russian = bullshit. Aqua is danish, formed in Denmark, with danish and ONE norwegian member. Get it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.62.117.249 ( talk) 12:24, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Tonight I saw that the band appears as Norwegian but nearly all references to country of work lead to Denmark, so I "recategorized" the band as Danish-Norwegian.
removal of source http://www.aquaofficial.com/biog.php I removed this source because it no longer supported the article. Heaika ( talk) 22:58, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Ginta suou ( talk) 02:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
I agree. It should be a Danish band. Just because Lene is a Norwegian, this does not change the fact that the group is Danish. It is the same as if you called Metallica to be Danish - American band because Lars Ulrich is from Denmark or Scorpions a German - American band because James Kotak is an American or Nightwish a Finnish - Swedish band because Anette Olzon is a Swedish singer. I am going to change it to a "Danish band". Norum ( talk) 11:41, 3 July 2009 (UTC) -- 80.217.59.111 ( talk) 09:16, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
As their official website states that Aqua is a Danish/Norwegian dance-pop group, I'm changing it back. ( Heaika ( talk) 12:56, 25 February 2010 (UTC))
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Opinion: The assertion that the "band probably made a mistake when designing the website" is mere speculation or analysis and is, therefore, prohibited original research. The band's official webpage is an acceptable source per WP:SELFPUB and the Danish/Norwegian designation ought to stand. Regards, TRANSPORTERMAN ( TALK) 02:38, 26 February 2010 (UTC) |
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Screw that. Just because thats what they claim on their site, doesnt mean they got it right. Dont forget, the Aqua website is NOT run by the group, it is run just by a webmaster. Norum 17:22, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
I have not seen any valid arguments against the Danish-Norwegian designation, and since the official webpage is an acceptable source per WP:SELFPUB, I'm requesting that the nationality of the band to be set as Danish-Norwegian, if there are no valid objections – aside from speculation that is! I undid the revision, and sat the band as a multinational band again because of no warning in the talk-page and because of lacking sources/contradiction of valid sources. ( 79.160.234.48 ( talk) 23:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC))
Danish-Norwegian is just simply stupid. Just because 1 out of for is a Norwegian, doesnt make the group danish-norwegian. This is plain stupid. Why no call Metallica a Danish-American band because Lars Ulrich is a Dane. Or Scorpions a Polish - German - American band? See how stupid this looks? Norum 02:39, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
No it should not end the argument. That's a stupid assumption. I don't know who's running their website or who put that there, but it's really not relevant. Even if they call themselves a Danish-Norwegian band, it doesn't make them a Danish-Norwegian band. See, I think I'm God, I have a website that says that I'm God, so, according to your logic; if I create a Wikipedia article that says that I'm God, it shouldn't be changed since, well, I said so myself - Right? ... No, NOT right! You need to learn something about source criticism. Org.aidepikiw ( talk) 11:32, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Just for the record, another example - Van Halen. The van Halen brothers are Dutchmen born in the Netherlands. Yet, no one classifies the band as being Dutch-American. Just thought I'd add this. Norum 22:50, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
The band is described as Danish-Norwegian on the "About" page of all their major media platforms, such as YouTube, Spotify and Apple music. At least the two first "About" sections (Youtube and Spotify) were posted either by the band or a representative. I'm not sure who has posted the Apple music description. I kindly ask the user who keeps editing this back to "Danish" to stop doing so. AarhusGym 19:11, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
I have listened to their debut single, Itzy Bitzy Spider, and I have a question about it. The vocalist does not appear to be Lene Nystrom Rasted. Is Beck Luween the vocalist in this song? BulsaraAndDeacon ( talk) 14:08, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Wow. As the article stood there was a sharp turn in the narrative in section "The Aquarium Age". It seems that back in April 2008 some mishandling in reverting vandalism occured, and as a result a section was lost: compare before and after (and for a year and a half this remained unnoticed!). I've restored the text, but it likely needs some updating to fit the current state of the article. 94.29.50.73 ( talk) 18:25, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Can someone find a free image of the Aqua members for the article? BulsaraAndDeacon ( talk) 16:47, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
OK, I have finally found a good free image. BulsaraAndDeacon ( talk) 01:39, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I only ask as when I first read this article, I thought the bit mentioning her (Beck Luween was part of the original Joyspeed lineup, playing the triangle, but she left the group after a very short time due to the excessive demand for her talents.) was a little fake sounding. I've tried searching for more details about her, but the only information I can find mirrors what's here. Can anyone confirm any details about her? If it's true, the phrasing of the sentence is a bit odd. Snorgle ( talk) 19:55, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
In Section 1.3, the second last sentence are as follows:
"René did not find out until Lene gave an interview in the 2004 Top 100 Best Broken Up Bands Ever."
Is there any source for this? A simple Google search revealed nothing. The article is used as a reference for the most controversial aspect of the entire Aqua page.
It should be removed without a proper citation. Ratha K ( talk) 05:01, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
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It seems there was a long discussion in the past about whether Aqua should be descibed as Danish or Danish-Norwegian. I don't really mind which it is, but I think we can all agree that it should not be Danish-Norwegian-Algerian and Algerian should not be in the description as this is describing the ethnicity of only one of the members (Rene Dif). To mention ethnicity in this way goes against the Wikipedia manual of style ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#Context). Liquidmetalrob ( talk) 16:52, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Lene, Rene, Soren and Claus should be merged here. Their biographies and personal lives are not sourced properly, and there is little to no coverage of their non-Aqua endeavors. 81blazko92 ( talk) 23:32, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
She had her own solo career outside the band 216.221.69.229 ( talk) 06:58, 26 June 2023 (UTC)