M2M
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M2M was a Norwegian pop music duo formed by Marion Elise Raven and Marit Elisabeth Larsen. They released three albums:
Shades of Purple, The Big Room, and The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M
The group's first single, "Don't Say You Love Me", appeared in 1999, and was featured on the soundtrack of Pokémon: The First Movie.
The movie helped the song to reach success worldwide and the duo released their first album, Shades of Purple, in 2000,
which debuted at number one in Norway and several Asian countries and in the Top 40 in most other countries.
In September that year, they toured with Hanson, performing as the boys' opening act.
Four more singles were released from the album: "Mirror Mirror", "The Day You Went Away", "Pretty Boy" and "Everything You Do".
Their trilingualism made them popular in Asia as they released several songs sung in Mandarin such as "Pretty Boy".
In 2002, the duo returned with a more mature, less pop-oriented sound with their second album, The Big Room. In two years, their voices had changed, especially Raven's. The first single from the album was "Everything" followed by "What You Do About Me". They did not release a third single, even though "Don't" was released to U.S. and Latin America's radio stations and "Wanna Be Where You Are" was released in the Philippines.
While on tour with Jewel, M2M was dropped by Atlantic Records, who cited a lack of record sales, although the album did do well in Norway, Asia and Australia. Although M2M was the most popular Norwegian female band, the most successful, and the youngest artist to get an international career after a-ha, the duo eventually split in September of that year. They are currently performing as solo artists, now going by their own names..
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