Pop music is making a resurgence on the UK music charts, and now two more 90s pop groups have announced comeback plans.

Swedish dance-pop quartet Ace of Base have also reformed and been busy in the studio, with a new album due out in Europe next spring (that's 'Northern Hemisphere spring') . They've also announced dates for an upcoming reunion tour... visiting Denmark, Russia, and Lithuania, with more stops likely.

Ace of Base had huge international success in the 90s, with singles like The Sign, Don't Turn Around, All That She Wants, and Beautiful Life. Their debut album Happy Nation/The Sign sold over 23 million copies worldwide.

Unfortunately though, Ace of Base have this week denied media speculation they've been asked to take part in the next Melodifestivalen, the competition which selects Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Meanwhile, colourful Danish pop group Aqua are most famous for their worldwide smash single Barbie Girl, but also had international success with the songs Dr Jones, Turn Back Time, Cartoon Heroes, and Around the World.

The bubblegum-pop quartet from Denmark have also been back in the recording studio, laying down a few new songs which will apparently be added to a fresh Greatest Hits package due out next year, with a European tour also on the 2008 calendar.

British "boy" band Take That are back, with a new single Rule the World, written and recorded as the theme song for the epic adventure movie Stardust (starring Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sir Ian McKellen and Rupert Everett).


Rule the World also appears on a new "Tour Souvenir Edition" of the lads' comeback album Beautiful World. The repackaged album includes 3 new songs, plus a bonus DVD with 4 music videos (Patience, Shine, I'd Wait For Life, Rule the World), and interviews with the group behind the scenes of their tour.

Rule the World plays over the closing credits of the film Stardust, and features Gary Barlow on lead vocals. It has apparently already been nominated for an Oscar.

It seems the boys will be pipped at the post in this week's UK Singles Chart though, with X Factor winner Leona Lewis expected to take the #1 spot with her ballad "Bleeding Love".

The song and video for Take That - Rule the World features the Millennia Ensemble, an 18 piece string ensemble. The video was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and also includes clips from the movie Stardust...

Alison Clarkson - better known to most of the music world as "Betty Boo" is back, and preparing to bring back the alter-ego which made her a hit on the UK's music charts in the late 80s.

Ms Boo says "Cool Pop is back" and it's time to "Relaunch the Brand". She's following a similar route that gave her a first taste of chart success. Betty Boo originally teamed up with the Beatmasters for her debut hit, "Hey DJ - I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)".

This time around, she's teamed up with Jack Rokka (actually UK producers Digital Dog), for an electro club track called "Take Off"...



Betty Boo's already been in the recording studio laying down tracks for her forthcoming album...
In the meantime, here's her classic hit "Doin' the Do"...

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The long-awaited sequel to the hit Disney Channel movie, High School Musical, has hit small screens in the USA... and the CD Soundtrack of the music from the new film High School Musical 2 is on full blast in CD players and mp3 players around the world.

The new catchy songs are sure to please fans of the original, with a good range of musical styles including dance pop, big-band swing, ballads, pop rock, and even a Hawaiian-flavoured number.


The smash hit High School Musical 2 CD Soundtrack features the following songs from the new 2007 Disney Channel Original TV Movie...

* What Time Is It
* Fabulous
* Work This Out
* You Are the Music in Me
* I Don't Dance
* Gotta Go My Own Way
* Bet On It
* Everyday
* All For One
* Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

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