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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
David Unyime Nkanta

End of an Era: Aqua Splits Up After 30 Years and Global 'Barbie Girl' Fame

Aqua Gron Concert 2008 (Credit: BulsaraAndDeacon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

After nearly three decades of colourful pop spectacle, chart success and one of the most recognisable songs of the late 1990s, Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua has announced it is bringing its live journey to an end.

The news closes the chapter on a group whose playful, high-energy style became synonymous with an era of global pop culture and whose breakout hit, Barbie Girl, remains one of the defining tracks of the decade.

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