Nordic popular music
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Nordic popular music, also referred to as Scandinavian popular music, includes pop and rock music of the Nordic countries. The musical scene is known for its biggest bands like ABBA, Roxette, A-ha, Michael Learns to Rock, Ace of Base, and Aqua. These are by far the biggest non-metal acts to come out of Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
The popular music of the Nordic countries exhibits great diversity. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden[1] have all had successful domestic record industries for many years. Because Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were under Soviet control for several decades after World War II, at the time when recording technology and popular music spread around the world, those three countries have in the recent past had a more tenuous connection with the popular industries of Finland, Sweden and the rest. In the 21st century, however, Western popular music (particularly popular music from United Kingdom and United States, as well as more "local" music from other Nordic nations) has continued to gain audiences in the whole Nordic and Baltic region.
The Nordic metal scene is highly visible compared to other genres from the region. Many big names such as Dimmu Borgir, Lordi, Mercyful Fate, Blind Channel, Skálmöld, Hamferð, Mnemic, Opeth, Meshuggah, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, LAMORI from Åland and to an extent Estonia's Metsatöll - if considering Estonia as Nordic, hail from Nordic nations. Nordic or Scandinavian metal bands have had a long and lasting influence on the metal subculture alongside their counterparts in Great Britain and The United States.