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Maria Mena
By All Music Guide
In 2001, native Norwegian Maria Mena became a teen signing sensation when her single My Lullaby blew up in that country on ringtone and radio. More singles followed, as did the hot-selling album Another Phase, and Menas cred spread throughout Europe. By 2004 Mena was 18, and ready to take her dark-eyed glamour and smooth, faintly-alternative pop (aided in craft by Norwegian songwriter/producer Arvid Solvang) on to the international stage. First, her Mellow LP saw Scandinavian and European issue in January of that year. It was supported by the single Youre the Only One, a sonic sister to Alanis Morissettes Hands Clean, and similarly first-person confessional (Youre the only one who holds my hair back when Im drunk and get sick). Then, in spring, the single appeared on U.S. shores, with eager adds at tastemaking Top 40 outlets. By May, the video clip for Youre the Only One -- which might as well have been a Noxema ad with its shots of squeaky-clean teens horsing around and generally looking vibrant and great -- was entrenched at MTVs TRL. Something called the Teen People Rock n Shop Mall Tour was next for Mena. As crazy as the gig sounded, direct-to-audience marketing of this type had been successfully introducing een pop stars from the hair spray days of Tiffany to the neckties and scowls of Avril Lavigne. White Turns Blue, Menas full-length domestic debut, dropped in July 2004. It featured slightly tweaked tracks from Menas European output, and put a point on her well-timed U.S. pop takeover.
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