Rollo and King

Rollo & King
Rollo & King
Origin	Denmark
Genres	Pop
Years active	2000-2002
Members	Søren Poppe ; Stefan Nielsen

Rollo & King was a Danish group, formed by Søren Poppe and Stefan Nielsen, who represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The two men named themselves after two dog names. They topped the charts with their first album Midt i en løbetid which stayed in the charts for 13 weeks in 2000–2001.

Before Søren Poppe got famous with the band, he was a teacher in a school in Valby, in Copenhagen teaching music and mathematics.

Eurovision

Danmarks Radio invited them to enter the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2001. They won with their song Der står et billede af dig på mit bord (literal translation, "There's a picture of you on my desk"). Together with female singer, Signe Svendsen, who had joined the group, they performed the song (translated into English as "Never Ever Let You Go") at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and received 177 points ranked second out of 23 entries.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions	Certification
Year	Album	DEN ^[1]	Certification
2000	Midt i en løbetid	1^[2]	2× Platinum^[2]
2001	Det nye kuld	25

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	DEN ^[1]	Album
2001	"Der står et billede af dig på mit bord"	1
	"Never Ever Let You Go"	3
	"Kvinder & mænd som os"	13

References

^ ^a ^b "Rollo & King discography". danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Hitlisten.NU". Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

Preceded by Olsen Brothers with Fly on the Wings of Love	Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001	Succeeded by Malene Mortensen with Tell Me Who You Are