M2M continued to keep a high profile following the release of Shades of Purple, appearing on Top of the Pops in March 2000 embarking on a tour of US high schools and touring with Hanson in September. īeginning in August 1999, M2M toured and performed extensively to promote their debut single "Don't Say You Love Me", performing several concerts in the US and throughout Asia, as well as appearing on an episode of the show One World, and performing at Walt Disney World in February 2000. Worldwide sales of the album exceeded 1.5 million by January 2002. and had sold 268,000 units there by March 2002.
The album sold 107,000 units in its opening week in the US, debuting at number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and reached number 89 on the US Billboard 200, staying on the chart for sixteen weeks. Sales had exceeded one million by September 2000, though investors were disappointed as they had not yet recuperated the amount they had spent promoting the duo they expected to break even before the end of the year. In December 1999 Warner Music Group, which owns Atlantic Records, stated they expected to sell at least five to six million copies of Shades of Purple. It had been released worldwide by the end of March, except in Sweden where a shipment of 20,000 copies was delayed for at least four weeks due to a legal dispute with a local band there that also used the name "M2M". The album was released in both Europe and Asia in mid-February 2000 and the US on 7 March. When questioned about the album title, M2M replied that purple was their favourite colour and they wanted "a title that expressed that the album is us and through our eyes." Release and promotion Raven and Larsen had previously been unaware of "Too Much Heaven" the chorus was added at the suggestion of their producer. The track "Our Song" uses the chorus of the Bee Gees' hit single " Too Much Heaven" as its own chorus. One of the unreleased songs, "The Feeling is Gone", was released as a B-side on the European and Japanese single versions of " Don't Say You Love Me", and also appears on the Australian version of the album. The pair wrote over 30 songs in anticipation of recording 16 of these were recorded, and 13 made it onto the US version of the album. She wrote it when she was 13 about a boy she liked that was not interested in her. "Girl in Your Dreams" was the first song Raven had ever written.
Raven and Larsen co-wrote most of the songs on the album. The album was recorded in London, Sweden and New York, when Raven was 14 and Larsen was 15. One of the demos ended up at Atlantic Records and they were signed to a worldwide contract in 1998, after which they shortened their name to M2M, which reflects the initials of both their first names. They continued writing pop songs and sent demo recordings out. They released a children's album, Synger Kjente Barnesanger, under the band name "Marit & Marion", which was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award when they were both 12 years old. They became friends at age five, and formed their own band when they were eight. Marion Raven and Marit Larsen come from Lørenskog in the district east of Oslo. Michael Paoletta from Billboard said it was "poised to be the soundtrack of spring/summer 2000." Shades of Purple sold over 1.5 million units worldwide and was nominated for best pop album at the 2000 Spellemannprisen awards. Robert Christgau gave the album an 'A−', praising the duo's singing. The album received a positive critical response. A further two singles, " Mirror Mirror" and " Everything You Do" were released throughout 2000.
Shades of purple movie#
The single " Don't Say You Love Me", which had already been released as the lead single of the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack in October 1999, appears on the album. It was released in the US on 7 March 2000 by Atlantic Records. Shades of Purple is the debut studio album by Norwegian pop duo M2M. Released: May 2000, limited release in Asia
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