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By 1996, 2 Unlimited had 14 consecutive singles that went top ten in the international market. Their earliest effort, "Get Ready for This," reached Number Two on the charts. By far their greatest achievement was 1993's "No Limits," which hit Number One in 35 countries and sold in excess of two million copies worldwide by 1996. Its attendant album broke three million in sales; Real Things debuted at the top of Billboards Hits of the World chart when it came out in 1995. By the time they released a greatest hits compilation in 1996, the record industry had presented them with over 150 gold and platinum records, and MTV had honored the release of Real Things with a three-hour television special at Disneyland, Paris.
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As it turned out, 2 Unlimited had a fifth hit album and then split up anyway. Oh well. It was a long career while it lasted. Click the image to see the vid.
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In October 1995, 2 Unlimited released their first compilation album Hits Unlimited, prompting rumours that they were about to split up. The single "Do What's Good For Me" was another top 20 hit and their 27th appearance on Top Of The Pops. The song was ... re-recorded as "Kids Like You And Me" to promote awareness about homeless youth in the Netherlands. Following the surprise belated success of "Get Ready For This" in the USA, the "best-of" was heavily promoted there but only managed no. 107 on the Billboard 200. The rumours continued when Pete Waterman announced that Ray and Anita had split up when in actual fact they hadn't,[20] and Ray expressed his aspirations to be a record producer. In February 1996, the band performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) in Chile, topping the bill alongside Ace of Base.
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Despite Its name, 2 Unlimited is actually a quartet, comprised of two behind-the-scenes composer-producers, Phil Wilde and Jean Paul de Coster, and two lyricist-performers, Anita Doth and Ray Slijngaard. The four have worked together since 1991, presenting their audience with regular contributions to the techno sound, the dance club style prevalent throughout Europe in the 1990s. All of the group's 14 singles have broken the top ten charts and achieved gold and platinum sales world-wide. Ironically, the quartet's happy careen through sales and celebrity has been accompanied by relentless scorn from music reviewers; their name has become synonymous with techno at its most commercial.
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The album II, which was decidedly poppier than previous 2 Unlimited albums, was released in April 1998. It was a relative failure and subsequent singles "Edge Of Heaven" and "Never Surrender" couldn't stop the rot. Before long, both Romy and Marjon left the act.
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The Netherlands techno/dance-pop phenomenon 2 Unlimited was one of the most popular groups in Europe during the early '90s, selling 18 million records and charting number one singles in every European country. (In England, 11 consecutive singles topped the charts.) America... remained unaffected, bringing only "Get Ready for This" to number 38 in late 1994, over two years after it was first released. In 1990, producers Phil Wilde and Jean-Paul DeCoster had previously gained success with AB Logic, and were looking for another vehicle for their songs. 2 Unlimited formed when Wilde and DeCoster were introduced to rapper Ray Slijngaard (b. June 28, 1971, Amsterdam) and vocalist Anita Doth (b. December 28, 1971, Amsterdam) by Marvin D., who had featured both in his rap group in the past.
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