Toy-Box

Toy-Box is a Danish bubblegum pop group, consisting of vocalists Anila Mirza and Amir El-Falaki. Mirza was born on October 8, 1974 in Hillerød, Denmark to a half-Pakistani, half-Iranian mother, and a Parsi father. El-Falaki was born August 12, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Moroccan parents. In 1999, they had some success in the Scandinavian music charts with a song from the album Fantastic, named "Tarzan & Jane". Toy-Box reunited and performed at the Vi Elsker 90'erne events in Denmark in 2017.

Toy-Box
Toy-Box 2019 concert
Background information
OriginDenmark
GenresBubblegum pop, Eurodance
Years active1996–2003
2017–present
Websitewww.Toy-Box.dk at the Wayback Machine (archived September 22, 2003)
MembersAnila Mirza
Amir El-Falaki

History

"Tarzan & Jane" was championed by Smash Hits magazine in the United Kingdom in 1999, but their UK label Edel decided to hold back the release until later on in the year, to coincide with the release of Disney's Tarzan. They elected to release "Best Friend" first; although it received a lot of rotation on the television channel The Box, it only reached number 41 in the UK Singles Chart, and plans to release "Tarzan & Jane" were cancelled. It reached number 2 in the Dutch hit lists. "Tarzan & Jane" reached number 15 on the Eurochart Hot 100. In 1999 the song peaked at number 16 on MTV Europe.[1]

Toy-Box's first album, Fantastic, included the hits "The Sailor Song", "Best Friend", "Super-Duper-Man", "Teddybear", and "Tarzan & Jane". It was released in September 1999 and followed in 2001 by a second album, Toy Ride, which includes fan-favorite songs "www.girl", "Prince of Arabia", and "Wizard of Oz".

After the group broke up, El-Falaki worked as a dance teacher, music video choreographer and trainer to F.C. Copenhagen's cheerleading team. Mirza later changed her first name to Aneela and began a solo career, with limited success. When asked about another Toy-Box release in 2007, Aneela said, "I don't know, anything's possible."[2]

As of 2017, Toy-Box has returned to tour alongside Aqua, Vengaboys, and many more for a series of 1990s concerts.

Discography

Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
DEN
[3]		 NDL NOR SWE FIN
1999 Fantastic 3 1 9 17 28
  • DEN: Platinum[4]
  • NED: Platinum
2001 Toy Ride 22 91 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album Certifications
AUS
[5]		 AUT
[5]		 DEN
[5]		 EUR [6] GER
[7]		 NED
[8]		 NOR
[5]		 NZ
[5]		 SUI
[5]		 SWE
[5]		 UK
[9]
1998 "Tarzan & Jane" 41 28 2 15 37 2 3 27 34 8 — Fantastic
  • NED: Platinum
1999 "Best Friend" 39 — 6 11 — 1 13 — — 23 41
  • NED: Gold
"The Sailor Song" — — — — — 9 — — — — —
2001 "Superstar" — — — — — 41 — — — — — Toy Ride
"www.girl" — — — — — 35 — — — — —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

Promotional singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
DEN
[5]
"Teddybear" 1999 — Fantastic
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

See also

References
  1. "Charts-Surfer: Liedsuche". www.charts-surfer.de.
  2. "Bubblegum Dancer". Archived from the original on May 8, 2007.
  3. Chart positions in Denmark:
    • For Fantastic: "Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 25". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen. 1999-06-27.
  4. "Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 28". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen. 1999-07-18.
  5. International peaks
  6. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 563. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. "German peaks".
  8. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.
  9. "TOY-BOX | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
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