After having scored 10 consecutive Top 40 hits, it was time to release a Greatest Hits collection. The latest album release from Rednex is “The Best of The West”. It includes the 4 million-sellers “Cotton Eye Joe”, “Old Pop In An Oak”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Spirit Of The Hawk”, the other 6 singles and a bunch of new tracks. Since the first release in 1994, Rednex is the artist that has spent most weeks at No.1 on the German Single Chart since 1980, with a total of 25 weeks (Modern Talking being No.2 with 19 weeks).
What once originated as a playful fluke in Stockholm, Sweden in 1992, is today a big, but loosely run international creative team of producers, writers, performers, art designers, programmers, animators etc. with a unique way of working and collecting ideas into an entertainment group with an copious interest in the Wild West. The performers of this playhouse are from three different countries (UK, Sweden, Holland) and they have chosen Amsterdam as their homebase, causing an actual emigration of a whole band. This, in order to take more part of the buzzing and international partylife that the capital of The Netherlands withholds.
Scarlet (female vocals), Dagger (male vocals), Joe Cagg (vocals + guitar) and Jay Lee (violin + guitar) have all been previously involved with record-releasing projects and touring as entertainers. They are the 5th set of performers in Rednex since the start, 10 years ago, which now makes a total of 11 performers in total. The group Rednex was founded by Annika "Mary Joe" Ljungberg and had their breakthrough in 1994 with the world mega hit "Cotton eye Joe" and has been touring the world ever since. With more than 10 million sold records, number one hits in twelve countries, no less than 41 gold records and 5 European triple Platin, Rednex is one of the biggest Swedish music exports ever. With 25 weeks (that´s half a year folks) as number one on the German charts, Rednex still keeps the record as the artist that stayed longest on first place, 6 weeks more than Modern talking on second place. Rednex is still touring all over the world and is at the same time working on the next album, expected to be released in September 2007. Three singles from the album has been released. "Mama take me home" sold gold in just a month, the follow up single "Fe Fi, the old man died" was performed live at the grand opening cermony of the World Athlete Championships in Helsinki and was broadcasted to billions over the world.
Source: http://artists.letssingit.com/rednex-t23n7/biography
