It was certified gold in both Australia and the US, and was nominated for the year's best song at the 2000 Spellemannprisen awards. It charted in over a dozen countries, including at No. Promoted by a "nonstop marketing effort", advanced airing on Radio Disney and the affiliation with Pokémon, the single was very successful. The group's first single, Don't Say You Love Me, was featured in the closing credits of the film Pokémon: The First Movie and was chosen as the lead single from the film's soundtrack. M2M began writing pop songs and sent demo recordings out one of the demo's ended up at Atlantic records and they were signed to a worldwide contract in 1998. Instead, they held a competition for fans to come up with a name, and one girl suggested M2M. They later decided to shorten the name to M&M, though decided against that due to the candy that uses that name. The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award when they were both 12-years-old. However, when they released a children's album, Synger Kjente Barnesauger, they used the band name "Marit & Marion". They became friends at age five, and formed their own band when they were eight, naming it "Hubba Bubba" after their favourite bubblegum. Marion Raven and Marit Larsen come from Lørenskog in the district east of Oslo. A 'best of' album, The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M (2003) was released after they disbanded. Despite critical acclaim, their second album, The Big Room (2002), did not perform as well commercially, and the duo broke up the year of its release, with each pursuing a solo career. Their debut album, Shades of Purple (2000), was critically acclaimed and sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. Their debut single, Don't Say You Love Me (1999), was both a critical and commercial success, and remained their biggest hit.
M2M were frequently praised for writing most of their songs and performing their own instruments, something which was considered to set them aside from the majority of pop music artists. They later changed their name to M2M and were signed to Atlantic Records in 1998. They released a children's album under the name "Marion & Mariot", which was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award when they were 12. Raven and Larsen had been friends since the age of five, and formed their first band when they were eight. M2M was a Norwegian pop music duo comprising Marion Raven and Marit Larsen. Pop, teen pop, pop rock, alternative rock
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