M2M

Marit Elisabeth Larsen and Marion Elise Ravn were born in the early eighties in a small Norwegian town called Lørenskog. The two met at the age of five and became friends when they realized they shared a very similar interest: music. Marion had begun taking lessons in piano as a child and formed a pretend band called Hubba Bubba with Marit and her other friends. As young teenagers, Marit and Marion seperated from their friends and went to record their first album in Norway. It was a thematic album, meant for children. The album turned out to be a surprinsing hit and was even nominated for a Norwegian grammy. After their mediocre success, Marit and Marion began to write their own fresh breed of pop songs.

At the age of thirteen, Marion created her first song on her piano, the soft romantic ballad, Girl In Your Dreams. It was meant for a boy who wrote her heart in school. As soon as the managers from a recording label called Atlantic Records heard of Marit and Marion, they dediced to give them a shot at stardom and sign them. Marit and Marion headed off to the United States, for the first time, to record their debut album, which they decided to call, Shades Of Purple. Before the release of Shades of Purple, Marit and Marion needed to come forth to the public with a catchy and clever band name. They ran a contest on the internet at Alloy.com, asking fans to come up with a name for them. A girl on the site suggested the name, M2M. Favoring the name and so, Marit and Marion became M2M.

It was late summer of 1999 when Atlantic Records decided to bring M2M into the people's view. They released M2M's first single, Don't Say You Love Me, as the first single off of the popular Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack. It became a huge top 40 hit and the marked only the beginning for M2M. In March of 2000, M2M released Shades Of Purple for the world to hear. Billboard acclaimed it the soundtrack of the spring and summer of 2000. After the first single, Don't Say You Love Me came the follow-up hits, Mirror Mirror, Pretty Boy, Everything You Do, The Day You Went Away, and Girl In Your Dreams. It wasn't too long until M2M became a huge hit even in Asia. In order to further promote the album, M2M toured in many different places around the world, as well as opening for the popular band, Hanson. They also played a gig on the tv show, One World.

Two years later, M2M released their anticipated 2002 sophomore album, The Big Room. It unveiled a much more elaborate and edgier side of M2M. The first rock-sounding single, Everything was a great way to justify M2M's drastic change in style and music. After Everything came What You Do About Me, Wanna Be Where You Are, and Don't. In the summer of 2002, M2M became the brief opener for singer Jewel's 2002 summer tour. Rocking the stages, M2M proved themselves to the audience, as well as the rest of the world, to be the most original, gorgeous, and talented girls in the business