[13] The band's members are vocalists René Dif and Lene Nystrøm, keyboardist Søren Rasted, and guitarist Claus Norreen.
During their split, Nystrøm, Dif and Rasted all achieved solo chart success, while Norreen remixed other artists' material.
At a press event on October 26, 2007, the group announced a reunion tour, as well as the release of a compilation album featuring new material.
[14] Søren Rasted and Claus Norreen won a contest and were hired to produce a soundtrack for a film titled Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner.
A few months after the film was released, Dif met Lene Nystrøm who was singing on the Norway–Denmark ferry, M/S Peter Wessel, while he was a DJ there.
The formation of Joyspeed was on the basis that both Norreen and Rasted would do the production for the group, with Dif rapping and Nystrøm performing the main vocals.
The four began to produce and write songs in a different style, attracting the attention of major label Universal Music Denmark.
They renamed themselves Aqua, choosing the name seen on a poster in their dressing room, and accepted Universal Music Denmark's offer of a recording contract in 1996.
It was released in Denmark in September 1996, and stayed in the charts for over two months, eventually selling enough copies to be certified platinum.
The success of the single was further proven when Aqua received a nomination for "Best Danish Dance Act", although the group did not win.
The song was featured on the soundtrack to the film Sliding Doors, and achieved a large amount of radio and video airplay.
Following the release of "Good Morning Sunshine", which achieved limited success, Aqua concentrated on their second album, and on touring around Australia.
The group also released a documentary on 1 December 1998 containing several live performances of songs from the Aquarium album and interviews with the members.
"[18] Aqua released "Bumble Bees" as a single in Scandinavia, Europe and Australia, achieving reasonable success.
The group also performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, collaborating with the Safri Duo and providing the music during the voting stages of the competition.
They released a greatest hits album on 15 June 2009, which includes 16 old remastered tracks and three new songs: "My Mamma Said", "Live Fast, Die Young", and "Back to the 80s".
After the moderate chart success of Megalomania in Denmark, an expanded version of the band featuring all four original members (Lene Nystrøm Rasted, René Dif, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen), plus new additions Niels Lykke Munksgaard Rasmussen (guitar) Frederik Thaae (bass) and Morten Hellborn (drums), toured Australia in March 2012.
They initially announced six concerts but quickly added three additional shows to Melbourne, Sydney and Perth (Fremantle) due to popular demand.
They performed a slower tempo acoustic version of "Barbie Girl" and it was revealed that Lene had pneumonia, but the concerts would proceed as the group prided themselves on never having cancelled a show.
In September 2016, it was announced that Aqua will perform "at least 10 concerts" as part of the Vi Elsker 90'erne ("We Love the '90s") music festival.
The song debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Aqua's second single to enter the Top 10, and their first since "Barbie Girl".
[30][31] "Barbie World" debuted at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's 23rd, Ice Spice's fourth, and Aqua's second top-ten hit.