:Toy-Box

{{About|the musical group||Toy box (disambiguation){{!}}Toy box}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Toy-Box

| image = Toybox-1575671161.jpg

| caption = Toy-Box 2019 concert

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Denmark

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| years_active = {{hlist|1996–2003|2017–present}}

| label = Edel

| current_members = Amir El-Falaki
Anila Mirza

| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030922115315/http://www.toy-box.dk:80/|date=22 September 2003|title=www.Toy-Box.dk}}

}}

Toy-Box is a Danish bubblegum pop band, best known for their hit singles "Tarzan & Jane", "Best Friend", "E.T.", "Superstar", and "The Sailor Song". The group's members are vocalists Amir El-Falaki and Anila Mirza.

History

Toy-Box was founded by Amir El-Falaki and Anila Mirza in 1996, after they had met each other at a New Year's Eve party. They had been both singing and dancing professionally for some years, and also stand behind the choreographies of the group. Before becoming a part of the group, El-Falaki used to be a dance teacher.

The group's debut single, "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 and number 15 on the Eurochart Hot 100. In 1999, the single peaked at number 16 on MTV Europe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksuche.php|title=Charts-Surfer: Liedsuche|website=www.charts-surfer.de}}

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

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 released a solo album as Aneela, featuring collaboration with Arash, including the singles "Jaande", "Chori Chori", and "Bombay Dreams". When asked about another Toy-Box release in 2007, Aneela said, "I don't know, anything's possible."{{Cite web|url=http://bubblegumdancer.com/artists/toy-box.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508175521/http://bubblegumdancer.com/artists/toy-box.htm|url-status=dead|title=Bubblegum Dancer|archivedate=May 8, 2007}}

As of 2017, Toy-Box has returned to tour alongside Aqua, Vengaboys, and many more groups for a series of 1990s concerts. They performed at the Vi Elsker 90'erne events in Denmark in 2017.

In 2024 Toy Box performed at the TMF Awards performing "Tarzan and Jane"

Discography

=Studio albums=

scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="5"\| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Certifications
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\|DEN Chart positions in Denmark: For Fantastic: {{cite news \|title=Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 25 \|work=Ekstra Bladet \|location=Copenhagen \|language=Danish \|date=1999-06-27 }} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\|FIN {{cite web\|url=https://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box\|title=Discography Toy-Box\|website=finnishcharts.com\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\|NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\|NOR ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\|SWE
scope="row"\| FanTastic \| Released: 21 May 1999 Label: Edel Formats: {{hlist\|CD\|cassette\|digital download}} \| 3 \| 28 \| 1 \| 9 \| 17 \| DEN: Platinum{{cite news \|title=Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 28 \|work=Ekstra Bladet \|location=Copenhagen \|language=Danish \|date=1999-07-18 }} NLD: Platinum
scope="row"\| ToyRide \| Released: 28 July 2001 Label: Edel Formats: {{hlist\|CD\|cassette\|digital download}} \| 22 \| — \| 91 \| — \| — \|
colspan="8" style="font-size:85%"\|"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Title ! scope="col" colspan="10"\| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! scope="col" width="35"\| AUS {{cite web\|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box\|title=Discography Toy-Box\|website=australian-charts.com\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| DEN [https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box International peaks] ! scope="col" width="35"\| EUR {{cite book\| first= David\| last= Roberts\| year= 2006\| title= British Hit Singles & Albums\| edition= 19th\| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited \| location= London\| isbn= 1-904994-10-5\| page= 563}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| GER {{Cite web\|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Toy-Box/25531/single\|title=German peaks\|access-date=2012-01-19\|archive-date=2015-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114121640/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Toy-Box/25531/single\|url-status=dead}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| NED {{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box\|title=Discografie Toy-Box\|website=dutchcharts.nl\|language=nl\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| NOR {{cite web\|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box\|title=Discography Toy-Box\|website=norwegiancharts.com\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| NZ {{cite web\|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box\|title=Discography Toy-Box\|website=charts.nz\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| SWE {{cite web\|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box\|title=Discography Toy-Box\|website=swedishcharts.com\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| SWI {{cite web\|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Toy-Box/Tarzan-&-Jane-3873\|title=Toy-Box – Tarzan & Jane\|website=hitparade.ch\|language=de\|access-date=22 October 2022}} ! scope="col" width="35"\| UK {{Cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8115/toy-box/\|title=TOY-BOX \| full Official Chart History\|publisher=Official Charts Company}}
1998 \| align="left"\| "Tarzan & Jane" \| 41 \| 2 \| 15 \| 37 \| 2 \| 3 \| 27 \| 8 \| 34 \| — \| NVPI: Platinum \| align="left" rowspan="3"\| FanTastic
rowspan="2"\| 1999 \| align="left"\| "Best Friend" \| 39 \| 6 \| 11 \| — \| 1 \| 13 \| — \| 23 \| — \| 41 \| NVPI: Gold
align="left"\| "The Sailor Song" \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 9 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \|
rowspan=2\| 2001 \| align="left"\| "Superstar" \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 41 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| ToyRide
align="left"\| "www.girl" \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 35 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \|
colspan="16" style="font-size:85%"\| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! scope="col" width="35"| AUS
{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box|title=Discography Toy-Box|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=22 October 2022}}

! scope="col" width="35"| DEN
[https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box International peaks]

! scope="col" width="35"| EUR
{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 563}}

! scope="col" width="35"| GER
{{Cite web|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Toy-Box/25531/single|title=German peaks|access-date=2012-01-19|archive-date=2015-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114121640/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Toy-Box/25531/single|url-status=dead}}

! scope="col" width="35"| NED
{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box|title=Discografie Toy-Box|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=22 October 2022}}

! scope="col" width="35"| NOR
{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box|title=Discography Toy-Box|website=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=22 October 2022}}

! scope="col" width="35"| NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box|title=Discography Toy-Box|website=charts.nz|access-date=22 October 2022}}

! scope="col" width="35"| SWE
{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Toy-Box|title=Discography Toy-Box|website=swedishcharts.com|access-date=22 October 2022}}

! scope="col" width="35"| SWI
{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Toy-Box/Tarzan-&-Jane-3873|title=Toy-Box – Tarzan & Jane|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=22 October 2022}}

! scope="col" width="35"| UK
{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8115/toy-box/|title=TOY-BOX | full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company}}

1998

| align="left"| "Tarzan & Jane"

| 41

| 2

| 15

| 37

| 2

| 3

| 27

| 8

| 34

| —

NVPI: Platinum

| align="left" rowspan="3"| FanTastic

rowspan="2"| 1999

| align="left"| "Best Friend"

| 39

| 6

| 11

| —

| 1

| 13

| —

| 23

| —

| 41

NVPI: Gold

align="left"| "The Sailor Song"

| —

| 9

| —

rowspan=2| 2001

| align="left"| "Superstar"

| —

| 41

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| ToyRide

align="left"| "www.girl"

| —

| 35

| —

colspan="16" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

=Promotional singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Album
align="left"\| "Teddybear" \| 1999 \| FanTastic

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Album

align="left"| "Teddybear"

| 1999

| FanTastic

References

External links

[http://www.toy-box.de.nu Toy-Box] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108074611/http://www.toy-box.de.nu/ |date=2014-11-08 }}
[http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/20-Toy-Box/project/ Toy-Box biography, news and discography] at Bubblegum Dancer

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