Alien Beat Club
{{Short description|Danish musical group}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alien Beat Club
| image = Alien Beat Club - ANR Hirtshals - ubt -40.JPG
| alt =
| caption = In Hirtshals, 2010
| image_size =
| alias = ABC
| origin = Denmark
| genre =
| years_active = 2009 - 2012
| label =
| associated_acts =
| website = http://alienbeatclub.dk/
| current_members = Kasper Spring Ehlers
Patricia Namakula Mbabazi
Marcel Mark Gbekle
Stephanie Lykkehøj Gudmundsen
| past_members =
}}
Alien Beat Club (often abbreviated as ABC) were a Danish pop/R&B group, best known as second-place winners on Series 2 of The X Factor. Its members - Kasper Spring Ehlers, Marcel Mark Gbekle, Patricia Namakula Mbabazi and Stephanie Lykkehøj Gudmundsen - had originally auditioned as solo artists at the beginning of the competition, but were later formed into a band by judge/mentor Remee.http://www.dr.dk/DR1/xfactor/Historie/forside2009.htm (in Danish){{Cite web |url=http://blogs.denmark.dk/mouridsen/2009/03/18/the-x-factor-fever/ |title=Alien Beat Club |access-date=2010-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812173718/http://blogs.denmark.dk/mouridsen/2009/03/18/the-x-factor-fever/ |archive-date=2011-08-12 |url-status=dead }}
''X Factor''
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Theme ! Performer ! Song ! Result |
|---|
| 13.02.2009
| Hits | Duffy | "Warwick Avenue" | Safe to next round |
| 20.02.2009
| Made in Denmark | Dieters Lieder / Rune | "Dig og mig" / "Calabria" | Safe to next round |
| 27.02.2009
| Motown songs | "I'll Be There" | Safe to next round |
| 06.03.2009
| ABBA songs | ABBA | "Voulez-Vous" | Safe to next round |
| 13.03.2009
| Danish Big Band | "Toxic" | Safe to next round |
| rowspan="2"| 20.03.2009
| Sanne Salomonsen songs | Sanne Salomonsen | "Taxa" |rowspan="2"| Safe to next round |
| Dedication
|"I'm Yours" |
| rowspan="2"| 27.03.2009
| Free choice | Elton John / Lady Gaga | "Circle of Life" / "Just Dance" | To second round of finals |
| X Factor winning song
| | X Factor runner-up |
Prior to joining Alien Beat Club, Kasper had been a finalist in Idols, Patricia was a customer service representative for Telia, Stephanie was a singer/songwriter in another band, and Marcel was a football player.[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://alienbeatclub.net/&ei=KCXMTPClE4uOjAfux-3WBw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCIQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dalien%2Bbeat%2Bclub%26hl%3Den%26prmd%3Dvi Alien Beat Club info]
After ''X Factor''
Alien Beat Club released the single "My Way", in weeks 38/2009, which went to number one on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart. They have also released a charity single "It's My World", in support of UNICEF.
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="140"|Album !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Certification |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN {{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alien+Beat+Club |title=Alien Beat Club discography |publisher=Hung Medien |work=danishcharts.dk |accessdate=5 April 2015 }} |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|2009
|Diversity | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="140"|Single !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="100"|Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2009
| "Dig og mig" | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| "My Way"
| style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|Diversity |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2010
| "Simple Things" | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} |
| "It's My World"
| style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
Category:X Factor (Danish TV series) contestants
Category:Danish pop music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2009
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