# EyeQ

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{{Short description|Danish girl group}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = EyeQ
| image           = EyeQ.jpg
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| caption         = From left to right: Louise Lolle, Trine Jepsen, Sofie Hviid & Julie Næslund.
| alias           =
| origin          = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark
| genre           = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| years_active    = 2001–2003 <!-- {{start date|YYYY}}–{{end date|YYYY}} (or –present) -->
| label           = [EMI](/source/EMI)
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| current_members =
| past_members    = {{ubl|[Trine Jepsen](/source/Trine_Jepsen)|Louise Lolle|Sofie Hviid|Julie Næslund}}
}}

'''EyeQ''' was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [girl group](/source/girl_group), that formed as the winners of the first season of the reality series ''[Popstars](/source/Popstars)'' which was broadcast on [TV2](/source/TV_2_(Denmark)) in 2001.<ref name="b.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.b.dk/kultur/eyeq-fortsaetter-trods-brud|title=eyeQ fortsætter trods brud|date=12 October 2009|work=www.b.dk|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="appetize.dk"/> The group became one of Danmarks best selling music groups. The group consisted of singers [Trine Jepsen](/source/Trine_Jepsen), the winner of [Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1999](/source/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001) with the song "Denne Gang", [Louise Lolle](/source/%3Ada%3ALouise_Lolle), Sofie Hviid and Julie Næslund.<ref name="seoghoer.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.seoghoer.dk/Nyheder/FilmOgTv/Popstars%20de%20vandt%20og%20deltog.aspx|title=Popstars: De vandt og deltog - SE og HØR|work=Se og Hør|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref>

==Career==

===2001: Early success, first album===
The media attention the group got from appearing on Popstars gave the group success with their debut single "I Want What She's Got" which topped the Danish single charts.<ref name="appetize.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.appetize.dk/portraet/julie-naeslund-mit-liv-har-ikke-kun-vaeret-en-dans-pa-roser/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701045429/http://www.appetize.dk/portraet/julie-naeslund-mit-liv-har-ikke-kun-vaeret-en-dans-pa-roser/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2013 |title=Julie Næslund – Mit liv har ikke kun været en dans på roser |accessdate=1 May 2015 }}</ref> The single was sold in more than 30,000 copies and went triple platinum. Their debut album ''Let It Spin'' from 2001 peaked at number one on the Danish album chart and continued to place on the chart for twenty consecutive weeks.<ref name="seoghoer.dk"/> The album sold 150,000 copies and got triple platinum.<ref name="seoghoer.dk"/>

===2002–03: Second album and split===
The group's second album ''Be Okay'' was released in 2002 and in that album the girls themselves wrote several of the songs. The album peaked at number seventeen for one week.<ref name="b.dk"/><ref name="appetize.dk"/>

Sofie Hviid left the group in 2003, and the rest of the group disbanded shortly after that.<ref name="b.dk"/><ref name="appetize.dk"/>

==Discography==
* 2001 - ''Let It Spin''
* 2002 - ''Be Okay''

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Discogs artist|https://www.discogs.com/artist/648026-EyeQ}}

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Category:Danish girl groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2001
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003
Category:English-language Danish singers
Category:Danish pop music groups
Category:Popstars winners

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