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M2M is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Simon & Garfunkel, Too Much Heaven, The Beatles and BBMak. Those roots explain a lot about how M2M arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as A*Teens, 98º, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Michael Learns to Rock and Jessica Simpson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Orange Caramel and Taylor Swift, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around M2M, reaching back through Simon & Garfunkel and forward to Orange Caramel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
M2M is a Norwegian pop duo comprising Marit Larsen and Marion Raven. Larsen and Raven had been friends since the age of five and formed a music duo when they were eight. They released a children's album in 1996 when Larsen was 12 and Raven was 11, under the name "Marit & Marion". The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998. M2M were frequently praised for writing most of their songs and performing their own instruments, something that was considered to set them apart from the majority of teen pop music artists.
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M2M connections
M2M grew out of Simon & Garfunkel, Too Much Heaven, The Beatles and BBMak, shares an orbit with A*Teens, 98º, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Michael Learns to Rock, went on to shape Orange Caramel and Taylor Swift. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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