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''The Smurfs'' is a Belgian comics series, created by Peyo in 1958, and popularized in the English speaking world mainly through the 1981–1989 Hanna Barbera cartoon series. Over the decades, many singles and albums of Smurf music have been released in different countries and languages, sometimes very successfully, with millions of copies sold. ==Music recordings== Several popular Smurfs LPs were released, the first of which (''Father Abraham in Smurfland'') was created by Dutch musician Pierre Kartner, who sings under the alias Father Abraham. His single "The Smurf Song" reached the #1 position in 16 countries. (While held off the top spot in the UK by "You're The One That I Want", the single broke a record for most consecutive weeks at number two, which was only equalled in 1991 by Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy".) Subsequent albums included ''Smurfing Sing Song'', ''The Smurfs All Star Show'', ''Christmas in Smurfland'', and ''Best of Friends''. In 1996, there was a release titled ''The Smurfs Go Pop!'' which had a hit UK single titled "I've Got a Little Puppy". The same year, the Smurfs' album ''Techno is Cool - Volume 1'' received a platinum award for sales in excess of 1 million in Europe.〔() 〕 This was repeated in 1999 when the German language album ''Alles Banane'' (by Die Schlümpfe) also sold more than one million copies.〔() 〕 Both the Father Abraham song and the theme song for the 1980s cartoon series have been released in local versions around the world, like the 1981 Japanese ''Silly Little Song of the Smurfs''. In 1984, the album ''Best of Friends'' by The Smurfs received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. In Finland, there have been so far (2011) eighteen Smurf CDs (mostly featuring smurfy versions of pop hits). The first of them sold 170,000 copies in Finland. They're also popular in German language area. Worldwide, more than 10 million CD's have been sold between 2005 and 2007 alone.〔 A new Smurf CD is set to be released as a Soundtrack to the Smurf live action/animated movie being released July 2011. The album will include a new version of the Smurfs Song (aka La La Song) as well as Smurf versions of songs featured in the film. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Smurfs music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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