Vassendgutane is a chart-topping Norwegian dansband with a country music style that made its album debut in 2000 and broke through to mainstream success in the mid-2000s with its third album. Founded in 1996 in Ørsta, Norway, the band reached the mainstream with Ungkar Med Dobbelseng, which eventually broke into the Top 40 of the Norwegian albums chart in 2006. In the this breakthrough, their 2008 follow-up, XO, was a number one smash hit that charted for more than a half-year. ~ Jason Birchmeier