Editing Michael Learns to Rock (section)

{{Short description|Danish rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Michael Learns to Rock
| image            = Michael Learns to Rock live at Philippines (2022).jpg
| caption          = The band performing live in [[Davao City, Philippines]] in 2022
| landscape        = yes
| background       = group_or_band
| alias            = MLTR
| origin           = [[Aarhus]], Denmark
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Soft rock]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| years_active     = 1988–present
| label            = *[[EMI Records]]<br />
* Medley Records
* MLTR Music (most albums and singles sold under licence by [[Warner Music]], except [[Scandinavia (album)|''Scandinavia'']], co-distributed under licence by [[Universal Music Group]] in India 
* [[Warner Music Group]] in South East Asia and Hong Kong 
* [[Sony Music]] in the rest of the world) 
| website          = {{URL|www.mltr.dk}}
| current_members  = [[Jascha Richter]]<br />Mikkel Lentz<br />Kåre Wanscher
| past_members     = Søren Madsen
}}

'''Michael Learns to Rock''' ('''MLTR''') is a Danish [[soft rock]] and [[pop rock]] band formed in 1988. The band currently consists of [[Jascha Richter]], Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher. Søren Madsen was an original member of the group since its formation but left in 2000. The band has sold over 11 million records over the course of their career, with the majority sold in [[Scandinavia]] and [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wee |first1=Sui-Lee |title=The Scandinavian Soft Rock Band That’s Big in Asia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/world/asia/michael-learns-to-rock-popularity.html |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 November 2024}}</ref> Despite being Danish, the band performs songs in [[English language|English]]. The band has attributed its success in Asia to their drug-free, clean-living image, and to singing in English as a second language.<ref name="quartly"/>

MLTR has earned gold and platinum status for records in many countries and won many awards, including the Gold Preis Award from RSH, [[Germany]] and "The Best Performing Act of the Year" at the SEA [[Grammy Awards]] in [[Singapore]]. In addition, their song "[[Take Me to Your Heart (Michael Learns to Rock song)|Take Me to Your Heart]]" was awarded "most downloaded single of the year 2006" with 6 million or more paid downloads.<ref>{{cite news|title= Danish Pop trio 'Michael' ready to woo Taipei|author= Nelson Wu|work= [[The China Post]]|date= 4 July 2007|url= http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2007/07/04/114086/Danish-Pop.htm|access-date= 2 October 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131211201754/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2007/07/04/114086/Danish-Pop.htm|archive-date= 11 December 2013}}</ref> The band has recorded nine studio albums as well as a number of live and greatest hits albums. Their latest studio album, ''[[Still (Michael Learns to Rock album)|Still]]'', was released on 21 March 2018.

During the peak of their popularity in the mid and late 1990s, MLTR was described by critics as being "as good (if not better) a band as any current big name group out of America or the UK or the Australia."<ref name="jowu">{{cite web|title=The Story of MLTR |url=http://jowu.co.uk/index.php?page=mltr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819032552/http://jowu.co.uk/index.php?page=mltr |archive-date=19 August 2011 }} Jowu Entertainment & Media Ltd Retrieved 14 March 2010</ref> According to the band's record label releases, their sound is "the perfect balance of a Scandinavian glow and the international pop song that has been instrumental in forming the compelling sound of the band",<ref name="scanmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.scanmusic.dk/202-207-mltr.htm|title=Michael Learns To Rock: The Story of MLTR|publisher=Scan Music & Booking|access-date=3 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130940/http://www.scanmusic.dk/202-207-mltr.htm|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> although the lead singer and songwriter, [[Jascha Richter]], disagrees with this, maintaining that the music defies geographical categorization.<ref name="quartly"/>