 They released a children's album, "Synger Kjente Barnesanger", under the band name "Marit & Marion", which was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award when they were both 12 years old.They continued writing pop songs and sent demo recordings out.One of the demos ended up at Atlantic Records and they were signed to a worldwide contract in 1998, after which they shortened their name to M2M, which reflects the initials of both their first names.