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ABBA (stylised ᗅᗺᗷᗅ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972. With members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, ABBA became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1975 to 1982. They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at the Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest, and were the most successful group ever to take part in the competition.
ABBA sold over 300 million albums and singles worldwide,[5][6][7] while according to its label the Universal Music Group the band has sold over 375 million records as of January 2010.[8] The group's record sales figure is uncertain, and various estimates range from over 140 to over 500 million sold records.[9] This makes them one of the best-selling music artists, and the second best-selling music group of all time, after the Beatles. ABBA was the first group to come from a non-English-speaking country to enjoy consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin American markets, and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish.
During the band's active years, Fältskog & Ulvaeus and Lyngstad & Andersson were married. At the height of their popularity, both relationships were suffering strain which ultimately resulted in the collapse of the Ulvaeus–Fältskog marriage in 1979 and the Andersson–Lyngstad marriage in 1981. These relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with later compositions including more introspective, brooding, dark lyrics.[10]
After ABBA disbanded in December 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage, while Lyngstad and Fältskog pursued solo careers with mixed success. ABBA's music declined in popularity until several films, notably Muriel's Wedding (1994) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), revived public interest in the group and the spawning of several tribute bands. In 1999, ABBA's music was adapted into the successful musical Mamma Mia! that toured worldwide. A film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year.
ABBA were honoured at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, when their hit "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history.[11] The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 15 March 2010.[12]
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Gold: Greatest Hits (ABBA album)
Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album of recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 21 September 1992 through PolyGram, the first compilation to be released after the company had acquired Polar Music and thus the rights to the ABBA back catalogue. In 1998, PolyGram was in turn merged into what is now the Universal Music Group.
With sales in excess of 29 million copies,[3] it is the best-selling ABBA album as well as one of the best-selling albums worldwide. Since 1992, Gold has been released several times, most notably in 2008 to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia! and most recently in 2014 to mark the group's 40th Anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
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You know at least one person in ABBA was Heavy Metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372436tJiaM
Anni-Frid Lyngstad. We actually covered this song back in the 80’. It rocked.
ABBA sucks.
That they made the Rock Hall of Fame before Alice Cooper, Rush, Chicago, Steve Miller, KISS and other legitimate rock acts makes the HOF a joke. Of course, it is all PC claptrap so long as Jann Wenner is in control. But for him, that syrupy Swedish nightmare would permanently be on the outside looking in.
I’m surprised Wenner has not had The Carpenters inducted.