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  ABBA hailed from Stockholm,
Sweden and became the most memorable group
from Sweden in music history. The group
included Anni-Frid 'Frida' Lyngstad and
Agnetha Faltskog on vocals, Bjorn Ulvaeus on
guitar, and Benny Andersson on keyboards. The
origin of their name is simple - the first
letters of each of their names.
ABBA began with Andersson (of
the group the 'Hep Stars') and Ulvaeus (of
the group 'Hootenanny Singers') began
performing together in the mid-60's before
future wives Lyngstad (married to Andersson
from 1978 to 1981) and Faltskog (married to
Ulvaeus from 1971 to 1979) joined the duo to
complete ABBA.
 ABBA released Ring
Ring.
ABBA released Waterloo.
ABBA hit the charts with
"Waterloo" and "Honey
Honey."
 ABBA released ABBA.
ABBA hit the
Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with
"S.O.S.."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 137
Greatest
Hits was released.
 ABBA released Arrival.
ABBA hit the charts with "I
Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," "Mamma
Mia," and "Fernando."
Greatest
Hits was certified gold.
 The single "Dancing
Queen" was certified gold.
Arrival was certified gold.
ABBA topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for a week with
"Dancing Queen."
 ABBA hit the charts with
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" and
"Money, Money, Money."
ABBA released The
Album.
 ABBA hit the Top 10 with
"Take A Chance."
from the LP The
Album
Billboard
chart run: 30 - 24 - 17 - 13 - 9 - 8 - 6
- 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 9 - 17 - 24 - off
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The
Album was certified gold.
Greatest
Hits was certified platinum.
 The single "Take A
Chance" was certified gold and the The
Album was certified gold.
Greatest
Hits Vol 2 was released.
ABBA released Voulez-Vous.
 ABBA hit the charts with
"Does Your Mother Know" and
"Angeleyes."
Voulez-Vous was certified
gold.
September 13: ABBA began their
first North American tour in Alberta.
 Greatest
Hits Vol 2 was certified gold.
ABBA topped the
UK singles chart for 2 weeks with "The Winner Takes It All."
 ABBA topped the
UK singles chart for 3 weeks with "Super-Trouper."
ABBA topped the
UK LP chart for 9 weeks with Super
Trouper.
ABBA released Super
Trouper.
 ABBA hit the Top 40 with "The Winner Takes It All."
from the LP Super
Trouper
ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 27 - 25 - 21 - 19 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 14 - 17 - 24 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 38
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
 Super
Trouper was certified gold.
ABBA hit the Top 10 with "The Winner Takes It All."
ABBA hit the Top 40 with "Super-Trouper."
from the LP Super
Trouper
 ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 33 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 200
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ABBA released The
Visitors.
January 1: ABBA performed
together for the last time live in Sweden.
 ABBA hit the Top 40 with "When All Is Said And
Done."
from the LP The
Visitors
ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 30 - 27 - 22 - 21 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 159
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The
Singles: The First Ten Years was released.
 Frida:
# 78
Singles Artist of the Year
 Frida hit the Top 40 with "I Know There's
Something Going On."
from the LP Something's
Going On
ARC chart run: 37 - 29 - 23 - 20 - 17 - 13 - 12 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 18 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 80
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Frida hit the Top 10 with "I Know There's
Something Going On."
 Agnetha hit the Top 40 with
"Can't Shake Loose."
from the LP Wrap
Your Arms Around Me
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 31 - 28 - 25 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 177
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 The 4 CD box set Thank
You For The Music was released.
ABBA released the live LP ABBA
Live.
 Gold:
Greatest Hits was released.
More
ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits was released.
 Gold:
Greatest Hits was certified gold.
Gold:
Greatest Hits was certified platinum.
 Gold:
Greatest Hits was certified 2x platinum.
Gold:
Greatest Hits was certified 3x platinum.
 20th
Century Masters - The Millennium Collection:
The Best Of ABBA was released.
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs included "Dancing
Queen" at # 97.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs included included
"Dancing Queen" at # 44.
 The
Definitive Collection was released.
Gold:
Greatest Hits was certified 6x platinum.
Rolling Stone:
50 Essential 'Woman In Rock' Albums included The Definitive
Collection (2001) at # 180.
20th
Century Masters - The Millennium Collection:
The Best Of ABBA was certified gold.
 # 474 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The box set with 11 CDs, The
Complete Studio Recordings, was released.
Number
Ones was released.
Gold:
Greatest Hits topped the UK LP chart as the
film version of Mamma Mia! became a
hit movie.
 March 15: ABBA were inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Faltskog released A.
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Ring Ring
Released: March, 1973
Tracks: "Ring
Ring" - "Another Town, Another
Train" - "Disillusion" -
"People Need Love" - "I
Saw It In The Mirror" - "Nina
Pretty Ballerina" - "Love Isn't
Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" -
"Me And Bobby And Bobby's
Brother" - "He Is Your
Brother" - "She's My Kind Of
Girl" - "I Am Just A Girl"
- "Rock & Roll Band" |
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Waterloo
Released: March, 1974
Billboard
peak:
# 145
Tracks:
"Waterloo" - "Sitting In
The Palmtree" - "King Kong
Song" - "Hasta Manana" -
"My Mama Said" - "Dance
(While The Music Still Goes On)" -
"Honey, Honey" - "What
About Livingstone" - "Watch
Out" - "Gonna Sing You My Love
Song" - "Suzy-Hang-Around"
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ABBA
Released: April, 1975
Billboard
peak:
# 174
Tracks: "Mamma
Mia" - "Hey, Hey Helen" -
"Tropical Loveland" -
"SOS" - "Man In The
Middle" -
"Bang-A-Boomerang" - "I
Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" -
"Rock Me" - "intermezzo No
1" - "I've Been Waiting For
You" - "So Long" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November, 1975
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 48
Tracks: "SOS" -
"He Is Your Brother" -
"Ring Ring" - "Hasta
Manana" - "Nina, Pretty
Ballerina" - "Honey,
Honey" - "So Long" -
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
- "People Need Love" -
"Bang-A-Boomerang" -
"Another Town, Another Train" -
"Mamma Mia" - "Dance
(While The Music Still Goes On)" -
"Waterloo" |
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Arrival
Released: October, 1976
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 20
Tracks: "When I
Kissed The Teacher" - "Dancing
Queen" - "My Love, My
Life" - "Dum Dum Diddle" -
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" -
"Money, Money, Money" -
"That's Me" - "Why Did It
Have To Be Me?" - "Tiger"
- "Arrival" |
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The Album
Released: February, 1978
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 14
Tracks: "Eagle"
- "Take A Chance On Me" -
"One Man, One Woman" -
"The Name Of The Game" -
"Move On" - "Hole In Your
Soul" - "Thank You For The
Music" - "I Wonder
(Departure)" - "I'm A
Marionette" |
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Voulez-Vous
Released: April, 1979
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 19
Tracks: "As Good As
New" - "Voulez-Vous" -
"I Have A Dream" -
"Angeleyes" - "The King
Has Lost His Crown" - "Does
Your Mother Know" - "If It
Wasn't For The Nights" -
"Chiquitita" - "Lovers
(Live A Little Longer)" -
"Kisses Of Fire" |
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Greatest Hits Vol 2
Released: October, 1979
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 46
Tracks: "Gimme,
Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)"
- "Knowing Me, Knowing You" -
"Take A Chance On Me" -
"Money, Money, Money" -
"Rock Me" - "Eagle" -
"Angeleyes" - "Dancing
Queen" - "Does Your Mother
Know" - "Chiquitita" -
"Summer Night City" - "I
Wonder (Departure)" - "The Name
Of The Game" - "Thank You For
The Music" |
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Super Trouper
Released: December, 1980
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 17
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Super
Trouper" - "The Winner Takes It
All" - "On And On And On"
- "Andante, Andante" - "Me
And I" - "Happy New Year"
- "Our Last Summer" - "The
Piper" - "Lay All Your Love On
Me" - "The Way Old Friends
Do" (live) |
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The Visitors
Released: November, 1981
Billboard
peak:
# 29
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "The
Visitors" - "Head Over
Heels" - "When All Is Said And
Done" - "Soldiers" -
"I Let The Music Speak" -
"One Of Us" - "Two For The
Price Of One" - "Slipping
Through My Fingers" - "Like An
Angel Passing Through My Room" |
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The Singles: The First
Ten Years
Released: November, 1982
Billboard
peak:
# 62
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Ring
Ring" - "Waterloo" -
"So Long" - "I Do, I Do, I
Do, I Do, I Do" - "SOS" -
'Mamma Mia" - "Fernando" -
"Dancing Queen" - "Money,
Money, Money" - "Knowing Me,
Knowing You" - "The Name Of The
Game" - "Take A Chance On
Me" - "Summer Night City"
- "Chiquitita" - "Does
Your Mother Know" -
"Voulez-Vous" - "Gimme
Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)"
- "I Have A Dream" - "The
Winner Takes It All" - "Super
Trouper" - "One Of Us" -
"The Day Before You Came" -
"Under Attack" |
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ABBA Live
Released: August, 1986
Live Tracks: "Dancing
Queen" - "Take A Chance On
Me" - "I Have A Dream" -
"Does Your Mother Know" -
"Chiquitita" - "Thank You
For The Music" - "Two For The
Price Of One" - "Fernando"
- "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After
Midnight)" - "Super
Trouper" - "Waterloo" -
"Money, Money, Money" -
"The Name Of The Game / Eagle"
- "On And On And On" |
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Gold: Greatest Hits
Released: September, 1992
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 36
Tracks: "Dancing
Queen" - "Know Me, Knowing
You" - "Take A Chance On
Me" - "Mamma Mia" -
"Lay All Your Love On Me" -
"Super Trouper" - "I Have
A Dream" - "The Winner Takes It
All" - "Money, Money,
Money" - "SOS" -
"Chiquitita" -
"Fernando" -
"Voulez-Vous" - "Gimme
Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)"
- "Does Your Mother Know" -
"One Of Us" - "The Name Of
The Game" - "Thank You For The
Music" - "Waterloo" |
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More ABBA Gold: More
ABBA Hits
Released: May, 1993
Tracks: "Summer
Night City" - "Angeleyes"
- "The Day Before You Came" -
"Eagle" - "I Do, I Do, I
Do, I Do" - "So Long" -
"Honey, Honey" - "The
Visitors" - "Our Last
Summer" - "On And On And
On" - "Ring Ring" -
"I Wonder (Departure)" -
"Lovelight" - "Head Over
Heels" - "When I Kissed The
Teacher" - "I Am The City"
- "Cassandra" - "Under
Attack" - "When All Is Said And
Done" - "The Way Old Friends
Do" |
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Thank You For The Music (box set)
Released: April, 1995 |
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The Definitive
Collection
Released: November, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 186
Tracks: "People Need
Love" - "He Is Your
Brother" - "Ring Ring" -
"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is
Hard Enough)" - "Waterloo"
- "Honey, Honey" - "So
Long" - "I Do, I Do, I Do, I
Do, I Do" - "SOS" -
"Mamma Mia" -
"Fernando" - "Dancing
Queen" - "Money, Money,
Money" - "Knowing Me, Knowing
You" - "The Name Of The
Game" - "Take A Chance On
Me" - "Eagle" -
"Summer Night City" -
"Chiquitita" - "Does Your
Mother Know" - "Rock Me" -
"Hasta Manana" -
"Voulez-Vous" -
"Angeleyes" - "Gimme Gimme
Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" -
"I Have A Dream" - "The
Winner Takes It All" - "Super
Trouper" - "On And On And
On" - "Lay All Your Love On
Me" - "One Of Us" -
"When All Is Said And Done" -
"Head Over Heels" - "The
Visitors" - "The Day Before You
Came" - "Under Attack" -
"Thank You For The Music" -
"Ring Ring" (Remix) -
"Voulez-Vous" (Extended Remix) |
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20th Century Masters -
The Millennium Collection: The Best Of
ABBA
Released: September, 2000
US: Gold
Tracks:
"Waterloo" - "SOS" -
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
- "Mamma Mia" -
"Fernando" - "Dancing
Queen" - "Knowing Me, Knowing
You" - "The Name Of The
Game" - "Take A Chance On
Me" - "Chiquitita" -
"The Winner Takes It All" |
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The Complete Studio
Recordings
Released: November, 2005 |
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Number Ones
Released: November, 2006 |
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Voyage
Released: November 5, 2021
Tracks: "I Still
Have Faith In You" - "When You
Danced With Me" - "Little
Things" - "Don't Shut Me
Down" - "Just A Notion" -
"I Can Be That Woman" -
"Keep An Eye On Dan" -
"Bumblebee" - "No Doubt
About It" - "Ode To
Freedom" |
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The Singles - The Frist
Fifty Years
Released: October 25, 2024 |
| Note: Song title and
position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
samples). |
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