ABBA
ABBA were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest, and are the most successful group ever to take part in the competition.
ABBA's record sales figure is uncertain and various estimates range from over 140 to over 500 million sold records. This makes them one of the best-selling music artists. ABBA was the first group from a non-English-speaking country to achieve consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and on a lesser scale, the U.S. 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 featuring more introspective and dark lyrics in contrast to their usual pure-pop sound.
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 the purchase of ABBAs catalogue and record company Polar by Polygram in 1989 enabled the groundwork to be laid for an international re-issue of all their original material and a new Greatest Hits (ABBA Gold) collection in the Autumn of 1992 which became a worldwide smash. Several films, notably Muriel's Wedding (1994) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), further 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. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010
1974 - The Best Of ABBA
1974 - Waterloo
1976 - All About ABBA
1979 - Voulez-Vous
1980 - Super Trouper
1981 - Slipping Through My Fingers
1981 - The Visitors
1982 - Love Sounds Special
1982 - The Must Of ABBA
1982 - The Singles (The First Ten Years)
1983 - Golden Hits
1983 - Thank You For The Music
1983 - The Love Songs
1984 - From ABBA With Love
1984 - I Love ABBA
1984 - The Story Of ABBA
1986 - Live
1986 - Revival
1987 - The Collection
1988 - Money, Money, Money
1990 - The Songbook Australian Chart Hits
1992 - Gold (Greatest Hits)
1993 - More Abba Gold (More Abba Hits)
1994 - Thank You for The Music
1995 - Love Stories
1996 - The Music Still Goes On
2000 - The Best Of ABBA. The Millennium Collection
2001 - The Definitive Collection
2004 - The ABBA Story
2005 - La Nostra Storia
![ABBA - 2005 - Rarities [The Complete Studio Recordings 2005]](https://i.imgur.com/XzW8qgF.jpg)
2005 - The Universal Masters Collection
2006 - I Love Abba Remakes
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Agnetha Fältskog Albums
16 comments:
Thank you for sharing ABBA and Sonny Boy.
You are very welcome
Ozzieguy thank you 4 the ABBA great up load - Aussie
Hi Aussie
Thanks mate.
A proper copy of the first Frida. Thank you so much.
G'day Ozzieguy. Thanks for the ABBA collection, this takes me back. Whoever says liking ABBA wasn't cool has their head in the sand! The songwriting, production and vocals are just magic!
Hi Marty,
Yes mate I agree, ABBA were and still are brilliant.
We used to play their songs in my music band and everyone used to love it so much.
Gracias por este aporte. Muy buena discográfia de ABBA, muy ordenada y de excelente calidad
Very welcome José
Wow! Wow! and Wow! again. I want 'em all. This is one fantastic collection. It certainly makes my ABBA GOLD CD look sad. Many, many thanks.
Very welcome Chroma63.
Thanks a lot, Sir, really much appreciated
TY for your work. I use the site regularly
If you want, i can send you the swedish albums of Agnetha.
just post an email address
Thank you very very very much! It's fabulous!
There will never be another ABBA !!!!!!!! Thanks ever so much
HEllo Misterviking, you are very welcome.
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