ABBA

ABBA
  • The Swedish/Norwegian group consisted of members Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad
  • Their compilation album Gold-Greatest Hits reached the UK No1 spot in three separate years, 1992, 1999 and then in 2008 - a record
  • Gold: Greatest Hits is the third biggest album of all time in the UK, selling almost 5m units
  • The group split in 1982, following the divorces of Björn and Agnetha, and Benny and Anni-Frid
 
Interview: Bjorn Ulvaeus - by Jim Irvin, Mojo (May 1999)

How did you and Benny meet?: "I was touring with The Hootenanny Singers one summer – 1964, I think – and he was touring with Hep Stars and we had 140 gigs over a period of three months and they had too, so we were bound to bump into each other. The next day we, the three Hootenanny Singers, were going to start our military service, and so we were going to have a party in Lingkoping that night for our last day of freedom. So they said, Okay we'll come and join you. Which they did, turned up about 2am and the party was still going on.

"It ended with me and Benny sitting in the park playing guitars at dawn – most probably playing Beatles songs. There was an immediate rapport, I was the musical engine for my group and he was for his, we had a lot of things in common. We stayed in touch and wrote songs off and on for the next few years."

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Date Title, Artist, (Label) Peak Position Weeks Weeks at No.1
20/04/1974

WATERLOO

ABBA (Epic EPC 2240)

 1 9 2
13/07/1974

RING RING

ABBA (Epic EPC 2452)

 32 5 0
12/07/1975

I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO

ABBA (Epic EPC 3229)

 38 6 0
20/09/1975

S.O.S.

ABBA (Epic EPC 3576)

 6 10 0
13/12/1975

MAMMA MIA

ABBA (Epic EPC 3790)

 1 14 2
27/03/1976

FERNANDO

ABBA (Epic EPC 4036)

 1 15 4
21/08/1976

DANCING QUEEN

ABBA (Epic EPC 4499)

 1 15 6
20/11/1976

MONEY MONEY MONEY

ABBA (Epic EPC 4713)

 3 12 0
26/02/1977

KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU

ABBA (Epic EPC 4955)

 1 13 5
22/10/1977

THE NAME OF THE GAME

ABBA (Epic EPC 5750)

 1 12 4
04/02/1978

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME

ABBA (Epic EPC 5950)

 1 10 3
16/09/1978

SUMMER NIGHT CITY

ABBA (Epic EPC 6395)

 5 9 0
03/02/1979

CHIQUITITA

ABBA (Epic EPC 7030)

 2 9 0
05/05/1979

DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW

ABBA (Epic EPC 7316)

 4 9 0
21/07/1979

ANGELEYES/VOULEZ-VOUS

ABBA (Epic EPC 7499)

 3 11 0
20/10/1979

GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT)

ABBA (Epic EPC 7914)

 3 12 0
15/12/1979

I HAVE A DREAM

ABBA (Epic EPC 8088)

 2 10 0
02/08/1980

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

ABBA (Epic EPC 8835)

 1 10 2
15/11/1980

SUPER TROUPER

ABBA (Epic EPC 9089)

 1 12 3
18/07/1981

LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME

ABBA (Epic EPC A 1314)

 7 7 0
12/12/1981

ONE OF US

ABBA (Epic EPC A 1740)

 3 10 0
20/02/1982

HEAD OVER HEELS

ABBA (Epic EPC A 2037)

 25 7 0
23/10/1982

THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME

ABBA (Epic EPC A 2847)

 32 6 0
11/12/1982

UNDER ATTACK

ABBA (Epic EPC A 2971)

 26 8 0
12/11/1983

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

ABBA (CBS A 3894)

 33 6 0
05/09/1992

DANCING QUEEN

ABBA (Polydor PO231)

 16 5 0
29/05/2004

WATERLOO

ABBA (Polydor 9820539)

 20 3 0
26/07/2008

MAMMA MIA

ABBA (Polydor SEAYD7590001)

 56 5 0
Date Title, Artist, (Label) Peak Position Weeks Weeks at No.1
08/06/1974

WATERLOO

ABBA (Epic EPC 80179)

 28 2 0
31/01/1976

ABBA

ABBA (Epic EPC 80835)

 13 10 0
10/04/1976

GREATEST HITS

ABBA (Epic EPC 69218)

 1 130 11
27/11/1976

ARRIVAL

ABBA (Epic EPC 86018)

 1 92 10
04/02/1978

THE ALBUM

ABBA (Epic EPC 86052)

 1 61 7
19/05/1979

VOULEZ-VOUS

ABBA (Epic EPC 86086)

 1 43 4
10/11/1979

GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2

ABBA (Epic EPC 10017)

 1 63 4
22/11/1980

SUPER TROUPER

ABBA (Epic EPC 10022)

 1 43 9
19/12/1981

THE VISITORS

ABBA (Epic EPC 10032)

 1 21 3
20/11/1982

THE SINGLES - THE FIRST TEN YEARS

ABBA (Epic ABBA 10)

 1 22 1
19/11/1983

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

ABBA (Epic EPC 10043)

 17 12 0
19/11/1988

ABSOLUTE ABBA

ABBA (Telstar STAR 2329)

 70 7 0
03/10/1992

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA (Polydor 5170072)

 1 457 8
05/06/1993

MORE ABBA GOLD - MORE ABBA HITS

ABBA (Polydor 5193532)

 13 23 0
07/11/1998

LOVE STORIES

ABBA (Polydor 5592212)

 51 2 0
10/11/2001

THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

ABBA (Polar 5499742)

 17 8 0
18/11/2006

NUMBER ONES

ABBA (Polar 1713536)

 15 7 0
27/01/2007

18 HITS

ABBA (Polar 9831452)

 15 34 0
06/09/2008

MORE ABBA GOLD

ABBA (Polar 1724733)

 63 4 0
05/05/2012

THE VISITORS

ABBA (Polydor 2734654)

 62 1 0
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