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ABBA the Museum
ABBA the Museum is the planned official museum of the Swedish pop group ABBA, located in Stockholm, Sweden. The museum is currently under construction with an original scheduled opening of spring 2009 that has been delayed to 2010.
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Amsterdam (; Dutch ) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, with an urban population of 1,364,422 and a metropolitan population of 2,158,372. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. It comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of approximately 6.7 million.
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Austria or (), officially the Republic of Austria (German: ), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speaks German, which is also the country's official language. Other local official languages are Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
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Azerbaijan ( ; ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (), is one of the six independent Turkic states in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south.
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BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years.
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Belgium (, ), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, as well as those of several other major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of , and it has a population of about 10.8 million people.
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Berlin (; ) is the capital city of Germany and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Area, comprising 5 million people from over 190 nations. Geographically embedded in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's territory is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
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Birmingham ( , locally ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with a population of 1,028,700 (2009 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the United Kingdom's second most populous Urban Area with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
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Copenhagen (, , , or ; or ) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,181,239 (2010) and a metropolitan population of 1,894,521 (2010). Copenhagen is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager. With around 2.7 million inhabitants within a 50 km radius, Copenhagen is one of the most densely populated areas in Northern Europe.
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Criteria Studios is a music-recording studio in Miami, Florida, started in 1958 by Mack Emerman.
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Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
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Gothenburg (; pronounced ) is the second-largest city in Sweden (after Stockholm) and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the southwest coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 509,847, with 510,491 in the urban area and total of 922,938 inhabitants in the metropolitan area.
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Hamburg (; , local pronunciation Low German/Low Saxon: Hamborg ) is the second-largest city in Germany and the eighth-largest city in the European Union. The city is home to over 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (including parts of the neighboring Federal States of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) has more than 4.3 million inhabitants. The port of Hamburg is the third-largest port in Europe (third to Port of Antwerp and Rotterdam), and the eighth largest in the world.
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Latvia (; ), officially the Republic of Latvia () is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia (343 km), to the south by Lithuania (588 km), to the east by the Russian Federation (276 km), and to the southeast by Belarus (141 km). Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden. The territory of Latvia covers and it has a temperate seasonal climate.
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Luxembourg ( ), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (, , ), is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of over half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi).
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Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2009, the population of the city was estimated to be 483,800, making it the seventh-most populous local authority district in England. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,600,100, the Greater Manchester Urban Area a population of 2,240,230, and the Larger Urban Zone around Manchester, the second-most-populous in the UK, had an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian.
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Minnesota () is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.27 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water". Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.
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Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The city has a population of 260,000 (2008 census), nearly 80 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas (330,000). Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for The Bahamas, is located about west of Nassau city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. The city is located on the island of New Providence, which functions much like a federal district. While there is no local government, it is governed directly as an administrative division of the national government. Nassau is considered a historical stronghold of pirates.
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Oslo
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (, , , ), described as the Republic of Ireland (), is a state in northwest Europe with a population of almost 4.5 million people. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional republic occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned into two jurisdictions in 1921. It is bordered to the northeast by Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea to the east, St George's Channel to the southeast, and the Celtic Sea to the south.
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Serbia
Serbia (pronounced: ), officially the Republic of Serbia (), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central- and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern lowlands of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; its border with Albania is disputed. Serbia's capital city, Belgrade, is among the most populous in Southeastern Europe.
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Spain
Spain ( ; , ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
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Stockholm
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Sweden
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Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps (, , , ) are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps.
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Switzerland
Switzerland (, , , ), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
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Turkey
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( ; , transliterated: , ), with its area of 603,628 km2, is the second largest country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast respectively.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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Västervik
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Washington DC
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A*Teens
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A-Teens
The A-Teens was a pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by Niklas Berg in 1998 as an ABBA tribute called ABBA Teens and later renamed to A-Teens. They were composed of Marie Serneholt, Amit Sebastian Paul, Dhani Lennevald and Sara Lumholdt. The band's debut album became a success around the world and in 2001 it was reported that the band had sold 6 million albums worldwide. A popular misconception in the United States, at least in the group's early days, was that they were the children of the ABBA members. The band disbanded in 2006.
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Agnetha Fältskog
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Alain Boublil
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Alexander Rybak
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Anders Ekborg
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André Claveau
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Andy Gibb
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Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano.
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Anne Sofie Von Otter
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Anne-Marie David
Anne-Marie David (born 23 May 1952) is a French singer. She has the rare, although not unique, distinction of having represented two different countries at the Eurovision Song Contest, with considerable success on both occasions.
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Austria
Austria or (), officially the Republic of Austria (German: ), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speaks German, which is also the country's official language. Other local official languages are Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
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B. A. Robertson
B. A. Robertson (born Brian Alexander Robertson, 12 September 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish musician, actor, composer and songwriter.
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand ( ; born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, director, and songwriter. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody Award.
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Bee Gees
The Bee Gees
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Benny Andersson
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Björn Ulvaeus
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Blancmange (band)
Blancmange are a British synthpop band that came to prominence with a string of hits in the early- to mid-1980s.
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (, ; born 28 September 1934) is a French animal rights activist and a former fashion model, actress and singer.
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Cameron Mackintosh
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Carola Häggkvist
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Celine Dion
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Charlie McGettigan
Charles "Charlie" McGettigan is an Irish singer born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal in 1949, but he lives today in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim.
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Charlotte Perrelli
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Cher
Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American recording artist, actress, director and record producer. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, a Cannes Film Festival Award and a People's Choice Award for her work in film, music and television.
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Chuck Klosterman
Charles John "Chuck" Klosterman (born June 5, 1972) is an American journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, and The Washington Post, and has written books focusing on American popular culture.
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer, musician, performer, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who has sold over 260 million records worldwide in a career spanning 7 decades.
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Corinne Hermès
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Corry Brokken
Corry Brokken (born 3 December 1932, Breda) is a former Dutch singer.
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Dana International
Sharon Cohen (), professionally known as Dana International (, born Yaron Cohen, 2 February 1972) is an Israeli pop singer, born in a Yemenite Jewish family.
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Dave Benton
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David Wood (actor)
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Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.
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Dima Bilan
(, ; born , , 24 December 1981 in Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkessia) is a Russian pop artist. Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits.
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Domenico Modugno
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Don Black (lyricist)
Don Black, OBE (born 21 June 1938) is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Michael Jackson, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, A. R. Rahman and Marvin Hamlisch.
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Eimear Quinn
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Elaine Paige
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Elena Paparizou
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
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Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart (born Eric Michael Stewart, 20 January 1945, Droylsden, near Manchester, England) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995.
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Evan Dando
Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986. He was married to English fashion model Elizabeth Moses until separating in 2010.
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France Gall
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Gali Atari
Avigail "Gali" Atari (born December 29, 1953, in Rehovot, Israel) is an Israeli actress and singer.
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Gigliola Cinquetti
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Hallo Venray
Hallo Venray is a guitar rock band from The Hague in the Netherlands. The band is a mainstay in the Dutch rock scene and has produced a number of successful albums of which Leather on My Soul (2008) is the latest.
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Helen Sjöholm
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Hep Stars
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Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret (July 27, 1938) is a French singer.
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Izhar Cohen
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Jacqueline Boyer
Jacqueline Boyer (born Jacqueline Ducos, 23 April 1941) is a French singer and actress, the daughter of performers Jacques Pils and Lucienne Boyer.
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Jason Donovan
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Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Pascal (b. October 24, 1927 in Paris, France as Jean-Claude Villeminot. d. May 5, 1992).
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Jon Lord
Jon Douglas Lord (born 9 June 1941) is an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player.
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Julian Lennon
John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) is an English musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is also the first of John Lennon's two sons and only child of Lennon's first marriage to Cynthia Powell, with Beatles' manager Brian Epstein as godfather. He was named after John Lennon's late mother, Julia.
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE ( ; born 28 May 1968), is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK despite negative reviews.
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Lars Berghagen
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Lasse Berghagen
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945 in Enskede) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor.
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Lasse Hallström
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Lena Meyer-Landrut
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Lenny Kuhr
Lenny Kuhr (born 22 February 1950 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
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Linda Martin
Linda Martin (born 17 April 1953, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer and television presenter, working almost exclusively across the border in the Republic of Ireland. She is best known in Europe as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, with the song "Why Me", and in Ireland as a member of the 1970s/1980s band, Chips.
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Linda Ulvaeus
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Lys Assia
Lys Assia (born 3 March 1926, Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer.
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Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL (; born 21 May 1930) is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role. After three election victories, he was defeated by Bob Hawke in the 1983 election and ended his career alienated from his own party.
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Marie Myriam
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Marija Naumova
Marija Naumova (born 23 June 1973 in Latvia) is a Russian-Latvian singer. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has recorded several albums, with songs in Latvian, French, English, Russian and Portuguese. In 2002 she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with her song "I Wanna".
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Mary Magdalene
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Massiel
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Michael Jackson
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Mireille Mathieu
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Murray Head
Murray Seafield Saint-George Head (born 5 March 1946) is a British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit song, "One Night in Bangkok" and his album ''Say It Ain't So''. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor.
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Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter. His career has spanned over 50 years, during which time he has written many songs for himself and others, often working with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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Niamh Kavanagh
Niamh Kavanagh (, ; born 13 February 1968 in Finglas, Dublin) is an Irish singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1993.
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Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds, DL (born 22 December 1948) is a British broadcaster and executive, who made his name as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presented many light entertainment television programmes, including Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops, The Late, Late Breakfast Show and ''Noel's House Party. He currently presents the Channel 4 gameshow Deal or No Deal'', the Sunday edition of Sky One's Are You Smarter Than A Ten Year Old? and the new topical Sky 1 show, ''Noel's HQ''.
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948) is an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country and adult contemporary. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease which became one of the most successful films and movie soundtracks in Hollywood history.
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Peter Cetera
Peter Paul Cetera (born September 13, 1944, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitar player and producer best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago, before launching a successful solo career. As a solo artist Cetera has scored five Top 40 singles, including two that reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
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Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Richard Daniel Roman
Richard Daniel Roman (born 16 March 1965) is a British songwriter, composer, singer, record producer, photographer, mystic, poet and Actor best known for his work with major pop artists.
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Rik Mayall
Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson, his over the top, energetic portrayal of characters, and for being one of the pioneering members of the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s.
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Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE (born 20 August 1948), is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career. In 2007, Plant released Raising Sand, an album produced by T-Bone Burnett with American bluegrass soprano Alison Krauss, which won the 2009 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
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Robin Gibb
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Roy Andersson
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Ruslana
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Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich, 26 February 1947) is an English pop singer, who was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She has been described as "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s".
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Sandra Kim
Sandra Caldarone (born 15 October 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, on 3 May 1986.
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Sarah Brightman
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Sertab Erener
Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop music singer and also a cross-over soprano with a vocal range that extends to high F. She is one of the most successful female Turkish pop singers in her homeland, and is considered one of the divas of Turkish pop music. In Europe, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with her hit song "Everyway That I Can", although she has had many other achievements outside Turkey.
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Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel are an American singer-songwriter duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, backed by the hit single "The Sounds of Silence". Their music was featured in the landmark film The Graduate, propelling them further into the public consciousness.
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Sinéad O'Connor
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Sissela Kyle
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Stephen Gately
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Steve Lillywhite
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Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson (born 3 November 1967) is a British musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. He is involved in many other bands and musical projects both as musician and producer (including No-Man and Blackfield) and also maintains a solo career.
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Stig Anderson
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Séverine (singer)
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Tanel Padar
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Tanita Tikaram
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Teddy Scholten
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The Corrs
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The Hep Stars
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Tom Dowd
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Tommy Körberg
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Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (born July 7, 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter.
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Udo Jürgens
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Vicky Leandros
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Viktoria Tolstoy
Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born Louise Viktoria Kjellberg July 29, 1974 in Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County) is a Swedish jazz singer. She is the daughter of Erik Kjellberg, and the great-great-granddaughter of writer Leo Tolstoy.
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American R&B;/Pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. A relative of several soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and close family friend Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a member of a junior gospel choir at age eleven. After she began performing alongside her mother at night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. Houston has released studio albums and movie soundtrack albums throughout her career, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.
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Wizzard
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johann Malmsteen ( ; born June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became famous and very influential for his neo-classical approach in heavy metal music. He is often considered one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar.
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Abbas Filmography
- Ko (2011)
- Chandrahas (2007)
- Anasuya (2007)
- Woh Lamhe (2006)
- Thiruttu Payale (2006)
- Parashuram: One Man Army (2006)
- Dil Ke Pechey Pechey' (2005)
- Swethanagu (2004)
- Greetings (2004)
- Shock (2004)
- Parasuram (2003)
- Pammal K. Sambandam (2002)
- Ansh: The Deadly Part (2002)
- Minnale (2001)
- Aanandham (2001)
- Hey Ram (2000)
- Dhadkan (2000)
- Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)
- Padaiyappa (1999)
- Alludu Garu Vacharu (1999)
- Anaganaga Oka Ammayi (1999)
- Dreams (1999)
- Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu (1999)
- Raja (1999)
- Suyamvaram (1999)
- Pooveli (1998)
- Rajahamsa (1998)
- Kadhal Desam (1996)
- Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se (1994)
- Sailaab (1990)
- Jeevan Ek Sanghursh (1990)
- Ek Naya Rishta (1988)
- Sanam Teri Kasam (1982)
ABBA Filmography
- 50 Years of Bad Sex (2011)
- The Secret History of Eurovision (2011)
- Top of the Pops: The Story of 1976 (2011)
- Eurofestival (2010)
- The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2010)
- Love (2009)
- Europasión (2008)
- Dansin Chiki Chiki (2008)
- When the Stranglers Met Roland Rat (2007)
- Boom Bang-a-Bang! 50 Years of Eurovision (2006)
- ABBA: Music in Review (2005)
- Abba: The Winner Takes It All (1999)
- Olivia (1978)
- ABBA: The Movie (1977)
- The Eurovision Song Contest (1974)
Abbas Filmography
- Guddu (1995)
- Desh Premee (1982)
- Sapnon Ka Saudagar (1968)
- Gunga Jumna (1961)
- Baap Re Baap (1955)
- Mayurpankh (1954)
- Saiyan (1951)
- Andaz (1949)
- Mela (1948)
- Jag Biti (1946)
- Parivartan (1936)
- Haman (1934)
- Hathili Dulhan (1932)
karaoke
When I was born, to the flesh of this world
Brought tight into the dark
Lead the blind so they can see
Abba Father
You died upon the cross
Heart stopped upon the wood
Your blessings are for me
Abba Father
Why do I deserve a love that reaches towards the heavens?
Why? I do believe
But why'd you die for me?
I do believe
Born, lived, died
Father, forgive me, Father
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Dancing Queen
- Knowing 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
- 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
- Thank You for the Music (Doris Day version)
- Waterloo
- Sitting in the Palmtree
- King Kong Song
- Hasta mañana
- My Mama Said
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- Honey, Honey
- What About Livingstone
- Watch Out
- Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
- Suzy-Hang-Around
- 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 'n' Roll Band
- 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
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen
- Super Trouper
- S.O.S.
- Summer Night City
- Money, Money, Money
- The Winner Takes It All
- Chiquitita
- One of Us
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Voulez-Vous
- Fernando
- Waterloo
- The Name of the Game
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Take a Chance on Me
- I Have a Dream
- Fernando
- SOS
- He Is Your Brother
- Ring Ring
- Hasta Mañana
- 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
- The Winner Takes It All
- Super Trouper
- Waterloo
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Name of the Game
- Ring Ring
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- SOS
- Fernando
- Hasta Mañana
- Mamma Mia
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Thank You for the Music
- Happy New Year
- Honey Honey (Swedish version)
- Waterloo (French version)
- Ring Ring (German version)
- ¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame! (Spanish version of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight))
- Waterloo
- Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen
- SOS
- Fernando
- Super Trouper
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
- Take a Chance on Me
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Money, Money, Money
- When All Is Said and Done
- Voulez-Vous
- On and On and On
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- The Winner Takes It All
- Chiquitita
- Honey, Honey
- People Need Love
- Ring Ring
- I Have a Dream
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Andante, Andante
- Move On
- I Have a Dream
- SOS
- Take a Chance on Me
- Dancing Queen
- Waterloo
- I Am Just a Girl
- My Love, My Life
- Super Trouper
- The Winner Takes It All
- Mamma Mia
- I Wonder (Departure)
- Another Town, Another Train
- One Man, One Woman
- Honey, Honey
- Head Over Heels
- Angeleyes
- People Need Love
- 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 'n Roll Band
- Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal) (Swedish version)
- Åh, vilka tider
- Merry-Go-Round
- Santa Rosa
- Ring Ring (Spanish version)
- Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht
- Ring Ring (German version)
- Waterloo
- Take a Chance on Me
- Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen
- SOS
- Super Trouper
- Chiquitita (Español)
- Conociendome, Conociendote
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Voulez-Vous
- Does Your Mother Know
- Estoy Soñando
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- The Winner Takes It All
- No Hay a Quien Culpar
- One of Us
- Fernando
- Felicidad
- Thank You for the Music
- Waterloo
- Ring Ring
- Honey Honey
- Bang-A-Boomerang
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- Mamma Mia
- Dum Dum Diddle
- King Kong Song
- My Mama Said
- Money, Money, Money
- Hey, Hey Helen
- As Good as New
- Angel Eyes
- Nina, Pretty Ballerina
- Elaine
- The Piper
- Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
- The Way Old Frieds Do
- S.O.S.
- Hasta Mañana
- The Visitors
- Intermezzo No.1
- Waterloo
- Rock Me
- Love Isn't Easy
- Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
- The Name of the Game
- Hole in Your Soul
- Why Did You Have to Be Me?
- On and On and On
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- The Visitors
- Kisses of Fire
- When All Is Said and Done
- Fernando
- Chiquitita
- Gracias por la música
- La reina del baile
- Al andar
- Dame! Dame! Dame!
- Estoy soñando
- Mamma Mia
- Hasta mañana
- Conociéndome, conociéndote
- Felicidad
- Andante, andante
- Se me está escapando
- No hay a quien culpar
- Ring ring
- Crazy World
- Summer Night City
- Put on Your White Sombrero
- Dreamworld
- Hej Gamle Man
- Merry Go Round
- Santa Rosa
- She's My Kind of Girl
- Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton / On Top of Old Smokey / Midnight Special
- You Owe Me One
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Me and I (live)
- Waterloo
- Ring Ring
- Honey Honey
- Happy New Year
- Does Your Mother Know
- Ring, Ring
- On and on and On
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- If It Wasn't for the Nights
- As Good as New
- Eagle
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- The Visitors
- When All Is Said and Done
- So Long
- Bang-A-Boomerang
- Me and I
- Move On
- Gonna Sing You My Love Song
- Arrival
- Thank You for the Music
- The Winner Takes It All
- Fernando
- One of Us
- Angeleyes
- The Day Before You Came
- Eagle
- So Long
- Why Did It Have to Be Me
- Ring Ring
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Hasta mañana
- Our Last Summer
- My Love, My Life
- If It Wasn't for the Nights
- People Need Love
- Happy New Year
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA
Released [2000]
Released [2000]
- Waterloo
- S.O.S.
- 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
- Waterloo
- Honey, Honey
- Ring, Ring
- Love Isn't Easy
- Watch Out
- Me & Bobby & Bobby's Brother
- King Kong Song
- Dance
- She's My Kind of Girl
- He Is Your Brother
- Suzy Hang Around
- My Mama Said
- What About Living Stone
- Another Town, Another Train
- I Am Just a Girl
- Nina Pretty Ballerina
- People Need Love
- Hasta Manana
- Dancing Queen
- Summer Night City
- So Long
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- That's Me
- Angeleyes
- Honey Honey
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Head Over Heels
- Dream World
- On And On And On
- Kisses of Fire
- Hole In Your Soul
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- Mamma Mia
- Does Your Mother Know
- Voulez-Vous
- Head Over Heels
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Angeleyes
- That's Me
- Cassandra
- Honey, Honey
- Eagle
- Ring Ring
- People Need Love
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- I Am the City
- Our Last Summer
- Under Attack
- On and On and On
- When All Is Said and Done
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Thank You for the Music
- The Winner Takes It All
- Fernando
- One of Us
- Angel Eyes
- The Day Before You Came
- Eagle
- So Long
- Why Did It Have to Be Me
- Ring Ring
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Fernando
- The Name of the Game
- Chiquitita
- The Winner Takes It All
- I Have a Dream
- The Day Before You Came
- One of Us
- Andante, Andante
- One Man, One Woman
- Eagle
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- My Love, My Life
- Our Last Summer
- Like an Angel Passing Through My Room
- I Wonder (Departure)
- I Let the Music Speak
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Waterloo
- Honey, Honey
- So Long
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- SOS
- Mamma Mia
- Fernando
- Dancing Queen
- Money, Money, Money
- The Name of the Game
- Take a Chance on Me
- Chiquitita
- I Have a Dream
- The Winner Takes It All
- Super Trouper
- Thank You for the Music
- Thank You for the Music
- The Winner Takes It All
- Fernando
- One of Us
- Angel Eyes
- The Day Before You Came
- Eagle
- So Long
- Why Did It Have to Be Me
- Ring, Ring
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Hasta mañana
- Our Last Summer
- My Love, My Life
- If It Wasn't for the Nights
- People Need Love
- Andante, Andante
- Voulez Vous
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Chiquitita
- Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
- Super Trouper
- I Have a Dream
- The Name of the Game / Eagle
- Thank You for the Music
- Two for the Price of One
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Me and I
- Summer Night City
- Take a Chance on Me
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Waterloo
- Dancing Queen
- Waterloo
- S.O.S.
- Thank You for the Music
- Fernando
- Dancing Queen
- Money, Money, Money
- Super Trouper
- Chiquitita
- Mamma Mia
- Take a Chance on Me
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- I Have a Dream
- The Winner Takes It All
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Waterloo
- S.O.S.
- Dancing Queen
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Super Trouper
- Take a Chance on Me
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Honey, Honey
- Hasta Mañana
- The Visitors
- Mamma Mia
- Under Attack
- Slippin' Through My Fingers
- Should I Laugh or Cry
- Gonna Sing You My Love Song
- Lovers (live a Little Longer)
- Lovelight
- I've Been Waiting for You
- My Love My Life
- One Man One Woman
- Tropical Loveland
- Another Town Another Train
- When All Is Said and Done
- If It Wasn't for the Nights
- So Long
- Fernando
- The Name of the Game
- Chiquitita
- Thank You for the Music
- Angel Eyes
- Waterloo
- Knowing Me Knowing You
- One of Us
- Does Your Mother Know
- Summer Night City
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Winner Takes It All
- Dancing Queen (live)
- Take a Chance on Me (live)
- I Have a Dream (live)
- Does Your Mother Know (live)
- Chiquitita (live)
- Another Town, Another Train
- Disillusion
- People Need Love
- I Saw It in the Mirror
- Nina, Pretty Ballerina
- Thank You for the Music (live)
- Two for the Price of One (live)
- Fernando (live)
- Gimme Gimme Gimme (live)
- Super Trouper (live)
- Waterloo (live)
- Love Isn't Easy
- Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother
- He Is Your Brother
- Ring Ring
- I Am Just a Girl
- Waterloo
- Name of the Game
- Dancing Queen
- Super Trouper
- Fernando
- SOS
- I Have a Dream
- Does Your Mother Know
- Voulez Vous
- Angel Eyes
- Ring Ring
- Head Over Heels
- Thank You for the Music
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Arrival
- Honey Honey
- Rock Me
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes on)
- Dancing Queen
- Take a Chance on Me
- The Name of the Game
- Waterloo
- Ring Ring
- Does Your Mother Know
- Angeleyes
- SOS
- Fernando
- Knowing Me Knowing You
- I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do
- Mamma Mia
- Honey Honey
- Money Money Money
- Voulez-Vous
- Chiquitita
- Gracias Por La Musica
- Reina Danzante
- Al Andar
- Dame! Dame! Dame!
- Fernando
- Estoy Soñando
- Mamma Mia
- Hasta Mañana
- Conociéndome, Conociéndote
- Chiquitita
- Dancing Queen
- Fernando
- Chiquitita
- Mamma Mia
- Waterloo
- The Winner Takes It All
- Super Trouper
- Take a Chance on Me
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Money, Money, Money
- SOS
- Money Money Money
- Chiquitita
- Waterloo
- I Have a Dream
- Mamma Mia
- Super Trouper
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Winner Takes It All
- Knowing Me Knowing You
- I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do
- Dancing Queen
- Does Your Mother Know
- Day Before You Came
- Fernando
- SOS
- Thank You for the Music
- Fernando
- Chiquitita
- Gracias por la Musica
- La Reina del Baile
- El Andar
- Dame, Dame, Dame
- Estoy Soñando
- Mamma Mia
- Hasta Mañana
- Conociendome, Conociendote
- Voulez-Vous
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Chiquitita
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- I Have a Dream
- Thank You for the Music
- Summer Night City
- Take a Chance on Me
- Does Your Mother Know
- Hole in Your Soul
- Dancing Queen
- Waterloo
- Chiquitita (live)
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (live)
- Super Trouper (live)
- I Have a Dream (live)
- The Name of the Game/Eagle (live)
- Thank You for the Music (live)
- Two for the Price of One (live)
- Slipping Through Your Soul (live)
- Me and I (live)
- Summer Night City (live)
- Take a Chance on Me (live)
- The Way Old Friends Do (live)
- Waterloo (live)
- Dancing Queen (live)
- Voulez-Vous (live)
- Knowing Me, Knowing You (live)
- Waterloo
- Sitting in the Palmtree
- King Kong Song
- Hasta Mañana
- My Mama Said
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes on)
- Honey, Honey
- What About Livingstone
- Watch Out
- Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
- Suzy-Hang-Around
- 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
- Voulez-Vous
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Dancing Queen
- Chiquitita
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Summer Night City
- I Have a Dream
- Does Your Mother Know
- Hole in Your Soul
- Waterloo
- Ring Ring
- Honey Honey
- So Long
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- S.O.S.
- 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
- Waterloo
- Mamma Mia
- Fernando
- Dancing Queen
- Money, Money, Money
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- The Name of the Game
- Take a Chance on Me
- Chiquitita
- Voulez-Vous
- I Have a Dream
- The Winner Takes It All
- Thank You for the Music
- Please Change Your Mind
- Hole in Your Soul
- Tiger
- S.O.S.
- Money, Money, Money
- He Is Your Brother
- Intermezzo No. 1
- Waterloo
- Mamma Mia
- Swedish Polka
- Rock Me
- I've Been Waiting for You
- The Name of the Game
- Ring, Ring
- Why Did It Have to Be Me
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- Get on the Carousel
- I'm a Marionette
- Fernando
- Dancing Queen
- So Long
- Eagle
- Thank You for the Music
- Ring, Ring (reprise)
- I Have a Dream
- Andante, Andante
- Hasta Manyana
- My Love, My Life
- Eagle
- Soldiers
- I'm Just a Girl
- Chiquitita
- Cassandra
- One Man, One Woman
- Tropical Loveland
- The Day Before You Came
- I've Been Waiting for You
- Happy New Year
- I Let the Music Speak
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- Chiquitita (English version)
- Fernando (English version)
- Dancing Queen
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Mamma Mia (English version)
- Felicidad (Happy New Year)
- Andate
- Se Me Esta Escapando (Slipping Through My Fingers)
- No Hay a Quien Culpar (When All Is Said and Done)
- Ring Ring
- Rock 'N' Roll Band (1st version)
- Love Has It's Ways
- Ah, Vilka Tider
- Merry-Go-Round
- Santa Rosa
- Pick a Bale of Cotton
- On Top of Old Smokey
- Midnight Special
- Crazy World
- Happy Hawaii
- Fernando
- Summer Night City (1)
- Summer Night City (2)
- Lovelight
- Dream World
- Voulez-Vous (extended version)
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Thank You for the Music (1st version)
- Under My Sun, Part 1
- Under My Sun, Part 2
- I'm Still Alive
- Waterloo
- Sitting in the Palm Tree
- King Kong Song
- Hasta mañana
- My Mama Said
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- Honey Honey
- Watch Out
- What About Livingstone
- Gonna Sing You About My Lovesong
- Suzy-Hang-Around
- As Good as New
- Voulez-Vous
- I Have a Dream
- Angel Eyes
- 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
- Fernando
- The Name of the Game
- Chiquitita
- The Winner Takes It All
- I Have a Dream
- The Day Before You Came
- One of Us
- One Man, One Woman
- Eagle
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- My Love, My Life
- Our Last Summer
- Like an Angel Passing Through My Room
- I Wonder (Departure)
- I Let the Music Speak
- The Way Old Friends Do
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Abba - The Winner Takes It All
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing The Winner Takes It All. (C) 1980 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_The_Winner_Takes_It_All
Abba - Dancing Queen
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Dancing Queen. (C) 1976 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Dancing_Queen
Abba - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:30
- Published: 16 Dec 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight). (C) 1979 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Gimme!_Gimme!_Gimme!_A_Man_After_Midnight
Abba - Mamma Mia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 09 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Mamma Mia. (C) 1975 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Mamma_Mia
Abba - Take A Chance On Me
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Published: 09 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Take A Chance On Me. (C) 1977 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Take_A_Chance_On_Me
ABBA Dancing Queen 1976
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- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 26 Aug 2006
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
ABBA donned traditional 18th Century costumes when they first performed this song for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden the night before he was married to Silvia Sommerlath on 18/06/1976.
http://wn.com/ABBA_Dancing_Queen_1976
Abba - Chiquitita
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:26
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Chiquitita. (C) 1979 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Chiquitita
ABBA Waterloo Eurovision 1974 (High Quality)
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- Duration: 3:56
- Published: 07 Apr 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
www.youtube.com for HQ VIDEO WITH STEREO SOUND. 35 years to this day (6th April 1974) ABBA won with this performance of Waterloo. Enjoy! More information on this clip can be found here - www.abbaontv.com
http://wn.com/ABBA_Waterloo_Eurovision_1974_High_Quality
Abba - Money, Money, Money
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:07
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Money, Money, Money. (C) 1976 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Money,_Money,_Money
SOS - Abba
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 31 Oct 2006
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Abba from Sweden
http://wn.com/SOS_Abba
ABBA Megamix
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:59
- Published: 08 Sep 2007
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
A very, very great ABBA megamix. I hope you'll enjoy watching it :-D PS Its not made by me!
http://wn.com/ABBA_Megamix
Abba - Fernando
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:15
- Published: 23 Feb 2010
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Fernando. (C) 1976 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Fernando
Abba - Waterloo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Published: 23 Feb 2010
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Waterloo. (C) 1974 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Waterloo
ABBA - Ring Ring
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:52
- Published: 31 May 2006
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
From the September 1999 Danish ABBA TV Special. The broadcast video version of "Ring Ring" recorded in 1973.
http://wn.com/ABBA_Ring_Ring
Abba - Happy New Year
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:28
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Happy New Year. (C) 1980 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Happy_New_Year
ABBA - Eagle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:00
- Published: 06 Apr 2008
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
This was the opening track of their 1977 album "ABBA - The Album". It was also released as a single in May 1978. Lyrics: They came flyin' from faraway now I'm under their spell I love hearing the stories that they tell they've seen places beyond my land and they've found new horizons they speak strangely but I understand and I dream I'm an eagle and I dream I can spread my wings Flyin' high, high I'm a bird in the sky I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze high, high what a feeling to fly over mountains and forests and seas and to go anywhere that I please As all good friends we talk all night and we fly wing to wing I have questions and they know everything there's no limit to what I feel we climb higher and higher am I dreamin' or is it all real is it true I'm an eagle is it true I can spread my wings Flyin' high, high I'm a bird in the sky I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze high, high what a feeling to fly over mountains and forests and seas and to go anywhere that I please
http://wn.com/ABBA_Eagle
ABBA - Money Money Money (Abba-dabba-doo)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:10
- Published: 21 Jan 2008
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Money Money Money
http://wn.com/ABBA_Money_Money_Money_Abba-dabba-doo
Abba - Thank You For The Music (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:06
- Published: 31 May 2006
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Rare performance from Mike Yarwoods TV Show
http://wn.com/Abba_Thank_You_For_The_Music_live
Abba - SOS
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:19
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing SOS. (C) 1975 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_SOS
Abba - The Day Before You Came
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:54
- Published: 26 Nov 2007
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Memorable live performance of The Day Before You Came on Nov 11th 1982. The audience clearly love this. One of Agnetha's best lead performances. Long close-ups of her beautiful face, with that unique head band. Watch how she concentrates for her cut ins.
http://wn.com/Abba_The_Day_Before_You_Came
Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:59
- Published: 08 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Oct 2012
Music video by Abba performing Knowing Me, Knowing You. (C) 1976 Polar Music International AB
http://wn.com/Abba_Knowing_Me,_Knowing_You
ABBA - Waterloo (Eurovision 1974 performance)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:46
- Published: 06 May 2009
- Updated: 09 Oct 2012
ABBAs breakthrough in Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton 1974. This was Swedens first victory in the contest. The song went no. 1 in United Kingdom, West-Germany, South Africa , Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Norway no. 2 in Austria, Zimbabwe , no. 3 in Spain, France, Sweden no. 4 in Australia and no. 6 in United States
http://wn.com/ABBA_Waterloo_Eurovision_1974_performance
ABBA - Angeleyes
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- Duration: 4:25
- Published: 08 May 2008
- Updated: 07 Oct 2012
A great song from their 1979 album "Voulez Vous". Lyrics: Last night I was taking a walk along the river and I saw him together with a young girl and the look that he gave her made me shiver 'cause he always used to look at me that way and I thought maybe I should walk right up to her and say it's a game he likes to play Look into his angeleyes one look and you're hypnotized he'll take your heart and you must pay the price look into his angeleyes you'll think you're in paradise and one day you'll find out he wears a disguise don't look too deep into those angeleyes oh no no no no Sometimes when I'm lonely I sit and think about him and it hurts to remember all the good times when I thought I could never live without him and I wonder does it have to be the same every time when I see him will it bring back all the pain how can I forget that name Look into his angeleyes one look and you're hypnotized he'll take your heart and you must pay the price look into his angeleyes you'll think you're in paradise and one day you'll find out he wears a disguise don't look too deep into those angeleyes Crazy 'bout his angeleyes angeleyes he took my heart and now I pay the price look into his angeleyes you'll think you're in paradise and one day you'll find out he wears a disguise don't look too deep into those angeleyes oh no no no no (Keep thinking keep thinking 'bout his angeleyes keep thinking keep thinking I had to pay the price)
http://wn.com/ABBA_Angeleyes
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| ABBA | |
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 ABBA in 1974; from left to right Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop rock, Euro disco, Europop, Schlager, Dance, Glam rock |
| Years active | 1972–1982 |
| Labels | Polar, Polydor, Atlantic, Universal, Epic, Vogue, RCA, PolyGram, Sunshine (Rhodesia-Zimbabwe), Ariston/Dig It (Italy) |
| Associated acts | Hep Stars, Hootenanny Singers, Benny Anderssons Orkester |
| Website | abbasite.com |
| Past members | |
| Agnetha "Anna" Fältskog Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad |
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ABBA was a Swedish pop/rock group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. They are also known for winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, giving Sweden its first victory in the history of the contest and being the most successful group ever to take part in the contest.
ABBA has sold over 370 million records worldwide and still sell millions of records a year,[1][2] which makes them one of the best-selling music artists. ABBA was the first pop group to come from a non-English-speaking country that enjoyed consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Philippines. 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 and Ulvaeus were a married couple, as were Lyngstad and Andersson–although both couples later divorced. 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. As a result, these relationship changes began appearing in the group's music, and later compositions produced more introspective lyrics.
After ABBA broke up in late 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage while Lyngstad and Fältskog pursued individual solo careers with mixed success. ABBA's music declined in popularity until several films, notably Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, revived interest in the group, spawning 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. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 15 March 2010.[3]
History[link]
Before ABBA (1960s)[link]
Benny Andersson with the Hep Stars.
Björn Ulvaeus with the Hootenanny singers.
2 members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in
these promotional photos for different musical groups.
these promotional photos for different musical groups.
Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden) became (at age 18) the member of a popular Swedish pop-rock group, The Hep Stars, that performed covers of international hits. The Hep Stars were known as "The Swedish Beatles". They also set up Hep House, their equivalent of Apple Corps. Andersson played the keyboard and eventually started writing original songs for his band, many of which became major hits including "No Response" that hit number 3 in 1965, "Sunny Girl", "Wedding" and "Consolation", all of which hit number 1 in 1966.[4] Andersson also had a fruitful songwriting collaboration with Lasse Berghagen, with whom he wrote his first Svensktoppen entry "Sagan om lilla Sofi" ("The Story of Little Sophie") in 1968. Björn Ulvaeus (born 25 April 1945 in Gothenburg, Sweden) also began his musical career at 18 (as a singer and guitarist), when he fronted The Hootenanny Singers, a popular Swedish folk-skiffle group. Ulvaeus started writing English-language songs for his group, and even had a brief solo career alongside. The Hootenanny Singers and The Hep Stars sometimes crossed paths while touring. In June 1966, Ulvaeus and Andersson decided to write a song together. Their first attempt was "Isn't It Easy to Say", a song later recorded by The Hep Stars. Stig Anderson was the manager of The Hootenanny Singers and founder of the Polar Music label. He saw potential in the collaboration, and encouraged them to write more. Both also began playing occasionally with the other's bands on stage and on record, although it was not until 1969 that the pair wrote and produced some of their first real hits together: "Ljuva sextital" ("Merry Sixties"), recorded by Brita Borg, and The Hep Stars' 1969 hit "Speleman" ("Fiddler").
Andersson wrote and submitted the song "Hej, Clown" for the 1969 Melodifestivalen, the national festival to select the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. The song tied for first place, but re-voting relegated Andersson's song to second place.[5] On that occasion Andersson briefly met his future spouse, singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who also participated in the contest. A month later, the two had become a couple. As their respective bands began to break up during 1969, Andersson and Ulvaeus teamed up and recorded their first album together in 1970, called Lycka ("Happiness"), which included original songs sung by both men. Their spouses were often present in the recording studio, and sometimes added backing vocals; Fältskog even co-wrote a song with the two. Ulvaeus still occasionally recorded and performed with The Hootenanny Singers until the summer of 1974, and Andersson took part in producing their records.
Agnetha Fältskog (born 5 April 1950 in Jönköping, Sweden) had a number 1 record in Sweden when she was 17, and was soon noted by the critics and songwriters as a talented singer/songwriter of schlager style songs. Fältskog's main inspiration in her early years were singers such as Connie Francis. Along with her own compositions, she recorded covers of foreign hits and performed them on tours in Swedish folkparks. In 1967, she submitted an original song, "Försonade" ("Redeemed") for Melodifestivalen, but it was rejected. She briefly met Anni-Frid Lyngstad for the first time during a TV show in January 1968, and met Ulvaeus at a concert venue a few months later.
During filming of a Swedish TV special in May 1969, Fältskog met Ulvaeus again, and they were married in 1971. Fältskog and Ulvaeus eventually were involved in each other's recording sessions,[6] and soon even Andersson and Lyngstad added backing vocals to her third studio album Som jag är (As I Am) (1970). In 1972, Fältskog starred as Mary Magdalene in the original Swedish production of Jesus Christ Superstar and attracted favourable reviews. Between 1967 and 1975, Fältskog released five studio albums.[7]
Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad (born 15 November 1945 in Bjørkåsen in Ballangen, Norway) sang from the age of 13 with various dance bands, and worked mainly in a jazz-oriented cabaret style. She also formed her own band, the Anni-Frid Four. In the summer of 1967, she won a national talent competition with the song "En ledig dag" ("A Day Off"), which is included in the EMI compilation Frida 1967-1972. The first prize was a recording contract with EMI Sweden and to perform live on the most popular TV shows in the country. This TV performance, amongst many others, is included in the 3½ hour documentary Frida - The DVD. Lyngstad released several singles on EMI without much success. When Benny Andersson started to produce her recordings in 1971, she had her first number 1 single, "Min egen stad" ("My Own Town"), for which all the future ABBA members sang the backup vocals. Lyngstad toured and performed regularly in the folkpark circuit and made appearances on radio and TV. She met Ulvaeus briefly in 1963 during a talent contest, and Fältskog during a TV show in early 1968.
Lyngstad finally linked up with her future bandmates in 1969. On 1 March 1969, she participated in the Melodifestivalen, where she met Andersson for the first time. A few weeks later they met again during a concert tour in southern Sweden and they soon became a couple. Andersson produced her single "Peter Pan" in September 1969 – her first collaboration with Benny & Björn, as they had written the song. Andersson would then produce Lyngstad's debut studio album, Frida, which was released in March 1971. Lyngstad also played in several revues and cabaret shows in Stockholm between 1969 and 1973. After ABBA formed, she recorded another successful album in 1975, Frida ensam, which included a Swedish rendition of "Fernando", a hit on the Swedish radio charts before the English version was released.[8]
First live performance and the start of "Festfolk"[link]
An attempt at combining their talents occurred in April 1970 when the two couples went on holiday together to the island of Cyprus. What started as singing for fun on the beach ended up as an improvised live performance in front of the United Nations soldiers stationed on the island. Andersson and Ulvaeus were at this time recording their first album together, Lycka, which was to be released in September 1970. Fältskog and Lyngstad added backing vocals on several tracks during June, and the idea of them working together saw them launch a stage act, "Festfolk" (which translates from Swedish to mean both "Party People" and "Engaged Couples") on 1 November 1970 in Gothenburg. The cabaret show attracted generally negative reviews, except for the performance of the Andersson and Ulvaeus hit "Hej, gamle man" ("Hello, Old Man"); the first Björn and Benny recording to feature all four. They also performed solo numbers from respective albums, but the lukewarm reception convinced the foursome to shelve plans for working together for the time being, and each soon concentrated on individual projects again.
First record together "Hej, gamle man"[link]
"Hej, gamle man", a song about an old Salvation Army soldier, became the quartet's first hit. The record was credited to Björn & Benny and reached number 5 on the sales charts and number 1 on Svensktoppen, staying there for 15 weeks.
During 1971, the four artists began working together more, adding vocals to the others' recordings. Fältskog, Andersson and Ulvaeus toured together in May, while Lyngstad toured on her own. Frequent recording sessions brought the foursome closer together during the summer.[9]
Forming the group (1970–1973)[link]
After the 1970 release of Lycka, two more singles credited to 'Björn & Benny' were released in Sweden, "Det kan ingen doktor hjälpa" ("No Doctor Can Help with That") and "Tänk om jorden vore ung" ("Imagine If the Earth Were Young"), with more prominent vocals by Fältskog and Lyngstad–and moderate chart success.
Fältskog and Ulvaeus were married on 6 July 1971. They and Andersson started performing together on a regular basis at the Swedish folkparks during the summer of that year.
Stig Anderson, founder and owner of Polar Music, was determined to break into the mainstream international market with music by Andersson and Ulvaeus. "One day the pair of you will write a song that becomes a worldwide hit", he predicted.[10] Stig Anderson encouraged Ulvaeus and Andersson to write a song for Melodifestivalen, and after two rejected entries in 1971,[11] Andersson and Ulvaeus submitted their new song "Säg det med en sång" ("Say It with a Song") for the 1972 contest, choosing newcomer Lena Anderson to perform. The song came in third place, encouraging Stig Anderson, and became a hit in Sweden.[12]
The first signs of foreign success came as a surprise, as the Andersson and Ulvaeus single "She's My Kind of Girl" was released through Epic Records in Japan in March 1972, giving the duo a Top 10 hit. Two more singles were released in Japan, "En Carousel"[13] ("En Karusell" in Scandinavia, an earlier version of "Merry-Go-Round") and "Love Has Its Ways" (a song they wrote with Koichi Morita).[14]
First hit as Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid[link]
Ulvaeus and Andersson persevered with their songwriting and experimented with new sounds and vocal arrangements. "People Need Love" was released in June 1972, featuring guest vocals by the women, who were now given much greater prominence. Stig Anderson released it as a single, credited to Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid. The song peaked at number 17 in the Swedish combined single and album charts, enough to convince them they were on to something.[15] The single also became the first record to chart for the quartet in the United States, where it peaked at number 114 on the Cashbox singles chart and number 117 on theRecord World singles chart. Labeled as Björn & Benny (with Svenska Flicka), it was released there through Playboy Records. However, according to Stig Anderson, "People Need Love" could have been a much bigger American hit, but a small label like Playboy Records did not have the distribution resources to meet the demand for the single from retailers and radio programmers.[16]
The foursome decided to record their first album together in the autumn of 1972, and sessions began on 26 September 1972. The women shared lead vocals on "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" (a top ten hit in Austria) that day, and their voices in harmony for the first time gave the foursome an idea of the quality of their combined talents.
"Ring Ring"[link]
In 1973, the band and their manager Stig Anderson decided to have another try at Melodifestivalen, this time with the song "Ring Ring". The studio sessions were handled by Michael B. Tretow, who experimented with a "wall of sound" production technique that became the wholly new ABBA sound. Stig Anderson arranged an English translation of the lyrics by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody and they thought this would be a surefire winner. However, on 10 February 1973, Melodifestivalen placed the song third, thus never reaching the Eurovision Song Contest itself. Nevertheless, the group released their debut studio album, also called Ring Ring. The album did well and the "Ring Ring" single was a hit in many parts of Europe and also in South Africa. However, Stig Anderson felt that the true breakthrough could only come with a UK or US hit.[17]
Official naming[link]
In early 1973, Stig Anderson, tired of unwieldy names, started to refer to the group privately and publicly as ABBA. At first, this was a play on words, as Abba is also the name of a well-known fish-canning company in Sweden, and itself an acronym. However, since the fish-canners were unknown outside Sweden, Anderson came to believe the name would work in international markets. A competition to find a suitable name for the group was held in a Gothenburg newspaper. The group was impressed with the names "Alibaba", "FABB", and "Baba", but in the end all the entries were ignored and it was officially announced in the summer that the group were to be known as "ABBA". The group negotiated with the canners for the rights to the name.[18] "ABBA" is an acronym formed from the first letters of each group member's first name: Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid.[19] During a promotional photo, Benny flipped his "B" horizontally for fun, and from 1976 onwards the first 'B' in the logo version of the name was "mirror-image" reversed on the band's promotional material and became the group's registered trademark.
The first time "ABBA" is found written on paper is on a recording session sheet from the Metronome Studio in Stockholm, dated 16 October 1973. This was first written as "Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida", but was subsequently crossed out with "ABBA" written in large letters on top.
The official logo, using the bold version of the News Gothic typeface, was designed by Rune Söderqvist, and appeared for the first time on the "Dancing Queen" single in August 1976, and subsequently on all later original albums and singles. But the idea for the official logo was made by the German photographer Wolfgang Heilemann on a "Dancing Queen" shoot for the teenage magazine Bravo. On the photo, the ABBA members held a giant initial letter of his/her name. After the pictures were made, Heilemann found out that one of the men held his letter backwards. They discussed it and the members of ABBA liked it. Following their acquisition of the group's catalogue, Polygram began using variations of the ABBA logo, using a different font and adding a crown emblem to it in 1992 for the first release of the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits compilation. When Universal Music purchased Polygram (and, thus, ABBA's label Polar Music International), control of the group's catalogue was returned to Stockholm. Since then, the original logo has been reinstated on all official products.[20]
Breakthrough (1973–1976)[link]
Eurovision[link]
As the group entered the Melodifestivalen with "Ring Ring" but failed to qualify as the 1973 Swedish entry, Stig Anderson immediately started planning for the 1974 contest.
Ulvaeus, Andersson and Stig Anderson believed in the possibilities of using Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest as a way to make the music business aware of them as songwriters, as well as the band itself. In late 1973, they were invited by Swedish television to contribute a song for the Melodifestivalen 1974 and from a number of new songs, the upbeat number "Waterloo" was chosen; the group was now inspired by the growing glam rock scene in England. "Waterloo" was an unashamedly glam-style pop track produced with Michael B. Tretow's wall-of-sound approach, and it bears a notable resemblance in both arrangement and production to Wizzard's 1973 UK hit "See My Baby Jive".
ABBA won their national heats on Swedish television on 9 February 1974, and with this third attempt were far more experienced and better prepared for the Eurovision Song Contest. Winning the 1974 Contest on 6 April 1974 gave ABBA the chance to tour Europe and perform on major television shows; thus the band saw the "Waterloo" single chart in many European countries. "Waterloo" was ABBA's first number one single in big markets such as the UK and Germany. In the United States, the song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, paving the way for their first album and their first trip as a group there. Albeit a short promotional visit, it included their first performance on American television, The Mike Douglas Show. The album Waterloo only peaked at number 145 on the Billboard 200 chart, but received unanimous high praise from the US critics: Los Angeles Times called it "a compelling and fascinating debut album that captures the spirit of mainstream pop quite effectively . . . an immensely enjoyable and pleasant project", while Creem characterized it as "a perfect blend of exceptional, lovable compositions".[citation needed]
ABBA's follow-up single, "Honey, Honey", peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was a number 2 hit in Germany. However, in the United Kingdom, ABBA's British record label, Epic, decided to re-release a remixed version of "Ring Ring" instead of "Honey, Honey", and a cover version of the latter by the act Sweet Dreams peaked at number 10. Both records debuted on the UK chart within one week of each other. "Ring Ring" failed to reach the Top 30 in the United Kingdom, increasing growing speculation that the group were simply Eurovision one-hit wonders.
Post-Eurovision[link]
In November 1974, ABBA embarked on their first European tour, playing dates in Denmark, West Germany and Austria. It was not as successful as the band had hoped, since most of the venues did not sell out. Due to a lack of demand, they were even forced to cancel a few shows, including a sole concert scheduled in Switzerland. The second leg of the tour, which took them through Scandinavia in January 1975, was very different. They played to full houses everywhere and finally got the reception they had aimed for. Live performances continued during the summer of 1975 when ABBA embarked on a sixteen open-air date tour of Sweden and Finland. Their Stockholm show at the Gröna Lund amusement park had an estimated audience of 19,200.[21]
In late 1974, "So Long" was released as a single in the United Kingdom but it received no airplay from Radio 1 and failed to chart. In the summer of 1975 ABBA released "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", which again received little airplay on Radio 1 but managed to climb the charts, to number 38. Later in 1975, the release of their self-titled third studio album ABBA and single "SOS" brought back their chart presence in the UK, where the single hit number 6 and the album peaked at number 13. "SOS" also became ABBA's second number 1 single in Germany and Australia. Success was further solidified with "Mamma Mia" reaching number 1 in the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. In the United States, "SOS" peaked at number 10 on the Record World Top 100 singles chart and number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, picking up the BMI Award along the way as one of the most played songs on American radio in 1975.
The success of the group in the United States had until that time been limited to single releases. By early 1976, the group already had four Top 30 singles on the US charts, but the album market proved to be tough to crack. The eponymous ABBA album generated three American hits, but it only peaked at number 165 on the Cashbox album chart and number 174 on the Billboard 200 chart. Opinions were voiced, by Creem in particular, that in the US ABBA had endured "a very sloppy promotional campaign". Nevertheless, the group enjoyed warm reviews from the American press. Cashbox went as far as saying that "there is a recurrent thread of taste and artistry inherent in Abba's marketing, creativity and presentation that makes it almost embarrassing to critique their efforts", while Creem wrote: "SOS is surrounded on this LP by so many good tunes that the mind boggles".
In Australia, the airing of the music videos for "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and "Mamma Mia" on the nationally-broadcast TV pop show Countdown (which premiered in August 1975) saw the band rapidly gain enormous popularity, and Countdown become a key promoter of the group via their distinctive music videos. This started an immense interest for ABBA in Australia, resulting in both the single and album holding down the #1 positions on the charts for months.
Superstardom (1976–1981)[link]
In March 1976, the band released the compilation album Greatest Hits, despite having had only six Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Nevertheless, it became their first UK number 1 album, and also took ABBA into the Top 50 on the US album charts for the first time, eventually selling more than a million copies there. At the same time, Germany released a compilation named The Very Best of ABBA, also becoming a number 1 album there whereas the Greatest Hits compilation followed a few months later to number 2 on the German charts, despite all similarities with The Very Best album. Also included on Greatest Hits was a new single, "Fernando", which took the world by storm, hitting number 1 in at least thirteen countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, and the single went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide.[22] In Australia, the song occupied the top position for 14 weeks (and stayed in the chart for 40 weeks), tying with The Beatles' "Hey Jude" for longest-running number one, and making "Fernando" one of the best-selling singles of all time in Australia. That same year, the group received its first international prize, with "Fernando" being chosen as the "Best Studio Recording of 1975". In the United States, "Fernando" reached the Top 10 of the Cashbox Top 100 singles chart and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, ABBA's first American number one single.
The group's fourth studio album, Arrival, a number 1 bestseller in Europe and Australia, represented a new level of accomplishment in both songwriting and studio work, prompting rave reviews from more rock-oriented UK music weeklies such as Melody Maker and New Musical Express, and mostly appreciative notices from American critics. Hit after hit flowed from Arrival: "Money, Money, Money", another number 1 in Germany and Australia, and "Knowing Me, Knowing You", ABBA's sixth consecutive German number 1 as well as another UK number 1. The real sensation was "Dancing Queen", not only topping the charts in loyal markets the UK, Germany and Australia, but also reaching number 1 in the United States. In South Africa, ABBA had astounding success with "Fernando", "Dancing Queen" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" being among the top 20 best-selling singles for 1976–77. In 1977, Arrival was nominated for the inaugural BRIT Award in the category "Best International Album of the Year". By this time ABBA were popular in the United Kingdom, most of Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In Frida – The DVD, Lyngstad explains how she and Fältskog developed as singers, as ABBA's recordings grew more complex over the years.
The band's popularity in the United States would remain on a comparatively smaller scale, and "Dancing Queen" became the only Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single ABBA had there (they did, however, get three more singles to the number 1 position on other Billboard charts, including Billboard Adult Contemporary and Hot Dance Club Play). Nevertheless, Arrival finally became a true breakthrough release for ABBA on the US album market where it peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified gold by RIAA.
European and Australian tour[link]
In January 1977, ABBA embarked on their first major tour. The group's status had changed dramatically and they were clearly regarded as superstars. They opened their much anticipated tour in Oslo, Norway, on 28 January, and mounted a lavishly produced spectacle that included a few scenes from their self-written mini-operetta The Girl with the Golden Hair. The concert attracted immense media attention from across Europe and Australia. They continued the tour through Western Europe visiting Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Essen, Hanover, Hamburg, and ended it with shows in the United Kingdom in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and two sold-out concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall. Tickets for these two shows were available only by mail application and it was later revealed that the box-office received 3.5 million requests for tickets, enough to fill the venue 580 times. Along with praise ("ABBA turn out to be amazingly successful at reproducing their records", wrote Creem), there were complaints that "ABBA performed slickly...but with a zero personality coming across from a total of 16 people on stage" (Melody Maker). One of the Royal Albert Hall concerts was filmed as a reference for the filming of the Australian tour for what became ABBA: The Movie, though it is not exactly known how much of the concert was filmed.
After the European leg of the tour, in March 1977, ABBA played eleven dates in Australia before a total of 160,000 people. The opening concert in Sydney at the Sydney Showground on 3 March to an audience of 20,000 was marred by torrential rain, with Lyngstad slipping on the wet stage during the concert. However, all four members would later recall this concert to be the most memorable of their career. Upon their arrival in Melbourne, a civic reception was held at the Melbourne Town Hall and ABBA appeared on the balcony to greet an enthusiastic crowd of 6,000 people. In Melbourne, the group played three concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with 14,500 at each including the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and his family. At the first Melbourne concert, an additional 16,000 people gathered outside the fenced-off area to listen to the concert. In Adelaide, the group performed one concert at West Lakes Football Stadium before 20,000 people with another 10,000 listening outside. During the first of five concerts in Perth, there was a bomb scare with everyone having to evacuate the Entertainment Centre. The trip was accompanied by mass hysteria and unprecedented media attention ("Swedish ABBA stirs box-office in Down Under tour...and the media coverage of the quartet rivals that set to cover the upcoming Royal tour of Australia", wrote Variety), and is captured on film in ABBA: The Movie, directed by Lasse Hallström.
The Australian tour and its subsequent ABBA: The Movie produced some ABBA lore, as well. Fältskog's blonde good looks had long made her the band's "pin-up girl", a role she disdained. During the Australian tour, she performed in a skin-tight white jumpsuit, causing one Australian newspaper to use the headline "Agnetha's bottom tops dull show". When asked about this at a news conference, she replied: "Don't they have bottoms in Australia?"[23]
In December 1977, ABBA followed up Arrival with the more ambitious fifth album ABBA: The Album, released to coincide with the debut of ABBA: The Movie. Although the album was less well-received by UK reviewers, it did spawn more worldwide hits: "The Name of the Game" and "Take a Chance on Me", which both topped the UK charts, and peaked at number 12 and number 3 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. Although "Take a Chance on Me" did not top the American charts, it proved to be ABBA's biggest hit single there, selling more copies than "Dancing Queen".[24] The Album also included "Thank You for the Music", the B-side of "Eagle" in countries where the latter had been released as a single, and was belatedly released as an A-side single in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1983. "Thank You for the Music" has deservedly become one of the best loved and best known ABBA songs without being released as a single during the group's lifetime.
Polar Music Studio formation[link]
By 1978, ABBA was one of the biggest bands in the world. They converted a vacant movie theatre into the Polar Music Studio, a state-of-the-art studio in Stockholm. The studio was used by several other bands; notably, Genesis' Duke and Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door were recorded there. During May, the group went to the United States for a promotional campaign, performing alongside Andy Gibb on Olivia Newton-John's TV show. Recording sessions for the single "Summer Night City" were an uphill struggle, but upon release the song became another hit for the group. The track would set the stage for ABBA's foray into disco with their next album.[25]
On 9 January 1979, the group performed "Chiquitita" at the Music for UNICEF Concert held at the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate UNICEF's Year of the Child. ABBA donated the copyright of this worldwide hit to the UNICEF; see Music for UNICEF Concert.[26] The single was released the following week, and reached number 1 in ten countries.
North American and European tours[link]
In mid-January 1979, Ulvaeus and Fältskog announced they were getting divorced. The news caused interest from the media, and led to speculation about the band's future. ABBA assured the press and their fan base they were continuing their work as a group, and that the divorce would not affect them.[27] Nonetheless, the media continued to confront them with this in interviews. To escape the media swirl and concentrate on their writing, Andersson and Ulvaeus secretly travelled to Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, where for two weeks they prepared their next album's songs in relative quiet.
The group's sixth studio album, Voulez-Vous, was released in April 1979, the title track of which was recorded at the famous Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida with the assistance of recording engineer Tom Dowd amongst others. The album topped the charts across Europe and in Japan and Mexico, hit the Top 10 in Canada and Australia and the Top 20 in the United States. None of the singles from the album reached number 1 on the UK charts, but "Chiquitita", "Does Your Mother Know", "Angeleyes" (with "Voulez-Vous", released as a double A-side) and "I Have a Dream" were all UK Top 5 hits. In Canada, "I Have a Dream" became ABBA's second number 1 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart (after "Fernando" hit the top previously). Also in 1979, the group released their second compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol. 2, which featured a brand new track: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", another number 3 hit in both the UK and Germany. In Russia during the late 1970s, the group were paid in oil commodities because of an embargo on the ruble.[28]
On 13 September 1979, ABBA began their ABBA: The Tour at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada, with a full house of 14,000. "The voices of the band, Agnetha's high sauciness combined with round, rich lower tones of Anni-Frid, were excellent...Technically perfect, melodically correct and always in perfect pitch...The soft lower voice of Anni-Frid and the high, edgy vocals of Agnetha were stunning", raved Edmonton Journal.
During the next four weeks, they played a total of 17 sold-out dates, 13 in the United States and four in Canada. The last scheduled ABBA concert in the United States in Washington DC was cancelled due to Fältskog's emotional distress suffered during the flight from New York to Boston, when the group's private plane was subjected to extreme weather conditions and was unable to land for an extended period. They appeared at the Boston Music Hall for the performance 90 minutes late. The tour ended with a show in Toronto, Canada at Maple Leaf Gardens before a capacity crowd of 18,000. "ABBA plays with surprising power and volume; but although they are loud, they're also clear, which does justice to the signature vocal sound...Anyone who's been waiting five years to see Abba will be well satisfied", wrote Record World.
On 19 October 1979, the tour resumed in Western Europe where the band played 23 sold-out gigs, including six sold-out nights at London's Wembley Arena.
Progression[link]
In March 1980, ABBA travelled to Japan where upon their arrival at Narita International Airport, they were besieged by thousands of fans. The group played eleven concerts to full houses, including six shows at Tokyo's Budokan. This tour was the last "on the road" adventure of their career. The same year saw the release of ABBA's seventh album Super Trouper, which reflected a certain change in ABBA's style with more prominent use of synthesizers and increasingly personal lyrics. It set a record for the most pre-orders ever received for a UK album after one million copies were ordered before release. Anticipation for the album had been built up by "The Winner Takes It All", the group's eighth UK chart topper (and their first since 1978). In the United States, the single peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became ABBA's second Billboard Adult Contemporary number 1. The song was allegedly written about Ulvaeus and Fältskog's marital tribulations. It was also re-recorded by Andersson and Ulvaeus with a slightly different backing track, by French chanteuse Mireille Mathieu at the end of 1980 – as "Bravo Tu As Gagné", with French lyrics by Alain Boublil. The next single from the album, "Super Trouper", also hit number 1 in the UK, becoming the group's ninth and final UK chart-topper. Another track from the Super Trouper album, "Lay All Your Love on Me", released in 1981 as a 12-inch single only in selected territories, managed to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked at number 7 on the UK singles chart becoming, at the time, the highest ever charting 12-inch release in UK chart history.
Also in 1980, ABBA recorded a compilation of Spanish-language versions of their hits called Gracias Por La Música. This was released in Spanish-speaking countries as well as in Japan and Australia. The album became a major success, and along with the Spanish version of "Chiquitita", this signalled the group's breakthrough in Latin America. ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos, the Spanish equivalent of ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, was released in 1999.
Final album and performances (1981–1982)[link]
In January 1981, Ulvaeus married Lena Källersjö, and manager Stig Anderson celebrated his 50th birthday with a party. For this occasion, ABBA recorded the track "Hovas Vittne" (a pun on the Swedish name for Jehovah's Witness and Anderson's birthplace, Hova) as a tribute to him, and released it only on 200 red vinyl copies, to be distributed to the guests attending the party. This single has become a sought-after collectible. In mid-February 1981, Andersson and Lyngstad announced they were filing for divorce. Information surfaced that their marriage had been an uphill struggle for years, and Benny had already met another woman, Mona Nörklit, whom he married in November 1981.
Andersson and Ulvaeus had songwriting sessions during the spring of 1981, and recording sessions began in mid-March. At the end of April, the group recorded a TV special, Dick Cavett Meets ABBA with the US talk show host Dick Cavett. The Visitors, ABBA's eighth and final studio album, showed a songwriting maturity and depth of feeling distinctly lacking from their earlier recordings but still placing the band squarely in the pop genre, with catchy tunes and harmonies. Although not revealed at the time of its release, the album's title track, according to Ulvaeus, refers to the secret meetings held against the approval of totalitarian governments in Soviet-dominated states, while other tracks address topics like failed relationships, the threat of war, aging, and loss of innocence. The album's only major single release, "One of Us", proved to be the last of ABBA's nine number 1 singles in Germany in December 1981; and the swansong of their sixteen Top 5 singles on the South African chart. "One of Us" was also ABBA's final Top 10 hit in the UK.
Although it topped the album charts across most of Europe, including the UK and Germany, The Visitors was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, showing a commercial decline in previously loyal markets such as France, Australia and Japan. A track from the album, "When All Is Said and Done", was released as a single in North America, Australia and New Zealand, and fittingly became ABBA's final Top 40 hit in the US (debuting on the US charts on 31 December 1981), while also reaching the US Adult Contemporary Top 10, and number 4 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart in Canada. The song's lyrics, as with "The Winner Takes It All" and "One of Us", dealt with the painful experience of separating from a long-term partner, though it looked at the trauma more optimistically. With the now publicised story of Andersson and Lyngstad's divorce, speculation increased of tension within the band. Also released in the United States was the title track of The Visitors, which hit the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Last recording sessions[link]
In the spring of 1982, songwriting sessions had started and the group came together for more recordings. Plans were not completely clear, but a new album was discussed and the prospect of a small tour suggested. The recording sessions in May and June 1982 were a struggle, and only three songs were eventually recorded: "You Owe Me One", "I Am the City" and "Just Like That". Andersson and Ulvaeus were not satisfied with the outcome, so the tapes were shelved and the group took a break for the summer.[29]
Back in the studio again in early August, the group had changed plans for the rest of the year: they settled for a Christmas release of a double album compilation of all their past single releases to be named The Singles: The First Ten Years. New songwriting and recording sessions took place,[30] and during October and November, they released the singles "The Day Before You Came"/"Cassandra" and "Under Attack"/"You Owe Me One", the A-sides of which were included on the compilation album. Neither single made the Top 20 in the United Kingdom, though "The Day Before You Came" became a Top 5 hit in many European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The album went to number 1 in the UK and Belgium, Top 5 in the Netherlands and Germany and Top 20 in many other countries. "Under Attack", the group's final release before disbanding, was a Top 5 hit in the Netherlands and Belgium.
"I Am the City" and "Just Like That" were left unreleased on The Singles: The First Ten Years for possible inclusion on the next projected studio album, though this never came to fruition. "I Am the City" was eventually released on the compilation album More ABBA Gold in 1993, while "Just Like That" has been recycled in new songs with other artists produced by Andersson and Ulvaeus. A reworked version of the verses ended up in the musical Chess.[31] The chorus section of "Just Like That" was eventually released on a retrospective box set in 1994. Despite a number of requests from fans, Ulvaeus and Andersson are still refusing to release ABBA's version of "Just Like That" in its entirety, even though the complete version surfaced on bootlegs.
The group travelled to London to promote The Singles: The First Ten Years in the first week of November 1982, appearing on Saturday Superstore and The Late, Late Breakfast Show, and also to West Germany in the second week, to perform on Show Express. On 19 November 1982, ABBA appeared for the last time in Sweden on the TV programme Nöjesmaskinen, and on 11 December 1982, they made their last performance ever, transmitted to the UK on Noel Edmonds' The Late, Late Breakfast Show, through a live link from a TV studio in Stockholm.
Last performances[link]
Andersson and Ulvaeus began collaborating with Tim Rice in early 1983 on writing songs for the musical project Chess, while Fältskog and Lyngstad both concentrated on international solo careers. While Andersson and Ulvaeus were working on the musical, a further co-operation between the three of them came with the musical Abbacadabra that was produced in France for television. It was a children's musical utilising 14 ABBA songs. Alain and Daniel Boublil, who wrote Les Misérables, had been in touch with Stig Anderson about the project, and the TV musical was aired over Christmas on French TV and later a Dutch version was also broadcast. Boublil previously also wrote the French lyrics for Mireille Mathieu's version of "The Winner Takes It All".
Lyngstad, who had recently moved to Paris, participated in the French version, and recorded a single, "Belle", a duet with French singer Daniel Balavoine. The song was a cover of ABBA's 1976 instrumental track "Arrival". As the single "Belle" sold well in France, Cameron Mackintosh wanted to stage an English language version of the show in London, with the French lyrics translated by David Wood and Don Black; Andersson and Ulvaeus got involved in the project, and contributed with one new song, "The Seeker". "Abbacadabra" premièred on 8 December 1983 at The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London, to mixed reviews and full houses for eight weeks, closing on 21 January 1984. Lyngstad was also involved in this production, recording "Belle" in English as "Time", a duet with actor and singer B. A. Robertson: the single sold well, and was produced and recorded by Andersson and Ulvaeus.
All four members made their last public appearance, as four friends more than as ABBA, in January 1986, when they recorded a video of themselves performing an acoustic version of "Tivedshambo", which was the first song written by their manager, Stig Anderson, for a Swedish TV show honouring Anderson on his 55th birthday. The four had not seen each other for more than two years. That same year they also performed privately at another friend's 40th birthday: their old tour manager, Claes af Geijerstam. They sang a self-written song titled "Der Kleine Franz" that was later to resurface in Chess. Also in 1986, ABBA Live was released, featuring selections of live performances from the group's 1977 and 1979 tours. The four members were guests on the 50th birthday of Görel Hanser in 1999. Hanser was a long-time friend of all four, and also former secretary of Stig Anderson. Honouring Görel, ABBA performed a Swedish birthday song "Med En Enkel Tulipan" a cappella.[32]
Benny Andersson has on several occasions performed old ABBA songs. In June 1992, he and Ulvaeus appeared with U2 at a Stockholm concert, singing the chorus of "Dancing Queen", and a few years later during the final performance of the B & B in Concert in Stockholm, Andersson joined the cast for an encore at the piano. Andersson frequently adds an ABBA song to the playlist when he performs with his BAO band. He also played the piano during new recordings of the ABBA songs "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" with opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter, and "When All Is Said and Done" with Swede Viktoria Tolstoy. In 2002, Andersson and Ulvaeus both performed an a cappella rendition of the first verse of "Fernando" as they accepted their Ivor Novello award in London. Lyngstad performed and recorded an a cappella version of "Dancing Queen" with the Swedish group The Real Group in 1993, and has also re-recorded "I Have a Dream" with Swiss singer Dan Daniell in 2003.
Breaking up[link]
ABBA has never officially announced the end of the group, but it has long been considered dissolved. Their last public performance together as ABBA was on the British TV programme The Late, Late Breakfast Show (live from Stockholm) on 11 December 1982. In January 1983, Fältskog started recording sessions for a solo album, as Lyngstad had successfully released her album Something's Going On some months earlier. Ulvaeus and Andersson, meanwhile, started songwriting sessions for the musical Chess. In interviews at the time, Björn and Benny denied the split of ABBA ("Who are we without our ladies? Initials of Brigitte Bardot?"), and Lyngstad and Fältskog kept claiming in interviews that ABBA would come together for a new album repeatedly during 1983 and 1984. Internal strife between the group and their manager escalated and the band members sold their shares in Polar Music during 1983. Except for a TV appearance in 1986, the foursome did not come together publicly again until they were reunited at the Swedish premiere of the Mamma Mia! movie on 4 July 2008.
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, following the premiere, Ulvaeus and Andersson confirmed that there was nothing that could entice them back on stage again. Ulvaeus said: "We will never appear on stage again. [...] There is simply no motivation to re-group. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were. Young, exuberant, full of energy and ambition. I remember Robert Plant saying Led Zeppelin were a cover band now because they cover all their own stuff. I think that hit the nail on the head."[33] However, on 3 January 2011, Fältskog, who has been long considered to be the most reclusive member of the group and possibly also the major obstacle to any reunion, raised the possibility of reuniting for a one-off engagement. She admitted that she has not yet brought the idea up to the other three members.
After ABBA[link]
Andersson and Ulvaeus[link]
Main articles: Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
In October 1984, Ulvaeus and Andersson together with lyricist Tim Rice released the musical concept double album Chess. The singles "One Night in Bangkok" (with vocals by Murray Head) and "I Know Him So Well" (a duet by Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige, and later also recorded by both Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston) were both successes. In May 1986, the musical premièred in London's West End, and ran for almost three years. Chess also opened on Broadway in April 1988, but closed within two months due to bad reviews. In Stockholm, the composers staged Chess på svenska (Chess in Swedish) in 2003, with some new material, including the musical numbers "Han är en man, han är ett barn" ("He's a Man, He's a Child") and "Glöm mig om du kan" ("Forget Me If You Can"). In 2008, the musical was again revived for a successful staging at London's Royal Albert Hall which was subsequently released on DVD, and then in two successful separate touring productions in the United States and United Kingdom, in 2010.
Andersson and Ulvaeus' next project, Kristina från Duvemåla, an epic Swedish musical, premiered in Malmö, in southern Sweden in October 1995. The musical ran for five years in Stockholm, and an English version has been in development for some considerable time. It has been reported that a Broadway production is in its earliest stages of pre-production.[34] In the meantime, following some earlier workshops, a full presentation of the English translation of the musical in concert, now with the shortened name of "Kristina", took place to capacity crowds in September 2009 at New York's Carnegie Hall, and in April 2010 at London's Royal Albert Hall, followed by a CD release of the New York recordings.
Since 1983, besides Chess and Kristina från Duvemåla, Benny Andersson has continued writing songs with Ulvaeus. The pair produced two English-language pop albums with Swedish duo Gemini in 1985 and 1987. In 1987, Andersson also released his first solo album on his own label, Mono Music, called "Klinga mina klockor" ("Ring My Bells"), all new material inspired by Swedish folk music – and followed it with his second album titled November 1989.
In the 1990s, Andersson wrote music for the popular Swedish cabaret quartet Ainbusk Singers, giving them two hits: "Lassie" and "Älska mig" ("Love me"), and later produced Shapes, an English-language album by the group's Josefin Nilsson with all-new material by Andersson and Ulvaeus. Andersson has also regularly written music for films (most notably to Roy Andersson's Songs from the Second Floor). In 2001, Andersson formed his own band, Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO), which released three successful albums in 2001, 2004 and 2007 respectively. Andersson has the distinction of remaining the longest in the Swedish Radio Svensktoppen charts; the song "Du är min man" ("You Are My Man"), sung by Helen Sjöholm, spent 278 weeks there between 2004 and 2009.[35] Andersson released his third album BAO 3 in October 2007, of new material with his band BAO and vocalists Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Körberg, as well as playing to full houses at two of Sweden's largest concert venues in October and November 2007, with an audience of 14,000.
Ulvaeus has not appeared on stage performing music since ABBA, but had a reunion with his co-members of The Hootenanny Singers on 16 July 2005 at a music festival in his hometown of Västervik, singing their 1966 hit "Marianne".
Andersson and Ulvaeus have been highly involved in the worldwide productions of the musical Mamma Mia!, alongside Lyngstad who attends premieres. They were also involved in the production of the successful film version of the musical, which opened in July 2008. Andersson produced the soundtrack utilising many of the musicians ABBA used on their albums and tours. Andersson made a cameo appearance in the movie as a 'fisherman' piano player in the "Dancing Queen" scene, while Ulvaeus is seen as a Greek god playing a lyre during the closing credits.
Andersson and Ulvaeus have been continuously writing new material; most recently the two wrote the title track for Andersson's first international release, The Benny Andersson Band – The Story of a Heart, released in July 2009. The album is a compilation of 14 tracks from Andersson's five Swedish-language releases, including five songs now recorded in English, and the new title song premiered on BBC2's Ken Bruce Show. A Swedish-language version, "Sommaren Du Fick" ("The Summer You Got"), was released in Sweden prior to the English version, with vocals by Helen Sjöholm. In the spring of 2009, Andersson also released a single recorded by the staff at his privately owned Stockholm hotel Hotel Rival, titled "2nd Best to None", accompanied by a video showing the staff at work. In 2008, Andersson and Ulvaeus wrote a song for Swedish singer Sissela Kyle, titled "Jag vill bli gammal" ("I Wanna Grow Old"), for her Stockholm stage show "Your Days Are Numbered". Ulvaeus also contributed lyrics to ABBA's 1976 instrumental track "Arrival" for Sarah Brightman's cover version recorded for her 2008 album Winter Symphony. New English lyrics have also been written for Andersson's 1999 song "Innan Gryningen" (also named "Millennium Hymn"), with the new title "The Silence of the Dawn" for Barbara Dickson. In 2007, they wrote the new songs "Han som har vunnit allt" ("He Who's Won It All") for actor/singer Anders Ekborg, and "I Walk with You Mama" and "After the Rain" for opera singer Anne Sofie Von Otter, for her Andersson tribute album I Let the Music Speak.
Fältskog and Lyngstad[link]
Main articles: Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Both female members of ABBA pursued solo careers on the international scene after their work with the group. In 1982, Lyngstad chose Genesis drummer and vocalist Phil Collins to produce the album Something's Going On and unveiled the hit single and video "I Know There's Something Going On" in the autumn of that year. The single became a number 1 hit in France (where it spent five weeks at the top), Belgium, Switzerland and Costa Rica. The track reached number 3 in Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Poland, and was also a Top 10 hit in Germany, Italy, Finland, South Africa and Australia. In the United States, the single peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. In all, "I Know There's Something Going On" sold 3.5 million copies worldwide and is the biggest-selling single any of the four members have had outside ABBA. Lyngstad's album sold 1.5 million copies internationally.[36] Sveriges Television documented this historical event, by filming the whole recording process. The result became a one-hour TV documentary, including interviews with Lyngstad, Collins, Ulvaeus and Andersson as well as all the musicians. This documentary and the promotion videos from the album are included in Frida - The DVD.
Lyngstad's second solo album after ABBA was the unsuccessful Shine, produced by Steve Lillywhite. Shine was recorded in Paris and released in 1984. Shine reached the Top 10 on the album charts in Sweden, Norway and Belgium and the Top 20 in the Netherlands. The title track was the album's first single release. Shine was Lyngstad's final studio album release for twelve years. It featured "Slowly", the last known Andersson-Ulvaeus composition to have been recorded by one of the former female ABBA vocalists to date. The promotion videos and clips for "Shine" are included in Frida - The DVD.
In 1983, Fältskog released the solo album Wrap Your Arms Around Me which achieved platinum sales in Sweden. This included the single "The Heat Is On", which was a hit all over Europe and Scandinavia. It reached number one in Sweden and Norway and number two in the Netherlands and Belgium. In the United States, Fältskog earned a Billboard Top 30 hit with "Can't Shake Loose". In Europe, the single "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" was another successful hit, topping the charts in Belgium and Denmark, reaching the Top 5 in Sweden, the Netherlands and South Africa, and the Top 20 in Germany and France. The album sold 1.2 million copies worldwide.[37] The album was produced by the highly successful producer and songwriter Mike Chapman, also known for his work with The Sweet, Mud, Suzi Quatro, Blondie and The Knack. According to Chapman, the album sold 4 million units worldwide.
"It's So Nice to be Rich" was Agnetha's fourth top ten hit in Sweden in 1983. Her duet with Tomas Ledin, "Never Again" was the first one.
Fältskog's second English-language solo album, Eyes of a Woman, was released in March 1985, peaking at number 2 in Sweden and another platinum seller and performing reasonably well in Europe. The album was produced by Eric Stewart of 10cc. The first single from the album was her self-penned "I Won't Let You Go". Agnetha's duet with Ola Håkansson "The Way You Are" was a number one hit in Sweden in 1986 and was awarded double platinum.
In November 1987, Fältskog released her third post-ABBA solo album, the Peter Cetera-produced I Stand Alone, which also included the Billboard Adult Contemporary duet with Cetera, "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)", as well as the European charting singles "The Last Time" and "Let It Shine". The album was extremely successful in Sweden, where it spent eight weeks at number 1 and was awarded double-platinum. Shortly after some minor European promotion for the album in early 1988, Fältskog withdrew from public life and halted her music career. In 1996, she released her autobiography, As I Am, and a compilation album featuring her solo hits alongside some ABBA classics. In 2004, she made a successful comeback, releasing the critically acclaimed album My Colouring Book, which debuted at number 1 in Sweden (achieving triple-platinum status), number 6 in Germany, and number 12 in the UK, winning a silver award, and achieving gold status in Finland. The single "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (a cover of the Cilla Black 1960s song) became Fältskog's biggest solo hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 11. The single peaked at number 2 in Sweden and was a hit throughout Scandinavia and Europe. A further single, "When You Walk in the Room", was released but met with less success, only peaking at number 34 in the United Kingdom. In January 2007, she sang a live duet on stage with Swedish singer Tommy Körberg at the after party for the final performance of the musical, Mamma Mia!, in Stockholm, at which Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus were also present.
In 1992, Lyngstad had been asked and chosen to be the chairperson for the environmental organisation "Artister för miljön" (Artists for the Environment) in Sweden. She became chairwoman for this organisation from 1992 to 1995. To mark her interests for the environment, she recorded the Julian Lennon song "Saltwater" and performed it live in Stockholm. She arranged and financed summer camps for poor children in Sweden, focusing on environmental and ecological issues. Her environmental work for this organisation led up to the decision to record again. The album Djupa andetag (Deep Breaths) was released towards the end of 1996 and became a success in Sweden, where it reached number 1. The lyrics for the single from this album, "Även en blomma" ("Even a Flower"), deal with environmental issues. In 2004, Lyngstad recorded a song called "The Sun Will Shine Again", written especially for her and released with former Deep Purple member Jon Lord. The couple made several TV performances with this song in Germany. Lyngstad lives a relatively low-profile life but occasionally appears at a party or charity function. On 26 August 1992, she married Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss von Plauen, of the German Reuss family. Von Plauen died of lymphoma in 1999 at the age of 49. In addition to losing her husband, Lyngstad had also lost her daughter Lise-Lotte in a car crash a year earlier.
On 15 November 2005, Lyngstad's 60th birthday, Universal released the Frida Box Set, consisting of the solo albums she recorded for the Polar Label. Also included is the 31⁄2-hour documentary Frida - The DVD. On this DVD, which covers her entire singing career, the viewer is guided by Lyngstad herself through the years from her TV debut in Sweden in 1967 to the TV performances she made in Germany in 2004. Many rare clips are included in the set and each performance is explained by Lyngstad herself. The interview with Lyngstad was filmed in the Swiss Alps in summer 2005.
Revival[link]
The same year the members of ABBA went their separate ways, the French production of a "tribute" show (a children's TV musical named Abbacadabra using 14 ABBA songs) spawned new interest in the group's music.
After receiving little attention during the mid-1980s, ABBA's music experienced a resurgence in the early 1990s due to the UK synth-pop duo Erasure, who released a cover extended play featuring versions of ABBA songs which topped the charts in 1992. As U2 arrived in Stockholm for a concert in June of that year, the band paid homage to ABBA by inviting Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson to join them on stage for a rendition of "Dancing Queen", playing guitar and keyboards. September 1992 saw the release of ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, a new compilation album. The single "Dancing Queen" received radio airplay in the UK in summer 1992 to promote the album. The song returned to the Top 20 of the UK singles chart in August that year, this time peaking at number 16.
The enormous interest in the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits compilation saw the release of More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits in 1993.
In 1994, two Australian cult films caught the attention of the world's media, both focussing on admiration for ABBA: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Muriel's Wedding. The same year, Thank You for the Music, a four-disc box set comprising all the group's hits and stand-out album tracks, was released with the involvement of all four members. "By the end of the twentieth century", American critic Chuck Klosterman wrote a decade later, "it was far more contrarian to hate ABBA than to love them."[38]
ABBA were soon recognized and embraced by other acts: Evan Dando of The Lemonheads recorded a cover version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You";[39] Sinéad O'Connor and Boyzone's Stephen Gately have recorded "Chiquitita"; Tanita Tikaram, Blancmange and Steven Wilson paid tribute to "The Day Before You Came". Cliff Richard covered "Lay All Your Love On Me", while Dionne Warwick, Peter Cetera, and Celebrity Skin recorded their versions of "SOS". U.S. alternative-rock musician Marshall Crenshaw has also been known to play a version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" in concert appearances, while legendary English Latin pop songwriter Richard Daniel Roman has recognized ABBA as a major influence. Swedish metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen covered "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" with slightly altered lyrics.
Two different compilation albums of ABBA songs have been released. ABBA: A Tribute coincided with the 25th anniversary celebration and featured 17 songs, some of which were recorded especially for this release. Notable tracks include Go West's "One of Us", Army of Lovers "Hasta Mañana", Information Society's "Lay All Your Love on Me", Erasure's "Take a Chance on Me" (with MC Kinky), and Lyngstad's a cappella duet with The Real Group of "Dancing Queen". A second 12-track album was released in 1999, entitled ABBAMANIA, with proceeds going to the Youth Music charity in England. It featured all new cover versions: notable tracks were by Madness ("Money, Money, Money"), Culture Club ("Voulez-Vous"), The Corrs ("The Winner Takes It All"), Steps ("Lay All Your Love on Me", "I Know Him So Well"), and a medley entitled "Thank ABBA for the Music" performed by several artists and as featured on the Brits Awards that same year.
In Sweden, the growing recognition of the legacy of Andersson and Ulvaeus resulted in the 1998 B & B Concerts: a tribute concert (with Swedish singers who had worked with the songwriters through the years) showcasing not only their ABBA years, but hits both before and after ABBA. The concert was a success, and was ultimately released on CD. It later toured Scandinavia and even went to Beijing in the People's Republic of China for two concerts.
In 2000, ABBA were reported to have turned down an offer of approximately US$1,000,000,000 (one billion US dollars) to do a reunion tour consisting of 100 concerts.[40]
For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Istanbul 30 years after ABBA had won the contest in Brighton, all four members made cameo appearances in a special comedy video made for the interval act, entitled "Our Last Video Ever". Others well-known stars such as Rik Mayall, Cher and Iron Maiden's Eddie also made appearances in the video. It was not included in the official DVD release of the Eurovision Contest, but was issued as a separate DVD release, retitled The Last Video at the request of the former ABBA members.
In 2005, all four members of ABBA appeared at the Stockholm premiere of the musical Mamma Mia!.[41]
On 4 July 2008, all four ABBA members were reunited at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia!. It was only the second time all of them had appeared together in public since 1986.[42] During the appearance, they re-emphasized that they intended never to officially reunite, citing the opinion of Robert Plant that the re-formed Led Zeppelin was more like a cover band of itself than the original band. Ulvaeus stated that he wanted the band to be remembered as they were during the peak years of their success.[43]
The compilation album ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, originally released in 1992, returned to number one in the UK album charts for the fifth time on 3 August 2008.[44] On 14 August 2008, the Mamma Mia! The Movie film soundtrack went to number 1 on the US Billboard charts, ABBA's first US chart-topping album. During the band's heyday the highest album chart position they had ever achieved in America was number 14.
In November 2008, all eight studio albums, together with a ninth of rare tracks, was released as The Albums.[45] It hit several charts, peaking at number 4 in Sweden and reaching the Top 10 in several other European territories.
In 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, in collaboration with Universal Music Group Sweden AB, released SingStar ABBA on both the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 games consoles, as part of the SingStar music video games. The PS2 version features 20 ABBA songs, while 25 songs feature on the PS3 version.
On 22 January 2009, Fältskog and Lyngstad appeared together on stage to receive the Swedish music award "Rockbjörnen" (for "lifetime achievement"). In an interview, the two women expressed their gratitude for the honorary award and to thank their fans.
On 25 November 2009, PRS for Music announced that the British public voted ABBA as the band they would most like to see re-form.[46]
On 27 January 2010, ABBAWORLD, a 25-room touring exhibition featuring interactive and audiovisual activities, debuted at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London. According to the exhibition's website, ABBAWORLD is "approved and fully supported" by the band members.[47][48]
On 15 November 2011, Ubisoft released a dancing game called ABBA: You Can Dance, for the Wii.
In January 2012, Universal Music announced the re-release of ABBA's final album 'The Visitors' featuring a previously unheard track 'From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel'.[49]
Recording process[link]
They were perfectionists in the studio and would work on tracks tirelessly until they got them right. Agnetha said they didn't quit and try to pick it back up at a later date, they would work on it until they came up with something better.[50] See Summer Night City as an example of them not being happy with a song and the amount of effort they put into that song.
They would start the basic rhythm track with a drummer, guitarist and bass player. All the other arrangements - vocals, other instruments - would be overlaid onto this basic track. The vocals would be the next and orchestra overdubs were usually left till last.[50]
It would be while in the studio working on the song that the girls would pitch in ideas as well. Benny and Bjorn would play them the backing tracks and they would make comments and suggestions, especially if they felt something wasn't right. According to Agnetha, the girls had the final say in how the lyrics were shaped. Frida says: "When we gather around the piano to get our voices tuned up, we often come up with things we can use in the backing vocals." [50]
After all the vocals and overdubs had been done, they would take up to five days to mix the song.[50]
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: ABBA awards and nominations
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[link]
On 15 March 2010, ABBA was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bee Gees members Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb (†). The ceremony was held at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The group was represented by Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson.[51][52]
Success in the United States[link]
During their active career, from 1972 to 1982, ABBA achieved 14 Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 (13 on the Cashbox Top 100), ten of which made the Top 20 on both charts, with four singles reaching the Top 10, including "Dancing Queen" which reached number 1. While "Fernando" and "SOS" did not break the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart they did reach the Top 10 on Cashbox ("Fernando") and Record World ("SOS") charts.
The group also had 12 Top 20 singles on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with two of them, "Fernando" and "The Winner Takes It All", reaching number 1. "Lay All Your Love on Me" was ABBA's fourth number 1 single on a Billboard chart, topping the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The singles "Dancing Queen" and "Take a Chance on Me" were certified gold (more than 1 million copies sold) by the RIAA.
Nine ABBA albums made their way into the Top 100 on the Billboard 200 album chart, with seven of them reaching the Top 50. Four of those albums reached the Top 20, with ABBA: The Album at number 14 being the highest position. Five albums received RIAA gold certification (more than 500,000 copies sold), while three acquired platinum status (selling more than one million copies). In 1993, the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits collection was released in the United States and has since become a seven-time platinum best-seller. It also topped the Bilboard Top Pop Catalog Albums chart (it also peaked at number 11 on a Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart).
Fashion, videos, advertising campaigns[link]
ABBA were widely noted for the colourful and trend-setting costumes its members wore.[citation needed] The videos that accompanied some of their biggest hits are often cited[by whom?] as being among the earliest examples of the genre. Most of ABBA's videos (and ABBA: The Movie) were directed by Lasse Hallström, who would later direct the films My Life as a Dog, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat.
ABBA made videos because their songs were hits in many different countries and personal appearances were not always possible. This was also done in an effort to minimize travelling, particularly to countries that would have required extremely long flights. Fältskog and Ulvaeus had two young children and Fältskog, who was also afraid of flying, was very reluctant to leave her children for such a long time. ABBA's manager, Stig Anderson, realized the potential of showing a simple video clip on television to publicize a single or album, thereby allowing easier and quicker exposure than a concert tour. Some of these videos became classics because of the 1970s-era costumes and early video effects, such as the grouping of the band members in different combinations of pairs, overlapping one singer's profile with the other's full face, and the contrasting of one member against another.
In 1976, ABBA participated in a high-profile advertising campaign by the Matsushita Electric Industrial (today's Panasonic Corporation), which was designed to promote the brand National. This campaign was designed initially for Australia, where "National" was still the primary brand used by Matsushita, who had not introduced the "Panasonic" brand to Australia yet despite its widespread use in other parts of the world such as the United States. However, the campaign was also aired in Japan. Five commercials, each approximately one minute long, were produced, each using the "National Song" sung by ABBA, which used the melody and instrumental arrangement of "Fernando", adapted with new lyrics promoting National, and working in several slogans used by National in their advertising.[53]
Political controversy[link]
In September 2010, band members Andersson and Ulvaeus criticized the right-wing Danish People's Party (DF) for using the ABBA song "Mamma Mia" (with modified lyrics) at rallies. The band had threatened to file a lawsuit against the DF, saying they never allowed their music to be used politically and that they had absolutely no interest in supporting the party. Their record label Universal Music later said that no legal action would be taken because an agreement had been reached.[54]
Discography[link]
Main article: ABBA discography
Further information: List of ABBA songs
- Ring Ring (1973)
- Waterloo (1974)
- ABBA (1975)
- Arrival (1976)
- ABBA: The Album (1977)
- Voulez-Vous (1979)
- Super Trouper (1980)
- The Visitors (1981)
Bibliography[link]
- Oldham, Andrew, Calder, Tony & Irvin, Colin (1995) "ABBA: The Name of the Game", ISBN 0-283-06232-0
- Potiez, Jean-Marie (2000). ABBA – The Book ISBN 1-85410-928-6
- Palm, Carl Magnus (2002). Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA ISBN 0-7119-9194-4
- Palm, Carl Joslin (2004). From "ABBA" to "Mamma Mia!" ISBN 1-85227-864-1
ABBA-related tributes[link]
- Abbacadabra – A French children's musical based on songs from ABBA
- Abbacadabra - A tribute band
- Abbaesque – An Irish ABBA tribute band
- Abba-esque – Erasure's 1992 EP
- ABBAmania – An ITV programme and tribute album to Swedish pop band ABBA released in 1999
- Abbasalutely – A compilation album released in 1995 as a tribute album to ABBA
- adbacadabra – An American ABBA tribute band
- Arrival From Sweden - A Swedish ABBA tribute band, formed in 1995
- A*Teens – A pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden
- Björn Again – The earliest-formed ABBA tribute band (1988)
- Generation Abba – Live ABBA tribute concerts on tour in Canada, Europe and Middle-East
- Mamma Mia! – Musical stage show based on the songs of ABBA
- Mamma Mia! The Movie – Film adaption of the musical stage show
- Gabba - An ABBA/Ramones tribute band that covers the former in the style of the latter, the name being a pun on "Gabba Gabba Hey".
- Babba - Australian tribute band
- The Abba's/Supertroopers - A Dutch rock group, a spin-off from Hallo Venray, performing ABBA covers as well as Dutch traditionals
See also[link]
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Book: ABBA |
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- ABBA the Museum
- ABBAMAIL
- List of ABBA tribute albums
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of Swedes in music
- List of unreleased ABBA songs
- Music of Sweden
- Swedish popular music
- ABBA City Walks - Stockholm City Museum
References[link]
- Palm, Carl Magnus (2001). Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA. London: Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-8389-5.
Notes[link]
- ^ "Abba set for reunion as Agnetha admits, 'I have a dream'". guardian.co.uk. 2011-01-02. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/02/abba-reunion-agnetha. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ "A heavenly enchantment called ABBA". The Hindu. 2010-04-09. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article392677.ece. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ "ABBA makes Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Los Angeles Times 16 December 2009". Latimes.com. 16 December 2009. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-quick16-2009dec16,0,6237547.story. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 86–87
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 110
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 162
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 112–129 and 135–136
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 41–58
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 163–170
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 150
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 173
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 174
- ^ "Cover art for Björn and Benny single "En Carousel"/"Lycka"". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1149457. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 182
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 185
- ^ Interview with Songwriter magazine, 6, 1981, pp.23–25.
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 191–211
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 210
- ^ "ABBA's biography, page 2". abbasite.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. http://www.abbasite.com/people/bio.php?id=395&page=2. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- ^ [1] ABBA Logo 25th Anniversary.[dead link]
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 268
- ^ Karen Collins (25 August 2009). "Fernando the Flute – Details". Tagg.org. http://www.tagg.org/mmmsp/fernando.html. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ DVD documentaries: The Winner Takes It All (2002) and Super Troupers (2004)
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 382
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 383–386
- ^ "Bee Gees, Olivia were a hit with the VIPs" (11 January 1979). Courier Mail (Brisbane); p. 30.
- ^ "ABBA divorce – Agnetha moves out" (17 January 1979). The Sun (Sydney); p. 1.
- ^ Rodgers, Peter (16 March 1980). "Pop goes ABBA's $2m oil gamble: ABBA may lose enormous amount of money following venture into oil market. " The Sunday Times; Business News, p 53
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 455–56
- ^ Palm 2001, pp. 456–57
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 490
- ^ [2] ABBA's last known appearance (1999)
- ^ Hastings, Chris (5 July 2008). "ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson: We will never reform". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/05/bmabba105.xml.
- ^ "Kristina från Duvemåla – The Musical". icethesite. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. http://www.icethesite.com/content/kristina.aspx. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Aktuell lista". sr.se. http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p4/programsidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2023&Artikel=454872. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 452
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 470
- ^ Klosterman, Chuck (2009). Eating the Dinosaur. New York, NY: Scribner. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4165-4421-0.
- ^ Palm 2001, p. 504
- ^ [3] Basham, David. "ABBA Nixes Billion-Dollar Offer To Reunite. " MTV News.
- ^ "Abba reunite for musical premiere". London: BBC News. 14 February 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4263745.stm. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
- ^ "Abba quartet at Mamma Mia showing". London: BBC News. 5 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7491246.stm. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
- ^ "Abba will 'never' perform again". London: BBC News. 6 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7491908.stm. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Abba are No. 1". BBC 6 Music. 4 August 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080804_abba.shtml. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen. (2008-11-24) The Albums - ABBA. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2012-04-30.
- ^ Published: 7:00 am GMT 25 November 2009 (25 November 2009). "Abba is the band most people want to see reform". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6646768/Abba-is-the-band-most-people-want-to-see-reform.html. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "Mamma Mia, That’s a Lot of ABBA New York Times 23 December 2010". Intransit. blogs. nytimes.com. 23 December 2009. http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/mamma-mia-thats-a-lot-of-abba/. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "ABBAWORLD website". Abbaworld.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. http://www.abbaworld.com/. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "ABBA Rebjorn - From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel with new Deluxe Edition of The Visitors". Daily Telegraph. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/abba-rebjorn-from-a-twinkling-star-to-a-passing-angel-with-new-deluxe-edition-of-the-visitors/story-e6frewyr-1226257614950. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d ABBA - In Their Own Words, compiled by Rosemary York, 1981, pp 57-65. Omnibus Press ISBN 0-86001-950-0
- ^ "ABBA and Genesis join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". BBC News (London). 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8570059.stm. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Will Abba Reunite For Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?". worldasiderseeit.com. 12 February 2010. http://www.worldasiderseeit.com/home/will-abba-reunite-for-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-i-have-the-answ.html.
- ^ "ABBA: The National Commercial". Abba-world.net. http://www.abba-world.net/phenomenon/national/national.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Abba anger over Danish far-right's use of Mamma Mia". BBC News. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11403230. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
External links[link]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: ABBA |
- Official website
- ABBAinter.net TV-performances archive
- ABBA discography at Discogs
- ABBA's Benny Andersson Talks Hall of Fame Induction, Band's Reunion Prospects, Rolling Stone
- ABBA: From Sweden to Superstardom – slideshow by Life magazine
- ABBA Stars – funpage Czech revival ABBA Stars.
- ABBA Songs – ABBA Album and Song details.
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Preceded by Anne-Marie Davidwith "Tu te reconnaîtras" |
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 |
Succeeded by Teach-Inwith "Ding-A-Dong" |
| Preceded by Nova with "You're Summer" |
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 |
Succeeded by Lars Berghagen with "Jennie, Jennie" |
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