ABBA
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Contents |
[edit] News
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
 1973 Atlantic Records |
 1974 Atlantic Records |
 1975 Atlantic Records |
 1976 Atlantic Records |
 1977 Atlantic Records |
 1979 RCA Records |
 1980 Atlantic Records |
 1981 Atlantic Records |
[edit] Compilations & Live Releases
 2006 Polar / Polydor |
 2006 Fontana International |
 2006 Polar |
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2006 UME Imports |
 2006 UM3 |
[edit] Other artists
[edit] Similar artists
| * Elton John | * Beatles |
| * Chicago | * Beach Boys |
| * Olivia Newton-John | * John Denver |
[edit] Influences
| * The Beach Boys | * The Beatles |
| * Petula Clark | * Connie Francis |
| * The Kingston Trio | * Brenda Lee |
| * The Mamas & The Papas | * Neil Sedaka |
| * Frank Sinatra | * The Supremes |
| * Stevie Wonder |
[edit] Contemporaries
[edit] Trivia
- ABBA is an acronym coined by Stig Anderson, the band’s manager from the first letters of each group member's name (Agnetha, Benny, Björn, Anni-Frid).
- “People Need Love” was their first single but was credited to “Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid”. The record reached #17 in the Swedish charts.
- British success was further solidified with “Mamma Mia” reaching the UK #1 spot in January 1976 and knocking Queen's biggest hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” from the top (incidentally, the only time a song has contained in its lyrics the name of the song that replaced it in the No. 1 spot).
- Songwriters Andersson and Ulvaeus were unable to write notated music on paper. Only Fältskog could do so (as revealed in a Dick Cavett interview with the group from 1981).
- The foursome officially disbanded after the December 1982 release of their single “Under Attack.”
- As of 2006, their 1976 hit single "Fernando" still held the record for the most weeks spent at number one in Australia (along with The Beatles' "Hey Jude").
