ABBA ~ The Best Pop Group Ever

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ABBA ~ Thank You For the Music

ABBA was one of the most popular groups of the Seventies and Eighties. At one time, they were second only to car company SAAB as Sweden's highest revenue earner.

They are one of the world's best selling bands, having sold around 400 million records world wide. They still sell two to three million records a year. ABBA was also the first group from mainland Europe to enjoy consistent success in the pop charts of English-speaking countries, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

The music of ABBA has been re-arranged into the successful musical Mamma Mia! that has toured worldwide and a movie version was released in July 2008.

The Song That Started It All 

ABBA: Waterloo

Although ABBA had released previous singles, it wasn't until 1974 when their song "Waterloo" won the Eurovision Song Contest, that they hit the charts worldwide and the phenomenon began.

Here is their live performance from the ESC of 1974, with the original UK commentary. This is "Waterloo".

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ABBA: The Full Story 

When The Songs Are Not Enough

ABBA was a pop music group formed in Sweden in November 1970. The band consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. Anni-Frid and Benny were a married couple, as were Bjorn and Agnetha (both couples later divorced). The group topped the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982.

The name "ABBA" is an acronym formed from the first letters of each of the group members' given names (Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid), and the group took this name official...

ABBA On Video 

ABBA ~ Some of Their Finest Songs


ABBA - Fernando


ABBA - Thank You For The Music


ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)


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Abba - I Have A Dream


ABBA Lay All Your Love On Me

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Great ABBA Melodies 

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ABBA - Ring Ring


ABBA-I do i do i do


ABBA - Chiquitita

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The Best of ABBA 

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Mamma Mia! - It's ABBA! 

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The Mamma Mia Soundtrack 

Mamma Mia!

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Songs include: I Have A Dream, Honey, Honey, Money, Money, Money, Thank You For The Music, Mamma Mia!, Chiquita, Dancing Queen, Lay All Your Love On Me, Super Trouper, The Name of The Game, Voulez-Vous, S.O.S., Knowing Me, Knowing You, Our Last Summer, The Winner Takes It All, Take A Chance on Me, I Do, I Do, I Do and Waterloo.

ABBA's International Number One 

ABBA: Dancing Queen

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ABBA Songs 

Here's a list of ten of ABBA's songs. What should be top, what not?

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Waterloo

5 points

Dancing Queen

5 points

Mamma Mia

5 points

Knowing Me, Knowing You

5 points

SOS

4 points

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

3 points

The Name of the Game

2 points

The Winner Takes It All

2 points

Money, Money, Money

2 points

Ring, Ring

1 point

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ABBA: SOS 

Another Top 10 hit, "SOS" was the third single from ABBA's self-titled 1975 album.

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ABBA: The Final Single 

1983: Under Attack: ABBA

At the end of 1982, ABBA made their final appearance together as a band and released two singles that met with little interest: "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack".

The former barely scraped into the UK Top 40 (No.32) while "Under Attack" made the Top 30 at No.26 in early 1983.

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Do You Agree? 

Are ABBA the Best Pop Group Ever?

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Yes, definitely!

lea says:

yes,it's got to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, I'll Tell You Which Is!

 

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mbgphoto wrote...

I loved the musical Mamma Mia and the movie was great too! Fun story...great music! Enjoyed your lens! 5*

ReplyPosted October 25, 2009

andreaberrios wrote...

I love Abba, I'm a huge fan. This is a great lens, 5*

ReplyPosted August 18, 2009

poddys wrote...

Great lens, love it and I was a big ABBA fan too. 5*****

ReplyPosted April 25, 2009

marsha32 wrote...

growing up I had just one Abba album but I listened to it often.

ReplyPosted February 14, 2009

aj2008 wrote...

Mamma Mia is one of my all time favourite musicals and hopefully it will be licensed one day so mad AmDram producers like me can stage it - You can daance, you can ji-ve, having the time of your life......

ReplyPosted January 22, 2009

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ABBA: The Day Before You Came

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