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Swedish pop group ABBA has released nine studio albums, two live albums, thirteen compilation albums, four box sets, five video albums, 53 singles, and 41 music videos. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time,[1] and are one of the best-selling music acts in the history of popular music. Throughout their career, ABBA has sold more than 400 million records worldwide.[2][3][4] They have scored nine number-one singles and 10 number-one albums in the UK, becoming the most successful Swedish act of all time on the Official Charts,[5] and were ranked third best-selling singles artists in the United Kingdom with a total of 11.3 million singles sold as of November 2012.[6] In May 2023, ABBA were awarded the BRIT Billion Award, which celebrates those who have surpassed the milestone of one billion UK streams in their career.[7]
ABBA's biggest hit singles worldwide are "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", with Arrival being their biggest hit studio album.[8]
The compilation album ABBA Gold is the second best-selling album of all time in the UK[5] and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide.[9][10]
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Albums
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Singles
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“Film clips” showing groups performing their songs had been used to great effect by major artists like The Beatles since the mid-Sixties as a convenience for those who were reluctant or unable to tour or make appearances abroad. In the summer of 1974, when there was a demand for the group's presence in the United States, they hired the director Lasse Hallström to direct the group's first film clips, for "Waterloo" and "Ring Ring". Hallström had been making pop film clips for television since the late Sixties, and had recently directed a sequence of successful short comedy skits for Swedish television. The videos were successful, and the following year the group rehired him to make four promo clips of the songs they felt had the strongest hit potential on the new album ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Mamma Mia", "SOS" and "Bang-A-Boomerang"). Hallström would go on to make most of their in-house promotional clips, often on a very small budget (the four 1975 films were completed in two days, at a total cost of less than 50,000 kronor (£5,500), and Hallström did the editing work himself from his apartment). The relationship ended in 1982, prompted by changing tastes and demands and complaints from ABBA's distributors that Hallström's low-budget approach made it difficult to market the band. Director Kjell Sundvall and cinematographer Kjell-Åke Andersson, an up-and-coming filmmaker team, were hired to replace them for the final two promotional videos, "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack".[195]
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See also
- Agnetha Fältskog discography
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad discography
- Benny Andersson discography
- Björn Ulvaeus § Discography
- Mamma Mia! (musical)
- Mamma Mia! (film)
- Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
- List of songs recorded by ABBA
- List of unreleased songs recorded by ABBA
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling singles by country
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Notes for albums and songs
- Sweden sales figures for Ring Ring as of September 1979.[21]
- Australia sales figures for Ring Ring as of January 1977.[22]
- Sweden sales figures for Waterloo as of 1985.[24]
- Australia sales figures for Waterloo as of January 1977.[22]
- Worldwide sales figures for Waterloo as of February 1977.[25]
- Sweden sales figures for ABBA as of September 1979.[21]
- Australia sales figures for ABBA as of January 1977.[22]
- Norway sales figures for ABBA as of March 1980.[28]
- Worldwide sales figures for ABBA as of February 1977.[25]
- Sweden sales figures for Arrival.[29]
- Australia sales figures for Arrival as of October 2024.[30]
- Netherlands sales figures for Arrival as of September 1979.[21]
- Norway sales figures for Arrival as of March 1980.[28]
- New Zealand sales figures for Arrival as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Arrival as of November 2021.[31]
- Worldwide sales figures for Arrival.[32]
- Sweden sales figures for Abba: The Album as of September 1979.[21]
- Norway sales figures for Abba: The Album as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Abba: The Album as of July 1978.[36]
- United States sales figures for Abba: The Album as of May 1979.[37]
- Sweden sales figures for Voulez-Vous as of September 1979.[21]
- Australia sales figures for Voulez-Vous as of May 1980.[40]
- Canada sales figures for Voulez-Vous as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Voulez-Vous as 1979.[41]
- United States sales figures for Voulez-Vous.[42]
- Canada sales figures for Super Trouper as of March 1981.[45]
- Germany sales figures for Super Trouper as of August 1981.[46]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Super Trouper as of January 1981.[47]
- Worldwide sales figures for Super Trouper.[29]
- Germany sales figures for The Visitors as of May 1983.[50]
- Worldwide sales figures for The Visitors as of October 2023.[51]
- Germany sales figures for Voyage as of December 2021.[53]
- Netherlands first-week sales figures for Voyage.[54]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Voyage as of June 2023.[55]
- United States sales figures for Voyage as of January 2023.[56]
- Worldwide sales figures for Voyage as of November 2022.[57]
- Australia sales figures for The Best of ABBA as of January 2013.[62]
- Netherlands sales figures for The Best of ABBA as of September 1979.[21]
- New Zealand sales figures for The Best of ABBA as of September 1979.[21]
- Sweden sales figures for Greatest Hits as of September 1979.[21]
- Australia sales figures for Greatest Hits as of 1985.[64]
- Canada sales figures for Greatest Hits as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Greatest Hits as of July 2016.[65]
- United States sales figures for Greatest Hits as of May 1979.[37]
- Worldwide sales figures for Greatest Hits as of 1985.[64]
- Australia sales figures for Greatest Hits Vol. 2 as of May 1980.[40]
- United Kingdom sales figures for Greatest Hits Vol. 2.[29]
- Worldwide sales figures for Greatest Hits Vol. 2.[29]
- Australia sales figures for ABBA Gold as of January 2013.[62]
- United Kingdom sales figures for ABBA Gold as of July 2021.[68]
- United States combined sales figures for ABBA Gold as of May 2018. The album has sold 5,800,000 in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan,[69] with an additional 884,000 sold at BMG Music Clubs.[70] Nielsen SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s.[71]
- United States sales figures for The Definitive Collection as of January 2009.[77]
- Japan sales figures for All About ABBA as of March 1979.[92]
- United States sales figures for 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA as of January 2009.[77]
- Sweden sales figures for "Ring Ring" as of June 1973.[139]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Ring Ring" as of October 1973.[140]
- Sweden sales figures for "Waterloo".[143]
- France sales figures for "Waterloo" as of September 1979.[21]
- Ireland sales figures for "Waterloo" as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Waterloo" as of November 2021.[144]
- United States sales figures for "Waterloo".[145]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Waterloo" as of February 1977.[25]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Honey, Honey" as of February 1977.[25]
- Worldwide sales figures for "So Long" as of February 1977.[25]
- France sales figures for "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" as of September 1979.[21]
- Worldwide sales figures for "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" as of February 1977.[25]
- France sales figures for "SOS" as of September 1979.[21]
- Germany sales figures for "SOS" as of April 1976.[149]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "SOS" as of October 2010.[150]
- Worldwide sales figures for "SOS" as of February 1977.[25]
- Germany sales figures for "Mamma Mia" as of April 1976.[149]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Mamma Mia" as of November 2021.[144]
- United States sales figures for "Mamma Mia" as of January 2009.[77]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Mamma Mia" as of February 1977.[25]
- Australia sales figures for "Fernando" as of November 1979.[152]
- Austria sales figures for "Fernando" as of September 1979.[21]
- France sales figures for "Fernando" as of September 1979.[21]
- Germany sales figures for "Fernando" as of November 1976.[153]
- Ireland sales figures for "Fernando" as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Fernando" as of November 2021.[144]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Fernando" as of 1977.[154]
- Australia sales figures for "Dancing Queen" as of January 1977.[22]
- France sales figures for "Dancing Queen" as of 1976.[156]
- Ireland sales figures for "Dancing Queen" as of September 1979.[21]
- Netherlands sales figures for "Dancing Queen" as of January 1977.[157]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Dancing Queen" as of November 2021.[31]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Dancing Queen" as of 1985.[158]
- Australia sales figures for "Money Money Money" as of January 1977.[22]
- France sales figures for "Money Money Money" as of 1976.[156]
- Germany sales figures for "Money Money Money" as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Money Money Money" as of February 1977.[25]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Money Money Money" as of 1985.[159]
- France sales figures for "Knowing Me, Knowing You" as of 1977.[160]
- Germany sales figures for "Knowing Me, Knowing You" as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Knowing Me, Knowing You" as of November 2021.[144]
- France sales figures for "The Name of the Game" as of 1977.[160]
- Sweden sales figures for "The Name of the Game" as of November 1977.[161]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "The Name of the Game" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "Take a Chance on Me" as of 1978.[162]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Take a Chance on Me" as of November 2021.[31]
- Worldwide sales figures for "Take a Chance on Me" as of 1985.[163]
- France sales figures for "Eagle" as of 1978.[162]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Thank You for the Music" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "Summer Night City" as of 1978.[162]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Summer Night City" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "Chiquitita" as of 1979.[164]
- Ireland sales figures for "Chiquitita" as of September 1979.[21]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Chiquitita" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "Does Your Mother Know" as of 1979.[164]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Does Your Mother Know" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "Voulez-Vous" as of 1979.[164]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Angeleyes"/
"Voulez-Vous" as of October 2010.[150] - United Kingdom sales figures for "Angeleyes"/
"Voulez-Vous" as of October 2010.[150] - France sales figures for "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" as of 1979.[164]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" as of October 2010.[150]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "I Have a Dream" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "The Winner Takes It All" as of 1980.[166]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "The Winner Takes It All" as of November 2021.[144]
- France sales figures for "Super Trouper" as of 1980.[166]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Super Trouper" as of November 2021.[31]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Lay All Your Love on Me" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "One of Us" as of 1982.[169]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "One of Us" as of October 2010.[150]
- France sales figures for "Head over Heels" as of 1982.[169]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "I Still Have Faith in You" as of December 2021.[173]
- United Kingdom sales figures for "Don't Shut Me Down" as of December 2021.[173]
Notes for peak chart positions
- "People Need Love" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number 47 on the Radio Noordzee Top 50 chart.[133]
- "People Need Love" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 47 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and number four on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[134]
- "People Need Love" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 114 on the US Top 100 Looking Ahead Chart[135] and 117 on the US Singles Chart.[136]
- "He Is Your Brother" did not enter the Swedish combined singles and album chart Kvällstoppen, but peaked at number one on the Tio i Topp Singles Chart.[137]
- "He Is Your Brother" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 46 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and number three on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[138]
- "Another Town, Another Train" did not enter the Swedish combined singles and album chart Kvällstoppen, but peaked at number two on the Tio i Topp Singles Chart.[137]
- "I Am Just a Girl" did not enter the Swedish combined singles and album chart Kvällstoppen, but peaked at number six on the Tio i Topp Singles Chart.[137]
- "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" did not enter the Swedish combined singles and album chart Kvällstoppen, but peaked at number three on the Tio i Topp Singles Chart.[137]
- "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and number five on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[142]
- "Hasta Mañana" did not enter the Swedish combined singles and album chart Kvällstoppen, but peaked at number one on the Tio i Topp Singles Chart.[137]
- "SOS" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart upon original release, but peaked at number 12 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart in 2021.[148]
- "King Kong Song" did not enter the Swedish combined singles and album chart Kvällstoppen, but peaked at number four on the Tio i Topp Singles Chart.[137]
- "Take a Chance on Me" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart upon original release, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart in 2021.[148]
- "Does Your Mother Know" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart upon original release, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart in 2021.[148]
- "Voulez-Vous" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart upon original release, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart in 2021.[148]
- "Happy New Year" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[167]
- "One of Us" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[168]
- "No Doubt About It" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 72 on the UK Singles Sales Chart[175] and number 69 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[176]
- "I Can Be That Woman" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[176]
- "Keep an Eye on Dan" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 88 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[176]
- "Bumblebee" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 85 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[176]
- "Ode to Freedom" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[176]
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