ABBA discography

ABBA discography

This article includes the discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA. In April 2006, Universal Records announced that the group's recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide. [ [http://abbathebook.online.fr/accueil.html] ABBA The Book] [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2140612,00.html] Times Online] The compilation album "" (1992) has become one of the most popular albums worldwide, with sales of over 26 million copies. [ [http://www.abba-world.net/facts/abba.htm] ABBA Facts]

Albums

tudio albums

ingles

* - indicates the song did not chart.
* a blank box indicates that the song was not released.

*1"She's My Kind of Girl" was originally credited to "Björn & Benny" in Japan.
*2"Ring Ring" was originally credited to "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida" in the Netherlands. Its UK chart entry was the 1974 remix (released following "Waterloo"'s Eurovision and UK chart success), not the 1973 original.
*3"Eagle" was released as a double A-side in the Netherlands with "Thank You for the Music".
*4"Voulez-Vous" was released as a double A-side in the UK with "Angeleyes". In the United States, "Voulez-Vous" and "Angeleyes" were released on the same single but charted separately.
*5"Lay All Your Love on Me" was issued as a 12" single in the U.S., UK and Germany.
*6"Dancing Queen" was a reissue of the original song to promote the 1992 compilation "ABBA Gold".
*7"SOS" was reissued as a double A-side single with "Chiquitita" to promote the Japan only compilation "SOS: The Best of ABBA". The song has sold more than 130,000 copies and became the best-selling single of 2001 performed by a Western artist in Japan.
*8"Waterloo" was a reissue of the original song to promote the 2004 reissue of "Waterloo" as a 30th Anniversary Edition.
*Although it was never a very familiar ABBA track, ABBA's love song "Our Last Summer" from the "Super Trouper" album became a number-one hit single for 12 weeks in Greece in 1980, with "Me and I" as its B-side.
*"I Have a Dream" was ABBA's only number-one in Cyprus. The single was massive, and the B-side to the "I Have a Dream" single in Cyprus was "If It Wasn't for the Nights". In 1985, "If It Wasn't for the Nights" was released as a single in Cyprus, but it only reached number 46.
*9"Happy New Year" peaked at #25 on the Danish singles chart upon its reissue in 2008. [ [http://acharts.us/denmark_singles_top_40/2008/02 Denmark Top 40 Singles] ]
*10"Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen" and "Honey, Honey" were reissued due to the popuarity of "Mamma Mia! The Movie".

The UWC only has charts available from 1966-1967, 1976-1977, 1986-1987, and 1996-present. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_hits_%28World%29] [http://www.mediatraffic.de/] [http://www.mediatraffic.de/previous.htm] [http://www.mediatraffic.de/previous1.htm]

References


*cite web | title= ABBA for the Record| work= Comprehensive worldwide discography| url=http://www.abba4therecord.com/| accessdate=June 8| accessyear=2006
*cite web | title= ABBA: The Site| work=Ring Ring: ABBA Hits Go Mobile for First Time (contains worldwide sales information)| url=http://abbasite.com/news/index.php?id=1539| accessdate=June 8| accessyear=2006
*cite web | title= ABBA: The Worldwide Chart Lists| work= Worldwide chart positions| url=http://www.zip.com.au/~callisto/abba.html| accessdate=June 8| accessyear=2006
*cite web | title= ABBA Singles.net| work= Worldwide chart positions| url=http://www.abbasingles.net/| accessdate=June 8| accessyear=2006
*cite web | title= ABBA GDL.com| work= Mexican Chart Positions| url=http://www.abbagdl.com/| accessdate=June 8| accessyear=2006

Notes

External links

* [http://abbasite.com ABBASite.com] — official website.
*Discogs artist|artist=ABBA


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