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ABBA
Sweden
* 1972

Line-Up (2021):

Annifrid Lyngstad - voc
Agnetha Fältskog - voc
Benny Anderson - kb,voc
Björn Ulvaeus - g,bg,voc

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Waterloo	01.06.1974	Epic		28
2.	ABBA produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	6/1975	Epic		13
3.	ABBA Greatest Hits produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	27.02.1976	Epic		1	48
4.	Arrival produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	05.11.1976	CBS		1	20
5.	Golden Double	1977	2LP
6.	The Album produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	21.01.1978	Epic		1	14
7.	Voulez Vous	05.05.1979	Epic		1	19
8.	Greatest Hits Vol.2 produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	17.11.1979	Epic		1	46
9.	Super Trouper produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	22.10.1980	Epic		1	17
10.	Gracias por La Musica	1981
11.	The Visitors	19.12.1981	Polydor		1	29
12.	The Singles - The First Ten Years (2LP)	11/1982	Epic		1	62
13.	I Love ABBA	1983
14.	Thank You For The Music	11/1983	Epic		17
15.	Anniversary Box Set (box set 26x7")	4/1984	Epic
16.	Live	8/1986	Polydor
17.	ABBA - The Collection (2LP)	1987	Castle Communications
18.	The Hits	9/1987	Hallmark
19.	The Hits 2	2/1988	Hallmark
20.	The Hits 3	9/1988	Hallmark
21.	Absolute ABBA	11/1988	Telstar		70
22.	ABBA - The Collection 2 (2LP)	11/1988	Castle Communications
23.	The Love Songs	12/1989	Pickwick
24.	Gold - Greatest Hits produced by: Björn Ulvaeus/Benny Anderson	9/1992	Polydor		1	25
25.	More ABBA Gold - More ABBA Hits	5/1993	Polydor		13
26.	Mas Oro	1994	PolyGram
27.	Thank You For The Music (4CD)	11/1994	Polydor
28.	Pa Svenska	11/1995	Polydor
29.	Forever Gold (2CD)	10/1996	PolyGram
30.	Love Stories	26.10.1998	Polydor		51
31.	Singles Collection 1972-82 (29CD box set)	13.04.1999
32.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of ABBA	26.09.2000	Chronicles			189
33.	The Definitive Collection	06.11.2001	Chronicles		17	186
34.	Songs Of ABBA	19.03.2002	K-Tel Entertainment
35.	On And On	25.02.2003	Universal
36.	Waterloo - 30th Anniversary	13.07.2004	Universal International
37.	Gold: 30th Anniversary Edition	28.09.2004	Universal International		51
38.	Exitos Eternos	02.08.2005	Universal Latino
39.	Rock Breakout Years: 1974	11.10.2005	Madacy
40.	Complete Studio Recordings	08.11.2005	Universal International
41.	Take a Chance on Me	28.02.2006	United
42.	Chronicles	28.03.2006	Polydor
43.	Greatest Hits: 30th Anniversary	16.05.2006	Fontana
44.	Number Ones	06.11.2006	Polydor		15
45.	18 Hits	1/2007	Polar		15
46.	Best of ABBA: Green Series	29.04.2008
47.	ABBA: The Albums (9CD box set)	24.11.2008	Polydor		89
48.	Icon	31.08.2010	Polydor
49.	Collected	6/2011	Universal
50.	The Essential Collection	12.06.2012	Polydor
51.	Maestros from the Vaults: Abba The Ultimate Collection	21.05.2013	E1 Entertainment
52.	Legends of Pop: ABBA Uncut an Independent Critical Review	22.10.2013
53.	The Singles: 40 Years 40 Singles (40x7" box set)	01.05.2014	Polar
54.	Live At Wembley Arena: 40th Anniversary (3LP)	25.09.2014	Polydor/UMC		30
55.	ABBA: The Studio Albums (8LP box set)	24.10.2014	UMC
56.	Gold: 40th Anniversary Steelbook (3CD)	05.11.2014	UMC
57.	Classic ABBA	5/2015	Spectrum
58.	Arrival: The Singles	21.10.2016
59.	The Vinyl Collection	7/2020	Polar
60.	Voyage	05.11.2021	Polar		1	2
61.	The ABBA Album Box Set (10CD box set)	27.05.2022	Polar
62.	The Singles - The First Fifty Years	10/2024	Polar		17

Agnetha Fältskog:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Agnetha Fältskog	1968	Cupol
2.	Agnetha Vol 2	1969	Cupol
3.	Som Jag Är	1970	Cupol
4.	Nar En Vacker Take Blir Ensang	1971	Cupol
5.	Agnetha Fältskog' s Bästa	1972	Cupol
6.	Eleven Women In One Building	1975
7.	Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus	1980
8.	Wrap Your Arms Around Me produced by: Mike Chapman	6/1983	Epic		18	129
9.	Eyes Of A Woman	4/1985	Epic		38
10.	I Stand Alone produced by: Peter Cetera	2/1988	WEA		72
11.	The Voice of ABBA & Frida	1994	Universal
12.	That's Me - The Greatest Hits	08.06.1998	Polar Music
13.	My Coloring Book produced by: Agnetha Fältskog/Anders Neglin/Dan Stromkvist	4/2004	Warner Music		12
14.	Forsta Aren 1967-1979	04.10.2005	Sony
15.	Original Album Classics	30.09.2008	Sony BMG
16.	A produced by: Jorgen Elofsson/Peter Nordahl	13.05.2013	Universal Music Group		6	186
17.	A+	13.10.2023	BMG		48

Annifrid Lyngstad:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Nin Egan Stad	1971	Columbia
2.	Annifrid Lyngstad	1971	Columbia
3.	Frida Ensam (Frida Alone) produced by: Benny Anderson	1975	Polar Music
4.	Something's Going On produced by: Phil Collins	20.08.1982	Epic		18	41
5.	Shine credited to: Frida produced by: Steve Lillywhite featuring: Kirsty MacColl, Benny Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Chris Rea, David Dundas, Stuart Adamson	08.10.1984	Epic		67
6.	Pa Egen Hand	1991	EMI Svenka
7.	The Voice of ABBA & Agnetha Fältskog	1994	Universal
8.	Djupa Andetag (Deep Breaths) produced by: Anders Glenmark	03.11.1997	Anderson/New Music
9.	The Mixes	22.06.1998	Tin Can Discs/New
10.	Frida 1967-1972	24.06.2008	EMI

Björn Ulvaeus:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Lycka & Benny Anderson	1970

Benny Anderson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Lycka & Björn Ulvaeus	1970
2.	Klinga Mina Klockor	1987	Mono Music
3.	Piano	9/2017	Decca		12

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	People Need Love / He Is Your Brother	6/1972
2.	She's My Kind Of Girl	1972
3.	Ring Ring / Rock' n' Roll Band	10/1973	Epic
4.	Waterloo / Watch Out produced by: Stig Andersson	3/1974	Epic	1	6
5.	Ring Ring / Hasta Manana	7/1974	Epic	32
6.	Honey Honey / Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)	9/1974	Atlantic		27
7.	So Long / I' ve Been Waiting For You	29.11.1974	Epic
8.	I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do / Rock Me	18.04.1975	Epic	38	15
9.	S.O.S. / Man In The Middle	22.08.1975	Epic	4	12
10.	Mamma Mia / Intermezzo No. 1	21.11.1975	Epic	1
11.	Bang-A-Boomerang / I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do	2/1976	Atlantic
12.	Fernando / Hey Hey Helen produced by: Andersson/Ulvaeus	19.03.1976	Epic	1	10
13.	Mamma Mia / Tropical Loveland	5/1976	Atlantic		32
14.	Dancing Queen / That' s Me produced by: Andersson/Ulvaeus	06.08.1976	Epic	1	1
15.	Money, Money, Money / Crazy World produced by: Andersson/Ulvaeus	12.11.1976	Epic	2	56
16.	Knowing Me, Knowing You / Happy Hawaii produced by: Andersson/Ulvaeus	18.02.1977	Epic	1	11
17.	Name Of The Game / I Wonder (Departure) produced by: Andersson/Ulvaeus	10/1977	Epic	1	12
18.	Take A Chance On Me / I' m A Marionette produced by: Andersson/Ulvaeus	27.01.1978	Epic	1	3
19.	Summer Night City / Medley (Pick A Pale Of Cotton - Old Smokey - Making It Special)	08.09.1978	Epic	5
20.	Chiquitita / Lovelight	26.01.1979	Epic	2	29
21.	Does Your Mother Know / Kisses Of Fire	4/1979	Epic	4	16
22.	Voulez Vouz / Angel Eyes	6/1979	Epic	3	64
23.	Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) / The King Has Lost His Crown	10/1979	Epic	2
24.	I Have A Dream / Take A Chance On Me (live)	11/1979	Epic	2
25.	The Winner Takes It All / Elaine (v USA 11/80)	6/1980	Epic	1	8
26.	Super Trouper / The Piper	11/1980	Epic	1	45
27.	Lay All Your Love On Me / On And On And On	10.07.1981	Epic	5	90
28.	One Of Us / Should I Lough Or Cry	11/1981	Epic	3
29.	When All Is Said And Done / Should I Laugh Or Cry	1/1982	Atlantic		27
30.	Head Over Heels / The Visitors	2/1982	Epic	21	63
31.	Super Trouper / The Winner Takes It All / Lay All Your Love On Me	8/1982	Epic
32.	The Day Before You Came / Cassandra	10/1982	Epic	25
33.	Under Attack / You Owe Me One	12/1982	Epic	25
34.	One Of Us	2/1983	Atlantic		107
35.	Thank You For The Music / Our Last Summer (live)	04.11.1983	Epic	33
36.	Take A Chance On Me / Chiquitita	1/1987	Old Gold
37.	Dancing Queen / Fernando	11/1987	Old Gold
38.	Waterloo / Mamma Mia	1/1988	Old Gold
39.	Knowing Me Knowing You / The Winner Takes It All	2/1989	Old Gold
40.	Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) / Does Your Mother Know	2/1989	Old Gold
41.	Lay All Your Love On Me / Summer Night City	1/1990	Old Gold
42.	Dancing Queen / Lay All Your Love On Me 12",CD + The Day Before You Came / Eagle	24.08.1992	Polydor	10
43.	Voulez Vous	10/1992	Polydor	48
44.	Thank You For The Music / Happy New Year CD + The Way All Friends Do	05.12.1992	Polydor
45.	Voulez Vous	12/1992	Polydor
46.	Happy New Year	12/1999
47.	Waterloo	5/2004		20
48.	The Last Video Ever	7/2004
49.	Happy New Year	12/2006
50.	Dancing Queen	7/2008		82
51.	Mamma Mia	7/2008		56
52.	Knowing Me, Knowing You	05.08.2014	Polydor
53.	Fernando	14.10.2016	Polydor
54.	Money, Money, Money	14.10.2016	Polydor
55.	Dancing Queen / That's Me	14.10.2016	Polydor
56.	I Still Have Faith In You	9/2021	Polar	14
57.	Don't Shut Me Down	9/2021	Polar	9
58.	Just A Notion	22.10.2021	Polar	59
59.	When You Danced With Me	11/2021	Polar	67
60.	Little Things	03.12.2021	Polar	61

Annifrid Lyngstad:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I Know There' s Something Going On / Threnody (Frida))	8/1982	Epic	43	13
2.	To Turn To Stone / I Got Something credited to: Frida	9/1982	Epic
3.	Here We' ll Stay / Strangers (Frida))	4/1983	Epic	100	102
4.	Time credited to: Frida & B.A. Robertson	12/1983	Epic	45
5.	Shine / That' s Tough credited to: Frida produced by: Steve Lillywhite	10.09.1984	Epic	82
6.	Heart Of The Country / Slowly 12" + I Know There' s Something Going On	11/1984	Epic
7.	Även en blomma	8/1996
8.	Ögonen credited to: Frida	11/1996	Anderson/New Music
9.	Alla Mina Basta Ar	03.11.1997	Anderson/New Music

Agnetha Fältskog:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I Was So In Love	1968	CBS
2.	Jag var sa kar	2/1968
3.	Never Again / Just For The Fun & Tomas Ledin	08.10.1982	Epic
4.	The Heat Is On / Man	13.05.1983	Epic	35
5.	Wrap Your Arms Around Me / Take Good Care Of Your Children 12" + The Heat Is On	29.07.1983	Epic	44
6.	Can' t Shake Loose / To Love (v USA 8/83, Polydor)	10/1983	Epic	63	29
7.	It's So Nice To Be Rich	12/1983
8.	I Won't Let You Go / You' re There	3/1985	Epic	84
9.	One Way Love / Turn The World Around	6/1985	Epic
10.	The Way You Are & Ola Hakansson	10/1986
11.	The Last Time / Are You Gonna Throw It All Away	1/1988	WEA	77
12.	I Wasn' t The One (Who Said Goodbye) / If You Need Somebody Tonight & Peter Cetera	4/1988	WEA		93
13.	Let It Shine / Maybe It Was Magic	9/1988	WEA
14.	The Queen Of Hearts	5/1998
15.	If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind	3/2004		11
16.	When You Walk In The Room	6/2004		34
17.	When You Really Loved Someone	11.03.2013	Universal
18.	I Should've Followed You Home	11/2013	Polydor
19.	The One Who Loves You Now	25.11.2013
20.	Where Do We Go From Here?	8/2023
21.	I Should've Followed You Home & Gary Barlow	29.09.2023

Björn Ulvaeus:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Raring	7/1968
2.	Froken Fredriksson	11/1968

Videos:

1. Gold - Greatest Hits - 11/1992
2. Live In Concert - 3/1993
3. More Abba Gold - 5/1993
4. Thank You - 10/1994, Polygram
5. The Definitive Collection - 7/2002, Polydor
6. In Concert - 4/2004, Universal Music, live, 100 min
7. Number Ones - 21.11.2006, Universal Music Enterprises
8. Thank You for the Music - 23.10.2012, Abstract Sounds

Annifrid Lyngstad:

1. Frida The DVD - 5.12.2005, Universal Music

Movies:

1. ABBA - The Movie (1977, directed by Lasse Hallström)
2. Jesus Christ Supestar (A. Faltskog)
3. The Winner Takes It All (1999, documentary)
4. Mamma Mia! (7/2008, music by)

Bibliography:

Rosemary York: ABBA in their own words (Omnibus Press, 1981)
ABBA - A lyrical collection 1972-1982 (1982)
Nina Rasmussen: ABBA (An Onrion Paperbook, GB 1993)
John Tobler: ABBA Gold (The Complete Story) (Century 22, 1993)
Carl Magnus Palm: ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions (Century 22)
Paul Snaith: ABBA - The Music Still Goes On (the complete story) (Castle Communication Plc, 1994)

Awards:

1977 Best Selling Single ("Knowing Me, Knowing You")
2002 Vocal Group Hall Of Fame
2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2014 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Dancing Queen", 1976)
31.5.2024 The Royal Order of Vasa (Sweden)

Various:

2-7/1971 Engaged Couples
1972-74 Björn, Benny, Agnetha And Frida
1974-8/82 ABBA
reunited 2021

6.4.1974 - won Eurovision Contest ("Waterloo")
1.1.1982 - the last show (Stockholm)

Benny Anderson:

6.10.1978 married Annifrid Lyngstad

musical "Chess" (1984, & Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice)
musical "Kristina Fran Duvemala" (& Björn Ulvaeus)
musical "Mamma Mia!" (1/2003, & Björn Ulvaeus)

appeared on the LP:

Anne Sofie Von Otter meets Elvis Costello: For The Stars (19.3.01, Deutsche Grammophon)
Frida: Shine (8.10.84, Epic)

Awards:

2002 Ivor Novello Awards - Special International Award

Björn Ulvaeus:

7.7.1971 married Agnethou Fältskog

musical "Chess" (1984, & Benny Anderson & Tim Rice)
musical "Kristina Fran Duvemala" (& Benny Anderson)
musical "Mamma Mia!" (1/2003, & Benny Anderson)

appeared on the LP:

Frida: Shine (8.10.84, Epic)

Awards:

2002 Ivor Novello Awards - Special International Award

Annifrid Lyngstad:

6.10.1978 married Benny Andersonem

Agnetha Fältskog:

7.7.1971 married Björnem Ulvaeusem

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	11		331	Ze světa
1980	3		75	Ze světa
1980	5		159		album review
1981	5		157		album review
1993	2		26	Retro	profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	16	19.04.1975	13	Singles	single review
1976	5	31.01.1976	9		interview
1976	21	22.05.1976	9
1976	48	27.11.1976	3	Singles	single review
1977	8	19.02.1977	19	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	9	26.02.1977	23	Singles	single review
1978	1	07.01.1978	4	News
1978	6	11.02.1978	8		interview
1978	8	25.02.1978	3
1978	37	16.09.1978	15	Singles	single review
1979	18	12.05.1979	20	Albums	album review
1979	21	02.06.1979	3	News
1981	28	11.07.1981	12	Singles	single review
1981	51	19.12.1981	16	Albums	album review
1982	48	27.11.1982	24	Albums	album review
1983	37	10.09.1983	3	Fast Forward
1983	45	05.11.1983	16	Singles	single review
1992	34	22.08.1992	27	Singles	single review
1992	50	12.12.1992	31	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1976	0	24.04.1976	24
1976	0	20.11.1976	16	Singles	single review
1976	0	20.11.1976	25	Platters	album review
Populár
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	1		14		profile
1979	3		26	Gramorecenze	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	3	14.02.1995	19		profile
1996	12		91	Recenze - Atd	album review
1997	10		114	Recenze - CD Retro	album review
2004	5		8	Pelmel - Krátce
2004	5		87	DVD
2004	7		10	Pelmel
2006	6		14	Rock & Top - News
2007	2		8	News
2008	9		10	Rock & Top - News
2009	6		12	Rock & Top - News
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	3		14	Zaostřeno