ABBA
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Biography
[Edit]The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA dated back to 1966, when keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson, a onetime member of the popular beat outfit the Hep Stars, first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus, the leader of the folk-rock unit the Hootenanny Singers. The two performers began composing songs together and handling session and production work for Polar Music/Union Songs, a publishing company owned by Stig Anderson, himself a prolific songwriter throughout the 1950s and 1960s. At the same time, both Andersson and Ulvaeus worked on projects with their respective girlfriends: Ulvaeus had become involved with vocalist Agnetha Faltskog, a performer with a recent number one Swedish hit, "I Was So in Love," under her belt, while Andersson began seeing Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a one-time jazz singer who rose to fame by winning a national talent contest.
In 1971, Faltskog ventured into theatrical work, accepting the role of Mary Magdalene in a Swedish production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar; her cover of the musical's "Don't Know How to Love Him" became a significant hit. The following year, the duo of Andersson and Ulvaeus scored a massive international hit with "People Need Love," which featured Faltskog and Lyngstad on backing vocals. The record's success earned them an invitation to enter the Swedish leg of the 1973 Eurovision song contest, where, under the unwieldy name of Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida, they submitted "Ring Ring," which proved extremely popular with audiences but placed only third in the judges' ballots.
The next year, rechristened ABBA (a suggestion from Stig Anderson and an acronym of the members' first names), the quartet submitted the single "Waterloo," and became the first Swedish act to win the Eurovision competition. The record proved to be the first of many international hits, although the group hit a slump after their initial success as subsequent singles failed to chart. In 1975, however, ABBA issued "S.O.S.," a smash not only in America and Britain but also in non-English speaking countries such as Spain, Germany and the Benelux nations, where the group's success was fairly unprecedented. A string of hits followed, including "Mamma Mia," "Fernando," and "Dancing Queen" (ABBA's sole U.S. chart-topper), further honing their lush, buoyant sound; by the spring of 1976, they were already in position to issue their first Greatest Hits collection.
ABBA's popularity continued in 1977, when both "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "The Name of the Game" dominated airwaves. The group also starred in the feature film ABBA — The Movie, which was released in 1978. That year Andersson and Lyngstad married, as had Ulvaeus and Faltskog in 1971, although the latter couple separated a few months later; in fact, romantic suffering was the subject of many songs on the quartet's next LP, 1979's Voulez-Vous. Shortly after the release of 1980s Super Trouper, Andersson and Lyngstad divorced as well, further straining the group dynamic; The Visitors, issued the following year, was the final LP of new ABBA material, and the foursome officially disbanded after the December 1982 release of their single "Under Attack."
Although all of the group's members soon embarked on new projects — both Lyngstad and Faltskog issued solo LPs, while Andersson and Ulvaeus collaborated with Tim Rice on the musical Chess — none proved as successful as the group's earlier work, largely because throughout much of the world, especially Europe and Australia, the ABBA phenomenon never went away. Repackaged hits compilations and live collections continued hitting the charts long after the group's demise, and new artists regularly pointed to the quartet's inspiration: while the British dance duo Erasure released a covers collection, ABBA-esque, an Australian group called Bjorn Again found success as ABBA impersonators. In 1993, "Dancing Queen" became a staple of U2's "Zoo TV" tour — Andersson and Ulvaeus even joined the Irish superstars on-stage in Stockholm — while the 1995 feature Muriel's Wedding, which won acclaim for its depiction of a lonely Australian girl who seeks refuge in ABBA's music, helped bring the group's work to the attention of a new generation of moviegoers and music fans.
Title: Collected CD2
Artist: ABBA
Genre: Electronica, Acid Jazz, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Colección De Oro - 20 Exitos / Coleccion De Oro - 20 Exitos
Artist: ABBA
Title: Gold: Greatest Hits
Artist: ABBA
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, World Music, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Voulez-Vous
Artist: ABBA
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, World Music, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Collections
Title: Hits of the 80'S
Genre: Pop
Title: Number 1's: '70s Pop
Genre: Pop
Title: ISLAND 4 - EARLY DRINKS
Genre: House, Club/Dance, Pop, Lounge
Title: Island 6 - Late Shots
Genre: Chill Out, House, Club/Dance, Pop, Lounge
Title: The No. 1 Hits - 1974
Title: De Pre Historie 70s CD 2
Title: De Pre Historie 80s CD 2
Genre: Rock, Death Metal, Pop, Funk
Title: Easy 80'S - At This Moment CD 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Perfect Day CD 1
Genre: Pop
Title: EUROVISION HISTORY CD 19 1974 - BRIGHTON
Genre: Pop
Title: Time Life - Sounds Of The Seventies 1975 - Take Two
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 23
Genre: Ambient, Breakbeat , Downtempo, New Age, Electronica, Eurodance, House, Acid House, Euro House, Techno, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Acid Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, Reggae, Dub, World Music, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap, Synth Pop, Funk, Acoustic, Hardcore, Classical
Title: One Shot Christmas
Title: All Stars Disco [Disc 16]
Genre: Disco
Title: Billboard Top 100 Of 1981
Genre: Ambient, Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Grunge, Post Rock, Dancefloor, World Music, Latin, Country, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Teen Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Funk, Indie, Classical
Title: MQB Más Que Baile CD1 / MQB Mas Que Baile CD1
Genre: Rock
Title: Golden Love Songs Vol. 6 - Need Your Love So Bad
Genre: Pop
Title: 101 Floorfillers CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: M80: Morning 80 CD2
Title: Totally 70s A Decade Of Hits CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: Always And Forever CD1
Title: Latino + Euro Ballroom Dance 2006 CD9
Genre: Latin
Title: Ballroom Dance Collection - Slow Foxtrot
Genre: Pop
Title: Floorfillers The Ultimate Collection CD2
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Ultimate Love The Collection CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix - Issue 307 (CD 2)
Genre: Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Golden Love Songs Vol. 4 - Baby Come To Me
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Exitos Internacionales CD03
Genre: Pop
Title: Vol. 02 - Flash In The Night
Genre: Pop
Title: Vol. 15 - Happy New Year!
Genre: Pop
Title: Foute CD Van Q - Music Vol. 8
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: 1000% Gold Ballads
Title: BSO I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
Genre: New Wave, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: DMC Commercial Collection 355 (CD 2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Now Christmas 2007 CD 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1974 CD3
Genre: Rock
Title: Top Of The Pops 1977 CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1977 CD5
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Top Of The Pops 1978 CD2
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop Rock
Title: Top Of The Pops 1978 CD5
Title: Top Of The Pops 1981 CD2
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Sounds Of The Seventies: 1977
Genre: Soul, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Top Christmas Songs Of All Time
Genre: Pop
Title: More Christmas 2012
Genre: Pop
Title: Super Hits Dance Vol. 23
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Now That'S What I Call Christmas CD 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy New Year Industrial Hits 2012
Genre: Electronica, Industrial, Electro
Title: More Christmas 2011
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Johnny English (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Edward Shearmur
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Songs from the Martian (Music From the Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Nostalgie Love Volume 3 (CD1)
Artist: The Young Professionals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Disco & Pop 80-90 Hits! (CD2)
Artist: Select-O-Hits
Genre: Happy Hardcore, Hard Trance, New Wave, Dancehall, Italo Disco, Eurodisco
Title: Summertime Special Issue Vol. 2
Artist: Select Mix
Genre: Electronica, Garage, Country, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: Top Of The Pops 1975 (CD1)
Artist: Top Of The Pops
Title: Top Of The Pops '75 (CD2)
Artist: Top Of The Pops
Title: Studio Brussel Presenteert De Filefuif (CD2)
Artist: Deejay Mr. T
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Power Ballads 5CD (CD4)
Artist: Driven By
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, World Music, Country, Disco, Synth Pop, Indie, Folk
Title: Satisfaction Guarantee Play Evolution 2CD (CD02)
Artist: Promo Single
Genre: House, Electro, Dancehall, World Music, Dubstep, Trap
Title: Eurovision (CD3)
Artist: Fetenhits
Genre: Electropop, Rock, World Music, Nu Disco, Pop, Alternative, Trap
Title: 210 DJ Loaded - Control Songs (CD1)
Artist: 210 DJ Loaded
Genre: Electro, Reggae, World Music, Latin, Disco, Funk, Trap