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There's no doubting that ABBA were one of the greatest pop groups of the 70's and early 80's. A combination of catchy melodies, memorable lyrics and great production techniques have lead to 370 million albums being sold World-wide, and they continue to sell around 2 to 4 millions albums every year!

ABBA is actually an acroynyn formed from the first letter of the names of the band members'; Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anna-Frid.

The music of ABBA was used for the 2005 musical "Mamma Mia" and also the hit movie version which was released in 2008.

ABBA released eight studio albums; "Ring Ring" (1973), "Waterloo" (1974), "Abba" (1975), "Arrival" (1976), "The Album" (1977), "Voulez-Vous" (1979), "Super Trouper" (1980) and "The Visitors" (1981). The last five albums all reached No.1 in the UK.

ABBA also released countless compilation albums, and these regularly appear in the album charts.

Of course, then we have the singles. There were so many that you often forget about some of them! My personal favourites are "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "The Winner Takes It All", Although, like so many people, I loved ALL of their singles!

Click on the MP3 player on this page (below) to play snippets from all of ABBA's hits.

For oodles of ABBA info, piccies, music and more, visit the official website by clicking on the photo below:

ABBA's Top Five Best-Selling Studio Albums

1. Arrival (1976)

2. The Album (1978)

3. Super Trouper (1980)

4. Voulez-Vous (1979)

5. The Visitors (1981)

Super Trouper

Released in November 1980, the title track from the album was the ninth and final No.1 for ABBA in the UK. Super Trouper refers to the giant spot light used in stadium concerts. However, the original name for the song was "Blinka lilla stjärna"or "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in English.

ABBA - Chiquitita (1979)

This was one of ABBA's biggest hits and was the first track to be released from the Voulez-Vous album. It was number one in numerous countries across the globe, but was kept off the top spot in the UK by Blondie's Heart of Glass, peaking at #2. Half of the royalties from the song went to the charity Unicef. 

ABBA - Fernando (1975)

Fernando was Abba's first non-album single and released in November 1975. Lead vocals were sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad and the song was actually written for her solo album Frida Ensam (which reached No.1 in Sweden during 1975) by Benny and Bjorn.

The track appeared on Abba's Greatest Hits album in 1976 in some countries. However, in Australia and New Zealand Fernando was included on the group's Arrival album.