Benny Andersson: (On drag queens performing ABBA songs) I don't get it... did we look like transvestites or something?
Anni-Frid Lyngstad: I had a dream and it was fulfilled by meeting with Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha.
ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, in April 1974 with the song Waterloo.
During the recording of ABBA - The Album, due to Agnetha's second pregnancy, Frida had to compensate vocally for Agnetha's absence in the recording studio on some tracks.
Building on the concept of ABBA’s 1982 double album The Singles – The First Ten Years, this new double-CD compilation collected every ABBA single as conceived and released by their record company, Polar Music, between 1972 and 1982.
ABBA's boxset Thank You For The Music was first released in Sweden on October 31, 1994.
ABBA's album ABBA Gold was first released on September 21, 1992. To date, it has sold more than 22 million sales worldwide. Making ABBA Gold has become the group's all-time greatest success.
1982 was ABBA’s final year together as a group. They had originally intended to record a new studio album, like they had done almost every year since they first came together. But as the four members felt the energy run out of the group, they shelved these plans and instead decided to put out a double album collection of their singles from 1973 to 1982.
ABBA's Gracias Por La M?sica was first released in Sweden on June 23, 1980. To facilitate a breakthrough in South America, ABBA recorded Spanish-language versions of "Chiquitita" and "I Have A Dream" in 1979.
ABBA released their Greatest Hits on November 17, 1975, and it was first released in Sweden. This compilation album was rush-released to counter expected import sales of similar collections released by licencees in Europe.
ABBA released The Visitors on November 30, 1981, and it was first released in Sweden. Recording sessions began in March 1981 and continued until November 1981.
ABBA released Voulez-Vous on April 23, 1979, and it was first released in Sweden. Recording sessions began in March 1978 and continued until March 1979.
ABBA released Arrival on October 11, 1976, and it was first released in Sweden. Recording sessions began in August 1975 and continued until September 1976.
ABBA released Waterloo on March 4, 1974, and was first released in Sweden . Recording sessions began in September 1973 and continued until February 1974.
ABBA's video for "Knowing Me, Knowing You" was voted the 59th greatest music video of all time in a Channel 4 (UK) poll.
ABBA is the only music act to ever lip-sync on Saturday Night Live... (that was until Ashlee Simpson got caught lol)
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