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ABBA discography
ABBA at the 2008 premiere of Mamma Mia!
Studio albums8
Live albums1
Compilation albums7
Video albums4
Music videos33
Singles73
Additional compilations20
Spanish compilations2
Box set3
DVD6

The discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA consists of eight studio albums, one live album, seven compilation albums, three box sets, four video albums, seventy-three singles, and thirty-three music videos. This list does not include solo material performed by individual members.

ABBA's biggest hit singles worldwide are "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", with Arrival being their biggest hit studio album.

In April 2006, Universal Music Group announced that the group's recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide. [1] [2] The compilation album ABBA Gold (1992) has become one of the most popular albums worldwide, with sales of over 28 million copies.[3] Australia is often regarded as the country in which ABBA are most commercially successful and with the biggest fan-base per capita.

ABBA consisted of lead singers Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (better known as Frida) and songwriting/producing backing singers and instrumentalists Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
SWE
[4]
AUS
[5][6]
AUT
[7]
CAN
[8][a]
FRA
[9]
GER
[10]
JPN
[11]
NL
[12]
NOR
[13]
NZ
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
1973 Ring Ring
  • Released: 26 March 1973
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
2 10 10 32
1974 Waterloo
  • Released: 4 March 1974
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 18 6 1 38 28 145
1975 ABBA
  • Released: 21 April 1975
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 1 55[a] 31 3 1 3 13 174
1976 Arrival
  • Released: 11 October 1976
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 1 12 4[a] 15 1 3 1 1 1 1 20
1977 The Album
  • Released: 12 December 1977
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 4 2 8[a] 13 2 9 1 1 1 1 14
1979 Voulez-Vous
  • Released: 23 April 1979
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 5 2 6[a] 6 1 1 2 1 2 1 19
1980 Super Trouper
  • Released: 3 November 1980
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 5 3 7[a] 8 1 8 1 1 5 1 17
1981 The Visitors
  • Released: 30 November 1981
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 22 3 18[a] 12 1 12 1 1 19 1 29
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
SWE
[4]
AUS
[5][6]
AUT
[7]
CAN
[8][a]
FRA
[9]
GER
[10]
JPN
[11]
NL
[12]
NOR
[13]
NZ
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
1975 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 17 November 1975
  • Label: Polar, Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 2[a] 9 4 1 1 48
The Best of ABBA
  • Released: November, 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette
1 1 1 1 13 1
1979 Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  • Released: 29 October 1979
  • Label: Polar, Universal Music
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette
20 20 2 8[a] 5 6 2 4 25 3 1 46
1982 The Singles: The First Ten Years
  • Released: 8 November 1982
  • Label: Polar, Atlantic
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette
29 18 24[a] 6 5 4 33 5 1 62
1992 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
  • Released: 21 September 1992
  • Label: PolyGram, Universal
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
1 1 1 4[a] 1 1 13 2 1 3 1 63
  • AUS: 11× Platinum[21]
  • CAN: 10× Platinum[20]
  • GER: 10× Gold[19]
  • UK: 13× Platinum[18]
1993 More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
  • Released: 24 May 1993
  • Label: PolyGram, Universal
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette, Digital
3 38 7 10 9 17 16 13
2001 The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 2 November 2001
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
26 10 38 12 14 39 8 9 17 186
2005 18 Hits
  • Released: 8 September 2005
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
32 15 62 15
2006 Number Ones
  • Released: 20 November 2006
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
20 36 22 24 57 25 1 15
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
SWE
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[7]
CAN
[8]
FRA
[9]
GER
[10]
JPN
[11]
NL
[12]
NOR
[13]
NZ
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
1986 ABBA Live
  • Released: 18 August 1986
  • Label: Polar, Universal
  • Formats: LP, CD
49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Year Album Peak chart positions
SWE
[4]
AUS
[5][6]
AUT
[7]
CAN
[8]
FRA
[9]
GER
[10]
JPN
[11]
NL
[12]
NOR
[13]
NZ
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
1994 Thank You for the Music
  • Released: 31 October 1994
  • Label: PolyGram
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
17 76
2005 The Complete Studio Recordings
  • Released: 7 November 2005
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
2008 The Albums
  • Released: 11 November 2008
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
4 57 61 37 5 89
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[24]
AUS
[5][25]
AUT
[26]
FRA
[27]
GER
[28]
IRE
[29]
NL
[30]
BEL
[31]
NOR
[32]
NZ
[33]
UK
[15]
US
[34]
1972 "People Need Love" 17 Ring Ring
"He Is Your Brother"
1973 "Ring Ring"[A] 2 7 2 82 5 2 17 32
"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" 8
"Another Town, Another Train"
1974 "Waterloo" 3 4 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 6 Waterloo
"Honey, Honey" 30 4 2 16 12 16 27
"Hasta Mañana" 16 9
"King Kong Song" 94
"So Long" 7 3 64 11 29 91 ABBA
1975 "I've Been Waiting for You" 49 8
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" 1 4 14 6 3 2 2 1 38 15
"SOS" 1 2 59 1 4 2 1 2 1 6 15
"Bang-A-Boomerang" 59
"Mamma Mia" 1 3 1 1 13 2 2 2 1 32
1976 "Fernando" 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 Greatest Hits
"Rock Me" 4 2 ABBA
"Dancing Queen" 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Arrival
"Money, Money, Money" 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 56
1977 "Knowing Me, Knowing You" 9 2 9 1 1 3 2 6 8 1 14
"The Name of the Game" 2 6 12 12 7 2 2 2 3 4 1 12 The Album
1978 "Take a Chance on Me" 12 1 10 3 1 2 1 8 14 1 3
"Eagle" / "Thank You for the Music" (double A-side)[B] 82 17 36 6 4 1
"Summer Night City" 1 13 18 15 6 1 5 2 3 37 5 Greatest Hits Vol. 2
1979 "Chiquitita" 2 4 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 29 Voulez-Vous
"Does Your Mother Know" 7 13 26 10 3 4 1 27 4 19
"Voulez-Vous"[C] 79 9 18 3 4 1 3 80
"Angeleyes" 64
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" 16 8 2 1 3 1 2 7 2 15 3 Greatest Hits Vol. 2
"I Have a Dream" 64 1 42 4 2 1 1 2 Voulez-Vous
1980 "The Winner Takes It All" 2 7 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 16 1 8 Super Trouper
"On and On and On" 9 18 90
"Super Trouper" 11 77 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 45
1981 "Lay All Your Love on Me" 18 26 8 14 7
"One of Us" 13 4 3 8 1 1 1 1 6 43 3 107 The Visitors
1982 "When All Is Said and Done" 81 27
"Head Over Heels" 8 10 19 14 4 2 25
"The Visitors" 63
"The Day Before You Came" 3 48 16 38 5 12 3 3 5 32 The Singles
1983 "Under Attack" 96 43 22 11 5 3 26
"Thank You for the Music" 33 The Album
SWE AUS AUT FRA GER IRE NL BEL NOR NZ UK US
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released.

Notes

  • A^ "Ring Ring" was originally credited to "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida" in the Netherlands. The UK, Australian and New Zealand chart entry was the 1974 remix (released following "Waterloo"'s Eurovision success), not the 1973 original.
  • B^ "Eagle" was released as a double A-side in most regions with "Thank You for the Music".
  • C^ "Voulez-Vous" was released as a double A-side in the UK and Ireland with "Angeleyes". In Canada and the United States, "Voulez-Vous" and "Angeleyes" were released on the same single but charted separately.

Videography

Video albums

Year Title Format
2002 ABBA The Definitive Collection DVD
2003 ABBA Gold DVD
2006 ABBA 16 Hits DVD
2006 ABBA Number Ones DVD

DVDs

Year Title
1999 ABBA The Winner Takes It All
2004 ABBA in Concert
ABBA: The Last Video
ABBA Super Troupers
2005 ABBA The Movie
2009 ABBA in Japan

Music videos

Year Title Director
1974 "Waterloo" Lasse Hallström
"Ring Ring"
1975 "Mamma Mia"
"SOS"
"Bang-A-Boomerang"
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
1976 "Fernando"
"Dancing Queen"
"Money, Money, Money"
1977 "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
"That's Me"
"When I Kissed the Teacher" Per Falkman (SVT crew)
"The Name of the Game" Lasse Hallström
1978 "Take a Chance on Me"
"Eagle"
"One Man, One Woman"
"Thank You for the Music"
"Summer Night City"
1979 "Chiquitita" BBC crew
"Does Your Mother Know" Lasse Hallström
"Voulez-Vous"
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
"I Have a Dream" Urban Larsson
1980 "On and On and On" photo montage
"The Winner Takes It All" Lasse Hallström
"Super Trouper"
"Happy New Year"
1981 "Lay All Your Love on Me" video collage
"When All Is Said and Done" Lasse Hallström
"One of Us"
1982 "Head Over Heels"
"The Day Before You Came" Kjell Sundvall and Kjell-Åke Andersson
"Under Attack"

Non-english releases

Compilations

Year Album
1980 Gracias Por La Música
  • Released: 23 June 1980
  • Label: Polar, Septima Records
1993 ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos
  • Released: 24 September 1993
  • Label: Polydor, Universal

Singles

Year Single English version Language
1972 "En Karusell" "Merry-Go-Round" Swedish
1973 "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" "Ring Ring" Swedish
"Ring Ring" "Ring Ring" German
1974 "Waterloo" "Waterloo" Swedish
1976 "Fernando" "Fernando" Spanish
1979 "Chiquitita" "Chiquitita" Spanish
1980 "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" Spanish
"Estoy Soñando" "I Have a Dream" Spanish
"Gracias por la Música" "Thank You for the Music" Spanish
"Felicidad" "Happy New Year" Spanish
1982 "No Hay A Quien Culpar" "When All is Said and Done" Spanish
"Se Me Está Escapando" "Slipping Through My Fingers" Spanish

Other releases

Additional compilations

Year Album Peak chart positions
UK US NL DE FR AU NZ JP NO SE AT
1976 ABBA Greatest Hits 24 (Japanese release) 4
The Very Best of ABBA (German release) 11 2
1978 All About ABBA (Japanese release) 68
1980 The Magic of ABBA 42
1981 A Wie ABBA/A Van ABBA (German/Dutch release) 1 1
Very Best of ABBA (Japanese release) 44
1983 I Love ABBA 208 10 12 5
Thank You for the Music (UK release) 17
1988 Absolute ABBA 70
1996 The Music Still Goes On (Australian release)
1998 Love Stories 51 82 3 24 30 15
1999 25 Jaar Na Waterloo 1
25 Jaar Na Waterloo - Deel 2 7
The Complete Singles Collection 10 11
2001 SOS: The Best of ABBA (Japanese release) 3
2004 The ABBA Story 31 21

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[24]
AUS
[25]
AUT
[26]
FRA
[27]
GER
[28]
NL
[30]
NOR
[32]
NZ
[33]
UK
[15]
US
[34]
1976 "Dum Dum Diddle" (Argentina) Arrival
1977 "That's Me" (Japan)
1978 "One Man, One Woman" (Taiwan) The Album
1979 "As Good as New" (Mexico & Argentina) Voulez-Vous
1980 "Andante, Andante" (South America & South Africa) Super Trouper
"Our Last Summer" (Greece)
"Happy New Year" (Japan, Portugal, Brazil)
1994 "Dream World" Thank You for the Music (box set)
1996 "Put On Your White Sombrero"

Reissues

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[24]
AUS
[25]
AUT
[26]
FRA
[27]
GER
[28]
IRE
[29]
NL
[30]
NOR
[32]
NZ
[33]
UK
[15]
US
[34]
1983 "Thank You for the Music" 58 55 17 33 Thank You for the Music (compilation)
1992 "Dancing Queen"5 15 28 22 9 8 5 14 16 ABBA Gold
"Voulez-Vous"5
1999 "Happy New Year" 27 78 20 The Complete Singles Collection
2001 "SOS"6 SOS: The Best of ABBA
2004 "Waterloo"7 20 Waterloo: 30th Anniversary Collection
2008 "Happy New Year"8 4 11
"Mamma Mia"9 48
"Dancing Queen"9 58
"Honey, Honey"9 16
  • 5"Dancing Queen" and "Voulez-Vous" were reissues of the original songs to promote the 1992 compilation ABBA Gold.
  • 6"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.
  • 7"Waterloo" was a reissue of the original song to promote the 2004 reissue of Waterloo as a 30th Anniversary Edition.
  • 8"Happy New Year" peaked at number 25 on the Danish singles chart upon its reissue in 2008.[35]
  • 9"Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen" and "Honey, Honey" were reissued due to the popularity of Mamma Mia! The Movie.

Footnotes

  1. ^ To retrieve Canada's positions from RPM (magazine) select the indicated Volume and No. from the following source [8]:
    • ABBA: Volume 25, No.14 (July 03, 1976)
    • Greatest Hits: Volume 27, No.4 (April 23, 1977)
    • Arrival: Volume 27, No.3 (April 16, 1977)
    • The Album: Volume 29, No.19 (August 05, 1978)
    • Super Trooper: Volume 30, No.12 (December 16, 1978)
    • Voulez Vous: Volume 31, No.21 (October 06, 1979)
    • Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Volume 32, No.20 (February 09, 1980)
    • The Visitors: Volume 35, No.25 (January 30, 1982)
    • The Singles: Volume 37, No.22 (January 29, 1983)
    • Gold-Greatest Hits: Volume 57, No.10 (March 20, 1993)

    See also

    References

    General

    • "ABBA for the Record". Comprehensive worldwide discography. Retrieved 8 June 2006.
    • "ABBA: The Site". Ring Ring: ABBA Hits Go Mobile for First Time (contains worldwide sales information). Retrieved 8 June 2006.
    • "ABBA Singles.net". Worldwide chart positions. Retrieved 8 June 2006.
    • "ABBA GDL.com". Mexican Chart Positions. Retrieved 8 June 2006.

    Specific

    1. ^ [1] ABBA The Book
    2. ^ [2] Times Online
    3. ^ [3] Carl Magnus Palm - biographer
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    5. ^ a b c d e David Kent (2006). Australian Charts Book 1993—2005. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
    6. ^ a b c "Australian Charts > ABBA". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
    7. ^ a b c d "Austrian Album Charts > ABBA". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
    8. ^ a b c d e "Album Chart Search > ABBA". RPM Canada. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
    9. ^ a b c d "French Album Charts > ABBA". lescharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    10. ^ a b c d "Chartverfolgung/ABBA /Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
    11. ^ a b c d "Yamachan Land – Japanese Chart Archives > ABBA". Retrieved 24 February 2010.
    12. ^ a b c d "Dutch Album Charts > ABBA" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    13. ^ a b c d "Norwegian Album Charts > ABBA" (in Norwegian). norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
    14. ^ a b c d "New Zealand Album Charts > ABBA". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
    15. ^ a b c d e f g "Chart Stats - ABBA". chartstats.com. Retrieved 24 February 2010. Cite error: The named reference "uk" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
    16. ^ a b c d "ABBA > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
    17. ^ a b c d e Glen Baker (8 November 1979). Billboard Magazine Volume 91, No. 36. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
    18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "BPI > Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
    19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Template:Cite gold platin
    20. ^ a b c d e f "CRIA > ABBA albums". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
    21. ^ "ARIA Album Accreditations 1999". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
    22. ^ "ARIA Album Accreditations 2004". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
    23. ^ "ARIA Album Accreditations 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
    24. ^ a b c "Swedish Singles Chart > ABBA". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    25. ^ a b c "Australian Singles Chart > ABBA". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    26. ^ a b c "Austrian Singles Chart > ABBA". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    27. ^ a b c "French Singles Chart > ABBA". lescharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    28. ^ a b c "Chartverfolgung > ABBA > Singles" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    29. ^ a b "The Irish Charts > ABBA". IrishCharts.ie. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
      Note: User must define search parameter as "Abba."
    30. ^ a b c "Dutch Singles Charts > ABBA" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    31. ^ "ABBA > Belgium". Trent Nickson. Abba - The Worldwide Chart Lists. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    32. ^ a b c "Norwegian Singles Charts > ABBA" (in Norwegian). norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    33. ^ a b c "New Zealand Single Charts > ABBA". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    34. ^ a b c "ABBA > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
    35. ^ Denmark Top 40 Singles