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ABBA discography
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This article includes the discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA. In April 2006, Universal Records announced that the group's recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide [1], [2]. Their compilation album, ABBA Gold (1992), has become one of the most popular albums worldwide, with sales of 26 million copies [3].
Contents |
- Ring Ring - March 26, 1973
- Waterloo - March 4, 1974 - UK #28; U.S. #145
- ABBA - April 21, 1975 - UK #13; U.S. #174
- Arrival - October 11, 1976 - UK #1; U.S. #20
- The Album - December 12, 1977 - UK #1; U.S. #14
- Voulez-Vous - April 23, 1979 - UK #1; U.S. #19
- Super Trouper - November 3, 1980 - UK #1; U.S. #17
- The Visitors - November 30, 1981 - UK #1; U.S. #29
- Greatest Hits - November 17, 1975 - UK #1; U.S. #48
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - October 29, 1979 - UK #1; U.S. #46
- Gracias Por La Música - June 23, 1980
- The Singles: The First Ten Years - November 8, 1982 - UK #1; U.S. #62
- ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits - September 21, 1992 - UK #1; U.S. #63
- More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits - October 29, 1993 - UK #13
- ABBA Oro: Grandes Exitos - November 25, 1999
Image:*The Definitive Collection - November 2, 2001 - UK #17; U.S. #186
- Number Ones - November 20, 2006 - UK #15
| Year | Album | UK | US | NL | DE | FR | AU | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Best of ABBA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1980 | The Magic of ABBA | 42 | ||||||
| 1981 | A Wie ABBA (German release) | 1 | ||||||
| 1983 | I Love ABBA | 208 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 1983 | Thank You for the Music (UK release) | 17 | ||||||
| 1988 | Absolute ABBA | 70 | ||||||
| 1998 | Love Stories | 51 | 82 | 3 | ||||
| 1999 | 25 Jaar Na Waterloo | 1 | ||||||
| 1999 | 25 Jaar Na Waterloo - Deel 2 | 7 |
| Year | Single | UK | US | SE | NL | FR | ES | IE | DE | NO | BE | AU | JP | CA | MX | AR | SA | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "People Need Love" | 3 | - | - | - | Ring Ring | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | "He Is Your Brother" | 1 | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||||
| 1973 | "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" | 1 | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||||
| 1973 | "Ring Ring"1 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 82 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 92 | - | - | 3 | Ring Ring | |||
| 1973 | "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" | 3 | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||||
| 1973 | "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" | - | - | - | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | "Rock'n Roll Band" | - | - | - | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | "Another Town, Another Train" | - | - | - | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | "Waterloo (Swedish version)" | 2 | Waterloo | |||||||||||||||
| 1974 | "Waterloo" | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | Waterloo | ||
| 1974 | "Honey, Honey" | 27 | 16 | - | 2 | 12 | 30 | - | Waterloo | |||||||||
| 1974 | "Hasta Mañana" | 1 | 16 | - | 2 | Waterloo | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | "So Long" | - | 7 | 64 | - | - | 11 | 29 | - | - | ABBA | |||||||
| 1975 | "I've Been Waiting For You" | 49 | ABBA | |||||||||||||||
| 1975 | "Ring Ring (re-release)" | 7 | Ring Ring | |||||||||||||||
| 1975 | "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" | 38 | 15 | 3 | 14 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 | - | 1 | ABBA | ||
| 1975 | "SOS" | 6 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | ABBA | ||||
| 1975 | "Bang-a-Boomerang" | 59 | - | ABBA | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | "Mamma Mia" | 1 | 32 | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 20 | - | 5 | ABBA | |||
| 1976 | "Fernando" | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | Greatest Hits/Arrival (re-issue) |
| 1976 | "Rock Me" | 4 | ABBA | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | "Dancing Queen" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | Arrival |
| 1976 | "Money, Money, Money" | 3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | Arrival | ||||
| 1976 | "Dum Dum Diddle" | - | - | - | Arrival | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | "That's Me" | 75 | Arrival | |||||||||||||||
| 1977 | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" | 1 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arrival | |||
| 1977 | "King Kong Song" | 4 | 94 | Waterloo | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | "The Name of the Game" | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | - | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | 15 | 10 | 3 | The Album | |
| 1978 | "Take a Chance on Me" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 6 | The Album | ||
| 1978 | "One Man One Woman" | The Album | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | "Eagle"2 | 4 | 36 | - | 6 | 1 | 82 | 62 | The Album | |||||||||
| 1978 | "Thank You for the Music" | - | 2 | The Album | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | "Summer Night City" | 5 | 1 | 34 | 10 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Voulez-Vous |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita (Spanish version)" | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | Voulez-Vous | ||||||||||
| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | 4 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | Voulez-Vous | |||||
| 1979 | "Estoy Soñando" | - | 15 | 3 | 4 | Gracias por la Música | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | "Voulez-Vous"3 | 80 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 79 | 18 | 43 | Voulez-Vous | ||||||
| 1979 | "Angeleyes" | 3 | 64 | 39 | Voulez-Vous | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | "As Good As New" | Voulez-Vous | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 16 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | |||||
| 1979 | "I Have a Dream" | 2 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 3 | Voulez-Vous | |||||||
| 1980 | "Gracias Por La Música" | 15 | 4 | Gracias Por La Música | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" | Gracias Por La Música | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 5 | - | 1 | Super Trouper |
| 1980 | "On and On and On" | 90 | 9 | 52 | Super Trouper | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | "Andante, Andante" | Super Trouper | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | "Super Trouper" | 1 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 93 | 3 | Super Trouper | |||
| 1980 | "Felicidad" | 5 | Super Trouper | |||||||||||||||
| 1980 | "Happy New Year" | - | - | Super Trouper | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | "Lay All Your Love on Me"4 | 7 | - | 18 | 8 | 26 | 13 | Super Trouper | ||||||||||
| 1981 | "One of Us" | 3 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 48 | - | 4 | The Visitors | |||
| 1982 | "When All Is Said and Done" | 27 | 81 | - | The Visitors | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | "No Hay A Quien Culpar" | - | The Visitors | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | "Head Over Heels" | 25 | - | 4 | 10 | - | 14 | 19 | 2 | - | 45 | - | The Visitors | |||||
| 1982 | "The Visitors" | 63 | The Visitors | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | "Se Me Está Escapando" | The Visitors | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | "The Day Before You Came" | 32 | - | 3 | 3 | 38 | - | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 48 | - | 19 | - | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ||
| 1983 | "Under Attack" | 26 | 5 | 48 | - | 11 | 22 | 3 | 96 | - | - | - | The Singles: The First Ten Years | |||||
| 1983 | "Cassandra" | - | - | - | The Singles: The First Ten Years | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | "Thank You for the Music" | 33 | 58 | 17 | 55 | - | The Album | |||||||||||
| 1992 | "Dancing Queen"5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 28 | ABBA Gold | |||||||||
| 1994 | "Dream World" | Thank You for the Music | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Put On Your White Sombrero" | Thank You for the Music | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Happy New Year" | 27 | - | 78 | - | The Complete Singles Collection | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | "Waterloo"6 | 20 | 33 | Waterloo: 30th Anniversary Collection |
- - indicates the song did not chart.
- a blank box indicates that the song was not released.
- 1"Ring Ring" was originally credited to "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida" in the Netherlands. Its UK chart entry was the 1974 remix (released following "Waterloo"'s Eurovision and UK chart success), not the 1973 original.
- 2"Eagle" was released as a double A-side in the Netherlands with "Thank You for the Music".
- 3"Voulez-Vous" was released as a double A-side in the UK with "Angeleyes".
- 4"Lay All Your Love on Me" was issued as a 12" single in the U.S., UK and Germany.
- 5"Dancing Queen" was a reissue of the original song to promote the 1992 compilation ABBA Gold.
- 6"Waterloo" was a reissue of the original song to promote the 2004 reissue of Waterloo as a 30th Anniversary Edition.'
Tthe UWC only has charts available from 1966-1967, 1976-1977, 1986-1987, and 1996-present. [4]][5][6][7]
- ABBA for the Record. Comprehensive worldwide discography. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- ABBA: The Site. Ring Ring: ABBA Hits Go Mobile for First Time (contains worldwide sales information). Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- ABBA: The Worldwide Chart Lists. Worldwide chart positions. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- ABBA Singles.net. Worldwide chart positions. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- ABBA GDL.com. Mexican Chart Positions. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- ABBASite.com — official website.