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Youtube video". 1:10. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016 . Retrieved 30 September 2016– via YouTube. [ dead link] After the European leg of the tour, in March 1977, ABBA played 11 dates in Australia before a total of 160,000 people. The opening concert in Sydney at the Sydney Showground on 3 March to an audience of 20,000 was marred by torrential rain with Lyngstad slipping on the wet stage during the concert. However, all four members would later recall this concert as the most memorable of their career. [ citation needed] During their active career, from 1972 to 1982, 20 of ABBA's singles entered the Billboard Hot 100; 14 of these made the Top 40 (13 on the Cashbox Top 100), with 10 making the Top 20 on both charts. A total of four of those singles reached the Top 10, including "Dancing Queen", which reached number one in April 1977. While "Fernando" and "SOS" did not break the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 (reaching number 13 and 15 respectively), they did reach the Top 10 on Cashbox ("Fernando") and Record World ("SOS") charts. Both "Dancing Queen" and "Take a Chance on Me" were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies each. [142] This was my very first ABBA book, written at a time when I knew a lot less about the group than I know now. The publication of the book opened up an entirely new chapter of my life, and for the past 15 or so years it has been my profession to write books about ABBA, and to plan, conceive and contribute to official releases on CD and DVD – and many other ABBA-related activities. Adams, Cameron (16 September 2017). " '70s pop stars ABBA to be digitally recreated for virtual reality world tour". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021 . Retrieved 11 October 2017.

Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – 19 April 2014. Record Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 April 2014.Björn Ulvaeus: We still trust each other 100 percent". Dagens Nyheter. 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020 . Retrieved 21 May 2020. Itzkoff, Dave (5 May 2013). "A Dancing Queen Extends Her Reign". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014 . Retrieved 17 February 2014. When Agnetha Fältskog gave birth to her daughter Linda in 1973, [22] she was replaced for a short period by Inger Brundin on a trip to West Germany. In addition to the four members of ABBA, other musicians regularly played on their studio recordings, live appearances and concert performances. These include: [148] [149] [150] ABBA is the Band Most People Want to See Reform". The Daily Telegraph. London. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009 . Retrieved 31 January 2010.

The Australian tour and its subsequent ABBA: The Movie produced some ABBA lore, as well. Fältskog's blonde good looks had long made her the band's "pin-up girl", a role she disdained. During the Australian tour, she performed in a skin-tight white jumpsuit, causing one Australian newspaper to use the headline "Agnetha's bottom tops dull show". When asked about this at a news conference, she replied: "Don't they have bottoms in Australia?" [53] ABBA: The Album [ edit ] Bowers, Simon (16 February 2014). "Abba admit outrageous outfits were worn to avoid tax". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017 . Retrieved 13 February 2017. In 1974, ABBA were Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Waterloo", which in 2005 was chosen as the best song in the competition's history as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the contest. [3] During the band's main active years, it consisted of two married couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. With the increase of their popularity, their personal lives suffered, which eventually resulted in the collapse of both marriages. The relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with later compositions featuring darker and more introspective lyrics. [4] After ABBA disbanded in December 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus continued their success writing music for multiple audiences including stage, musicals and movies, [5] [6] while Fältskog and Lyngstad pursued solo careers. [7] [8] Cashmere, Paul (1 September 2021). "ABBA Leak Expected To Announce Full Album Of 10 Songs And Release Two This Week". Noise11. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021 . Retrieved 2 September 2021. Marie Ledin, daughter of ABBA's manager Stig Anderson, has told her own story about her father to Petter Karlsson.

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Soon after this triumph, ‘Waterloo’ was Number One on the charts all over Europe, even reaching the Top Ten in the US, where the Eurovision Song Contest had no impact. The album of the same name was also a huge hit in Sweden. However, the “stigma” of being winners of the Eurovision Song Contest made it difficult for ABBA to be taken seriously when they tried to follow this first success. It wasn’t until some 18 months later that they got a major worldwide hit again with ‘SOS’, taken off their third album, simply entitled ABBA.