Must Haves. Music Edition. Abba.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

The origins of ABBA date returned to 1966, whilst keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson, a onetime member of the famous beat outfit the Hep Stars, first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus, the chief of the folk-rock unit the Hootenanny Singers. The performers started composing songs collectively and managing consultation and manufacturing paintings for Polar Music/Union Songs, a publishing organization owned through Stig Anderson, himself a prolific songwriter in the course of the '50s and '60s. At the identical time, each Andersson and Ulvaeus labored on initiatives with their respective girlfriends: Ulvaeus had end up worried with vocalist Agnetha Faltskog, a performer with a current primary Swedish hit, "I Was So in Love," beneathneath her belt, whilst Andersson started seeing Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a one-time jazz singer who rose to reputation through triumphing a country wide expertise contest.

Active 1970s - 2020s

Formed 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden

Genre Pop/Rock

Styles Contemporary Pop/RockEuro-PopAM PopScandinavian PopSwedish Pop/RockDisco

Group Members Agnetha FältskogBenny AnderssonBjörn UlvaeusFrida

HITS

Dancing queen, Waterloo, Mamma mia, chiquitita, gimme gimme...a man after midnight, i have a dream, etc.

ALBUMS Arrival, gold, waterloo, abba, the visitors,etc

CULTURAL IMPACT

The maximum commercially a hit pop institution of the 1970s, ABBA positioned Sweden at the map as a track mecca and stimulated the sound of father for many years to come. With their flamboyant style feel and -couple membership, the quartet additionally have become popular culture icons. However, it become their specific harmonies and elaborate manufacturing (combining folk, pop, rock, or even classical) added on songs from their 1973 debut album, Ring Ring, that received them limitless fans. It`s a legitimate that garnered the primary Swedish win at Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo," the identify music from their 2nd album and a track that crowned the charts throughout Europe whilst achieving the U.S. Top Ten. ABBA went to primary withinside the States with 1976's "Dancing Queen," every other global smash. The hits stored coming thru the early '80s, such as 1978's "Take a Chance on Me" and the dramatic 1980 ballad "The Winner Takes It All." Though ABBA disbanded in 1982, they remained withinside the popular culture focus for many years to observe way to famous compilations, licensing, and the fulfillment of Mamma Mia!, the Tony-nominated 1999 jukebox musical that become tailored for the large display in 2008. As each a level and movie manufacturing, Mamma Mia! become a large hit -- the film spawned a sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again -- attracting new audiences who have been born lengthy after the institution's split. ABBA abruptly back to hobby withinside the overdue 2000s, a comeback that culminated with the 2021 launch of Voyage, their first album in forty years.