ABBA | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Agnetha Benny Björn Anni-Frid |
Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
Genres | Pop rock, Euro disco, Europop, synthpop |
Years active | 1972 – 1982; 2018 - present |
Labels | Polar, Polydor, Atlantic, Universal, Epic, Vogue, RCA, PolyGram, Sunshine |
Associated acts | Hep Stars, Hootenanny Singers, Benny Anderssons Orkester |
Website | abbasite |
Members | Agnetha "Anna" Fältskog Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad |
ABBA is a Swedish pop music group, who had many hits in the 1970s in Stockholm and early 1980s. ABBA was the most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s.
ABBA became very popular after they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. They had many hits. These included "Dancing Queen", "SOS", "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", and "Waterloo". Most of their songs were written by Ulvaeus and Andersson.