abba

ABBA simply was a pop group out of Sweden who made music between the years of 1972 and 1983. However, when you dig in deeper, ABBA was one of the most popular groups of its generation, made up of a spirited quartet which made up the group's name with their own names' first initials: Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

In their 11-year career, ABBA released eight studio albums, nearly all of which reached #1 in Sweden and Norway, but never broke through as a Top-10 record in the United States. However ABBA's music continues to live on today, being played at clubs who specialize in disco and pop music from the 1970s. ABBA also has a huge fan base around the globe who continue to shower the group online with fan pages, streaming audio sites, and other multimedia homages.

Their music is also immortalized in a musical (and subsequent movie version) entitled Mamma Mia.

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• ABBA’s ‘Gold’ overtakes The Beatles to become second biggest selling UK album

  
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  Question – What do you get when you take a lovely sleepy village in Somerset, deck out its community hall with bunting, fairy lights and straw bales, chuck in a select number of family and close friends, three cute dogs and mix well with the sounds of Abba whilst munching on sandwhiches, cream tea and hog ...
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• Watch Brian Enost talk at the Red Bull Music Academy – video

  
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  Tackling everything from Abba to the Velvet Underground, Brian Eno reveals his insights into popular music Reading on mobile? Click here to watch video During a fascinating conversation at the Red Bull Music Academy, Brian Eno discusses the East Coast premiere of his audio-visual installation, 77 Million ...
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• Visiting historic and beautiful Sweden

  
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  The country of Sweden is endowed with abundant natural beauty and numerous tourist attractions. Here one will find the green fields of the south and the tundra climate of Lapland, highlands and wooded cliffs, picturesque islands and the calm coast in the Gulf of Bothnia, the great lake system, and a variety of wild ...
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• VIDEO: ABBA Museum Opens in Stockholm | Artinfo

  
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• 3 Best ABBA Videos In Honor Of Stockholm’s New ABBA Museum

  
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  You don’t understand how long I’ve been trying to incorporate ABBA into Travel Freak. Seeing as the band is as synonymous with Sweden as IKEA, you’d think I would have had plenty of opportunities to toss a “Fernando” reference into my ramblings about Scandinavia. But alas, none of my grand ABBA plans ...
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• Abba fans take a chance on Swedens newest museum – and declare it a hit

  
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• Take a Chance on The ABBA Museum

  
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• Thank You For the Museum: Permanent ABBA Exhibit Opens in Sweden

  
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  After months of anticipation since the announcement came last October, the big day has come for fans of the erstwhile Swedish pop group ABBA: the official ‘ABBA The Museum’ in Stockholm has opened. In the years since the foursome—Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad—met in ...
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• Mamma Mia!: ABBA The Museum Opens in Stockholm

  
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• ABBA Museum Opens In Sweden

  
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  Following the naming protocol of ABBA: The Movie and ABBA: The Concert , opening today in Stockholm is ABBA: The Museum. Some 40 sets of the trademark shiny flares, platform boots and knitted hats are on display in the museum. But visitors can also see digital images of what they would look like in costumes, ...
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• FOTO. Muzeu dedicat grupului ABBA, inaugurat, marţi, la Stockholm.

  
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• Bookmarks: Abba

  
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  Theres a great post on Richard Williams blog about his role in Abbas rise to world domination. It even has a walk-on part for The Human League, in the Melody Maker offices: “Sorry, Ian,” I said, “but I really have to listen to this — it’s the new Abba single.” A look of horror crossed his face. The two ...
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• ABBA: The Museum

  
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  Not quite how I remember them! Today’s the day that the museum devoted to the Swedish group opens on an island called Djurgaarden in Stockholm. Last night was the official opening of ABBA: The Museum and three of the four, Bjoern Ulvaeus, Frida Lyngstad and Benny Andersson appeared to open the five storey ...
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• It’s Official: ABBA Reunion Never Happening

  
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  Certain music groups, throughout pop culture history, keep getting back together, while others, like The Smiths, call it quits and never see each other on stage again. ABBA falls into the latter. Although the Swedish quartet hasn’t performed together officially since 1982, rumors of a reunion have persisted for the ...
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• Agnetha Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus Say There Will Be No ABBA Reunions

  
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  Two separate ex-members of ABBA , appearing in two different corners of the world, have each quashed any rumors that the group will reunite. New rumors have been flying as the opening day for the new ABBA Museum in Stockholm approaches this week. The museum, which has had exhibits around the world as the space was ...
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