ABBA discography

This page covers the Swedish pop group ABBA discography, and gives an overall view of the released albums and singles and their chart positions and other publications. In their active time ABBA eight studio albums and four compilations published. They arrived in 23 countries 124 times the first place of the respective singles charts in 21 countries and 78 times # 1 on the album charts.

  • 2.1 International chart positions of singles
  • 2.2 Other Singles 2.2.1 Special Singles
  • 2.2.2 Swedish Songs / Versions
  • 2.2.3 German songs of ABBA
  • 2.2.4 Special chart positions - singles in other countries
  • 4.1 Movies
  • 4.2 TV productions

Albums

In 1973, ABBA have a total of eight studio albums, a live album ( released in 1986 ) and various compilations produced.

Even the eight studio albums varied in the different countries in part in selection and date of publication. For example, one of the most successful ABBA hits Fernando was first published only on the studio album " Arrival" in the country version for Australia and New Zealand.

Additionally, - some with license approval from other record companies (eg Polydor ) - various albums produced for regional markets, some of which were included in the appropriate language (for example, " Gracias Por La Música ", 1980, Polar Music ) and others as country-specific compilations have been published ( for example, " A like ABBA ", 1981, Polydor ).

Because even after the separation of ABBA still a number of other albums was released, and a large part of the ABBA albums in addition to more recent recordings such as audio - CD, Mini Disc (MD ) or DVD has been released in edited sound quality, there is now a large number of best-of albums, compilations as well as promotion and import albums.

The following enumerations are therefore limited to the official studio albums and the most important for the German speaking other publications.

Studio albums

At the official ABBA studio albums the corresponding single releases and the subsequent single releases are also given.

The singles title Fernando (1976 ), Summer Night City (1978), Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight ) ( 1979), The Day Before You Came (1982) and Under Attack (1982 ) are not originally published in Germany on the studio albums, but " Greatest Hits " albums were initially released only on the interim.

In the later released CD versions of the studio albums this ABBA songs and more bonus tracks are included.

Compilations 1975-1982

Official Compilations

In addition:

License Compilations

Compilations after separation

In addition, in 1999 nor ever a box with all CD singles and all CD singles and in 2005 a box with all music CDs have been released in a revised recording quality.

International rankings of the albums chart

Singles

International chart positions of singles

This table lists all the singles internationally published by ABBA and their peak position on the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as ABBA's native Sweden. For the chart positions in other countries see ABBA - The Worldwide Chart Lists

More Singles

Furthermore, in 1992 were the singles Voulez -Vous and Thank You For The Music 1993 Summer Night City, and again published Waterloo ( German Version) 1999.

Special Singles

DVD Single:

  • 2004: The Last Video Ever: ( promotional song for the DVD release of the same name, entry in the German single charts on 2 August 2004 and placed 9 weeks; highest chart position: # 30 )

Cover - Single:

Swedish Songs / Versions

  • September 1972: En hälsning till våra parkarrangörer ( promotional single for the Folk Park Tours 1973)
  • February 1973: Ring Ring ( Swedish Version) / Åh, Vilka tider
  • March 1974: Waterloo ( Swedish version ) / Honey Honey ( Swedish Version)
  • June 1979: Sång Till Görel ( Görel 30 år! )
  • January 1981: Hovas vittne / Tivedshambo

German songs of ABBA

Particular chart positions - singles in other countries

ABBA songs in a long-term chart list

In the television show The Ultimate Chart Show - A music show concept of the TV station RTL, whose individual themed seasons are moderated by Oliver goats - the successful 2000 hits of the last 30 years have been presented in Germany in 2003. These songs have been determined on the basis of the latest rankings in the weekly chart lists since 1972. In the evaluation system chosen for this long-term chart list the pop group ABBA was the most successful band in the entire evaluation period and was able to place a total of 21 songs in the list of the most successful songs in 2000. Overall, ABBA was placed with her songs 33 weeks at No. 1 and 236 weeks in the "Top 10".

Here is a list with the details, how many weeks the song finished in 1st place in the German charts and how many weeks the song in the "Top 10 " in the German charts was placed:

Note: In other evaluations of the German chart lists the ABBA song Money, Money, Money Mamma Mia 13 weeks and One Of Us 12 weeks 15 weeks were able to place " top 10 " of the German charts in the.

In other seasons of the chart show ABBA occupied in evaluating " the most successful pop groups " the second place behind the Beatles, in " the most successful stars of the music history " 3rd place in " the most successful artist of the 1970s, " the second place behind the group the Sweet and the season of " the most successful artist of the 1980s, " the 8th Place.

ABBA music in movies and series

Except in their own film ABBA - The Movie, which was filmed during their 1977 tour of Australia, and in the film Mamma Mia! can also be heard in various movies the music of ABBA.

Movies

TV productions

  • Knowing Me, Knowing You (1992 ), fictional talk show with Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge abbaphiler Moderator
  • Marshmallows ( Germany, 2008/2009; inter alia with Christine Neubauer and Oliver Bootz ) In the ARD television production for each scene known ABBA songs are appropriately recorded. In this movie after the musical film adaptation of Mamma Mia! total to hear the most ABBA songs.
  • As a result, Pearl Harbor, the U.S. series Malcolm in the Middle, the family goes into the musical Mamma Mia! and listen to it on the song Take a Chance on Me. In another episode ( in amusement ) Fernando is played.
  • In the TV series Stromberg ( Germany, Pro Sieben, Comedy Series, Season 4, in the 6th episode " Sally" ) are five songs of ABBA to listen to excerpts

ABBA music in advertising

Gard hair care

In the early 1980s created the company Colgate -Palmolive to the tune of ABBA songs " Move On ," which was published in 1977 on the album The Album, the reorientation of advertising concept for the hair care brand Gard a promotional song in one of the most famous advertising songs Germany was.

Excerpts of the advertising songs:

" Beautiful hair is given to you, let it live with Gard. Flushing ' mildness, tracer ' care, think, take Gard. Give him love, give him care, come and shew it. With Gard. ... (Credit :) ... and do you feel comfortable with Gard! "

In a later parody this advertising by comedian Otto Waalkes the song was " Greasy hair is given to you, let it stick with cottage cheese! "

Odol Mouthwash

In the mid- 1970s, ran for a short time a commercial for the brand mouthwash Odol with the promotional song " Daily Odol, daily freshness " to the melody of the first ABBA song " People Need Love".

National

For the Japanese- Australian appliance manufacturers, an extensive advertising campaign was National developed in 1976, in which the four Swedes were used as testimonials. Were produced to, inter alia, five different commercials with a promotional song to the tune of the ABBA song " Fernando".

Live-Album Fernando (song) Arrival (ABBA album) Polydor Records Compact Disc Digital Audio MiniDisc Ring Ring (album) Ring Ring (song) Waterloo (Album) Waterloo (ABBA song) ABBA (Album) So Long (ABBA song) I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do Mamma Mia (song) Dancing Queen ABBA: The Album The Name of the Game (ABBA song) Eagle (song) Voulez-Vous Chiquitita Does Your Mother Know Voulez-Vous (song) I Have a Dream (song) Super Trouper (album) The Winner Takes It All Super Trouper (song) The Visitors (ABBA album) One of Us (ABBA song) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) Greatest Hits (ABBA-Album) Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (ABBA-Album) List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1970s#1976 List of number-one singles in 1976 (New Zealand) RCA Records List of number-one hits of 1976 (Germany) K-tel List of number-one hits of 1981 (Germany) ABBA Live Finland Italy List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1970s#1975 List of number-one hits of 1977 (Germany) List of number-one singles in 1978 (New Zealand) Number-one hits of 1979 (Germany) List of number-one hits of 1980 (Germany) List of number-one hits of 1992 (Germany) List of number-one singles of 1999 (Finland) List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1990s#1992 List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand) ABBA: The Movie Media-Control-Charts UK Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan List of number-one hits of 1974 (Germany) Honey, Honey List of number-one hits of 1975 (Germany) List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1977 List of number-one hits of 1982 (Germany) Happy New Year (song) Costa Rica List of French number-one hits of 1974 List of number-one singles of 1974 (Ireland) List of number-one singles in 1975 (New Zealand) List of number-one singles of 1976 (Ireland) List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1976 List of number-one hits of 1976 (France) List of number-one singles of 1977 (Ireland) List of number-one singles of 1978 (Ireland) List of number-one singles of 1979 (Ireland) List of number-one singles in 1979 (New Zealand) List of number-one singles of 1980 (Ireland) List of number-one singles of 1982 (Ireland) When All Is Said And Done Mamma Mia! (Film) Fictional film Robert Hughes (Australian actor) Christine (1983 film) Muriel's Wedding Man of the House (2005 crime comedy film) List of songs recorded by ABBA Discogs Benny Andersson Frida Lyngstad SOS (ABBA song)
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