ABBA (often stylized as AᗺBA) is a Swedish pop/rock group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA is an acronym of the band members' first names.
After failing to represent their home country the previous year, they gave it its first victory in the Contest when they won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton with the song "Waterloo" and this catapulted them to worldwide fame, leading to them becoming the most successful group ever to take part in the Contest as well as one of the most commercially successful acts in music history.
Between 1972 until their split in 1982, they topped the charts worldwide and have sold an estimated 500 million records. "Waterloo" remains one of the best-selling Eurovision records of all time.
They broke up in late 1982, due to relationship strains, but reunited for the premiere of the big screen release of stage musical "Mamma Mia!" in mid 2008.[1] Over the years, they have turned down multiple requests to reform and make new music.
In June 2017 they were honored with a blue plaque at the Brighton Dome to commemorate the more than four decades years since their win.[2]
In April 2018, it was announced that they had reunited to record new songs together for the first time in 36 years.[3] In 2021, they released their first singles in four decades and also announced a new studio album and tour for 2022.
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