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Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson (left), Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog (right)
Publications
Studio albums	8th
Live albums	2
Compilations	48
Singles	35
Video albums	19th
Music videos	30th

This discography gives an overview of the albums and singles published by the Swedish pop group ABBA and their chart positions as well as other publications.

During her active time between 1972 and 1982, ABBA released eight studio albums and four compilations . According to their music label Universal Music , the band has sold around 400 million records to date, making them one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . In Germany alone, over 11.9 million ABBA records have been sold to date; This means that the group is one of the performers with the highest number of records sold in Germany . The band's most successful album is ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits from 1992 with over 31 million copies sold, which is also one of the world's best-selling albums and, with 2.5 million pieces, one of the best-selling music albums in Germany . In addition, ten more of her albums achieved platinum status in Germany.

To date, ABBA has topped the German charts a total of 16 times, the Austrian top six times and the Swiss single and album charts eight times.

Albums

Starting in 1973, ABBA have produced a total of eight studio albums and at least 14 compilations during their ten-year existence . In 1986 and 2014 two live albums were released. After the band ended, countless other compilations were released. The eight studio albums already varied in the individual countries partly in terms of title selection and release date. For example, one of ABBA's most successful Fernando hits was initially only released on the studio album " Arrival " in the country version for Australia and New Zealand . In addition - z. Sometimes with license approval from other record companies (e.g. Polydor ) - various albums produced only for regional markets, some of which were recorded in the corresponding national language (e.g. " Gracias por la música ", 1980, Polar Music ) and others when country-specific compilations were published (e.g. "A as in ABBA", 1981, Polydor).

After separating from ABBA, a large number of other albums were released. Most of the ABBA albums have also been released on newer sound carriers such as audio CD , MiniDisc (MD), DVD or Blu-ray in revised sound quality. That is why there is now a large number of best-of albums , compilations, promotional and import albums.

The following tables and lists are intended on the one hand to give an overview of the sound carriers that have been released by the band and on the other hand to provide an overview of the chart positions of these sound carriers. All albums are shown that have reached a chart position in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA. In addition, where available, the placements in ABBA's home country Sweden and neighboring Norway are given. In the comment column it is indicated in which other countries the albums and singles reached number one .

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	NO
1973	Ring ring	-	-	CH- aCH	-	-	SE2 b (12 weeks) SE	NO10 (15 weeks) NO	First published: March 26, 1973
1974	Waterloo	DE6th platinum (9 weeks)DE	-	CH- aCH	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	US145 (8 weeks) US	SE1 b (29 weeks) SE	NO1 (24 weeks) NO	First published: March 4, 1974
1975	ABBA	DE31 (3 months) DE	-	CH- aCH	UK13 gold (10 weeks)UK	US174 (3 weeks) US	SE1 c (34 weeks) SE	NO1 (62 weeks) NO	First published: April 21, 1975
1976	Arrival	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT12 (32 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	UK1 platinum (93 weeks)UK	US20th gold (50 weeks)US	SE1 (32 weeks) SE	NO1 (35 weeks) NO	First release: October 11, 1976 # 1 album in New Zealand and the Netherlands
1978	ABBA - The Album	DE2 platinum (41 weeks)DE	AT2 (40 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	UK1 platinum (61 weeks)UK	US14th platinum (41 weeks)US	SE1 (18 weeks) SE	NO1 (20 weeks) NO	First release: December 12, 1977 # 1 album in New Zealand and the Netherlands
1979	Voulez-Vous	DE1 platinum (58 weeks)DE	AT2 (40 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	UK1 platinum (43 weeks)UK	US19th gold (27 weeks)US	SE1 (26 weeks) SE	NO1 (21 weeks) NO	First release: April 23, 1979 # 1 album in the Netherlands
1980	Super trouper	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)DE	AT3 (34 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	UK1 platinum (43 weeks)UK	US17th gold (38 weeks)US	SE1 (22 weeks) SE	NO1 (29 weeks) NO	First release: November 3rd, 1980 # 1 album in the Netherlands
1981	The Visitors	DE1 platinum (31 weeks)DE	AT3 (18 weeks) AT	CH93 a d (1 week) CH	UK1 platinum (22 weeks)UK	US29 (17 weeks) US	SE1 (16 weeks) SE	NO1 (14 weeks) NO	First release: November 30, 1981 # 1 album in the Netherlands d in CH only placed in 2012

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

^a The chart archive for the Swiss album charts begins on November 6, 1983. For this reason, no or only limited chart data is available for all publications before this time.

^b Between July 10, 1962 and August 19, 1975, combined charts of albums and singles were published in Sweden.

^cBetween the setting of the Kvällstoppen on August 19, 1975 and November 14, 1975, there were neither singles nor album charts in Sweden. Therefore, no or only limited chart data is available for all publications during this period.

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	NO
1986	ABBA Live	-	-	-	-	-	SE49 (2 weeks) SE	-	First release: August 18, 1986 LP / CD with 11 songs each
2014	ABBA Live at Wembley Arena	DE9 (4 weeks) DE	AT9 (3 weeks) AT	CH10 (11 weeks) CH	UK30 (1 week) UK	-	SE15th platinum (3 weeks)SE	-	First release: September 26, 2014 Double album with recordings from November 10, 1979

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	NO
1975	Greatest Hits / The Best of ABBA	DE1 Platinum + gold (20½ months)DE	AT1 (13 months) AT	CH- aCH	UK1 × 8 Eight times platinum (130 weeks)UK	US48 platinum (61 weeks)US	SE1 (44 weeks) SE	NO1 (64 weeks) NO	First release: November 17, 1975 Compilation of twelve different songs from the first three studio albums, released on Polydor and RCA Records # 1 album in New Zealand
1976	The Very Best of ABBA (ABBA's Greatest Hits)	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (43 weeks)DE	AT19 (4 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	-	-	-	-	First release: 1976 double LP with 24 songs, expanded version of Greatest Hits , published by Polydor
1979	Greatest Hits Vol. 2	DE6th platinum (71 weeks)DE	AT2 (34 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	UK1 platinum (63 weeks)UK	US46 gold (14 weeks)US	SE20 (10 weeks) SE	NO25 (4 weeks) NO	First published: October 26, 1979
1981	A for ABBA	DE1 gold (29 weeks)DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH- aCH	-	-	-	-	First release: 1981 LP with 16 songs, released on Polydor # 1 album in the Netherlands (as A van ABBA )
1982	The Singles - The First 10 Years	DE5 gold (18 weeks)DE	-	CH- aCH	UK1 platinum (22 weeks)UK	US62 (18 weeks) US	SE29 (6 weeks) SE	NO33 (1 week) NO	First published: November 5, 1982
1983	I love ABBA	DE10 (12 weeks) DE	AT5 (4 weeks) AT	CH14 a (3 weeks) CH	-	-	-	-	First release: 1983 LP with 14 songs and two bonus tracks, published in Germany and the USA by Polystar
	Thank You for the Music (1983)	-	-	-	UK17th gold (12 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First published: November 11, 1983
1988	Absolute ABBA	-	-	-	UK70 gold (7 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First published: 1988
1992	ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits	DE1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (336 weeks)DE	AT1 × 3 Triple platinum (465 weeks)AT	CH1 × 10 Tenfold platinum (… Where.)CH	UK1 × 19 19 times platinum (… Where.)UK	US25th × 6 Six-fold platinum (… Where.)US	SE1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (193 weeks)SE	NO1 (104 weeks) NO	First release: September 21, 1992 "Best of" album with 19 songs, published in various new editions, most recently in 2003 with a bonus CD and a total of 29 songs # 1 album in Australia , Finland and Spain
1993	More ABBA Gold - More ABBA Hits	DE9 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (16 weeks)AT	CH13 platinum (20 weeks)CH	UK13 platinum (44 weeks)UK	-	SE3 platinum (34 weeks)SE	NO16 (7 weeks) NO	First release: June 5, 1993 Supplementary hit album with an unreleased song
1994	Thank You for the Music (1994)	-	-	-	-	-	SE17 (4 weeks) SE	-	First release: 1994 4-CD box set with almost all singles, B-sides and popular album tracks on the first three CDs as well as many rarities and previously unreleased titles on the fourth CD
1996	Forever Gold (1996)	DE50 (17 weeks) DE	-	-	UK- silver UK	-	-	-	First release: 1996 double CD set with 39 songs
1998	Love stories	DE82 (3 weeks) DE	AT15 (15 weeks) AT	CH47 (2 weeks) CH	UK51 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	NO30 (5 weeks) NO	First release: 1998 CD with 17 songs
1999	The Complete Singles Collection	DE10 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT11 (18 weeks) AT	CH6th gold (24 weeks)CH	-	-	-	-	First release: November 22nd, 1999 double CD set with 33 songs
2001	The Definitive Collection	DE14th platinum (107 weeks)DE	AT38 (16 weeks) AT	CH34 gold (23 weeks)CH	UK17th gold (16 weeks)UK	US186 (1 week) US	SE26th gold (29 weeks)SE	NO8 (10 weeks) NO	First release: November 2nd, 2001 double CD set with 35 songs and two bonus tracks; First edition as 30th Anniversary - based on the year People Need Love was published in 1972, 180th place in the Rolling Stone 500
2004	The ABBA story	DE31 (6 weeks) DE	AT21 (6 weeks) AT	CH14 (12 weeks) CH	-	-	-	-	First release: 2004 CD with 20 songs, incl. Booklet with biography of the band
2006	18 hits	DE58 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15th platinum (55 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First release: 2006 CD with 18 songs, including one song each in German, French, Swedish and Spanish in DE only placed in 2008
	Number ones	DE24 (16 weeks) DE	AT22 (14 weeks) AT	CH53 (12 weeks) CH	UK15th gold (9 weeks)UK	-	SE20 (13 weeks) SE	NO25 (2 weeks) NO	First release: November 20, 2006 CD with 18 songs; has also been released in a limited edition as a 2-CD set with additional songs. # 1 album in New Zealand
2008	The albums	DE61 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH68 (5 weeks) CH	UK89 silver (4 weeks)UK	-	SE4th platinum (23 weeks)SE	NO7 (11 weeks) NO	First release: 2008 box set with nine CDs; New editions of the eight studio albums and a bonus CD
2011	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA	-	-	-	-	US189 gold (1 week)US	-	-	First published: September 26, 2000
2012	The Essential Collection	DE16 (10 weeks) DE	AT47 (2 weeks) AT	CH94 (1 week) CH	-	-	SE29 (5 weeks) SE	-	First release: 2012 double CD with 39 songs
2014	Gold / More Gold - Greatest Hits - 40th Anniversary Edition	-	AT- gold AT	-	UK59 silver (1 week)UK	-	-	-	First release: 2014 box set, contains 1 CD each ABBA - Gold , ABBA - More Gold and ABBA - B-Sides
2019	Voulez-vous - The Singles Box	DE63 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 14, 2019
2020	The Studio Albums	DE13 (1 week) DE	-	CH25 (1 week) CH	-	-	-	-	Initial release: July 24th, 2020 vinyl box set
	Number one albums	DE7thDE	AT3AT	CH1CH	UK9UK	US-US	SE9SE	NO9NO
	Top 10 albums	DE16DE	AT11AT	CH3CH	UK9UK	US-US	SE12SE	NO12NO
	Albums in the charts	DE27DE	AT19thAT	CH13CH	UK21stUK	US13US	SE20thSE	NO17thNO

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^a The chart archive for the Swiss album charts begins on November 6, 1983. For this reason, no or only limited chart data is available for all publications before this time.

More compilations

year	title	Remarks
1975	Pop Power - The Fantastic ABBA	LP with twelve songs, released in Germany by Polydor
1977	Greatest Hits 24	Double LP with 24 songs, expanded version of Greatest Hits , released in Japan by Discomate
1978	All About ABBA	LP with 12 songs, released in Japan by Discomate
	16 ABBA hits	LP with 16 songs, released in Germany by Polydor, DE: gold
1980	The Magic of ABBA	LP with 16 songs, released in Australia and the USA by K-tel
1982	Disco Special 1	LP with 10 songs, released in Japan by Discomate
	Disco Special 2	LP with 10 songs, released in Japan by Discomate
	Dancing special	LP with 10 songs, released in Japan by Discomate
	Love Sounds Special	LP with 10 songs, released in Japan by Discomate
1984	Love songs	LP with 15 songs, released in Canada on WEA Records
1986	The hits	LP / CD with 12 songs each, released by Pickwick Records
1988	The Hits 2	LP / CD with 14 songs each, released by Pickwick Records, UK: gold
	The hits 3	LP / CD with 14 songs each, released by Pickwick Records
1987	The Collection	CD with 18 songs, UK: gold
1989	The Love Songs	CD with 14 songs, released by Pickwick Records
1996	The Music Still Goes On	CD with 16 mostly lesser-known songs from 1974 to 1981, released by Spectrum Music and Karussell , UK:gold, SE: gold
1999	Forever Gold (1999)	Promotion CD with 18 songs; last compilation of the "Gold Series"
	The biggest hits in the Netherlands - 25 jaar na 'Waterloo'	CD with 19 songs, published by Polydor, # 1 album in the Netherlands
2002	The name of the game	CD with 16 songs, released by Spectrum Music and Karussell, UK: platinum, SE: platinum
2003	The Ultimate Collection	4-CD box set, UK: silver
2005	Classic ABBA	CD with 16 songs, including eight single hits and eight songs from B-sides of various singles and / or studio albums
	The Complete Studio Recordings	Box set with nine CDs and two DVDs; contains all ABBA songs that have ever been released by ABBA on vinyl or CD
2008	ABBA Gold - Complete Edition	Double CD box with 39 songs from the albums "ABBA Gold" and More "ABBA - More Gold"
2010	Icon	CD with eleven songs

In addition, a box with all single CDs and all maxi CDs was released in 1999 and a box with all album CDs in revised recording quality in 2005.

Singles

The following table is intended to give an overview of the chart positions of the ABBA singles. All singles are shown, including B-sides if possible , that have reached a chart position in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA. In addition, the chart positions in ABBA's home country Sweden and the neighboring country Norway are given. In the Notes column of the table, it is also indicated in which other countries the singles reached number one in the charts .

In the "Release" column, all international single releases are generally listed, with the respective B-side in the Notes column . If there is no international release, regional releases are given instead, provided they have reached chart positions. Both international singles with special versions or other B-sides in certain countries, as well as singles who were only able to achieve a chart position in a country that is not listed in the table below, can be found in the section More Singles .

The single titles Fernando (1976), Summer Night City (1978), Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (1979), The Day Before You Came (1982) and Under Attack (1982) did not originally appear on the studio albums in Germany, but were initially only released on the interim "greatest hits" albums. The same applies to pieces such as Crazy World (1975), Happy Hawaii (1976), Elaine (1980), You Owe Me One (1982) or Cassandra (1982). These appeared over time as the B-side of various ABBA singles. These ABBA songs and other bonus tracks are included on the CD versions of the studio albums that were subsequently released.

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes, release)							Remarks	Release	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	NO
Björn , Benny , Agnetha & Anni-Frid
1972	People Need Love Ring Ring	-	-	-	-	-	SE17 b (5 weeks) SE	-	First published: June 1972 B-side: Merry-Go-Round	Polydor 2041-369 (DE, AT) Playboy P 50014 (US) Polar POS 1156 (SE)
1973	Ring Ring (bara du slog en signal)	-	-	-	-	-	SE1 b (17 weeks) SE	-	First published: February 14, 1973 B-side: Åh, vilka tider First published: February 19, 1973 B-side: She's My Kind of Girl	Polar POS 1171 (SE) Polar POS 1172 (SE)
	Ring ring ring ring	-	AT2 (16 weeks) AT	-	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	-	SE2 b (8 weeks) SE	NO2 (19 weeks) NO	First published: February 14, 1973 B-side: Rock 'n Roll band in UK only placed in 1974	Polydor 2041-422 (DE, AT) Epic S EPC 1793 (UK)
1974	Nina, Pretty Ballerina Ring Ring	-	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1974 B-side: I Am Just a Girl	Polydor 2040-111 (AT)
ABBA
1974	Waterloo (Swedish version) Waterloo (Swedish version)	-	-	-	-	-	SE2 b (15 weeks) SE	-	First published: March 3, 1974 B-side: Honey, Honey (Swedish version)	Polar POS 1186 (SE)
	Waterloo Waterloo	DE1 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT2 (20 weeks) AT	CH1 (19 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (12 weeks)UK	US6 (17 weeks) US	SE3 b (10 weeks) SE	NO1 (23 weeks) NO	First published: March 4, 1974 B-side: Watch Out # 1 hit in Belgium	Polydor 2040-114 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 2240 (UK) Playboy 45-3035 (US) Polar POS 1187 (SE)
	Honey, honey Waterloo	DE2 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT4 (8 weeks) AT	CH4 (12 weeks) CH	-	US27 (10 weeks) US	-	NO16 e (2 weeks) NO	First published: April 1974 B-side: King Kong Song e in NO only placed in 2008	Polar POS 1192 (SE)
	So long ABBA	DE11 (16 weeks) DE	AT3 (8 weeks) AT	-	-	-	SE7 b (8 weeks) SE	-	First published: November 18, 1974 B-side: I've Been Waiting for You	Polydor 2040-131 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 2848 (UK) Polar POS 1195 (SE)
1975	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do ABBA	DE6 (22 weeks) DE	AT4 (12 weeks) AT	CH1 (17 weeks) CH	UK38 (6 weeks) UK	US15 (15 weeks) US	SE- cSE	NO2 (24 weeks) NO	First published: April 4, 1975 B-side: Rock Me in US only released in 1976 # 1 hit in New Zealand	Polydor 2001-579 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 3229 (UK)
	SOS ABBA	DE1 (30 weeks) DE	AT2 (24 weeks) AT	CH3 (18 weeks) CH	UK6 (10 weeks) UK	US15 (17 weeks) US	SE- cSE	NO2 (27 weeks) NO	First published: June 1975 B-side: Man in the Middle # 1 hit in Belgium and New Zealand	Polydor 2001-585 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 3576 (UK) Atlantic 45-3265 (US)
	Mamma Mia ABBA	DE1 (24 weeks) DE	AT3 (16 weeks) AT	CH1 (25 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (21 weeks)UK	US32 (8 weeks) US	SE- cSE	NO2 (11 weeks) NO	First published: September 19, 1975 B-side: Intermezzo No. 1 only published in US in 1976	Polydor 2001-613 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 3790 (UK)
1976	Fernando	DE1 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH1 (22 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (15 weeks)UK	US13 (16 weeks) US	SE2 (22 weeks) SE	NO2 (21 weeks) NO	First published: March 3, 1976 B-side: Tropical Loveland # 1 hit in Belgium , New Zealand and the Netherlands	Polydor 2001-639 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 4036 (UK)
	Dancing Queen Arrival	DE1 (42 weeks) DE	AT4 (20 weeks) AT	CH3 (34 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (20 weeks)UK	US1 gold (22 weeks)US	SE1 (40 weeks) SE	NO1 (32 weeks) NO	First published: August 16, 1976 B-side: That's Me # 1 hit in Belgium , New Zealand and the Netherlands	Polydor 2001-680 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 4499 (UK) Atlantic 45-3372 (US) Polar POS 1225 (SE) Place 171 of the Rolling Stone 500
	Money, Money, Money Arrival	DE1 (22 weeks) DE	AT3 (16 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (12 weeks)UK	US56 (7 weeks) US	-	NO2 (19 weeks) NO	First published: November 1st, 1976 B-side: Crazy World in US only published in 1977 # 1 hit in Belgium , France , New Zealand and the Netherlands	Polydor 2001-696 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 4713 (UK) Atlantic 3434 (US)
1977	Knowing Me, Knowing You Arrival	DE1 (26 weeks) DE	AT2 (20 weeks) AT	CH3 (17 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (13 weeks)UK	US14 (15 weeks) US	-	NO6 (11 weeks) NO	First published: February 4, 1977 B-side: Happy Hawaii	Polydor 2001-703 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 4955 (UK) Atlantic 3387 (US)
	The Name of the Game ABBA - The Album	DE7 (20 weeks) DE	AT12 (12 weeks) AT	CH6 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (12 weeks)UK	US12 (16 weeks) US	SE2 (18 weeks) SE	NO3 (17 weeks) NO	First published: October 14, 1977 B-side: I Wonder (Departure) (live version)	Polydor 2001-742 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 5750 (UK) Atlantic 3449 (US) Polar POS 1234 (SE)
1978	Take a Chance on Me ABBA - The Album	DE3 (25 weeks) DE	AT1 (20 weeks) AT	CH3 (16 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (10 weeks)UK	US3 gold (18 weeks)US	-	NO8 (6 weeks) NO	First published: January 14, 1978 B-side: I'm a Marionette # 1 hit in Belgium	Polydor 2001-758 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 5950 (UK, SE) Atlantic 3457 (US)
	Eagle ABBA - The Album	DE6 (19 weeks) DE	AT17 (12 weeks) AT	CH7 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1978 B-side: Thank You for the Music	Polydor 2001-778 (DE, AT, CH) Atlantic 3486 (US) Polar POS 1237 (SE)
	Summer Night City	DE6 (18 weeks) DE	AT18 (4 weeks) AT	CH5 (10 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	SE1 (20 weeks) SE	NO3 (10 weeks) NO	First published: September 6, 1978 B-side: Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton / On Top of Old Smokey / Midnight Special	Polydor 2001-810 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 6595 (UK) Atlantic 3515 (US) Polar POS 1239 (SE)
1979	Chiquitita Voulez-Vous	DE3 (26 weeks) DE	AT6 (16 weeks) AT	CH1 (15 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (9 weeks)UK	US29 (12 weeks) US	SE2 (24 weeks) SE	NO4 (18 weeks) NO	First published: January 16, 1979 B-side: Lovelight # 1 hit in Belgium , New Zealand , the Netherlands and Spain	Polydor 2001-850 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 7030 (UK) Atlantic 3629 (US) Polar POS 1244 (SE)
	Does Your Mother Know Voulez-Vous	DE10 (15 weeks) DE	AT13 (12 weeks) AT	CH6 (10 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (9 weeks)UK	US19 (14 weeks) US	-	-	First published: April 27, 1979 B-side: Kisses of Fire # 1 hit in Belgium	Polydor 2001-881 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 7316 (UK) Atlantic 3574 (US) Polar POS 1251 (SE)
	Voulez-Vous Voulez-Vous	DE14 (16 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (6 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (11 weeks)UK	US80 (3 weeks) US	-	-	First published: July 6, 1979 B-side: Angeleye's # 1 hit in Belgium	Polydor 2001-899 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 7499 (UK) tlantic 3609 (US)
	Angeleyes Voulez-Vous	-[AT: ↑]		-[UK: ↑]		US64 (5 weeks) US[SE: ↑][NO: ↑]			First published: July 6, 1979 A-side: Voulez-Vous
	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)	DE3 (26 weeks) DE	AT2 (12 weeks) AT	CH1 (12 weeks) CH	UK3 Silver + gold (12 weeks)UK	-	SE16 (6 weeks) SE	NO2 (18 weeks) NO	First published: October 12, 1979 B-side: The King Has Lost His Crown # 1 hit in Belgium	Polydor 2001-919 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 7914 (UK) Atlantic 3652 (US) Polar POS 1256 (SE)
	I have a Dream Voulez-Vous	DE4 (27 weeks) DE	AT1 (22 weeks) AT	CH1 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First published: December 7, 1979 B-side: Take a Chance on Me (live version) # 1 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands	Polydor 2001-931 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 8088 (UK) Polar POS 1260 (SE)
1980	The Winner Takes It All Super Trouper	DE4 (29 weeks) DE	AT3 (18 weeks) AT	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (10 weeks)UK	US8 (26 weeks) US	SE2 (16 weeks) SE	NO3 (9 weeks) NO	First published: July 21, 1980 B-side: Elaine # 1 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands	Polydor 2001-981 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 8835 (UK) Atlantic 3776 (US) Polar POS 1272 (SE)
	Super Trouper Super Trouper	DE1 (30 weeks) DE	AT3 (20 weeks) AT	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (12 weeks)UK	US45 (11 weeks) US	SE11 (8 weeks) SE	NO2 (10 weeks) NO	First published: November 14, 1980 B-side: The Piper # 1 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands	Polydor 2002-012 (DE, AT, CH) Epic S EPC 9089 (UK) Atlantic 3806 (US) Polar POS 1274 (SE)
1981	On and On and On Super Trouper	-	-	-	-	US90 (6 weeks) US	-	-	First published: July 13, 1981 A-side: Lay All Your Love on Me	Epic EPC A 13-1456 (UK) Atlantic 3826 (US)
	Lay All Your Love on Me Super Trouper	DE26 (14 weeks) DE[AT: ↑][CH: ↑]			UK7th silver (7 weeks)UK	-[SE: ↑][NO: ↑]			First published: July 13, 1981 B-side: On and On and On
	One of Us The Visitors	DE1 (22 weeks) DE	AT3 (12 weeks) AT	CH3 (7 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	SE13 (2 weeks) SE	NO6 (6 weeks) NO	First published: December 4th, 1981 B-side: Should I Laugh or Cry # 1 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands	Polydor 2002-113 (DE, AT) Epic EPC A1740 (UK) Atlantic 7-89881 (US) Polar POS 1291 (SE)
1982	When All Is Said and Done The Visitors	-	-	-	-	US27 (14 weeks) US	-	-	First published: December 1981 B-side: Should I Laugh or Cry	Atlantic 3889 (US)
	Head over Heels The Visitors	DE19 (12 weeks) DE	AT8 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK25 (7 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: February 5, 1982 B-side: The Visitors	Polydor 2002-122 (DE, AT) Epic EPC A2037 (UK) Atlantic 4031 (US)
	The Visitors The Visitors	-	-[CH: ↑]		-	US63 (8 weeks) US[SE: ↑][NO: ↑]			First published: February 5, 1982 A-side: Head over Heels
	The Day Before You Came The Singles - The First 10 Years	DE5 (16 weeks) DE	AT16 (6 weeks) AT	CH4 (8 weeks) CH	UK32 (6 weeks) UK	-	SE3 (10 weeks) SE	NO5 (5 weeks) NO	First published: October 8, 1982 B-side: Cassandra	Polydor 2002-187 (DE) Epic EPC A2847 (UK) Atlantic 7-89948 (US) Polar POS 1318 (SE)
	Under Attack The Singles - The First 10 Years	DE22 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK26 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: December 3, 1982 B-side: You Owe Me One	Polydor 2002-204 (DE) Epic EPC A2971 (UK) Polar POS 1321 (SE)
1983	Thank You for the Music ABBA - The Album	-	-	-	UK33 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: November 4, 1983 B-side: Our Last Summer	Epic A 3894 (UK)
1992	Dancing Queen	DE- fDE	-	CH- fCH	UK16 (5 weeks) UK	-	SE- fSE	NO- fNO	First published: August 24, 1992 B-side: Lay All Your Love on Me	Polydor 863-572-7 (DE) Polydor PO 231 (UK)
1999	Happy New Year Super Trouper	DE75 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH86 (1 week) CH	-	-	SE4 (17 weeks) SE	NO5 (6 weeks) NO	First published: December 1999 highest ranking in SE in 2008 since 2007 regularly represented in the German and Swedish charts around the New Year
	Number one singles	DE9DE	AT3AT	CH7thCH	UK9UK	US1US	SE3SE	NO2NO
	Top 10 singles	DE21stDE	AT20thAT	CH22ndCH	UK19thUK	US4thUS	SE14thSE	NO19thNO
	Singles in the charts	DE27DE	AT25thAT	CH22ndCH	UK26thUK	US20thUS	SE18thSE	NO20thNO

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

^b Between July 10, 1962 and August 19, 1975, combined charts of albums and singles were published in Sweden.

^cBetween the setting of the Kvällstoppen on August 19, 1975 and November 14, 1975, there were no singles or album charts in Sweden. Therefore, no or only limited chart data is available for all publications during this period.

^fThe release of Dancing Queen 1992 as a re-release of in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway Dancing Queen counted and therefore added together with the original publication.

More singles

The table below contains:

• all singles that were published in the countries in the table above but were not able to reach the chart
• selected singles who were not published in these countries, but in other countries worldwide

year	Title album	Remarks	Release
Bjorn & Benny ; Backing vocals by Agnetha & Anni-Frid
1971	Hey musician	German version of Hej gamle man B-side: Was die Liebe says (German version of Livet går sin gång )	Comet CQA 444 (DE)
Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
1972	En hälsning till våra parkarrangörer	Swedish-language promotion single for Folk Park Tours 1973 First published: September 1972 B-side: song of the same name by Lena Andersson and Ted Gärdestad	Polar POR 01 (SE)
	He Is Your Brother Ring Ring	First published: November 1, 1972 B-side: Santa Rosa	Polar POS 1168 (SE)
1973	Another Town, Another Train Ring Ring	First published: March 1973 B-side: I Am Just a Girl	Playboy P 50018 (US)
	Love Isnt Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) Ring Ring	First published: June 1973 B-side: I Am Just a Girl	Polar POS 1176 (SE)
	Rock 'n Roll Band Ring Ring	First published: July 1973 B-side: Another Town, Another Train	Playboy P 50025 (US)
	Ring Ring (German version)	B-side: Who is in the waiting room of love (German version of Another Town, Another Train )	Polydor 2040-105 (DE, AT)
	Nina, Pretty Ballerina Ring Ring	First published: October 1973 B-side: He Is Your Brother	Vogue 45 X-3027 (FR)
ABBA
1974	Waterloo (German version) Waterloo (German version)	First published: April 1974 B-side: Watch Out	Polydor 2040-116 (DE, AT)
	Waterloo (Swedish version) Waterloo (Swedish version)	B-side: Watch Out	Polydor 2040-117 (AT)
	Waterloo (French version) Waterloo (French version)	First published: May 1974 B-side: Gonna Sing You My Lovesong	Vogue 45 X-3104 (FR)
	Ring ring ring ring	First published: May 1974 B-side: Honey, Honey	Polydor 2040-120 (DE, AT, CH)
	Honey, honey Waterloo	First published: September 1974 B-Side: Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)	Atlantic 45-3209 (US)
	Hasta mañana Waterloo	B-side: Honey, Honey	Polydor 2040-124 (PT)
	I've been waiting for you	First published: December 1974 B-side: King Kong Song	RCA Victor 102561 (AU)
1975	Ring ring ring ring	First published: January 1975 B-side: Hasta mañana	Atlantic 45-3240 (US)
	Bang-A-Boomerang ABBA	First publication: July 1975 B-side: SOS	Vogue 45 X-12161 (FR)
	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do ABBA	First published: December 1975 B-side: Bang-A-Boomerang	Atlantic 45-3310 (US)
1976	Mamma Mia ABBA	First published: February 1976 B-side: Tropical Loveland	Atlantic 45-3315 (US)
	Fernando	First published: March 1976 B-side: Hey, Hey Helen	Polar POS 1224 (SE)
	Fernando	First published: August 1976 B-side: Rock Me	Atlantic 45-3346 (US)
1977	Dancing Queen	First published: April 1977 B-side: Tiger	Discomate DSP-112 (JP)
	ABBA Live 77	First release: December 1977 special single with five tracks: Fernando, Money, Money, Money, Rock Me, Waterloo, Why Did It Have to Be Me	Jultidningsförlaget (SE)
1979	Chiquitita (Spanish version)	First published: April 1979 B-side: Lovelight	Polydor 2001-874 (DE, AT)
	Sång till Görel (Görel 30 år!)	with Stikkan Anderson tribute single for the 30th birthday of Görel Hanser , 50 CDs First published: June 21, 1979	Polar JUB 30 (SE)
	Kisses of Fire	First publication: July 1979 B-side: Voulez-Vous	Discomate DSP-129 (JP)
	Estoy soñando	Spanish version of I Have a Dream First published: September 1979 B-side: As Good As New	Discos CBS DAS-40001 (US)
	Chiquitita (Spanish version)	First published: October 1979 B-side: Estoy soñando (Spanish version of I Have a Dream )	Atlantic 3630 (US)
1980	Estoy soñando	B-side: Conociendome, conociendote (Spanish version of Knowing Me, Knowing You )	Discos CBS DAS-40001 (US)
	Lady! Lady! Lady!	spanish version of gimme! Gimme! Gimme! B-side: Gracias por la musica (Spanish version of Thank You for the Music )	Discos CBS DAS-40003 (US)
1981	Hovas vittne	First published: January 25, 1981 B-side: Tivedshambo	Polar JUB 50
	Andante, andante (Spanish version)	B-side: Felicidad (Spanish version of Happy New Year )	Discos CBS DAS-40004 (US)
	Se me esta escapando	Spanish version of Slipping Through My Fingers B-side: Felicidad (Spanish version of Happy New Year )	Discos CBS DAS-40008 (US)
1982	No hay a quien culpar	Spanish version of When All Is Said and Done B-side: Reina danzante (Spanish version of Dancing Queen )	Discos CBS DAS-40008 (US)
1986	Live medley	B-Side: Take a Chance On Me (Live)	Atlantic PR-624 (US)
1992	The Spanish Gold Medley		Polydor 863 960-7 (ES)
2004	Waterloo (2004)	Promotion single for the 30th anniversary of the Grand Prix victory; UK:silver	Polydor 9820540 (UK)

ABBA songs in a long-term chart list

In the television program Die ultimative Chartshow - a music show concept by the television broadcaster RTL , the individual thematic seasons of which are moderated by Oliver Geissen - the most successful 2000 hits of the past 30 years in Germany were presented in 2003. These songs were determined on the basis of their respective placements in the weekly chart lists since 1972. In the rating 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 itself in the list of the most successful 2000 songs with a total of 21 songs. In total, ABBA and their songs were in first place for 33 weeks and in the “Top 10” for 236 weeks.

Here is a list with the details of how many weeks the song took 1st place in the German charts and how many weeks the song was in the top 10 of the German charts:

space	title	1st place	Top 10
22nd	Fernando	7 weeks	22 wks.
74	Honey, honey	0 wk.	18 weeks
83	SOS	7 weeks	17 weeks
99	Waterloo	4 weeks	16 weeks
104	Super trouper	5 weeks	17 weeks
154	Knowing Me, Knowing You	2 weeks	15 weeks
178	Money, money, money	5 weeks	14 weeks
179	Dancing Queen	1 week	14 weeks
339	Chiquitita	0 wk.	15 weeks
394	Mamma Mia	1 week	12 weeks
458	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!	0 wk.	10 weeks
608	One of Us	1 week	11 weeks
642	Take a chance on me	0 wk.	12 weeks
919	I have a dream	0 wk.	8 weeks
963	The Winner Takes It All	0 wk.	9 wks.
1245	The Day Before You Came	0 wk.	6 weeks
1344	eagle	0 wk.	6 weeks
1360	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	0 wk.	5 weeks
1582	Summer Night City	0 wk.	3 weeks
1687	The name of the game	0 wk.	3 weeks
1916	Does your mother know	0 wk.	3 weeks

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

In other seasons of the chart show, ABBA took 2nd place behind the Beatles in the evaluation of "The Most Successful Pop Groups", 3rd in "The Most Successful Stars in Music History", and 2nd in "The Most Successful Artists of the 1970s". Place behind the group The Sweet and in the season "The most successful artists of the 1980s" 8th place.

Video albums

The chart positions in this table refer, unless otherwise stated, to the music DVD charts of the respective countries.

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	NO
1994	ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits	DE- platinum DE	-	-	UK6th gold (62 weeks)UK	US? gold (57 weeks)US	-	-	VHS music video collection of the hits that also appeared on the ABBA Gold compilation , later on DVD including the documentary ABBA - The Story (1999)
	More ABBA Gold - More ABBA Hits	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK17 (6 weeks) UK	US? (3 weeks) US	-	-	VHS with all music videos from the compilation album of the same name
	Thank you	-	-	-	UK10 (26 weeks) UK	US? (19 weeks) US	-	-	VHS with songs, music videos and interviews
1996	Forever gold	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (178 weeks)UK	-	-	-	Reaching the top position in the UK charts only in the 107th week of placement (May 1999)
1998	ABBA - The Movie	DE48 g h (3 weeks) DE	AT5 h (1 week) AT	CH4 i (4 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (20 weeks)UK	-	SE1 h gold (88 weeks)SE	NO7 h (2 weeks) NO	both as a 2-disc limited edition and as a 1-disc edition with attached booklet H in DE, AT, SE & NO only placed in 2005 i in CH only placed in 2008
1999	The Winner Takes It All - The ABBA Story	-	-	-	UK3 platinum (51 weeks)UK	-	-	-	90-minute documentary
2002	The Definitive Collection	DE- × 2 Double platinum DE	-	-	UK2 platinum (106 weeks)UK	US2 (31 weeks) US	SE1 gold (90 weeks)SE	NO10 y (1 week) NO	Collection of all of the group's music videos, plus When I Kissed the Teacher (1976), Estoy soñando (1979), Felicidad (1980), No hay a cien culpar (1981) and first live performance by Dancing Queen j placed in NE in 2005
2003	ABBA gold	-	AT4 k (2 weeks) AT	CH4 l (7 weeks) CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (115 weeks)UK	US? platinum (5 weeks)US	SE1 (12 weeks) SE	-	DVD with the music videos from the VHS ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits plus other music videos and a 25-minute documentary. The highest position in the UK charts will only be reached in the 49th week of placement (July 2007) k in AT only placed in 2006 l in CH only placed in 2008
2004	ABBA in concert	DE34 g gold (7 weeks)DE	AT2 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK2 gold (28 weeks)UK	US? gold (2 weeks)US	SE1 gold (76 weeks)SE	NO3 (2 weeks) NO	Documentation about the group's 1979/1980 tour of the United States and Europe
	The Last Video	DE30 m (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (4 weeks) UK	-	SE4 (5 weeks) SE	-	DVD single, see ABBA # comeback offers and rumors
	Super Troupers - 30 years of ABBA	-	-	CH9 n (1 week) CH	UK2 gold (14 weeks)UK	-	SE14 (2 weeks) SE	-	Extension of The Winner Takes It All - The ABBA Story , documents the history of the group and at the same time the appearance of three members in the Prince Edward Theater n in CH only placed in 2008
2006	Number ones	-	-	-	UK14 (20 weeks) UK	-	-	-	Music video collection of the songs that also appeared on the compilation of the same name
2008	16 hits	-	-	-	-	-	SE1 (16 weeks) SE	-	Music video collection of 16 ABBA songs
	Thank You for the Music - Collector's Limited Edition	-	-	-	UK39 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	2 DVDs: Expansion of the DVD ABBA - Music in Review , released in 2005, by a booklet
	The Dancing Queen Collection	-	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	Compilation of the DVDs ABBA - Music in Review and ABBA - World's Greatest Albums: Arrival ; English edition: ABBA - The Ultimate Review
2009	Music review 1973–1982 ABBA - Music in Review ABBA - A Critical Review Part 1 + Part 2	-	-	-	-	-	SE2 (4 weeks) SE	-	2 DVDs: contains reviews of ABBA songs by other musicians as well as concert excerpts in various television shows and other archive material
	ABBA in Japan	-	-	-	UK9 (4 weeks) UK	-	SE2 (17 weeks) SE	-	Double DVD with recordings of the Japanese 1978 ABBA TV special
2011	The story of ABBA	-	-	-	UK28 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	50-minute documentation
2012	The Essential Collection	-	-	-	UK30 (1 week) UK	-	SE2 (58 weeks) SE	-	Music video collection of the hits also featured on the ABBA - The Essential Collection compilation

^G Chart placements refer to the album charts

^m Chart placements refer to the single charts

• 2006: ABBA - World's Greatest Albums: Arrival (compilation of reviews by other musicians about songs from ABBA's album Arrival ; English edition: ABBA in Performance )
• 2006: ABBA Arrival - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: Arrival + bonus tracks and a DVD with videos of the recordings and TV appearances of the group in 1976)
• 2007: ABBA - The Album - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: The Album + bonus tracks as well as a DVD with videos of the recordings and TV appearances of the group in 1977)
• 2010: ABBA Voulez-Vous - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: Voulez-Vous + bonus tracks as well as a DVD with videos of the recordings and TV appearances of the group in 1978/79)
• 2011: ABBA Super Trouper - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: Super Trouper + bonus tracks as well as a DVD with videos of the recordings and television appearances of the group in 1980/81)
• 2012: ABBA The Visitors - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: The Visitors + bonus tracks as well as a DVD with videos of the recordings and TV appearances of the group in 1981/82)
• 2013: ABBA - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: ABBA + bonus tracks as well as a DVD with videos of the recordings and television appearances of the group in 1975/76)
• 2013: ABBA Ring Ring - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: Ring Ring + 13 bonus tracks as well as a DVD with documentation and videos of the group's television appearances in 1972/73)
• 2014: ABBA Waterloo - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: Waterloo + 8 bonus tracks as well as a DVD with videos from the ESC and TV appearances of the group in 1974)
• 2014: ABBA Gracias por la música - Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD set: Gracias por la música + 5 bonus tracks and a DVD with videos from appearances on Spanish television and Spanish music videos)

ABBA music in feature films and series

Except in her own film ABBA - The Movie , which was shot in 1977 during her tour in Australia, and in the film Mamma Mia! ABBA's music can also be heard in various films .

Movies

• 1977 - ABBA - The Movie ( Sweden / Australia ; with Agnetha, Frida, Benny, Björn and Robert Hughes )
• 1983 - Christine ( USA ; horror film by John Carpenter - only briefly heard on the radio)
• 1984 Just the Way You Are; with Kristy McNichol
• 1994 - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (Australia; with Hugo Weaving , Terence Stamp and Guy Pearce )
• 1994 - Muriel's wedding (Australia / France ; with Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths )
• 2000 - together! (Sweden)
• 2000 - Miss Undercover (USA; with Sandra Bullock , Benjamin Bratt and Michael Caine )
• 2003 - Johnny English ( Great Britain ; with Rowan Atkinson , Natalie Imbruglia and John Malkovich )
• 2005 The Lord of the House (US; with Tommy Lee Jones and Cedric the Entertainer )
• 2008 - Mamma Mia! (Great Britain / USA; with Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan )
• 2015 - The Martian - Save Mark Watney (US; with Matt Damon )
• 2018 - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (UK / USA; with Lily James and Amanda Seyfried )

Television productions

• Knowing Me, Knowing You (1992), fictional talk show with Steve Coogan as ABBA-philist presenter Alan Partridge
• Foam Kisses ( Germany , 2008/2009; among others with Christine Neubauer and Oliver Bootz ) In the ARD television production, well-known ABBA songs are played to match the respective film scene. After the musical adaptation, Mamma Mia! heard most of the ABBA songs in total.
• Malcolm in the middle : In the last episode of the 1st season (water games) , which was broadcast in 2000, the beginning and chorus are played by Fernando . In the 6th season (episode Pearl Harbor ) the family goes to the musical Mamma Mia! and listens to Take a Chance on Me .
• In the TV series Stromberg ( Germany , Pro Sieben , comedy series, 4th season, in the 6th episode “Sally”) five songs by ABBA can be heard in extracts
• Police inspection 1 ( Germany , 1980; inter alia with Walter Sedlmeyr ) at the end of an episode heard from Radio Eagle (song)
• In the television series Um Himmels Willen (Season 2, Episode 13), the nuns of the monastery sing Thank You for the Music at a donation gala

ABBA music in advertising

Gard hair care

In the early 1980s, the Colgate-Palmolive company created a promotional song to the melody of the ABBA song "Move On", which was released on ABBA - The Album in 1977 , to realign the advertising concept for the hair care brand Gard Germany became.

Text excerpts from the promotional song:

Beautiful hair has been given to you, let it live with Gard.
Give him love, give him care, consider, take Gard.

or:

Feel the creamy, mild care, ...
Don't miss a day, let us see you with Gard.
Beautiful hair is given to you,
come and show it, let it live,
and you will feel good with Gard.

In a later parody of this commercial by comedian Otto Waalkes , the song read: "You have greasy hair, let it stick with curd!"

Odol Mouthwash As early as the mid-1970s, a commercial for the mouthwash brand Odol ran for a short time with the promotional song “Daily Odol, daily freshness” to the melody of the first ABBA song “People Need Love”.

National The Japanese-Australian electrical appliance manufacturer National developed an extensive advertising campaign in 1976 in which the four Swedes were used as testimonials. The campaign featured five different commercials with a promotional song to the tune of Fernando . The used line of text "slightly ahead of our time" (German: "a little bit ahead of our time") was also the slogan .

Here is a text excerpt from the promotional song:

There are many things we share with you
Together you
And National
We grow closer like the sand and seas
Like flowers and trees
And National
...
Together we can make the future shine
Slightly ahead of our time
It's National

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : ABBA / Music Sales Awards

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	-	246,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR3 ( Memento from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	99 × platinum99	-	5,877,500	aria.com.au AU2
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	8 × platinum8th	-	380,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	210,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	7 × platinum7th	-	690,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	10 × gold10	21 × platinum21st	-	11,900,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	8 × platinum8th	-	604.564	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	5 × gold5	-	diamond1	2,700,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	6 × gold6th	3 × platinum3	-	120,000	ifpihk.org ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	150,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	2 × gold2	7 × platinum7th	-	1,300,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	18 × platinum18th	diamond1	2,730,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	260,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	3 × gold3	23 × platinum23	-	342,500	nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	6 × gold6th	12 × platinum12	-	1,630,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	190,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	-	170,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	-	platinum1	-	20,000	Individual evidence
Russia (NFPF)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	80,000	2m-online.ru ( Memento from February 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Sweden (IFPI)	-	5 × gold5	9 × platinum9	-	840,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	11 × platinum11	-	595,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	3 × gold3	12 × platinum12	-	945,000	promusicae.es ES
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	-	platinum1	-	20,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	9 × gold9	9 × platinum9	-	13,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	11 × silver11	22 × gold22nd	43 × platinum43	-	20,580,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	11 × silver11	97 × gold97	313 × platinum313	2 × diamond2

See also

• List of songs by ABBA
• List of unreleased songs by ABBA

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1. ↑ universal-music.de , accessed on December 6, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE1 DE2 AT CH UK US SE (1966–1975) SE (from 1975) NO
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} ABBA chart discography New Zealand
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} ABBA chart discography Netherlands (albums)
6. ^ ABBA chart discography Australia
7. ↑ ABBA chart discography Finland
8. ^ ^{A b} Fernando Salaverri: Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 1st edition. Fundación Author, Madrid 2005, ISBN 84-8048-639-2 .
9. ^ ^{A b} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 443 .
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} ABBA chart discography Belgium
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} ABBA chart discography Netherlands (singles)
12. ↑ Number one hits in France in the 1970s ( Memento from March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ ABBA - Happy New Year - hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 6, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Chart sources DVDs: US
15. ^ British Music DVD Charts March 23, 2001
16. ↑ British Music DVD Charts July 17, 1994
17. ^ British Music DVD Charts November 14, 1999
18. ↑ British Music DVD Charts May 12, 2002
19. ^ Austrian music DVD charts from October 9, 2005
20. ↑ British Music DVD Charts April 19, 2009
21. ↑ Norwegian music DVD charts from week 42/2005 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ British Music DVD Charts as of October 18, 2009
23. ↑ British Music DVD Charts, February 5, 2006
24. ↑ U.S. Music DVD Charts from August 17, 2002
25. ↑ Norwegian music DVD charts from week 48/2005 ( Memento from August 20, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
26. ^ Austrian music DVD charts from November 3, 2006
27. ↑ British Music DVD Charts April 17, 2011
28. ↑ Austrian music DVD charts from May 9, 2004
29. ↑ British Music DVD Charts October 10, 2004
30. ↑ Norwegian music DVD charts from week 20/2004 ( Memento from August 20, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
31. ↑ British Music DVD Charts from August 22, 2004
32. ↑ British Music DVD Charts as of December 26, 2004
33. ↑ British Music DVD Charts, January 4, 2009
34. ↑ UK Music DVD Charts as of August 24, 2008
35. ↑ British Music DVD Charts as of September 7, 2008
36. ↑ British Music DVD Charts as of November 22, 2009
37. ↑ British Music DVD Charts March 20, 2011
38. ↑ British Music DVD Charts as of September 9, 2012
39. ^ National Sings Out. Retrieved November 9, 2017 (1976 national advertising campaign lyrics). 

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