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ABBA Is A Swedish Pop Group Formed In Stockholm In 1972 By Agnetha Fältskog Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson And Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The Group's Name Is An Acronym Of The First Letters Of Their First Names. They Became One Of The Most Commercially Successful Acts In The History Of Popular Music Topping The Charts Worldwide From 1974 To 1982. ABBA Won The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 At The Dome In Brighton UK Giving Sweden Its First Triumph In The Contest. They Are The Most Successful Group To Have Taken Part In The Competition. Interesting Facts ABBA Is The First Group From Sweden To Sell Five Million Tickets To The Wembley Arena In Less Than A Week. They Are The First Super Pop Group To Receive A $ 1 Billion Contract Before The Breakup To Stage Another Concert Tour And Record Another Album. They Are The First Group To Open To Many Musicians From Sweden The Gates Of The Western Music Industry. Many Musicians Said That ABBA Was Their Inspiration Encouragement And The Most Influential Group That Encouraged Them To Start Their Music Career. With Its Discography ABBA Has Shown And Made Sweden The Most Powerful Music Industry Of The 20th Century With Only The United Kingdom Has Been Able To Achieve The Same Feat. They Are The First Group And The Richest Members To Buy 85% Of The Swedish Industry From The Gross Profits From The Sale Of Their Albums. During The Band's Active Years It Was Composed Of Two Married Couples Fältskog And Ulvaeus And Lyngstad And Andersson. With The Increase Of Their Popularity Their Personal Lives Suffered Which Eventually Resulted In The Collapse Of Both Marriages. The Relationship Changes Were Reflected In The Group's Music With Later Compositions Featuring Darker And More Introspective Lyrics. After ABBA Disbanded In January 1983 Andersson And Ulvaeus Achieved Success In Writing Music For The Stage While Lyngstad And Fältskog Pursued Solo Careers With Mixed Success. ABBA's Music Declined In Popularity Until The Purchase Of ABBA's Catalog And Record Company Polar By Polygram In 1989 Enabled The Groundwork To Be Laid For An International Re-Issue Of All Their Original Material And A New Greatest Hits ABBA Gold Collection In September 1992 Which Became A Worldwide Bestseller. Several Films Notably Muriel's Wedding 1994 And The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert 1994 Further Revived Interest In The Group And Spawned Several Tribute Bands. In 1999 ABBA's Music Was Adapted Into The Successful Musical Mamma Mia! That Toured Worldwide. A Film Of The Same Name Released In 2008 Became The Highest-Grossing Film In The United Kingdom That Year. A Sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Was Released In 2018. On 27 April 2018 It Was Announced That The Band Had Recorded Two New Songs After 35 Years Of Being Inactive Named "I Still Have Faith In You" And "Don’t Shut Me Down". On 18 September 2018 In An Interview Andersson Said That They Are Still Working On The Songs With Possibly A Third One Written. Estimates Of ABBA's Total Record Sales Are Over 380 - 550 Million Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. ABBA Is The First Group From A Non-English-Speaking Country To Achieve Consistent Success In The Charts Of English-Speaking Countries Including The United Kingdom Ireland Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa And The United States. Their Success Has Opened The Door For Many Other European Groups. Their Enduring Legacy Marks The Swedish Music Industry As A Mainstream Player. They Have A Joint Record Of Eight Consecutive Number-One Albums In The UK. The Group Also Enjoyed Significant Success In Latin America And Recorded A Collection Of Their Hit Songs In Spanish. ABBA Was Honored At The 50th-Anniversary Celebration Of The Eurovision Song Contest In 2005 When Their Hit "Waterloo" Was Chosen As The Best Song In The Competition's History. The Group Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2010. In 2015 Their Song "Dancing Queen" Was Inducted Into The Recording Academy's Grammy Hall Of Fame. History – 1958–1970 Before ABBA. Member Origins And Collaboration Benny Andersson born 16 December 1946 In Stockholm Sweden Became at Age 18 A Member Of A Popular Swedish Pop-Rock Group The Hep Stars Which Performed Covers Amongst Other Things Of International Hits. The Hep Stars Were Known As "the Swedish Beatles". They Also Set Up Hep House Their Equivalent Of Apple Corps. Andersson Played The Keyboard And Eventually Started Writing Original Songs For His Band Many Of Which Became Major Hits Including "No Response" That Hit Number-Three In 1965 "Sunny Girl" "Wedding" And "Consolation" All Of Which Hit Number-One In 1966. Andersson Also Had A Fruitful Songwriting Collaboration With Lasse Berghagen With Whom He Wrote His First Svensktoppen Entry "Sagan Om Lilla Sofie" "The Story Of Little Sophie" In 1968. Björn Ulvaeus born 25 April 1945 In Gothenburg Sweden Also Began His Musical Career At The Age Of 18 as A Singer And Guitarist When He Fronted The Hootenanny Singers A Popular Swedish Folk–skiffle Group. Ulvaeus Started Writing English-Language Songs For His Group And Even Had A Brief Solo Career Alongside. The Hootenanny Singers And The Hep Stars Sometimes Crossed Paths While Touring. In June 1966 Ulvaeus And Andersson Decided To Write A Song Together. Their First Attempt Was "Isn't It Easy To Say" A Song Later Recorded By The Hep Stars. Stig Anderson Was The Manager Of The Hootenanny Singers And Founder Of The Polar Music Label. He Saw Potential In The Collaboration And Encouraged Them To Write More. The Two Also Began Playing Occasionally With The Other's Bands On Stage And Record Although It Was Not Until 1969 That The Pair Wrote And Produced Some Of Their First Real Hits Together "Ljuva Sextital" "Sweet Sixties" Recorded By Brita Borg And The Hep Stars' 1969 Hit "Speleman" "Fiddler" . Andersson Wrote And Submitted The Song "Hej Clown" For Melodifestivalen 1969 The National Festival To Select The Swedish Entry To The Eurovision Song Contest. The Song Tied For First Place But Re-Voting Relegated Andersson's Song To Second Place. On That Occasion Andersson Briefly Met His Future Spouse Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad Who Also Participated In The Contest. A Month Later The Two Had Become A Couple. As Their Respective Bands Began To Break Up During 1969 Andersson And Ulvaeus Teamed Up And Recorded Their First Album Together In 1970 Called Lycka "Happiness" Which Included Original Songs Sung By Both Men. Their Partners Were Often Present In The Recording Studio And Sometimes Added Backing Vocals Fältskog Even Co-Wrote A Song With The Two. Ulvaeus Still Occasionally Recorded And Performed With The Hootenanny Singers Until The Middle Of 1974 And Andersson Took Part In Producing Their Records. Agnetha Fältskog born 5 April 1950 In Jönköping Sweden Sang With A Local Dance Band Headed By Bernt Enghardt Who Sent A Demo Recording Of The Band To Karl Gerhard Lundkvist. The Demo Tape Featured A Song Written And Sung By Agnetha "Jag Var Så Kär" "I Was So In Love" . Lundkvist Was So Impressed With Her Voice That He Was Convinced She Would Be A Star. After Going Through Considerable Effort To Locate The Singer He Arranged For Agnetha To Come To Stockholm And To Record Two Of Her Songs. This Led To Agnetha At The Age Of 18 Having A Number-One Record In Sweden With A Self-Composed Song Which Later Went On To Sell Over 80 000 Copies. The Critics And Songwriters Soon Noticed Her As A Talented Singer/songwriter Of Schlager Style Songs. Fältskog's Main Inspirations In Her Early Years Were Singers Such As Connie Francis. Along With Her Compositions She Recorded Covers Of Foreign Hits And Performed Them On Tours In Swedish Folk Parks. Most Of Her Biggest Hits Were Self-Composed Which Was Quite Unusual For A Female Singer In The 1960s. Agnetha Released Four Solo LPs Between 1968 And 1971. She Had Many Successful Singles In The Swedish Charts. During The Filming Of A Swedish TV Special In May 1969 Fältskog Met Ulvaeus And They Married On 6 July 1971. Fältskog And Ulvaeus Eventually Were Involved In Each Other's Recording Sessions And Soon Even Andersson And Lyngstad Added Backing Vocals To Fältskog's Third Studio Album Som Jag Är "As I Am" 1970 . In 1972 Fältskog Starred As Mary Magdalene In The Original Swedish Production Of Jesus Christ Superstar And Attracted Favorable Reviews. Between 1967 And 1975 Fältskog Released Five Studio Albums. Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad born 15 November 1945 In Bjørkåsen In Ballangen Norway Sang From The Age Of 13 With Various Dance Bands And Worked Mainly In A Jazz-Oriented Cabaret Style. She Also Formed Her Band The Anni-Frid Four. In The Middle Of 1967 She Won A National Talent Competition With "En Ledig Dag" "A Day Off" A Swedish Version Of The Bossa Nova Song "A Day In Portofino" Which Is Included In The EMI Compilation Frida 1967–1972. The First Prize Was A Recording Contract With EMI Sweden And To Perform Live On The Most Popular TV Shows In The Country. This TV Performance Amongst Many Others Is Included In The 31/2-Hour Documentary Frida – The DVD. Lyngstad Released Several Schlager Style Singles On EMI Without Much Success. When Benny Andersson Started To Produce Her Recordings In 1971 She Had Her First Number-One Single "Min Egen Stad" "My Town" Written By Benny And Featuring All The Future ABBA Members On Backing Vocals. Lyngstad Toured And Performed Regularly In The Folk Park Circuit And Made Appearances On Radio And TV. She Met Ulvaeus Briefly In 1963 During A Talent Contest And Fältskog During A TV Show In Early 1968. Lyngstad Linked Up With Her Future Bandmates In 1969. On 1 March 1969 She Participated In The Melodifestival Where She Met Andersson For The First Time. A Few Weeks Later They Met Again During A Concert Tour In Southern Sweden And They Soon Became A Couple. Andersson Produced Her Single "Peter Pan" In September 1969—her First Collaboration With Benny & Björn As They Had Written The Song. Andersson Would Then Produce Lyngstad's Debut Studio Album Frida Which Was Released In March 1971. Lyngstad Also Played In Several Revues And Cabaret Shows In Stockholm Between 1969 And 1973. After ABBA Formed She Recorded Another Successful Album In 1975 Frida Ensam Which Included A Swedish Rendition Of "Fernando" A Hit On The Swedish Radio Charts Before The English Version Was Released. An Attempt At Combining Their Talents Occurred In April 1970 When The Two Couples Went On Holiday Together To The Island Of Cyprus. What Started As Singing For Fun On The Beach Ended Up As An Improvised Live Performance In Front Of The United Nations Soldiers Stationed On The Island. Andersson And Ulvaeus Were At This Time Recording Their First Album Together Lycka Which Was To Be Released In September 1970. Fältskog And Lyngstad Added Backing Vocals On Several Tracks During June And The Idea Of Their Working Together Saw Them Launch A Stage Act "Festfolket" which Translates From Swedish To Mean Both "Party People" And "Engaged Couples" On 1 November 1970 In Gothenburg. The Cabaret Show Attracted Generally Negative Reviews Except For The Performance Of The Andersson And Ulvaeus Hit "Hej Gamle Man" "Hello Old Man" –the First Björn And Benny Recording To Feature All Four. They Also Performed Solo Numbers From Respective Albums But The Lukewarm Reception Convinced The Foursome To Shelve Plans For Working Together For The Time Being And Each Soon Concentrated On Individual Projects Again. First Record Together "Hej Gamle Man." "Hej Gamle Man" A Song About An Old Salvation Army Soldier Became The Quartet's First Hit. The Record Was Credited To Björn & Benny And Reached Number Five On The Sales Charts And Number One On Svensktoppen Staying There For 15 Weeks. It Was During 1971 That The Four Artists Began Working Together More Adding Vocals To The Others' Recordings. Fältskog Andersson And Ulvaeus Toured Together In May While Lyngstad Toured On Her Own. Frequent Recording Sessions Brought The Foursome Closer Together During The Summer. 1970–1973 Forming The Group After The 1970 Release Of Lycka Two More Singles Credited To "Björn & Benny" Were Released In Sweden "Det Kan Ingen Doktor Hjälpa" "No Doctor Can Help With That" And "Tänk Om Jorden Vore Ung" "Imagine If Earth Was Young" With More Prominent Vocals By Fältskog And Lyngstad–and Moderate Chart Success. Fältskog And Ulvaeus Now Married Started Performing Together With Andersson Regularly At The Swedish Folkparks In The Middle Of 1971. Stig Anderson Founder And Owner Of Polar Music Was Determined To Break Into The Mainstream International Market With Music By Andersson And Ulvaeus. "One Day The Pair Of You Will Write A Song That Becomes A Worldwide Hit " He Predicted. Stig Anderson Encouraged Ulvaeus And Andersson To Write A Song For Melodifestivalen And After Two Rejected Entries In 1971 Andersson And Ulvaeus Submitted Their New Song "Säg Det Med En Sång" "Say It With A Song" For The 1972 Contest Choosing Newcomer Lena Anderson To Perform. The Song Came In Third Place Encouraging Stig Anderson And Became A Hit In Sweden. The First Signs Of Foreign Success Came As A Surprise As The Andersson And Ulvaeus Single "She's My Kind Of Girl" Was Released Through Epic Records In Japan In March 1972 Giving The Duo A Top 10 Hit. Two More Singles Were Released In Japan "En Carousel" "En Karusell" In Scandinavia An Earlier Version Of "Merry-Go-Round" And "Love Has Its Ways" a Song They Wrote With Kōichi Morita . First Hit As Björn & Benny Agnetha & Anni-Frid/Frida Ulvaeus And Andersson Persevered With Their Songwriting And Experimented With New Sounds And Vocal Arrangements. "People Need Love" Was Released In June 1972 Featuring Guest Vocals By The Women Who Were Now Given Much Greater Prominence. Stig Anderson Released It As A Single Credited To Björn & Benny Agnetha & Anni-Frid. The Song Peaked At Number 17 In The Swedish Combined Single And Album Charts Enough To Convince Them They Were On To Something. The Single Also Became The First Record To Chart For The Quartet In The United States Where It Peaked At Number 114 On The Cashbox Singles Chart And Number 117 On The Record World Singles Chart. Labeled As Björn & Benny with Svenska Flicka It Was Released There Through Playboy Records. However According To Stig Anderson "People Need Love" Could Have Been A Much Bigger American Hit But A Small Label Like Playboy Records Did Not Have The Distribution Resources To Meet The Demand For The Single From Retailers And Radio Programmers. "Ring Ring." In 1973 The Band And Their Manager Stig Anderson Decided To Have Another Try At Melodifestivalen This Time With The Song "Ring Ring". Michael B. Tretow Who Experimented With A “wall Of Sound” Production Technique That Became The Wholly New Sound Handled The Studio Sessions. Stig Anderson Arranged An English Translation Of The Lyrics By Neil Sedaka And Phil Cody And They Thought This Would Be A Surefire Winner. However On 10 February 1973 The Song Came Third In Melodifestivalen Thus It Never Reached The Eurovision Song Contest Itself. Nevertheless The Group Released Their Debut Studio Album Also Called Ring Ring. The Album Did Well And The "Ring Ring" Single Was A Hit In Many Parts Of Europe And Also In South Africa. However Stig Anderson Felt That The True Breakthrough Could Only Come With A UK Or US Hit. When Agnetha Fältskog Gave Birth To Her Daughter Linda In 1973 Inger Brundin Replaced Her For A Short Period On A Trip To West Germany. Official Naming In 1973 Stig Anderson Tired Of Unwieldy Names Started To Refer To The Group Privately And Publicly As ABBA a Palindrome . At First This Was A Play On Words As Abba Is Also The Name Of A Well-Known Fish-Canning Company In Sweden And Itself An Abbreviation. However Since The Fish-Canners Were Unknown Outside Sweden Anderson Came To Believe The Name Would Work In International Markets. A Competition To Find A Suitable Name For The Group Was Held In A Gothenburg Newspaper And It Was Officially Announced In The Summer That The Group Were To Be Known As "ABBA". The Group Negotiated With The Canners For The Rights To The Name. Fred Bronson Reported For Billboard That Fältskog Told Him In A 1988 Interview " ABBA Had To Ask Permission And The Factory Said 'O.K. As Long As You Don't Make Us Feel Ashamed For What You're Doing'." "ABBA" Is An Acronym Formed From The First Letters Of Each Group Member's First Name Agnetha Björn Benny And Anni-Frid. The Earliest Known Example Of "ABBA" Written On Paper Is On A Recording Session Sheet From The Metronome Studio In Stockholm Dated 16 October 1973. This Was First Written As "Björn Benny Agnetha & Frida" But Was Subsequently Crossed Out With "ABBA" Written In Large Letters On Top. Official Logo Their Official Logo Distinct With The Backward ‘B' Was Designed By Rune Söderqvist Who Designed Most Of ABBA's Record Sleeves. The Logo First Appeared On The French Compilation Album Golden Double Album Released In May 1976 By Disques Vogue And Would Henceforth Be Used For All Official Releases. The German Photographer Wolfgang “Bubi” Heilemann de On A Velvet Jumpsuit Photoshoot For The Teenage Magazine Bravo Made The Idea For The Official Logo. On The Photo The ABBA Members Held A Giant Initial Letter Of His/her Name. After The Pictures Were Made Heilemann Found Out That Benny Andersson Reversed His Letter "B" This Prompted Discussions About The Mirrored "B" And The Members Of ABBA Agreed On The Mirrored Letter. From 1976 Onwards The First "B" In The Logo Version Of The Name Was "mirror-Image" Reversed On The Band's Promotional Material Thus Becoming The Group's Registered Trademark. Following Their Acquisition Of The Group's Catalog PolyGram Began Using Variations Of The ABBA Logo Employing A Different Font. In 1992 Polygram Added A Crown Emblem To It For The First Release Of The ABBA Gold Greatest Hits Compilation. After Universal Music Purchased PolyGram and Thus ABBA's Label Polar Music International Control Of The Group's Catalog Returned To Stockholm. Since Then The Original Logo Has Been Reinstated On All Official Products. 1973–1976 Breakthrough Eurovision Song Contest 1974 As The Group Entered The Melodifestivalen With "Ring Ring" But Failed To Qualify As The 1973 Swedish Entry Stig Anderson Immediately Started Planning For The 1974 Contest. Ulvaeus Andersson And Stig Anderson Believed In The Possibilities Of Using The Eurovision Song Contest As A Way To Make The Music Business Aware Of Them As Songwriters As Well As The Band Itself. In Late 1973 They Were Invited By Swedish Television To Contribute A Song For The Melodifestivalen 1974 And From Several New Songs The Upbeat Song "Waterloo" Was Chosen The Growing Glam Rock Scene In England Now Inspired The Group. ABBA Won Their National Heats On Swedish Television On 9 February 1974 And With This Third Attempt Were Far More Experienced And Better Prepared For The Eurovision Song Contest. Winning The 1974 Contest On 6 April 1974 and Singing Waterloo In English Instead Of Their Native Tongue Gave ABBA The Chance To Tour Europe And Perform On Major Television Shows Thus The Band Saw The "Waterloo" Single Chart In Many European Countries. "Waterloo" Was ABBA's First Number-One Single In Big Markets Such As The UK And West Germany. In The United States The Song Peaked At Number Six On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Paving The Way For Their First Album And Their First Trip As A Group There. Albeit A Short Promotional Visit It Included Their First Performance On American Television The Mike Douglas Show. The Album Waterloo Only Peaked At Number 145 On The Billboard 200 Chart But Received Unanimous High Praise From The US Critics Los Angeles Times Called It "a Compelling And Fascinating Debut Album That Captures The Spirit Of Mainstream Pop Quite Effectively ... An Immensely Enjoyable And Pleasant Project" While Creem Characterized It As "a Perfect Blend Of Exceptional Lovable Compositions." ABBA's Follow-Up Single "Honey Honey" Peaked At Number 27 On The US Billboard Hot 100 And Was A Number-Two Hit In West Germany. However In The United Kingdom ABBA's British Record Label Epic Decided To Re-Release A Remixed Version Of "Ring Ring" Instead Of "Honey Honey" And A Cover Version Of The Latter By Sweet Dreams Peaked At Number 10. Both Records Debuted On The UK Chart Within One Week Of Each Other. "Ring Ring" Failed To Reach The Top 30 In The United Kingdom Increasing Growing Speculation That The Group Was Simply A Eurovision One-Hit-Wonder. Post-Eurovision In November 1974 ABBA Embarked On Its First European Tour Playing Dates In Denmark West Germany And Austria. It Was Not As Successful As The Band Had Hoped Since Most Of The Venues Did Not Sell Out. Due To A Lack Of Demand They Were Even Forced To Cancel A Few Shows Including A Sole Concert Scheduled In Switzerland. The Second Leg Of The Tour Which Took Them Through Scandinavia In January 1975 Was Very Different. They Played To Full Houses Everywhere And Finally Got The Reception They Had Aimed For. Live Performances Continued In The Middle Of 1975 When ABBA Embarked On A Fourteen Open-Air Date Tour Of Sweden And Finland. Their Stockholm Show At The Gröna Lund Amusement Park Had An Estimated Audience Of 19 200. Björn Ulvaeus Later Said "If You Look At The Singles We Released Straight After Waterloo We Were Trying To Be More Like The Sweet A Semi-Glam Rock Group Which Was Stupid Because We Were Always A Pop Group." In Late 1974 "So Long" Was Released As A Single In The United Kingdom But It Received No Airplay From Radio 1 And Failed To Chart. In The Middle Of 1975 ABBA Released "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do" Which Again Received Little Airplay On Radio 1 But Managed To Climb The Charts To Number 38. Later That Year The Release Of Their Self-Titled Third Studio Album ABBA And Single "SOS" Brought Back Their Chart Presence In The UK Where The Single Hit Number Six And The Album Peaked At Number 13. "SOS" Also Became ABBA's Second Number-One Single In Germany And Their Third In Australia. Success Was Further Solidified With "Mamma Mia" Reaching Number One In The United Kingdom Germany And Australia. In The United States "SOS" Peaked At Number 10 On The Record World Top 100 Singles Chart And Number 15 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Picking Up The BMI Award Along The Way As One Of The Most Played Songs On American Radio In 1975. The Success Of The Group In The United States Had Until That Time Been Limited To Single Releases. By Early 1976 The Group Already Had Four Top 30 Singles On The US Charts But The Album Market Proved To Be Tough To Crack. The Eponymous ABBA Album Generated Three American Hits But It Only Peaked At Number 165 On The Cashbox Album Chart And Number 174 On The Billboard 200 Chart. Opinions Were Voiced By Creem In Particular That In The US ABBA Had Endured "a Very Sloppy Promotional Campaign". Nevertheless The Group Enjoyed Warm Reviews From The American Press. Cashbox Went As Far As Saying That "there Is A Recurrent Thread Of Taste And Artistry Inherent In Abba's Marketing Creativity And Presentation That Makes It Almost Embarrassing To Critique Their Efforts" While Creem Wrote "SOS Is Surrounded On This LP By So Many Good Tunes That The Mind Boggles." In Australia The Airing Of The Music Videos For "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do" And "Mamma Mia" On The Nationally Broadcast TV Pop Show Countdown which Premiered In November 1974 Saw The Band Rapidly Gain Enormous Popularity And Countdown Become A Key Promoter Of The Group Via Their Distinctive Music Videos. This Started An Immense Interest In ABBA In Australia Resulting In Both The Single And Album Holding Down The No. 1 Positions On The Charts For Months. 1976–1981 Superstardom In March 1976 The Band Released The Compilation Album Greatest Hits. It Became Their First UK Number-One Album And Also Took ABBA Into The Top 50 On The US Album Charts For The First Time Eventually Selling More Than A Million Copies There. Also Included On Greatest Hits Was A New Single "Fernando" Which Went To Number-One In At Least Thirteen Countries Worldwide Including The United Kingdom Germany And Australia And The Single Went On To Sell Over 10 Million Copies Worldwide. In Australia The Song Occupied The Top Position For 14 Weeks and Stayed In The Chart For 40 Weeks Tying With The Beatles' "Hey Jude" For Longest-Running Number-One And Making "Fernando" One Of The Best-Selling Singles Of All Time. That Same Year The Group Received Its First International Prize With "Fernando" Being Chosen As The "Best Studio Recording Of 1975". In The United States "Fernando" Reached The Top 10 Of The Cashbox Top 100 Singles Chart And Number 13 On The Billboard Hot 100. It Also Topped The Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart ABBA's First American Number-One Single On Any Chart. At The Same Time Germany Released A Compilation Named The Very Best Of ABBA Also Becoming A Number-One Album There Whereas The Greatest Hits Compilation Followed A Few Months Later To Number-Two On The German Charts Despite All Similarities With The Very Best Album. The Group's Fourth Studio Album Arrival A Number-One Best-Seller In Europe And Australia Represented A New Level Of Accomplishment In Both Songwriting And Studio Work Prompting Rave Reviews From More Rock-Oriented UK Music Weeklies Such As Melody Maker And New Musical Express And Mostly Appreciative Notices From US Critics. Hit After Hit Flowed From Arrival "Money Money Money" Another Number-One In Germany And Australia And "Knowing Me Knowing You" ABBA's Sixth Consecutive German Number-One As Well As Another UK Number-One. The Real Sensation Was "Dancing Queen" Not Only Topping The Charts In Loyal Markets The UK Germany And Australia But Also Reaching Number-One In The United States. In South Africa ABBA Had Astounding Success With "Fernando" "Dancing Queen" And "Knowing Me Knowing You" Being Among The Top 20 Best-Selling Singles For 1976–77. In 1977 Arrival Was Nominated For The Inaugural BRIT Award In The Category "Best International Album Of The Year". By This Time ABBA Was Popular In The United Kingdom Most Of Western Europe Australia And New Zealand. In Frida – The DVD Lyngstad Explains How She And Fältskog Developed As Singers As ABBA's Recordings Grew More Complex Over The Years. The Band's Popularity In The United States Would Remain On A Comparatively Smaller Scale And "Dancing Queen" Became The Only Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Single ABBA Had There they Did However Get Three More Singles To The Number-One Position On Other Billboard Charts Including Billboard Adult Contemporary And Hot Dance Club Play . Nevertheless Arrival Finally Became A True Breakthrough Release For ABBA On The US Album Market Where It Peaked At Number 20 On The Billboard 200 Chart And Was Certified Gold By RIAA. European And Australian Tour In January 1977 ABBA Embarked On Its First Major Tour. The Group's Status Had Changed Dramatically And They Were Regarded As Superstars. They Opened Their Much-Anticipated Tour In Oslo Norway On 28 January And Mounted A Lavishly Produced Spectacle That Included A Few Scenes From Their Self-Written Mini-Operetta The Girl With The Golden Hair. The Concert Attracted Immense Media Attention From Across Europe And Australia. They Continued The Tour Through Western Europe Visiting Gothenburg Copenhagen Berlin Cologne Amsterdam Antwerp Essen Hanover And Hamburg And Ending With Shows In The United Kingdom In Manchester Birmingham Glasgow And Two Sold-Out Concerts At London's Royal Albert Hall. Tickets For These Two Shows Were Available Only By Mail Application And It Was Later Revealed That The Box-Office Received 3.5 Million Requests For Tickets Enough To Fill The Venue 580 Times. Along With Praise "ABBA Turn Out To Be Amazingly Successful At Reproducing Their Records" Wrote Creem There Were Complaints That "ABBA Performed Slickly...But With A Zero Personality Coming Across From A Total Of 16 People On Stage" Melody Maker . One Of The Royal Albert Hall Concerts Was Filmed As A Reference For The Filming Of The Australian Tour For What Became ABBA The Movie Though It Is Not Exactly Known How Much Of The Concert Was Filmed. After The European Leg Of The Tour In March 1977 ABBA Played 11 Dates In Australia Before A Total Of 160 000 People. The Opening Concert In Sydney At The Sydney Showground On 3 March To An Audience Of 20 000 Was Marred By Torrential Rain With Lyngstad Slipping On The Wet Stage During The Concert. However All Four Members Would Later Recall This Concert As The Most Memorable Of Their Career. Upon Their Arrival In Melbourne A Civic Reception Was Held At The Melbourne Town Hall And ABBA Appeared On The Balcony To Greet An Enthusiastic Crowd Of 6 000. In Melbourne The Group Played Three Concerts At The Sidney Myer Music Bowl With 14 500 At Each Including The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser And His Family. At The First Melbourne Concert An Additional 16 000 People Gathered Outside The Fenced-Off Area To Listen To The Concert. In Adelaide The Group Performed One Concert At West Lakes Football Stadium In Front Of 20 000 People With Another 10 000 Listening Outside. During The First Of Five Concerts In Perth There Was A Bomb Scare With Everyone Having To Evacuate The Entertainment Centre. The Trip Was Accompanied By Mass Hysteria And Unprecedented Media Attention "Swedish ABBA Stirs Box-Office In Down Under Tour...And The Media Coverage Of The Quartet Rivals That Set To Cover The Upcoming Royal Tour Of Australia" Wrote Variety And Is Captured On Film In ABBA The Movie Directed By Lasse Hallström. The Australian Tour And Its Subsequent ABBA The Movie Produced Some ABBA Lore As Well. Fältskog's Blonde Good Looks Had Long Made Her The Band's "pin-Up Girl" A Role She Disdained. During The Australian Tour She Performed In A Skin-Tight White Jumpsuit Causing One Australian Newspaper To Use The Headline "Agnetha's Bottom Tops Dull Show". When Asked About This At A News Conference She Replied "Don't They Have Bottoms In Australia?" In December 1977 ABBA Followed Up Arriv...