The Swedish group ABBA, formerly known as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida, was founded in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The initials of each member’s first name are arranged in a palindrome to form the group’s name. In the years between 1974 and 1982 and in 2021, they dominated the charts all around the world, making them one of the most successful musical acts in the history of popular music. They are among the most well-known and successful musical ensembles ever.

They won Sweden’s first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with the song “Waterloo.” It was chosen as the best song in competition history in 2005 as part of the competition’s 50th anniversary celebration. The band’s two married couples, Fältskog and Ulvaeus and Lyngstad and Andersson, were the core members during the group’s most fruitful years.

As their fame increased, their personal lives got worse, and both marriages ended up falling apart. The lyrics of the group’s later songs were darker and more introspective, reflecting the changes in their relationships. When ABBA split up in December 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus concentrated on their solo careers while Fältskog and Lyngstad continued to find success as songwriters of music for stage productions, musicals, and movies.

A compilation called ABBA Gold was released ten years after the group disbanded and quickly rose to global bestseller status. Mamma Mia!, a stage musical featuring ABBA’s songs that premiered in 1999 and has since toured the world, is still one of the top 10 longest-running shows on both Broadway (which ended in 2015) and the West End as of April 2022. (still running). The same-named movie, which debuted in 2008, ended up earning the most money in the UK. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the sequel, was published in 2018.

The band came back together in 2016 and got to work on a concert tour featuring digital avatars. In 2018, news of newly recorded songs was released. On November 5, 2021, Voyage, their first brand-new album in 40 years, was released to rave reviews from critics and strong global sales. In May 2022, ABBA Voyage, a concert residency featuring the band as digital avatars, debuted in London.

With a total of 11.3 million singles sold as of 3 November 2012, the group was the third-best-selling singles artist in the United Kingdom. One of the most popular musical groups in history, ABBA has sold between 150 million and 385 million records worldwide. The United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa are all English-speaking countries. The first non-English speaking group to consistently top the charts in these countries was ABBA. They are the band with the best sales history from both Sweden and continental Europe.

Additionally vying for awards are Best Pop Duo / Group Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album for the song “Don’t Shut Me Down” (Voyage).

When “I Still Have Faith in You” was nominated for Record of the Year in 2022 for Voyage, their first album in forty years, they won their first Grammy nomination. It was defeated by Silk Sonic’s “Leave The Door Open.”

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