Anything you need to know about ABBA?

Answer 1

The group ABBA (Swedish) consisted of two married couples, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog and Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The majority of the songwriting was done by the two men, while the lead vocals were performed by the ladies. ABBA was active for over a decade from 1972 to 1983 and enjoyed a world-wide popularity after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their song Waterloo, music by the two B's and lyrics by their producer and friend from Polar Music Stig Anderson, considered by many as the fifth member of ABBA.

Eventually, both couples divorced and remarried others and the band took a break that never really ended. They were offered $1 billion for a one-time world tour in 2012 but all members turned it down. They obviously don't need money. The stage play and theatrical movie starring Meryle Streep has kept the music of ABBA in the forefront and the release of ABBA Gold continues to sell upresidented numbers around the world. Over thirty years after their genesis, the music of ABBA is more popular than ever before. They are living proof that if the music is quality, it will endure.

Answer 2

It would be impossible to get all information from a single source, but the book Bright Lights, Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm does a good job compiling the personal, professional and musical journey of the group known as ABBA.