What caused the group of ABBA to disintegrate?

Answer 1

As was true of the Roman Empire, so was it for the group ABBA. The band consisted of four people, two married couples. First came the death of Agnetha's and Bjorn's marriage. After almost 10 years and two children the couple felt their marriage was over. At least according to Bjorn. Within a week of the announcement Ulvaeus had a new woman hanging on his arm. On the other hand, his beautiful blonde wife went into an emotional tailspin. It gives weight to the rumor that he had this new woman before they made the split official. Or it was the reason for the split in the first place. It is certainly common enough for the man to find a replacement before he dumps his wife.

Although the group continued to work together it could not withstand the split of the second couple, Benny Andersson and Frida Lyngstad in 1981. After 10 years as a group both marriages hit the rocks and the couples had lost the desire for preforming together. They basically fell apart from the weakening of the infrstructure that was the two marriages. Maybe they also felt that they had done all they could do as a foursome. There was much talk of a reunion tour for the year 2012 but that just did not happen. At one point they were offered $1 billion for one last tour. These people probably have more money than they know what to do with, so turning down such an unheard of amount barely warrented a second thought for the former members.

There is always the hope that they will someday reunite and give their millions of fans world wide one last wonderful ABBA ride. Agnetha, though, has an intense fear of flying which makes touring all but impossible. If a reunion never happens we still have their music which will endure long after the original members are rocking in rocking chairs.