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ABBA was a Swedish pop music group that began in the early 1970's. The band consisted of Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog. ABBA produced many chart-topping hits like Waterloo, Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen. In the end, the band split leaving us with their wonderful music to enjoy for generations.

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What other musicians play ABBA music?

If you mean what other artists have performed ABBA songs, there have been hundreds.

Here are a few of the best-known Abba covers:

  • Peter Cetera (Chicago) recorded and performed in concert SOS.
  • John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) also performed SOS.
  • U2 performed Dancing Queen in concert, once together with Abba's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
  • Kylie Minogue recorded and performed Dancing Queen at the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Olympics.
  • Elvis Costello recorded and performed Knowing Me Knowing You in concert.
  • Marshall Crenshaw recorded Knowing Me Knowing You.
  • The A*Teens recorded a whole album of Abba tracks and had a hit with Dancing Queen.
  • Westlife recorded I Have a Dream.
  • Laura Branigan recorded The Winner Takes it All.
  • The Corrs also recorded The WinnerTakes it All.
  • Arrival was recorded by Mike Oldfield.
  • Arrival was also recorded, with lyrics, by Sarah Brightman.

What movies have ABBA been in the sound track for?

Of course there are two movies in which Abba's music is central. Abba: The Movie (1977), one of the first films directed by Lasse Hallstrom, is based on the band's Australian tour that year. And Mamma Mia! (2008) is based on the stage play inspired by Abba's music.

Beyond that there are two important cult films in which Abba's music is important. Muriel's Wedding (1994) features five Abba tracks. (The lead character dreams that her life can be just as perfect as an Abba song.) And The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, about a couple of drag queens on a cross-Australia odyssey, features the song "Mamma Mia" as its finale. Both films are credited as helping to revive Abba's popularity in the 90s.

Abba songs have been featured in the soundtracks of several other films, notably "Does Your Mother Know" in Johnny English(2003); "Take a Chance on Me" in Get Smart (2008) and "Dancing Queen" in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007).

Are the girls in the band ABBA lesbians?

Björn has a sister I think but Idk about the others. In 1977, the German teen magazine Bravo published a poster and a complete biography with details of Frida's background, including the names of her father and mother. It was seen by Frida's German half-brother, who went to his father Alfred Haase and asked him if he had been in Ballangen during the war. A few months later, Frida met Haase in Stockholm for the first time.

Where can you legally download ABBA songs for free?

There are currently no ways to download any copyrighted music for free legally. Even sites claiming to be legal are not if they are allowing the download of copyrighted content without the expressed permission of the party in question.

What are the 3 achievements of ABBA?

The Swedish band ABBA had several significant achievements:

  • They were the first act from outside the English-speaking countries to achieve global pop music stardom;
  • They are the second-best selling band in history (after only the Beatles) (with over 375,000,000 records sold, according to Universal Music);
  • They were the first act to use produced song-length video to open up new markets around the world;
  • They are the only act to have number 1 hits in three different languages (English, Swedish and Spanish);
  • The recording studio they built in Stockholm (Polar Studios) was a pioneer in digital recording and produced many of the top acts of the 80s and 90s (inlcuding Led Zeppelin, Genesis, the Ramones, and many others);
  • ABBA's 1981 album "The Visitors" was the first major all-digital album;
  • "The Visitors" was also the first major album to be released on CD; and
  • The musical "Mamma Mia!", produced by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and featuring ABBA's music, is the most successful stage play and film to be based on a pop music act. (In fact it's now among the ten longest running stage plays in Broadway history.)

What other musicians play ABBA songs?

There have been hundreds.

Here's a list of some:

Here are a few of the best-known Abba covers:

  • Madonna recorded Like an Angel Passing Through My Room.
  • Of course Madonna also sampled Gimme Gimme Gimme for Hung Up.
  • Chris DeBurgh included SOS on his 2011 album "Footsteps 2" and has been performing the song in concert on his 2012 tour.
  • Peter Cetera (Chicago) recorded and performed in concert SOS.
  • John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) also performed SOS.
  • U2 performed Dancing Queen in concert, once together with Abba's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
  • Kylie Minogue recorded and performed Dancing Queen at the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Olympics.
  • Elvis Costello recorded and performed Knowing Me Knowing You in concert.
  • Elvis Costello also performed The Name of the Game.
  • Marshall Crenshaw recorded Knowing Me Knowing You.
  • The A*Teens recorded a whole album of Abba tracks and had a hit with Dancing Queen.
  • Westlife recorded I Have a Dream.
  • Laura Branigan recorded The Winner Takes it All.
  • The Corrs also recorded The WinnerTakes it All.
  • Arrival was recorded by Mike Oldfield.
  • Arrival was also recorded, with lyrics, by Sarah Brightman.

In which year was ABBA's Name of the game Number 1 in the UK?

Eleven.

1.Waterloo

2.S.O.S

3.Mamma Mia

4.I do,I do,I do

5.Fernando

6.Dancing Queen

7.Knowing me,knowing you

8.Money,money,money

9.Take A chance on me

10.Super trouper

11.The winner takes it all.

Who sold more ABBA or queen?

i think Abba sold more albums then Led Zeppelin. Abba sold 360 million albums to Led Zeppelin's 300 million. I think only Elvis, the Beatles sold more than ABBA. That's amazing considering how despised they were in the 80s in the U.S. but ABBA continues to sell like three million albums a year even now after they have been disbanded for more than 30 years

How long were ABBA together as a group?

As a group, Abba started working together in 1970 but did not release their first recordings until 1972. (They didn't adopt the name "Abba" until 1973). Their last public performance together was in December, 1982.)

How many no 1 's did ABBA have in the UK?

The last five of ABBA's eight studio albums all reached #1 in the UK:

Arrival (1976)

The Album (1977)

Voulez-Vous (1979)

Super Trouper (1980)

The Visitors (1981)

Four compilation albums also reached #1:

Greatest Hits (1975)

Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1979)

The Singles (1982)

Gold (1992)

Gold is 13x Platinum in the UK (about 4.6 million sold). It is the third biggest selling album in British history, has been in the top 100 for almost 500 weeks and hit number one on at least five different occasions, the last time in 2008. It shares the title of longest charting album in UK Chart history (with Queen's Greatest Hits).

What are the people of ABBA doing today?

The ABBA members are still very active, with regards to the music scene and what they enjoy doing; A - Agnetha, the first "A" in ABBA, lives on her own island called Ekerö, she released an album in 2004 called "My Colouring Book", her love for music is still very strong, although she likes her privacy very much and likes to be alone with her family. B - Björn, Björn is still heavily involved with the music industry, writing music and working on many stage musicals with partner Benny Andersson, the other "B" in ABBA. B - Benny, Much like Björn, Benny is involved in writing music and working on stage musicals. Benny also have his own band called Benny Anderssons Orkester, playing Swedish folkmusic. They have ended up on the chart in the UK last I heard with a song called "You are my man". In Sweden it broke the record for staying on the Swedish chart the longest.He also owns Hotel Rival in Stockholm since 2003. He saved it from being torned down.

A - Anni-Frid (a.k.a. Frida), owns many orphanages and hospices and likes to do work helping the environment, still is very passionate about music and is rumored to be working on a new album, was recently revealed to be the richest member in ABBA, with money and property grossing over £600 Million - double the other members of ABBA, who all have around £300 Million. Re-edit by Silverslayer1190, due to constand vandalism! Please respect the people who actually want to read about ABBA!

What song has lyrics What is love baby don't hurt me?

Its What is Love? By Haddaway.

Haddaway's What is Love

"What is love

Baby don't hurt me

Don't hurt me no more

Baby don't hurt me

Don't hurt me

no more

What is love"

Kinda repetitive :)

Where orginated the very famous band ABBA?

The Swedish band ABBA was formed by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson who wrote the majority of the music for the group. They then added the female vocals of Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who later married Bjorn and Benny.

Is frida married?

The former Abba vocalist Frida Lyngstad married German architect Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen in 1992. (It was her third marriage. She divorced her first husband, musician Ragnar Fredricksson, in 1970, and was with Abba keyboardist Benny Andersson from 1972 to 1981.) Prince Reuss died in 1999 after a lengthy battle with cancer and Frida, now officially the Countess of Plauen, Princess Anni-Frid Synni Reuss, lives alone in Zermatt, Switzerland.

How many ABBA sing of by heart?

I have no idea what this question is asking. But there were four members of the Swedish group ABBA, five if you count Sig Anderson, considered by some to be the fifth member of ABBA, since he co-wrote many songs with Benny and Bjorn.

Being that there is no song title, and the only clue to the title for which you are searching is the word "of," and there being no ABBA songs that are titled simply "Of," a song by song search is the only option to provide an answer. There are seven songs that contain the word of. These are below with those who performed them:

  1. Fanfare of the 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship - None, this was instrumental only.
  2. Kisses of Fire (Track 10 on Voulez-vous) - Benny Andersson, Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus
  3. Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special (Track 13 on ABBA) - Benny Andersson, Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus
  4. The Name of the Game (Track 4 on The Album) - Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus
  5. One of Us (Track 6 on The Visitors) - Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog, and Björn Ulvaeus.
  6. She's My Kind of Girl (Track 10 on Ring Ring) - Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus.
  7. Two for the Price of One (Track 7 on The Visitors) - Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus.

What is the other girls name in the ABBA band?

Agneta Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (now Lyngstad-Reuss)

What are the famous songs by ABBA?

There are so many I will just list a few. Waterloo, SOS, Take A Chance On Me, Mama Mia, Dancing Queen, Chiquitita, Does Your Mother Know, The Winner Takes It All, I Do, I Have A Dream, Thank You For The Music, Honey Honey.

Do the members of ABBA still make royalty money?

If you're talking about actual royalty, Abba mezzo soprano Frida Lyngstad is, in fact, a legally titled princess. Officially she is now Princess Anni-Frid Synni Reuss of Plauen after her marriage into German aristocracy in 1992. The band also performed for royalty, performing Dancing Queen at the 1976 royal gala in Stockholm the night before the marriage of King Carl XVI Gustaf.

If you're speaking figuratively, perhaps a Swede would be better able to answer. But I believe it's true to say that Abba was never as popular at home as they were abroad. For example, the band had at least 21 number one hits somewhere on Earth between 1972 and 1983 but only two number ones in Sweden.

Abba biographer Carl Magnus Palm wrote about the resentment of some in the Swedish arts establishment that a pop band could be so successful. However this attitude was certainly not shared by all and in later years there seems to have been a much greater appreciation for the band's accomplishments. It hasn't hurt that Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have continued to contribute greatly to Swedish culture as composers and producers. Their epic Swedish opera, Kristina Fran Dulemala, is a national treasure, and Andersson's currrent band, Benny Anderssons Orkester, has done much to popularize traditional Swedish music. So if not royalty, exactly, I believe they have achieved a high level of respect in Sweden.

When did the ABBA couples divorce?

Actually, the four members of the band were married. Agnetha and Bjorn were married on July 6, 1971. Benny and Anni-Frid were married in October 1978. Unfortunately both couples later divorced.

How can people sell illegal drugs if they are illegal?

Illegally. And the black market is so huge today that no amount of police could ever completely stop it. You can either get them from a source or manufacture/produce them yourself.

well you Can either make the illegal drug them self or they can go to sum friend who makes it illegally all u need is some products and then you can make it so its pretty easy if u have a hide out where u wont get caught make it cuz if u do u could get sentenced for at least 4-6 years in prison.

What do the band members of ABBA look like now?

Anni-Frid Lyngstad-Reuss is over 60 now and lives in Switzerland. She does appearances occasionally but is mostly involved on charities. She is involved in a foundation called the Mentor Foundation and is on the board with the Swedish Queen. That's where they met became good friends.

Benny Andersson is working with Björn Ulveaus on new projects and is writing lyrics to other artists. He also have his own band called Benny Andersson Orkester. He also own the Rival hotel in Stockholm.

Björn is the operativ owner of the companies Briggen Teaterproduktion AB, Little Star Ltd, StagePool AB och Kopparnäset AB, and part owner of the publishing company Fri Tanke. he still works with Benny but now they have divided the work; Benny writes the music and Björn the lyrics.

Agnetha Fältskog is making music when she feels like it and enjoys being a grandma.

What ABBA songs ere used in community Halloween episode tonight?

What a superb episode!

The "endless loop of ABBA" songs I recognized and their scenes:

  • "Waterloo" - during the scenes before the awesome Halloween-ized opening credits
  • "SOS" - as Star Burns goes zombie
  • "Dancing Queen" - as Leonard and the rest go zombie/ mayhem ensues
  • "Gimme Gimme Gimme" - during the study room barricade and hamster chase
  • "Mamma Mia" - when Troy returns to the library to save the day
  • "Fernando" - the end

Why Abba broke up?

ABBA disbanded because the couples (Anni-Frid and Benny, and Agnetha and Bjorn) were having marriage problems and it would be difficult to sing about love together.