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ABBA was a Swedish pop music group active between 1972 and 1982. The band comprised Benny Andersson (Sweden), Björn Ulvaeus (Sweden), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Norway), and Agnetha Fältskog (Sweden). They topped the charts worldwide from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. The name "ABBA" is an acronym formed from the first letters of each of the group member's given name (Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid)[1].

ABBA gained immense international popularity employing catchy song hooks, simple lyrics, and a Wall of Sound achieved by overdubbing the female singers' voices in multiple harmonies. As their popularity grew, they were sought after to tour Europe, Australia, and North America, drawing crowds of near-hysterical fans ("ABBAholics"), notably in Australia. Touring became a contentious issue, being particularly unpopular with Agnetha, but they continued to release studio albums to great commercial success. At the height of their popularity, however, both marriages of the band members (Benny with Frida, and Björn with Agnetha) failed, and the relationship changes were reflected in their music, as they produced more thoughtful lyrics with different compositions.

They remain a fixture of radio playlists and are one of the world's best selling bands, having sold over 400 million records world wide;[2][3][4] they still sell two to three million records a year.[5] ABBA was also the first pop group from mainland Europe to enjoy consistent success in the charts of the English-speaking countries, mainly the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Their enormous popularity subsequently opened the doors for other Continental European acts.[6] The music of ABBA has been re-arranged into the successful musical Mamma Mia! that has toured worldwide and a movie version was released in July 2008. All four of the former members of ABBA were present at the Stockholm premieres of both the musical (2005) and the film (2008). The film première took place at the Benny Andersson-owned Rival theatre at Mariatorget, Stockholm on 4 July 2008.

A new museum devoted entirely to the pop supergroup was scheduled to open in Stockholm in 2009, but the project was put on hold indefinitely as of September 2008.



O ABBA foi um grupo sueco de pop formado por volta de 1970-1972 pelos músicos e compositores Björn Ulvaeus e Benny Andersson, e as vocalistas Agnetha Fältskog e Anni-Frid Lyngstad (também chamada Frida). Foi o grupo musical sueco de maior sucesso mundial, dominando as principais paradas ao redor do globo entre a metade da década de 1970 e o início dos anos 1980. Em Abril de 1999, na abertura do musical "Mamma mia!" em Londres, os ABBA foi mostrado como tendo aproximadamente 360 milhões de álbuns vendidos no mundo inteiro, segundo a Polar Music e Universal Records. "Mamma mia!" já foi visto por mais de 35 milhões de espectadores em todo o mundo (actualmente encontra-se em exibição permanente em mais de dez cidades, entre elas Las Vegas, Tóquio, Hamburgo, Londres, Dublin, Nova Iorque, Toronto e Seul). Ele é actualmente o espectáculo musical mais visto em todo o mundo, tendo ultrapassado o número de espectadores de qualquer musical de Andrew Lloyd Webber (como o Cats). Só em Londres já foi visto por mais de quatro milhões de espectadores. Com a grande venda do álbum ABBA Gold, o álbum com maior número de vendas de todos os tempos (mais de quarenta milhões de cópias vendidas), estima-se que, actualmente (2006), tenha vendido mais de 370 milhões de álbuns do grupo. É considerada a segunda banda mais famosa de todos os tempos, depois dos Beatles.

O nome da banda é um acrónimo formado pelas primeiras letras do nome de cada um dos integrantes (apesar de ser também uma marca de arenque enlatado que existia na Suécia). De 1976 em diante, o primeiro B no logo da banda passou a ser escrito invertido em todos os materiais promocionais relacionados.

Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA
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