"Fernando" would become one of the group's most popular songs, joining the ranks of "Dancing Queen" (which hit No. 1 in 1977) ...

Joe Matera explores the story behind ABBA’s 1975 breakthrough album with new interviews, historical research and personal insight.

Four decades since their last album, Swedish pop legends ABBA are finally back, in one of the most anticipated musical returns in recent years. Four decades since their last album, Swedish pop legends ...

Contrary to what their names imply, “greatest hits” albums often include one or two new tracks that have never previously been in a band or artist’s discography. In some cases, a band might use the ...

Abba have paid loving tribute to their longtime guitarist Lasse Wellander, crediting his “musical brilliance” and saying he played “an integral part in the Abba story.” The Swedish guitarist, who died ...

When Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad entered the already colourful stage at The Dome in Brighton, England on 6 April 1974, dressed in shiny glam-rock ...

This holiday season, there are many ways to celebrate the coming 50th anniversary of the Swedish quartet’s triumph at Eurovision. By Ginanne Brownell Reporting from Stockholm For Abba fans, 2024 will ...

There’s more to ABBA than its hit 1976 song “Dancing Queen.” Such as the romance-novel arc of the famous Swedish group’s story offstage. “They were two married couples,” said Alison Ward, who portrays ...

No matter how much flack disco got back in the ’70s, the shiny, “golden” era encouraged unbridled expression — and, according to some historians, the liberation of many marginalized societies. Though ...

The world learned ABBA’s name when the Swedish pop group performed their song “Waterloo” in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. Now the musicians are reissuing their iconic album of the same name this ...