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ABBA is a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name derives from the first letter in each of the first names of its members. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. ABBA disbanded in December 1982. They are the most successful group to have taken part in the competition. ABBA are estimated to have sold 380 to over 500 million records, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
- IMDb mini biography by: PW

6th April 1974: Won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, with the song "Waterloo".
"Abba Gold" has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. It is Abba's most successful album and one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. It is the third biggest selling album of all-time in the UK with sales exceeding 4.6 million copies.
In 1975, "SOS" became the first song with a palindromic title recorded by a group with a palindromic name - Abba - to score a Top 20 hit on the pop charts.
Were once offered a billion dollars to do a reunion tour.
Anni-Frid_Lyngstad and Benny Andersson were engaged in August 1969 but did not marry until October 1978. They divorced in 1981. Agnetha_Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus married in July 1971 before filing for divorce in 1979, which was finalized in June 1980. The 1980 single "The Winner Takes It All" was written by Björn in the aftermath of their divorce and became a major hit single.

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