The album of the same name was also a huge hit in Sweden. In ABBA finally and firmly established themselves as one of the most popular groups in the world. The various hits compilations conquering the world during this period entitled Greatest Hits or The Best Of ABBA depending on where you lived became global blockbusters.
This was followed by a concert tour of Europe and Australia between January and March The tour was a complete success with capacity houses everywhere. This did not mean the end of ABBA, but it did overthrow their image of two happy, music-making couples. Around the same time a second compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol. In March , ABBA took their tour to Japan for what turned out to be their very last live concerts in front of a paying audience.
At the end of , ABBA decided to take a break. If they wanted to, they reasoned, they could always get back together after a few years. The box set Thank You For The Music followed in , containing all the hits, selected album tracks, plus rare and previously unreleased recordings. The hugely successful musical Mamma Mia! The following year, they won the Eurovision Song Contest with their single 'Waterloo' which became a UK number one chart hit.
Their follow-up single 'Honey Honey' was not as successful, and neither was their subsequent European tour during which some dates had to be cancelled due to lack of demand. They were, however, warmly welcomed in Scandinavia. In , their self-titled album and single 'SOS' brought them more UK recognition with the album reaching number 13 and the single reaching number 6.
Their later single, 'Mamma Mia', reached number one. In , they reached number 1 in the UK charts with their first compilation album 'Greatest Hits'. On it was a new single, 'Fernando', which topped the charts in 13 countries, sold 10 million copies and tied with The Beatles' 'Hey Jude' for longest-running number one in Australia.
That year they released their fourth album 'Arrival' - another number one which garnered much attention from rock based publications. In , they embarked on a major Europe and Australia tour which attracted much media attention and for which the box office received 3.
They played a gig at Sydney Showground in spite of a downpour of rain which caused Lyngstad to slip on stage. They also released 'Greatest Hits Vol. Their final UK chart-topping single was the title track from their seventh album 'Super Trouper'. The band also released their final album 'The Visitors' which was not as commercial successful as their previous works. They never officially split up, but they made their last performance together on 'The Late, Late Breakfast Show' in As the days get progressively colder and shorter, and world leaders try to attempt to agree on a way to arrest the rise in global temperatures, November ushers in celebrations of light, gunpowder and treason.
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All Football. Showbiz Music Bonnie McLaren. But what have the members been up to in the time in between? Most read in TV and Showbiz. And now that she has returned, an Abba reunion no longer seems impossible," wrote Will Hodgkinson at The Times of London in Lyngstad, who sang lead vocals on songs including "Money, Money, Money" and "Fernando," was married to bandmate Benny Andersson.
They divorced in She then stepped back from music for most of the s, focusing on environmental issues and charity work. He died in , and her title was changed to Dowager Princess of Reuss. She currently lives in Switzerland with her British partner, William Henry Smith, who has a title of his own as the 5th Viscount Hambleden.
She has dabbled in entertainment again over the past two decades, including an appearance in a BBC radio play in
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