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Abba hit the international scene at the Eurovision song contest in 1974 with ‘ Waterloo’. At the finals in Brighton, England, on April 6, they won over the international juriesand went on to the Number One spot all over Europe, and even reached the US Top Ten.

Being winners of the Eurovision Song Contest made it difficult for ABBA to be taken seriously but 18 months later they hit the jackpot again with ‘SOS’ from the album “ABBA”.

In late 1976 ‘Money, Money, Money’ and ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’ were released. In April 1977, ‘Dancing Queen’ became ABBA’s only US Number One.

In April 1979 Björn and Agnetha announced their divorce. This did not mean the end of ABBA, but it reveal the cracks in the happy image.

ABBA’s single ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)’ was released in the autumn of 1979. Check out the video. Do you recognise the melody? Yep, it’s been rehashed by good ol’ Madge for “Hung Up”.

In February 1981 Benny and Frida announced their divorcebut continued working together. At the end of the year, ABBA’s eighth album, The Visitors, was released. ‘One Of Us’ was the biggest hit off the album. At the end of 1982, Abba decided to stop making music together.

1999 saw the London première of Mamma Mia! – a musical based on the songs of ABBA. The musical opened on Broadway two years later and has now been seen by more than 30 million people. A movie version, starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, opens in July 2008.

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