Swedish vocal-instrumental ensemble, pop music group that existed from 1972 to 1982. Named after the initials of the four members - Agneta Faltskog, Ani-Frida Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Beni Anderson. ABBA is widely regarded as one of the greatest musical groups of all time, as well as one of the most commercially successful acts in pop music history, from 1974 to 1983. and 2021 topping the charts around the world and spawning 48 hit singles such as 'Dancing Queen', 'Take a Chance on Me', 'Chiquitita', 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" and others

.in 1974 representing Sweden in 1974 ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", which in 2005, celebrating the contest's 50th anniversary, was recognized as the best song in the contest's history. In the main years of activity, the group consisted of two married couples: A. Faltskog and B. Ulvaeus and A. Lyngstad and B. Anderson. As their popularity grew, their personal lives suffered, eventually leading to the collapse of both marriages. Changes in mutual relations were reflected in the group's music - the latest compositions used more dark and introspective texts. in 1982 After ABBA broke up in December, Anderson and Ulvaeus continued to compose music for musicals and films, while Faltskog and Lyngstad pursued solo careers.

A decade after the breakup of the group, the album "ABBA Gold" was released, which became a global bestseller. in 1999 ABBA's music was adapted into the musical Mamma Mia!, which toured around the world and will continue in 2021. in November is still in the top ten longest-running productions both on Broadway, USA, and in the West End, London. The film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the UK that year. The sequel to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was released in 2018.

in 2010 March 15 ABBA is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

in 2016 the band reunited and began working on a digitized Avatar tour. The newly recorded songs were announced back in 2018. and the band's first new album in 40 years, Voyage, was released in 2021. November 5 ABBA Voyage, concert shows in which ABBA members will appear as virtual avatars called ABBAtars, is scheduled to take place in London from 2022. May. until December in an arena specially prepared for the ABBA tourABBA is one of the best-selling music acts of all time, with sales of between 150 and 385 million records worldwide. copies., the group reached number 3 in terms of single sales in the United Kingdom in 2012. November 3 11.3 million were sold. singles,

 ABBA was the first group from a non-English-speaking country to achieve sustained chart success in English-speaking countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They are Sweden's best-selling band of all time. and the best-selling group from continental Europe. ABBA released eight TOP 1 albums in a row in the Kingdom of Denmark. The band also enjoyed considerable success in Latin America and recorded a compilation of their hits in Spanish. In 2015, their song "Dancing Queen" was inducted into the Recording Academy's Grammy Hall of Fame