ABBA

Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad created the Swedish pop quartet ABBA in Stockholm in 1972. The name of the group is an acronym made up of the initial letters of their first names organized as a palindrome. They became one of the best-selling music acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts globally from 1974 to 1983, and again in 2021, becoming one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time.

ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1974 with the song "Waterloo", which was picked as the best song in the competition's history in 2005 as part of the contest's 50th anniversary commemoration. During the band's peak years, it was made up of two married couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. Their personal lives suffered as their celebrity grew, eventually leading to the dissolution of both marriages.

The group's music reflected the changes in their relationships, with later works incorporating darker and more contemplative lyrics. After the breakup of ABBA in December 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus continued to write music for a variety of audiences, including theater, musicals, and films, while Fältskog and Lyngstad pursued solo careers.

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