ABBA Net Worth

ABBA Net Worth is
$1.1 Million

ABBA Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA is an acronym of the first letters of the band members' first names (Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid) and is sometimes stylized as the registered trademark ????. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1975 to 1982. They are also known for winning in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, giving Sweden its first victory in the history of the contest and being the most successful group ever to take part in the competition.ABBA have sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide, which makes them one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and the second best selling music group of all time. ABBA was the first group to come from a non-English-speaking country that enjoyed consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin American markets, and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish.During the band's active years, Fältskog and Ulvaeus were very much in love, and married, as were Lyngstad and Andersson, although both couples later divorced. At the height of their popularity, both relationships were suffering strain which ultimately resulted in the collapse of the Ulvaeus-Fältskog marriage in 1979 and the Andersson-Lyngstad marriage in 1981. These relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with later compositions including more introspective, brooding, dark lyrics.After ABBA broke up in late 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage while Lyngstad and Fältskog pursued solo careers with mixed success. ABBA's music declined in popularity until several films, notably Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, revived interest in the group, spawning several tribute bands. In 1999, ABBA's music was adapted into the successful musical Mamma Mia! that toured worldwide. A film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 15 March 2010.ABBA were honored at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, when their hit "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history.

ProfessionSoundtrack, Actor, Music Department
#Trademark
1Flamboyant on-stage gear / knee-high platform-soled boots / tinsel headgear
#Fact
1ABBA's musical, "Chess" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1990 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Musical Production.
2They have 9 #1 singles and albums in the UK. They have sold over 18 million albums in the UK alone, making them the 7th best selling UK album artists of all time.
3"Waterloo" is the most successful song to come from the Eurovision Song Contest, topping several charts worldwide and selling over 6 million copies. On 22 October 2005, during the 50th celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest, "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history.
4In 2009, the British performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited celebrated its 75th anniversary by listing the 75 songs that have played most in Great Britain on the radio, in clubs and on jukeboxes. "Dancing Queen" was number eight on the list.
5Anni-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.
6During one of their live shows in Perth in 1977, an anonymous phone call informed that there was a bomb somewhere at the venue. Everyone except Benny (playing the instrumental piece "Intermezzo No 1") was evacuated. There was no bomb though and both the audience and the artists later returned to the venue and continued the evening.
7Were once offered a billion dollars to do a reunion tour.
8The band only ever toured 3 times in its history. This was mainly to do with them wanting to be the headliner and not the opening act. In fact, they had only played 23 live dates in total before their 1979 tour in support of "Voulez Vous". That tour was the only time the band toured North America and would also prove to be their last world tour.
9"Dancing Queen" is their only US number single. They scored 9 other top 20 hit singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1974 and 1980.
10Have never scored a top 10 album in the U.S. Their highest charting album there is "ABBA: The Album" which made #14 in 1978.
11Their 1976 single "Fernando" has sold 10 million copies worldwide. In Australia the single spent 14 weeks at number one and 40 weeks on the singles chart. It topped the chart in 13 countries and sold over 6 million copies in 1976 alone.
12"Abba Gold" has occupied every position in the top 75 of the U.K. album chart, while also appearing in the chart every year since the release except for 2002 and 2006. It now jointly holds the title of longest time spent in the album charts (490 weeks in the Top 100) with "Greatest Hits Vol 1" by Queen.
13"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.
14Have sold over 375 million records, making them the fourth best-selling music artists in the history of music.
15All four members of the group were the first-born children in their respective families. Anni-Frid Lyngstad was an only child. The other three each had one sister and no brothers.
16Before 1974, the members of the group resisted using the name ABBA, which was what fans and disk jockeys were starting to call them. A Swedish seafood company had trademarked the name in 1906. (As with the singing group, the seafood company's name was an acronym. It stands for "AB Bröderna Ameln" which translates to "Ameln Brothers, Ltd.") In 1974, the two ABBAs agreed to a deal where the singing group would pay a licensing fee to the seafood company in exchange for the use of its name.
17In addition to Mamma Mia! (2008), an earlier film that also features the music of ABBA is the highly acclaimed Muriel's Wedding (1994).
18As of 2008, more than 30 million fans worldwide have seen the stage production "Mamma Mia!" When adapted for the screen, Mamma Mia! (2008) went on to become the most successful movie in the UK's box office history, outstripping the record heretofore held by the Harry Potter series.
19At the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia! (2008), the foursome were seen together, in public, for the first time in 22 years.
20Not only were ABBA the most successful Swedish band in pop history, they were the most successful pop act to emerge from a Eurovision Song Contest victory (1974), apart from Céline Dion, who represented Switzerland in 1988.
21Their popular songs were mostly composed by Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music).
22Artists who have requested permission to use samples of ABBA songs include: Fugees ("The Name of the Game" for "Rumble in the Jungle"), Madonna ("Gimme Gimme Gimme" for "Hung Up"), etc.
23Created the band's name ABBA by taking the first letter of the first name of each band member and flanking the males' initials with the females' initials.
24In 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.
25Anni-Frid Lyngstad was the only non-Swedish member of the group. She is Norwegian.
266th April 1974: Won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, with the song "Waterloo".
27Members have included Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Masters Snooker2017TV Series performer - 1 episode
Breakfast2017TV Series performer - 1 episode
Todella kiihottavaa2016Short performer: "Dancing Queen"
Go for It2016TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The X Factor2008-2016TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Lorraine2016TV Series performer - 1 episode
Final Score2016TV Series performer - 1 episode
Who's Doing the Dishes?2016TV Series performer - 6 episodes
Death in Paradise2016TV Series performer - 1 episode
Vinyl2016TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sounds of the 80s2015TV Series performer - 1 episode
Gintberg på kanten2012-2015TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes
The Martian2015performer: "Waterloo"
Slash 32015performer: "Dancing Queen"
Britain's Got More Talent2015TV Series performer - 1 episode
Britain's Got Talent2015TV Series performer - 1 episode
Ochéntame... otra vez2015TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups2015TV Movie documentary performer: "Take a Chance on Me", "The Winner Takes It All", "Thank You for the Music" - uncredited
Mike & Mike2013-2015TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Top of the Pops: The Story of 19802015TV Movie documentary performer: "The Winner Takes it All", "Super Trouper"
One Hit Wonderland2014TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Somewhere Over the Rainbow2014TV Movie documentary performer: "Dancing Queen" - uncredited
Tennis: Eastbourne2014TV Series performer - 1 episode
Honeyballers2013TV Movie documentary performer: "I Have a Dream", "Take a Chance on Me" - uncredited
Remember Sunday2013TV Movie performer: "Dancing Queen" - uncredited
Österreich rockt den Song Contest2013TV Special performer: "Waterloo"
ABBA: Bang a Boomerang2013Documentary performer: "Bang-A-Boomerang", "Waterloo", "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "Fernando", "Hasta Manana", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Money Money Money", "When All Is Said And Done", "As Good As New", "Kisses Of Fire", "The Winner Takes It All", "So Long", "Why Did It Have To Be Me", "Tiger"
Top of the Pops: The Story of 19782013TV Movie documentary performer: "Take a Chance on Me"
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 102012TV Movie documentary performer: "The Winner Takes It All"
Turn Back Time: The Family2012TV Series performer - 1 episode
No me la puc treure del cap2010-2012TV Series performer - 5 episodes
Mulheres Ricas2012TV Series performer - 1 episode
Free Agents2011TV Series performer - 1 episode
Top Gear2011TV Series performer - 1 episode
20 to 12006-2011TV Series documentary performer - 7 episodes
Österreich wählt2011TV Series performer - 1 episode
Total Wipeout2011TV Series performer - 1 episode
Community2010TV Series performer - 1 episode
Getaway2010TV Series performer - 1 episode
Formula 1: BBC Sport2010TV Series performer - 2 episodes
EastEnders2010TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Dancing on Ice2009-2010TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Live from Studio Five2009-2010TV Series performer - 3 episodes
50 años de2009-2010TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Doctors2010TV Series performer - 1 episode
Copycats2009TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Love2009/IIShort performer: "Chiquitita", "S.O.S."
Miss Austria 20092009TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes
Loose Women2009TV Series performer - 1 episode
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue2008TV Movie performer: "Thank You for the Music"
Banda sonora2008TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Get Smart2008performer: "Take a Chance on Me"
Morgan Pålsson - världsreporter2008performer: "Voulez-vous", "Does Your Mother Know"
Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North2008TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop2006-2008TV Series documentary 2 episodes
Wonderful and Loved by All2007performer: "Happy New Year"
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry2007performer: "Dancing Queen"
La tele de tu vida2007TV Series performer - 1 episode
29 und noch Jungfrau2007TV Movie performer: "Waterloo"
Scrubs2006TV Series performer - 1 episode
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares2006TV Series performer - 1 episode
American Dad!2006TV Series performer - 1 episode
Prête-moi ta main2006performer: "Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight"
How I Met Your Mother2006TV Series performer - 1 episode
Heute heiratet mein Ex2006TV Movie performer: "Honey Honey"
AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture2005performer: "Dancing Queen"
KlassenLeben2005Documentary performer: "Dancing Queen"
Man of the House2005/Iperformer: "Dancing Queen"
Undercover2005TV Series performer - 1 episode
Malcolm in the Middle2000-2004TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Baumeister Solness2004TV Movie performer: "The Winner Takes it All" - uncredited
Cold Case2004TV Series performer - 1 episode
Det sista örådet2004TV Movie documentary performer: "The Winner Takes It All"
Locas de amor2004TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
Tuulikaappimaa2003TV Movie performer: "Dancing Queen"
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast1998-2003TV Series performer - 5 episodes
Berlin, Berlin2003TV Series performer - 1 episode
Johnny English2003performer: "Does Your Mother Know"
Skeppsholmen2003TV Series performer - 1 episode
OBLS2003TV Series documentary performer: "The Winner Takes It All", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money", "S.O.S", "Ring Ring", "Eagle", "Thank You For The Music", "Honey, Honey"
Freak Out2003performer: "S.O.S."
U kome je problem?2002Video performer: "Money, Money"
Ally McBeal2001-2002TV Series performer - 2 episodes
When Snooker Ruled the World2002TV Movie documentary performer: "Take a Chance on Me" - uncredited
Queer as Folk2002TV Series 1 episode
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song2001TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Langt fra Las Vegas2001TV Series performer - 1 episode
Kattbreven2001performer: "The Winner Takes It All"
Strawberry on the Shortcake2001TV Series performer: "S.O.S"
100 Greatest Number One Singles2001TV Special documentary performer: "Dancing Queen"
Gossip2000/IIperformer: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight "
Miss Congeniality2000performer: "Dancing Queen"
Young Americans2000TV Series performer - 1 episode
Tillsammans2000performer: "SOS"
Ha-Kasefet2000TV Series performer: "Money, Money, Money"
Will & Grace2000TV Series performer - 1 episode
Ett litet rött paket1999TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dick1999performer: "Dancing Queen"
Summer of Sam1999performer: "Fernando" 1975, "Dancing Queen" 1976
Dancing Queen1999Short performer: "Dancing Queen"
Queer as Folk1999TV Series performer - 1 episode
Ein großes Ding1999TV Movie performer: "Dancing Queen", "The Winner Takes It All" - uncredited
Australian Story1999TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
A Song for Eurotrash1998TV Movie documentary performer: "Waterloo"
That '70s Show1998TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mamma mia1998Short performer: "Mamma Mia"
Tohuwabohu1992-1997TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Kavanagh QC1996TV Series performer - 1 episode
When We Were Kings1996Documentary performer: "Rumble In The Jungle"
The Simpsons1995TV Series performer - 1 episode
Swede Prince from Imereti1995performer: "Arrival", "Why Did It Have To Be Me"
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge1994TV Series writer - 1 episode
Muriel's Wedding1994performer: "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo", "Fernando", "Mamma Mia", "I do, I do, I do, I do"
Monte Video1994TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sjans1992-1994TV Series performer - 4 episodes
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert1994performer: "Fernando", "Mamma Mia"
Dancing Queen1993TV Movie performer: "Dancing Queen"
House of Angels1992performer: "MAMA MIA", "CHIQUITITA", "FERNANDO"
Geluk bij een ongeluk1990TV Movie performer: "Money, Money, Money" - uncredited
Getting Married in Buffalo Jump1990TV Movie performer: "Honey, Honey"
Marie1985performer: "Honey Honey"
Abbalett1984TV Movie performer: "LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM", "VOULEZ VOUS", "KISSES OF FIRE", "SOLDIERS", "INTERMEZZO", "THE VISITORS", "WATCH OUT", "I'M A MARIONETTE", "WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE", "THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO", "MONEY MONEY MONEY"
Just the Way You Are1984performer: "Voulez-Vous"
Vradya epitheorisis1984TV Series performer - 1 episode
Christine1983performer: "The Name Of The Game"
Top of the Pops1976-1982TV Series performer - 62 episodes
Zeg 'ns Aaa1982TV Series performer - 1 episode
Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player1981Video documentary performer: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Take a Chance on Me" - uncredited
Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?1981performer: "Money, Money, Money" - uncredited
Montenegro1981performer: "Why Did It Have To Be Me', "I Do, I Do, I Do'
ABBA in Concert1980TV Special documentary performer: "Waterloo"
Spetters1980performer: "Eagle", "Chiquitita"
Polizeiinspektion 11980TV Series performer - 1 episode
Brødrene Dal og professor Drøvels hemmelighet1979TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song1979TV Special performer: "Chiquitita", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Olivia1978TV Special performer: " Remember The Days Of Old Schoolyard", "If You Love Me Let Me Know", "Fernando", "Take A Chane On Me", "If You Love Me Let Me Know" reprise, "Barbara Ann", "Jaihouse Rock", "Holiday", "Thank You For The Music"
ABBA: The Movie1977Documentary performer: "Dancing Queen", "When I Kissed The Teacher", "Money, Money, Money", "Why Did It Have To Be Me", "Tiger", "Fernando", "Ring Ring", "Waterloo", "Mamma Mia", "SOS", "Rock Me", "Intermezzo No.1", "I've Been Waiting For You", "So Long", "Eagle", "The Name Of The Game", "Thank You For The Music", "I'm a Marionette", "Hole In Your Soul", "Get On The Carousel"
Christmas 761976TV Special performer: "Fernando"
ABBA in Australia1976TV Movie performer: "Mamma Mia", "Hasta Manana", "Ring Ring", "Tropical Loveland", "Waterloo", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Rock Me", "Dancing Queen", "Honey Honey", "Fernando", "So Long", "S.O.S."
Saturday Night Live1975TV Series performer - 1 episode
Seaside Special1975TV Series performer - 1 episode
Spotlight1973-1974TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Spede show1974TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Eurovision Song Contest1974TV Special performer: "Waterloo"

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mamma Mia!2008based on songs by

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
KlassenLeben2005Documentary thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
ABBA: Bang a Boomerang2013DocumentaryThemselves
The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2010TV MovieThemselves
ABBA: Live in Japan2009VideoThemselves
AVRO 85 jaar muziekinspiratie2008VideoThemselves
Podium2006TV SeriesThemselves - Main guest
Top of the Pops1974-2005TV SeriesThemselves
VH-1 Where Are They Now?2002TV Series documentaryThemselves
Power Vision - Pop Galerie1997TV Series documentaryThemselves
Nul Points: A Brief History of the Eurovision Song Contest1992TV Movie documentary
Champs-Elysées1984TV SeriesThemselves
The Kenny Everett Television Show1982TV SeriesThemselves
Aktuelle Schaubude1981TV SeriesThemselves
Okay1979-1980TV SeriesThemselves
Stars1980TV SeriesThemselves
Christmas Snowtime Special1979TV MovieThemselves - Performers
300 millones1979TV SeriesThemselves
Gala de l'Unicef1979TV SeriesThemselves
Get It Together1978TV SeriesThemselves
Disco1978TV SeriesThemselves
Live Wednesday1978TV SeriesThemselves
Top Club1978TV SeriesThemselves
Olivia1978TV SpecialThemselves
Les rendez-vous du dimanche1976-1978TV SeriesThemselves
ABBA: The Movie1977DocumentaryThemselves
The Basil Brush Show1976-1977TV SeriesThemselves
Christmas 761976TV SpecialThemselves
Dinah!1975-1976TV SeriesThemselves
Eén van de Acht1976TV SeriesThemselves
Rock Concert1974-1976TV SeriesThemselves
The Wolfman Jack Show1976TV SeriesThemselves
ABBA in Australia1976TV MovieThemselves
The Mike Douglas Show1974-1975TV SeriesThemselves - Pop Group / Themselves - Vocalist Group
New American Bandstand 19651975TV SeriesThemselves - Performers
Saturday Night Live1975TV SeriesThemselves - Musical Guest
Seaside Special1975TV SeriesThemselves
Système 21975TV SeriesThemselves
Ring Parade1975TV SeriesThemselves
The Tommy Cooper Hour1974TV SeriesThemselves
Spotlight1973-1974TV SeriesThemselves
Spede show1974TV SeriesThemselves
¡Señoras y señores!1974TV SeriesThemselves
Domino1974TV SeriesThemselves
The Eurovision Song Contest1974TV SpecialThemselves - Swedish Entry: 1st Place

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Go for It2016TV SeriesThemselves
Sounds of the 80s2015TV SeriesThemselves
Tu cara me suena - Argentina2013-2015TV SeriesThemselves
The Seventies2015TV Series documentaryThemselves
Ochéntame... otra vez2015TV Series documentaryThemselves
Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups2015TV Movie documentaryThemselves
Top of the Pops: The Story of 19802015TV Movie documentaryThemselves
ABBA in Pictures: The Photographer's Story2014DocumentaryThemselves
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion2014TV Mini-Series documentaryThemselves
Somewhere Over the Rainbow2014TV Movie documentaryThemselves (uncredited)
Weekend Today2014TV SeriesThemselves
Top of the Pops: The Story of 19782013TV Movie documentaryThemselves
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 102012TV Movie documentaryThemselves
No me la puc treure del cap2012TV SeriesThemselves
Sir Jimmy Savile at the BBC: How's About That Then?2011TV Movie documentaryThemselves - Performers
50 Years of Bad Sex2011TV Movie documentaryThemselves
The Secret History of Eurovision2011TV Movie documentaryThemselves
Top of the Pops: The Story of 19762011TV Movie documentaryThemselves (uncredited)
Österreich wählt2011TV SeriesThemselves
The Nation's Favourite ABBA Song2010TV Movie documentaryThemselves
Eurofestival2010Documentary
50 años de2009TV SeriesThemselves
Love2009/IIShortThemsleves
20 to 12007-2009TV Series documentaryThemselves
Kult am Sonntag2007-2009TV SeriesThemselves
Banda sonora2008TV SeriesThemselves
Europasión2008TV SpecialThemselves
Dansin Chiki Chiki2008TV SpecialThemselves
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde2007TV SeriesThemselves
Pour le meilleur et pour le rire: La croisière du rire2007TV SeriesThemselves
When the Stranglers Met Roland Rat2007TV Movie documentaryThemselves
Les grands du rire2007TV SeriesThemselves
Boom Bang-a-Bang! 50 Years of Eurovision2006TV Movie documentaryThemselves
ABBA: Music in Review2005DocumentaryThemselves
I Love the '70s2003TV Series documentaryThemselves
Sendung ohne Namen2003TV Series documentaryThemselves
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song2001TV Series documentaryThemselves
ABBA: The Winner Takes It All1999Video documentaryThemselves
Top of the Pops 21994-1999TV SeriesThemselves
Monte Video1994TV SeriesThemselves
Top of the Pops1976-1982TV SeriesThemselves
Paul1978TV Series
Disco1978TV SeriesThemselves

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