ABBA Gold Still In Charts Around The World 2017 !

ABBA Gold - Released in 1992 - ans still charting around the world in 2017 !

iTunes album Hit Lists have ABBA Gold charting in 77 countries this week - January 2017.

Brilliant !!

Thanks to Ronnie Wielockx for this list:

Antigue & Barbuda 55
Armenia 58
Australia 71
Austria 29 + Soundtrack Mamma Mia 88
Azerbaijan 89
Barbados 45
Belarus 99
Belize 27
Bermuda 61
Bolivia 20
Botswana 94
Brazil 50
BULGARIA 6 + 40th anniversary edition 78
Burkina Faso 37
Canada 44
Cape verde 42
Cayman islands 79
Costa Rica 39
Cyprus 12
Denmark 50 + Soundtrack Mamma Mia 89
Ecuador 36
Egypt 30
El Salvador 24
Estonia 22 + 40th anniversary edition 99
Fiji 31
Finland 37
Germany 68
GREECE 8 +Soundtrack Mamma Mia 10
Guatemala 72
Honduras 66
HUNGARY 10
India 68
Ireland 67
Israel 32
Jordan 46
Kazakhstan 34
KENYA 10
Kyrgyzstan 19
Laos 55
LEBANON 5
Lithuania 25
Luxembourg 13
Malaysia 61
Malta 29
Mauritius 50
Mexico 33
Moldava 52
Mongolia 37 + 40th anniversary edition 73
Mozambique 73
Namibia 42
New Zealand 56
Nicaragua 31
Nigeria 42
Norway 27 + Soundtrack Mamma Mia 26
Panama 32
Papua New Guinea 24
Paraguay 37
Peru 16
Portugal 11 + Soundtrack Mamma Mia 20
Qatar 18
Romania 12
Singapore 58
Slovakia 28
Slovenia 18
South Africa 79
Sri Lanka 14
Sweden 33 + Soundtrack Mamma Mia 20
Switzerland 73 + 40th anniversary edition 50
Trinidad 46
Uganda 31
Ukraine 55
United Arab Emirates 43
United kingdom 95
United states of America 58
Uzbekistan 26
Venezuela 41
Vietnam 51
Zimbabwe 83

ABBA Hit Number 1 In Australia With SOS ! 12 January 1976

ABBA performing 'SOS' on the Bandstand special in Australia in March 1976.

On 12th January 1976 ABBA hit number 1 in Australia with 'SOS' after being released here in November 1975.

'SOS' was the 5th single from ABBA's self titled 1975 album.

'SOS' marked a huge turnaround in ABBA's fortunes, most notably in the UK and Ireland, where it returned the group to the Top 10 for the first time since 'Waterloo'.

Reaching #6 and #4 respectively, 'SOS' started a run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits for ABBA in the UK and Ireland.

'SOS' reached #1 in Australia, Belgium, France, West Germany (where it spent 7 weeks at the top), New Zealand and South Africa, and was a Top 3 hit in Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy (where it became ABBA's most successful hit), Mexico, Rhodesia and Switzerland.

The song also became ABBA's second Top 20 hit in the United States, peaking at #15 (due to the single charting in the U.S. before 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do', whereas elsewhere 'SOS' charted afterwards).

Some of the gorgeous picture covers from around the world.

'The Best Of ABBA' Released In Australia - November 1975 - 40 Years Ago !

Wow, has it really been 40 years since this most iconic album was released ? How the time does fly.

Released in November 1975, this is the most successful ABBA album in Australia, with sales in excess of 1,250,000 copies !

When you consider that Australia's population at the time was a mere 14 million, that is quite phenomenal.

We were proud of the fact that '1 in ever 4 households in Australia owned an ABBA album' - and rest assured, this was the album that everyone had.

The Best Of ABBA was unique to Australia and New Zealand - with other countries releasing a variation of the 14 or 15 track Greatest Hits.

'The Best Of ABBA' entered the charts on 22 December 1975. The album was released in only 2 States at the time - with the rest of the country not getting the release until February 1976.
After slowly climbing the charts for 14 weeks, it hit the number 1 spot 15 weeks after the initial release and stayed at number 1 for 16 weeks in Australia and 18 weeks in New Zealand !

Overall, it stayed in the charts for an amazing 70 weeks (yes folks, that is more than a year).

At one stage RCA Records couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the country's shops, and copies had to be pressed under licence by a rival record company.

A sentimental favourite for Australians, and probably the most recognisable album cover in this country.

Wonderful memories, playing this album over and over and over :)

ABBA Self Titled - Released 40 Years Ago !

This fabulous album was released in April 1975 - 40 years ago this year - my how time flies !

This was ABBA's third album release - second international release - and has the wonderful songs that shot them to the top in Australia - and finally around the world.

Hits include:

I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do - No. 1 in Australia
SOS - No. 1 in Australia
Mamma Mia - No. 1 in Australia

But it also contains other greats like I've Been Waiting For You, So Long, Bang A Boomerang & Rock Me - plus the amazing Intermezzo No.1.

This album went to Number 1 in Australia and was in the charts here for 65 weeks ! The only ABBA album to stay in longer was, of course, The Best Of ABBA.

Check out the Making Of The ABBA Album here:

http://www.abbasite.com/the-making-of-the-abba-album/