ABBA discography#Videography
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = ABBA
|Image = ABBA Edmonton 1979 001.jpg
|Caption = ABBA performing in Edmonton, Canada, 1979
| Studio = 9
| Singles = 53
| Compilation = 13
| Live = 2
}}
Swedish pop group ABBA has released nine studio albums, two live albums, thirteen compilation albums, four box sets, five video albums, 53 singles, and 41 music videos. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time,{{Cite web|last=Harrison|first=Andrew|title=Why are Abba so popular?|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140415-why-are-abba-so-popular|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211020/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140415-why-are-abba-so-popular|archive-date=20 October 2021|access-date=26 February 2025|website=BBC|date=21 October 2014}}{{cbignore}} and are one of the best-selling music acts in the history of popular music. Throughout their career, ABBA has sold more than 400 million records worldwide.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58339627|title=Abba tease major announcement ahead of new music|work=BBC|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=26 August 2021|access-date=26 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/8/abba-unexpected-success-story-that-started-50-years-ago-1208|title=ABBA: Unexpected success story that started 50 years ago|website=ABS-CBN|date=8 April 2024|access-date=26 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/abba-hope-to-better-than-elvis-and-michael-jackson-with-immersive-performance.html|title=ABBA hopes to go one better than Elvis and Michael Jackson with new immersive performance|last=Bryer|first=Tania|website=CNBC|date=23 May 2022|access-date=26 February 2025}} They have scored nine number-one singles and 10 number-one albums in the UK, becoming the most successful Swedish act of all time on the Official Charts,{{cite web|title=Abba {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8604/abba/|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=26 February 2025}} and were ranked third best-selling singles artists in the United Kingdom with a total of 11.3 million singles sold as of November 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-20-biggest-selling-groups-of-all-time-revealed-__2515/ |title=The Official Top 20 biggest selling groups of all time revealed!|website=Official Charts Company|date=3 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2021}} In May 2023, ABBA were awarded the BRIT Billion Award, which celebrates those who have surpassed the milestone of one billion UK streams in their career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lewis-capaldi-mariah-carey-and-more-honoured-with-new-brit-billion-award__39180/|title=Lewis Capaldi, Mariah Carey and more honoured with new BRIT Billion award|last=Smith|first=Carl|website=Official Charts Company|date=4 May 2023|access-date=26 February 2025}}
ABBA's biggest hit singles worldwide are "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", with Arrival being their biggest hit studio album.{{Cite book|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|title=Guinness Book of Rock Stars|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd.|year=1991|isbn=0-85112-971-4|location=Enfield|page=1}}
The compilation album ABBA Gold is the second best-selling album of all time in the UK and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecoast.net.nz/news/abba-to-release-a-special-abba-gold-30th-anniversary-edition-on-vinyl-and-cassette/|title=ABBA to release a special 'ABBA Gold' 30th anniversary edition on vinyl and cassette|website=thecoast.net.nz|publisher=NZME Radio Limited|date=14 August 2022|access-date=8 April 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.umusicpub.com/se/News/2022/ABBA-Gold-30.aspx|title=ABBA Gold 30th Anniversary|publisher=Universal Music Publishing Group Scandinavia|date=21 September 2022|access-date=8 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205143245/https://www.umusicpub.com/se/News/2022/ABBA-Gold-30.aspx|archive-date=5 February 2023|url-status=live}}
Albums
=Studio albums=
=Compilation albums=
=Other compilation albums=
=Live albums=
=Box sets=
Extended plays
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|+List of extended plays, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Extended play details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |AUS |
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scope="row"| Waterloo/Watch Out/Ring Ring/Rock'n Roll Band{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1030115-ABBA-Waterloo-Watch-Out-Ring-Ring-Rock-N-Roll-Band|title=ABBA - Waterloo / Watch Out / Ring Ring / Rock 'N Roll Band|publisher=Discogs|date=1977|access-date=3 March 2025}}
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| 60 |
scope="row"| Live 77{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2006630-ABBA-Live-77|title=ABBA - Live 77|publisher=Discogs|date=1977|access-date=2 March 2025}}
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scope="row"| Greatest Original Hits – 4 Track E.P.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/218242-ABBA-Greatest-Original-Hits-4-Track-EP|title=ABBA - Greatest Original Hits – 4 Track E.P.|publisher=Discogs|date=1982|access-date=6 March 2025}}
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scope="row"| ABBA{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/767758-ABBA-ABBA|title=ABBA - ABBA|publisher=Discogs|date=1983|access-date=6 March 2025}}
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colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"|"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Singles
{{For|a complete list of all the songs|List of songs recorded by ABBA}}
=1970s=
=1980s=
=2020s=
=Promotional singles=
=Private releases=
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|+ List of private releases ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:2em;"| Year |
scope="row"|"Sång till Görel"{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/592226-ABBA-Stikkan-S%C3%A5ng-Till-G%C3%B6rel|title=ABBA and Stikkan - Sång Till Görel|publisher=Discogs|date=1979|access-date=2 March 2025}}
|1979 |
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scope="row"|"Hovas vittne"{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/449085-ABBA-Hovas-Vittne|title=ABBA - Hovas Vittne|publisher=Discogs|date=1981|access-date=2 March 2025}}
|1981 |
Other charted songs
Videography
=Video albums=
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|+ List of video albums, their format and certifications !Year !Title !Format !Certifications |
1980
|LaserDisc (MCA DiscoVision) | |
1992
|VHS, Video CD, LaserDisc | |
1993
|More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits |VHS, Video CD, LaserDisc | |
1994
|Thank You ABBA |VHS, Video CD | |
1999
|ABBA The Winner Takes It All |VHS, Video CD, DVD | |
rowspan="2"|2002
|ABBA: The Ultimate Review |DVD | |
ABBA The Definitive Collection
|2 CD/DVD box-set, Video CD, DVD | |
2003
|DVD | |
rowspan="3"|2004
|ABBA in Concert |Video CD, DVD, LaserDisc{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The LaserDisc version was released in 1990 without the bonus material.}} | |
ABBA: The Last Video
|DVD | |
ABBA Super Troupers
|DVD | |
2005
|ABBA The Movie |DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray | |
rowspan="2"|2006
|ABBA Number Ones |Video CD, DVD | |
ABBA 16 Hits
|Video CD, DVD | |
2009
|ABBA in Japan |Single DVD/Double DVD Special Edition | |
2012
|ABBA The Essential Collection |2 CD/DVD | |
===Music videos===
“Film clips” showing groups performing their songs had been used to great effect by major artists like The Beatles since the mid-Sixties as a convenience for those who were
reluctant or unable to tour or make appearances abroad. In the summer of 1974, when there was a demand for the group's presence in the United States, they hired the director Lasse Hallström to direct the group's first film clips, for "Waterloo" and "Ring Ring". Hallström had been making pop film clips for television since the late Sixties, and had recently directed a sequence of successful short comedy skits for Swedish television. The videos were successful, and the following year the group rehired him to make four promo clips of the songs they felt had the strongest hit potential on the new album ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Mamma Mia", "SOS" and "Bang-A-Boomerang"). Hallström would go on to make most of their in-house promotional clips, often on a very small budget (the four 1975 films were completed in two days, at a total cost of less than 50,000 kronor (£5,500), and Hallström did the editing work himself from his apartment). The relationship ended in 1982, prompted by changing tastes and demands and complaints from ABBA's distributors that Hallström's low-budget approach made it difficult to market the band. Director Kjell Sundvall and cinematographer Kjell-Åke Andersson, an up-and-coming filmmaker team, were hired to replace them for the final two promotional videos, "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack".Palm, Carl Magnus, ABBA: Bright Lights, Dark Shadows
See also
- Agnetha Fältskog discography
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad discography
- Benny Andersson discography
- {{Section link|Björn Ulvaeus|Discography}}
- Mamma Mia! (musical)
- Mamma Mia! (film)
- Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
- List of songs recorded by ABBA
- List of unreleased songs recorded by ABBA
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling singles by country
Footnotes
Notes for albums and songs
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Notes for peak chart positions
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References
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