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The Swedish music industry has produced a lot of bands that have gained international fame. Roxette, The Cardigans, Ace of Base and ABBA are only few bands from the professional bandlist. ABBA - Sweden’s most famous band ever opened the eyes of the world for Swedish music.
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Opinions about ABBA
Mia Segolsen at Polar AB tells us that ABBA have helped a lot of Swedish artist out in the world.
-They have been almost as big in the whole world as they were in Sweden. So they have represented Sweden in a very good way and have been idols for many people.
The music teacher at Parkskolan Egon Hillergren means that -The reasons for ABBA´s success are that they have made good songs and have been a group with a good combination of special individuals.
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The ABBA Story
The story about the famous group started in June 1966 when Björn Ulvaeus met Benny Andersson for the first time. They established a partnership as composers. In the spring of 1969 Björn and Benny met two women, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad who where to become, not only their fiancees but also the other half of ABBA. Their name was ABBA, an acronym of their first names. ABBA released their first album "Ring Ring" in 1973. The most famous moment in their history was on the Eurovision Song Contest in April 6 1974. They became winners with the song called "Waterloo" and the whole world cheered. After that they made a tour around the world with songs like "Mamma mia", "Waterloo", "Dancing Queen", "The Winner takes it all" and so on. ABBA released about eight original albums and later some "Greatest Hits".
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The end of the story
ABBA split in 1982. It was hard for the group to stick together when Agnetha and Björn decided to get divorced in 1979. But they kept on playing a few years more thanks to their manager Stig Andersson. The last record came out in 1981 but they weren’t getting along better then. Agnetha and Anni-Frid were arguing all the time. In 1982 there were nothing else to do but to go separate ways for them when Anni-Frid and Benny also got divorced.
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The time after ABBA
After the break up Anni-Frid and Agnetha went on with their solo careers. Björn and Benny kept on working together as composer partners. They have written musicals like "Chess" (1984) and "Kristina från Duvemåla" (1995). Its a fact that no one have dominated the music industry like ABBA did.
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What do you think about ABBA?
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