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ABBA

Swedish music quartet that existed from 1972 to 1982 and was named after the first letters of the performers' names: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad. It is one of the most successful collectives in the entire history of popular music and the most successful of those created in Scandinavia: the band's records were sold worldwide in a circulation of more than 350 million copies. The quartet's singles held first places in charts from the mid-1970s ("Waterloo") to the beginning of the 1980s ("One of Us"), and their collections topped world hit parades even in the 2000s. The band's music remains in radio station playlists, and their albums continue to be sold to this day. They were the first representatives of continental Europe to win first places in the charts of all leading English-speaking countries (USA, Great Britain, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand). For outstanding services to music, on March 15, 2010, the band ABBA was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.