Talk:ABBA discography

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Why not include the Spanish-language albums Gracias Por La Musica, Oro and the partly Spanish Todo. (Coachtripfan (talk) 15:37, 18 January 2013 (UTC))[reply]

  You have no information about the next Global ABBA Compilation

- 'The Essential Collection'. It is released on May 21st 2012.

  LINK:,
  http://www.abbasite.com/the-essential-collection/
 82.22.125.117 (talk) 10:56, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Essential Collection reached #16 in Germany - its best performance and #29 in Sweden

Who removed the album covers?

Any sales?

For a comprehensive list of chart positions around the world, check out this site: http://home.zipworld.com.au/~callisto/abba.html (Coachtripfan (talk) 11:34, 14 December 2012 (UTC)) (Coachtripfan (talk) 16:34, 14 December 2012 (UTC))[reply]

"Summer Night City" reached No.1 in Ireland, but is not listed as charting at all. I'll leave it because I don't know what other mistakes there may be. Also the album discography looks a bit of a mess. Shouldn't it be boxed off like the singles? --Tuzapicabit (talk) 04:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do we need chart info from New Zealand, Austria and Norway? They are small record markets. It would be better to concentrate on the largest markets - US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Canada, Netherlands and because it's ABBA, Sweden. A full comprehensive list can be found on the WorldWide Chart Lists website, link above. (Coachtripfan (talk) 11:34, 14 December 2012 (UTC))[reply]

You missed out a lot of the Swedish singles! You don't start until Fernando. (Coachtripfan (talk) 10:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC))[reply]

I just found a compilation album that is missing here! Chronicles was released in 2006, though I do not have any charting info for it. I have the songlist (3 discs!) and will post it after I finish with my work on the Ben E. King page.

Reply to Tuzapicabit: Yeah, the list is not boxed off nicely, and seems to be a bit of a scruffily put-together effort. I may look more into this in the future once I've mastered the use of the boxes on my project page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CycloneGU (talk • contribs) 02:24, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right - the text at the top is a wee bit slim - I'd add who were the main songwriters for most records, and just note the most successful single and original studio album I guess. And maybe a sentence or two on label history. The article could end up as a Featured list, so polish up on reading there :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:30, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've already listed Benny and Bjorn as the songwriters and producers, when I was still going by User talk:76.198.234.254. "Dancing Queen" and Arrival are their biggest hits worldwide, song and album respectively, with "Fernando" up there also. I will add this in. --Discographer (talk) 16:24, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Universal Music had bought out Polar Music, so that's even listed. --Discographer (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article is ready to be nominated. --Discographer (talk) 17:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm....let's compare it with one already done (scratches head)......(sound of ruffling wikipages) aha! here's one --> Red Hot Chili Peppers discography. Ok what to do....Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:44, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to adjust the font-size for the use of the tables again as I see my recent adjustment to the tables has been reverted, and I dislike edit-warring intensely. I do strongly believe that the fonts are too large and they need to be minimized. Perhaps considering it won't be a bad idea. I'm referring to the sizes that are used for example at Madonna albums discography or Celine Dion albums discography.--Harout72 (talk) 07:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The table says "One Man, One Woman" and "Dum Dum Diddle" were released as singles in certain areas. However, I almost failed to find any reliable sources confirming these statements. Any help will be appreciated. — Qweedsa (talk) 09:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As I remember, right after 'Thank you for the music'(1983), in 1984 there was another compilation of ABBA's love songs, called -'Love Songs'. Regards;207.216.132.157 (talk) 04:18, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There was an LP compilation called Love Songs released by the Beatles around that time.

Maybe that is what you are remembering? Varlaam (talk) 22:44, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is it this? http://felpin80.tripod.com/ata/1980-1984.html#anchor112252 (Coachtripfan (talk) 19:57, 15 December 2012 (UTC))[reply]

I don't seem to be seeing any.
Is Madonna's "Hung Up" the best-selling ABBA single at 9 million copies? Varlaam (talk) 22:46, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP, "Dancing Queen" sold a miserly 3 million. Varlaam (talk)

Dancing Queen had sold 3 Million to the end of 1976. It did not reach No.1, in the USA, until well into 1977. So you have to add in well over 1 Million USA Sales, to its 1976 Total. It was still Top 10 in many Countries, at the end of 1976. So, those Sales have to be added in. It has also sold over 700,000, in Downoads, between the UK & USA alone. Its Global Sales are at least 7 Million. The 3 Million Sales, at the end of 1976, were merely its Sales to that point.....86.13.2.211 (talk) 21:09, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

UK Top 20 selling singles (includes downloads) 1. Dancing Queen 1,100,000 2. Knowing me Knowing you 845,000 3. Super Trouper 815,000 4 Fernando 775,000 5 Take a Chance on Me 705,000 6 the Name of The game 700,000 7 The Winner Takes it All 620,000 8 Chiquitita 575,000 9 I Have a Dream 570,000 10 Waterloo 510,000

11 Mamma Mia 505,000 12 Gimme Gimme Gimme 490,000 13 Angel Eyes/Voulez Vous 480,000 14 One of Us 405,000 15 Does Your Mother Know 375,000 16 Money Money Money 310,000 17 Summer Night City 250,000 18 Lay All Your Love On Me 200,000 19 SOS 190,000 20 ThankYou for the Music 80,000

Compiled by the Official Charts Company 2010 as featured in the VH1/MTV Official Top 20 rundowns. Total UK sales 10,900,000 as featured in the Virgin Book of Hit Singles.http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/abba-official-top-20 (Coachtripfan (talk) 19:47, 29 March 2012 (UTC)) (Wikijjb (talk) 14:47, 26 November 2011 (UTC))[reply]

For sales - official and estimate check, http://abbasales.hpage.com/ (Coachtripfan (talk) 08:24, 27 August 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Dear ABBA experts, there is an orphan article called ABBA: The Collection with no real links to it. Is this a misnamed article that duplicates a correctly named one somewhere else? I notice that the article only contains a wikilink to one of the songs, when others were possible. I'm afraid I must leave it to your collective skill and judgement what needs to be done with this article. Thanks in advance. TheAMmollusc (talk) 07:11, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is now platinum x14 in the Uk ABBA GOLD UK(Coachtripfan (talk) 10:38, 26 September 2013 (UTC))[reply]

This reached #48 not #4! http://home.zipworld.com.au/~callisto/weekcomm.html (Coachtripfan (talk) 16:10, 6 November 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Why is there no discography for countries in Latin American and elsewhere for Abba and other musical artists? Abba was quite popular in South America, from Venezuela to Brazil to Argentina