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ABBA

Swedish pop quartet
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Summary

ABBA is a musical group[1]. ABBA ranks in the top 0.054% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108,055 views/month, #11 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Rockbjörnen for the century's Swedish group/artist[3], Musikexportpriset[4], Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[5], First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[6]
  • Instance of: quartet[7], vocal-musical ensemble[8], organization[9]
  • Founder: Benny Andersson[10], Björn Ulvaeus[11], Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus[12]
  • Genre: pop music[13], pop rock[14], Europop[15], Eurodisco[16], dance music[17], glam rock[18], music of Sweden[19], Scandinavian pop[20], disco[21]
  • Named after: Agnetha Fältskog[22], Björn Ulvaeus[23], Benny Andersson[24], Anni-Frid Lyngstad[25]
  • Record label: Polydor[26], Polar[27], Atlantic Records[28], Epic Records[29], Universal Music Group[30], RCA Records[31], Polar Music International AB[32], Vogue[33], Tonpress[34], RSO Records[35], Melodiya[36], CBS[37], Dynamic Sounds Studio[38], Carnaby Music[39]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[40]

  • Country: SE[41]

  • Began / founded: 1972-09[42]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2022[43]

  • Genre(s): disco, euro-disco, europop, glam rock, mainstream rock, pop, pop rock, rock[44]

  • Community tags: 1980s, 1990s, am pop, contemporary pop/rock, dance music, disco, euro-disco, euro-pop, europop, glam rock, mainstream rock, music of sweden, palindrome, pop, pop rock, pop-rock, rock, scandinavian pop, sweden, swedish pop, swedish pop/rock[45]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d87e52c5-bb8d-4da8-b941-9f4928627dc8[46]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for ABBA include ABBA: The Museum[47], a museum[48], in Sweden[49], founded in 2013[50]; ABBA: You Can Dance[51], a video game[52], directed by Alkis Argyriadis[53]; and SingStar: ABBA[54], a video game[55].

Why It Matters

ABBA has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] ABBA is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

ABBA has been cited as an influence by Erasure[58], a musical duo[59], founded in 1985[60]; Manic Street Preachers[61], a musical group[62], founded in 1986[63]; and Perla[64], a singer[65], b. 1952[66], of Brazil[67].

Entities named for ABBA include ABBA: The Museum[47], a museum[48], in Sweden[49], founded in 2013[50]; ABBA: You Can Dance[51], a video game[52], directed by Alkis Argyriadis[53]; and SingStar: ABBA[54], a video game[55].

FAQs

What awards did ABBA receive?

Honors received include Rockbjörnen for the century's Swedish group/artist[3], Musikexportpriset[4], Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[5], and First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[6].

Who did ABBA influence?

ABBA has been cited as an influence by Erasure[58], Manic Street Preachers[61], and Perla[64].

Related Entities

Agnetha Fältskog Anni-Frid Lyngstad Atlantic Records Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Dynamic Sounds Studio EMI Epic Records Manic Street Preachers Melodiya Philips Records Phil Spector Polydor PolyGram RCA Records Stockholm Sweden The Mamas & the Papas Universal Music Group Victoria and Albert Museum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  6. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Fralambert · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of ABBA awards and nominations, list of ABBA tribute bands, list of ABBA tribute acts +5
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Has list: list of ABBA concert tours"
  2. 7w ago · Gewild · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Theaterencyclopedie id → 01944072-f1db-7166-bf81-da619f5a6b73
    Yandex music artist id → 9367
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Theaterencyclopedie id: 01944072-f1db-7166-bf81-da619f5a6b73"
  3. 9w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → musical group, quartet, vocal-musical ensemble +1
    Tv tropes id → Music/ABBA
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: organization"
  4. 10w ago · Xeroctic · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → Music/ABBA
    Official website → https://abbasite.com
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tv tropes id: Music/ABBA"
  5. 13w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 55403
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 55403, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296166073|ABBA (#296166073)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] #mix'n'ma"
  6. 17w ago · Ontogon · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinemarx person id (archived) → ABBA, 3849300
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Cinemarx person id (archived): ABBA"
  7. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → abba:ABBA, music:ABBA, sweden:ABBA +9
    Viaf cluster id → 312765907, 132672797
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ru, sv, de, lv, it, fr, vep, nb, se, ca, es, et, fi, fit, mhr, rmf, sjd, sje, sju, sma, smj, smn, sms, eo, kl, kg, az, tk */ Cleanup: remove wikimed"
  8. 17w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Competition won → Eurovision Song Contest 1974
    Nominated for → Brit Award for International Album
    Official website → https://abbasite.com
    Work period end → —
    + 60 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Discogs artist id: 69866"
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