Swedish pop savants — Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson — ruled 1970s radio. - Credit: RB/Redferns/Getty Under the glitzy surface, these Björn-to-be-wild Swedes ...

Tribute bands are mostly a mixed bag for most music fans. Sure, some of them are just as wild and powerful as the actual band themselves, but others can lean a bit too hard into the gimmick. In the ...

ABBA is a Swedish pop band that found mainstream success in the 1970s with their hit “Dancing Queen" Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She ...

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson of Swedish pop group ABBA perform at Wembley Arena in London, England, in November 1979. Redferns Despite having new music and a ...

The plan was to see The Pink Panther Strikes Again, the fifth film in the Peter Sellers detective comedy franchise. It was March 1976 in Queensland, Australia, and as Chris Patrick’s family prepared ...

The biggest night in music is back — specifically highlighting originals by Styles, ABBA, Lizzo, Adele, and Coldplay. For the upcoming ceremony, these performers each earned a nomination in the Best ...

ABBA is in a state of grief after the loss of their sound engineer, Michael B Tretow. His family has confirmed his passing at 80 years old. Tretow was a towering figure in Swedish music, not only as ...

From the 1970s to the early '80s, ABBA scored a string of massive global hits with songs like "Mamma Mia," "Dancing Queen" and so many more. They were pioneers in many ways — one of the first groups ...

In an understated, very Swedish way, ABBA co-founder and CISAC president Bjorn Ulvaeus is apoplectic. We’re talking about the soaring value of song catalogs — a boom that has seen Bob Dylan sell his ...

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