ABBA Tribute

ABBA: “A” for Agnetha, “B” for Bjorn, “B” for Benny and “A” for Anni-Frid

This Swedish band, founded in 1972, instantly won the audience’s love, as they were performing popular at the time pop, eurodisco and glam rock. Until present Abba are considered one of the best bands in the history of pop music. The record sales were incredibly high and their singles and were always at the top of the music hit charts.

The band is named after its members, A for Agnetha, B for Bjorn, B for Benny and A for Anni-Frid. Each of the artists had a solo career and was successfully performing until Abba was formed. Bjorn was the lead singer and guitarist of a youth band, Benny played keys for a Swedish band «Hep Stars», Anni was one of the young music talent contest winners and Agnetha was known for composing and performing her own music.

The band was formed at the end of 1970-ies, however their name was officially established in 1973. The debut single was «Waterloo», performed at the Eurovision song contest it became world famous. In about a year’s time the band went on their first international tour. They performed 11 shows in Australia in 1977 and instantly won the audience’s hearts. In another year Abba reached the peak of their popularity. The band continued releasing new songs, making video clips and performing on stage.

Despite their huge popularity in Europe, Abba weren’t too well known in the USA. Their singles came up in the music hit charts, but the album sales were low. The most successful album was «Arrival» released in 1976. Their one and only tour in the USA happened in 1979, however the artists had to stop performing because Agnetha never felt entirely comfortable as a stage performer.

At the beginning of the 80-ies the bands creative energy was decreasing, in 1982 they produced their final single «Under Attack», in 1983 Abba unofficially broke up. However a few years later Abba reunited to work on new projects and release more music.