Abba
Sweden
Formed: 1970
Died: 01 January 1982
Genres: Pop/Rock, Electronic, R&B
Styles: Europop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Swedish Pop/Rock, Euro-Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Disco, Dance, R&B/Soul
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The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA dated back to 1966, when keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson, a onetime member of the popular beat outfit the Hep Stars, first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus, the leader of the folk-rock unit the Hootenanny Singers. The two performers began composing songs together and handling session and production work for Polar Music/Union Songs, a publishing company owned by Stig Anderson, himself a prolific songwriter throughout the 1...
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