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ABBA was a pop music group formed in Stockholm, Sweden in November 1970. The band consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. They topped the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982 with eight studio albums, twenty-six #1 singles and numerous awards. They won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo". A jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA called "Mamma Mia" opened in London's West End in 1999 and has since become one of the most popular musicals in the world. In 2008 a movie version was made with Meryl Streep among the cast. |
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News in english
about ABBA
(September / 2009)
ENTERTAINMENT: New role for Bjorn Ulvaeus Date: 01 Sep 2009
The New Straits Times -
Catch the ex-Abba member in a new documentary travel series which airs today, writes DENNIS CHUA.
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Gimme, gimme, gimme a Swedish superstar Date: 02 Sep 2009
CNN -
Swedish superstars ABBA are a pop phenomenon -- one of the biggest and most enduring groups ever to wear matching white body suits. They have had number one hits the world over and 26 years after they last performed together the huge success of "Mamma Mia! The Movie" proved they were as popular as ever.
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Bangkok Post : The real dancing king Date: 02 Sep 2009
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news -
With Mamma Mia! staging its last show last week after a successful run in Bangkok, the music of Abba must still be ringing loudly among those who were fortunate enough to jlattend. It's the kind of feel-good, timeless creations that are so pure and innocent to the point of being shelved among the classics. Abba's founding member, Bjorn Ulvaeus, acknowledges that fact _ in that his music legacy ...
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Bjorn Ulvaeus: ABBA star behind Mamma Mia Date: 02 Sep 2009
CNN -
Bjorn Ulvaeus was one half of the songwriting genius behind Swedish pop legend ABBA. After the band split up in 1982 Ulvaeus turned his talents to writing musicals, including "Mamma Mia," now a blockbuster movie.
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Nigeria: 'The Country Can Learn From India's SMEs' Date: 02 Sep 2009
AllAfrica.com -
Abuja — The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Chief Humphrey Abba has said that Nigeria has a lot to learn from the Indian experience in order to grow its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sub-sector.
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Live Review: V Festival, Day One Date: 02 Sep 2009
Independent -
If you’d have said a week ago that an ABBA tribute band would be a good call for this massive event then we’d have branded you insane but as the sun shone unsympathetically down over the Staffordshire countryside, Bjorn Again were possibly the best opener to this event yet. Having the entire arena bursting into song and dance from the offset it set the tone for one of the best years in V ...
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Abba night to aid kids like Kienen Date: 03 Sep 2009
Yorkshire Evening Post -
AN ABBA-themed charity night will help youngsters like an "amazing little soul" who died aged nine.
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From the Couch: Dale Jr. is better than ABBA Date: 03 Sep 2009
Yahoo.com -
Following this week's Your Turn , I thought it time I chimed in (despite my oft questioned credentials) on a subject I have yet to broach, entirely because it wasn't merited. I imagine that it won't be a popular topic, and also, it will. Because if I've learned one thing in life, it's that there are two kinds of people: those who believe there is only one NASCAR driver in this world and those ...
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