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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = The Best of ABBA
| name = The Best of ABBA
| type = compilation
| type = greatest
| artist = [[ABBA]]
| artist = [[ABBA]]
| cover = Best_of_abba.jpg
| cover = Best_of_abba.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = 1975
| released = August 1975
| recorded = 1972–1975
| recorded = 1972–1975
| venue =
| venue =
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| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] (Austria, Germany, India, Netherlands and Norway)<br/>[[RCA Records|RCA]] owned by [[Sony Music Australia|Sony Music Entertainment Australia]] (Australia and New Zealand)
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] (Austria, Germany, India, Netherlands and Norway)<br/>[[RCA Records|RCA]] owned by [[Sony Music Australia|Sony Music Entertainment Australia]] (Australia and New Zealand)
| producer = [[Benny Andersson]] & [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| producer = [[Benny Andersson]] & [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| prev_title =
| prev_title = [[ABBA (album)|ABBA]]
| prev_year =
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title =
| next_title = [[Greatest Hits (ABBA album)|Greatest Hits]]
| next_year =
| next_year = 1975
}}
}}


'''''The Best of ABBA''''' is a compilation [[greatest hits]] album by [[Sweden|Swedish pop]] group [[ABBA]], first released in August 1975 in the Netherlands.
'''''The Best of ABBA''''' is a compilation [[greatest hits]] album by [[Sweden|Swedish pop]] group [[ABBA]], released in November 1975 in [[Australia]], [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Norway]], and in 1976 in [[Austria]] and [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ABBA: The Best of ABBA|url=http://www.discogs.com/ABBA-The-Best-Of-ABBA/master/49774|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=30 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Best of ABBA|url=http://www.abbareleases.net/abba/comp150.html|publisher=ABBA—The Releases|accessdate=30 September 2012}}</ref> Globally ABBA released ''[[Greatest Hits (ABBA album)|Greatest Hits]]''. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria and New Zealand, and went on to be certified 24x Platinum in New Zealand and 22x Platinum in Australia. The album is tied with [[Dire Straits]]' album ''[[Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)|Brothers in Arms]]'' for being the best-selling album in New Zealand.<ref name="Seven Top Certified New Zealand Albums 2007">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyU5AQAAIAAJ&q=x+platinum|author=Scapolo, Dean|title=The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-877443-00-8|accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>


== Overview ==
In Australia it spent [[Number one albums of 1976 (Australia)|16 weeks at number one]], and in New Zealand it topped the charts for 18 weeks. ''The Best of ABBA'' was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies. At one stage [[RCA Records]] owned by [[Sony Music Australia|Sony Music Entertainment Australia]] couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the country's shops, and copies had to be pressed under licence by a rival record company. In both countries, this album charted better than all the other ABBA releases, and it also became the first ever album to be [[certified gold]] in Australia before it was even released.
After being released in the Netherlands, ''The Best of ABBA'' was then released in West Germany, and then in Australia and New Zealand in November 1975, before being released in Austria and India in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |year=1975 |title=ABBA: The Best of ABBA |url=http://www.discogs.com/ABBA-The-Best-Of-ABBA/master/49774 |accessdate=30 September 2012 |publisher=Discogs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Best of ABBA |url=http://www.abbareleases.net/abba/comp150.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221031751/http://www.abbareleases.net/abba/comp150.html |archive-date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=30 September 2012 |publisher=ABBA—The Releases}}</ref> Despite not being released in Norway, imports led the album to chart. After import copies were being sold in Scandinavia, ABBA's ''[[Greatest Hits (ABBA album)|Greatest Hits]]'' was rush-released there in November 1975. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria and New Zealand, and went on to be certified 24× Platinum in New Zealand and 22× Platinum in Australia. The album is tied with [[Dire Straits]]' album ''[[Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)|Brothers in Arms]]'' for being the best-selling album in New Zealand.<ref name="Seven Top Certified New Zealand Albums 2007">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyU5AQAAIAAJ&q=x+platinum|author=Scapolo, Dean|title=The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-877443-00-8|accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>

In Australia it spent [[Number one albums of 1976 (Australia)|16 weeks at number one]], and in New Zealand it topped the charts for 18 weeks. ''The Best of ABBA'' was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies. At one stage [[RCA Records]] couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the country's shops, and copies had to be pressed under license by a rival record company. In both countries, this album charted better than all the other ABBA releases, and it also became the first ever album to be [[certified gold]] in Australia before it was even released.


''The Best of ABBA'' was re-released in 1988 on vinyl and CD, but was only available for a short time.
''The Best of ABBA'' was re-released in 1988 on vinyl and CD, but was only available for a short time.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written and composed by [[Benny Andersson]] & [[Björn Ulvaeus]], except where noted.
All tracks are written by [[Benny Andersson]], [[Björn Ulvaeus]] and [[Stig Anderson]], except where noted.<ref>RCA Victor VPL1-4020A LP recording 1975 Polar Music AB</ref>


{{Track listing
===Side 1===
| headline = Side one
#"[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]" <small>(written by Andersson, [[Stig Anderson]], Ulvaeus)</small> – 2:41
| title1 = [[Waterloo (song)|Waterloo]]
#"[[Ring Ring (song)|Ring Ring]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, [[Neil Sedaka]], Phil Cody)</small> – 3:01
| length1 = 2:41
#"[[Honey, Honey]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 2:52
| title2 = [[Ring Ring (ABBA song)|Ring Ring]]
#"[[Mamma Mia (song)|Mamma Mia]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 3:32
| length2 = 3:01
#"[[People Need Love]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 2:40
| writer2 = {{hlist|Andersson|Anderson|Ulvaeus|[[Neil Sedaka]]|Phil Cody}}
#"[[Nina, Pretty Ballerina]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 2:50
| title3 = [[Honey, Honey]]
<ref>RCA Victor VPL1-4020A LP recording 1975 Polar Music AB</ref>
| length3 = 2:52
| title4 = [[Mamma Mia (ABBA song)|Mamma Mia]]
| length4 = 3:32
| title5 = [[People Need Love]]
| length5 = 2:40
| writer5 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus}}
| title6 = [[Nina, Pretty Ballerina]]
| length6 = 2:50
| writer6 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus}}
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| total_length = 36:16
| title1 = [[I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do]]
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = [[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
| length3 = 3:12
| writer3 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus}}
| title4 = [[Bang-A-Boomerang]]
| length4 = 4:00
| title5 = [[Hasta Mañana]]
| length5 = 3:05
| title6 = [[So Long (ABBA song)|So Long]]
| length6 = 3:06
| writer6 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus}}
}}


===Side 2===
== Personnel ==
#"[[I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 3:15
#"[[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 3:22
#"Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" – 3:12
#"[[Bang-A-Boomerang]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 3:00
#"[[Hasta Mañana]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 3:05
#"[[So Long (ABBA song)|So Long]]" <small>(written by Andersson, Ulvaeus)</small> – 3:06
<ref>RCA Victor VPL1-4020B LP recording 1975 Polar Music AB</ref>


* [[Agnetha Fältskog|Agnetha Falkstög]] – lead vocals (8, 9, 11), co-lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12), backing vocals
==Charts and certifications==
* [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] – co-lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12), backing vocals
* [[Björn Ulvaeus]] – guitar, lead vocals (5), backing vocals
* [[Benny Andersson]] – piano, synthesizers, backing vocals

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!Chart (1975-76)
! scope="col" | Chart (1975–76)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
!Peak
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])
| 1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
{{albumchart|Austria|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
|-
{{albumchart|Netherlands|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of ABBA|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
|-
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{{album chart|Germany4|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|id=7371|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
|-
{{albumchart|Italy|92|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
|-
{{albumchart|New Zealand|1|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (2008)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Italy|92|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2021}}
|-
|-
{{albumchart|Norway|14|artist=ABBA|album=The Best of|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}


===Sales and certifications===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1976)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=428}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row" | Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1976 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1976 |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1976 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]] |language=de |date=1976 |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3865 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]] |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1977)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1977 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]] |language=de |date=1977 |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 30
|-
! scope="row" | Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1977 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1977 |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 23
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3866 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1977 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]] |access-date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref>
| 18
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Sales and certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Best of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Platinum|number=22|salesamount=1,100,000|relyear=1975|certyear=1979|autocat=yes|certref=<ref name=BBRCA>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%2222+platinum%22#v=snippet&q=%2222%20platinum%22&f=false|title=Billboard Magazine Volume 91, No. 36|ISSN=0006-2510|last=Baker|first=Glen|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=8 November 1979|accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Best of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Platinum|number=22|relyear=1975|certyear=1979|certref=<ref name=BBRCA>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%2222+platinum%22|title=Billboard Magazine Volume 91, No. 36|issn=0006-2510|last=Baker|first=Glen|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=8 November 1979}}</ref>|salesamount=1,210,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/blogs/the-tribal-mind/the-tribal-mind-archive-the-music-australia-loved-20130110-2cilw.html|title=The Music Australia Loved|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 January 2013|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112160723/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/blogs/the-tribal-mind/the-tribal-mind-archive-the-music-australia-loved-20130110-2cilw.html|archive-date=12 January 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|title=best of Abba|artist=ABBA|award=|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|salesamount=500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.hr/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT62&lpg=PT62&dq=yugoslavia+album+sales&source=bl&ots=AePxOfjVBk&sig=tXqgQ3ggwA1miVOXebUDdn9uh64&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBssvSwq7cAhXEA5oKHXv2AdkQ6AEIajAH#v=onepage&q=holland|publisher= Billboard|title=Abba The World|first= Willem|last=Hoos|date=8 September 1979|accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Best Of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Platinum|relyear=1975|certyear=1978|accessdate=24 December 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Best Of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Gold|number=2|relyear=1975|certyear=1978|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|type=album|title=Best Of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1977}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Best Of|artist=ABBA|type=album|region=India|nocert=true|salesamount=50,000|relyear=1975|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-07-18.pdf|publisher=Billboard|title=India: Sleeping Giant Awakes|first=Glenn|last=Baker|page=70|date=18 July 1981|accessdate=10 July 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|type=album|title=Best Of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1977|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=Best Of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Platinum|number=24|relyear=1975|certyear=1979|autocat=yes|certref=<ref name="Seven Top Certified New Zealand Albums 2007"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|title=best of Abba|artist=ABBA|nocert=true|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|salesamount=500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=holland&pg=PT62|publisher= Billboard|title=Abba The World|first= Willem|last=Hoos|date=8 September 1979|accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=Best Of ABBA|artist=ABBA|award=Platinum|number=24|relyear=1975|certyear=1979|certref=<ref name="Seven Top Certified New Zealand Albums 2007"/>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of best-selling albums in Australia]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in the Netherlands]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in New Zealand]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in New Zealand]]


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Latest revision as of 03:41, 10 September 2024

The Best of ABBA
Greatest hits album by
ABBA
ReleasedAugust 1975
Recorded1972–1975
GenrePop
Length36:16
LabelPolydor (Austria, Germany, India, Netherlands and Norway)
RCA owned by Sony Music Entertainment Australia (Australia and New Zealand)
ProducerBenny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA chronology
ABBA
(1975) 		The Best of ABBA
(1975) 		Greatest Hits
(1975)

The Best of ABBA is a compilation greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, first released in August 1975 in the Netherlands.

Übersicht

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After being released in the Netherlands, The Best of ABBA was then released in West Germany, and then in Australia and New Zealand in November 1975, before being released in Austria and India in 1976.[1][2] Despite not being released in Norway, imports led the album to chart. After import copies were being sold in Scandinavia, ABBA's Greatest Hits was rush-released there in November 1975. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria and New Zealand, and went on to be certified 24× Platinum in New Zealand and 22× Platinum in Australia. The album is tied with Dire Straits' album Brothers in Arms for being the best-selling album in New Zealand.[3]

In Australia it spent 16 weeks at number one, and in New Zealand it topped the charts for 18 weeks. The Best of ABBA was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies. At one stage RCA Records couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the country's shops, and copies had to be pressed under license by a rival record company. In both countries, this album charted better than all the other ABBA releases, and it also became the first ever album to be certified gold in Australia before it was even released.

The Best of ABBA was re-released in 1988 on vinyl and CD, but was only available for a short time.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, except where noted.[4]

Side one
No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."Waterloo" 2:41
2."Ring Ring"
3:01
3."Honey, Honey" 2:52
4."Mamma Mia" 3:32
5."People Need Love"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
2:40
6."Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
2:50
Side two
No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" 3:15
2."SOS" 3:22
3."Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:12
4."Bang-A-Boomerang" 4:00
5."Hasta Mañana" 3:05
6."So Long"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:06
Total length:36:16

Personnel

[edit]

Charts

[edit]

Sales and certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19] 22× Platinum 1,210,000[20]
Germany (BVMI)[21] Platinum 500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[22] Gold 10,000*
Indien — 50,000[23]
Niederlande — 500,000[24]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[3] 24× Platinum 360,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "ABBA: The Best of ABBA". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. ^ "The Best of ABBA". ABBA—The Releases. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  4. ^ RCA Victor VPL1-4020A LP recording 1975 Polar Music AB
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – ABBA – The Best of" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – ABBA – The Best of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – ABBA – The Best of" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – ABBA – The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  10. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – ABBA – The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "Italiancharts.com – ABBA – The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 428. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  13. ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1976" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1976. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  15. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  17. ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1977" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1977 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  19. ^ Baker, Glen (8 November 1979). "Billboard Magazine Volume 91, No. 36". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
  20. ^ "The Music Australia Loved". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (ABBA; 'Best Of ABBA')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  22. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1977". IFPI Hong Kong.
  23. ^ Baker, Glenn (18 July 1981). "India: Sleeping Giant Awakes" (PDF). Billboard. p. 70. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  24. ^ Hoos, Willem (8 September 1979). "Abba The World". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2018.


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