Offiziellecharts.de – ABBA – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2022. Polar's version of Greatest Hits reached number one in Sweden and in Norway, [6] [7] but lost out in sales over much of the rest of Europe and in Australia and New Zealand to the already released rival compilations. However, it had no competition in the UK and in North America, and the UK version of the album was released in April 1976. In the five-month period between the releases of the Scandinavian and UK versions of Greatest Hits, ABBA had achieved their second consecutive (and third overall) UK number-one single with "Fernando", and this song was added to the UK version of the album, as well as to a reissued version in Norway and Denmark. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the start of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK during the latter half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number-one albums for the group. It spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and went on to become the best-selling album of 1976 [8] and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. [9] As of July 2016 it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, [10] with sales of over 2.6 million. [11] Recorded & mixed at Polar Music Studio, Metronome Studio, Marcus Music, Bohus Studio & Glen Studio. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

Svensktoppen was a vote-based radio chart show for Swedish-language songs. ABBA had three number ones in this chart ("Ring Ring", "Waterloo", "Honey Honey") and a number 6 ("Åh, Vilka Tider"). Polar issued 'official' Swedish versions of " Bang-A-Boomerang" and "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" by Svenne & Lotta, both reached number 2 in this chart. Svenne & Lotta had hits with these songs in several markets. Other acts, including both Agnetha and Frida as solo performers, made Swedish-language versions of other ABBA songs; only "So Long" had not been a hit on the Svensktoppen chart, though "So Long" had been a hit on the Danish equivalent Dansktoppen. A few more songs had been issued as singles somewhere in the world, with I've Been Waiting For You reaching #49 in Australia and Love Isn't Easy (But it Sure Is Hard Enough) charting at #21 in Denmark. [ citation needed] a b "ABBA fenomen ili fenomenalna ABBA". Džuboks. No.33. April 1977. p.5 . Retrieved 6 November 2020– via Popboks.a b Palm, Carl Magnus (2017). ABBA: The Complete Recording Sessions (2nd Revised and Expandeded.). United Kingdom: CPI Group. p.345. ISBN 978-91-639-2656-3. Copsey, Rob (4 July 2016). "The UK's 60 official biggest selling albums of all time revealed". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 July 2016. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 29 October 1979 to coincide with their tour of North America and Europe (taking place between September and November 1979). It was ABBA's second chart-topping album of the year, the first being Voulez-Vous, and contained the brand new single " Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", recorded in August 1979.

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on 17 November 1975 [4] and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably the UK on 10 April, and on 18 September in the US and Canada. The 1976 version of the album included the band's most recent single " Fernando". a b Murrells, Joseph. Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p.393. ISBN 0668064595. Global sales were well over 6,000,000 ... Australian sales of this albums were over 900,000 Malta - a small market with large potential" (PDF). Music Week. 16 July 1977. p.14 . Retrieved 15 February 2022. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Abba; 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 2016-02-18. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.a b Myers, Justin (12 July 2016). "The greatest of the greatest: the UK's official Top 10 biggest hits collections revealed". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 July 2016. Chart File – Top 100 Albums 1980" (PDF). Record Mirror. 4 April 1981. p.38. ISSN 0144-5804– via World Radio History.

All songs published by Countless Songs, Ltd., (BMI) except "Eagle", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", "I Wonder (Departure)", "Money, Money, Money", "Take A Chance On Me", "Thank You For The Music" published by Artwork Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP). "Chiquitita" published by UNICEF Music Project (ASCAP).

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Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2. Top 100 Albums". RPM. Vol.34, no.6. 20 December 1980. ISSN 0315-5994– via Library and Archives Canada.