Sweden's finest.
52 BENNY ANDERSSON/BJORN ULVAEUS
Benny Andersson was born 16th December 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden. Bjorn Ulvaeus was born 25th April 1945 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Together these gifted composers created the phenomenon that was Abba, during the 70's they had attained world domination, and still today their popularity remains, testified by the fact that the album Gold Abba's greatest hits has spent nearly six years on the chart. When Benny's marriage to Frida and Bjorn's to Agnetha broke up so inevitably did the band, they both then concentrated on musicals, also to great effect. Madonna kept the Abba legend alive in 2005 by sampling Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man after Midnight) on her number one Hung Up, this was reinforced in 2008 with the staggering success of the film 'Mamma Mia' based on the musical of the same name, which features all Abba songs.
|
NO. OF HITS |
43 |
|
NO. OF NO.1'S |
13 |
|
NO. OF TOP TENS |
29 |
|
WEEKS ON CHART |
442 |
|
|
TITLE |
ARTIST |
POS |
WKS |
|
1 |
Hung Up (2) |
Madonna |
1 |
29 |
|
2 |
Dancing Queen |
Abba |
1 |
20 |
|
3 |
Mamma Mia |
Abba |
1 |
19 |
|
4 |
I Have A Dream |
Westlife |
1 |
17 |
|
5 |
I Know Him So Well (1) |
Elaine Paige/Barbara Dickson |
1 |
16 |
|
6 |
Fernando |
Abba |
1 |
15 |
|
7 |
Knowing Me Knowing You |
Abba |
1 |
13 |
|
8 |
Super Trouper |
Abba |
1 |
12 |
|
9 |
The Name Of The Game |
Abba |
1 |
12 |
|
10 |
Abba-Esque Ep |
Erasure |
1 |
12 |
|
11 |
Waterloo |
Abba |
1 |
12 |
|
12 |
The Winner Takes It All |
Abba |
1 |
10 |
|
13 |
Take A Chance On Me |
Abba |
1 |
10 |
|
14 |
I Have A Dream |
Abba |
2 |
10 |
|
15 |
Chiquitita |
Abba |
2 |
9 |
|
16 |
Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) |
Abba |
3 |
12 |
|
17 |
Money Money Money |
Abba |
3 |
12 |
|
18 |
Angeleyes |
Abba |
3 |
11 |
|
19 |
Voulez-Vouz |
Abba |
3 |
11 |
|
20 |
One Of Us |
Abba |
3 |
10 |
|
21 |
Rumble In The Jungle |
Fugees |
3 |
8 |
|
22 |
Thank Abba For The Music (Medley) |
Steps/Tina Cousins/Cleopatra/ B*Witched/Billie |
4 |
13 |
|
23 |
Does Your Mother Know |
Abba |
4 |
9 |
|
24 |
Loadsamoney (3) |
Harry Enfield |
4 |
7 |
|
25 |
I Know Him So Well (1) |
Steps |
5 |
11 |
|
26 |
Summer Night City |
Abba |
5 |
9 |
|
27 |
S.O.S. |
Abba |
6 |
10 |
|
28 |
Lay All Your Love On Me |
Abba |
7 |
7 |
|
29 |
Honey Honey |
Sweet Dreams |
10 |
12 |
|
30 |
One Night In Bangkok (1) |
Murray Head |
12 |
14 |
|
31 |
Mamma Mia |
A Teens |
12 |
5 |
|
32 |
Super Trouper |
A Teens |
21 |
5 |
|
33 |
The Day Before You Came |
Blancmange |
22 |
8 |
|
34 |
Head Over Heels |
Abba |
25 |
7 |
|
35 |
Under Attack |
Abba |
26 |
8 |
|
36 |
The Day Before You Came |
Abba |
32 |
6 |
|
37 |
Ring Ring (4) |
Abba |
32 |
5 |
|
38 |
Thank You For The Music |
Abba |
33 |
6 |
|
39 |
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do |
Abba |
38 |
6 |
|
40 |
Time (5) |
Frida/Ba Robertson |
45 |
5 |
|
41 |
Waterloo |
Dr & The Medics |
45 |
4 |
|
42 |
Dancing Queen |
Abbacadabra |
57 |
1 |
|
43 |
Honey Honey |
Original Cast Recording From Mamma Mia |
61 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
442 |
(1) with Tim Rice
(2) with Madonna/Stuart Price
(3) with Harry Enfield/Charlie Higson/William Orbit/Paul Whitehouse/John Kander/Fred Ebb/Berry Gordy/Janie Bradford
(4) with Neil Sedaka/Phi Cody
(5) with Mike Batt/Don Black