Greatest Hits Vol. 2

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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".

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). 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.Eagle", "I Wonder (Departure)", "Take A Chance On Me", "Thank You For The Music"&"The Name Of The Game" are from the LP " ABBA - The Album".

a b "American album certifications – Abba – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. LPs are housed in gatefold sleeve and includes Polar logo inner sleeve with notation: "SD 16009 Printed in U. S. A."Recorded & mixed at Polar Music Studio, Metronome Studio, Marcus Music, Bohus Studio & Glen Studio. Palm, Carl Magnus (2014). Abba: Bright Lights, Dark Shadows (3rded.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-78305-359-9. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "ABBA". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.8 . Retrieved August 24, 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] Offiziellecharts.de – ABBA – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2022.