‘ABBA Gold’ turns into first album to spend 1,000 weeks on UK charts

ABBA‘s iconic best hits compilation album ‘ABBA Gold’ has made historical past, changing into the primary album to spend 1,000 weeks on the UK charts.

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From the week beginning on July 2, ‘ABBA Gold’ sits at quantity 17, virtually twenty years following its launch. This represents a achieve of six spots from quantity 23 the week prior.

As reported by the BBC, this implies the album has been on the charts for 19 years and 12 weeks, having not dropped out of the charts since its debut launch in September 1992.

Up to now, the album has offered 5.61million copies within the UK, making it the second highest-selling album of all time within the nation, behind Queen‘s ‘Biggest Hits’.

“Not unhealthy for 4 outdated turnips,” ABBA’s Benny Andersson informed the BBC upon listening to the information.

In Might, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus stated that followers can anticipate new music from the Swedish pop legends this yr.

“There will likely be new music this yr, that’s particular,” he informed The Herald Solar. “It’s not a case anymore of it would occur, it is going to occur.”

Nonetheless, Ulvaeus additionally shared that there’ll be no biopics concerning the band within the close to future, regardless of the success of biopics on Queen and Elton John.

“I don’t suppose we might need that truly,” Ulvaeus stated in April.

“I actually know myself I wouldn’t need an actor – not whereas I’m alive – to play me on the massive display and I don’t suppose the others would really like that both.”