Abba on Universal Music. The ABBA story began in June 1966 when Björn Ulvaeus (born 1945) met Benny Andersson (born 1946) for the first time. Björn was a member of the Hootenanny Singers, a very popular folk music group, while Benny played keyboards in Sweden’s biggest pop group of the 1960s, The Hep Stars.

ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest on April 6, 1974. Soon after this triumph 'Waterloo' was Number One on the charts all over Europe, and even reached the US Top Ten.

In March 1980, ABBA took their tour to Japan for what turned out to be their very last live concerts. The rest of the year was devoted to the recording of ABBA's next album, Super Trouper, containing classic hits like 'The Winner Takes It All' and the title track.