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Sweden has had a long history of music.〔http://sandracarpenter.net/travel-tips/stockholm/〕 Many Swedish artists have enjoyed success on the British and American charts and in other English speaking countries including Australia. ==1970s: ABBA== In April 1974, Blue Swede went to number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with their cover of the B. J. Thomas song "Hooked on a Feeling". That same month, ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, with "Waterloo". It was a big success throughout Europe, and reached number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Over the next few years ABBA had 18 consecutive top ten hits in the UK, nine of them reaching number one. Having sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide, ABBA became the best-selling band of the 1970s. In 1977, "Dancing Queen" became ABBA's only number one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ABBA and Led Zeppelin are the only acts to have had 8 consecutive UK #1 albums.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Charts Records UK )〕 Shortly after the release of their seventh album ''Super Trouper'' (1980), Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA decided to end their marriage, just as Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog had done two years prior. This event did not stop the foursome from working together. ABBA's eighth album ''The Visitors'' was released in November 1981. Feeling that the energy was running out of the group, they decided to take a break in 1982; the band members have not reunited since. Fältskog and Lyngstad then both pursued solo careers. In 1982, Lyngstad released her first solo album in English, the Phil Collins produced ''Something's Going On''. This was followed with the album ''Shine'' in 1984. Fältskog recorded three English solo albums during the 1980s, ''Wrap Your Arms Around Me'' (1983); ''Eyes of a Woman'' (1985), and ''I Stand Alone'' (1987). After a 17-year hiatus, Fältskog released ''My Colouring Book'' (2004), an album of 1960s cover versions. Her latest album ''A'' (2013) has been one of her most successful, earning her Platinum status in Sweden and Gold status in the UK, Germany and Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Frida Lyngstad Bio )〕 Andersson and Ulvaeus collaborated with Tim Rice on the musical Chess which premiered in London in 1986. Two songs from the musical were hugely successful singles: "One Night in Bangkok" reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and "I Know Him So Well" topped the UK singles chart in February 1985. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swedish popular music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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