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ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All” debuts on one of Billboard’s two worldwide rankings, earning the band its sixth win on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Picture taken in 1974 in Stockholm shows the Swedish pop group Abba with its members (L-R) Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus posing after winning the Swedish branch of the Eurovision Song Contest with their song “Waterloo”. – Sweden’s legendary disco group ABBA announced on April 27, 2018 that they have reunited to record two new songs, 35 years after their last single. The quartet split up in 1982 after dominating the disco scene for more than a decade with hits like “Waterloo”, “Dancing Queen”, “Mamma Mia” and “Super Trouper”. (Photo by Olle LINDEBORG \/ TT News Agency \/ AFP) \/ Sweden OUT (Photo credit should read OLLE LINDEBORG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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ABBA<\/a> officially called it quits in 2022 after releasing its final album, Voyage. That set arrived 40 years after The Visitors, which had previously served as the Swedish pop band\u2019s last full-length. Since then, the outfit\u2019s music can be heard not only on streaming platforms and on the radio, but in media projects like Mamma Mia! (both films and the theatrical musical) and at its hologram show in London.<\/p>\n ABBA often finds space on charts in major markets with Gold: Greatest Hits, the massively successful compilation that features many of its best-known songs. From time to time, one of the smashes featured on that set may also reach a Billboard ranking, though more often than not, it is Gold that keeps the Grammy-nominated group present on various lists instead of the individual tunes featured on its track list. <\/p>\n This week, ABBA collects a new hit on one of the company\u2019s most competitive rosters with a single that is nearly half a century old.<\/p>\n ABBA Debuts \u201cThe Winner Takes It All\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Winner Takes It All\u201d<\/a> debuts on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a>, which lists the most-consumed songs throughout the world outside the United States using plays on streaming sites and sales. The ABBA classic barely reaches the 200-position tally, where it launches at No. 198.<\/p>\n ABBA Scores Its Sixth Global Hit<\/p>\n \u201cThe Winner Takes It All\u201d becomes ABBA\u2019s sixth career placement on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. It also stands as the band\u2019s lowest-peaking entry on the ranking, at least for the moment.<\/p>\n That distinction \u2013 not quite an honor \u2013 previously belonged to \u201cGimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight).\u201d<\/a> The dance-pop favorite spent one week on the roster at No. 187 earlier this year, which turned out to be its peak.<\/p>\n ABBA Has Charted New Hits in Only Two Different Years<\/p>\n ABBA has racked up half a dozen hits on Billboard Global Excl. U.S., but all six of those appearances have come to the group in only two distinct years. In September 2021, three tracks by the band debuted at the same time. \u201cDon\u2019t Shut Me Down,\u201d \u201cI Still Have Faith in You\u201d and \u201cDancing Queen\u201d all reached the roster during the same frame.<\/p>\n A few months later, \u201cWhen You Danced With Me\u201d gave ABBA another win. The band then went several years without adding to its total before \u201cGimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)\u201d arrived earlier in 2026.<\/p>\n Three ABBA Songs Have Reached Both Global Rankings<\/p>\n Only half of the ABBA tracks that have appeared on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. have also found space on the Billboard Global 200, which includes consumption from the U.S. alongside sales and streams from music fans around the rest of the world.<\/p>\n