It’s official, 2014 is the year of ABBA! The reason: On 6 April
it will be exactly 40 years since the band won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton,
England and became a part of music history. Music-news.com reports that
theUniversal Music Group plans on
rolling out a year of celebrations for ABBA with numerous reissues, bonus
tracks and activities. ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with their
song 'Waterloo'. The impact of broadcast of the song made 'Waterloo' an
international hit reaching number one across Europe in Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. 'Waterloo' also
reached no. 1 in South Africa, no. 4 in Australia and no. 6 in the USA.
'Waterloo' was the first single and title track off ABBA's second album. It was
also the first Abba release to use the Abba name. Abba's first album 'Ring
Ring' was credited as Björn, Benny, Agnetha, Frida. In later years the artist
name was changed to ABBA.
It’s official, 2014 is the year of ABBA! The reason: On 6 April
it will be exactly 40 years since the band won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton,
England and became a part of music history. Music-news.com reports that
the Universal Music Group plans on
rolling out a year of celebrations for ABBA with numerous reissues, bonus
tracks and activities. ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with their
song 'Waterloo'. The impact of broadcast of the song made 'Waterloo' an
international hit reaching number one across Europe in Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. 'Waterloo' also
reached no. 1 in South Africa, no. 4 in Australia and no. 6 in the USA.
'Waterloo' was the first single and title track off ABBA's second album. It was
also the first Abba release to use the Abba name. Abba's first album 'Ring
Ring' was credited as Björn, Benny, Agnetha, Frida. In later years the artist
name was changed to ABBA.
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