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I am afraid that it is not true that SOS was Abba's first number one in France. This song was not the most successful Abba song in that country, I do I do was more successful in France and sold 300 000 copies (you can check that on Infodisc or Top France). In fact, the best selling singles for Abba in France were : Fernando, Money Money Money, Gimme Gimme Gimme, they were awarded a gold disc. Svenjonal (talk) 15:52, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The years active is ridiculous. To say they've been active since 2016 suggests they have had the same activity for the past 8 years as 1974-82. When they recorded the songs for their recent album is irrelevant. They became publicly active in 2021. They were active 1972-82, 2021. Their current 'live' show is not activity ongoing.Tuzapicabit (talk) 22:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Throughout this article, "ABBA" is treated as a plural noun. The reason for this, given in a comment, was 'This Article is written in British English, in which pop rock groups take the plural form of the verb; do not change to "was"'.
No. "Pop rock group" is a collective noun. "ABBA were a Swedish pop group" is grammatically inaccurate, and should be changed to "ABBA was a Swedish pop group".
BBC, Britannia, Los Angeles Times, Oxford and even Cambridge mostly agree that in British English, the plural verb is for the collective noun IF it is a collection of members. ABBA, most obviously, declares itself as a collection of people, and there are four of them. Now, a record label like Polar Music would be more likely to use "Polar Music is..." rather than "Polar Music are..." as it is a company with likely rotating and varying employees. I'm adept at both American and British English, so it's been a while using the latter. MISTERPITHER (talk) 00:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This article uses the charting of singles as the main indication of the value of ABBA. Some of the article is unsourced, using a fannish true-believer tone. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (Random House, 1983, ISBN 0-394-72107-1) gives the group's studio albums two stars (out of five), indicating a "mediocre" rating. I don't agree with this rating, but the article could acknowledge controversies over the group's artistic (as opposed to commercial) success. In addition, the article as a whole treats ABBA primarily as a singles band, limiting commentary on albums to how widely they sold, or produced singles. Covering ABBA's artistic achievement as a studio album band would improve this article. Hifrommike65 (talk) 21:58, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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