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The Swedish pop stars Abba may be the quintessence of kitsch, but on "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen," "Fernando" "Take a Chance on Me," and "Mamma Mia," Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson display an uncanny knack for choruses that become permanently hooked in the cranium. Their better halves, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad, provide the blankly ingenuous vocals that allow them to pull off head-scratching lyrics such as "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" and assessments such as Lyngstad's: "Since our divorces, we are more mature, and our style progresses more quickly."
Total album sales: 197,000
Peak chart position: 186