ABBA'S GOLD vs BEATLES' SGT. PEPPERS (& "MAMMA MIA" @ TVE-1)

Es oficial, el album "GOLD" de Abba adelanta al "SGT. PEPPERS" de los Beatles y pasa a ser el segundo álbum más vendido de todos los tiempòs en el Reino Unido después del "GREATEST HITS" de Queen. Incluimos la información en inglés y el enlace a la sitio web oficial de las listas de éxitos británicas. Y recordaros que esta noche "Mamma Mia!" por TVE1.


It's official, Abba's "GOLD" album has overtaken the Beatles' "SGT. PEPPERS" and is the second most sold album in the UK of all time just after Queen's "GREATEST HITS". Here's the information and the link to the British official charts website. A reminder: "Mamma Mia!" will be shown tonight on TVE1.

ENLACE / Link:
@ OfficalChartsCompany
@ NME
@ MusicWeek

Abba's Greatest hits passes out Sgt Peppers to become second biggest selling album after Queen

Abba's greatest hits collection has overtaken The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper in the chart of the biggest selling albums in British musical history.

While both albums have sold over 5.1 million copies in the UK, the Swedish band's 1992 Best Of collection has now nudged ahead of The Beatles' 1967 album by nearly 15,000 copies.

An estimated one in five British households owns a copy of either Gold or Sgt Pepper's.

The announcement coincides with this year's Eurovision Song Contest being held in Abba's homeland. The group won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo, which became their first number one single in the UK. 

Bjorn Ulvaeus, who co-wrote Abba hits including Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You and The Name Of The Game said: “It feels unreal - outselling the greatest record of all time.”

Queen's 1981 Greatest Hits album remains the UK's most popular, with 5.9 million sales.

Adele's 2011 album, 21, and Oasis' 1995 second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, complete the top 5.

This week may also mark a double celebration for Abba, with the group's former singer Agnetha Faltskog looking set to score the highest-charting solo album of her career this evening. 

Her new offering, A, looks likely to break the top 10 according to mid-week sales figures, while her previous UK best, My Colouring Book, peaked at Number 12.