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It's been 50 years, andAbba is still in it. The group formed in 1972, and their careers really took off when they won the Eurovision Song competition in 1974. Now the quartet is known for many huge tubes, including "including"Dance queen, "" Mamma Mia "," S.O.S. "," waterloo ", and many others.

But, although they are together as a group today, many years have passed when Abba was not active. In 1982, they broke up and it took them until 2016 to come true. In addition, while the band consisted of two couples during its first formation, the two pairs are divided towards the moment when Abba dissolved. Read the rest to discover each member, who are all now in the 1970s today.

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Abba met for the first time in 1972, and the programming has always composed ofBjörn ULVAEUS,,Agnetha Fältskog,,Benny Andersson, andAnni-Frid Lyngstad. They were initially known as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid. They succeeded in succeeding, in particular in their native Sweden, but they acquired an international renown when they interpreted "Waterloo" in the Eurovision song competition and won the competition.

They had a massively success throughout the 1970s, but changes occurred within the group. Ulvaeus and Fältskog asked for divorce in 1979. Then, in 1981, Andersson and Lyngstad announced that they also divorced. According to the Abba website in 1982,ULVAEUS and ANDERSSON were more concentrated By writing music outside the group, Lyngstad and Fältskog pursued solo careers.

After 34 years,Abba met in 2016 For a performance by "Me and I" in a Stockholm gala celebrating 50 years since Ulvaeus and Andersson met and have become songwriters. In 2021, Abba releasedTravel, their first album since 1981. They are currently organizing the seriesABBA trip in London. Well, in a way. The show features group avatars from the group when they were younger that were created using movement capture technology.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

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ULVAEUS, 77, continued to work with Andersson after the end of the Abba. They wrote musicals together, contributed to theMamma Mia! musical and cinematographic adaptations, and composed for the groupGemini. AccordingThe Abba site, He is president of the International Confederation of Societies of the authors and composers and co -founded Pophouse Entertainment, which includes a hotel and the Abba museum.

Ulvaeus and Fältskog had two children together during their wedding. In 1981, Ulvaeus remarried toLena Källersjö. They welcomed two children and were togetherUntil separating in 2022. ULVAEUS is also a grandfather.

Fältskog, who is now 72, returned to a solo career after Abba, who released several albums in Swedish and English. After his 1987 albumI am alone, she withdrew from public life for years. Then in 2004, she released a new album,My coloring book, and another,A, in 2013. "Maybe I was reclusive for a few years. I was so tiredOnce Abba was over And I just wanted to be calm and with my children, "she saidDaily mail In 2013. "I got married, was in Abba, had my children, divorced, all in 10 years. I wonder how I managed it, but I was young."

Fältskog got married again after Ulvaeus in the early 90s, but marriage only lasted a few years. In herDaily mail Interview, she also talked about enjoying time with her grandchildren. "I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren. They like it when we sing together. It's fantastic to hear them and they can really sing. I don't talk to them so much about Abba and the past, but as I get older They will become more aware, "she said.

As mentioned above, Andersson, 75, and Ulvaeus continued to work together after Abba. Andersson also left solo music, made up of music for television and films, and trained his own group, Benny Andersons Orkester (BAO), in 2001. The group is still active today and released its last Album in 2019.

Andersson and teammate Lyngstad were married from 1978 to 1981, although they have been together for years before making the knot. Andersson has three children: two of a relationship before Lyngstad and one of his marriage to his second wife,Mona Nörklit, to whom he is still married today.

Lyngstad, who is 76 years old now, released solo albums before, during, and after Abba. His latest is the 1996 Swedish albumDJUPA Annetag(Deep breathing). But, she has continued to sing in the decades since. The Abba website explains thatHis latest recording was a duo of "Andante, Andante" by Abba withArturo Sandoval On his 2018 albumUltimate duets. The site also notes that today it "leads a discreet life, devoting itself to charity work".

Lyngstad was married three times. She had two children at her first marriage toRagnar Fredriksson. Then she was married to Andersson. In 1992, she marriedPrince Heinrich Ruzzo de Reuss, count of Plauen, and she became Princess Reuss. After her death in 1999, she became known as the Dowager Countess of Plauen. Since 2007,She was in a relationship withHenry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden.