Success in The United States
During their active career, from 1972 to 1982, ABBA achieved 14 Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 (13 on the Cashbox Top 100), ten of which made the Top 20 on both charts, with four singles reaching the Top 10, including "Dancing Queen" which reached number 1. While "Fernando" and "SOS" did not break the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart they did reach the Top 10 on Cashbox ("Fernando") and Record World ("SOS") charts.
The group also had 12 Top 20 singles on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with two of them, "Fernando" and "The Winner Takes It All", reaching number 1. "Lay All Your Love on Me" was ABBA's fourth number 1 single on a Billboard chart, topping the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The singles "Dancing Queen" and "Take a Chance on Me" were certified gold (more than 1 million copies sold) by the RIAA.
Nine ABBA albums made their way into the Top 100 on the Billboard 200 album chart, with seven of them reaching the Top 50. Four of those albums reached the Top 20, with ABBA: The Album at number 14 being the highest position. Five albums received RIAA gold certification (more than 500,000 copies sold), while three acquired platinum status (selling more than one million copies). In 1993, the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits collection was released in the United States and has since become a seven-time platinum best-seller. It also topped the Bilboard Top Pop Catalog Albums chart (it also peaked at number 11 on a Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart).
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