Greatest Hits Vol. 2

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Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Abba; 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 2016-02-18.

Greatest Hits Vol. 2 was released on CD in 1982 by Polydor but was deleted from their ABBA CD range in 1992 when it was replaced with ABBA Gold. It was also released in the US by Atlantic Records in 1983 with the same mastering as the Polydor CD but was discontinued there in the late 1980s as well. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on 17 November 1975 [4] and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably the UK on 10 April, and on 18 September in the US and Canada. The 1976 version of the album included the band's most recent single " Fernando". Eagle", "I Wonder (Departure)", "Take A Chance On Me", "Thank You For The Music"&"The Name Of The Game" are from the LP " ABBA - The Album". A few more songs had been issued as singles somewhere in the world, with I've Been Waiting For You reaching #49 in Australia and Love Isn't Easy (But it Sure Is Hard Enough) charting at #21 in Denmark. [ citation needed] Polar's version of Greatest Hits reached number one in Sweden and in Norway, [6] [7] but lost out in sales over much of the rest of Europe and in Australia and New Zealand to the already released rival compilations. However, it had no competition in the UK and in North America, and the UK version of the album was released in April 1976. In the five-month period between the releases of the Scandinavian and UK versions of Greatest Hits, ABBA had achieved their second consecutive (and third overall) UK number-one single with "Fernando", and this song was added to the UK version of the album, as well as to a reissued version in Norway and Denmark. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the start of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK during the latter half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number-one albums for the group. It spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and went on to become the best-selling album of 1976 [8] and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. [9] As of July 2016 it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, [10] with sales of over 2.6 million. [11]a b "ABBA fenomen ili fenomenalna ABBA". Džuboks. No.33. April 1977. p.5 . Retrieved 6 November 2020– via Popboks. a b Myers, Justin (12 July 2016). "The greatest of the greatest: the UK's official Top 10 biggest hits collections revealed". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 July 2016. Malta - a small market with large potential" (PDF). Music Week. 16 July 1977. p.14 . Retrieved 15 February 2022.

Dutch album certifications – Abba – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 8 August 2018. Enter Greatest Hits Vol. 2 in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1980 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". Recorded & mixed at Polar Music Studio, Metronome Studio, Marcus Music, Bohus Studio & Glen Studio. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes: 1960–2000: les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020 . Retrieved 8 May 2022– via Top-France.fr. From the Music Capitols of the World – Athens" (PDF). Billboard. 18 November 1978. p.73 . Retrieved 25 January 2022– via World Radio History.

a b "American album certifications – Abba – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Israeli Awards". Billboard. 18 August 1982. p. 58 . Retrieved 12 December 2019. israel gold 20,000 billboard.

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Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 29 October 1979 to coincide with their tour of North America and Europe (taking place between September and November 1979). It was ABBA's second chart-topping album of the year, the first being Voulez-Vous, and contained the brand new single " Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", recorded in August 1979.

Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Conciseed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p.31. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7. Palm, Carl Magnus (2014). Abba: Bright Lights, Dark Shadows (3rded.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-78305-359-9. a b Palm, Carl Magnus (2017). ABBA: The Complete Recording Sessions (2nd Revised and Expandeded.). United Kingdom: CPI Group. p.345. ISBN 978-91-639-2656-3. a b Murrells, Joseph. Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p.393. ISBN 0668064595. Global sales were well over 6,000,000 ... Australian sales of this albums were over 900,000 Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p.14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 . Retrieved 30 November 2021– via worldradiohistory.com.Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17 . Retrieved 2014-07-13. Chart File – Top 100 Albums 1980" (PDF). Record Mirror. 4 April 1981. p.38. ISSN 0144-5804– via World Radio History.