Up-Dated - ABBA's UK Download Sales

PLEASE NOTE – The Official Charts Company began monitoring the Sales of UK Downloads in November 2004 – which is when these ABBA Downloads begin. If I've put an A next to a Song, it means that its Downloads go up to W/E 1st October 2015 - inclusive. If I've put a B next to a Song, it means that its Download Sales go up to W/E 11th August 2016 – inclusive. A C next to a Song means that its Sales go up to the very latest UK Chart - W/E 8th September 2016. There was an interesting development as regards the 'So Long' Single. In 2011 The OCC told me that it had sold Zero UK Downloads. They told me the same thing, in their August 2016 reply. I asked them if they were sure that it has not sold any UK Downloads at all. They re-checked & got back to me. It turns out that it has been selling very well, as a UK Download, but it had been entered wrongly on their Computers, so those Sales were not being counted. They have told me that it has really sold 5,000 UK Downloads.


01)… DANCING QUEEN -- 204,000 -- (To W/E August 11th 2016) B

02)… DANCING QUEEN -- 192,300 -- (To W/E October 1st 2015) A

03)… MAMMA MIA -- 140,700 A

04)… THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL -- 100,000 A

05)… WATERLOO -- 71,300 A

06)… GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) -- 66,700 A

07)… DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW -- 57,100 A

08)… TAKE A CHANCE ON ME -- 56,300 A

09)… THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC -- 54,200 A

10)… SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS -- 50,100 A

11)… CHIQUITITA -- 47,000 A

12)… SOS -- 46,900 A

13)… KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – 45,200 A

14)… HONEY HONEY -- 44,000 A

15)… FERNANDO -- 43,100 A

16)… MONEY MONEY MONEY -- 41,100 A

17)… SUPER TROUPER -- 40,600 A

18)… I HAVE A DREAM -- 39,900 A

19)… VOULEZ VOUS -- 38,000 A

20)… LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME -- 37,800 A

21)… I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO -- 35,300 A

22)… ONE OF US -- 33,700 A

23)… HAPPY NEW YEAR -- 31,000 -- (To W/E August 11th 2016) B

24)… HAPPY NEW YEAR -- 29,300 -- (To W/E October 1st 2015) A

25)… THE NAME OF THE GAME -- 29,400 A

26)… THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME -- 28,700 A

27)… OUR LAST SUMMER -- 26,400 A

28)… EAGLE -- 24,200 A

29)… ANGEL EYES -- 21,000 A

30)… RING RING -- 18,100 A

31)… SUMMER NIGHT CITY -- 16,300 A

32)… WHEN ALL IS SAID & DONE -- 11,400 A

33)… WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER – 8,200 A

34)… UNDER ATTACK -- 7,300 A

35)… ANDANTE ANDANTE -- 6,900 A

36)… HEAD OVER HEELS -- 6,600 A

37)… THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO -- 6,300 A

38)… HASTA MANANA -- 6,000 B

39)… MY LOVE MY LIFE -- 6,000 B

40)… MOVE ON – 6,000 B

41)… THE PIPER -- 6,000 B

42)… ARRIVAL -- 5,600 A

43)… DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) -- 5,000 B

44)… SO LONG – 5,000 C (To W/E 8th September 2016)

45)… TIGER -- 5,000 B

46)… THE VISITORS -- 4,600 A

47)… BANG-A-BOOMERANG -- 4,000 B

48)… ROCK ME -- 4,000 B

49)… ONE MAN ONE WOMAN -- 4,000 B

50)… I WONDER (DEPARTURE) -- 4,000 B

51)… NINA PRETTY BALLERINA – 3,000 B

52)… IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU – 3,000 B

53)… THATS ME – 3,000 B

54)… WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME? – 3,000 B

55)… HOLE IN YOUR SOUL -- 3,000 B

56)… IF IT WASNT FOR THE NIGHTS -- 3,000 B

57)… KISSES OF FIRE -- 3,000 B

58)… ON AND ON AND ON -- 3,000 B

59)… ME AND I -- 3,000 B

60)… SOLDIERS -- 3,000 B

61)… LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM -- 2,700 A

62)… PEOPLE NEED LOVE -- 2,000 B

63)… HE IS YOUR BROTHER – 2,000 B

64)… DUM DUM DIDDLE -- 2,000 B

65)… I'M A MARIONETTE -- 2,000 B

66)… AS GOOD AS NEW -- 2,000 B

67)… THE KING HAS LOST HIS CROWN – 2,000 B

68)… PUT ON YOUR WHITE SOMBRERO -- 1,800 B

69)… CASSANDRA – 1,600 A

70)… I AM THE CITY -- 1,200 A

71)… SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY -- 1,100 A

72)… ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER TRAIN -- 1,000 B

73)… DISILLUSION -- 1,000 B

74)… I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR -- 1,000 B

75)… LOVE ISN'T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH) -- 1,000 B

76)… ROCK'N ROLL BAND -- 1,000 B

77)… SITTING IN THE PALMTREE -- 1,000 B

78)… KING KONG SONG -- 1,000 B

79)… MY MAMA SAID -- 1,000 B

80)… WHAT ABOUT LIVINGSTONE? -- 1,000 B

81)… GONNA SING YOU MY LOVE SONG – 1,000 B

82)… HEY HEY HELEN -- 1,000 B

83)… TROPICAL LOVELAND -- 1,000 B

84)… LOVERS (LIVE A LITTLE LONGER) -- 1,000 B

85)… LOVELIGHT -- 1,000 B

86)… DREAM WORLD -- 1,000 B

87)… I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK -- 1,000 B

88)… TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE -- 1,000 B

89)… YOU OWE ME ONE -- 1,000 B

90)… MEDLEY -- 4 B




1)… I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON – (1982) – 2,000 B



1)... IF I THOUGHT YOU’D EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND – (2004) – 3,000 B

2)... WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM – (2004) – 1,000 B

3)... WHEN YOU REALLY LOVED SOMEONE – (2013) – 15,000 B

4)... THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU NOW – (2013) – 4,000 B

5)... I SHOULD’VE FOLLOWED YOU HOME – (WITH GARY BARLOW) – (2013) – 12,000 B



1)... STORY OF A HEART (SINGLE) - BENNY ANDERSSON BAND – (2009) – 13,000 B



A)... ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK - MURRAY HEAD – (1984) – 26,000 B

B)... I KNOW HIM SO WELL - ELAINE PAIGE & BARBARA DICKSON – (1985) – 92,000 B




PLEASE NOTE – The OCC, (Official Charts Company), did not start to compile the UK Charts until W/E 12th February 1994. So 'ABBA Gold's Total is missing its Sales from W/E 21st September 1992 to W/E 5th February 1994. 'More ABBA Gold' is missing its 1993 & January 1994 Sales. The Budget CD 'The Music Still Goes On' was released in March 1996. There was no Budget Chart until January 1997 – so that is missing its March 1996 to December 1996 Sales – 10 Months. An A next to an Album means that its Total goes up to W/E 1st October 2015 – inclusive and a B next to an Album means that its Sales go up to W/E 11th August 2016 – inclusive. A C next to an Album means that its Sales go up to the very latest UK Chart – W/E 8th September 2016 – inclusive.



A)... 'ABBA GOLD' (W/E 12th FEBRUARY 1994 – W/E 1st OCTOBER 2015) – 4,393,400 A



B)... 'ABBA GOLD' (W/E 12th FEBRUARY 1994 – W/E 11th AUGUST 2016) – 4,464,000 B



C)... 'ABBA GOLD' (W/E 12th FEBRUARY 1994 – W/E 8th SEPTEMBER 2016) – 4,475,000 C



D)... ‘MORE ABBA GOLD’ (W/E 12th FEBRUARY 1994 – W/E 1st OCTOBER 2015) – 336,100 A



E)… ‘MORE ABBA GOLD’ (W/E 12th FEBRUARY 1994 – W/E 11th AUGUST 2016) – 339,000 B



F)... ‘ABBA GOLD/MORE ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS’ (2014 RELEASE - TRIPLE CD) – 4,200 A



G)... ‘THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC‘ (4 CD BOX SET) (1994) – 24,600 A



H)... ‘THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON’ (MARCH 1996 - BUDGET CD) (ITS SALES SINCE JANUARY 1997) – 230,000 A



I)... ‘FOREVER GOLD’ (1996 - DOUBLE CD) – 61,600 A



J)... ‘THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION’ (2001 - DOUBLE CD) – 229,600 A



K)... 'THE NAME OF THE GAME' (2002 - BUDGET CD) – 292,100 A



L)... ‘ABBA - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION’ (READERS DIGEST BOX SET) (2003) – (200) A



M)... '18 HITS' (2005) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) – 500,500 A



N)… '18 HITS' (2005) – (To W/E 11th August 2016) – 512,000 B



O)... 'NUMBER ONES' (2006) – 169,300 A



P)... 'THE ALBUMS' (9 CD BOX SET) (2008) – 65,700 A



Q)... ‘MAMMA MIA!’ - ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING (1999- W/E 1st October 2015) – 407,200 A



R)... ‘MAMMA MIA!’ - FILM SOUNDTRACK (2008) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) – 1,468,000 A



S)... ‘CLASSIC ABBA - THE MASTERS COLLECTION’ (2009) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) A



T)... ‘ABBA’ - THE VINYLS (LP BOX SET) (RELEASED DECEMBER 2010) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) – 300 A



U)... ‘THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION’ (2012 RELEASE - DOUBLE CD) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) – 7,100 A



V)... ‘THE VISITORS’ (2012 REISSUE) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) – 73,200 A



W)... ‘LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA’ (2014 - DOUBLE CD) – (To W/E 1st October 2015) – 8,400 A




01)... RING RING - How many copies has the ‘Deluxe’ version sold since 2013? – 26,000 B



02)... WATERLOO - How many copies has the ‘Deluxe’ version sold since it was released in 2014? – 36,000 B



03)... ABBA - How many copies has the ‘Deluxe’ version sold since it was released in 2012? – 15,000 B



04)... ARRIVAL - How many copies has the ’Deluxe’ version sold since it was released in 2006? – 114,000 B



05)... THE ALBUM - How many copies has the ’Deluxe’ version sold since it was released in 2007? – 49,000 B



06)... VOULEZ-VOUS - How many copies has the ’Deluxe’ version sold since it was released in 2010? – 41,000 B



07)... SUPER TROUPER - How many copies has the ’Deluxe’ version sold since it was released in 2011? – 107,000 B



08)... THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS - How many copies has this ABBA Box Set sold since 2005? – 5,000 B



09)... LOVE STORIES (1998) - How many copies has this ABBA Compilation sold? – 52,000 B



10)... GREATEST HITS (RE-ISSUE OF THEIR 1976 ALBUM) (2006) - How many copies has this sold? – 11,000 B



11)... GRACIAS POR LA MUSICA (2014) - How many has this sold? – 2,000 B





A)... SOMETHING'S GOING ON ('LIMITED EDITION') (2015) - FRIDA - How many has this sold? - 400 B



B)... MY COLOURING BOOK - AGNETHA FALTSKOG (2004) - How many has this sold? – 57,000 B



C)... A - AGNETHA FALTSKOG (2013) - How many has this sold? – 124,000 B



D)... CHESS - ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM (RE-ISSUE) (2014) - How many copies has this sold? – 43,000 B



E)... STORY OF A HEART (ALBUM) - BENNY ANDERSSON BAND (2009) - How many has this sold? – 22,000 B