Cher cover album of Abba songs.

Agnetha and Frida as backing singers to Cher and Madonna! Truly, if you wanted to find evidence that this world is in a bad state, this is it! 😂

Well, I'm glad Cher has arranged ABBA's songs as if they were her own. Faithful, but with a good amount of Cher touch. I'm looking forward to this album with great enthusiasm. It makes her look less of a sellout (wink wink, Cristy Lane!!). Should Cher balance her use of auto-tuning in Dancing Queen the album, I'll definitely have it streaming on Spotify nonstop.

Understanding her obvious choice of ABBAsongs, that's a fine example of grabbing attention and making money (writing this in a positive way). I don't mind a year of waiting for Cher's second ABBA ballads and followup dance songs (I've Been Waiting For You, Nina Pretty Ballerina). 

Once upon a time, seventeen-year-old Cher stood in the wings of an LA recording studio watching her boyfriend Sonny getting harassed by ...Phil Spector. As a fan of balance in the universe, I kind of like what's happening here!

With the relative failure of GGG not making the official UK singles chart, SOS has now been released on YouTube, 
Personally as much as I like her voice, the track is purely a cover version without much deviance, nothing to get to excited about.

Beginning to think To much ABBA around..... did I actually say that 
Cher is getting lost...

3rd promo single has been announced.. it's One Of Us..

so far neither GGG or SOS has made the UK official singles charts, the album will do better, but singles as stated before no longer work for older chart acts, that could include ABBA...

the charts , for older acts to chart here in the UK , need to be changed, which is unlikely...

   Graham -- None of the Cher Singles has had a Physical release. That has severely held them back.
   The ABBA Singles are to be given more than one Physical Format. Their release will be an 'Event'.
   The Cher Singles are not seen as an 'Event'. She was never as big as ABBA. Nor has she taken 
    well over 30 Years to record New Singles.

   Cher's Singles have been getting Air Play. A lot of DJ's are interested in them. However, they are just
   not doing at all well via Streaming. Hence why they cannot get into the Main UK Top 100...

   She has now admitted that she never liked ABBA, in the 1970's. She said that she felt Benny & Bjorn used
   Agnetha's and Frida's voices, like instruments, on the Songs. That Sonny used to use her voice in the same
   way. In fact, every Producer, who ever used big Production techniques, used voices in that way. Sonny used
   to work for Phil Spector. Cher sang backing, on some Phil Spector Singles. There is nothing bad or wrong,
   about using vocals as extra Instruments.

Ok, I understand ..to a point... but why not have a physical release? It seems pointless to release any track as a single otherwise, especially as pointed out older acts are finding it increasingly difficult to chart, their companies must surely know that...

Its a different era, not necessarily better and some tracks are for promotion only , for the album, I do understand that... I guess Agnethas foray into the singles , was a flop for the singles , but great for the album. Therefore is the emphasis now on the Album charts, but it's still so important to have a number single, a paradox if you don't release a format that sells...frustrating...if Cher  had the correct formats she potentially had three ABBA tracks that would've charted, officially though chart wise all were  flops...

For fun....Cher to have a top 20 album possibly a top 10.. I think we may be beginning to be ABBA overloaded..

  The Cher ABBA Album is currently the iTunes No.1 Album in 27 Countries - including the UK.

  So, if it can carry that over to the proper Official Charts - in each Country - it will be huge.

  It looks like it may well be far more of a Hit than I expected.

  However, it is not where it is in Week 1 and Week 2, that counts. We will see where it is in the UK etc. in Week 3 and Week 4.

  That will tell us if it is to be a proper Hit and not just a 1 or 2 Week 'Wonder'...

   In her Twitter Account Cher is calling 'Dancing Queen' her biggest ever Album. She is genuinely 
   surprised at how well it is doing. She was not sure if she could compete against today's 'Young'
   Female Acts. Well, she has an advantage over a lot of them - she can actually Sing!

   It is the No.1 Album on both European & Global iTunes.

  In 1998 she had the UK's 'All Time' Solo Female Single with 'Believe'. It was No.1 for 7 Weeks
  and sold over 1,820,000 in the UK alone. It is the UK's 17th 'All Time' Hit. However, her Album
  of the same Title, was 'only' a UK No.7 Hit.

  This time she can't get any Hit Singles from 'Dancing Queen', but it looks like it will reach No.1
  or No.2 in the UK. Her only challenger, for the No.1 Album, is Rod Stewart's New Album, which
 will be his 8th UK No.1 Album - if he beats Cher. If Cher's Album is No.1 it will be her 3rd in the
 UK, and her 1st since 1992, when her 'Greatest Hits 1965 to 1992' was No.1. It was only a few
 Weeks after 'ABBA Gold' was No.1. ABBA's was the 461st UK No.1 Album and Cher's was the 
 466th UK No.1 Album...(The 1992 Cher 'Hits' Album had its 7th and final No.1 Week in the
 Chart of W/E 16th January 1993).

  Hejiranyc -- The rumour is that Chic will also be in this Week's UK Top 5, with their 'Comeback' Album.
  So, the 'Golden Oldies' really are doing well this Week.
 
  Also - someone has 'leaked' today's Mid Week UK Top 2 Album Sales.

  If they are accurate, (and we'll know by 17.45 today), then Cher is not going to have a No.1
  with 'Dancing Queen'. Rod Stewart's 'Blood Red Roses' Album is already too far ahead of her.

  His Album is in at No.1 with 25,000 sold and Cher is in at No.2 with 14,011 Sales.
  
  It is the 1st time that Rod and ABBA Songs have been at No.1 and No.2 in the UK since W/E 12th January 1980.
  Then 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2' rose to No.1 for a 4th Week, and ended Rod's 5 Week 'Run' with his 'Greatest Hits'
  Album. The ABBA Album had previously held him off the No.1 spot, for 3 Weeks, in December 1979.

  It is his 9th UK No.1 Album. I forgot that he had his 8th in 2013. It brings his No.1 Albums level with ABBA,
  Queen and Eminem, who only had his 9th a Month ago. It is Rod's 29th No.1 Week, in the Album Chart. The
  same as Eminem. Queen have 21 No.1 Weeks. ABBA are far ahead of all of them, with 57 No.1 Album Weeks...

  'Blood Red Roses' comes in 2 versions, which is why he has outsold Cher. Her Album is just the 10 Tracks one,
  and there is no 'Deluxe' version, with extra Tracks. (If ABBA ever return with a New Album, they really must
  get with the times and release 2 versions of it. One with, (say), 10 Tracks and the other with about 14 Tracks.
  Cher is using old fashioned marketing methods and they hold you back).

Cher has landed a number 3 chart position in the USA with her album 'Dancing Queen'. That is a stunning result, and matches her best solo album performance in that chart (I understand she had a number 2 US album jointly with Sonny many years prior).

Apparently the album sold c. 153,000 copies to do this.....

Well, she pretty much put her thumb on the scale to pull this off.  The purchase of a pair of tickets to Cher's upcoming "Here We Go Again" tour in the U.S. automatically gets a free download/copy of her new album; this still counts towards her total sales.  This is an impressive number no matter what, but one wonders how many copies she would have sold if she wasn't giving it away with the purchase of concert tickets (an arena tour, no less).