When the 2022 Grammy nominations were announced late last month, many people were surprised to see ABBA’s first song in nearly 40 years, “I Still Have Faith in You,” as a nominee for Record of the …
’s first song in nearly 40 years, “I Still Have Faith in You,” as a nominee for Record of the Year.
They shouldn’t have been: ABBA are one of the most popular, influential and successful groups in the history of the world. While often dismissed as a kitschy pop act during their 1970s-early ‘80s heyday, their image and at-times goofy lyrics camouflaged their indelible, deceptively sophisticated and complex songwriting and arrangements.
Yet ABBA’s hiatus went on for so long that journalists grew tired of receiving the same skeptical answers about the group reuniting, and largely stopped asking. Which made it all the more surprising in 2018 when the group’s co-founders, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, confirmed that they had reunited with singers Agentha Falkskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and recorded two new songs and were preparing some kind of virtual concert experience.
: Two new songs followed by a full album called “Voyage” in November! A groundbreaking virtual concert launching at a specially built arena in London launching in May!— and with their first-ever Grammy nomination to boot.
“A Grammy should be mandatory for those who dare leave 40 years between album releases,” they wrote. “We suggest a new category.” It was signed: “ABBA / Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid”
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