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In response to "actually, the surprise is that their number is that "low" -- nm" by zork

not to me. I knew Abba was popular, but also that they were more of a flash in the pan with a short career.

Posted by ty97 Aug 6 '09, 13:05

Those numbers astound me.

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I was floored when I went to see Mamma Mia on stage. People love the shit out of Abba, apparently. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 13:19
*smacks monitor* -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 13:17
Nothing could be further from the truth -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 13:15 3
- I'm too young to know anything other than their greatest hits album -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 13:16 2
  - Age has nothing to do with it. Whenever I look at best selling artists in other countries, ABBA is usually in the mix. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 13:18 1
    - Yes it does. I'm young, dammit! -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 13:22
They are super-popular internationally -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 13:15 5
- strange anecdote: when I was in chile, every restaurant I went into for about a 10 days had abba videos playing soundlessly on tv. I started to - mafic Aug 6, 13:16
- oh yeah, I knew this. I just...didn't realize they were Top 10 selling acts of all time popular. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 13:15 3
  - Personally, it amazes me that AC/DC is up there. Well, not a surprise because I've seen that list before, but... -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 13:17 2
    - Sort of a well-known tidbit that Back In Black was the best selling album of all time before Thriller. Might still be second. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 13:20 1
      - It is -- (link) - ty97 Aug 6, 13:21
they had like 8 studio albums in 9 years or something. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 13:08
the sales have never stopped though. about ten years ago they were offered $1 billion to go on tour. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 13:06 12
- They were offered this again like a month ago to fill MJs dates -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 13:13
- An ABBA tour would be off the scales popular. -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 13:08 10
  - (I just stated the obvious, didn't I. Duh.) -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 13:11 9
    - I like potatoes! -- nm - Loyola si Aug 6, 13:12 8
      - my irish roommates get really grouchy with that one. someone got one of them a mr. potatohead for office secret santa (from "irish santa"), he was - mafic Aug 6, 13:13 6
        
        i guess it's feast or famine with that joke -- nm - zork Aug 6, 13:15 5
        
        if it's referring to the famine, it's kinda not funny. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 13:17 4
        
        interesting how people know about that but few know about the (Soviet-engineered) Ukrainian Holodomor which killed between 2.6 and 10 million people -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 13:25 2
        
        Actually, I think most Americans - loosilu Aug 6, 13:30
        
        Well, so many Irish are Americans now, and in positions of power here, at that -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 13:28
        
        Unlike all the other puns one generally sees..... -- nm - mara Aug 6, 13:22
      - *laughing* piss off ;) -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 13:12

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not to me. I knew Abba was popular, but also that they were more of a flash in the pan with a short career.

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