Agnetha Fältskog
- 5 April 1950
- She is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician.
- She wrote her first song at the age of six, entitled “Two Small Trolls”
- She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album and developed a career as one of Sweden’s most popular pop music artists
- In 1972, she portrayed Mary Magdalene in the Swedish production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
- She later achieved international stardom in the 1970s as a member of the pop group ABBA
- She is the youngest member of ABBA
- She took maternity leave from ABBA in 1973 to look after her newborn daughter Linda and was briefly replaced by Inger Brundin for a stint
- With ABBA she has sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide
- Dancing Queen’, ABBA’s biggest-selling smash hit, had the working title of ‘Boogaloo’.
- Even though ABBA’s Waterloo took home the 1974 Eurovision crown, the UK panel awarded them “nul points”
- After the break-up of ABBA in 1982, She found success as a solo artist with three albums and a leading role in a film
- She suffers from stage fright, fear of crowds and open spaces, and fear of heights,
- Abba have recorded nine studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, four box sets, five video albums, 50 singles, and 43 music videos
- To date, ABBA has sold 150 million records worldwide
- Her hits include: “Waterloo”, “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”, “Mamma Mia” and “Dancing Queen”