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Abba's Gold tops UK chart again | Abba's Gold tops UK chart again |
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Abba's greatest hits compilation Gold, first released in 1992, has become the oldest album to top the UK album chart. | |
The record, which has made it to the top spot on four previous occasions, knocked Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends down to two. | The record, which has made it to the top spot on four previous occasions, knocked Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends down to two. |
In the singles chart, US musician Kid Rock has ended rapper Dizzee Rascal's four-week reign with his track All Summer Long - last week's number two. | In the singles chart, US musician Kid Rock has ended rapper Dizzee Rascal's four-week reign with his track All Summer Long - last week's number two. |
Ireland's The Script climb 27 places to three with The Man Who Can't Be Moved. | Ireland's The Script climb 27 places to three with The Man Who Can't Be Moved. |
That rise, however, is dwarfed by American singer Katy Perry's controversial track I Kissed a Girl, which has jumped 135 places to become this week's number four. | That rise, however, is dwarfed by American singer Katy Perry's controversial track I Kissed a Girl, which has jumped 135 places to become this week's number four. |
Popularity | Popularity |
Swedish supergroup Abba are enjoying a new surge of popularity at present thanks to the release of Mamma Mia! in cinemas. | Swedish supergroup Abba are enjoying a new surge of popularity at present thanks to the release of Mamma Mia! in cinemas. |
The film's soundtrack of exuberant Abba covers reached the top spot itself last month. | The film's soundtrack of exuberant Abba covers reached the top spot itself last month. |
With sales in excess of 26 million copies, Gold is the fourth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK. | With sales in excess of 26 million copies, Gold is the fourth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK. |
The record originally reached number one in 1992, repeating that feat three times in 1999. | The record originally reached number one in 1992, repeating that feat three times in 1999. |
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