Following are all the Abba, Agnetha Fältskog, Frida and related charts for France. In France, the radio chart was considered a better indicator as to what was popular throughout the 70s, and they are the charts that were widely published and used. However, sales charts were produced for the record industry, and these are what appear on these pages. For albums, the regular chart was fortnightly, and the compilations chart was monthly.
The original charts I had here were from the book Hit Parades 1950 to 1998 by Daniel Lesueur, and that information can now be found in the additional information section for France.
The information that appears on this page was provided by Emilie, who kindly took the time to compile all of this information from weekly paper records and then e-mail it to me! What a star!! Additional information from Maurizio and Dean Scapolo.
Key to Abbreviations:
Date: This information is the release month and year.
Title: The title of the single or album. With singles, if there are two titles listed on one line, that single was considered a double A side.
HP(1): The highest position the item reached in the weekly sales charts, and if a number 1, how many weeks spent at that position.
TI: How many weeks an item spent on the charts. No information for albums.
Catalogue: Catalogue number assigned to the single or album by the local record company, in this case Vogue. The company Melba was a sub-label of Vogue.
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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08/73 | People Need Love | -- | -- | Vogue 45V1448 |
12/73 | Nina, Pretty Ballerina | -- | -- | Vogue 45X3027 |
02/74 | Ring Ring | 82 | 02 | Vogue 45X4252 |
04/74 | Waterloo | 03 | 12 | Vogue 45X3075 |
05/74 | Waterloo (French Version) | -- | -- | Vogue 45X3104 |
10/74 | So Long | 64 | 03 | Révolution 45X12026 |
04/75 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | 14 | 14 | Vogue 45X12077 |
10/75 | Bang-A-Boomerang / SOS | 59 | 05 | Vogue 45X42161 |
04/76 | Fernando | 01 (03) | 13 | Melba 45X140062 |
08/76 | Dancing Queen | 05 | 12 | Melba 45X140132 |
12/76 | Money, Money, Money | 01 (03) | 13 | Melba 45X140149 |
03/77 | Knowing Me, Knowing You | 09 | 11 | Melba 45X140188 |
12/77 | The Name Of The Game | 12 | 10 | Melba 45X140314 |
03/78 | Take A Chance On Me | 10 | 12 | Melba 45X140357 |
05/78 | Eagle | 36 | 06 | Melba 45X125 |
11/78 | Summer Night City | 15 | 09 | Melba 45X180 |
02/79 | Chiquitita | 13 | 10 | Vogue 45X1134 |
05/79 | Does Your Mother Know | 26 | 07 | Vogue 45X1173 |
06/79 | Chiquitita (Spanish Version) | -- | -- | Vogue 45X1188 |
07/79 | Voulez-Vous | 09 | 11 | Vogue 45X1202 |
08/79 | Voulez-Vous / Does Your Mother Know | -- | -- | 12" |
10/79 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! | 01 (05) | 18 | Vogue 101.237 |
01/80 | Estoy Soñando | -- | -- | Vogue 101.235 |
01/80 | I Have A Dream | 42 | 08 | Vogue 101.269 (+12") |
07/80 | The Winner Takes It All | 05 | 12 | Vogue 101.353 |
11/80 | Super Trouper | 04 | 14 | Vogue 101.384 |
07/81 | Lay All Your Love On Me / On And On And On | 18 | 07 | 12" |
12/81 | One Of Us | 08 | 11 | Vogue 101.595 |
03/82 | Head Over Heels | 10 | 10 | Vogue 101.608 |
11/82 | The Day Before You Came | 38 | 06 | Vogue 101.691 (+12") |
02/83 | Under Attack | 43 | 05 | Vogue 101.718 |
09/83 | Thank You For The Music | 58 | 03 | Vogue 101.861 |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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05/74 | Waterloo | -- | -- | Vogue LDM 30263 |
06/75 | Abba | -- | -- | Vogue LD 28039 |
01/76 | Greatest Hits | 09 | 12 | Vogue 528.047 |
05/76 | Golden Double Album | 02 | 27 | Vogue + Melba 400.685 |
11/76 | Arrival | 15 | 10 | Vogue + Melba 20.238 |
01/78 | Abba - The Album | 13 | 10 | Melba LD 20.318 |
05/79 | Voulez-Vous | 06 | 16 | Vogue 508.537 |
11/79 | Greatest Hits Vol.2 | 05 | 09 | Vogue 508.850 |
11/80 | Super Trouper | 08 | 12 | Vogue 574.019 |
02/81 | The Must of Abba | 13 | 05 | Vogue VBTV 08 |
12/81 | The Visitors | 12 | 09 | Vogue 540.020 |
11/82 | Abba - The Singles | 06 | 10 | Vogue 406.506 |
12/83 | I Love Abba | 12 | 03 | |
09/90 | Abba Story | 01 | 13 | |
10/92 | Abba Gold | 01 | 48 | PolyGram 517007-2 |
08/93 | More Abba Gold | 10 | 21 | PolyGram |
wk 14/99 | Love Stories | 03 | 09 | PolyGram |
05/95 | Masters Series | ?? | 18 | PolyGram |
09/03/96 | La Compilation | 01 | 14 | PolyGram |
05/99 | Forever Gold | 03 | 13 | Universal |
wk 43/01 | The Definitive Collection | 12 | 05 | Universal |
06/03/04 | The Abba Story | 02 | 25 | Universal |
13/01/06 | Forever Gold | 08 | 10 | Universal |
20/01/06 | 18 Hits | 23 | 04 | Universal |
07/01/07 | 18 Hits | 15 | 05 | Universal |
10/11/12 | Abba - The Essential Collection | 145 | 01 | Universal |
05/03/14 | Abba Gold | 34 | ?? | Universal |
05/10/14 | Live At Wembley Arena | 87 | 01 | Universal |
12/11/21 | Voyage | 01 (01) | 09+ | Universal |
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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09/82 | I Know There's Something Going On | 01 (05) | 17 | Vogue 101.675 |
12/82 | Belle | 15 | 09 | Riviera LM / Barclay 813720-7 |
03/83 | To Turn The Stone | 33 | 07 | Vogue 101.697 |
06/83 | Here We'll Stay | 34 | 07 | Vogue 101.762 |
09/84 | Shine | -- | -- | Vogue 101.973 |
11/84 | Twist In The Dark | -- | -- | Vogue 102.005 |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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12/82 | Something's Going On | 22 | ?? | Vogue 101.675 |
10/82 | Shine | -- | -- | Vogue |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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12/82 | Never Again | 44 | 05 | Vogue 101.692 |
06/83 | The Heat Is On | 10 | 10 | Vogue 101.773 |
08/83 | Wrap Your Arms Around Me | -- | -- | Vogue 101.805 |
11/83 | Can't Shake Loose / Wrap Your Arms Around Me | 42 | 06 | Vogue 101.833 |
06/85 | I Won't Let You Go | -- | -- | Polydor 881 805-7 |
??/87 | The Way You Are | -- | -- | Virgin 90289 |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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12/83 | Wrap Your Arms Around Me | 47 | ?? | Vogue 540.049 |
07/85 | Eyes of a Woman | -- | -- | Vogue |
??/88 | I Stand Alone | -- | -- | WEA 242231-1 |
25/05/13 | A | 85 | 02 | Universal |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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01/85 | One Night In Bangkok | 08 | 12 | RCA PB61501 |
04/85 | I Know Him So Well | 17 | 08 | RCA PB68257 |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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??/85 | Chess | 39 | ?? | RCA |
Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
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1970 | She's My Kind Of Girl / Inga (Theme) | 97 | 01 | Sava France SV45.50 |
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Last updated: 23 January 2022.