Mexico

Following are the Abba charts for Mexico. They are courtesy of Gustavo Ruiz Moran, who was the President of the Abba fan club in Mexico. In Mexico, charts are divided into two portions - the Spanish, and the English (foreign music). It is exceptionally difficult for an overseas artist to make the Spanish chart, and Abba did it more than once - surprising since the Spanish portion is dominated by artists from Mexico, Argentina and Spain in that order. Apparently Abba hold a record for foreign artists in Mexico, with over 6 million singles sold. Gustavo blames some of the failures of Abba singles on RCA, due to releases being either too far apart, or too close together. One again, a big thank you to Gustavo! Thanks is also due to Marco for putting Gustavo in touch with me regarding the charts!

Key to Abbreviations:

Date: This is the month and year the single or album was released. Chart entry is usually within two to five weeks of this date.
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 charts, and if it was a number one single, how many weeks spent at number 1.

Abba:

Mexican Singles - Spanish Charts
Date	Title	HP(1)
05/79	Chiquitita (Spanish Version)	01 (30)
10/79	Estoy Soñando	03
05/80	Gracias Por La Musica	15

Mexican Singles - English Charts
Date	Title	HP(1)
??/74	Waterloo	--
04/75	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	--
10/75	SOS	01 (01)
05/76	Fernando	01 (05)
10/76	Dancing Queen	01 (06)
01/77	Money, Money, Money	01 (03)
05/77	Knowing Me, Knowing You	01 (04)
01/78	The Name Of The Game	10
05/78	Take A Chance On Me	01 (06)
10/78	Summer Night City	10
04/79	Chiquitita	01 (32)
08/79	Does Your Mother Know	17
10/79	As Good As New	01 (02)
08/80	The Winner Takes It All	05
02/81	Super Trouper	03
02/82	Head Over Heels	45
05/82	When All Is Said And Done	29
01/83	The Day Before You Came	19
05/83	Under Attack	--

Mexican Albums - Spanish Charts
Date	Title	HP(1)
06/80	Gracias Por La Musica	30
09/81	Aniversario los 10 años de Abba	01 (05)
03/92	Abba Oro	08
04/93	Mas Abba Oro	--

Mexican Albums - English Charts
Date	Title	HP(1)
??/76	Abba	--
08/76	Greatest Hits	--
01/77	Arrival	01 (10)
04/78	Abba - The Album	01 (08)
07/79	Voulez-Vous	01 (20)
12/79	Greatest Hits Vol.2	--
03/81	Super Trouper	01 (01)
01/82	The Visitors	38
05/83	Abba - The Singles: The First Ten Years	--
03/92	Abba Gold	01 (04)
03/93	More Abba Gold	20

Footnotes:

Does Your Mother Know reached the Top 5 before it's release because you could buy the US import. When it was released in Mexico, it was leaving the charts, therefore "peaking" at number 17.
Head Over Heels reached number 45 for a week - just missing the Top 40.
The Day Before You Came peaked at 19 and stayed in the charts just 2 months. In Guadalajara, the 2nd largest city of Mexico, it reached the top 3.
More Abba Gold and Mas Abba Oro were imports from the USA only.

Maintained by Trent Nickson.
Last updated: 20 June 2021.