Following are the Abba singles and albums charts for New Zealand. These are sourced from the books "New Zealand Music Charts 1966 - 1996 - Singles" and "New Zealand Music Charts 1975 - 2000 - Albums" by Dean Scapolo. A new edition of the book is due soon, so please e-mail Dean for purchases. Dean has also been a tireless supporter of this site, with much new information being passed on from him. Thanks Dean!
New Zealand charts began in 1966, and were top 20 until May 1975 when they became top 40. RIANZ took over the charts the same month (and a lot of this is their compiled information), and the old and the new charts overlapped for three weeks. In 1978, New Zealand introduced Gold and Platinum awards, and in 1979 the charts became top 50. The Family label had the releases until 1975, when RCA took over - thanks to Bede Stevens for this information.
Key to Abbreviations:
Date: This is the date the single or album first appeared in the chart.
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 1, how many weeks spent at the top spot.
TI: This stands for "Times In" which is basically how many weeks the item spent on the charts.
Catalogue: The number assigned to a particular item to identify it from others. The early releases were on the Family label, and when RCA acquired the catalogue, they were re-released with RCA numbers. In this case, the majority of numbers are from RCA, the company that had all of Polar's releases through to about 1990.
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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n/a | People Need Love | -- | -- | Family FAY 1053 |
n/a | He Is Your Brother | -- | -- | Family FAY 1054 |
n/a | She's My Kind Of Girl | -- | -- | Family FAY 1055 |
14/06/1974 | Waterloo | 03 | 13 | Family FAY 1087 |
n/a | Ring Ring/Honey Honey | -- | -- | Family FAY 1093 |
n/a | So Long | -- | -- | Family FAY 1099 |
08/11/1974 | Honey Honey | 16 | 03 | RCA 102514 |
11/07/1975 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | 01 (01) | 48 | Family FAY 1105 |
07/11/1975 | SOS | 01 (01) | 25 | RCA 102690 |
06/02/1976 | Mamma Mia | 02 | 26 | RCA 102671 |
14/03/1976 | Fernando | 01 (09) | 37 | RCA 102746 |
16/04/1976 | Ring Ring | 17 | 08 | RCA 102496 |
16/07/1976 | Hasta Mañana/So Long | 09 | 12 | RCA 102560 |
03/09/1976 | Dancing Queen | 01 (04) | 23 | RCA 102814 |
19/11/1976 | Money, Money, Money | 01 (01) | 08 | RCA 102835 |
10/12/1976 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do/Rock Me | 02 | 20 | RCA 102607 |
25/03/1977 | I've Been Waiting For You | 08 | 11 | RCA 102561 |
08/04/1977 | Knowing Me, Knowing You | 08 | 14 | RCA 102870 |
09/12/1977 | The Name Of The Game | 04 | 09 | RCA 103006 |
03/03/1978 | Take A Chance On Me | 14 | 10 | RCA 103050 |
n/a | Eagle/Thank You For The Music | -- | -- | RCA 103130 |
24/11/1978 | Summer Night City | 37 | 01 | RCA 103202 |
23/03/1979 | Chiquitita | 01 (01) | 19 | RCA 103297 |
13/07/1979 | Does Your Mother Know | 27 | 07 | RCA 103350 |
n/a | Voulez-Vous/Angeleyes | -- | -- | RCA 103414 |
23/11/1979 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! | 15 | 13 | RCA 103452 |
26/09/1980 | The Winner Takes It All | 16 | 14 | RCA 103645 |
n/a | On And On And On | -- | -- | RCA 103719 |
n/a | Super Trouper | -- | -- | RCA 103747 |
19/02/1982 | One Of Us | 43 | 02 | RCA 103930 |
n/a | Head Over Heels/The Visitors | -- | -- | RCA 103947 |
n/a | When All Is Said And Done | -- | -- | RCA 103955 |
n/a | The Day Before You Came | -- | -- | RCA 104057 |
n/a | Under Attack | -- | -- | RCA 104088 |
23/12/1992 | Dancing Queen | 14 | 07 | Polygram 863734-2 |
n/a | Dancing Queen | -- | -- | Polygram 563308-2 |
13/09/2021 | Don't Shut Me Down | 31 | 01+ | Universal |
Date | Title | HP | TI |
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13/05/1977 | I've Been Waiting For You | 05 | 04 |
03/06/1977 | Knowing Me, Knowing You | 09 | 05 |
20/01/1978 | The Name of the Game | 03 | 11 |
31/03/1978 | Take A Chance On Me | 06 | 08 |
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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n/a | Waterloo | -- | -- | Family FLY 222 |
12/12/1975 | Abba | 03 | 59 | RCA VPL1-4013 |
06/02/1976 | The Best of Abba | 01 (18) | 77 | RCA VPL1-4020 |
19/03/1976 | Ring Ring | 32 | 06 | RCA SL-102323 |
28/05/1976 | Waterloo | 38 | 02 | RCA VPL1-4003 |
26/11/1976 | Arrival | 01 (05) | 42 | RCA VPL1-4034 |
03/02/1978 | Abba - The Album | 01 (05) | 17 | RCA VPL1-4060 |
25/05/1979 | Voulez-Vous | 02 | 20 | RCA VPL1-4135 |
30/11/1979 | Greatest Hits Vol.2 | 03 | 14 | RCA VPL1-4197 |
05/12/1980 | Super Trouper | 05 | 14 | RCA VPL1-6542 |
15/01/1982 | The Visitors | 19 | 05 | RCA VPL1-6607 |
21/01/1983 | Abba - The Singles: The First Ten Years | 05 | 08 | RCA VPL2-6648 |
06/11/1992 | Abba Gold | 03 | 12 | Polygram 517275-2 |
31/03/1995 | Abba Gold | 03 | 25 | Polygram 517275-2 |
12/02/1999 | Love Stories | 24 | 04 | Polygram 559221-2 |
09/06/1999 | Abba Gold | 19 | 07 | Polygram 517275-2 |
08/03/2002 | The Definitive Collection | 09 | 10 | Universal 549974-2 |
14/03/2004 | Abba Gold | 19 | 10 | Polygram 517275-2 |
05/06/2004 | Abba Gold | 36 | 01 | Polygram 517275-2 |
08/01/2007 | Number Ones | 01 (03) | 13 | Universal |
22/07/2008 | Abba Gold | 09 | 27 | Polygram 517275-2 |
21/02/2011 | Icon | 24 | 02 | Unknown |
28/04/2014 | Abba Gold | 04 | 08 | Polygram 517275-2 |
15/11/2021 | Voyage | 01 (01) | 09+ | Universal |
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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30/04/2004 | The Definitive Collection | 08 | 03 | Universal |
27/09/2004 | The Definitive Collection | 01 (01) | 14 | Universal |
24/01/2005 | The Definitive Collection | 04 | 17 | Universal |
05/02/2007 | Number Ones | 05 | 06+ | Universal |
05/08/2008 | Super Troupers | 10 | 01+ | Universal |
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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17/06/2013 | A | 40 | 01 | Universal |
14/10/2013 | A | 27 | 01 | Universal |
Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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08/03/1985 | One Night In Bangkok | 02 | 15 | RCA 104358 |
29/03/1985 | Chess | 03 | 40 | n/a |
03/05/1985 | I Know Him So Well | 09 | 29 | RCA 104383 |
Date | Title | Artist | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
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15/07/2008 | Mamma Mia! | Movie Soundtrack | 01 (06) | 43 | Universal |
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Last updated: 23 January 2022.