Other Information

This page contains all of the information that I have for countries that don't yet have enough information for their own pages. There are some charts, and some sales figures.

Brazil sales are courtesy of Michael Hartmann as is most of the Abba Gold information from around the world. Hungary information and Czech chart runs thanks to Tino Bensen, with additional Hungary information from Toby Petterson and Walter Alfonso Morales Castañeda. Singapore courtesy of Neil Barber, Poland courtesy of Colin Hughes. Poland accreditation for ABBA from John Boylan, explanation of the accreditations and all others thanks to Tomasz Wysocki. Hungary Fernando via Carl Magnus Palm. Portugal The Visitors via Ján Havran.

Poland

International albums have rarely been released when Poland was a communist country. Since 1995, a unified certification programme exists and the official sales chart was established from October 2000.

In the 1970s, you needed to sell 250,000 copies to be certified gold. With the economic crisis of the 1980s and in the early days of the transformation in the 1990s the amount decreased to 100,000. From the late 1990s gold meant 50,000 copies. These days it's a mix of streaming and sales, though for international artists the bar has been lowered even more to just 10,000 copies sold or circa PLN 200,000 (circa EUR 44,000) of total income (it is double that for local artists). Platinum is obviously double the amount of gold.

ABBA - Gold - 1976 - 250,000 copies.
Gold - Gold - 1997 - 50,000 copies.
Gold - Platinum - 1999 - 100,000 copies.
A*Teens - Platinum - 2000 - 50,000 copies.
Number Ones - Gold - 2007 - 10,000 copies.
18 Hits - Gold - 2008 - 10,000 copies.
Mamma Mia! Movie soundtrack - 2008 - Gold - 10,000 copies.
Mamma Mia! Movie soundtrack - 2008 - Platinum x 4 - 80,000 copies.
The Albumms 9CD Box - 2009 - Platinum - 20,000 copies.
Mamma Mia! Polish musical soundtrack - 2016 - Gold - 10,000 copies.
Mamma Mia! Polish musical soundtrack - 2017 - Platinum x 3 - 60,000 copies.
Mamma Mia! Here we go again Movie soundtrack - 2018 - Gold - 10,000 copies.
Gold - Greatest Hits - 2019 - Gold - 10,000 copies.
18 Hits - 2020 - Platinum x 2 - 40,000 copies.
Voyage - 12/01/2022 - Gold.

2021 - Voyage was number 43 for the year in the year end charts for physical sales.

Poland Singles
DateTitleHP
1982The Visitors06
1982I Know There's Something Going On (Frida)03
1982The Day Before You Came04
1983Cassandra27
1983When All Is Said And Done09
1983Under Attack11
1983Thank You For The Music20
1985One Night In Bangkok (Chess)07
1998Our Last Summer18
1999Lay All Your Love On Me37

Poland Albums
DateTitleHPTI
05/02/07Number Ones2207+
08/09/0818 Hits0822
27/05/13A (Agnetha)3801
15/11/21Voyage022,5,12,18,14,18,18,29,44,

Iceland

Iceland Singles
DateTitleHPTI
12/09/2021I Still Have Faith In You3801+
12/09/2021Don't Shut Me Down0301+

Iceland Albums
DateTitleHP(1)TI
14/11/2021Voyage01 (01)1,5,6,9,21,33,18,0,34,

Slovakia

Slovakian Albums
DateTitleRunTI
wk 45/2021Voyage2,8,4,36,13,11,13,13,82,09+

Croatia

Croatian Albums
DateTitleRunTI
wk 45/2021Voyage2,3,3,3,4,7,3,3,4,09+

Lithuania

Lithuanian Albums
DateTitleRunTI
wk 45/2021Voyage23,7302

Singapore

Singapore Album
TitleHP
The Definitive Collection01

Greece

Greece Albums
DateTitleHP(1)TI
11/11/2005Abba Gold3503
13/11/2021Voyage01 (06)8,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,8,

Hungary

Hungarian chart information is sourced from Mahasz.

Hungary Single
DateTitleHPTI
??/??/77Fernando01??
??/??/08Mamma Mia0704

Hungary Albums
DateTitleHPTI
??/12/92Abba Gold1059
04/07/93More Abba Gold1608
21/11/0518 Hits1910
29/12/06Number Ones2708
??/??/??The Albums (Box Set)3201
12/11/21Voyage035,18,16,3,6,5,3,9,7,

Hungary DVD
TitleHPTI
16 Hits0613
In Concert1201
Number Ones1203
Abba - The Movie1207
Abba Gold1401
Abba In Japan0606

Sales Figures for Brazil

In Brazil, certifications are as follows -

100,000 sales is Gold for International albums released before 2001.
30,000 sales is Gold for International albums released between 2006 and 2009.
60,000 sales is Platinum for International albums released between 2006 and 2009.

The above are from the Pro Musica Brasil web site.

The ABBA certifications below are from here. Anything prior to Abba Gold is unconfirmed.

Brazil - Sales Figures
TitleSales
Chiquitita (Spanish Version)120,000
Chiquitita700,000
Voulez-Vous (Album)1,500,000
The Winner Takes It All300,000
Super Trouper (Album)700,000
Abba Gold100,000 - Gold
The Definitive Collection30,000 - Gold
18 Hits60,000 - Platinum

Czech Republic Chart Runs

Czech Republic
DateTitlePositions
wk 05/00Abba Gold27,30,34
wk 01/05The Abba Story13,16,15,16,26,28,31
wk 45/21Voyage1,1,3,3,4,4,3,3,43,

Estonia Chart Runs

Estonia
DateTitlePositions
??/11/06Number Ones (Single Disc)5,8,3,9,40,14,5,2,2,4,10,6,35,10,8,17,78,
??/11/06Number Ones (Double Disc)9,0,0,29,35,7,0,25,9,13,21
??/01/07The Definitive Collection24,21,69,36,82,26,63,0,0,0,54,
??/01/0718 Hits74,45,23,69,34,0,0,75,0,73
??/01/07Abba Gold91,35,0,0,50
??/03/07Greatest Hits24

Number Ones on the Eurochart

Eurochart included charts from The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium and Spain.

Dancing Queen - #1 for 10 weeks.
Money Money Money - #1 for 4 weeks.
Knowing Me, Knowing You - #1 for 4 weeks.
The Name Of The Game - #1 for 7 weeks.
Take A Chance On Me - #1 for 4 weeks.
Summer Night City - #1 for 1 week.
Chiquitita - #1 for 2 weeks.
Does Your Mother Know - #1 for 3 weeks.
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - #1 for 7 weeks.
I Have A Dream - #1 for 3 weeks.
The Winner Takes It All - #1 for 7 weeks.
Super Trouper - #1 for 8 weeks.
One Of Us - #1 for 6 weeks.

When additional charts are added - Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Norway and Sweden, ABBA get some additional number ones on the Eurocharts.

Waterloo - #1 for 9 weeks.
SOS - #1 for 4 weeks.
Mamma Mia - #1 for 6 weeks.
Fernando - #1 for 18 weeks.

Sales Awards from Around The World

Please note that if a country is included on the main pages, the accreditation information is not here, but in the additional information section for that country, with the exception of Ireland and South Africa.

Key to Accreditations

Brazil - Gold = 100,000.
Chile - Platinum = 20,000.
Czech Republic - Platinum = 50,000.
Denmark - Gold = 25,000.
Denmark - Platinum = 50,000.
Greece - Gold = 50,000.
Hong Kong - Gold = 10,000.
Hong Kong - Platinum = 20,000.
Hungary - Platinum = 50,000.
Iceland - Gold = unknown.
India - Platinum = 20,000.
Israel - Silver = 10,000.
Israel - Gold = 20,000.
Israel - Platinum = 40,000.
Korea - Platinum = 100,000.
Malaysia - Gold = unknown.
Malaysia - Platinum = 25,000.
Poland - Platinum = 40,000.
Portugal - Gold = 20,000.
Portugal - Platinum = 40,000.
Singapore - Platinum = 15,000.
Taiwan - Platinum = 50,000.
Thailand - Gold = 25,000.
Venezuela - Silver = 5,000.

Abba Gold
CountryAccreditationHP
BelgiumPlatinum x 601
BrazilGold
ChilePlatinum x 3
Czech RepublicPlatinum x 3
DenmarkPlatinum x 6
Hong KongPlatinum x 6
HungaryPlatinum
IcelandGold
IndiaPlatinum
IsraelPlatinum
KoreaPlatinum
MalaysiaPlatinum x 401
PolandPlatinum??
PortugalPlatinum x 201
SingaporePlatinum x 1101
TaiwanPlatinum x 7
ThailandGold
VenezuelaSilver

More Abba Gold
CountryAccreditationHP
BrazilGold
DenmarkPlatinum (150,544)
IrelandSilver
MalaysiaGold
PortugalGold
SingaporePlatinum
South AfricaPlatinum

The Definitive Collection
CountryAccreditationHP
DenmarkGold
Korea143,336 copies

Love Stories
CountryAccreditationHP
PortugalPlatinum

Additional Accreditations

Hong Kong accreditations from here.

Hong Kong - Gold - Abba, The Best of Abba, Arrival, Voulez-Vous, The Visitors, Greatest Hits Vol.2

Hong Kong - Platinum - Greatest Hits, Abba - The Album, The Very Best of Abba, Super Trouper

Greece - Gold - Greatest Hits, Abba - The Album

Israel - Silver - Arrival

Israel - Gold - Abba - The Album
Israel - Gold - Super Trouper

Poland - Gold - Waterloo, The Best of Abba, Arrival, Number Ones, 18 Hits

Brazil - Gold - The Definitive Collection

Portugal - Platinum - The Visitors - 2nd best selling album of 1982 in Portugal!

Taiwan - Greatest Hits (4,500 copies sold), Arrival (3,500 copies sold), Voulez-Vous (2,500 copies sold).

Czechoslovakia - Abba - The Album (100,000 copies sold).

Hungary - Voulez-Vous (75,000 copies sold).


Maintained by Trent Nickson.
Last updated: 2 April 2022.