United States of America - Additional Information

On this page is additional information from the United States of America. First of all are the week by week charts, then the accreditations courtesy of Todd Bruns. Soundscan Abba Gold note courtesy of John Boylan. Thanks also to Bob Kashefski for weekly positions outside the 100, Stephen Flanagan and Colin Hughes for the Cashbox end of year charts, Ralf in Germany for the 2004 end of year chart position, and Ján Havran for The Visitors accreditation.

There is also a separate page of reviews from US magazines and newspapers, which are all very interesting to read - check them out!

Week to Week Charts

Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Title	Date	Positions
Waterloo	01/06/1974	76,66,52,39,30,24,18,18,15,11,7,7,6,24,34,43,48
Honey Honey	14/09/1974	89,72,61,51,40,34,27,27,45,95
SOS	09/08/1975	89,84,0,0,99,89,86,76,53,40,24,20,17,15,15,23,32,47,73
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	14/02/1976	86,76,69,57,46,41,36,26,23,21,17,15,15,39,54
Mamma Mia	22/05/1976	83,63,53,43,39,35,32,32,70
Fernando	04/09/1976	77,56,47,40,30,24,21,20,18,16,14,13,23,30,42,92
Dancing Queen	11/12/1976	86,76,66,66,56,41,33,26,19,16,14,9,7,6,5,3,2,1,6,18,27,45
Knowing Me, Knowing You	14/05/1977	80,63,53,38,35,31,27,24,19,16,14,14,19,52,57
Money, Money, Money	22/10/1977	84,82,71,64,56,64,96
The Name of the Game	24/12/1977	82,82,67,57,44,39,35,28,22,16,14,12,12,31,60,97
Take A Chance On Me	22/04/1978	69,50,30,24,17,13,9,8,6,5,4,3,3,9,17,24,41,81
Does Your Mother Know	19/05/1979	83,63,53,37,33,28,25,22,20,19,21,30,29,69
Voulez-Vous	01/09/1979	80,80,93
Angeleyes	22/09/1979	85,75,65,64,99
Chiquitita	10/11/1979	70,60,48,46,39,35,31,31,30,29,65,99
The Winner Takes It All	22/11/1980	82,71,61,51,44,36,36,30,25,21,18,16,15,12,10,9,8,8,12,14, 20,43,52,73,92,99
Super Trouper	04/04/1981	88,78,69,59,52,46,46,45,56,86,95
On and On and On	27/06/1981	92,91,90,95,94,99
When All Is Said And Done	09/01/1982	87,77,59,49,39,35,32,31,28,27,27,36,44,99
The Visitors	17/04/1982	95,91,84,75,69,63,63,98
I Know There's Something Going On	23/10/1982	109,110,88,81,74,68,66,62,58,54,54,54,51,48,46,41,36,32, 25,22,16,15,13,13,13,14,20,38,41,77,94
One Of Us	12/02/1983	109,107,107,109
Here We'll Stay	07/05/1983	103,102
Can't Shake Loose	27/08/1983	78,64,56,50,47,43,39,37,33,31,29,52,70,93,100
One Night In Bangkok	23/02/1985	81,70,57,48,35,27,19,12,9,6,5,5,3,7,15,23,36,58,79,87
I Wasn't The One	23/04/1988	96,93,98

Cash Box Top 100 Singles
Title	Date	Positions
Waterloo	25/05/1974	82,67,50,37,30,25,19,13,11,10,10,24,35,47
Honey Honey	14/09/1974	87,73,67,56,48,43,39,37,43
SOS	16/08/1975	100,98,90,81,70,56,48,39,30,26,22,16,14,13,12,32,52,64
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	21/02/1976	80,68,57,47,41,35,29,26,23,20,19,22,26,34,44,51
Mamma Mia	29/05/1976	76,57,51,47,42,38,36,39,41,38,36,36,37,42,57
Fernando	28/08/1976	86,63,51,44,29,22,17,15,13,11,10,10,24,26,26,27,41,43,53
Dancing Queen	11/12/1976	79,62,52,45,40,30,24,20,17,13,11,8,7,5,4,3,1,5,13,17,32,35,40,58
Knowing Me, Knowing You	14/05/1977	78,65,54,45,37,32,25,18,14,12,11,11,25,35,46,50,67
Money, Money, Money	15/10/1977	88,78,75,71,65,65,63,71
The Name of the Game	24/12/1977	86,80,75,62,51,42,36,32,27,22,19,18,16,16,31,40,54,69
Take A Chance On Me	22/04/1978	78,60,48,36,32,27,20,15,9,6,5,5,7,11,23,43,51,95,100
Does Your Mother Know	19/05/1979	80,62,42,35,30,25,20,18,16,16,19,25,32,37,48
Voulez-Vous	01/09/1979	86,85
Angeleyes	15/09/1979	85,81,79,78,76,99
Chiquitita	10/11/1979	93,83,73,65,58,51,47,42,42,38,36,50,71,98
The Winner Takes It All	22/11/1980	92,82,75,68,51,44,44,44,38,30,25,21,19,16, 15,14,12,11,11,16,34,46,58,73,88
Super Trouper	04/04/1981	90,82,76,69,66,64,77,98
When All Is Said And Done	16/01/1982	74,62,55,47,43,38,35,32,31,46,68
The Visitors	08/05/1982	89,81,81,96
I Know There's Something Going On	06/11/1982	89,79,72,69,63,58,53,49,49,49,45,40, 36,33,29,26,23,20,18,16,15,14,14,17,23,44,86,94
Can't Shake Loose	27/08/1983	86,76,68,62,57,52,46,41,37,34,33,32,53,68,85
One Night In Bangkok	23/02/1985	88,77,60,51,39,33,27,20,14,9,5,4,4,7,8,15,20,32,61,77,84,96

Billboard Top 200 Albums
Title	Date	Positions
Waterloo	17/08/1974	189,179,169,160,152,145,152,169
Abba	15/11/1975	189,178,174
Greatest Hits	18/09/1976	110,97,87,80,70,59,57,53,53,49,48,59,59,57,57,57,57,70,72,107,106,114,114,114,125,120,120, 116,116,114,112,123,126,126,124,124,137,146,146,199,199,199,194,192,188,197
Arrival	22/01/1977	101,61,51,46,42,38,35,35,31,26,24,22,20,20,47,76,74,118,118,118,113,115,136,128,117,107,93,90,90, 88,90,94,92,92,102,100,100,107,167,167,182
Abba - The Album	18/02/1978	80,64,56,49,45,40,38,37,36,47,46,51,48,45,43,40,36,36, 30,24,19,16,14,14,23,31,34,34,65,65,67,62,83,132,130,129,127,125,123,178,198
Greatest Hits	24/06/1978	185,175,165,155,134,134,132,189,180
Arrival	01/07/1978	186,176,166,137,135,134,130,195,195
Voulez-Vous	07/07/1979	97,71,41,36,29,27,25,23,19,19,31,30,29,27,27,47,61,61,59,152,159,173,168,165,165,165,200
Greatest Hits	13/10/1979	184,174,160,148,148,197
Greatest Hits Vol.2	22/12/1979	95,95,56,50,46,46,66,84,118,121,131,155,168,198
Super Trouper	13/12/1980	64,52,32,32,28,23,22,22,20,19,18,17,17,17,22,27,37,40,55, 54,54,53,51,66,64,69,73,72,94,102,108,122,145,145,142,165,188,200
The Visitors	09/01/1982	75,45,37,35,31,29,29,36,43,48,80,101,114,134,131,145,188
Something's Going On	13/11/1982	189,180,172,159,128,121,121,121,115,115,111,108,108,95,77,68,59, 51,47,43,43,41,41,56,78,83,101,114
Abba - The Singles	18/12/1982	104,94,94,87,80,75,68,62,62,62,62,62,62,79,91,104,135,193
Wrap Your Arms Around Me	17/09/1983	176,155,121,116,108,105,102,129,137,156,165
I Love Abba	28/04/1984	209,208
Chess	16/02/1985	209,201,204,201,196,142,121,105,88,81,73,57,55,49,47,47,53,66,70,91,125,138,174,181
Abba Gold	09/10/1993	63,70,68,81,79,87,85,97,105,118,125,107,137,156, 156,156,143,152,165,175,183,17 8,180,178,185,195,0,0,0,197
Abba Gold	08/04/1995	151,122,116,112,93,86,82,84,90,94,95,96,100,106, 101,107,116,125,127,138,126,121,131,143,130, 146,145,176,198,0,194,157,190
Abba Gold	20/01/1996	183,170,171,177,165,125,176,169,176,182,165,141, 144,146,144,136,148,165,146,161,153,147,157,144, 140,133,142,139,132,144,141,143,129,131,139,149,172,179,198, 187,177,186,194,173,192
Abba Gold	09/01/2010	192,128,101,140,120,108,111,119,145,151,160,173,131,151,180,184,166, 190,194,151,185,194
Abba Gold	26/02/2011	175
Abba Gold	12/01/2013	36
A (Agnetha)	01/06/2013	186
Abba Gold	15/02/2014	98
Abba Gold	17/05/2014	176
Abba Gold	29/04/2017	200
Abba Gold	03/06/2017	182
Abba Gold	12/05/2018	193,167
Abba Gold	14/07/2018	170,141,86,25,40,50,67,84,112,131,147,169
Abba Gold	12/01/2019	171,151
Abba Gold	13/04/2019	188
Abba Gold	25/05/2019	159
Abba Gold	13/07/2019	159,144,151
Abba Gold	12/09/2020	187,161
Abba Gold	31/10/2020	185
Abba Gold	13/03/2021	187,153,182,184,175,167,181,173,178,172,143,147,151, 140,153,153,149,125,107,115,130,130,130,128, 134,136,114,34,101,133,142,143,161,178,156,105, 82,136,131,136,172,142,101,115,107,130,138,164, 165,163,196,189,179,170,163,162,170,162,163,143, 143,119,116,117,115,93,76,67,62,79,78,70,89,96, 104,103,100,108,108,117,131,135,108,127, 128,131, 148,148,137,137,134,145,136,135,106,119,75,117,92,107, 112,105,111,112,108,117,115,126,118,115,92,108, 103,101,100,95,108,104,96,99,100,107,115,114,115, 113,105,124,114,139,146,136,148,154,159,173,167, 173,164,168,177,187,166,160,179,164,130,
Voyage	20/11/2021	2,29,64,97,132,???

Billboard Albums (Top Pop Catalog Chart)
Title	Date	Position
Abba Gold	19/07/2008	18,6,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5,11,17,16,14,21,10,37,25,10,5,1,2,1,1,3,3,2,1,2,2,2,4,2,3, 5,3,2,5,3,5,5,7,5,6,9,23,19,21,18,13,12,11,12,11,12,18,31,35,33,32,35,33,24,30,36,38, 49,36,0,0,0,41,14,5,19,8,5,9,12,15,14,17,23,12,15,20,22,18,21,26,11,18,26,33,33,31, 42,33,35,36,35,31,39,34,39,33,33,46,36,44,47,49,0,0,(52),50
20th Century Masters - The Best of Abba	02/08/2008	13,9,11,18,16,17,20,22,35,47,50
Number Ones	02/08/2008	24,11,29,38,28,20,19,26,44
Mamma Mia!(Original Cast Recording)	26/07/2008	47,8,4,4,4,7,6,6,14,22,22,22,29,34,43
20th Century Masters - The Best of Abba	17/01/2009	37,11,20,50,0,41
Number Ones	17/01/2009	43
Abba Gold	15/02/2014	14,
Abba Gold	02/06/2018	41,
Abba Gold	21/07/2018	42,11,2,1,3,8,12,24,31,41,49

Billboard Albums (Comprehensive Albums)
Title	Date	Position
Abba Gold	19/07/2008	163,98,33,19,17,11,11,19,29,35,44,56,71,84,91,87,96,123,116,102,129,73,152,128,85, 67,44,55,48,61,70,76,73,64,69,62,65,69,86,95,101,76,65,81,74,88,105,101,104,105,109, 128,112,122,111,78,72,75,78,85,102,112,136,156,165,172,193,192,162,180,196,183,0,139
20th Century Masters - The Best of Abba	02/08/2008	150,114,131,175,135,149,157,165
Number Ones	02/08/2008	181,138,190,0,186,162,143,181
Mamma Mia!(Original Cast Recording)	02/08/2008	120,56,60,73,75,92,86,123,157,165,172
20th Century Masters - The Best of Abba	24/01/2009	114,136

Billboard Albums (Classical Albums)
Title	Date	Position
Piano (Benny Andersson)	21/10/2017	2,19,25

Accreditations

In the United States, 1,000,000 sales is a Gold single, and 2,000,000 sales is a Platinum single. For albums, 500,000 sales is a Gold album and 1,000,000 sales is a Platinum album. For music videos, 50,000 copies is Gold.

Greatest Hits - Platinum
Arrival - Gold
Abba - The Album - Platinum
Voulez-Vous - Gold
Greatest Hits Vol.2 - Gold
Super Trouper - Gold
The Visitors - Gold
Abba Gold - Platinum x 6 - in late 2005, Soundscan report 3,900,000 have sold in shops.
20th Century Masters - The Best of Abba - Gold
Mamma Mia - Soundtrack - Platinum

Dancing Queen - Gold
Take A Chance On Me - Gold

Abba Gold (Music Video) - Gold
The Definitive Collection (DVD) - Platinum
Abba In Concert (DVD) - Gold

Sales Figures

These are from the magazine Abba Express, Issue 20, 1989 written by Mark Anderson and were sent to me by Ian Price. John Boylan sent me all the sales since 1991.

Waterloo - 800,000 copies
Dancing Queen - 1,100,000 copies
Knowing Me, Knowing You - 540,000 copies
The Name of the Game - 560,000 copies
Take A Chance On Me - 1,000,000 copies

The Magic of Abba - 2,000,000 copies - as K-Tel are not a member of the RIAA, the sales cannot be accredited with an award.

Sales in the USA since 1991 - Soundscan sales -

Abba Gold - 5,366,000 copies - to 27 October 2012.
The Best of Abba: 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection - 1,246,000 copies - to February 2012.
The Definitive Collection - 342,000 copies - to 23 January 2009.
More Abba Gold - 113,000 copies.
Number Ones - 230,757 - to December 2009.
Arrival - 54,000 copies - to January 2006.
Abba - The Album - 37,000 copies - to January 2006.
Voulez-Vous - 36,000 copies - to December 2010.
Super Trouper - 52,000 copies - to December 2010.
The Visitors - 31,000 copies - to January 2006.
Abba Oro - 16,000 copies - to January 2006.

Top 3 Downloads Sales

Dancing Queen - 597,000 - to 23/01/2009.
Take A Chance On Me - 234,000 - to 23/01/2009.
Mamma Mia - 193,000 - to 23/01/2009.

Year End Charts

At the end of each year, the top singles and albums for the year were compiled.

Below are the year-end positions for the ABBA material that made it into the top sellers for the year.

1974 pop singles: Waterloo was number 49 in the year.
1974 Cashbox singles: Waterloo was number 84 in the year.

1976 Cashbox singles: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do was number 95 in the year.

1977 Cashbox singles: Dancing Queen was number 3 in the year.
1977 pop singles: Dancing Queen was number 12 in the year.
1977 pop singles: Knowing Me, Knowing You was number 97 in the year.

1978 pop singles: Take A Chance On Me was number 32 for the year.
1978 Cashbox singles: Take A Chance On Me was number 47 for the year.
1978 pop singles: The Name Of The Game was number 97 for the year.

1981 pop singles: The Winner Takes It All was number 23 for the year.
1981 Cashbox singles: The Winner Takes It All was number 74 for the year.

1976 adult-contemporary singles: Fernando was number 20 for the year.

1977 adult-contemporary singles: Dancing Queen was number 28 for the year.
1977 adult-contemporary singles: Knowing Me, Knowing You was number 37 for the year.

1978 adult-contemporary singles: Take A Chance On Me was number 38 for the year.
1978 adult-contemporary singles: The Name Of The Game was number 48 for the year.

1981 adult-contemporary singles: The Winner Takes It All was number 10 for the year.

1981 disco/dance singles: Lay All Your Love On Me/Super Trouper/On And On And On was number 14 for the year.
1982 disco/dance singles: The Visitors/When All Is Said And Done was number 32 for the year.

1983 pop singles: I Know There's Something Going On by Frida was number 20 for the year.
1983 Cashbox singles: I Know There's Something Going On by Frida was number 90 for the year.

1985 pop singles: One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head was number 54 for the year.
1985 Cashbox singles: One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head was number 42 for the year.

1977 pop albums: Arrival was number 34 for the year.
1977 pop albums: Greatest Hits was number 48 for the year.

1978 pop albums: ABBA - The Album was number 22 for the year.

1981 pop albums: Super Trouper was number 33 for the year.
1981 Cashbox albums: Super Trouper was number 79 for the year.

1997 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 30 for the year.

2000 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 33 for the year.

2001 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 22 for the year.

2002 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 16 for the year.

2003 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 26 for the year.

2004 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 22 for the year.

2005 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 34 for the year.

2008 top Billboard 200 albums: Mamma Mia!(Film) was number 24 for the year.
2008 top Billboard comprehensive albums: Mamma Mia!(Film) was number 24 for the year.
2008 top Billboard comprehensive albums: Abba Gold was number 167 for the year.
2008 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 23 for the year.
2008 top cast albums: Mamma Mia!(Original Cast) was number 3 for the year.
2008 top soundtracks: Mamma Mia!(Film) was number 3 for the year.

2009 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 8 for the year.
2009 top pop catalogue Artists: Abba was number 6 for the year.
2009 top soundtracks: Mamma Mia! (Film) was number 5 for the year.
2009 top Billboard 200 albums: Mamma Mia!(Film) was number 46 for the year.

2000-2009 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 12 for the decade.
2000-2009 top soundtracks: Mamma Mia! (Film) was number 12 for the decade.

2010 top pop catalogue albums: Abba Gold was number 20 for the year.

Below are the end of year charts based on chart performance compared with that of other similar type records, as defined by Joel Whitburn. This information was sent to me by Paul Warren.

1974: Waterloo was number 78 for the year.
1974: Honey Honey was number 183 for the year.

1975: SOS was number 140 for the year.

1976: Fernando was number 110 for the year.
1976: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do was number 120 for the year.
1976: Mamma Mia was number 184 for the year.

1977: Dancing Queen was number 15 for the year.
1977: Knowing Me, Knowing You was number 107 for the year.
1977: Money, Money, Money was number 281 for the year.

1978: Take A Chance On Me was number 31 for the year.
1978: The Name Of The Game was number 89 for the year.

1979: Does Your Mother Know was number 132 for the year.
1979: Angeleyes was number 354 for the year.
1979: Voulez-Vous was number 424 for the year.

1980: Chiquitita was number 167 for the year.

1981: The Winner Takes It All was number 61 for the year.
1981: Super Trouper was number 226 for the year.
1981: On And On And On was number 399 for the year.

1982: When All Is Said And Done was number 158 for the year.
1982: The Visitors was number 324 for the year.

Maintained by Trent Nickson.
Last updated: 15 January 2024.