How many records have ABBA sold

How many records have ABBA sold

I dont believe the 1billion/360million numbers but I do think that both the Beatles and ABBAs figures are probably underestimated by just using conservative method of calculation, and given the circumstances its harsh to compare them to say Madonna or Michael Jackson. There are lots of budget or localised compilations which were not accounted for and due to the times back then calculations of sales in lots of countries(especially less developed ones) were not even performed. I think that might be some of the reasoning behind the 360million figures.

Re: How many records have ABBA sold?

I never did the math, but just from reading about the high level of taxes over 80% or some % close to that, and reading about some bad investments made by ABBA near the end, I didn’t think Agnetha was as well off as the others. I also read that when ABBA was taking a break, Frida unloaded some stocks at a high price just before the stock tanked later and moved out of the country while the others did not. Now the boys certainly made up for it with their solo projects. It may be a personal choice, but certainly, Agnetha’s lifestyle and house did not strike me as a lifestyle of the rich and famous. I also read Frida was initially involved as an investor in the early stage production of MM, probably with seed money where as Agnetha, I did not read about.