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ABBA

Charting Apr 14, 1974 → Dec 31, 2021 · 266 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 249 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 266 wk (24 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 249 wk UK Singles Chart · 266 wk Global Music Power · 367 wk

Peak Power: 2.93%; week of Jan 9, 1977
Career Power: 562; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 24; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 130; January 1976 – January 1977
Peak Five Years: 409; January 1976 – January 1981
Top-five weeks: 84; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 266; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.58%; week of Sep 10, 2021
Comebacks: 1; October 1975

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 29, 1974	Oct 12, 1975	54	40	1.67%	1.01%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

31 records · 562 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
FernandoApple Music	#1May 1976	15	March 1976 – June 1976	41.9
Dancing QueenApple Music	#1August 1976	20	August 1976 – August 2008	40.8
Knowing Me, Knowing YouApple Music	#1March 1977	13	February 1977 – May 1977	36.5
Mamma MiaApple Music	#1January 1976	20	December 1975 – August 2008	33.3
Money, Money, MoneyApple Music	#3December 1976	12	November 1976 – January 1977	31.8
Take A Chance On MeApple Music	#1February 1978	10	January 1978 – April 1978	30.2
Name of the Game	#1October 1977	12	October 1977 – January 1978	30.1
Super TrouperApple Music	#1November 1980	11	November 1980 – January 1981	28.1
WaterlooApple Music	#1April 1974	12	April 1974 – June 2004	27.0
One of Us	#3December 1981	10	December 1981 – February 1982	24.1
The Winner Takes It AllApple Music	#1August 1980	10	July 1980 – September 1980	23.8
I Have a Dream	#2December 1979	10	December 1979 – February 1980	23.4
ChiquititaApple Music	#2February 1979	9	January 1979 – March 1979	22.5
Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous	#3August 1979	11	July 1979 – September 1979	21.7
SOS	#6October 1975	10	September 1975 – November 1975	20.9
Gimme Gimme Gimme	#3November 1979	12	October 1979 – December 1979	20.6
Does Your Mother KnowApple Music	#4May 1979	9	April 1979 – June 1979	19.5
Summer Night City	#5October 1978	9	September 1978 – November 1978	16.8
Lay All Your Love on Me	#7July 1981	7	July 1981 – August 1981	13.2
Under Attack	#26December 1982	8	December 1982 – January 1983	9.2
Head Over Heels	#25March 1982	7	February 1982 – March 1982	8.2
Dancing Queen {1992}	#16September 1992	5	August 1992 – September 1992	7.6
Don't Shut Me Down	#9September 2021	8	September 2021 – November 2021	7.0
The Day Before You Came	#32October 1982	6	October 1982 – November 1982	6.0
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I DoApple Music	#38July 1975	6	July 1975 – August 1975	5.1
Thank You for the Music	#33November 1983	6	November 1983 – December 1983	4.9
Ring Ring	#32July 1974	5	July 1974 – August 1974	4.7
I Still Have Faith in You	#14September 2021	3	September 2021 – November 2021	2.3
Little Things	#61December 2021	3	December 2021 – December 2021	0.9
Just a Notion	#59October 2021	1	October 2021	0.5
When You Danced with Me	#67November 2021	1	November 2021	0.2

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