Benny Andersson/ Stig Anderson(d)/ Björn Ulvaeus (Abba)

Sweden’s international pop phenomenon ABBA took its name from the first-name initials of its four vocalists, two of whom- Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus- collaborated in songwriting along with music publisher Stig Anderson. ABBA (which also included Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad) scored huge hits like “Waterloo” and “Dancing Queen” in the 1970s and early ‘80s before disbanding in 1982. But their body of work has only gained in stature, as evidenced by the huge success of jukebox musical “Mama Mia!,” which used ABBA’s music and originally premiered in London in 1999 before transferring to film in 2008.

Key songs in the Andersson-Ulvaeus-Anderson catalog include “Dancing Queen,” “Fernando,” “Name of the Game,” “Take a Chance on Me” and “Waterloo.”

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