Editing ABBA (section)

=== Success in the United States ===
During their active career, from 1972 to 1982, 20 of ABBA's singles entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]; 14 of these made the Top 40 (13 on the Cashbox Top 100), with 10 making the Top 20 on both charts. A total of four of those singles reached the Top 10, including "Dancing Queen", which reached number one in April 1977. While "Fernando" and "SOS" did not break the Top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (reaching number 13 and 15 respectively), they did reach the Top 10 on Cashbox ("Fernando") and Record World ("SOS") charts. Both "Dancing Queen" and "Take a Chance on Me" were certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for sales of over one million copies each.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130104132513/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – 19 April 2014]. Record Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 April 2014.</ref>

The group also had 12 Top 20 singles on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart with two of them, "Fernando" and "The Winner Takes It All", reaching number one. "Lay All Your Love on Me" was ABBA's fourth number-one single on a ''Billboard'' chart, topping the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Ten ABBA albums have made their way into the top half of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, with eight reaching the Top 50, five reaching the Top 20 and one reaching the Top 10. In November 2021, [[Voyage (ABBA album)|Voyage]] became ABBA's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 peaking at No. 2. Five albums received RIAA gold certification (more than 500,000 copies sold), while three acquired platinum status (selling more than one million copies).

The compilation album ''[[ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits]]'' topped the ''Billboard'' Top Pop Catalog Albums chart in August 2008 (15 years after it was first released in the US in 1993), becoming the group's first number-one album ever on any of the ''Billboard'' album charts. It has sold 6 million copies there.<ref>Abba Fan Club Magazine, Helga van de Kar, "Abba's Gold Medal", September 2012, p. 3.</ref>

On 15 March 2010, ABBA was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] by [[Bee Gees]] members [[Barry Gibb]] and [[Robin Gibb]]. The ceremony was held at the [[Waldorf Astoria Hotel]] in New York City. The group was represented by Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson.<ref>{{Cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8570059.stm| title = ABBA and Genesis Join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame| access-date =17 March 2010 | work=BBC News | date=16 March 2010 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100417200431/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8570059.stm| archive-date= 17 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In November 2021, the group received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nomination for Record of the Year. The single, "[[I Still Have Faith in You]]", from the album, ''[[Voyage (ABBA album)|Voyage]]'', was their first ever nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Griffin|first=Louise|date=24 November 2021|title=Abba nominated for first ever Grammy in 48 years and how did this happen?|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/24/grammy-nominations-abba-nominated-for-first-ever-award-in-2022-ceremony-15655699/|access-date=28 November 2021|website=Metro|language=en}}</ref> In November 2022, "Don't Shut Me Down", also from ''Voyage'', was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/grammy-nominations-2023-see-the-full-list-here/|title=Grammy Nominations 2023: See the Full List Here|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=15 November 2022|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115182547/https://pitchfork.com/news/grammy-nominations-2023-see-the-full-list-here/|archive-date=15 November 2022|url-status=live|access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>

''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' featured a sketch that promoted a fictional ABBA album, which took pre-existing songs and reworked their lyrics to reference common Christmas traditions in the United States. Episode host [[Kate McKinnon]] and cast member [[Bowen Yang]] were joined by [[Maya Rudolph]] and [[Kristen Wiig|Kristin Wiig]], both former cast members on the show. The episode aired on 16 December 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Iasimone |first1=Ashley |title='SNL': Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph & Bowen Yang Star in 'ABBA Christmas' Commercial |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/snl-abba-christmas-1235560639/ |magazine=Billboard |date=18 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenbloom |first1=Alli |title=Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig help Kate McKinnon spoof ABBA in hilarious 'SNL' sketch |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/entertainment/maya-rudolph-kristen-wiig-snl/index.html |work=CNN |date=17 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>