Editing Anni-Frid Lyngstad (section)

===1972–1981: ABBA and ''Frida ensam''===
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[[File:Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog at The Eddy Go Round Show 1974.png|thumb|right|Lyngstad (left) and Fältskog in 1974]]
At first, Lyngstad was hesitant to perform with her boyfriend Benny Andersson, his best friend Björn Ulvaeus and his wife, [[Agnetha Fältskog]].<ref>Frida in Swedish radio interview, 1980.</ref> Their first project together in the winter of 1970–1971 was the cabaret act Festfolket, which was not a success. The following year, Lyngstad toured with Lasse Berghagen, while the other three future ABBA members started performing together on a regular basis.<ref>ABBA fan magazine, 1979.</ref> Eventually, she rejoined the ensemble. Andersson and Ulvaeus were busy producing other artists, but soon discovered the qualities of Lyngstad's and Fältskog's voices combined; thus, the band was formed initially as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, later renamed ABBA.

Possessing a wide mezzo-soprano vocal range, that covers C#3 to Eb6,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/2477/anni-frid-lyngstad |title=Anni-Frid Lyngstad &#124; the Range Planet}}</ref> Lyngstad sang solo parts in the following ABBA songs: "[[Andante, Andante]]", "Bumblebee", "Cassandra", "[[Fernando (song)|Fernando]]", "[[ABBA: The Album|Get on the Carousel]]", "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong", "I Am the City", "[[I Have a Dream (song)|I Have a Dream]]", "[[I Let the Music Speak]]", "On Top of Old Smokey", "[[I Still Have Faith in You]]", "I Wonder (Departure)", "[[The King Has Lost His Crown]]", "[[Knowing Me, Knowing You]]", "[[Like an Angel Passing Through My Room]]", "[[Lovers (Live a Little Longer)]]", "[[Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother]]", "[[Me and I]]", "[[Money, Money, Money]]", "[[The Name of the Game (ABBA song)|The Name of the Game]]", "No Doubt About It", "[[One Man, One Woman]]", "[[Our Last Summer]]", "Put On Your White Sombrero", "[[Should I Laugh or Cry]]", "[[Super Trouper (song)|Super Trouper]]", "Tropical Loveland", "[[The Visitors (song)|The Visitors]]", "[[The Way Old Friends Do (ABBA song)|The Way Old Friends Do]]" and "[[When All Is Said and Done]]".

Lyngstad clearly enjoyed the spotlight more than the other three members of ABBA. She liked to tour and to meet audience members one-to-one.<ref>ABBA fan magazine 1975.</ref> She took an active part in co-designing the famed ABBA costumes for their tours and TV performances.<ref>ABBA fan magazine, 1976.</ref> After the members of ABBA went their separate ways, Lyngstad was the only one who openly regretted there had never been a reunion, until ABBA got back together in 2017.

Her next solo album, in Swedish, was ''[[Frida ensam]]'' ("Frida Alone"), released in 1975 during the ABBA years, and produced by Andersson. This album includes her successful Swedish version of "[[Fernando (song)|Fernando]]", which stayed at the No. 1 spot in the Svensktoppen radio charts for 9 weeks, but was never released as a single. The album was recorded between sessions of the ABBA albums ''[[Waterloo (album)|Waterloo]]'' and ''[[ABBA (album)|ABBA]]''. Because of the activities of the group, the album took 18 months to record. ''Frida ensam'' became an enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, topping the Swedish album charts for six weeks and remaining in the charts for 38. The album was mostly a collection of covers of songs by artists such as the [[Beach Boys]] ([[Wouldn't It Be Nice|"''Skulle de' va' skönt''"]]), [[10cc]] ([[The Wall Street Shuffle|"''Guld och gröna ängar''"]]) and [[David Bowie]] ([[Life on Mars?|"''Liv på Mars?''"]]), receiving positive reviews from ''[[Melody Maker]]'': "The album portrays Frida as a very strong and emotive singer and shows the true value of the music, that if sung properly and with enough feeling it transcends all language barriers". This album eventually went platinum.
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