Editing Anni-Frid Lyngstad (section)

===1982–1984: International solo career===
[[File:Frida Lyngstad 1982b.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Lyngstad in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 1982]]
In 1982, during ABBA's last year as a working band, Frida recorded and released her first post-ABBA solo album. This was also her first solo album in English. The [[Phil Collins]]-produced album called ''[[Something's Going On]]'' became a big success for Frida worldwide. A much rockier sound was found on many of the songs and Phil Collins' drum sound had a major contribution, particularly on the lead single, "[[I Know There's Something Going On]]", which topped the charts in Belgium and Switzerland, and was a top 5 hit in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Sweden among others. With the song and video being heavily promoted and played on [[MTV]], the single also proved successful in the United States, reaching No. 13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (and No. 9 on ''[[Radio & Records]]'') in March 1983, and was the 20th-biggest-selling single in the US that year. In the UK, the track was not a big hit, only reaching No. 43.

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The album itself received good reviews, with ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' writing: "ABBA's auburn-haired songstress makes a bold solo project a stunning success", while Mark Coleman described the album in the third edition of ''[[Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' as "a sharp, rock-oriented, delightfully eclectic album". William Cooper had a similar opinion in [[AllMusic]]: "Frida escapes the creative limitations of being a member of one of the world's most popular groups on this solid and often riveting album". Swedish Television [[Sveriges Television|SVT]] documented this historical event by filming the whole recording process. The result became a one-hour TV documentary, including interviews with Frida and Phil, Björn and Benny, as well as all the musicians involved with the album. Owing to the success of the album (selling 1.5&nbsp;million copies worldwide),<ref name=r2/> and its lead single, Frida was voted "Best Female Artist Of The Year" 1982, by the readers of Sweden's biggest evening paper ''[[Aftonbladet]]'', receiving the Swedish Music Award Price [[Rockbjörnen]].

In 1983, Lyngstad assisted with ''[[Abbacadabra]]'', and recorded one of the tracks with two different male vocalists in different languages, including the French star [[Daniel Balavoine]] on the track "[[Arrival (composition)|Belle]]" and on the English version "[[Arrival (composition)|Time]]" with [[B.&nbsp;A. Robertson]] produced by [[Mike Batt]]. This track was a cover of "[[Arrival (song)|Arrival]]", an instrumental track from the ABBA album of the same name. She also jumps in and does the female recitation towards the end of the song "Strip" on the ''Strip'' album by [[Adam Ant]], who was recording his album at [[Polar Studios]] in Stockholm.

Lyngstad's next album was ''[[Shine (Frida album)|Shine]]'' (1984). This album was recorded at Studios De La Grande Armée in Paris and produced by [[Steve Lillywhite]]. Lillywhite was only 29 when this album was recorded; he gave Lyngstad a very experimental sound and managed to create a relaxed atmosphere in the studio. The album had much less success than hoped, though it reached the Top 20 in many European countries, No. 6 in Sweden being its highest position.