Monday 18 May 2015

Abba Date - 19th May 1979

Today in 1979 Abba's latest album "Voulez-Vous" entered the UK album chart at number 1 where it would stay for four weeks. The top five selling albums in the UK that week were -

  1. Abba "Voulez-Vous"
  2. Leo Sayer "The Very Best Of Leo Sayer"
  3. Art Garfunkel "Fate For Breakfast"
  4. Thin Lizzy "Black Rose (A Rock Legend)"
  5. James Last "Last The Whole Night Long"

"Voulez-Vous" would stay in the UK album chart for 43 weeks and would go on to become the fifth biggest selling album of 1979. Chart positions from other countries around the world are shown below -

  • Number 1 - Argentina, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Zimbabwe
  • Number 2 - Austria, New Zealand
  • Number 3 - Spain
  • Number 5 - Australia
  • Number 6 - Canada
  • Number 13 - France

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