Even though the Swedish group hasn't been together for nearly two decades, they're still making headlines as they recently received a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA) this year for their help with the Meryl Streep big picture film, Mamma Mia! Nominated with other artists appearing in films like The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall E and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have returned to the spotlight for more reasons than simply their music. The performing duo is most notably recognized for their singles “Dancing Queen,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Waterloo,” but in today's world the 1970s group has recently been shelving rumors regarding bitter battles between Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog. As the team is returning to the spotlight thanks to their overwhelming presence in Mamma Mia!, the group once again must dismiss completion rumors held between its members and instead focus on the music. The group continues to see “renewed success and recognition...and are proud of the fact that Meryl Streep and others” are singing their songs, according to Nojes Bladet, but they don't plan on making more records anytime soon. Still, the Music of Abba tickets are still going to be selling as fans continue to appreciate their sound, and as always http://www.stubhub.com/abba-the-music-tickets is the best place to find them!



Faltskog and Lyngstad, 58 and 63 respectively, were reunited in Stockholm recently when they picked up the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet's Rockbjörnen award for “Lifetime achievement”. “We feel incredibly proud that the music never seems to die. A new generation likes it and that give you great hope,” Faltskog said during the evening's festivities. And since splitting in 1982, the two have long since come together in public, surging rumors once again of their personal and public relationship. “A lot has been written about how Agnetha and I fought and quarreled with each other. There is absolutely no truth in that,” Lyngstad saying in Aftonbladet. “Of course we competed, but to good effect.” Though the group hadn't been together since they separated in the '80s, when Mamma Mia! appeared in theaters this year, a film based on their hits, the original quartet performed in Sweden for one public performance.

Even with new hits two decades behind them, ABBA has continued to make headlines over the years, more recently with the film Mamma Mia! The film earned a BAFTA film nomination as it was the most successful film in the UK this year thanks to the production work of Judy Craymer, who worked herself thin in getting the hit ABBA music onto the screen. Bristol playwright Catherine Johnson is nominated for a BAFTA for her work on Mamma Mia!, a film that according to This Is http://Bristol.co.uk is still screening in the UK and has grossed hundreds of millions of pounds. “I know the studio is gobsmacked by its success, and a lot of the critics have been surprised, but I wasn't. It was a no-brainer,” Streep said about her film to http://Telegraphy.co.uk. “I knew it would do well because it was aimed at an audience that has been neglected in recent years in film offerings – women. They are the last group anybody ever cares about.” The soundtrack is yet another reason, as fans around the world have continued to enjoy the sounds of ABBA music with tickets from http://StubHub.com!