Norway - Additional Information

All of the following information is courtesy of Colin Hughes, Ian Cole, Dean Scapolo, Maurizio and John Boylan. Enjoy!

Key to Abbreviations:

Title: The title of the single or album. With singles, if there are two titles listed on one line, that single was considered a double A side.
Date: This is the date the single or album first appeared in the chart.
Positions: These are the Top 40 chart positions for a single or album. Special mention to a couple of the later singles which featured in the "up and coming" to the Top 100, similar to "bubbling under" in the US Hot 100.

Week to Week Charts

Norway Singles
TitleDatePositions
Ring Ring11/04/736,5,3,3,2,2,3,2,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,8
Waterloo27/03/748,6,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,4,7,8,9,9,10
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do11/09/7510,4,3,2,2,2,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,6,4,4,4,5,7
SOS02/10/758,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,4,5,7,11
Mamma Mia29/01/765,3,3,2,2,2,3,4,5,6,8
Fernando08/04/769,7,7,4,3,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,2,2,2,3,3,4,4,4,0,0,9
Dancing Queen19/08/766,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,4,4,8,5,6,4,10,8
Money Money Money11/11/767,6,6,5,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,3,3,4,7,7,7
Knowing Me, Knowing You03/03/778,6,6,6,8,8,6,10,9,8,8,8
The Name of the Game27/10/779,4,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,9,10
Take A Chance On Me09/03/7811,10,10,10,8,10
Summer Night City21/09/789,5,4,5,5,3,5,8,9,9
Chiquitita08/02/795,6,6,4,4,4,5,4,7,7,8,10,7,5,5,5,5,8
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!25/10/798,6,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,4,5,8
The Winner Takes It All07/08/807,4,3,3,4,5,7,8,10
Super Trouper11/12/808,2,2,2,4,3,5,5,9
One of Us07/01/827,6,10,8
I Know There's Something Going On09/09/827,6,5,5,4,5,3,4,3
Never Again28/10/829,6,6,9,6,7,8,5,5,5
The Day Before You Came04/11/827,5,8,8,9
The Heat Is On02/06/837,7,6,5,4,1,1,2,4,6,6,7,8,8
One Night In Bangkok06/12/844,3,4,4,4,4,5,3,3,3,3,3,4,7,7
Dancing Queen16/09/929,7,5,9
Happy New Yearwk53/9920,20
If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind??/04/0438,32,29,28,no more info.
Happy New Year12/01/0811
Honey Honey02/08/0816,20
Happy New Year10/01/0905
Happy New Year09/01/1011
Happy New Year08/01/1118
I Still Have Faith In You10/09/2113
Don't Shut Me Down10/09/217,24,

Norway Albums
TitleDatePositions
Ring Ring25/04/7322,18,12,14,12,10,10,13,13,11,13,12,12,17,18,20
Waterloo27/03/7419,13,13,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,4,5,5,5,6,11,11,6,10,13,13,0,15
Abba08/05/744,4,4,4,5,5,6,6,6,8,7,13,13,7,7,6,6,7,3,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,4,5,4,5,5,6,7,16,16,16,11,8,9,14,
18,0,0,0,0,14,13,13,11
The Best of Abba04/12/7514,19
Greatest Hits15/01/767,3,3,2,1,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,4,3,3,3,5,2,3,3,4,3,3,2,2,
2,2,3,2,3,5,4,6,5,6,10,10,14,15,14,13,17,14,0,9,9,9,21,13,
15,11,9,14,17,20
Arrival14/10/762,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,5,
9,9,9,14,15
Abba - The Album15/12/775,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,7,7,11,13,14,17
Voulez-Vous26/04/7911,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,3,4,4,4,6,8,9,12,17,18,20
Greatest Hits Vol.215/11/7928,28,25,37
Super Trouper13/11/803,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,5,6,9,7,11,11,14,23,18,15,21,23,28
The Visitors03/12/8115,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,6,7,9,13,16
Something's Going On16/09/827,2,2,2,4,7,3,4,6,7,7,15,23,27,27,27
Abba - The Singles02/12/8233
Wrap Your Arms Around Me09/06/837,4,3,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,4,4,7,6,7,13,16
Shine20/09/8412,12,10,12
Chess22/12/8417,15,8,10,7,7,7,5,5,7,3,5,4,7,6,5,8,8,13,13,20,20,19
Eyes of a Woman12/04/8515,15,14
I Stand Alone07/01/8817,15,15,17,16,17
Abba Gold23/09/9220,4,4,2,3,3,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,4,2,3,5,5,13,14,18,20
More Abba Gold16/06/9316,18
Djupa Andetag02/10/9617,30,39,27
Chess27/11/9635,22,22,36,29,36
Love Stories25/11/9830,32,34,39
Love Stories21/04/9935
Abba Gold14/04/9931,0,0,0,0,29,28,24,10,5,5,6,6,5,6,7,6,6,8,11,13,14,14,16,20,
25,26,28,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
38,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29
More Abba Gold25/08/9925,26,18,26,34
My Colouring Book01/05/0432,25,27
The Definitive Collection0?/07/0421,12,8,13,13,13,22,26,28
Abba Gold09/04/0540
The Definitive Collection11/03/0635
Number Oneswk19/0825
Abba Gold19/07/0830,20,17,13,11,6,4,7,6,8,10,11,19,25,31,33,29,29,14,22,25,31,31,32,33
The Albums (Box Set)08/11/0814,12,7,10,15,23,23,11,8,14,33
Abba Gold24/01/0933
Abba Gold07/02/0936
Abba Gold18/07/0930,27,28,38,38,30,32,26
Abba Gold14/05/1339,30,36,18,32,35,32,34,31,
A (Agnetha)21/05/133,8,9,34,0,0,35,0,31
A (Agnetha)18/10/1331,26
Piano (Benny)06/10/1733
Voulez-Vous10/09/2127,
Voyage12/11/211,3,12,15,27,21,31

Accreditations

Gold was 25,000 and Platinum was 50,000 until June 2002.
Gold is 20,000 copies and Platinum is 40,000 copies now (for albums).
Gold is 5,000 copies and Platinum is 10,000 copies now (for singles).

Greatest Hits - Platinum x 3
Arrival - Gold
Abba - The Album - Platinum x 4
Voulez-Vous - Platinum x 2
Abba Gold - Platinum x 4
More Abba Gold - Gold

Maintained by Trent Nickson.
Last updated: 7 January 2022.