American Guild of Variety Artists Entertainer of The Year Awards
This was an annual award, sometimes called "Georgie", in several entertainment categories from AGVA, an American trade union representing performers in a variety entertainment, including circuses, Las Vegas showrooms and cabarets, comedy showcases, dance revues, magic shows, theme park shows, and arena and auditorium extravaganzas. ABBA were honored during 11th annual ceremony.[1]
In 1983 poll, the group was voted #7 Pop Group of the Year.
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards.
At the 1977 inaugural ceremony, the awards, then named Brittania/Jubilee Centenary Award, were presented for the "outstanding contributions in the past 25 years", thus all recordings released within the last 25 years and artists who have emerged in the period qualified for nominations.[3] Next Brit Awards ceremony took place in 1982.
Currently called Carl Alan Awards, during ABBA's active years they were presented annually by the UK entertainment company Mecca in several categories for outstanding contribution to the world of dancing and dance music in the previous year. In the mid to late-20th century, the company owned the most extensive network of dance halls and nightclubs in the UK and members of British Royal Family handed the awards to the winners at the ceremony held every year, until 1983, at Mecca's top London venues: first, Empire Ballroom and later, the Lyceum Ballroom.
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
1977
Dancing Queen (recording)
Best Vocal Record for Dancing
Won
1977
ABBA (performer)
The Most Outstanding Group
Won
1978
Take A Chance On Me (recording)
Best Vocal Record for Dancing
Won
Der Löwe von Radio Luxemburg prize (The Radio Luxembourg Lion Award)
1982 - received a Golden Gramophone Award from the then German recording company Deutsche Grammophon "in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by ABBA to popular music worldwide". Until then, only classical musicians received the award.
1982 - received a Swedish culture prize (Expressens Kulturpris) Spelmannen established by the evening newspaper Expressen and selected by the jury of members of Swedish Academy and Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Until 1999, ABBA remained the only pop/rock musicians who ever received this award.
2001 - Ulvaeus and Andersson received a Special International Ivor Novello Award. They also twice received the Music Export Prize from the Swedish Government and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association (SMFF).
2002 - Andersson is given an honorary professorship by the Swedish Government for his "ability to create high-class music reaching people around the world".
2002 - received a Japan Gold Disc Award from the Recording Industry Association of Japan in the category Best International Pop Album of the Year for the SOS - Best of ABBA hit collection.
2004 - Ulvaeus, Andersson and Lyngstad arrived in London for the 30th anniversary of their Eurovision Song Contest win in 1974, appearing on stage after the fifth anniversary performance of Mamma Mia!. While on stage, they were presented an award from Universal Music and Polar Music for achieving record sales of 360 million sales worldwide between 1974 and 2004.
2005 - during the celebratory show for the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, Congratulations, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, "Waterloo" was voted the best Eurovision song in the history of the contest. Despite pre-show rumours to the contrary, no band member was present to accept the accolade.
2005 - the DVD version of the 1980 TV specialABBA in Concert is nominated for a Grammis.
2009 - Faltskog and Lyngstad at the ceremony in Stockholm's Cirkus receive on behalf of ABBA the Rockbjornen's Lifetime Achievement Award
2010 - On January 27, at the London premiere of the "AbbaWorld" exhibition, ABBA was presented with an award recognizing total sales of 375,000,000 by Universal Music chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge.[8]
2010 - ABBA was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lyngstad and Andersson attended the award ceremony on March 15 in New York.[9]
ABBA have two postage stamps of their own, issued by the Swedish Postal Service (Posten AB) in 1983 and 2000.
2015 - Dancing Queen was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
2022 - ABBA was awarded the 2021 Swedish Government's Music Export Prize after the success of the 'Voyage' album and to celebrate 50 years since the group's formation.[10]
2023 - On May 4 ABBA was one of the first artists to receive the BRIT Billion Award which celebrates those who have surpassed the milestone of one billion UK streams in their career. [11]
2024 - On March 21 all four members of ABBA were appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. This was the first time for almost 50 years that the Swedish Royal Orders of Knighthood was bestowed on Swedes, coincidently also 50 years after winning the Eurovision Song Contest. ABBA shared the honour with nine other recipients.[12]
