Sweden is one of the largest exporters of pop and rock music in the world. Many Swedish artists have enjoyed success on the British and American charts and in other English speaking countries. 70s In April 1974, Blue Swede went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with the BJ Thomas cover "Hooked on a Feeling". The band was renamed Blue Swede for the US. In that same year, ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with "Waterloo". It was a big success throughout Europe, and reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the next few years ABBA had 18 consecutive top ten hits in the UK, nine of them reaching number one. Having sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide, ABBA became the best-selling band of the 1970s. In 1977 "Dancing Queen" became ABBA's only number one-hit on the Billboard Hot 100. 80s In 1986 a hard rock band from Upplands Väsby, Europe, hit number one in 26 countries including the UK with the song "The Final Countdown". The album of the sam! e name also charted around the world and sold over 3 million copies in the United States alone and more than 6 million copies worldwide. The single has sold 8 million copies. In 1986, Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle formed the band Roxette. Four of their songs, "The Look", "Listen To Your Heart" (both 1989), "It Must Have Been Love" (1990) and "Joyride" (1991), all reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5][6] Meanwhile, two of their other songs, "Dangerous" (1990) and "Fading Like a Flower" (1991), each ...
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