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Abba: Iconic Swedish pop music band marks golden anniversary
Swedish pop group Abba (from left) Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson, pose during the Eurovision Song Festival on February 9, 1974.
It is exactly half a century to the week a pop music phenomenon burst onto the world stage for the first time. Fifty years ago, the Swedish quartet Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in the seaside town of Brighton, UK, beating entries from 17 countries across Europe and launching a pop revolution that was to spread the world over.
The 19th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 6 April 1974 was the first time an act from Sweden had won the contest since its inception in 1956. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed live on television and the winning entry is picked through both a public and jury vote.
