ABBA has made more money from their catalog of hit singles than perhaps any other pop band in history. Through album sales, movies, Broadway shows, and now a hologram event in London, the quartet knows how to remind the world of their many smashes. The ongoing love for many of those tunes is evident once more on the Billboard charts, as Americans continue to consume the songs that made them extremely wealthy legends.
Gold: Greatest Hits debuts on a Billboard chart this week. ABBA's bestselling compilation is finally a win on what was the Top Dance/Electronic Albums ranking until recently, though the list has been renamed to simply the Top Dance Albums roster.
This week, Gold launches at No. 3 on the list of the most-consumed dance albums in the U.S. The set marks the first placement for ABBA on Billboard's dance-specific tally. Their arrival is likely due to the change in how the company compiles the ranking, as "electronic" has vanished from the methodology.
Gold is one of two debuts on the Top Dance Albums chart this week. Fellow dancefloor legend Madonna also appears on the tally, though not for the first time. Her The Immaculate Collection opens at No. 9, earning the superstar another top 10 smash.
ABBA released Gold in 1992, and though it wasn't their first compilation of singles -- nor has it turned out to be their last -- it's gone on to become likely their most successful in every context. The album is a regular charter in a number of major markets, and even after decades of availability, it's performing well enough to this day to debut on yet another ranking.
Gold remains ABBA's longest-running title on the Billboard 200 by a wide margin. The compilation is up to 359 weeks on the list of the most-consumed albums in the U.S. -- nearly 300 more than its closest competitor, another compilation. The simply named Greatest Hits has only managed 61 turns on the competitive roster throughout its nearly half-century-long lifetime.