Killer (Dancing) Queen: Why Old Acts Are Enduring Like Never Before

Killer (Dancing) Queen: Why Old Acts Are Enduring Like Never Before

Freddie Mercury of Queen, 1982 Tour at the Various Locations in Oakland, California (Photo by Steve ... [+] Jennings/WireImage) The two biggest albums in UK chart history are decades-old greatest hits and they have both achieved new highs recently that reveal a great deal about both endurance and also how the modern chart works. Let's start with the second-biggest album first. The 19-track ABBA Gold compilation was released in 1992 and has recently clocked up its 1, 000th week on the British album chart – the first album in the country to have a four-digit chart run. It was far from the band's first hits compilation and it quickly spawned the More ABBA Gold collection, but it is the one that has most captured the public's imagination and helped to revitalise their career. 10th April 1974: Swedish pop stars (from left), Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha ... [+] Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus of the Swedish pop group ABBA posing at Waterloo railway station. (Photo by John Downing/Express/Getty Images) That album unquestionably paved the way for the 1999 jukebox musical Mamma Mia!, which has been a global phenomenon ever since and has resulted in two spin-off films (and possibly even