Australian Sales
Albums
➡️ ABBAMANIA in Australia 1975-76 which saw six consecutive #1 singles: I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do, Mamma Mia, SOS, Fernando, Dancing Queen, Money Money Money
➡️ Huge album sales 1975-77. Best Of for example sold over a million in a country with 14 million people at the time.
➡️ After Australian Tour and filming of The Movie a backlash. 1977-81, singles made Top 10 and albums made Top 5. No more Number Ones during ABBA's original career.
➡️ 1981-82: Five singles failed to make Top 40 and The Visitors album never got to the Top 20.
➡️ Revival with Gold Greatest Hits which made #1 and sold over a million copies.
| 1. Gold Greatest Hits | 1,190,000 | PLATINUM x17 |
| 2. Best Of | 1,100,000 | Gold x20 |
| 3, Arrival | 925,000 | Gold x 21 |
| 4. ABBA | 610,000 | Gold x 11 |
| 5. 18 Hits | 280,000 | PLATINUM x4 |
| 6. Ring Ring | 142,000 | Gold x3 |
| 7. The Definitive Collection | 140, 000 | PLATINUM x2 |
| 8. Waterloo | 112,000 | Gold x2 |
| 9. The Album | 100,000 - estimate | |
| 10. The Gold Collection | 70,000 | PLATINUM |
| 11 Gold/More Gold | 70,000 | PLATINUM |
| 12 Super Trouper | 60,000 - estimate | PLATINUM |
| 13 Viulez Vous | 40,000 - estimate | GOLD |
| 14. Voyage | 35,000 | GOLD |
| 15 The ABBA Collection | 35,000 | GOLD |
| 16 The Singles - the first ten years | 20,000 | GOLD |
| 17 Greatest Hits volume two | 20,000 - estimate |
Sources:
Best Selling Albums in Australia
ABBA in Australia in Billboard Magazine
ABBA Gold + Abba Gold/More Gold
NB: Up to 1977 certificatiions were based on Value not Sales. That explains why Arrival has more certifications than Best Of. From 1977 to 1982 the certifications were based on units. Singles: 50,000 Gold. 100,000 platinum. Albums 20,000 Gold, 50,000 platinum. Since 1984 Gold 35,000, Platinum 70,000 for both Singles and Albums. I can't find any certification for The Album - it must have been overlooked. It would have sold more than Voulez Vous or Super Trouper.
Note: I have not added the twin set Gold and More Gold to the totals for Gold.
1. Fernando gold x24
2. Dancing Queen goldx20
3. Money Money Money goldx13
4. I Do I Do I Do - gold x10
5. Mamma Mia - goldx9
6. SOS goldx5