ABBA Worldwide Estimated Sales
| SONG | Physical | Download |
| Ring Ring | 400,000 | 150,000 |
| Waterloo | 2,900,000 | 650,000 |
| Honey Honey | 1,150,000, | 400,000 |
| I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do | 1,650,000 | 300,000 |
| SOS | 2,500,000 | 450,000 |
| Mamma Mia | 1,900,000 | 1,600,000 |
| Fernando | 4,000,000 | 400,000 |
| Dancing Queen | 5,350,000 | 3,800,000 |
| Money Money Money | 2,800,000 | 400,000 |
| Knowing Me Knowing You | 2,900,000 | 400,000 |
| The Name of the Game | 2,600,000 | 250,000 |
| Take a Chance on Me | 3,300,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Thank You for the Music | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| Eagle | 600,000 | 200,000 |
| Summer Night City | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Chiquitita - English | 2,300,000 | 500,000* |
| Chiquitita - Spanish | 1,200,000 | *both versions |
| Does Your Mother Know | 1,600,000 | 500,000 |
| Voulez Vous (inc UK) | 800,000 | 500,000 |
| Angel Eyes (UK with VV) | 500,000 | 200,000 |
| Gimme Gimme Gimme | 2,400,000 | 600,000 |
| I Have a Dream | 1,300,000 | 350,000 |
| The Winner Takes it All | 2,400,000 | 900,000 |
| Super Trouper | 2,900,000 | 350,000 |
| Lay All Your Love on Me | 500,000 | 350,000 |
| On and On and On | 300,000 | 50,000 |
| One of Us | 1,400,000 | 300,000 |
| Head Over Heels | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| When All Is Said and Done | 500,000 | 100,000 |
| The Day Before You Came | 600,000 | 250,000 |
| Under Attack | 300,000 | 50,000 |
| Others | 2,000,000 | |
| Approximate Total | 53,000,000 | 18,000,000 |
➡️Dancing Queen was ABBA's biggest physical seller - in the US, UK and Japan. In Germany and Australia it was Fernando..
➡️ Some big physical sellers not so popular with downloads eg The Name of the Gane, Fernando and Money, Money, Money
➡️ Perhaps thanks to the first Mamna Mia film some songs that weren't ABBA's biggest originally became so with downloads eg Mamma Mia, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Does Your Mother Know, The Winner Takes it All.
Estimated Album Sales.
My estimates based on
1. Official sales figures/certifications and in some cases credible reports. Estimates are higher to account for back catalogue sales and un or under certified albums
2. Market share of individual countries. Certifaction levels used to determine size.
3. Local factors. Some albums may sell a lot in small markets and vice versa.
| Album | Global Estimates | #1 country | #2 country | #3 country | #4 country | #5 country |
| Ring Ring | 500,000 | Sweden 150,000 | Australia 150,000 | UK 30,000 | ? | ? |
| Waterloo | 2,500,000 | Germany 550,000 | Sweden 400,000 | US 200,000 | Australia 120,000 | UK 100,000 |
| ABBA | 3,000,000 | Australia 600,000 | Sweden 500,000 | UK 200,000 | US 200,000 | Norway 130,000 |
| Arrival | 11,000,000 | UK 1,700,000 | Germany 1,300,000 | USA 1,200,000 | Australia 1,000,000 | Japan 700,000 |
| The Album | 7,500,000 | USA 1,500,000 | UK 1,250,000 | Sweden 800,000 | Germany 600,000 | Japan 300,000 |
| Voulez Vous | 7,000,000 | USA 900,000 | UK 850,000 | Germany 750,000 | Japan 700,000 | Canada 200,000 |
| Super Trouper | 7,500,000 | UK 1,300,000 | Germany 1,200,000 | USA 1,000,000 | Sweden 400,000 | France 250,000 |
| The Visitors | 4,000,000 | UK 800,000 | Germany 700,000 | USA 500,000 | Sweden 350,000 | France 150,000 |
| Voyage | 2,000,000 | Germany 560,000 | UK 450 ,000 | USA 200,000 | France 125,000 | Sweden 70,000 |
Studio album sales - 45,000,000
➡️ First three albums had localised sales in just a few countries.
➡️ Next four had global sales. Arrival and Super Trouper respectively, their top two sellers in Europe. Arrival their top seller in Australia. Voulez Vous relatively not so strong in USA or UK but did very well in Japan and South America. The Album was their biggest seller in America.
➡️ Last two, The Visitors and Voyage had sales overwhelmingly in Western Europe and the US. Voyage in particular had to rely on loyal German and British fans for half its sales. Numbers were down considerably everywhere else for Voyage. Sales overall for albums had declined sharply by the time Voyage was released in 2021.
| Greatest Hits | 7,500,000 | UK 2,600,000 | USA 1,300,000 | Canada 550,000 | Germany 300,000 |
| Greatest Hits Volume 2 | 7,500,000 | UK 1,200,000 | Japan 1,000,000 | US 600,000 | Germany 600,000 |
| The Singles | 2,500,000 | UK 600,000 | US 500,000 | Germany 300,000 | Portugal 35,000 |
| Gold - Greatest Hits | 32,000,000 | US 11,000,000 | UK 6,100,000 | Germany 2,800,000 | France 2,000,000 |
| More Gold | 2,500,000 | UK 420,000 | Germany 250,000 | US 150,000 | France 110,000 |
| The Definitive Collection | 2,500,000 | US 350,000 | Germany 300,000 | UK 240,000 | Australia 140,000 |
| 18 Hits | 2,000,000 | UK 530,000 | Australia 300,000 | Brazil 135,000 | Belgium 50,000 |
| Number Ones | 1,000,000 | US 240,000 | UK 175,000 | Russia 20,000 | New Zealand 15,000 |
| The Albums (Box Set) | 300,000 | UK 80,000 | Sweden 50,000 | Denmark 15,000 | |
| Live at Wembley | 200,000 | Sweden 40,000 | Germany 30,000 | UK 10,000 |
Major International compilations - 58,00,000 Plus ABBA Live, The Essential Collection, deluxe edition of Gold and Forever Gold brings us closer to 60,000,000.
➡️ Greatest Hits wasn't released everyehere - some countties had own version. Greatest Hits VolumeTwo had a universal release.
➡️ Gold Greatest Hits - you won't be surprised by phenomonal sales in the UK or very impressive sales in Germany. It was way more successful than other ABBA albums in most countries, notably France, Canada and especially the US.
➡️ More Gold and The Definitive Collection each sold less than a tenth of Gold.
Plus numerous local and budget compilations, 25-35 million including
The Best of - 3,000,000 (Australia, NZ, Germany, Netherlands)
Magic of ABBA - 2,000,000 (USA)
Best of: Millennium Collection 2,000,000 (USA/Canada)
Gracias Por La Musica/Oro - 1,000,000 (Spain/Latin America)
The Music Still Goes On - 1,000,000 (worldwide, budget)
The Name of the Game - 1,000,000 (worldwide, budget)
Very Best of: Greatest Hits - 800,000 (Germany)
SOS: Best of -800,000 (Japan)
Greatest Hits 20/24 - 800,000 (Japan)
A Van ABBA/A Wie ABBA - 700,000 (Netherlands/Germany)
Golden Double Album - 600,000 (France)
Icon - 500,000 (USA/Canada)
25 Jaar Na Waterloo - 350,000 (Netherlands)
Complete Singles Collection - 300,000 (Germany)
16 Hits - 250,000 (Germany)
Toda - 200,000 (Spain)
25 Jaar Na Waterloo 2 - 150,000 (Netherlands)
Thank Your For the Music - 150,000 (UK)
Absolute ABBA - 100,000 (UK)
Complete Gold - 70,000 (Australia)