ABBA soar to tenth Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Voyage: "We are absolutely over the moon"

CONGRATS TO The One & Only @DianaRoss landing at Number 7 with Thank You. You hit your mark and you gave us exactly what we needed at this time in our lives. The rest of the world has no idea of the pain; drama; decisiveness; the confusion; the hate; the inequalities that has been happening in America. Yes, the rest of the world understands this but you captured songs of our times dead smack center; you didn't slam us over the head, you simply put your words to pen and let it flow outward. Thank You is your Marvin Gaye's or John Lennon triumphant album. You're known for a wide array of sounds and you kept true to your foundation of "LOVE."

Thank you, for giving us hope; encouragement; thank you goes out to the entire team for "Thank You."

so thrilled for abba and good taste returning back to the uk music consumers

I assume this must be for the UK chart only, which just goes to show how very different it is between other countries chart stats. Abba voyage shifting 29,900 units on vinyl which makes it the fastest-selling vinyl release of the century and yet last year on the Billboard charts The Beatles Abbey Road sold over 53,000 on vinyl and it just managed to make it Top 5 of the year- definitely not the century.

What an achievement, a true masterpiece from the best there is, congratulations :)

Given that not surprising success of the Scandinavian legends that's one back in the eye for the stuffy Guardian review and anyone else and it also goes to show the loyal ABBA old school stick the finger up to streaming because you cannot beat buying it in CD/download and now vinyl once again..To even beat the former vinyl Kings The Arctic Monkeys is something else as well but if anyone could ABBA could.. With increasing sales from the big guns of Coldplay,Ed and now ABBA could Adele top it all on 25th November??That 200,000+ target won't be easy but not impossible .

ABBA is for old people, 60+.

Such a let down after all the hype,that they wont do any live concerts ,in person,rather then this computer related nonsense.I for one would not pay what is probably a very expensive ticket price to see anyhing other then a live concert,their millions of fans dserve better hen this!

I still can't believe that amazing news!! So over the moon! And they sold over 200k copies within a week: unbelievable! i just hope they can remain at number 1 for another week before adele dominates the charts again!

Congratulations to ABBA. This album has definitely grown on me and there are some amazing songs on it. Ode To Freedom is a masterpiece of music.

Just like in years past, this album will become a classic in the future.

I agree with Frank about the mixing and instrumentation on a couple of the songs. Clearly, Michael Tretow was missed in the studio.

But at the end of the day, I and many others are just glad to have new music from ABBA.

God Bless Them.

They deserve this, they’ve always had harsh criticism over the years.
They’ve been such a big part of my life!
10 number 1s way to go!

The Top 40 Album vinyl charts has 2 Albums of Abba and also The Beatles. "-"

Based on the strength of the first two singles, which were phenomenal examples of the classic ABBA sound, I was initially underwhelmed by the album. I think that it needed a few more songs like I still have faith in you and Don't shut me down to balance out the content. That said, after repeated listens, Voyage has definitely grown on me and I feel very blessed that they came together to give us this gift. It's never gonna be the album I immediately turn to when I'm craving that unique ABBA sound, as I think there are far better examples in their catalogue. But for a group of artists who disbanded 40 years ago, I think they did a stellar job! The girls still sound amazing and there are definitely moments of brilliance to be found on Voyage. (Ode to freedom is glorious) I look forward to the EP that I'm fairly confident they will release in a year or two's time.

Well, I have to say that I generally liked the album but have to say that the mix overwhelmed the voices with the instrumentation making lyrics somewhat unintelligible. Too bad since all their voices are still excellent. Unlike Piran I was not really expecting a retro album since I have often said that after singers/groups have food on the table, they all become artists!

Reviews of this album are rather pointless. It's doing its job and doing it very well, with dignity, style, grace and sheer enduring talent. For those of us who grew up buying their records and waiting anxiously each week for their chart positions, well, this is a dream come true. Adult life has happened in between, marriages, children, love, loss, joy and pain, and now this most welcome bookend to what really has been a journey through time, a real Voyage. Congratulations to all four members for their continued magic.

Did you guys like ABBA’s new album? :)

Honestly, for me, I’m really happy to see them back making music together for the first in almost 40 years & they definitely made the right choices with the singles, but I’m sorry, I feel like ‘Voyage’ lacks that magical spark that made their 70’s signature hits so iconic!

Sure, some of the tracks on it are a bit fun & sweet in places, but when they’re not either of those things, it can have a particularly boring feel to it as well at times, particularly at moments on this album where the tempo starts to draw back.

That being said, even though the replay factor from me is going to be very low, these guys deserve a massive amount of respect for making such a hugely successful comeback, especially decades after their prime, so a massive congratulations to them! ❤️