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A few months later, Lyngstad met Haase in Stockholm for the first time.	[]	[ "Stockholm" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Lyngstad stated in several interviews that her grandmother frequently sang songs to her (such as old Norwegian songs), which resulted in her love for music.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She showed musical talent at a very early age from her earliest school years.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
On Fridays, she was often asked by her teacher to sing in front of the class and soon became known in school and in the neighbourhood for her beautiful voice.	[]	[ "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Although her grandmother encouraged her to sing (according to Lyngstad herself), she never attended any of her performances.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Her grandmother died shortly before ABBA formed and therefore never witnessed the success of the group.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
At the age of 13, Lyngstad gained her first job as a dance band and schlager singer in 1958, with the Evald Ek's Orchestra.	[ "schlager" ]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Evald Ek himself remembers: "It was hard to believe, such a young person could sing that well.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She was so easy to rehearse with and she was never shy onstage.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The only thing I taught her was to sing out.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In those days, she had a tendency of holding back her voice a little."	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
With the Evald Eks Orchestra, the 13-year-old Lyngstad, performed every weekend in front of a dancing audience.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The sets often lasted up to five hours.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The songs she liked most to sing were the evergreens; "All of Me", "Night and Day" and "Begin the Beguine".	[]	[ "All of Me", "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
To advance and develop, she also started to take singing lessons with opera tenor, Folke Andersson.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Later, she teamed up with a 15-piece 'Bengt Sandlunds Bigband', who performed a jazz repertoire covering Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Count Basie; her vocal idols being Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee.	[]	[ "Peggy Lee", "Count Basie", "Glenn Miller", "Duke Ellington", "Ella Fitzgerald" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1963, she was the vocalist with the 'Gunnar Sandevarn Trio' before forming her own band, the Anni-Frid Four.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
These groups all contained her husband, Ragnar Fredriksson.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
On 3 September 1967, Lyngstad won the Swedish national talent competition, "New Faces", arranged by record company EMI Svenska, and held at Skansen, Stockholm.	[]	[ "Skansen", "Stockholm" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The song she chose to sing was "En Ledig Dag" ("A Day Off", original title: "Week-End in Portofino").	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The first prize in this contest was a recording contract with EMI's Swedish subsidiary.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Unbeknownst to Lyngstad, the winner of the contest was also expected to appear the same evening in the country's most popular TV show at that time, Hylands Hörna.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This happened on the same day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right-hand side.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Driving on that day was discouraged, so most of the nation was watching TV that night.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Lyngstad performed her winning song live.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The performance can be seen on Frida - The DVD.	[]	[ "Frida", "Frida - The DVD" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This first exposure to a wider television audience caused a sensation, and many record companies and producers contacted Frida immediately.	[]	[ "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
EMI executives, fearing they might lose their new singer, took the precaution of driving from Stockholm to Lyngstad's home in Eskilstuna the next morning with a recording contract for her to sign.	[]	[ "Stockholm", "Eskilstuna" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
EMI producer Olle Bergman remembers: "We got so interested and fond of her and I thought she had everything a person needs to become something.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
"On 11 September 1967, Lyngstad recorded the vocals for "En ledig dag", which was to become her first single for EMI Sweden, under the company's His Master's Voice label.	[]	[ "En ledig dag", "His Master's Voice" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Professional and self-assured on this first day in the studio, she recorded the vocals in just one take.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The early songs she recorded for EMI are included in the compilation album, Frida 1967–1972, released by EMI Sweden in 1997.	[]	[ "Frida", "Frida 1967–1972" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
On 29 January 1968, she performed this song on 'Studio 8' on national television and on this occasion briefly met future ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, who also performed her first single on the same SVT1 programme.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Agnetha Fältskog" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Lyngstad toured Sweden with Lasse Lönndahl and Bengt Hallberg in 1968, and recorded several singles for EMI.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
At the same time, she decided to leave her family and move to Stockholm to start working full-time as a singer.	[]	[ "Stockholm" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1969, she participated in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Härlig är vår jord" ("Our Earth Is Wonderful"), and finished in fourth place.	[]	[ "Melodifestivalen", "Eurovision Song Contest" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In the backstage she met her future second husband and ABBA bandmate Benny Andersson.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Benny Andersson" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Her first album, Frida, produced by her then-fiancé Benny Andersson, was released in 1971 by EMI Columbia.	[]	[ "Frida", "Benny Andersson" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The album received generous praise from critics and the press, who especially commented on the precision and versatility of Lyngstad's voice.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
A reviewer for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter wrote: "Professional, sure and certain LP-debut ... low-key but self-assured personality with sprinkles of temperament, humor and tenderness.	[]	[ "Dagens Nyheter" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
And she sings in such a way that you understand that she's got something between her ears – she sings, in other words, in a very intelligent way".	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
That same year, she released her single "Min egen stad" ("My Own Town"), a cover version of Andersson's song "It's Nice To Be Back" with lyrics by Peter Himmelstrand;the single reached No.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
1 in Svensktoppen.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
All four future members of ABBA sang back-up vocals on this song.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The success of the single led EMI Columbia to re-issue the Frida album with "Min egen stad" added to the beginning of side two of the LP.	[]	[ "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The entire album was included in the EMI Sweden compilation Frida 1967–1972.	[]	[ "Frida", "Frida 1967–1972" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Frida continued to play in cabarets, and tour and regularly perform on TV and radio.	[]	[ "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Subsequently, her relationship with Andersson, and friendship with Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog led to the formation of ABBA.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Björn Ulvaeus", "Agnetha Fältskog" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1972, after five years with EMI Sweden, Lyngstad changed record companies and moved to the Polar Music label.	[]	[ "Polar Music" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She recorded the single "Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan" ("One wants to live a little from time to time"), which became her second No.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
1 hit in the Swedish charts.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
At first, Lyngstad was hesitant to perform with her boyfriend Benny Andersson, his best friend Björn Ulvaeus and his wife, Agnetha Fältskog.	[]	[ "Björn Ulvaeus", "Benny Andersson", "Agnetha Fältskog" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Their first project together in the winter of 1970–1971 was the cabaret act Festfolket, which was not a success.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The following year, Lyngstad toured with Lasse Berghagen, while the other three future ABBA members started performing together on a regular basis.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Eventually, she rejoined the ensemble.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Andersson and Ulvaeus were busy producing other artists, but soon discovered the qualities of Lyngstad's and Fältskog's voices combined; thus, the band was formed initially as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, later renamed ABBA.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Possessing a wide mezzo-soprano vocal range, according to both Ulvaeus and herself,Lyngstad sang solo parts in the following ABBA songs: "Andante, Andante", "Bumblebee", "Cassandra", "Fernando", "Get On The Carousel", "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong", "I Am the City", "I Have a Dream", "I Let the Music Speak", "On Top of Old Smokey", "I Still Have Faith in You", "I Wonder (Departure)", "The King Has Lost His Crown", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room", "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)", "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother", "Me and I", "Money, Money, Money", "The Name Of The Game", "No Doubt About It", "One Man, One Woman", "Our Last Summer", "Put On Your White Sombrero", "Should I Laugh or Cry", "Super Trouper", "Tropical Loveland", "The Visitors", "The Way Old Friends Do" and "When All Is Said and Done".	[]	[ "ABBA", "Lovers", "Me and I", "Fernando", "The Visitors", "Super Trouper", "I Have a Dream", "Our Last Summer", "Andante, Andante", "One Man, One Woman", "Money, Money, Money", "Should I Laugh or Cry", "I Let the Music Speak", "The Way Old Friends Do", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "When All Is Said and Done", "I Still Have Faith in You", "The King Has Lost His Crown", "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother", "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Lyngstad clearly enjoyed the spotlight more than the other three members of ABBA.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She liked to tour and to meet audience members one-to-one.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She took an active part in co-designing the famed ABBA costumes for their tours and TV performances.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Since the members of ABBA went their separate ways, Lyngstad has been the only one who openly regrets there has never been a reunion to date.	[]	[ "ABBA" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Her next solo album, in Swedish, was Frida ensam (Frida Alone), released in 1975 during the ABBA years, and produced by Andersson.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Frida", "Frida ensam" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This album includes her successful Swedish version of "Fernando", which stayed at the No.	[]	[ "Fernando" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
1 spot in the Svensktoppen radio charts for 9 weeks, but was never released as a single.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The album was recorded between sessions of the ABBA albums Waterloo and ABBA.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Waterloo" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Due to the activities of the group, the album took 18 months to record.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Frida ensam became an enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, topping the Swedish album charts for six weeks and remaining in the charts for 38.	[]	[ "Frida", "Frida ensam" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The album was mostly a collection of covers of songs by artists like the Beach Boys ("Skulle de' va' skönt"), 10cc ("Guld och gröna ängar") and David Bowie ("Liv på Mars?	[ "10cc" ]	[ "10cc", "Beach Boys", "David Bowie" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
"), receiving positive reviews from Melody Maker: "The album portrays Frida as a very strong and emotive singer and shows the true value of the music, that if sung properly and with enough feeling it transcends all language barriers".	[]	[ "Frida", "Melody Maker" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This album was such a big success, it eventually went platinum.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1982, during ABBA's last year as a working band, Frida recorded and released her first post-ABBA solo album.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This was also her first solo album in English.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The Phil Collins-produced album called Something's Going On became a big success for Frida worldwide.	[]	[ "Frida", "Phil Collins", "Something's Going On" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
A much rockier sound was found on many of the songs and Phil Collins' drum sound had a major contribution, particularly on the lead single, "I Know There's Something Going On", which topped the charts in Belgium and Switzerland, and was a top 5 hit in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Sweden amongst others.	[]	[ "Phil Collins", "I Know There's Something Going On" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
With the song and video being heavily promoted and played on MTV, the single also proved successful in the United States, reaching No.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
13 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and No.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
9 on Radio & Records) in March 1983, and was the 20th biggest selling single in the US that year.	[]	[ "Radio & Records" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In the UK, the track was not a successful hit, only reaching No.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The album itself received good reviews, with Billboard writing: "ABBA's auburn-haired songstress makes a bold solo project a stunning success", while Mark Coleman described the album in the third edition of Rolling Stone Album Guide as "a sharp, rock-oriented, delightfully eclectic album".	[]	[ "ABBA", "Rolling Stone Album Guide" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
William Cooper had a similar opinion in AllMusic: "Frida escapes the creative limitations of being a member of one of the world's most popular groups on this solid and often riveting album".	[]	[ "Frida", "AllMusic" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Swedish Television SVT documented this historical event by filming the whole recording process.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The result became a one-hour TV documentary, including interviews with Frida and Phil, Björn and Benny, as well as all the musicians involved with the album.	[]	[ "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Owing to the success of the album (selling 1.5 million copies worldwide),and its lead single, Frida was voted "Best Female Artist Of The Year" 1982, by the readers of Sweden's biggest evening paper Aftonbladet, receiving the Swedish Music Award Price Rockbjörnen.	[]	[ "Frida", "Rockbjörnen", "Aftonbladet" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1983, Lyngstad assisted with Abbacadabra, and recorded one of the tracks with two different male vocalists in different languages, including the French star Daniel Balavoine on the track "Belle" and on the English version "Time" with B.	[]	[ "Abbacadabra", "Daniel Balavoine" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
A. Robertson produced by Mike Batt.	[]	[ "Mike Batt" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This track was a cover of "Arrival", an instrumental track from the ABBA album of the same name.	[]	[ "ABBA", "Arrival" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She also jumps in and do the female recitation towards the end of the song Strip on the Strip album by Adam Ant who was recording the album at Polar Studios in Stockholm.	[]	[ "Stockholm" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Lyngstad's next album was Shine (1984).	[]	[ "Shine" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
This album was recorded at Studios De La Grande Armée in Paris, France and produced by Steve Lillywhite, known for his work with artists like Peter Gabriel, U2, the Rolling Stones, Morrissey and Kirsty MacColl amongst others.	[]	[ "Morrissey", "Peter Gabriel", "Rolling Stones", "Kirsty MacColl", "Steve Lillywhite" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Lillywhite was only 29 when this album was recorded and he gave Frida a very experimental sound and managed to create a relaxed atmosphere in the studio.	[]	[ "Frida" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The album had much less success than hoped, though it reached the Top 20 in many European countries, No.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
6 in Sweden being its highest position.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1987, Frida was in the choir for the recording of her former husband Benny Andersson's song "Klinga Mina Klockor".	[]	[ "Frida", "Benny Andersson" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
Also in 1987, Lyngstad recorded the single "Så Länge Vi Har Varann" ("As Long As We Have Each Other") with the Swedish pop group Ratata, one of Lyngstad's favourites.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
She was contacted by singer Mauro Scocco, who mentioned that he had a song suitable for a duet.	[]	[ "Mauro Scocco" ]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
After hearing it, Lyngstad accepted immediately.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The song achieved great success in Sweden, and was also recorded in English under the title of "As long as I have you".	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
An English-language video of the song was produced, although an Australian release of this song on Festival Records in January 1998 was eventually shelved.	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
In 1990, Lyngstad became a member of the committee of the Swedish environmental organization Det Naturliga Steget (The Natural Step).	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad
The organization wanted a "famous face" to help them reach the public, and in 1991 she became chairwoman for the organization Artister För Miljö (Artists For The Environment).	[]	[]	Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

A few months later, Lyngstad met Haase in Stockholm for the first time.

[]

[ "Stockholm" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Lyngstad stated in several interviews that her grandmother frequently sang songs to her (such as old Norwegian songs), which resulted in her love for music.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

She showed musical talent at a very early age from her earliest school years.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

On Fridays, she was often asked by her teacher to sing in front of the class and soon became known in school and in the neighbourhood for her beautiful voice.

[]

[ "Frida" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Although her grandmother encouraged her to sing (according to Lyngstad herself), she never attended any of her performances.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Her grandmother died shortly before ABBA formed and therefore never witnessed the success of the group.

[]

[ "ABBA" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

At the age of 13, Lyngstad gained her first job as a dance band and schlager singer in 1958, with the Evald Ek's Orchestra.

[ "schlager" ]

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Evald Ek himself remembers: "It was hard to believe, such a young person could sing that well.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

She was so easy to rehearse with and she was never shy onstage.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The only thing I taught her was to sing out.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

In those days, she had a tendency of holding back her voice a little."

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

With the Evald Eks Orchestra, the 13-year-old Lyngstad, performed every weekend in front of a dancing audience.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The sets often lasted up to five hours.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The songs she liked most to sing were the evergreens; "All of Me", "Night and Day" and "Begin the Beguine".

[]

[ "All of Me", "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

To advance and develop, she also started to take singing lessons with opera tenor, Folke Andersson.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Later, she teamed up with a 15-piece 'Bengt Sandlunds Bigband', who performed a jazz repertoire covering Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Count Basie; her vocal idols being Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee.

[]

[ "Peggy Lee", "Count Basie", "Glenn Miller", "Duke Ellington", "Ella Fitzgerald" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

In 1963, she was the vocalist with the 'Gunnar Sandevarn Trio' before forming her own band, the Anni-Frid Four.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

These groups all contained her husband, Ragnar Fredriksson.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

On 3 September 1967, Lyngstad won the Swedish national talent competition, "New Faces", arranged by record company EMI Svenska, and held at Skansen, Stockholm.

[]

[ "Skansen", "Stockholm" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The song she chose to sing was "En Ledig Dag" ("A Day Off", original title: "Week-End in Portofino").

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The first prize in this contest was a recording contract with EMI's Swedish subsidiary.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Unbeknownst to Lyngstad, the winner of the contest was also expected to appear the same evening in the country's most popular TV show at that time, Hylands Hörna.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

This happened on the same day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right-hand side.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Driving on that day was discouraged, so most of the nation was watching TV that night.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Lyngstad performed her winning song live.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The performance can be seen on Frida - The DVD.

[]

[ "Frida", "Frida - The DVD" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

This first exposure to a wider television audience caused a sensation, and many record companies and producers contacted Frida immediately.

[]

[ "Frida" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

EMI executives, fearing they might lose their new singer, took the precaution of driving from Stockholm to Lyngstad's home in Eskilstuna the next morning with a recording contract for her to sign.

[]

[ "Stockholm", "Eskilstuna" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

EMI producer Olle Bergman remembers: "We got so interested and fond of her and I thought she had everything a person needs to become something.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

"On 11 September 1967, Lyngstad recorded the vocals for "En ledig dag", which was to become her first single for EMI Sweden, under the company's His Master's Voice label.

[]

[ "En ledig dag", "His Master's Voice" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Professional and self-assured on this first day in the studio, she recorded the vocals in just one take.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The early songs she recorded for EMI are included in the compilation album, Frida 1967–1972, released by EMI Sweden in 1997.

[]

[ "Frida", "Frida 1967–1972" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

On 29 January 1968, she performed this song on 'Studio 8' on national television and on this occasion briefly met future ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, who also performed her first single on the same SVT1 programme.

[]

[ "ABBA", "Agnetha Fältskog" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Lyngstad toured Sweden with Lasse Lönndahl and Bengt Hallberg in 1968, and recorded several singles for EMI.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

At the same time, she decided to leave her family and move to Stockholm to start working full-time as a singer.

[]

[ "Stockholm" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

In 1969, she participated in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Härlig är vår jord" ("Our Earth Is Wonderful"), and finished in fourth place.

[]

[ "Melodifestivalen", "Eurovision Song Contest" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

In the backstage she met her future second husband and ABBA bandmate Benny Andersson.

[]

[ "ABBA", "Benny Andersson" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Her first album, Frida, produced by her then-fiancé Benny Andersson, was released in 1971 by EMI Columbia.

[]

[ "Frida", "Benny Andersson" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The album received generous praise from critics and the press, who especially commented on the precision and versatility of Lyngstad's voice.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

A reviewer for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter wrote: "Professional, sure and certain LP-debut ... low-key but self-assured personality with sprinkles of temperament, humor and tenderness.

[]

[ "Dagens Nyheter" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

And she sings in such a way that you understand that she's got something between her ears – she sings, in other words, in a very intelligent way".

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

That same year, she released her single "Min egen stad" ("My Own Town"), a cover version of Andersson's song "It's Nice To Be Back" with lyrics by Peter Himmelstrand;the single reached No.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

1 in Svensktoppen.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

All four future members of ABBA sang back-up vocals on this song.

[]

[ "ABBA" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The success of the single led EMI Columbia to re-issue the Frida album with "Min egen stad" added to the beginning of side two of the LP.

[]

[ "Frida" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The entire album was included in the EMI Sweden compilation Frida 1967–1972.

[]

[ "Frida", "Frida 1967–1972" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Frida continued to play in cabarets, and tour and regularly perform on TV and radio.

[]

[ "Frida" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Subsequently, her relationship with Andersson, and friendship with Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog led to the formation of ABBA.

[]

[ "ABBA", "Björn Ulvaeus", "Agnetha Fältskog" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

In 1972, after five years with EMI Sweden, Lyngstad changed record companies and moved to the Polar Music label.

[]

[ "Polar Music" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

She recorded the single "Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan" ("One wants to live a little from time to time"), which became her second No.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

1 hit in the Swedish charts.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

At first, Lyngstad was hesitant to perform with her boyfriend Benny Andersson, his best friend Björn Ulvaeus and his wife, Agnetha Fältskog.

[]

[ "Björn Ulvaeus", "Benny Andersson", "Agnetha Fältskog" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Their first project together in the winter of 1970–1971 was the cabaret act Festfolket, which was not a success.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

The following year, Lyngstad toured with Lasse Berghagen, while the other three future ABBA members started performing together on a regular basis.

[]

[ "ABBA" ]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Eventually, she rejoined the ensemble.

[]

Anni-Frid_Lyngstad

Andersson and Ulvaeus were busy producing other artists, but soon discovered the qualities of Lyngstad's and Fältskog's voices combined; thus, the band was formed initially as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, later renamed ABBA.

[]

[ "ABBA" ]

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Possessing a wide mezzo-soprano vocal range, according to both Ulvaeus and herself,Lyngstad sang solo parts in the following ABBA songs: "Andante, Andante", "Bumblebee", "Cassandra", "Fernando", "Get On The Carousel", "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong", "I Am the City", "I Have a Dream", "I Let the Music Speak", "On Top of Old Smokey", "I Still Have Faith in You", "I Wonder (Departure)", "The King Has Lost His Crown", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room", "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)", "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother", "Me and I", "Money, Money, Money", "The Name Of The Game", "No Doubt About It", "One Man, One Woman", "Our Last Summer", "Put On Your White Sombrero", "Should I Laugh or Cry", "Super Trouper", "Tropical Loveland", "The Visitors", "The Way Old Friends Do" and "When All Is Said and Done".

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[ "ABBA", "Lovers", "Me and I", "Fernando", "The Visitors", "Super Trouper", "I Have a Dream", "Our Last Summer", "Andante, Andante", "One Man, One Woman", "Money, Money, Money", "Should I Laugh or Cry", "I Let the Music Speak", "The Way Old Friends Do", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "When All Is Said and Done", "I Still Have Faith in You", "The King Has Lost His Crown", "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother", "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" ]

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Lyngstad clearly enjoyed the spotlight more than the other three members of ABBA.

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[ "ABBA" ]

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She liked to tour and to meet audience members one-to-one.

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She took an active part in co-designing the famed ABBA costumes for their tours and TV performances.

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[ "ABBA" ]

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Since the members of ABBA went their separate ways, Lyngstad has been the only one who openly regrets there has never been a reunion to date.

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[ "ABBA" ]

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Her next solo album, in Swedish, was Frida ensam (Frida Alone), released in 1975 during the ABBA years, and produced by Andersson.

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[ "ABBA", "Frida", "Frida ensam" ]

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This album includes her successful Swedish version of "Fernando", which stayed at the No.

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[ "Fernando" ]

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1 spot in the Svensktoppen radio charts for 9 weeks, but was never released as a single.

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The album was recorded between sessions of the ABBA albums Waterloo and ABBA.

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[ "ABBA", "Waterloo" ]

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Due to the activities of the group, the album took 18 months to record.

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Frida ensam became an enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, topping the Swedish album charts for six weeks and remaining in the charts for 38.

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[ "Frida", "Frida ensam" ]

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The album was mostly a collection of covers of songs by artists like the Beach Boys ("Skulle de' va' skönt"), 10cc ("Guld och gröna ängar") and David Bowie ("Liv på Mars?

[ "10cc" ]

[ "10cc", "Beach Boys", "David Bowie" ]

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"), receiving positive reviews from Melody Maker: "The album portrays Frida as a very strong and emotive singer and shows the true value of the music, that if sung properly and with enough feeling it transcends all language barriers".

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[ "Frida", "Melody Maker" ]

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This album was such a big success, it eventually went platinum.

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In 1982, during ABBA's last year as a working band, Frida recorded and released her first post-ABBA solo album.

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[ "ABBA", "Frida" ]

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This was also her first solo album in English.

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The Phil Collins-produced album called Something's Going On became a big success for Frida worldwide.

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[ "Frida", "Phil Collins", "Something's Going On" ]

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A much rockier sound was found on many of the songs and Phil Collins' drum sound had a major contribution, particularly on the lead single, "I Know There's Something Going On", which topped the charts in Belgium and Switzerland, and was a top 5 hit in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Sweden amongst others.

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[ "Phil Collins", "I Know There's Something Going On" ]

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With the song and video being heavily promoted and played on MTV, the single also proved successful in the United States, reaching No.

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13 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and No.

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9 on Radio & Records) in March 1983, and was the 20th biggest selling single in the US that year.

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[ "Radio & Records" ]

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In the UK, the track was not a successful hit, only reaching No.

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The album itself received good reviews, with Billboard writing: "ABBA's auburn-haired songstress makes a bold solo project a stunning success", while Mark Coleman described the album in the third edition of Rolling Stone Album Guide as "a sharp, rock-oriented, delightfully eclectic album".

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[ "ABBA", "Rolling Stone Album Guide" ]

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William Cooper had a similar opinion in AllMusic: "Frida escapes the creative limitations of being a member of one of the world's most popular groups on this solid and often riveting album".

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[ "Frida", "AllMusic" ]

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Swedish Television SVT documented this historical event by filming the whole recording process.

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The result became a one-hour TV documentary, including interviews with Frida and Phil, Björn and Benny, as well as all the musicians involved with the album.

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[ "Frida" ]

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Owing to the success of the album (selling 1.5 million copies worldwide),and its lead single, Frida was voted "Best Female Artist Of The Year" 1982, by the readers of Sweden's biggest evening paper Aftonbladet, receiving the Swedish Music Award Price Rockbjörnen.

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[ "Frida", "Rockbjörnen", "Aftonbladet" ]

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In 1983, Lyngstad assisted with Abbacadabra, and recorded one of the tracks with two different male vocalists in different languages, including the French star Daniel Balavoine on the track "Belle" and on the English version "Time" with B.

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[ "Abbacadabra", "Daniel Balavoine" ]

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A. Robertson produced by Mike Batt.

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[ "Mike Batt" ]

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This track was a cover of "Arrival", an instrumental track from the ABBA album of the same name.

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[ "ABBA", "Arrival" ]

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She also jumps in and do the female recitation towards the end of the song Strip on the Strip album by Adam Ant who was recording the album at Polar Studios in Stockholm.

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[ "Stockholm" ]

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Lyngstad's next album was Shine (1984).

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[ "Shine" ]

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This album was recorded at Studios De La Grande Armée in Paris, France and produced by Steve Lillywhite, known for his work with artists like Peter Gabriel, U2, the Rolling Stones, Morrissey and Kirsty MacColl amongst others.

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[ "Morrissey", "Peter Gabriel", "Rolling Stones", "Kirsty MacColl", "Steve Lillywhite" ]

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Lillywhite was only 29 when this album was recorded and he gave Frida a very experimental sound and managed to create a relaxed atmosphere in the studio.

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[ "Frida" ]

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The album had much less success than hoped, though it reached the Top 20 in many European countries, No.

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6 in Sweden being its highest position.

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In 1987, Frida was in the choir for the recording of her former husband Benny Andersson's song "Klinga Mina Klockor".

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[ "Frida", "Benny Andersson" ]

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Also in 1987, Lyngstad recorded the single "Så Länge Vi Har Varann" ("As Long As We Have Each Other") with the Swedish pop group Ratata, one of Lyngstad's favourites.

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She was contacted by singer Mauro Scocco, who mentioned that he had a song suitable for a duet.

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[ "Mauro Scocco" ]

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After hearing it, Lyngstad accepted immediately.

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The song achieved great success in Sweden, and was also recorded in English under the title of "As long as I have you".

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An English-language video of the song was produced, although an Australian release of this song on Festival Records in January 1998 was eventually shelved.

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In 1990, Lyngstad became a member of the committee of the Swedish environmental organization Det Naturliga Steget (The Natural Step).

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The organization wanted a "famous face" to help them reach the public, and in 1991 she became chairwoman for the organization Artister För Miljö (Artists For The Environment).

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