Abba Will Release First New Music Since 1982

According to the BBC, Abba has returned to the studio to record their first new music in over 30 years.

"We all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the studio," the band said in a statement on Instagram. The full post is included below:

Gorel Hanser, spokesperson for the band, described the new music as "familiar, but also modern."

Hanser also confirmed that the group will not perform live together, aside from the already announced Abba Avatar tour in which holograms of the group will "perform."

The news of this music comes during a time where Abba's material is thriving. An Abba exhibition is currently running in London, and the sequel to the film Mamma Mia!, featuring music by Abba is being released this summer.

Read more on BBC.com.

Abba are a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad: the group name derives from the first letter in each of their names. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. They are the most successful group to have taken part in the competition.

Abba are estimated to have sold 140 to over 500 million records, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. They are also the best-selling band from continental Europe and from outside the English-speaking world. ABBA is the first group from a non-English-speaking country to achieve consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. They have a joint record eight consecutive number-one albums in the UK. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin America, and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish.