Agnetha Faltskog became a superstar with ‘ABBA’ – better sit down before you see her today, age 73

Two years later, Anni-Frid and Benny – who got married in 1978 – also divorced. In 1982, the band felt that they pretty much were done.

Solo career

They released a new album, The Singles – The First Ten Years, with all their best hits, alongside two new songs. But as New Years Eve that year drew closer, ABBA decided to take a break.

If they wanted to – the group said – they could always get back together after a few years. But it never happened.

Instead, Agnetha embarked on a solo career. She released several songs, with the wonderful Wrap Your Arms Around Me being regarded as the biggest hit out of her three albums in the 1980s.

Following minor success, she decided to retract from the spotlight. Agnetha was very reserved and sought a life outside of the spotlight. Still to this day, she lives on an island outside of Stockholm, Sweden. And she still looks amazing!

Faltskog decided to leave ABBA and her career in the spotlight behind. But many thought she was very mysterious in doing so.

“I’m not very mysterious”

That she chose to isolate herself came across as quite mysterious. However, Agnetha Faltskog herself was frustrated with that perception.

“I have been described as very mysterious, but I’m not,” she told The Guardian, “I think I’m just very grounded. My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs, and a big place in the country. I have my own life.”

Agnetha is now also a grandmother to three grandchildren. However, they don’t really know much about their grandmothers’ past as a worldwide superstar quite yet.

“I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren,” Faltskog said. “They love it when we sing together. It’s fantastic to hear them and they really can sing. I don’t talk to them so much about Abba and the past, but as they get older they will become more aware. Already the eldest one, Tilda, knows a little bit more.”

According to The Guardian, Agnetha Faltskog is estimated to have a fortune of about $20 million. That might well increase soon, since there’s talk of ABBA reuniting.

ABBA to release new music

Faltskog released her latest album in 2013, but now, Bjorn Ulvaeus has revealed that new ABBA songs are going to be released.

“There will be new music this year, that is definite, it’s not a case anymore of it might happen, it will happen,” Ulvaeus told the Herald Sun.

“We’re really, really good friends. The four of us stand in the studio for the first time in 40 years and there’s just something in knowing what we’ve been through. It’s hard to describe, but there are such strong, strong bonds between us.”

I am so in love with Agnetha Faltskog’s voice. She was a true superstar, and I really hope to see her back on stage soon.