ABBA star launching solo career after landing major record deal with Kylie Minogue’s label
Published: 20:00, 24 Aug 2023
Updated: 10:07, 25 Aug 2023
ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog is relaunching her solo career — and has landed a record deal aged 73.
The Mamma Mia singer has signed to BMG — the label which has helped get Kylie Minogue, 55, back in the charts.
The Swede is planning to release an album — her first in a decade — later this year.
She returned to music two years ago for the reunion of 1970s megastars Abba.
Their No1 album Voyage sold more than 2.5million and was up for five Grammies.
A music insider said: “Agnetha loved being back in the studio with Abba and it inspired her to relaunch her solo career.
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"She has been in regular contact for months with the team at BMG in London and they have helped develop her new sound.
“After a long time working on new music, there is finally a body of work which she loves and which is ready for release.”
To tease her comeback, she has launched an Instagram account, sharing an image featuring the phrase “Where Do We Go From Here?”
Agnetha’s last album, 2013’s A, reached No6 in the UK charts.
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It marks 55 years since her self- titled debut album, which was recorded in Swedish and released pre-Abba. However she is unlikely to play her new material live.
Asked in 2013 about concerts, she said: “No, I can’t. That’s my weakest [thing], the live thing. And also the fact I’m older now, so I can’t do that. I don’t want to disappoint people.”
The ABBA Voyage live show in East London has digital avatars of Agnetha, her ex Björn Ulvaeus, 78, plus former couple Benny Andersson, 76, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 77.
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