Watch VoirFilms. ABBA was extremely successful in the 1970s and 1980s and sold over 400 million records worldwide. Their music is still extremely influential and had a massive renaissance through the global influence of the stage phenomenon 'Mamma Mia'. Using rare archival footage, a team of music critics and active musicians reviews every ABBA album, from the pre-'Waterloo' era until 'The Visitors'.