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| March 7 2025 | Released studio album '...Sings Modern Talking: The 1st Album' through Stars by Edel in triple CD and double LP formats, which peaked at #5 on the charts. |
| January 2025 | Co-produced The Weeknd's album Hurry Up Tomorrow, co-writing songs 'Big Sleep' and 'Without a Warning', and serving as a sonic influence on the entire album. |
| 2024 | Channel 5/Viacom International produced 'ABBA: How They Won Eurovision', directed by Luke McLaughlin and Stan Griffin. |
| 2024 | Rogan Productions created 'ABBA: Against The Odds', directed by James Rogan. |
| 2024 | The album Arrival (1976) was included in the United States Library of Congress National Recording Registry. |
| September 21 2024 | Married Christina Sas in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the ceremony officiated by Sandi Toksvig. |
| August 2024 | ABBA demanded Donald Trump stop using their music and videos at a campaign rally, with their record company Universal Music stating no permission was given for the use of their music or footage. |
| June 2024 | The group was scheduled for a farewell tour in Australia. |
| June 7 2024 | Confirmed as keynote speaker for The Business Day at Bridlington Spa, expected to discuss ABBA Voyage, leadership, and music industry topics |
| April 6 2024 | BBC/Wise Owl Films released 'When Abba Came to Britain', produced and directed by Dhivya Kate Chetty. |
| March 21 2024 | Appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, along with the other ABBA members. |
| March 21 2024 | All four members of ABBA were appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, marking the first time in almost 50 years that Swedish Royal Orders of Knighthood were bestowed on Swedes. |
| March 21 2024 | All four members of ABBA, including Benny Andersson, were appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. |
| January 2024 | Frank Farian, the group's producer and main founder, died at age 82. |
| 2023 | Became part of the main jury panel for the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige on SVT1 and SVT Play. |
| 2023 | Collaborated with Ian McKellen to knit stagewear for Kylie Minogue's concert residency |
| December 16 2023 | ABBA was featured in a comedy sketch on Saturday Night Live, which included a fictional ABBA Christmas album concept. |
| August 2023 | Boney M., led by Liz Mitchell, embarked on a multi-city US tour with Samantha Fox and Bad Boys Blue, including stops in Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and San Jose. |
| May 2023 | Awarded the BRIT Billion Award for surpassing one billion UK streams in their career. |
| 2022 | Re-issued the 2006 compilation album 'The Magic of Boney M.'. |
| 2022 | Francisca Gutiérrez, Giorgio Moroder's wife, passed away. |
| November 2022 | ABBA received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with the single 'Don't Shut Me Down' from the album Voyage. |
| May 27 2022 | ABBA Voyage concert residency opened at the ABBA Arena in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park |
| May 27 2022 | ABBA Voyage opened in a purpose-built venue named the ABBA Arena at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. |
| February 2022 | Announced separation from Lena Källersjö. |
| January 2022 | Wolfgang Heichel publicly announced his split from Stefan Track's version of Dschinghis Khan due to creative differences. |
| 2021 | A remix of 'Rasputin' by Kevin Christie reached number 11 on the UK singles chart and was released with a video featuring Bimini Bon-Boulash. |
| 2021 | Released the compilation album 'Rasputin – Big And Strong: The Greatest Hits of Boney M.'. |
| 2021 | Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson separately interviewed, reflecting on ABBA's touring history, stating they toured for only about 6 months and played fewer than 100 shows during the band's career. |
| 2021 | The band finally completed 'Fan the Flame (Part 2)', an album that had been shelved since the 1990s. |
| 2021 | Moroder returned to the studio with Duran Duran, co-writing and producing two tracks, 'Tonight United' and 'Beautiful Lies', for their album Future Past. |
| November 2021 | ABBA received their first Grammy nomination for Record of the Year with the single 'I Still Have Faith in You' from the album Voyage. |
| November 5 2021 | ABBA's 'Voyage' album released worldwide |
| November 5 2021 | Released Voyage, their first new album in 40 years, which received positive critical reviews and strong sales. |
| November 5 2021 | The new ABBA album, 'Voyage', was released worldwide, featuring ten tracks including 'I Still Have Faith In You' and 'Don't Shut Me Down'. |
| September 2 2021 | Participated in ABBA's YouTube livestream announcing their virtual concert residency 'ABBA Voyage' and new studio album |
| September 2 2021 | ABBA announced their upcoming virtual concert residency 'ABBA Voyage' and an eponymous album via a YouTube livestream. |
| July 2021 | Siegel sued Heichel over trademark rights, with the Munich Regional Court ruling in Siegel's favor and awarding him the trademark rights to the group. |
| March 25 2021 | Released studio album 'Cosmic' through Warner Music (Germany) in CD format. |
| 2020 | Appointed President of CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers |
| 2020 | Completed 10 years as the face of Camp David advertising. |
| 2020 | Dieter Bohlen worked with Ramon Roselly on the song 'Eine Nacht' |
| December 2020 | Band members Pop and Strobel retired from the band, while the Heichel and Track faction released the studio album 'Here We Go'. |
| September 22 2020 | ABBA members reunited at Ealing Studios in London to continue work on the avatar project and filming for the tour. Ulvaeus confirmed the avatar tour would be scheduled for 2022. |
| September 12 2020 | Johannes Kupreit, dancer and singer of Dschinghis Khan, died in a car accident in Germany, with tributes paid by band members and fans worldwide. |
| 2019 | Worked with Andreas Carlsson to arrange an English dub of Tomas Ledin's musical film 'En del av mitt hjärta' |
| 2019 | Released 'Das Mega Album!', which reached number 4 on the German charts, number 7 on the Austrian charts, and number 9 on the Swiss charts. |
| 2019 | Dieter Bohlen collaborated with Capital Bra on the song 'Cherry Lady' |
| October 1 2019 | Sunday Night (7 News) featured an ABBA-related segment. |
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