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{{Infobox album
| name = ABBA 18 Hits
| type = greatest
| artist = [[ABBA]]
| cover = Abba 18 hits cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 8 September 2005
| recorded = 1973–1980
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 68:55
| label = [[Polar Music International]]
| producer = * [[Benny Andersson]]
* [[Benny Andersson]]
* [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| prev_title = [[The DefinitiveName Collectionof (ABBAthe Game (album)|The DefinitiveName of the CollectionGame]]
| prev_year = 20012002
| next_title = [[The Complete Studio Recordings (ABBA album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r837745|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
}}
 
'''''ABBA 18 Hits''''' was released by [[Polar Music International]] on 8 September 2005, and is a [[Compilation album|compilation]] of hits by [[ABBA]], released by [[Polar Music International]] on 8 September 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002004937|title=18 Hits|publisher=Svensk mediedatabas|language=Swedish|date=2005|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
 
The ''18 Hits'' set was released as a mid-price alternative to the best-selling full-price collection ''[[Gold: Greatest Hits|ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits]]'' and features 14 of the group's biggest hits and concludes with four non-English versions; "[[Honey, Honey|Honey Honey]]" ([[Sweden|Swedish]] version), "[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]" ([[France|French]] version), "[[Ring Ring (ABBA song)|Ring Ring]]" ([[Germany|German]] version) and the [[Spain|Spanish]] version of "[[Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)]]", entitled "Dame! Dame! Dame!". Among the more notable omissions on the ''18 Hits'' collection are one of the band's biggest hits, "[[Dancing Queen]]", as well as "[[Chiquitita]]", "[[Take a Chance on Me]]" and "[[I Have a Dream (song)|I Have a Dream]]".
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