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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Namename = ABBA 18 Hits
| Typetype = greatest
| Artistartist = [[ABBA]]
| Covercover = Abba_18_hits_coverAbba 18 hits cover.jpg
| Releasedalt = 8 September 2005 =
| Recordedreleased = 1973–19808 September 2005
| Genre recorded = [[Pop music|Pop]]1973–1980
| Lengthstudio = 68:55
| Labelgenre = [[Polar MusicPop Internationalmusic|Pop]]
| Producerlength ={{flatlist| 68:55
| label = [[Polar Music International]]
| producer = * [[Benny Andersson]]
* [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
}} ▼
| Lastprev_title album = ''[[The DefinitiveName Collectionof the Game (ABBA album)|The DefinitiveName Collectionof the Game]]''<br/ > (2001)
| prev_year = 2002
| This album = '''''18 Hits'''''<br/ >(2005)
| Nextnext_title album ='' [[The Complete Studio Recordings (ABBA album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' <br/ >(2005)
| next_year = 2005
}}
▲}}
{{AlbumMusic ratings
| rev1 = [[AllmusicAllMusic]]
| rev1Scorerev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{AllmusicAllMusic|class=album|id=r837745|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
}}
'''''18 Hits''''' was released by [[Polar Music International]] on 8 September 2005, and is a [[Compilation album|compilation]] of hits by [[ABBA]].<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>▼
 
▲'''''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 ''[[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 (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]]".▼
 
▲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]]".
 
The Swedish edition of ''18 Hits'', also released in 2005, featured four Swedish language recordings instead of the four non-English versions; "Waterloo", "Honey Honey", "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" and "Åh Vilka Tider". This is the first ABBA CD to include "Åh Vilka Tider", which had originally been released as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to the Swedish version of "Ring Ring". It would also appear worldwide on ''The Complete Studio Recordings''. A budget-priced DVD entitled ''16 Hits'' was released simultaneously.
 
While numerous other similar hits compilations with the group have been released both before and since, ''18 Hits'' has proved to be one of Universal Music's bestselling ABBA products, peaking in the Top 10 in Poland and the Top 20 in the UK, Spain and Hungary and re-entering the charts in many territories after the premiere of movie ''[[Mamma Mia! The Movie(film)|Mamma Mia!]]'' in the summer of 2008. It never included any songs from [[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]] or any other songs released from 1981 to 1982.
 
This compilation is not available digitally, as many tracks, featured in this compilation, are part of other ABBA compilations available in digital distribution. It is, eventually, still repressed on CD for many regions of the world.
 
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{tracklist
|-▼
|all_writing=[[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]] unless otherwise noted.
|writing_credits=yes
|-▼
|title1=[[The Winner Takes It All]]
|length1=4:56
|-▼
|title2=[[Super Trouper (song)|Super Trouper]]
|length2=4:14
|-▼
|title3=[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]
|length3=2:47
|writer3=Andersson, [[Stig Anderson]], Ulvaeus
|-▼
|title4=[[Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)]]
|length4=4:51
|-▼
|title5=[[The Name of the Game (ABBA song)|The Name of the Game]]
|length5=4:52
|writer5=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|title6=[[Ring Ring (ABBA song)|Ring Ring]]▼
|-▼
▲|title6=[[Ring Ring (song)|Ring Ring]]
|length6=3:04
|writer6=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, [[Neil Sedaka]], Phil Cody
|-
|title7=[[I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do]]
|length7=3:17
|writer7=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|-
|title8=[[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]
|length8=3:21
|writer8=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|-
|title9=[[Fernando (song)|Fernando]]
|length9=4:13
|writer9=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|-
|title10=[[Hasta Mañana]]
|length10=3:08
|writer10=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|title11=[[Mamma Mia (ABBA song)|Mamma Mia]]▼
|-
▲|title11=[[Mamma Mia (song)|Mamma Mia]]
|length11=3:33
|writer11=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|-
|title12=[[Lay All Your Love on Me]]
|length12=4:36
|-
|title13=[[Thank You for the Music]]
|length13=3:50
|-
|title14=[[Happy New Year (song)|Happy New Year]]
|length14=4:24
|-
|title15=[[Honey, Honey|Honey Honey]] (Swedish Version)
|length15=2:58
|writer15=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|-
|title16=[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]] (French Version)
|length16=2:41
|writer16=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
|title17=[[Ring Ring (ABBA song)|Ring Ring]] (German Version)▼
|-
▲|title17=[[Ring Ring (song)|Ring Ring]] (German Version)
|length17=3:10
|writer17=Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Sedaka, Cody
|-
|title18=[[Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)|Dame! Dame! Dame!]]
|length18=4:52
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}}
 
==Chart positionsPersonnel==
 
*[[Agnetha Fältskog]] - lead vocals {{small|(1, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13-14, 18)}}, co-lead vocals {{small|(3, 5, 6-7, 11, 15-17)}}, backing vocals
*[[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] - lead vocals {{small|(2, 9)}}, co-lead vocals {{small|(3, 5-7, 11, 15-17)}}, backing vocals
*[[Björn Ulvaeus]] - [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], backing vocals
* [[Benny Andersson]]&nbsp;– synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals
 
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1"
!scope="col"|Chart (2006)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|Australia|32|artist=ABBA|album=18 Hits|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
|-
|Belgian Mid Price ([[Ultratop]] Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=am&year=2006&date=20060701 |title=Ultratop Belgian Charts |work=[[Ultratop]] |publisher=Hung Medien |language=French |accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref>
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!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|Spain|17|artist=ABBA|album=18 Hits|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1"
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!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|Denmark|39|artist=ABBA|album=18 Hits|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|GermanyHungary|5819|artistyear=ABBA2008|albumweek=18 Hits38|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|HungaryIreland|197|year=2008|week=3839|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|IrelandUK2|715|yearartist=2008ABBA|weekdate=392008-09-27|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
▲|-}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1"
!scope="col"|Chart (2012)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|PolandFrance|882|idartist=477ABBA|album=18 Hits|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
|-}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1"
{{albumchart|UK2|15|artist=ABBA|date=2008-09-27|accessdate=17 January 2013}}
!scope="col"|Chart (2017)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Poland|1|id=1098|accessdate=31 August 2017}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1"
!scope="col"|Chart (20122018)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{albumchartalbum chart|FrancePortugal|8215|artist=ABBA|album=18 Hits|accessdate=177 JanuaryAugust 20132018}}
▲|-}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
▲|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2012)
!scope="col"|Position
▲|-
|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2012.pdf|title=End of Year 2012|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|accessdate=14 August 2021}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|183
▲|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2013)
!scope="col"|Position
▲|-
|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2013.pdf|title=End of Year 2013|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|accessdate=14 August 2021}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|128
▲|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2018)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
|Polish Albums (ZPAV)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=1715|title=Najlepiej sprzedające się płyty i najpopularniejsze utwory w radiach – podsumowanie 2018 roku|publisher=[[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]]|language=Polish|accessdate=27 January 2019}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|45
|}
{{col-end}}
 
== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|number=4|autocat=yes|certyear=2016|relyear=2005}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|certyear=2008|relyear=2005|autocat=yes|accessdateaccess-date=25 December 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|autocatcertyear=yes2009|accessdateaccess-date=25 December 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=PolandGermany|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=GoldPlatinum|relyearnumber=20052|relmonthrelyear=92005|autocatcertyear=yes2024|accessdateaccess-date=256 DecemberNovember 20122024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=RussiaPoland|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|number=2|relyearcertyear=20052020|autocatrelyear=yes|certref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2m-online.ru/gold_n_platinum/detail.php?COUNTRY=5076 |title=International 2006 |work=2M |publisher=National Federation of Phonogram Producers |language=Russian |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124001139/http://2m-online.ru/gold_n_platinum/detail.php?COUNTRY=5076 |archivedate=24 January 2009 |accessdate=173 JanuaryJune 2013}}</ref>2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United KingdomRussia|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2005|certyear=2013|autocat=yes|accessdate=25 December 20122006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2013|access-date=25 December 2012|id=12017-1693-2}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|title=18 Hits|artist=Abba|award=Platinum|certyear=2009|autocat=yes|accessdateaccess-date=25 December 2012}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecifiedstreaming=yestrue}}
 
==References==
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{{ABBA}}
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[[Category:ABBA compilation albums]]
[[Category:2005 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:English-languageAlbums compilationrecorded albumsat Polar Studios]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Björn Ulvaeus]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Benny Andersson]]
 
 
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