Abba’s ‘Dancing Queen’ gets 1 billion views on YouTube: an iconic milestone
Abba’s iconic song Dancing Queen has reached an incredible milestone: 1 billion views on YouTube. The song, which was originally released in 1976, not only remains loved, but also defies time. Almost fifty years after the release, the song proves its timeless attraction.
Dancing Queen: a universal favorite
Dancing Queen remains a hit, generation after generation. Anni-Frid Lyngstad, the lead singer of ABBA, calls it “a simply perfect song” and adds: “It is unbelievable that we have now reached 1 billion views. We are so grateful that so many people want to listen to Dancing Queen and the song now belongs to the select group of 300 songs worldwide who have patried this border.”
The role of YouTube in Music History
Dan Chalmers, directeur van YouTube Music voor Afrika, het Midden-Oosten en Europa, zegt: “Dancing Queen blijft een cultureel icoon dat direct vreugde oproept. Deze mijlpaal, bijna 50 jaar na de oorspronkelijke release, toont de rol van YouTube in het geven van een tijdloze erfenis aan muzieklegendes zoals ABBA. Het nummer heeft een multigenerationeel publiek, geliefd bij de twee miljard ingelogde Users who watch music videos on YouTube every month. ”
Widespread global viewers
Since the upload on YouTube in 2009, the song has reached millions of fans worldwide, with the largest viewers from Brazil, the US, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy, the Philippines, Poland and Argentina. It is now one of the 100 million songs that are part of the YouTube music catalog.
Memories of Frida
Frida shares her most cherished memory of making the song: “My most cherished memory of Dancing Queen is when Benny, after a long day of work in the studio, came home. He had recorded the background cloth, the basis for what Agnetha and I would later add our voices. I cried when listening to the song!”
The milestone in context
Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen (1975) is currently the oldest song on YouTube that has achieved the 1 billion views. But Dancing Queen has earned his place as one of the most loved and influential songs in music history.