Gimme! It did better in North America than "Chiquitita", reaching number 12 in Canada and number 19 in the US, and made the Top 20 in Japan. Also in 1979, the group released their second compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol. [48] Bjrn Ulvaeus later said that "If you look at the singles we released straight after Waterloo, we were trying to be more like The Sweet, a semi-glam rock group, which was stupid because we were always a pop group."[49]. [126][127] However, in an interview with BBC Radio 2 on 11 November, Lyngstad stated "don't be too sure" that Voyage is the final ABBA album. Fltskog's main inspiration in her early years was singers such as Connie Francis. When Benny Andersson started to produce her recordings in 1971, she had her first number-one single, "Min egen stad" ("My Own Town"), written by Benny and featuring all the future ABBA members on backing vocals. Although not physically in the Arena, they have created the kind of concert they always wanted - blurring the lines between the real and the digital to give you the best version of themselves. The demo tape featured a song written and sung by Agnetha: "Jag var s kr" ("I Was So in Love"). In the middle of 1967, she won a national talent competition with "En ledig dag" ("A Day Off"), a Swedish version of the bossa nova song "A Day in Portofino", which is included in the EMI compilation Frida 19671972. They have been working together since 1972, when they were in their twenties. Alain and Daniel Boublil, who wrote Les Misrables, had been in touch with Stig Anderson about the project, and the TV musical was aired over Christmas on French TV and later a Dutch version was also broadcast. Agnetha released four solo LPs between 1968 and 1971. [32], The first signs of foreign success came as a surprise, as the Andersson and Ulvaeus single "She's My Kind of Girl" was released through Epic Records in Japan in March 1972, giving the duo a Top 10 hit. [82] It hit several charts, peaking at number-four in Sweden and reaching the Top 10 in several other European territories. He also played the piano during new recordings of the ABBA songs "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" with opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter, and "When All Is Said and Done" with Swede Viktoria Tolstoy. ABBA Net Worth. "[108], On 26 August 2021, a new website was launched, with the title ABBA Voyage. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were. Cei patru au dominat clasamentele muzicale mondiale ntre mijlocul anilor 1970 i nceputul anilor 1980. [9] The project would feature the members in their "life-like" avatar form, called ABBAtars, based on their late 1970s tour and would be set to launch by the spring of 2019. The first prize was a recording contract with EMI Sweden and to perform live on the most popular TV shows in the country. [34], Ulvaeus and Andersson persevered with their songwriting and experimented with new sounds and vocal arrangements. At the time of their engagement, Ulvaeus was working with a songwriter named Benny Andersson. It should . World exclusive: Here we go again! A second 12-track album was released in 1999, titled ABBAmania, with proceeds going to the Youth Music charity in England. [98][99] In January 2019, it was revealed that neither song would be released before the summer. Last Updated: January 2023. ABBA were soon recognised and embraced by other acts: Evan Dando of the Lemonheads recorded a cover version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You";[75] Sinad O'Connor and Boyzone's Stephen Gately have recorded "Chiquitita"; Tanita Tikaram, Blancmange and Steven Wilson paid tribute to "The Day Before You Came". At first, this was a play on words, as Abba is also the name of a well-known fish-canning company in Sweden, and itself an abbreviation. Saturday, Feb 18 Gardens Seedy Saturday Seed Swap. Andersson and Ulvaeus played them the backing tracks and they made comments and suggestions. Bjrn Ulvaeus (born 25 April 1945 in Gothenburg, Sweden) also began his musical career at the age of 18 (as a singer and guitarist), when he fronted the Hootenanny Singers, a popular Swedish folkskiffle group. ABBA: A Tribute coincided with the 25th anniversary celebration and featured 17 songs, some of which were recorded especially for this release. The single "Dancing Queen" received radio airplay in the UK in the middle of 1992 to promote the album. They were initially known as Bjrn&Benny . Lyngstad toured and performed regularly in the folkpark circuit and made appearances on radio and TV. Live performances continued in the middle of 1975 when ABBA embarked on a fourteen open-air date tour of Sweden and Finland. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. As their respective bands began to break up during 1969, Andersson and Ulvaeus teamed up and recorded their first album together in 1970, called Lycka ("Happiness"), which included original songs sung by both men. Some of these videos have become classics because of the 1970s-era costumes and early video effects, such as the grouping of the band members in different combinations of pairs, overlapping one singer's profile with the other's full face, and the contrasting of one member against another. The trip was accompanied by mass hysteria and unprecedented media attention ("Swedish ABBA stirs box-office in Down Under tourand the media coverage of the quartet rivals that set to cover the upcoming Royal tour of Australia", wrote Variety), and is captured on film in ABBA: The Movie, directed by Lasse Hallstrm. In addition to the four members of ABBA, other musicians played on their studio recordings, live appearances and concert performances. On 25 November 2009, PRS for Music announced that the British public voted ABBA as the band they would most like to see re-form. However, she sang with Gary Barlow at BBC Children in Need in 2013 in her first live performance in 25 years. Both records debuted on the UK chart within one week of each other. Their record label Universal Music later said that no legal action would be taken because an agreement had been reached. Agnetha continued to have success as a solo artist after the split with three hit albums, but she then made headlines for the wrong reasons. Built around the songwriting skills and fiery guitar riffing of Mick Jones and the arena-filling vocals of Lou Gramm, Foreigner's hooky style of AOR caught on in a big way in the late '70s. Andersson and Ulvaeus began collaborating with Tim Rice in early 1983 on writing songs for the musical project Chess, while Fltskog and Lyngstad both concentrated on international solo careers. Agnetha Fltskog (born 5 April 1950 in Jnkping, Sweden) sang with a local dance band headed by Bernt Enghardt who sent a demo recording of the band to Karl Gerhard Lundkvist. She also formed her own band, the Anni-Frid Four. November the same year saw the release of ABBA's seventh album Super Trouper, which reflected a certain change in ABBA's style with more prominent use of synthesizers and increasingly personal lyrics. [142], On 15 March 2010, ABBA were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bee Gees members Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb. After choosing their set list and making other creative decisions, the ABBA members did five weeks of performance in motion capture suits. Ulvaeus and Andersson, meanwhile, started songwriting sessions for the musical Chess. It was not included in the official DVD release of the 2004 Eurovision contest, but was issued as a separate DVD release, retitled The Last Video at the request of the former ABBA members. grossing some $2billion since its debut. "People Need Love" was released in June 1972, featuring guest vocals by the women, who were now given much greater prominence. In Australia, the airing of the music videos for "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and "Mamma Mia" on the nationally broadcast TV pop show Countdown (which premiered in November 1974) saw the band rapidly gain enormous popularity, and Countdown become a key promoter of the group via their distinctive music videos. One member of the group, Agnetha Faltskog, is a singer, songwriter, and actress that actually began her singing career back in 1968. [21] Two more singles were released in Japan, "En Carousel"[33] ("En Karusell" in Scandinavia, an earlier version of "Merry-Go-Round") and "Love Has Its Ways" (a song they wrote with Kichi Morita). In June 1966, Ulvaeus and Andersson decided to write a song together. . Anyone who's been waiting five years to see Abba will be well satisfied", wrote Record World. Andersson has on several occasions performed ABBA songs. Image caption, . Upon winning the 1974 Eurovision song contest with their hit song "Waterloo", The band became an overnight sensation. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Agnetha retreated from public life for a number of years, Frida continued her solo career post-ABBA. After nearly 40 years, Benny, Bjrn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid are back together. [100], In June 2019, Ulvaeus announced that the first new song and video containing the ABBAtars would be released in November 2019. In late 1973, they were invited by Swedish television to contribute a song for the Melodifestivalen 1974 and from a number of new songs, the upbeat song "Waterloo" was chosen; the group were now inspired by the growing glam rock scene in England. She had met Ulvaeus briefly in 1963 during a talent contest, and Fltskog during a TV show in early 1968. Lyngstad performed and recorded an a cappella version of "Dancing Queen" with the Swedish group the Real Group in 1993, and also re-recorded "I Have a Dream" with Swiss singer Dan Daniell in 2003. [98], The band created a basic rhythm track with a drummer, guitarist and bass player, and overlaid other arrangements and instruments. She is best known as a member of the pop group ABBA, which sold more than 400 million copies of music albums and singles worldwide. "Bee Gees, Olivia were a hit with the VIPs" (11 January 1979). The group formed in 1972, and their career really took off when they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. Also included on Greatest Hits was a new single, "Fernando", which went to number-one in at least thirteen countries all over the world, including the UK, Germany, France, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, and the top five in most other significant markets, including, at number four, becoming their biggest hit to date in Canada; the single went on to sell over 10million copies worldwide. After this, the duo penned the global hit Mamma Mia! Young, exuberant, full of energy and ambition. Anni-Frid reportedly inherited von Plauen's fortune and is thought to have 75 million. Lyngstad, who had recently moved to Paris, participated in the French version, and recorded a single, "Belle", a duet with French singer Daniel Balavoine. [18] The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, the first and only recording artists to receive this honour from outside an Anglophonic country. Gimme! It was during 1971 that the four artists began working together more, adding vocals to the others' recordings. After ABBA formed, she recorded another successful album in 1975, Frida ensam, which included the original Swedish rendition of "Fernando", a hit on the Swedish radio charts before the English version was released by ABBA.[25]. MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A drummer for the Swedish pop group ABBA has died after an apparent accident at his home in Spain, a Civil Guard spokeswoman said Monday. The song was a cover of ABBA's 1976 instrumental track "Arrival". Five out of the eight original songs written by Benny for the new album had been recorded by the two female members, and the release of a new 15million music video with new unseen technology was under consideration. [89][90] On 6 June 2016, the quartet appeared together at a private party at Berns Salonger in Stockholm, which was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Andersson and Ulvaeus's first meeting. It was also re-recorded by Andersson and Ulvaeus with a slightly different backing track, by French chanteuse Mireille Mathieu at the end of 1980 as "Bravo tu as gagn", with French lyrics by Alain Boublil. (A Man After Midnight)"; the song was a smash hit, peaking at number one in at least 50 countries. In December 1977, ABBA followed up Arrival with the more ambitious fifth album, ABBA: The Album, released to coincide with the debut of ABBA: The Movie. Gimme!" Thank you for the music: The original cast of Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Their first two albums -- 1977's Foreigner and 1978's Double Vision -- were a double shot of exceedingly catchy songs and slick production . According to Fltskog, she and Lyngstad had the final say in how the lyrics were shaped. This tour was the last "on the road" adventure of their career. [22] They also set up Hep House, their equivalent of Apple Corps. Two different compilation albums of ABBA songs have been released. On 15 November 2011, Ubisoft released a dancing game called ABBA: You Can Dance for the Wii. "Take a Chance on Me" was a number one hit in Austria, Belgium and Mexico, made the Top 3 in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, while only reaching numbers 12 and 14 in Australia and New Zealand, respectively. The Beginning. She started her singing career at a young age, performing throughout the UK on various theatres such as the London Palladium and Her Majesty's Theatre, London. Guitarist Alex Lifeson became the band's longest-running and most consistent member. In June 1992, he and Ulvaeus appeared with U2 at a Stockholm concert, singing the chorus of "Dancing Queen", and a few years later during the final performance of the B & B in Concert in Stockholm, Andersson joined the cast for an encore at the piano. Benny and Bjrn continue to write new music together while also pursuing solo projects. Most of ABBA's videos (and ABBA: The Movie) were directed by Lasse Hallstrm, who would later direct the films My Life as a Dog, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat.[138]. Most of her biggest hits were self-composed, which was quite unusual for a female singer in the 1960s. The band was named after the band membersAgnetha Fltskog, Bjrn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. [77] On 22 October 2005, at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest, "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history. Despite a number of requests from fans, Ulvaeus and Andersson are still refusing to release ABBA's version of "Just Like That" in its entirety, even though the complete version has surfaced on bootlegs. [120][121] Fltskog stated that the Voyage album and tour are likely to be their last. Later that year, the release of their self-titled third studio album ABBA and single "SOS" brought back their chart presence in the UK, where the single hit number six and the album peaked at number 13. They played to full houses everywhere and finally got the reception they had aimed for. It was a children's musical using 14ABBA songs. The group's name derives from the first letter in each of the first names of its members. [122], The announcement of the new album was accompanied by the release of the singles "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down". ABBA celebrate 40 years. Both songs were Top 10 hits in countries as far afield as Rhodesia and South Africa, as well as in France. Albeit a short promotional visit, it included their first performance on American television, The Mike Douglas Show. [15] ABBA were the first group from a non-English-speaking country to achieve consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Republic of Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. The recording sessions in May and June 1982 were a struggle, and only three songs were eventually recorded: "You Owe Me One", "I Am the City" and "Just Like That". I think that hit the nail on the head. While reminiscing on "The Day Before You Came", Ulvaeus said: "we might have continued for a while longer if that had been a number one". On the very same day, her grandmother died, aged 71. They were actually two married couples (Benny and Frieda, Bjorn and Agnetha) whose letters of their first names formed the acronym ABBA (Frida being short for Annfrida). ABBA donated the copyright of this worldwide hit to the UNICEF; see Music for UNICEF Concert. ABBA bandmembers Bjrn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog have just confirmed a dramatic return to the music industry with a brand new album and major shows - but. [68] In January 1983, Fltskog started recording sessions for a solo album, as Lyngstad had successfully released her album Something's Going On some months earlier. Alison Ward. Gimme! In late 1974, "So Long" was released as a single in the United Kingdom but it received no airplay from Radio 1 and failed to chart in the UK; the only countries in which it was successful were Austria, Sweden and Germany, reaching the top ten in the first two and number 21 in the latter. The band was. Although not revealed at the time of its release, the album's title track, according to Ulvaeus, refers to the secret meetings held against the approval of totalitarian governments in Soviet-dominated states, while other tracks address topics like failed relationships, the threat of war, ageing, and loss of innocence. September 1992 saw the release of ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, a new compilation album. Following their success at the Eurovision Song Contest, ABBA spent an evening of glory partying in the appropriately named first-floor Napoleon suite of The Grand Brighton Hotel. Another track from the album, "Lay All Your Love on Me", released in 1981 as a Twelve-inch single only in selected territories, managed to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked at number-seven on the UK singles chart becoming, at the time, the highest ever charting 12-inch release in UK chart history. In Melbourne, the group gave three concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with 14,500 at each including the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and his family. Gave birth her second child at age 21, a daughter Ann Lise-Lotte Fredriksson on February 25, 1967. Friday, Feb 17 Members Members Book Club: "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life". During filming of a Swedish TV special in May 1969, Fltskog met Ulvaeus and they married on 6 July 1971. Benny and Anni-Frid were married between 1978 and 1980, as were Bjorn and Agnetha married in 1971 but divorced in 1979; they had a son and a daughter together. The group negotiated with the canners for the rights to the name. the musical which premiered on the West End in 1999. By this time ABBA were popular in the UK, most of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden) became (at age 18) a member of a popular Swedish pop-rock group, the Hep Stars, that performed, among other things, covers of international hits. In November 2021, Voyage became ABBA's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 peaking at No. They won the Eurovision Song. Here We Go Again, was released in 2018. On 13 September 1979, ABBA began ABBA: The Tour at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada, with a full house of 14,000. Gold returned to number-one in the UK album charts for the fifth time on 3 August 2008. "[70], In a May 2013 interview, Fltskog, aged 63 at the time, stated that an ABBA reunion would never occur: "I think we have to accept that it will not happen, because we are too old and each one of us has their own life. The song is widely misunderstood as being written about Ulvaeus and Fltskog's marital tribulations; Ulvaeus wrote the lyrics, but has stated they were not about his own divorce; Fltskog has repeatedly stated she was not the loser in their divorce. The couple had two children - Hans and Ann Lise-Lotte. Andersson and Ulvaeus had songwriting sessions in early 1981, and recording sessions began in mid-March. In Canada, "I Have a Dream" became ABBA's second number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart (after "Fernando" hit the top previously) although it did not chart in the US. The band's mainstream popularity in the United States would remain on a comparatively smaller scale, and "Dancing Queen" became the only Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for ABBA (though it immediately became, and remains to this day, a major gay anthem[52]) with "Knowing Me, Knowing You" later peaking at number seven; "Money, Money, Money", however, had barely charted there or in Canada (where "Knowing Me, Knowing You" had reached number five). While none of the singles from the album reached number one on the UK chart, the lead single, "Chiquitita", and the fourth single, "I Have a Dream", both ascended to number two, and the other two, "Does Your Mother Know" and "Angeleyes" (with "Voulez-Vous", released as a double A-side) both made the top 5. The pair won an Ivor Novello Award in 2008. ', "Abba to be honoured with Blue Plaque outside Brighton Dome", "Abba announce first new songs for 35 years", "Mamma Mia! ABBA was a very popular Swedish performing group during the 1970s and the early 1980s. On 9 January 1979, the group performed "Chiquitita" at the Music for UNICEF Concert held at the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate UNICEF's Year of the Child. Trupa este format din muzicienii Benny Andersson i Bjrn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad i Agnetha Fltskog. ABBA is undoubtedly one of the greatest music groups of all time. Ulvaeus confirmed that the avatar tour would be scheduled for 2022. Along with praise ("ABBA turn out to be amazingly successful at reproducing their records", wrote Creem), there were complaints that "ABBA performed slicklybut with a zero personality coming across from a total of 16 people on stage" (Melody Maker). British manager Simon Fuller announced in a statement in October 2016 that the group would be reuniting to work on a new 'digital entertainment experience'. ABBA assured the press and their fan base they were continuing their work as a group and that the divorce would not affect them. "), and Lyngstad and Fltskog kept claiming in interviews that ABBA would come together for a new album repeatedly during 1983 and 1984. However for the rest of the world, ABBA was bigger than the Beatles, they were huge. Stig Anderson, founder and owner of Polar Music, was determined to break into the mainstream international market with music by Andersson and Ulvaeus. It was only the second time all of them had appeared together in public since 1986. Instead of original members Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid embarking on a world tour, they will instead send digital avatars of themselves to perform to millions of fans around the globe.. In early 2020, Andersson confirmed that he was aiming for the songs to be released in September 2020. Their first attempt was "Isn't It Easy to Say", a song that was later recorded by the Hep Stars. I remember Robert Plant saying Led Zeppelin were a cover band now because they cover all their own stuff. Tickets for these two shows were available only by mail application and it was later revealed that the box-office received 3.5million requests for tickets, enough to fill the venue 580 times. Between 1967 and 1975, Fltskog released five studio albums. The group, which comprises Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad, Agnetha Fltskog and Bjrn Ulvaeus, also announced details of a virtual concert series, which will see all four of the band's. 2 went to number one in the UK, Belgium, Canada and Japan while making the Top 5 in several other countries, but only reaching number 20 in Australia and number 46 in the US. Picture: PA. Before meeting Benny, she married salesperson and musician Ragnar Fredriksson in 1964, aged 18. Gimme! Benny Andersson, Bjrn Ulvaeus, Judy Craymer: Oldham, Andrew, Calder, Tony & Irvin, Colin (1995) "ABBA: The Name of the Game", Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete, This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 00:15. 3.5 million people applied for tickets for two dates to see ABBA at London's Royal Albert Hall, enough to fill the venue an astonishing 580 times. - In an ideal world, a study would include all members of a target population as this would provide the most accurate results. They topped charts from 1974 to 1982. This single has become a sought-after collectable. The band threatened to file a lawsuit against the DF, saying they never allowed their music to be used politically and that they had absolutely no interest in supporting the party. Lundkvist was so impressed with her voice that he was convinced she would be a star. The tour ended with a show in Toronto, Canada at Maple Leaf Gardens before a capacity crowd of 18,000. Abba ages. [56] The album peaked at number 14 in the US. While Andersson and Ulvaeus were working on the musical, a further co-operation among the three of them came with the musical Abbacadabra that was produced in France for television. A track from the album, "When All Is Said and Done", was released as a single in North America, Australia and New Zealand, and fittingly became ABBA's final Top 40 hit in the US (debuting on the US charts on 31 December 1981), while also reaching the US Adult Contemporary Top 10, and number-four on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart in Canada. ABBA first got together in 1972, and the lineup has always consisted of Bjrn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fltskog, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. In September, he stated in an interview that there were now five new ABBA songs[101] to be released in 2020. Abba ages Agnetha Faltskog is currently 68 years old; Bjorn Alvaeus is 73 years old; Anni-Frid Lynstad is 72 years old and Benny Andersson is 71 years old. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. [140], During their active career, from 1972 to 1982, 20 of ABBA's singles entered the Billboard Hot 100; 14 of these made the Top 40 (13 on the Cashbox Top 100), with 10 making the Top 20 on both charts. the musical. [106], On 22 September 2020, all four ABBA members reunited at Ealing Studios in London to continue working on the avatar project and filming for the tour. [94], On 27 April 2018, all four original members of ABBA made a joint announcement that they had recorded two new songs, titled "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down", to feature in a TV special set to air later that year. With sales of 30 million,[72] Gold is the best-selling ABBA album, as well as one of the best-selling albums worldwide. [40] "ABBA" is an acronym formed from the first letters of each group member's first name: Agnetha, Bjrn, Benny, Anni-Frid, although there has never been any official confirmation of who each letter in the sequence refers to. On November 5, 2021, ABBA reunited after a long 40 year hiatus and released their ninth studio album Voyage. The four members of ABBA Benny Andersson, Anni . In 1998, an ABBA tribute group was formed, the ABBA Teens, which was subsequently renamed the A-Teens to allow the group some independence. In 2004, she appeared with former bandmates Benny and Bjrn at London's fifth-anniversary performance of Mamma Mia! After the pictures were made, Heilemann found out that Benny Andersson reversed his letter "B;" this prompted discussions about the mirrored "B," and the members of ABBA agreed on the mirrored letter. They both went on to remarry after ABBA, Benny remarried and had a son, while Bjorn had two daughters. Back in the studio again in early August, the group had changed plans for the rest of the year: they settled for a Christmas release of a double album compilation of all their past single releases to be named The Singles: The First Ten Years. As the single "Belle" sold well in France, Cameron Mackintosh wanted to stage an English-language version of the show in London, with the French lyrics translated by David Wood and Don Black; Andersson and Ulvaeus got involved in the project, and contributed with one new song, "I Am the Seeker". The iconic group, which was formed in 1972 by Agnetha Fltskog, Bjrn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, are one of the most popular bands in history. The Visitors, ABBA's eighth studio album, showed a songwriting maturity and depth of feeling distinctly lacking from their earlier recordings but still placing the band squarely in the pop genre, with catchy tunes and harmonies. The four had not seen each other for more than two years. 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