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ABBA Gold becomes first album to reach 1000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart

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ABBA's greatest hits album Gold continues to live up to its title, reaching a landmark 1000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart Top 100.

Placing at Number 17 on this week's albums chart, Gold – Greatest Hits is the first album to achieve the 1000-week milestone in UK chart history.

ABBA's Gold was released in September 1992, debuting at Number 1, and has gone on to be the UK's second best-selling album of all time (behind Queen's Greatest Hits) with pure sales of 5.61 million, according to Official Charts Company data.

Celebrating the incredible milestone, Björn Ulvaeus told OfficialCharts.com: "Amazing!", while Benny Andersson quipped: "Not bad for 4 turnips".

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