Disney, Queen, and now ABBA?  This holiday season will be very intersting

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, ABBA and Universal Music Announce Collaboration on SingStar®
SingStar® ABBA Available For This Christmas, Exclusively on PlayStation®

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced a collaboration with ABBA to bring the band’s best loved tracks to SingStar for both PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3. Owners of either system will now be able to sing along with some of the most iconic pop tracks of all time including ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’, ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Dancing Queen’.

SingStar ABBA is being developed in full collaboration with ABBA and Universal Music Group in Sweden, which manages the rights to the ABBA brand. The terms of the agreement include a window of exclusivity for disc-based PlayStation titles until December 2009.

ABBA’s recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide. Their 1992 album, “Gold,” is one of the most popular albums of all time, with sales of 26 million copies.

The SingStar agreement comes as the music of ABBA enjoys a renewed surge of popularity worldwide, sparked by the huge success of the film, “Mamma Mia!” Global sales of the soundtrack album, released by Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, are now approaching 3 million.

“We are thrilled to be collaborating with ABBA to bring their tracks to SingStar this Christmas,” said David Reeves, President, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. “The popularity of this iconic band continues year after year, and we know SingStar fans will be delighted to add this selection of classics tracks to their SingStar collection.”

Lucian Grainge, Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Group International, commented: “ABBA have joined that elite club of musicians and artists whose popularity only grows with time, as new generations enjoy some of the most memorable music ever made. SingStar ABBA will have the world singing along again.”

SingStar ABBA is the perfect soundtrack to any party, guaranteed to get pop lovers of all ages on their feet when it is released this winter in PAL territories and the US.

"I will defenitly buy it"

They are not my scene, but they are the scene of many many people. Assuming those people get a PS3, this could be big.

ABBA rulz, nice move Sony *thumbs up*

This is a very surprising move of Sony, considering how protective ABBA is to their music product. Good job, SCEE! This might help PS3 to catch up with Xbox360 in UK.

Heja Sverige.

ok so sony want to release 3 singstar games in 2008 cause singstar 2 and singstar 3 : party were both announced to be released at the end of 2008? why not putting it on singstore instead or atleast releasing it simultaneusly with BD version especially since many singstar fans bought first instalment on the ps3?

ABBA will be huge.

@ waron )

EDIT: I just read the line you ment (yea, I kind of missed it although it is bolded)

seems, like they had to agree to that one to get the ABBA licence at all - too bad for buyers of other editions

this^^^^