She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her self-titled debut album. She rose to international stardom in the s as a member of ABBA, [ 2 ] which is one of the best-selling music acts in history.
After the unofficial break-up of ABBA in December , she renewed success later in the decade as a solo artist with three albums and a leading role in a movie.
They performed locally in minor venues but soon dissolved due to lack of work. At that time, Karl Gerhard Lundkvist, a relative of one of the band's members, retired from his successful rock and roll career and began working as a record producer at Cupol Records. However, she decided to accept the offer and signed a recording contract with Cupol Records. It topped the Swedish Chart on 28 January and sold more than 80, copies. Her albums thus reached the German charts, and Zimmermann promised she would achieve great success in Germany.
She soon ended her engagement to Zimmermann and returned to Sweden. The Danish composer Per Hviid claimed that she used 22 bars from his composition "Tema" "Theme" , although it was written in the s and had never been recorded.
After seven years of marriage, the couple decided to separate in late and filed for divorce in January The divorce was finalised in July However, in the end, only 11 songs were featured on the album, and the concept was not fully developed. The song placed 9th out of Moberg's recording of the song remains the only version to have been officially released to date. Although no official announcement was made, ABBA effectively disbanded in late to early The album became a moderate hit in North America and Australia but reached the higher regions of the charts across Europe, including No.
