Benny Andersson discography

Benny Andersson discography
Studio albums	11 (excluding contributions), 31 (including contributions)
Live albums	1

Benny Andersson has been active as a recording artist since 1964, when he joined Swedish rock band The Hep Stars. With them, and more recently as a member of ABBA and Benny Anderssons Orkester, he became one of the most successful Swedish composers and artists. He also wrote the musicals Chess , Kristina från Duvemåla and Mamma Mia! .

This album-discography provides a comprehensive chronological summary of the work of Benny Andersson. For this reason, every studio-album and live-album which features Andersson as an artist is listed, excluding compilation albums. Besides that, it also includes the main releases from the musicals mentioned above as well as albums, which rely heavily on Andersson as composer and producer.

1960s

List of albums from the 1960s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart [1]		NOR Chart	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
We And Our Cadillac	Hep Stars	1965	Released: October 1965 Label: Olga (LPO 01) Format: LP	—	—	9	—	Artist Composer Producer
Hep Stars On Stage			Released: December 1965 Label: Olga (LPO 02) Format: LP	—	—	20	—	Artist Composer Producer
The Hep Stars		1966	Released: December 1966 Label: Olga (LPO 04) Format: LP	12	5w	5	—	Artist Composer Producer
Jul med Hep Stars		1967	Released: December 1967 Label: Olga (LPO 06) Format: LP	—	—	—	—	Artist Producer
It's Been A Long Long Time		1968	Released: February 1968 Label: Cupol (CLPNS 342) Format: LP	—	—	—	—	Artist Composer
Songs We Sang 68			Released: December 1968 Label: Olga (LPO 07) Format: LP	—	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer

1970s

List of albums from the 1970s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart [2]		NOR Chart	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
Lycka	Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson	1970	Released: 1970 Label: Polar (POLS 226) Format: LP	—	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Ring Ring	Björn Benny & Agnetha Frida (ABBA)	1973	Released: 26 March 1973 Label: Polar (POLS 242) Format: LP	2	12w	10	—	Artist Composer Producer
Waterloo	ABBA	1974	Released: 4 March 1974 Label: Polar (POLS 252) Format: LP	1 (12 weeks)	27w	1	28	Artist Composer Producer
ABBA	ABBA	1975	Released: 21 April 1975 Label: Polar (POLS 262) Format: LP	1 (16 weeks)	33w	1	13	Artist Composer Producer
Arrival	ABBA	1976	Released: 11 October 1976 Label: Polar (POLS 272) Format: LP	1 (12 weeks)	32w	1	1	Artist Composer Producer
The Album	ABBA	1977	Released: 12 December 1977 Label: Polar (POLS 282) Format: LP	1 (4 weeks)	14w	1	1	Artist Composer Producer
Voulez-Vous	ABBA	1979	Released: 23 April 1979 Label: Polar (POLS 292) Format: LP	1 (10 weeks)	26w	1	1	Artist Composer Producer

1980s

List of albums from the 1980s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart [3]		NOR Chart	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
Gracias por la música	ABBA	1980	Released: June 1980 Label: Polar Format: LP	—	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Super Trouper	ABBA		Released: 3 November 1980 Label: Polar (POLS 322) Format: LP	1 (7 weeks)	22w	1	1	Artist Composer Producer
The Visitors	ABBA	1981	Released: 30 November 1981 Label: Polar (POLS 342) Format: LP	1 (9 weeks)	14w	1	1	Artist Composer Producer
Chess	Musical	1984	Released: November 1984 Label: Polar (POLYXL 2-600) Format: 2xLP	1 (7 weeks)	30w	3	10	Composer Producer
Gemini	Gemini	1985	Released: November 1985 Label: Polar (POLS 400) Format: LP	9	12w	—	—	Composer Producer
ABBA Live	ABBA	1986	Released: 18 August 1986 Label: Polar Format: LP	49	2w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Geminism	Gemini	1987	Released: April 1987 Label: Polar (POLS 418) Format: LP, CD	13	30w	—	—	Composer Producer
Klinga mina klockor	Benny Andersson		Released: November 1987 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 001) Format: LP, CD	6	20w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Chess Original Broadway Cast Recording	Musical	1988	Released: 1988 Label: Polar (POLS 419) Format: LP, CD	—	—	—	—	Composer
Orsa Spelmän	Orsa Spelmän		Released: 1988 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 002) Format: LP, CD	—	—	—	—	Artist Producer
November 1989	Benny Andersson	1989	Released: November 1989 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 003) Format: LP, CD	13	14w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer

1990s

List of albums from the 1990s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart [4]		NOR Chart	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
Fiolen Min	Benny Andersson Orsa Spelmän etc.	1990	Released: March 1990 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 005) Format: CD	—	—	—	—	Artist Producer
Shapes	Josefin Nilsson	1993	Released: March 1993 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 008) Format: CD	14	14w	—	—	Composer Producer
Chess In Concert	Musical	1994	Released: 1994 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 010) Format: 2xCD	—	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Kristina från Duvemåla	Musical	1996	Released: 25 October 1996 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 011) Format: 3xCD	2	74w	—	—	Composer Producer
Ödra	Orsa Spelmän	1998	Released: 1998 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 013) Format: CD	—	—	—	—	Artist Producer
Mamma Mia! Original Cast Recording	Musical	1999	Released: 25 October 1999 Label: Polydor Format: CD	26	8w	—	12	Composer

2000s

List of albums from the 2000s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart [5]		NOR Chart	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
Benny Anderssons Orkester	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2001	Released: 28 June 2001 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 017) Format: CD	1 (1 week)	55w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Chess på svenska	Musical	2002	Released: 31 October 2002 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 019) Format: 2xCD	2	12w	—	—	Composer Producer
BAO!	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2004	Released: 25 June 2004 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 021) Format: CD	1 (1 week)	55w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Mamma Mia! på svenska / Swedish Cast Recording	Musical	2005	Released: 9 June 2005 Label: Mono Music Format: CD	2	36w	—	—	Composer
BAO på turné	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2006	Released: 11 May 2006 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 022) Format: CD	6	28w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
BAO 3	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2007	Released: 24 October 2007 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 023) Format: CD, digital	3	34w	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack	Cast of Mamma Mia!	2008	Released: 8 July 2008 Label: Decca Records Format: CD, digital	1 (9 weeks)	156 w*	1	1	Composer Producer
Story Of A Heart	Benny Andersson Band	2009	Released: 26 June 2009 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 025) Format: CD, digital	5	11w	10	29	Artist Composer Producer

2010s

List of albums from the 2010s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart [6]		AUS Chart [7]	NOR Chart [8]	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
Kristina At Carnegie Hall	Musical	2010	Released: 16 April 2010 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 026) Format: 2xCD, digital	32	2w	—	—	—	Composer Producer
O klang och jubeltid	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2011	Released: 15 June 2011 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 027) Format: CD, digital	1 (2 weeks)	46 w	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Tomten har åkt hem	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2012	Released: 19 November 2012 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 029) Format: CD, digital	4	9 w	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Hjälp sökes	Musical	2013	Released: 9 September 2013 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 032) Format: CD, digital	—	—	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Kärlekens tid	Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör	2015	Released: 18 September 2015 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 033) Format: CD, digital	9	3 w	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Mitt hjärta klappar för dig	Benny Anderssons Orkester	2016	Released: 10 June 2016 Label: Mono Music (MMCD 034) Format: CD, Vinyl, digital	2	19 w	—	—	—	Artist Composer Producer
Piano	Benny Andersson	2017	Released: 29 September 2017 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, digital, LP	1 (4 weeks) [9]	22 w	18	12	12	Artist Composer Producer
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack	Cast of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	2018	Released: 13 July 2018 Label: Capitol (US) Polydor (worldwide) Format: CD, digital, vinyl	1 (12 weeks - collections albums chart)	24 w*	1	2	1	Composer Producer
Dancing Queen	Cher	2018	Released: 28 September 2018 Label: Warner Bros. Records (WBR) Format: CD, Vinyl, digital	2 (albums chart)	2 wks	2	—	2	Composer Producer

( * denotes that the album is still charting)

2020s

List of albums from the 2020s with selected chart positions

Title	Artist	Year	Album details	SWE Chart		AUS Chart	NOR Chart	UK Chart	Contribution of Benny Andersson
				Peak position	Time in (weeks)
Voyage	ABBA	2021	Released: 5 November 2021 Label: Polar Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital	-	-	-	-	-	Artist Composer Producer

Singles discography

Björn and Benny singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Sales	Album
		SWE [10] [11]	SWE (Svensktoppen)	JAP [12]
"She's My Kind of Girl" [a]	1970	—	—	6	Japan: 188,000+	Ring Ring
"Hej gamle man" [b]		5	1	—		Lycka
"Livet går sin gång" [c]		—	14	—
"Hey, Musikant" (Germany only)	1971	—	—	—		Lycka (2006 reissue)
"Det kan ingen doktor hjälpa" [b]		—	9	—
"På bröllop" [d]			9
"Tänk om jorden vore ung" [b]		—	1	—		Lycka (1972 reissue)
"Love Has It’s Ways" (Japan only) [e]	1972	—	—	—		Lycka (2006 reissue)
"En karusell" [f]		—	12	—
"Att finnas till"			6
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released.

Also appears on

• Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (3CD, Nascente 2011)

See also

• ABBA discography
• Benny Anderssons Orkester
• Hep Stars
• Gemini

Notes

1. Recorded without Anni-Frid and Agnetha. Originally released in 1970 in Sweden and France. Later released in Japan in 1972 which became a hit. The song was included in the debut album by Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida (renamed ABBA).
2. Featuring all ABBA members
3. This song was an album track, but charted in the Toppentipset. (Svensktoppen charts)
4. Featuring all ABBA members. B-Side of "Det kan ingen doktor hjälpa".
5. The B-side is an early version of "Rock N Roll Band".
6. Featuring all ABBA members. Released in Sweden and Japan. The Japanese single (titled "En Carousel" contains an alternative version of Merry-Go-Round (released as the B-side of "People Need Love"). "En Karusell" charted in the Toppentipset (Svensktoppen charts)

References

1. Hitlistan, official Swedish charts.
2. Hitlistan, official Swedish charts.
3. Hitlistan, official Swedish charts.
4. Hitlistan, official Swedish charts.
5. Hitlistan, official Swedish charts.
6. "swedishcharts.com – Discography Benny Andersson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
7. "australian-charts.com – Discography Benny Andersson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
8. "VG-lista – Piano". VG-lista. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
9. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 20 October 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
10. "Kvällstoppen 1972–1975" (PDF). www.hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
11. "Kvällstoppen - Listresultaten vecka för vecka" (PDF). hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
12. Okamoto, Satoshi (2011). Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2010 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN   978-4-87131-088-8.