1982

On January 3rd, 1982, Björn and Lena's first child, Emma, was born. Exactly one week later on January the 10th, Benny and new wife, Mona also had a child, Ludwig. Agnetha and Tomas Ledin, a backing singer for ABBA, made a single together titled Never Again.

ABBA were still moving ahead with plans for yet another album. A few songs were ready for release in 1982. October brought the single, The Day Before You Came/Cassandra. Later in the year, Under Attack and You Owe Me One were released together on a single. This was their final single and video. A double compilation LP, The Singles-The First Ten Years was released.

The last few ABBA songs were also beginning to show how much ABBA were, again, evolving into another phase. The Day Before You Came, exemplified this. Agnetha was the lead vocal on this song about a woman who did not realize just how mundane her existence was until, a man entered her life. The video that was used to publicize this song was very out of the ordinary for the ABBA that all fans had become accustomed to seeing. For the first time, Agnetha was given a role that she could put her acting talent into. This was different from any other previous ABBA video. The video for Under Attack also showed this new side of ABBA. The year was 1982, this would be the last song of ABBA's to be released. There was never a formal mention of ABBA breaking up. It was explained at the time as a rest. The group were all off doing individual things, but were expected to be together again in the recording studio.

Benny and Björn were interested in doing a musical with Tim Rice titled Chess. Agnetha and Frida were both pursuing solo careers. In the year 1996, all were back on the charts, Agnetha with her compilation of favorites, My Love My Life, Frida with Djupa Andetag, and Benny And Björn with the highly successful musical, Kristina från Duvemåla.