London (AFP)
Legendary Swedish pop group Abba are set to return to the UK's Top 10 Singles for the first time in 40 years, with two new tracks from their upcoming album "Voyage".
"I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down" rank 6th and 7th on the UK charts respectively, according to published estimates Sunday and based on early sales and streaming.
The official ranking will be published on Friday.
"If the momentum continues, these tracks will be the first ABBA singles to appear in the UK Top 10 since + One Of Us + in December 1981," said the organization responsible for the charts.
"I Still Have Faith in You" garners strong sales of CDs and vinyls while "Don't Shut Me Down" is the most downloaded song in the UK so far this week, the organization said on Sunday, adding that both titles have been streamed over 500,000 times to date.
The two new singles are taken from "Voyage", ABBA's first studio album since "The Visitors" in 1981.
Its release was announced at an event Thursday in London, realizing the comeback that fans have been promised for years.
The four members of ABBA - an acronym made up of the initials of their first names - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 75, Agnetha Fältskog, 71, Björn Ulvaeus, 76, and Benny Andersson, 74, separated in 1982 .
"Voyage", a 10-track album including eight new songs and two new versions - "Just a Notion" and "Bumblebee" - will be released on November 5th.
The group known for its heady hits and seventies outfits will also launch a new show which will begin next May in a 3,000-seat theater specially designed for the occasion in East London.
It will unroll in an hour and a half their tubes, interpreted by improved holograms presenting them young.
Tickets for this show go on sale Tuesday.
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