Who doesn’t love a little ABBA nostalgia trip? When Norwegian star Astrid S sang “Dancing Queen,” her moves were so lit that she even got Queen Silvia of Sweden up and busting a move! The Queen’s appearance at the event made international news, and you can see her clapping and grooving along to the performance at 0:36 in the video. The eagle-eyed video editor cleverly lined up the Queen’s appearance with the line “digging the dancing queen.”
Astrid really knows how to own the stage and gave a stunning performance with some really heavenly vocals. The 28-year-old singer appeared at the 50th-anniversary tribute show for ABBA in Stockholm, and she certainly gave off the vibe of a 20-something Agnetha Fältskog, with the vocals to match! The Music Man loves a good old ABBA sing-along, and nearly 50 years after the original release of “Dancing Queen”, it’s clear that the awesome foursome’s music stands the test of time.
Astrid handled both Fältskog and Frida Lyngstad’s vocals, with a little help from an excellent backing vocal quartet. Astrid’s “Dancing Queen” tribute did some real numbers on YouTube, as it has drawn 1.1 million views since its upload on April 24, 2024. Fans added appreciative comments such as “One of the best Scandinavian singers singing one of the biggest hits of the Scandinavian group” and “Here we are 50 years later still celebrating this classic song. I believe in another 50 years we’ll continue to do so.”
In addition to dropping a cracking ABBA cover, Astrid is also an accomplished original music artist. One of her most popular videos on YouTube is a live studio session of her song “Closer.” The Norwegian singer shows off some lovely high-end vocals in the performance, switching up between breathy R&B lines and a hooky chorus over an electronic beat.
ABBA released “Dancing Queen” on August 16, 1976. ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus handled production and co-wrote the song with ABBA’s manager Stig Anderson, who was also a deft hand at writing lyrics.
“Dancing Queen” was an international smash hit for the Swedish four-piece, and it became their sole US number one hit. It also topped the charts in the UK, Canada, West Germany, the Soviet Union, and numerous other European markets.
ABBA scored many hits in their career, but “Dancing Queen” has stayed on top of the lot over the years. It’s currently the most played song on Spotify, with 1.5 billion streams on the platform. This makes it the sole ABBA song to surpass one billion streams on Spotify.