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Are you ready for SingStar ABBA, Sony Computer Entertainment and ABBA’s collaborative effort? Well, you’d better get ready and exercise those vocal chords, because SingStar Abba is going to be here this Christmas!

Releasing exclusively for PlayStation 2 and Playstation 3, SingStar ABBA includes all of the karaoke fun from past SingStar games, only this time including classic ABBA tracks such as ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’, ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Dancing Queen.’

SingStar ABBA is being developed in full collaboration with Universal Music Group in Sweden, who manage the rights to the ABBA brand, with an exclusivity agreement that lasts until December 2009. ABBA’s success and popularity is still being celebrated, after their recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide, while their album, “Gold,” has sold 26 million units alone. Additionally, the soundtrack to the movie inspired by ABBA’s music, “Mamma Mia!” has sold almost 3 million copies worldwide.

President, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said, “We are thrilled to be collaborating with ABBA to bring their tracks to SingStar this Christmas. The popularity of this iconic band continues year after year, and we know SingStar fans will be delighted to add this selection of classics tracks to their SingStar collection.”

Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Group International, Lucian Grainge added, “ABBA have joined that elite club of musicians and artists whose popularity only grows with time, as new generations enjoy some of the most memorable music ever made. SingStar ABBA will have the world singing along again.”

Look out for SingStar ABBA in stores this Christmas!