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'''Absolute''' is the [[brand]] of a long-running series of [[compilation album]]s owned by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] record company [[EVA Records]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Swedish Charts Portal|url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=absolute&cat=a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214212836/http://www.swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=absolute&cat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2012|website=swedishcharts.com|accessdate=31 December 2016|date=14 February 2012}}</ref> Initially, the only albums in the series were called ''Absolute Music'', but starting in 1990 there have been other [[Theme (music)|theme]]d albums such as ''Absolute [[Dance music|Dance]]'' and ''Absolute [[Rock and roll|Rock]]''.

==History==
The first ''Absolute'' album, ''Absolute Music 1'', was released on November 11, 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpsmedia.se/2007/06/20/absolute-music-fyller-femton/|title=Absolute Music fyller 15|publisher=JPS Media|language=Swedish|author=Daniel Atterbom|date=20 November 2001|accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref> The idea to make a compilation with contemporary hits came from the president of [[Virgin Records]], Anders Hjelmtorp, inspired by the successful [[Now That's What I Call Music!|Now!]] albums.

During the first years after 1986, the ''Absolute'' series was a pure collaboration between [[record company|record companies]] [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[EMI]] and [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]. In January 1990 [[EVA Records]] was started with Virgin, EMI and [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] as part-owners. In 1991 [[Time Warner|Warner]] also became a part-owner.

Since the start, new ''Absolute''-albums have been released a few times each year. As of 2020, the latest album in the series is ''Absolute Music 89'' which was a double album featuring artists like Carola, Zara Larsson and Shawn Mendes. Apart from the main albums in the series (''Absolute'' Music) there have also been several themed albums. The first one was ''Absolute Italiana'' released May 14, 1990. Other examples of themed albums are:

*''Absolute [[Dance music|Dance]]''
*''Absolute [[Rock and roll|Rock]]''
*''Absolute [[Love]]''
*''Absolute [[Reggae]]''
*''[[Absolute Christmas]]''
*''Absolute Summer''
*''Absolute Kidz''

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.absolute.nu/ Absolute] - Official website

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[[Category:Compilation album series]]
[[Category:1986 introductions]]