ABBA to donate all royalties from new single to UNICEF
Melanie May | 7 December 2021 | News
In the running for this year’s Christmas Number 1, ABBA’s new single Little Things is also benefitting charity, with the band members donating all royalty payments to UNICEF.
The royalties are generated both when someone purchases the holiday season single, which is taken from the group’s latest album Voyage, or streams it on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube.
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ABBA’s contributions will be paid into UNICEF’s Global Child Protection Fund, which helps to support children affected by economic shocks, school closures and interruptions in social services as a result of the pandemic. Programmes supported by the fund aim to protect girls against violence and provide opportunities for empowerment, among other objectives.
Charlotte Petri Gornitzka Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF said:
“We are very grateful to the four members of ABBA for their generous commitment to UNICEF. Their support to the Global Child Protection Fund will help us to target our support where we can achieve the greatest impact for children, help tackle the root causes of gender inequality and promote girls’ empowerment around the world.”
This is not the first time ABBA has supported UNICEF. Since 1979, ABBA has donated royalties earned on their song Chiquitita, raising US $4.8 million to date. ABBA will also donate royalty payments from Little Things to UNICEF for the next five years.
Agnetha, Björn, Benny & Anni-Frid said:
“We think it is impossible to eradicate poverty without the empowerment of women. That is why we support UNICEF in protecting girls from sexual violence and empowering them through the Global Child Protection Fund. We have done so for many years with our song Chiquitita and now we have decided to give UNICEF a Christmas gift in the form of a second song: Little Things from our album Voyage.”
Incidentally, ABBA of course has form in giving to charity, and to UNICEF in particular:
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