Pink Floyd Gets The ABBA Prize

Pink Floyd, the band that spawned 70’s electronic space rock artists like Tangerine Dream, has won the ABBA prize. Floyd and American soprano Renee Fleming were awarded Sweden’s annual Polar Music Prize on Wednesday, joining an eclectic group of winners including Paul McCartney, Elton John, Quincy Jones and Joni Mitchell. The award, given each year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, is the country’s biggest music prize. It was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop gro