a‐ha (Norwegian synth-pop band)

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Per the artist official homepage, http://www.a-ha.com, the band's name is spelled all lower case.

Discussion about capitalization of the title "Take On Me": http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=771

Annotation last modified on 2010-02-18 13:34 UTC.

Wikipedia

a-ha (often incorrectly stylised as A-ha; Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑˈhɑː]) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band rose to fame during the mid-1980s.

a-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album Hunting High and Low in 1985. The album peaked at number one in their native Norway, number two in the UK, and number 15 on the US Billboard album chart; yielded the international number-one single "Take On Me", as well as "The Sun Always Shines on T.V."; and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist. In the UK, Hunting High and Low continued its chart success into the following year, becoming one of the best-selling albums of 1986. The band released studio albums in 1986, 1988, and 1990, with single hits including "Hunting High and Low", "The Living Daylights", "Stay on These Roads", and "Crying in the Rain". In 1994, after their fifth studio album, Memorial Beach (1993), failed to achieve the commercial success of their previous albums, the band went on hiatus.

Following a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, a-ha recorded their sixth album, 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky, which was another number-one album in Norway and Germany. This album was followed by Lifelines (2002); Analogue (2005), which was certified Silver in the UK; and Foot of the Mountain (2009), which was certified Silver in the UK and reached the top five in many European countries.

The band split after their 2010 worldwide Ending on a High Note Tour, but reunited in 2015 to release their tenth studio album, Cast in Steel. They toured in support of the album and participated at Rock in Rio, which celebrated 30 years for both the band and the event.

The band has released eleven studio albums, several compilations and four live albums, with their most recent album, True North, released on 21 October 2022. In less than a year, during 2010, the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian kroner from concert tickets, merchandise and the release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the 40–50 highest-grossing bands in the world. The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book for having the biggest-paying rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã Stadium during the Rock in Rio festival. They have sold more than 100 million units, albums and singles combined.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985Hunting High and Lowa‐ha4.0534
1986Scoundrel Daysa‐ha3.515
1988Stay on These Roadsa‐ha3.3510
1990East of the Sun, West of the Moona‐ha413
1993Memorial Beacha‐ha4.257
2000minor earth | major skya‐ha3.7510
2002Lifelinesa‐ha3.359
2005Analoguea‐ha3.356
2009Foot of the Mountaina‐ha3.510
2015Cast in Steela‐ha3.655
2022True Northa‐ha33

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1989On Tour In Brazila-ha1
1991Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of a‐haa‐ha12
1991Best in Brazila‐ha2
1992The Very Best of A-Haa‐ha1
2004The Singles: 1984–2004a‐ha7
2007Greatest Hitsa‐ha44
201025a‐ha5
2011Original Album Seriesa‐ha33
2012The Triple Album Collectiona‐ha2
2016Time and Again: The Ultimate a-haa‐ha2
Greatest Hitsa‐ha1
Hunting High and Low / Lifelinesa‐ha1
The Best of a-haa‐ha1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1989On Tour in Brazila‐ha1
2001Homecoming: Live at Vallhalla‐ha2
2003How Can I Sleep With Your Voice in My Heada‐ha6
2011Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert (live at Oslo Spektrum)a‐ha5
2017MTV Unplugged: Summer Solsticea‐ha5
2017Acoustic Hits: MTV Unpluggeda‐ha2

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1984Take On Mea‐ha4.28
1985The Sun Always Shines on T.V.a‐ha5
1985Train of Thoughta‐ha2
1985The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Exclusive U.S. Dance Mix)a-ha1
1986Hunting High and Lowa‐ha51
1986Cry Wolfa‐ha42
1986I’ve Been Losing Youa‐ha2.53
1987Manhattan Skylinea‐ha41
1987The Living Daylightsa‐ha43
1988Stay on These Roadsa‐ha54
1988Touchy! (Go-Go mix)a‐ha1
1988You Are the One (remix)a‐ha2
1988The Blood That Moves the Bodya‐ha3.53
1990Crying in the Raina‐ha4.653
1990Early Morninga‐ha51
1990I Call Your Namea‐ha1
1991Move to Memphisa‐ha42
1993Dark Is the Nighta‐ha54
1993Angela‐ha3
1994Shapes That Go Togethera‐ha42
2000Summer Moved Ona‐ha53
2000Minor Earth | Major Skya‐ha54
2000Velveta‐ha51
2001The Sun Never Shone That Daya‐ha52
2002Forever Not Yoursa‐ha53
2002Lifelinesa‐ha4.56
2002Did Anyone Approach You?a‐ha41
2005Celicea‐ha5
2005Analogue (All I Want)a‐ha6
2006Cosy Prisonsa‐ha1
2009Foot Of The Mountain (Digital Version)a‐ha1
2009Foot of the Mountaina‐ha3
2009Shadowsidea‐ha1
2009Nothing Is Keeping You Herea‐ha1
2010Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)a‐ha2
2015Under the Makeupa‐ha1
2015Take On Me (Kygo remix)a‐ha1
2015Cast in Steela‐ha1
2015The Wakea‐ha1
2016Objects in the Mirrora‐ha1
2018Take On Me (Symphonic version)a‐ha41
2022I'm Ina‐ha1
2022You Have What It Takesa‐ha1

Single + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2001Minor Earth | Major Boxa‐ha1

Single + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2003The Sun Always Shines on TV: Livea‐ha1
2017Take on Mea‐ha1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
198545 R.P.M. Cluba‐ha3
1985Twelve Inch Cluba‐ha2
1986a‐haa‐ha1
1987Scoundrel Cluba‐ha2
1988Road Cluba‐ha1
2000Single Remixesa‐ha2

EP + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2005Rhino Hi-Five: a-haa‐ha1

EP + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2016Hits South Americaa‐ha1

Other

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985Take On Me (music video, 1985 version)a‐ha3

Other + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2002Music Heritagea‐ha1

Other + Demo

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2004The Demo Tapesa‐ha2

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