Origin: Oslo, Norway
Genre(s): Synthpop, New Wave, Alternative Rock
Years Active: 1982-Present
Website: www.a-ha.com
Members: Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, Paul Wakktaar-Savoy
A-Ha are a band from Norway. They initially rose to fame during the 1980s and have had continued success in the 1990s and 2000s.
A-Ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album and single in 1985. Hunting High and Low peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard charts and yielded an international number-one single, "Take On Me", earning the band a Grammy Award nomination as Best New Artist. Hunting High and Low was one of the best-selling albums of 1986. In 1994, the band went on a hiatus, the same year a-ha reached a sales number of 26 million albums sold worldwide. After a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, the band returned to the studio and recorded 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky, which resulted in a new tour. By 2000, they had reached 36 million albums sold wordwide plus a double figure million singles. In 2002 the band released their seventh studio album Lifelines. 2005's Analogue has been certified silver and is their most successful album in the UK since 1990's East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon. Their 9th album, Foot Of The Mountain, was released on June 19, 2009 (release date different in some countries).
A-Ha's Chart Positions In The U.K.
Singles: Pos.
The Sun Always Shines On T.V. 1
Take On Me 2
Stay On These Roads 5
The Living Daylights 5
Cry Wolf 5
Hunting High and Low 5
I've Been Losing You 8
Train of Thought 8
Analogue 10
Touchy 11
Manhattan Skyline 13
You Are The One 13
Crying In The Rain 13
Dark Is The Night 19
The Blood That Moves The Body 25
Shapes That Go Together 27
Summer Moved On 33
Cosy Prisons 39
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