A-ha / discography
a-ha - discography
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a-ha at a live performance in Frankfurt am Main, 2005
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Publications | |
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Studio albums | 10 |
Live albums | 5 |
Compilations | 21st |
EPs | 7th |
Singles | 42 |
Video albums | 7th |
Box sets | 1 |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Norwegian pop - music band a-ha . According to the sources, they have sold more than 100 million records so far, over 760,000 of them in their homeland alone. A-ha's most successful release is the album Hunting High and Low with over twelve million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | NO | |||
1985 | Hunting high and low |
DE10 × 3
(67 weeks)DE |
AT18 (5 months) AT |
CH10 (19 weeks) CH |
UK2 × 3
(81 weeks)UK |
US15th
platinum
(47 weeks)US |
NO1 × 2
(45 weeks)NO |
First published: May 31, 1985
Sales: + 12,000,000 |
1986 | Scoundrel Days |
DE4th
platinum
(31 weeks)DE |
AT9 (3 months) AT |
CH6th
platinum
(15 weeks)CH |
UK2 × 2
(29 weeks)UK |
US74 (10 weeks) US |
NO1 × 2
(30 weeks)NO |
First published: Oct 6, 1986
Sales: + 5,000,000 |
1988 | Stay on These Roads |
DE4th
gold
(25 weeks)DE |
AT9 (2½ months) AT |
CH6th
gold
(11 weeks)CH |
UK2
gold
(19 weeks)UK |
US148 (6 weeks) US |
NO1 (11 weeks) NO |
First published: May 3, 1988
Sales: + 4,000,000 |
1990 | East of the Sun, West of the Moon |
DE6th
gold
(29 weeks)DE |
AT23 (3 weeks) AT |
CH16
gold
(10 weeks)CH |
UK12
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
NO1 (18 weeks) NO |
First published: October 22, 1990
Sales: + 944,000 |
1993 | Memorial Beach |
DE17 (11 weeks) DE |
- |
CH39 (1 week) CH |
UK17 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (10 weeks) NO |
First published: June 14, 1993
Sales: +66,000 |
2000 | Minor Earth, Major Sky |
DE1
platinum
(44 weeks)DE |
AT4 (11 weeks) AT |
CH3
gold
(18 weeks)CH |
UK27 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (23 weeks) NO |
First published: April 17, 2000
Sales: + 385,000 |
2002 | Lifelines |
DE1
gold
(26 weeks)DE |
AT2 (7 weeks) AT |
CH6 (14 weeks) CH |
UK67 (1 week) UK |
- |
NO1 (25 weeks) NO |
First published: April 29, 2002
Sales: +176,300 |
2005 | Analogue |
DE6 (15 weeks) DE |
AT18 (2 weeks) AT |
CH21 (4 weeks) CH |
UK24
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
NO1 (23 weeks) NO |
First published: November 4th, 2005
Sales: + 80,000 |
2009 | Foot of the Mountain |
DE1
platinum
(39 weeks)DE |
AT11 (11 weeks) AT |
CH12 (26 weeks) CH |
UK5 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
NO2 (17 weeks) NO |
First published: June 12, 2009
Sales: + 220,000 |
2015 | Cast in steel |
DE4 (12 weeks) DE |
AT13 (3 weeks) AT |
CH9 (6 weeks) CH |
UK8 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
NO2 (7 weeks) NO |
First published: September 4th, 2015
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Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | NO | |||
2003 | How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head? |
DE8 (8 weeks) DE |
AT73 (2 weeks) AT |
CH36 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
NO4 (9 weeks) NO |
First published: March 24, 2003
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2011 | Ending on a High Note - The Final Concert |
DE3 (17 weeks) DE |
AT61 (2 weeks) AT |
CH52 (10 weeks) CH |
UK43 (1 week) UK |
- |
NO3 (8 weeks) NO |
First published: April 1, 2011
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2017 | MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice |
DE3 (21 weeks) DE |
AT14 (5 weeks) AT |
CH20 (5 weeks) CH |
UK6 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
NO14 (1 week) NO |
First published: October 6, 2017
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More live albums
- 1986: Days Night
- 2008: Live at Valhall
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | NO | |||
1991 | Headlines and Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha |
DE36
platinum
(16 weeks)DE |
AT32 (4 weeks) AT |
CH40 (1 week) CH |
UK12
platinum
(13 weeks)UK |
- |
NO9 (9 weeks) NO |
First published: November 4, 1991
Sales: + 1,610,000 |
2004 | The Singles 1984-2004 The Definitive Singles Collection |
DE49
gold
(5 weeks)DE |
- | - |
UK14th
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
NO4 (17 weeks) NO |
First published: November 29, 2004
Sales: + 200,000 |
2010 | 25th |
DE3
platinum
(20 weeks)DE |
AT9 (9 weeks) AT |
CH6 (12 weeks) CH |
UK10
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
NO6th × 2
(15 weeks)NO |
First published: July 19, 2010
Sales: +320,000 |
2016 | Time and Again - The Ultimate a-ha |
DE22 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH38 (4 weeks) CH |
UK75 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 18, 2016
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more publishments
- 1985: 45 RPM Club
- 1986: Twelve Inch Club
- 1987: Scoundrel Club
- 1988: Road Club
- 1991: Best in Brasil (Sales: + 100,000)
- 1991: En Argentina
- 1992: The Best
- 1994: On Tour in Brasil (Sales: + 250,000)
- 1996: Stay on These Roads / Scoundrel Days
- 1996: Hunting High and Low / Memorial Beach
- 1999: Take On Me / The Sun Always Shines on TV
- 2000: single remixes
- 2004: The Demo Tapes (the CD containing 13 demos is an addition to the book The Swing of Things by Jan Ohmdal)
- 2005: Trilogy: Three Classic Albums
- 2007: Make Some Noise: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur (interpret a-ha # 9 Dream by John Lennon)
- 2009: Best Of
- 2010: Hunting High and Low
EPs
- 1985: 45 RPM Club
- 1985: Twelve Inch Club
- 1986: a-ha
- 1987: Scoundrel Club
- 1988: Road Club
- 1990: Limited-Edition Hits EP
- 1990: Limited-Edition Hits EP / Number Two
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | NO | |||
1984 |
Take On Me Hunting High and Low |
DE1
gold
(20 weeks)DE |
AT1 (3 months) AT |
CH1 (13 weeks) CH |
UK2 × 2
(19 weeks)UK |
US1 (27 weeks) US |
NO1 (30 weeks) NO |
First published: October 19, 1984
Sales: + 7,000,000 |
1985 |
The Sun Always Shines on TV Hunting High and Low |
DE5 (14 weeks) DE |
AT8 (3 months) AT |
CH7 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US20 (17 weeks) US |
NO2 (12 weeks) NO |
First published: November 9, 1985
Sales: +510,000 |
1986 | Train of Thought Hunting High and Low |
DE14 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK8 (10 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 21, 1986
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Hunting High and Low Hunting High and Low |
DE11 (16 weeks) DE |
AT24 (1 month) AT |
- |
UK5 (12 weeks) UK |
- |
NO10 (1 week) NO |
First published: June 2, 1986
Sales: + 408,000 |
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I've Been Losing You Scoundrel Days |
DE15 (11 weeks) DE |
AT20 (3 months) AT |
CH16 (8 weeks) CH |
UK8 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (9 weeks) NO |
First published: September 22, 1986
Sales: + 265,000 |
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Cry Wolf Scoundrel Days |
DE20 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH27 (3 weeks) CH |
UK5
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
US50 (10 weeks) US |
NO2 (9 weeks) NO |
First published: November 24, 1986
Sales: + 265,000 |
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1987 | Manhattan Skyline Scoundrel Days |
DE28 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
NO4 (4 weeks) NO |
First published: February 16, 1987
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The Living Daylights The Living Daylights - Soundtrack |
DE8 (16 weeks) DE |
AT18 (2 months) AT |
CH8 (10 weeks) CH |
UK5 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (9 weeks) NO |
First published: June 22, 1987
Sales: + 104,000 |
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1988 | Stay on These Roads Stay on These Roads |
DE7 (15 weeks) DE |
AT11 (3½ months) AT |
CH10 (13 weeks) CH |
UK5 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (13 weeks) NO |
First published: March 14, 1988
Sales: +320,000 |
The Blood That Moves the Body Stay on These Roads |
DE23 (11 weeks) DE |
- |
CH29 (1 week) CH |
UK25 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: June 6, 1988
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Touchy! Stay on These Roads |
DE13 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
CH18 (4 weeks) CH |
UK11 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: August 15, 1988
Sales: + 329,000 |
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You Are the One Stay on These Roads |
DE30 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK13 (10 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 12, 1988
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1990 | Crying in the Rain, East of the Sun, West of the Moon |
DE6 (24 weeks) DE |
AT17 (8 weeks) AT |
CH21 (5 weeks) CH |
UK13 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (12 weeks) NO |
First published: September 15, 1990
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I Call Your Name East of the Sun, West of the Moon |
DE37 (18 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK44 (6 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: December 3, 1990
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1991 | Early Morning East of the Sun, West of the Moon |
DE52 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK78 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: February 25, 1991
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Move to Memphis Headlines and Deadlines - The Hits of A-ha |
DE39 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK47 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
NO2 (6 weeks) NO |
First published: October 14, 1991
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1993 | Dark Is the Night Memorial Beach |
DE46 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK19 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
NO4 (6 weeks) NO |
First published: May 24, 1993
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Angel in the Snow Memorial Beach |
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UK41 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: September 6, 1993
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1994 | Shapes That Go Together |
DE57 (11 weeks) DE |
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UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: March 14, 1994
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2000 |
Summer Moved On Minor Earth, Major Sky |
DE8 (12 weeks) DE |
AT10 (11 weeks) AT |
CH14 (19 weeks) CH |
UK33 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
NO1 (6 weeks) NO |
First published: March 27, 2000
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Minor Earth, Major Sky Minor Earth, Major Sky |
DE73 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH73 (7 weeks) CH |
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First published: July 10, 2000
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Velvet Minor Earth, Major Sky |
DE48 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH92 (2 weeks) CH |
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First published: November 6, 2000
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2002 | Forever Not Yours Lifelines |
DE18 (9 weeks) DE |
AT31 (10 weeks) AT |
CH26 (19 weeks) CH |
- | - |
NO1 (7 weeks) NO |
First published: April 2, 2002
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Lifelines Lifelines |
DE32 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
- |
NO18 (3 weeks) NO |
First published: July 8, 2002
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Did Anyone Approach You? Lifelines |
DE67 (3 weeks) DE |
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First published: September 30, 2002
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2003 | The Sun Always Shines on TV (live) How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head? |
DE53 (2 weeks) DE |
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First published: March 10, 2003
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2005 | Celice Analogue |
DE21 (9 weeks) DE |
AT41 (7 weeks) AT |
CH38 (9 weeks) CH |
- | - |
NO1 (9 weeks) NO |
First published: October 7, 2005
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Analogue (All I Want) Analogue |
DE33 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK10 (5 weeks) UK |
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NO10 (8 weeks) NO |
First published: December 30, 2005
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2006 | Cozy Prisons Analogue |
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UK39 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: April 17, 2006
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2009 | Foot of the Mountain Foot of the Mountain |
DE3 (20 weeks) DE |
AT28 (14 weeks) AT |
CH33 (20 weeks) CH |
UK66 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
NO8 (14 weeks) NO |
First published: May 22, 2009
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Shadowside Foot of the Mountain |
DE22 (5 weeks) DE |
AT73 (1 week) AT |
- | - | - | - |
First published: September 21, 2009
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Nothing Is Keeping You Here Foot of the Mountain |
DE65 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 16, 2009
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2010 | Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurray) 25 |
DE22 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK98 (1 week) UK |
- |
NO13 (1 week) NO |
First published: July 5, 2010
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2011 | Summer Moved On (Live) Ending on a High Note - The Final Concert |
DE90 (1 week) DE |
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First published: March 25, 2011
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More singles
- 1985: Love Is Reason
- 1986: Maybe, Maybe
- 1989: There's Never a Forever Thing
- 1991: Waiting for Her
- 1993: Lie Down in Darkness
- 2001: The Sun Never Shone That Day
- 2005: Birthright
- 2015: Under the Makeup
Video albums and music videos
Video albums
- 1985: Hunting High and Low
- 1991: Headlines and Deadlines - The Hits of A-ha (Sales: + 25,000)
- 1993: A-ha - Live in South America
- 2001: A-ha Live at Vallhall - Homecoming (Sales: + 8,000)
- 2003: A-ha: The Videos (Spanish promo DVD, including the original video I've Been Losing You and The Living Daylights )
- 2010: 25
- 2011: Ending on a High Note - The Final Concert
Music videos
year | title | Director (s) |
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1985 | Take On Me | Steve Barron |
The Sun Always Shines on TV | Steve Barron | |
1986 | Train of Thought | Candice Reckinger, Michael Patterson |
Hunting high and low | Steve Barron | |
I've Been Losing You | Steve Barron | |
Cry Wolf | Steve Barron | |
1987 | Manhattan skyline | Steve Barron |
The Living Daylights | Steve Barron | |
1988 | Stay on These Roads | Andy Morahan |
The Blood That Moves the Body | Andy Morahan | |
Touchy! | Kevin Moloney | |
You are the one | Damon Heath | |
There's Never a Forever Thing | Lauren Savoy | |
1990 | Crying in the Rain | Steve Barron |
I call your name | Michael Burlingame | |
1991 | Early morning | Michael Burlingame |
Move to Memphis | Erick Ifergan | |
1993 | Dark is the night | Erick Ifergan |
Angel in the Snow | Howard Greenhalgh | |
1994 | Shapes That Go Together | Barry Maguire |
2000 | Summer Moved On | Adam Berg |
Minor Earth, Major Sky | Philipp Stölzl | |
I wish I cared | Henrik Haugen | |
Velvet | Harald Zwart | |
2002 | Forever Not Yours | Harald Zwart |
Lifelines | Morten Skallerud | |
Did Anyone Approach You? | Lauren Savoy | |
2003 | The Sun Always Shines on TV (live) | Lauren Savoy |
2005 | Celice | Jörn Heitmann |
Analogue (All I Want) | Howard Greenhalgh | |
2006 | Cozy Prisons | Paul Gore |
2009 | Foot of the Mountain | Olaf Heine |
Shadowside | Uwe Flade | |
Nothing is Keeping You Here | Uwe Flade | |
2010 | Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurray) | Steve Barron |
Box sets
- 2001: Minor Earth | Major box
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Argentina (CAPIF) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 68,000 | capif.org.ar AR2 |
Australia (ARIA) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | 280,000 | Individual evidence |
Belgium (BEA) | - | gold1 | - | 100,000 | ultratop.be |
Brazil (PMB) | - | 5 × gold5 | 4 × platinum4th | 1,685,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 90,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | 6 × gold6th | 6 × platinum6th | 3,450,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | 3 × silver3 | 2 × gold2 | 4 × platinum4th | 4,179,100 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) | - | gold1 | - | 10,000 | ifpihk.org |
Italy (FIMI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 350,000 | fimi.it |
Japan (RIAJ) | - | 3 × gold3 | 2 × platinum2 | 1,085,000 | riaj.or.jp JP2 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | - | 6 × platinum6th | 100,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 100,000 | nvpi.nl |
Norway (IFPI) | - | - | 6 × platinum6th | 766,000 | ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
Russia (NFPF) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 40,000 | 2m-online.ru ( Memento from October 23, 2009 on WebCite ) |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | Individual evidence |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | 2 × platinum2 | 175,000 | hitparade.ch |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 200,000 | mediafire.com ES2 |
Czech Republic (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 50,000 | Individual evidence |
United States (RIAA) | - | - | platinum1 | 3,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 5 × silver5 | 3 × gold3 | 8 × platinum8th | 4,380,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 8 × silver8th | 31 × gold31 | 52 × platinum52 |
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- ↑ a-ha. musicnorway.no, accessed on January 3, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US NO
- ↑ A-ha will continue their Hunting-High-and-Low-Tour in 2020 ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Scoundrel Days ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ A-ha - “Stay on These Roads” ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Stars of the 80s make a comeback ... with the same tunes but without the bizarre haircuts , Daily Mail