A-ha / discography

a-ha  - discography
a-ha at a live performance in Frankfurt am Main, 2005
Publications
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
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	NO
1985	Hunting high and low	DE10 × 3 Triple gold (67 weeks)DE	AT18 (5 months) AT	CH10 (19 weeks) CH	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (81 weeks)UK	US15th platinum (47 weeks)US	NO1 × 2 Double platinum (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 Double platinum (29 weeks)UK	US74 (10 weeks) US	NO1 × 2 Double platinum (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

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		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
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
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

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
		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 Double platinum (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

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)						Remarks
		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 Gold + double platinum (digital) (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
	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
	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
	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
1987	Manhattan Skyline Scoundrel Days	DE28 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (6 weeks) UK	-	NO4 (4 weeks) NO	First published: February 16, 1987
	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
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
	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
	You Are the One Stay on These Roads	DE30 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (10 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 12, 1988
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
	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
1991	Early Morning East of the Sun, West of the Moon	DE52 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK78 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: February 25, 1991
	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
1993	Dark Is the Night Memorial Beach	DE46 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	-	NO4 (6 weeks) NO	First published: May 24, 1993
	Angel in the Snow Memorial Beach	-	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 6, 1993
1994	Shapes That Go Together	DE57 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK27 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: March 14, 1994
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
	Minor Earth, Major Sky Minor Earth, Major Sky	DE73 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH73 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	-	First published: July 10, 2000
	Velvet Minor Earth, Major Sky	DE48 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH92 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	-	First published: November 6, 2000
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
	Lifelines Lifelines	DE32 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK78 (1 week) UK	-	NO18 (3 weeks) NO	First published: July 8, 2002
	Did Anyone Approach You? Lifelines	DE67 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 30, 2002
2003	The Sun Always Shines on TV (live) How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head?	DE53 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 10, 2003
2005	Celice Analogue	DE21 (9 weeks) DE	AT41 (7 weeks) AT	CH38 (9 weeks) CH	-	-	NO1 (9 weeks) NO	First published: October 7, 2005
	Analogue (All I Want) Analogue	DE33 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (5 weeks) UK	-	NO10 (8 weeks) NO	First published: December 30, 2005
2006	Cozy Prisons Analogue	-	-	-	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: April 17, 2006
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
	Shadowside Foot of the Mountain	DE22 (5 weeks) DE	AT73 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	-	First published: September 21, 2009
	Nothing Is Keeping You Here Foot of the Mountain	DE65 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 16, 2009
2010	Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurray) 25	DE22 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	-	NO13 (1 week) NO	First published: July 5, 2010
2011	Summer Moved On (Live) Ending on a High Note - The Final Concert	DE90 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 25, 2011

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)
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

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  NO Number one albums DE3DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US NO8thNO Top 10 albums DE12DE AT5AT CH6thCH UK6thUK US-US NO14thNO Albums in the charts DE17thDE AT13AT CH15thCH UK15thUK US3US NO15thNO

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  NO Number one singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US1US NO8thNO Top 10 singles DE7thDE AT3AT CH4thCH UK9UK US1US NO16NO Singles in the charts DE32DE AT12AT CH15thCH UK24UK US3US NO18thNO

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : A-ha / Awards for Music Sales

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
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

swell

1. ↑ a-ha. musicnorway.no, accessed on January 3, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US NO
3. ↑ A-ha will continue their Hunting-High-and-Low-Tour in 2020 ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Scoundrel Days ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ A-ha - “Stay on These Roads” ( Memento from April 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Stars of the 80s make a comeback ... with the same tunes but without the bizarre haircuts , Daily Mail

Web links

• Discography on a-hadiscography.co.uk
• Singles Discography on 45cat.com
• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• chartsurfer.de