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This article needs help. Some of the songs' wikilinks are pointing to disambig pages and in general are not formatted correctly. Tables should be reformatted to adhere more to WP:MUSIC/TABLE. Also can't figure out why every chart position is wikilinked. - eo 18:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Discussion

Cleaned up a-ha Discography with better tables, covers...etc NendoShisu 13:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing picture

I just thought I'd point out, at the bottom of the live album sections there is a .jpg file listed --Mjrmtg 05:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stay on These Roads / Hunting High And Low / Scoundrel Days: release dates

Stay on These Roads is linked to two release dates: 1st and 3rd of May of 1985. Hunting High And Low has two dates also: 31st of May of 1985 and 6th of October of 1985. Scoundrel Days is linked to two release dates as well: 31st of May of 1986 and 6th of October of 1986. This is not possible and something must be corrected.

ICE77 -- 84.222.102.224 18:35, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." release date and U.S. Chart Peak

"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (a favorite of mine) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Top 100 singles charts on the week ending November 30, 1985. The record peaked at #20 on the Hot 100 and #24 in Cashbox. The entry here has the release more than three weeks too late and the U.S. peak three points too high. The 12" single did go to #5 on Hot Dance Singles Sales and #6 on Hot Dance Club Play in Billboard. Please correct the date (and/or indicate which territory the December 16 date is for) and either correct the chart peak or indicate which chart the #17 placement comes from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abrazame (talk • contribs) 23:29, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Take On Me" release date incorrect

Again, it may be because the dates cited are for a territory other than the U.S., but "Take On Me" debuted in Cashbox the week ending July 27, 1985. Two weeks prior, it had already debuted in Billboard, the week ending July 13. Believe it or not, I actually recall buying the 12" in New York City on Easter Sunday of that year, but that's presumably the second UK release on import. Still, Billboard did not allow unreleased records to hit the chart at that point, so the September 16 date listed here is at least two-months-plus too late. One can either infer 1.) that it was the second release which charted in the U.S., but that it took three months to catch on (in which case the U.S. peak is listed erroneously under the third release); 2.) that the release date given for the third release is wrong; or 3.) that the author ignores completely the release date of the single in the U.S., the largest market in the world and where the single went to #1. (If the third release in Europe was indeed on 9/16, it might be reasonable to draw the conclusion that it was the single's U.S. top 20 charting that precipitated the record company's continued faith in the single's potential in international markets after the UK, for one, failed to catch on twice in a row.) Perhaps it should be considered that the releases be shown from the standpoint of the record company, and not a given territory. In this way, a fourth release (though chronologically speaking, it would be third) would be cited for the U.S. alone, and it would be indicated that it was the first and only U.S. release which went to #1 there. Abrazame (talk) 00:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleaned it up

I've fixed every thing. The only thing you got to do is to found the sources to their sales number. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 17:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Importent

You can't see that Scoundrel Days, Stay on These Roads and East of the Sun, West of the Moon has been certified unless you search on their name on Song Title. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 13:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other Releases

Year Title
2004 The Swing Of Things / The Demo Tapes


[edit] Adittion to Musicvideos

Can someone please add the Forever Not Yours musicvideo. Directed by Harald Zwart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mortyman (talk • contribs) 10:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Done --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 18:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)


Mortyman (talk) 13:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)==Silver, Gold & Platinum==

You should add a line for the chartings in Brazil, Japan and Russia. a-ha has won several discs in Brazil. I'm not sure what they have received in Japan, but I'm sure there is discs from that country too.

Mortyman (talk) 09:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Russian, japanese and brazilian chart positions are hard for me to find cause i don't understand does languages. But if you find these chart positions give the source and chart positions to me like i can add them on the discography okay. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 10:38, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

a-ha got Platinum for the Analogue album in Russia in 2006. Platinum in Russia, is something you get when you have sold 20 000 copies ( LEGALLY )

Here is the source, regarding Platinum disc in Russia: http://www.a-ha.com/NEWS/AHA_fullNews.aspx?PostID=586


I have added it to your chart form. I don't have the chart position though.


Maybe you can add the source of this to the article ?


Mortyman (talk) 10:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Russian brazilian chart positions are hard for me to find cause i don't understand does languages. But if you find these chart positions give the source and chart positions to me like i can add them on the discography okay. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 10:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
This article is nominated for a featured article. When you add certifications add sources and secondif you want me a bit more support in on the nomination page. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 10:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


You have deleted my comment regarding the Russian Analogue Platinum in the article. why ? The source is here. Look a few paragraphs up.Mortyman (talk) 13:31, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discs in Norway ?

a-ha must have received certifcations in Norway too ?

Mortyman (talk) 10:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

They have. Lifelines have been certified platinum in Norway. The problem is that the norwegian IFPI don't add all the certifications on their website. Which is a problem. --Alive Would? Sun (talk) 10:35, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

You should add it anyway. And there must be other a-ha albums than Lifelines that is certified in Norway ? Mortyman (talk) 13:27, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Brazil certifications

I beleive Brazil has changed it's numbers on how many copies you have to sell in order to get the various discs. In the 80's and 90's, a-ha got Gold and Platinums, but with the numbers that the Brazilians are operating with today, a-ha would proabably have gotten Diamond awards for both Stay On These Roads album and On Tour in Brazil album ( Both these albums sold around 600 000 copies in Brazil. Mortyman (talk) 21:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Music videos added

" I Wish I Cared ", "Cosy Prison" and " There's Never A Forever Thing " music videos has been added to the music videos section. Mortyman (talk) 23:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)