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a-ha

Norwegian pop band
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Summary

a-ha is a musical group[1]. a-ha ranks in the top 1% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,540 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notable work: Take On Me[3], Stay on These Roads[4], Summer Moved On[5], Train of Thought[6], The Living Daylights[7]
  • Award received: Spellemann Award of the year[8], Spellemann Award for pop record of the year[9], Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen[10], Spellemann Award for the videoclip of the year[11], Peer Gynt Literary Award[12], Rockheim Hall of Fame[13], German Radio Award[14]
  • Country: Norway[15]
  • Genre: synth-pop[16], new wave[17], alternative rock[18], electronic rock[19], pop rock[20], soft rock[21]
  • Record label: Warner Bros. Records[22], Universal Records[23], Warner Bros. Entertainment[24], Warner Music Group[25], Universal Music Group[26], Polydor[27]
  • Discography: a-ha discography[28]
  • Commons category: A-ha[29]
  • Country of origin: Norway[30]
  • Has part(s): Morten Harket[31], Magne Furuholmen[32], Paul Waaktaar-Savoy[33]
  • Inception: 1982[34]
  • Location of formation: Oslo[35]
  • Official website: https://a-ha.com[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:A-ha[37]
  • Commons gallery: A-ha[38]
  • Nominated for: Grammy Award for Best New Artist[39]
  • Topic has template: Template:A-ha[40]
  • Different from: AHA[41]
  • Start of work period: 1982[42]
  • Name: A-ha[43]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[44]

  • Country: NO[45]

  • Began / founded: 1983[46]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, new wave, pop, sophisti-pop, synth-pop[47]

  • Community tags: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, dance-pop, euro-dance, euro-pop, new wave, norwegian, pop, sophisti-pop, synth pop, synth-pop, synthpop[48]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7364dea6-ca9a-48e3-be01-b44ad0d19897[49]

Why It Matters

a-ha has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] a-ha is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did a-ha receive?

Honors received include Spellemann Award of the year[8], Spellemann Award for pop record of the year[9], and Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen[10].

Related Entities

Morten Harket Norway Polydor Universal Music Group Warner Music Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . rockheim.no. rockheim.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic has template → Template:A-ha
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    Nominated for → Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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