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A-ha is a synthpop/rock band from Norway founded in 1982 by members of previous bands Spider Empire (1977'?1979) and Bridges (1979'?1982). The group initially rose to fame during the 1980s and has had continued global success in the 1990s and 2000s. The band is the best-selling Norwegian music artist in history.

A-ha achieved its biggest success with their debut album, Hunting High and Low, in 1985, which peaked at number 15 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 worldwide plus a double figure million singles. In 2002 the band released its seventh studio album Lifelines. Their 2005 album Analogue was certified silver and was 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 19 June 2009 (release date different in some countries).

On 15 October 2009, the band announced their split after a planned worldwide tour in 2010, (more specifically after their two farewell shows in Oslo) 3 and 4 December 2010. On 19 October the tour's name was announced as Ending On A High Note. In January 2010, a-ha's album Foot of the Mountain was certified platinum in Germany

Norwegian pop trio A-Ha have announced details of their final tour, including a date at the Trent FM Arena on November 21. Despite the commercial and critical success of their latest album, Foot Of The Mountain -- a UK Top 5 -- Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy will dissolve the group at the end of the tour in December.


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