Talk:A-ha discography

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

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)

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)

"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)

"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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Edited Brazil certifications
Hunting high and low: +500.000 no Brasil-Platina dupla (double Platinum)

Scoundrel Days: +500.000 no Brasil-Platina dupla (double Platinum)

Stay On These Roads: +600.000 no Brasil-Platina dupla (double Platinum)

Est of the Sun West of the Moon: +250.000 no Brasil-Platina (Platinum)

Memorial Beach: +100.000 no Brasil-Ouro (Gold)

On tour in Brazil: + 600.000 (Platina dupla) (double Platinum)

Best in Brazil: +300.000 (Platina) (Platinum)

Source ( Please add ): http://www.geocities.com/contre21/estatisticas.htm

Mortyman (talk) 10:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The Brazillian certifications has different certifications so no this is wrong. --Black On High (talk) 13:05, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

No it's correct, unless you wanna update them to Diamond awards, wich is what it would have been today. The information is correct. Mortyman (talk) 16:44, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Add sources and most and the official Brazillian certification site sais thats wrong and add sources. And when i say add sources i mean the different chart positions, i'm goin to delete all the chart positions if you're not adding sources. And this is the official certification site for Brazilian certifications. . --Black On High (talk) 10:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Sales figures
Could you indicate here on the talk page what to search for in Pandora to find the references you cite? My search for "a-ha" doesn't bring up anything related to the band. Thanks. Abrazame (talk) 20:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Just press the number 17 next to the sales number and then press pandora. I don't get it. its there. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 12:59, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * If it's the 20 million or the 25 million figure you are referring to, it's a number that the Norwegian press has used since the mid 90's and is not a realistic figure today. It is also numbers for album sales only. The article that you are referring to has sources from a-ha websites wich from what I have understood from my last months discussing with various people here, is not acceptable sources...Mortyman (talk) 17:31, 17 July 2008 (UTC)


 * In the Lifelines tour programme of 2002, a-ha' albums sales were quoted as being around 36 million.Mortyman (talk) 17:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I also think that the use of recordcompany and band official site should be accepted as resources, as these sources are the ones that are used by the press and media... Like it or not. Fact is that it's almost impossible to get a correct figure on sales from any artist these days.


 * As long as it is noted that the sales figures " are thought to be " or "said to be" 40 million albums and 30 million singles, i really don't see the problem. I have myself asked Warner Norway to give me an indication of the sales numbers for a-ha, but they don't want to as they are constantly in movement.


 * In a-ha's case, American and British sources is not the best, simply because a-ha is rarely mentioned and included in these countries medias / publications and are rarely upp to date, and don't really know alot about a-ha these days. Mortyman (talk) 18:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Musicvideos
Why has the musicvideos for " Minor Earth Major sky" and " I Wish I Cared " been deleted from the musicvideos list ? Please add back on: http://www.a-havideos.com/English/MEMS.htm The video for " I wish I cared" was the first fully flash animated based music video to be released. a-ha beat Madonna to it. Mortyman (talk) 17:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

"Original soundtracks and multi-artist compilations" section
I've added a new section in response to a request by an a-ha fan on my talk page. While a-ha songs—"Take on Me" in particular—have appeared on other soundtrack albums, those appearances came some time after the song was recorded and released. In many cases, such appearances are negotiated between the music publisher and the executive producer for the film's soundtrack (sometimes via label connections), and the artist's participation is negligible if anything. The appearance is notable from the history of the song, but it's my judgement that with a discography of this size, these secondary film soundtrack appearances are not notable to the discography. Editors should feel free to add such usages to the articles of the respective songs. The two albums I've included here in the discography feature an original recording, in the sense that these releases are the album debuts of the band's recording of the songs in question. If other such original contributions occur or come to light, feel free to add them to this chart, or discuss them here. Abrazame (talk) 02:42, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Major reduction needed here
Per WP:DISCOG each table should only have 10 countries/columns.... all of these have an amount way over the limit. Obviously Norway should stay, but discussion should begin to reach consensus on which regions should occupy the 9 remaining columns. I'll make the decision myself in the coming weeks if no one contributes or objects...... - eo (talk) 14:21, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

"CD, LP"
AFAIK Memorial Beach was the last album to be released on LP!

85.179.13.74 (talk) 13:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC) Hans

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The Swing of Things / The Demo Tapes
I have proposed the article The Swing of Things / The Demo Tapes for deletion as I feel it fails notability. I can't seem to find much info on it and the book is not, as far as I can tell, an official A-ha release. What would people think of removing this from the discography? It is still mentioned in the Main A-ha article which seems about right. It definitely doesn't warrant it's own page.

I may have misunderstood what it actually is but there is so little info on it I think that kind of proves why it should be removed anyway.

 Len ' The ' White  Cat  11:06, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

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