A-Ha

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2010

First Recording: 1984

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

A-Ha
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
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🔲Saturday Night Live
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🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Hunting High and Low (1985)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Take on Me (1984)
The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (1985)

A-Ha @ Wikipedia

Will A-Ha be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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From a musical aspect they definetly should be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. However, thats not going to happen unfortunately. The reason is lack of enduring success in the US. And the reasons for that are a)due to family reasons A-ha chose not to tour the US following their number 1 Hit Take on Me in the Billboard chart oct 1985 and b)they were banned from MTV (fu..idiots)for the same reason and c)the 1988 album was a good album but lacked a blockbuster hit. During their almost 30 years career they have made a lot of epic songs, they have influenced a lot of bands, they have a distinct sound that is recognizable the moment you hear an Aha song (also due to the amazing voice of vocalist Morten Harket) and they have enjoyed big commercial success all over the world (over 40 mill albums sold/30 mill singles and Guiness world record for biggest paying audience ever - Rock in Rio 1991 with 196000), albeit not in the US. Since they never really broke through in the US they will never be inducted. Shame and pity.

Posted by RockinRio91 on Wednesday, 07/3/2013 @ 16:19pm


Typical arrogance ...... 30 million albums, 30 million singles , admired & praised from U2 to Coldplay.... amazing songwriters , UNBELIEVABLE lead singer......sold HALF A MILLION copies of their final album Foot of the Mountain in 2009 !!!!!!!! How many bands can say that 25 YEARS AFTER THEIR FIRST ALBUM CAME OUT - WOW

Posted by heavygman on Saturday, 08/2/2014 @ 13:29pm


Since a-ha are not a so-called "one-hit-wonder" but made music for more than 25 years I just highly recommend all of their albums to anyone, who did not listen to them until now. If quality of music is an important aspect to be induced to the hall of fame, a-ha should have been there already for ages. Inventing something new they did not? I don't believe the writer of such comment since the day I had seen the video for "Take On Me" for the first time of my life. That's now approx. 29 years ago. Commercial success is when an artists is able to fill the Maracana Stadium while the concert is not for free. So a-ha did. And besides all of that there is no need to speak about the voice of Morten Harket, just listen to their albums and find out by yourself. What critics say about their music I've read a lot, and mostly very positive. Holding a high note for more than 20 seconds, which pop singer does? Whose voice is able to sing over 4 (or maybe 5) octaves? Whose hits are known all over the world for more 20 years? [If you don't know them, it does not mean that your fellow-countryman does not know them. There are a lot of a-ha fans from US, for example, who I know]. Sorry to oppose the negative comments, but I had a listen to the above mentioned and highly recommended albums. Thus I'd vote to induce a-ha into the hall of fame.

Posted by a-ha.k. on Friday, 03/13/2015 @ 04:02am


Has anyone mentioned the record for a paying audience of 198,000 people? Surely that many people cannot be wrong?

Posted by Brett on Thursday, 08/20/2015 @ 21:26pm


I’m really having hard time for my final verdict on A-Ha. On one side they influenced U2, Coldplay and maybe the Killers. They’re also one of a few bands with NO line-up changes, which is something their fans want.

On the other hand, they’re not big in the States and didn’t made much of a impact here like they did at other countries. It’s no wonder most people mislabeled them as a “One-Hit Wonder.”

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 11/15/2018 @ 17:31pm


quelques années ont passé depuis le dernier commentaire et je vous rassure A-Ha continue de se produire, nous les avons vu en concert cette année en France et dans leur magnifique pays en Norvège. ils viennent de sortir leur 11ème albums....ils sont incroyables et surprenants. J'aime ce qu'ils font, je ne suis jamais déçue...écouter leurs chansons pendant des heures m'apaise et me rende heureuse. Je suppose que d'entrer au Rock and Roll of fame leur importe peu..par contre de savoir qu'une multitudes de fans les soutiennent et les respectent depuis leur début leur suffisent

Posted by colette on Monday, 11/7/2022 @ 01:16am


A-Ha is one of the singlemost significant bands of this era and all of music history. Their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should surely have been an absolute given many years ago. I hope whoever is responsible for not inducing them is missing out on one of the most important and unique bands in all of music history. You need a wake up call. Surely this will change in the future, if not you certainly missed the boat.

Posted by Susan D House on Saturday, 01/7/2023 @ 15:29pm


Incredible ignorant of HOF now to induct them.

Posted by jan on Sunday, 10/15/2023 @ 15:10pm


Essa banda foi um ícone nos anos 80 e 90. Sua músicas e letras e arranjo já deviam figurar no hall.

Posted by José Henrique on Monday, 11/6/2023 @ 13:51pm


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