List of awards and nominations received by A-ha

A-ha awards and nominations
	A-ha performing at a concert in Frankfurt, Germany in 2005
Awards and nominations
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins	57
Nominations	7
	Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

This is a comprehensive list of major music awards received by A-ha, a Norwegian new wave band. Formed in 1982 by Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, A-ha have been one of the most popular European acts in the world since the mid-1980s.[1] The band has sold more than 100 million albums and singles worldwide, and has been nominated for one Grammy Award, more than any other Norwegian rock band.[1]

A-ha achieved mainstream success with their debut album Hunting High and Low and the single "Take On Me" in 1985. After the release of the album A-ha was nominated for Best New Artist. In 1994, the band went on a hiatus. 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 started to work on their new album. In 2002 the band released their seventh studio album Lifelines. Analogue was released in 2005 and has been certified Silver.[2] Their 2009 album "Foot of the Mountain" is their highest charting album in the U.K. since 1988's "Stay on These Roads".[2]

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav

The three members of a-ha, Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar Savoy, was appointed Knights of the 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for their contribution to Norwegian music. The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav is granted as a reward for distinguished services to their country and mankind. The official ceremony took place on 6 November 2012.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Year	Type of Award	Category	Awarded to
2012	Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav	Knight 1st class	Magne Furuholmen of a-ha
2012	Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav	Knight 1st class	Morten Harket of a-ha
2012	Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav	Knight 1st class	Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of a-ha

Norwegian Music Hall of Fame at Rockheim


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	A-ha	The Norwegian Music Hall of Fame at Rockheim	Inducted

Guinness World Records


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1991	Largest paying audience ( Rock in Rio 2 )	Guinness World Records	Awarded

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards are awarded for outstanding achievements in the record industry. A-ha has received one nomination.[12]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1986	"Take on Me"	Favorite Pop/Rock Video	Nominated

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. A-ha has received one nomination.[13]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1986	A-ha	Best New Artist	Nominated
1986	Hunting High and Low	Best Recording Package	Nominated

Best Recording Package Nominated Art Director: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff and Jeri McManus

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. A-ha has received 8 awards from 11 nominations.[14]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1986	Take On Me	Video of the Year	Nominated
		Best Group Video	Nominated
		Best New Artist	Won
		Best Concept Video	Won
		Most Experimental Video	Won
		Best Direction (Directors: Steven Barron)	Won
		Best Special Effects (Special Effects: Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger)	Won
		Viewer's Choice	Won
	The Sun Always Shines on T.V.	Best Art Direction (Art Director: Stefan Roman)	Nominated
		Best Editing (Editor: David Yardley)	Won
		Best Cinematography (Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton)	Won

Q Awards

The Q Awards are hosted annually by the music magazine Q. A-ha has received one award.[15]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	A-ha	Q Inspirational Award	Won

Japan Gold Disc Awards

The Japan Gold Disc Awards is a major music awards held annually in Japan.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1989	Stay on These Roads	ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Pop (Group) Division[16]	Won

Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen is the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy award and is Norway's main music award.

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated [17]
1985	Spellemannprisen	Pop ( Hunting High and Low )	Won
1985	Spellemannprisen	This year's Spellemann ( Hunting High and Low )	Won
1986	Spellemannprisen	Pop ( Scoundrel Days )	Won
1986	Spellemannprisen	This year's music video ( Hunting High and Low )	Won
1986	Spellemannprisen	The Jury's honorary award	Won
2000	Spellemannprisen	The Jury's honorary award	Won
2000	Spellemannprisen	This year's music video ( Velvet )	Won
2008	Spellemannprisen	Special Award: The Best Hit of all time on the 50-year-old official VG-lista hit list ( Take On Me )	Won
2010	Spellemannprisen	Spellemannprisen Honorary Award	Won
2015	Spellemannprisen	Pop group album (Cast in Steel)	Nominated

World Music Awards

The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Awarded for Outstanding achievements in the record industry

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2010	World Music Awards	World's Best Selling Scandinavian Artist Award	Won
1993	World Music Awards	Best selling artist in Norway award ( National award )	Won

Viña del Mar Festival - Gaviota Award & Antorcha Award

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2006	Viña del Mar International Song Festival Gaviota (award)	Gaviota de plata	Won
2006	Viña del Mar International Song Festival Antorcha (award)	Antorcha de Oro	Won
2006	Viña del Mar International Song Festival Antorcha (award)	Antorcha de Plata	Won

Goldene Europa Award

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2001	Goldene Europa Award	Comeback des Jahres Award	Won
1988	Goldene Europa Award	Best Album ( Stay On These Roads )	Won
1986	Goldene Europa Award	Best Musicvideo ( Take On Me )	Won

Nordic Music Awards

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2004	Nordic Music Awards	Prize of Honor	Won

BMI Awards - Broadcast Music, Inc.

Broadcast Music, Inc.

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2013	Broadcast Music, Inc.	Multi-Million Performance Award - for more than 4 million airings on the US airwaves of Take On Me since release	Won [18]
2007	Broadcast Music, Inc.	Multi-Million Performance Award - for more than 3 million airings on the US airwaves of Take On Me since release	Won
1991	Broadcast Music, Inc.	1 Million broadcasts in the United States of Take On Me since release	Won

Per Gynt Award

Peer Gynt Prize

The Peer Gynt Prize has been awarded every year since 1971. The recipient of the annual prize is chosen by the Norwegian parliament, and is given to a person or institution that has achieved distinction in society.

Year	Type of Award	Won / Awarded / Nominated
1987	Peer Gynt Prize	Won

Gammleng awards

Gammleng Award

Year	Type of Award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2008	Gammleng Award	Pop	Won

Bravo Otto Awards

The Bravo Otto is a German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television and music. Established in 1957, the award is presented annually, with winners selected by the readers of Bravo magazine. The award is presented in gold, silver and bronze and, since 1996, an honorary platinum statuette presented for lifetime achievement.

Bravo Otto

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
1985	Bravo Otto Awards	Band: Bronse Award	Won [19]
1986	Bravo Otto Awards	Rock Group: Gold Award	Won [20]
1987	Bravo Otto Awards	Rock Group: Gold Award	Won [21]
1988	Bravo Otto Awards	Rock Group: Silver Award	Won [22]

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony held annually by British magazine Smash Hits, and broadcast on BBC One.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1985	Themselves	Best Group	Nominated
1986			Won
1987			Nominated
1987		Worst Group	Nominated
1988		Worst Group	Nominated
		Best Group	Nominated
	"Touchy!"	Best Pop Video	Nominated

Brit Awards

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
1987	Brit Awards	International Group	Nominated

Various other awards

Year	Type of award	Category	Won / Awarded / Nominated
2016	The Radio Regenbogen Awards (German Radio Award)	Comeback of the Year Award	Won
2015	Deutscher Radiopreis (German Radio Award)	Sonderpreis des beirats (Special Prize of the Advisory Board)	Won
2015	Norske vidAwards	Taylor honorary award	Won [23]
2010	Echo (music award)	Best International Pop/Rock Group	Nominated
2009	SWR's New Pop Festival	Pioneer Of Pop Award	Won
2000	VIVA Germany Comet Preis	Comeback Award	Won
1986	The Golden Rose Festival, Switzerland	Best musicvideo award for Take On Me	Won
1986	Det Nye - Sølvmikrofonen prisen	Best Norwegian group of the year	Won
1986	West German TV channel "SR"	Best musicvideo Take On Me	Won
1987	Australian Video Awards	Musicvideo ( Hunting High and Low )	Won
1986	Australian pop music awards	Most popular international act	Won
1987	Montreux, the "IM&MC Gala"	Best group video award (British Industry Award)	Won
1987	Azzurro 87 Festival in Bari	n/a	Won
1987	Berolina Awards, Germany	Best international group	Won
1987	The Diamonds Awards, Belgium	For the song Touchy!	Won
1986	Pollstar Concert Industry Awards	Next Major Arena Headliner	Nominated

References

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BPI Certifications
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External links

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[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[berlinista-2] M, Peter (2008-04-27). "Morten Harket - new album by the A-ha singer". Berlinista. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-06-10.

[BPI_Certifications-3] BPI Certifications

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[American_Music_Awards-13] Takiff, Jonathan (1986-09-05). "I Want my MTV Video Awards". Philadelphia Daily News.

[Grammy_Awards-14] Grein, Paul (1986-01-05). "Picking the Grammy Nominees of 1986". Los Angeles Times.

[MTV_Video_Music_Awards-15] Hunt, Dennis (1986-09-08). "MTV's Awards Show Hits Casual Note". Los Angeles Times.

[Q_Awards-16] "Q Awards: The Q Inspiration Award". Q. Retrieved 2008-07-24.

[17] "1989 Japan Gold Disc Award List Of Winners".

[Spellemannprisen-18] "Spellemannprisen". Spellemann. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-10-07.

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[23] ttp://www.bravo-archiv.de/auswahl.php?link=ottosieger1988.php

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A-ha
Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Studio albums	Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days Stay on These Roads East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth Major Sky Lifelines Analogue Foot of the Mountain Cast in Steel
Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of A-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25 Time and Again: The Ultimate A-ha
Live albums	Live at Vallhall: Homecoming How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
Extended plays	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club Hits South America
Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box
Singles	"Take On Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low" "I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Manhattan Skyline" "The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "There's Never a Forever Thing" "Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning" "Move to Memphis" "Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Lie Down in Darkness" "Shapes That Go Together" "Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "The Sun Never Shone That Day" "I Wish I Cared" "Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?" "Celice" "Birthright" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons" "Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside" "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"
Tours	Ending on a High Note Tour
Related articles	Discography Awards Bridges Savoy Apparatjik
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