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The British Music Press ranks "Minor Earth Major Sky" 29th out of the Top 100 albums of 2000. (12/6/00)

A-ha starts the German leg of their tour after 7 shows in Japan. (11/24/00)

A-ha begins new tour with first date at Osaka's Ken Mill Hall in Japan! (11/8/00)

Latest cover of A-ha, "Take On Me" by A1, debuts at #1 on the UK charts.

Says yes to A-ha (VG 9/9/00)

Touring together (VG 8/23/00)

2000 Norwegian Hit Awards: A-ha are nominated for Best Norwegian Band, Best International Band and Best Song (Summer Moved On).

A-ha 'takes on' new audience, rediscovers old one (CNN.com 8/22/00)

a-ha: Three guys, one memorable video (CNN.com 8/21/00)

A renewed interest in the Great Frozen North (CNN.com 8/19/00)

A-ha in the lead at the Hit Awards (Dagbladet 8/8/00)

A-ha drops Norway (Dagbladet 8/4/00)

"Minor Earth Major Sky" drops out of the CNN Global Top 30 album charts last appearing at #26 after 12 weeks. (7/28/00)

Harket against music piracy (Nettavisen 7/27/00)

A-ha is going to tour Germany (Yahoo 7/21/00)

New Launch in the USA-Ha (VG 7/18/00)

A-ha signs U.S. record deal with Atlantic Records! (7/13/00)

Q Magazine reviews "Minor Earth Major Sky" (July 00)

After 11 weeks, Minor Earth Major Sky falls to #23 on the CNN Global Top 30 album charts (7/14/00).

Erling Johannessen leaves A-ha's management team, Ylva Neumann joins as their new personal manager. (7/10/00)

A-ha album "Minor Earth Major Sky" is the 19th best selling album in the world 10 weeks after release, dropping one spot. (6/30/00)

A-ha flop in England (VG 6/28/00)

In the past three weeks, "Minor Earth Major Sky" climbed from #16 to #15, and dropped to #19 after 8 weeks on the CNN Global Top 30 albums chart.

The Sunday Times reviews "Minor Earth Major Sky".

A-ha wants to re-conquer the States (VG 6/3/00)

The Guardian reviews the album "Minor Earth Major Sky".

A-ha entered the British charts (Dagbladet 5/29/00)

"Summer Moved On" debuts at #33 on the UK charts, "Headlines And Deadlines The Hits Of A-ha" re-enters the album charts at #54.

Warner Music Australia unveils an a-ha section and release info.

Minor Earth Major Sky stays at #11 for weeks 3 and 4 on the CNN Worldbeat Top 30. (5/26/00)

NME reviews the album "Minor Earth Major Sky" (NME 5/24/00)

The return of the cheekbones (This Is London 5/24/00)

From Madonna to A-ha (VG 5/23/00)

England ready for a-ha (Dagbladet 5/20/00)

Music 365 reviews "Summer Moved On". (Music365 5/15/00)

Minor Earth Major Sky climbs to #11 on the CNN Worldbeat Top 30. (5/12/00)

A-ha perhaps at Kalvoya (VG 5/11/00)

Surprise for A-ha (MegaStar 5/10/00)

Canada's Canoe reviews "Summer Moved On". (Canoe.ca 5/9/00)

Minor Earth Major Sky appears at #28 on the CNN Worldbeat Top 30. (5/6/00)

Return of 80s stars A-Ha (GMTV 5/5/00)

Stress gave me boils (VG 5/5/00)

Sick in Sweden (Dagbladet 4/30/00)

A-ha's Magne worried about more heart trouble (VG 4/28/00)

A-ha's first release in seven years well received (Norway Post 4/24/00)

Minor Earth Major Sky debuts at #8 on Spain's Album charts, #3 in Switzerland, #5 in Austria, #39 in Finland and on the Dutch album charts at #67.

Warner Music Japan unveils new a-ha section!

Germany: New a-ha album sells over 200,000 copies after first week, debuts at #1.

"Minor Earth Major Sky" debuts at #1 on the Norwegian album sales charts after two days!

A-ha releases 6th studio album "Minor Earth, Major Sky" in Europe on April 17, 2000.

Vote for "Summer Moved On" at MTV Europe's website!

Signup, Login, and VOTE for the single "Summer Moved On" at the Global 100 Singles Charts!

Vote for a-ha as the best Nordic band of all time at Suite101.com!

A-ha! They're back! (Music365 4/26/00)

Worshipped as cult heroes (Dagbladet 4/25/00)

German success for a-ha (Dagbladet 4/5/00)

a-ha once again at the top (VG 4/5/00)

UK's "The Times" singles out "Summer Moved On" (The Times UK 4/1/00)

Begging the fans for some peace and quiet (VG 3/25/00)

Based on sales, Norway's VG charts show "Summer Moved On" debuts at #1 in Norway!!!

60,000 copies of "Summer Moved On" shipped to German stores, singles debuts at #8 in Germany!!!

a-ha will appear on the Swiss TV show "Benessimo" on April 13th and Austrian TV "Tops Pop Galle" on April 26th.

Watch a-ha's performance on the German TV show "Wetten Dass...?" in Real Video format
Thanks to Steve Camber

A-ha Believe In A New Spring (TV2.NO 3/20/00)

Back To Their Roots (Dagbladet 3/18/00)

Morten Harket Wanted To Give Up (VG 3/18/00)

Major Dissapointment (Dagbladet 3/18/00)

A-ha With New Album (Berlin Online and Yahoo.De 3/17/00)

A-ha will be performing on the German TV show " Wetten Dass" on the 25th of March, "Stars 2000" on the 7th of April and "Die grosse Show der Sieger" on April 13th.

Absolute A-ha (TV2.NO 3/17/00)

A New And Better A-ha (Aftenposten 3/17/00)

A-ha's Biggest Challenge (Dagsavisen 3/17/00)

Back to the future - a-ha will conquer the world again (VG 3/17/00)

Cultivated pop album (VG 3/17/00)

A-ha: We Had To Get Rid Of The Crap (Dagbladet 3/17/00)

Everyone Is Waiting For A-ha (TV2.NO 3/16/00)

Flop, Or Renewed Success? (Aftenposten 3/15/00)

Still At The Top (Dagbladet 3/10/00)

The new a-ha single will be released in the UK on May 15th. The album release will follow on the 29th.

"Summer Moved On" video will be shot in Spain from March 3rd to the 6th, director: Adam Berg.

WEA Germany announces "Minor Earth, Major Sky" will be released in all of Europe, Japan, South America and Canada around the 17th of April.

A-ha announce "Summer Moved On" to be released as single on February 27th, and for sale on March 27th in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Slovakia, Switzerland and Norway.
South Africa will see the release of "Summer Moved On" to radio in mid-April.
In addition, the album "Minor Earth, Major Sky" will be released in those countries on April 17th, April 18th in France.

Watch A-ha's Paris press conference in Real Video format

Big promotional push for the new A-ha album will begin on March 16th, at an international press conference in Paris.

A-ha On The Internet (VG 3/8/00)

"Take On Me" is one of the 25 most played videos on MTV ever

Pictures of A-ha at the Spellmannsprisen in Norway on 2/25/00

A-ha are back (VG 2/26/00)

Comeback Guys Are Pleased (Dagbladet 2/25/00)

Excited A-ha Boys (Dagbladet 2/25/00)

Dagbladet reviews "Summer Moved On" (Dagbladet 2/25/00)

VG reviews "Summer Moved On" (VG 2/25/00)

A-ha perform "Summer Moved On" at the Norwegian Grammys "Spellmannsprisen", on Friday, February 25th.

A-ha: What Are They Taking On? (Suite101.com 1/28/00)

A-ha To Take Us On Again (Stavanger Aftenblad 1/18/00)

Official News On A-ha's New Album (Boot 1/18/00)



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