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a-ha
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a-ha

Popularity today
69
Belgium 69 · the Netherlands 68 · Worldwide 70 · on a scale of 100

Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›

Chances for 2027

Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

Voor deze naam hebben we nog niet alles kunnen bekijken: de concerten van de laatste twee jaar, de geplande tourdata and de Instagram-volgers ontbreken nog. De kansen and punten houden daar rekening mee, maar kunnen verschuiven zodra die cijfers binnen zijn.

(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yet
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalno concrete indication of a booking
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 45 points (C), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
few indications of a booking yetprofile fits this festival less
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetprofile fits this festival less
Figures
Spotify listeners
23.481.534
Deezer 1.183.012 · streams per day 1.943.381
Last.fm listeners
3.529.739
rank 436 in Belgium · rank 390 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
–
Not available yet
Search interest
73
Belgium 73 · the Netherlands 73 · Worldwide 75 · rank on a scale of 100
Wikipedia, 12 months
529.806
EN 447.046 · NL 16.224 · FR 66.536

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Career

Line-ups

Stature

De Tijdloze 2025
  • 1 nummer, hoogste #552 (Take On Me)
  • in the list since 2020, 6 years
  • per song
Gold and platinum
the Netherlands: 2 albums, 0 singles
  • Stay on these roads goud, 1988
  • Hunting high and low goud, 1986

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
Joe255,8 per week
Qmusic NL71,6 per week
MNM61,4 per week
NPO 3FM51,2 per week
Qmusic51,2 per week
Studio Brussel20,5 per week
FluxFM10,2 per week
Since we track the station
Joe1856,8 per weeksince May 2026
NPO 3FM1721,1 per weeksince Nov 2023
Qmusic1201,3 per weeksince Feb 2025
Studio Brussel910,6 per weeksince Nov 2023
Qmusic NL321,4 per weeksince Jun 2026
KEXP260,2 per weeksince Nov 2023
MNM131,4 per weeksince Sep 2026
KINK90,1 per weeksince Nov 2023

De Tijdloze on StuBru

De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.

SongFromYears in the list2025HighestLowest
Take On Me19856 (2020–2025)#552#524 (2021)#771 (2022)
Records and awards

Records

Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinum
True North2022#15 (3 wk)#11 (1 wk)–
MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice2017#93 (1 wk)#98 (1 wk)–
Time And Again - The Ultimate2016#155 (2 wk)––
Cast In Steel2015#35 (7 wk)#5 (3 wk)–
Ending On A High Note - The Final Concert: Live At Oslo Spektrum, December 4th 20102011#87 (1 wk)#72 (1 wk)–
252010#87 (2 wk)#73 (2 wk)–
Foot Of The Mountain2009–#83 (1 wk)–
Analogue2005#98 (1 wk)#50 (3 wk)–
Lifelines2002–#92 (2 wk)–
Minor Earth | Major Sky2000–#55 (4 wk)–
Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits Of a-ha1991–#28 (10 wk)–
East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon1990–#20 (14 wk)–
Stay On These Roads1988–#5 (17 wk)gold NL
Scoundrel Days1986–#6 (25 wk)–
Hunting High And Low1985–#11 (55 wk)gold NL

How popular is a-ha compared with other countries?

Denmark×2,9
Italy×2,7
Poland×2,4
France×1,9
Spain×1,8
Germany×1,5
Zweden×1,4
Belgium×0,9
Netherlands×0,9
United Kingdom×0,8

Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.

Per edition, historical

Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.

Not available yet.

Over the years

◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert (the last three and what is planned). Click the legend to switch them on or off.

Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average of Wikipedia and search volume.

Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.

Songs per station, last 18 months
StationCountryMost played
JoeNetherlandsTake On Me 121 · The Sun Always Shines On Tv 48 · The Living Daylights 5 · Stay On These Roads 4 · I've Been Losing You 4
MNMBelgiumTake On Me 14
NPO 3FMNetherlandsTake On Me 2
QmusicBelgiumTake On Me 98
Qmusic NLNetherlandsTake On Me 32
Studio BrusselBelgiumTake On Me 45
VRT Radio 1BelgiumTake On Me 1
FluxFMGermanyThe Sun Always Shines On Tv 1
KEXPUnited StatesTake On Me 7 · Minor Earth, Major Sky 4 · The Killing Moon 2
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