The band's newly-issued UMTV album Foot Of The Mountain is presently only being outsold by the RCA-handled The Essential by Michael Jackson, although Island's Florence & The Machine is around 300 sales further behind with Lungs.

The last time A-Ha appeared in the albums Top 10 was in May 1988 with Stay On These Roads, their third consecutive album to reach number two in the chart following Hunting High And Low and Scoundrel Days.

The Norwegian veterans could be joined ...