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Morten Harket was born on the 14th September 1959, in Kongsberg, Norway, and is a musician, singer and songwriter who is most famous for being the lead vocalist of new wave/pop rock band A-ha.

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this Norwegian musician has accumulated so far? How rich Morten Harket is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Morten Harket’s net worth, as of mid-2017, revolves around the sum of $50 million, acquired through his music career which has been active since 1982.

Morten was one of five children of an economist teacher Henny, and hospital physician Reidar Harket. He grew up in Asker, where he learned to play piano at the early age of four, and under the musical influences of David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Queen and James Brown among several others. Despite wanting to be a priest in his teenage years, and enrolling in theological studies, he abandoned that path and turned towards music. He began his music career as a member of rock band Bridges but later joined the blues group Soldier Blue.

In 1982, alongside Paal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, Morten founded the band A-ha. In 1984 the trio relocated to London, UK, where they released their debut single “Lesson One” – the song “suffered” several adjustments, re-writing and re-recordings before it was released as “Take On Me”, and became an international hit single, peaking at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The group’s debut studio album – entitled “Hunting High and Low” – hit the charts just a year later in 1985, scoring a rather solid commercial success, selling over 10 million copies and peaking at No. 15 on the US Billboard 200 chart. This venture provided the basis for Morten Harket’s net worth.

Prior to 1994 when they split, Morten and his bandmates released four more studio albums, of which “Scoundrel Days” (1986) and “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” were certified three times platinum. In 1998 A-ha gathered again and made a comeback, releasing “Minor Earth Major Sky” studio album in 2000, which was followed by “Lifelines” (2002) and “Analogue” (2005) before they split again. Since 2015, after a second reunion, Morten and A-ha released their most recent studio album entitled “Cast in Steel”, which managed to repeat the commercial success of its predecessors. So far, Harket and his A-ha band has released a total of 10 studio albums which have sold over 60 million copies, as well as numerous singles of which 20 million copies have sold. It is certain that all these accomplishments helped Morten Harket to add a significant sum to the total of his wealth.

Apart from A-ha and all those mentioned above, Harket has also made some efforts towards his solo career, in which he so far has released six albums, including the most commercially successful “Out of My Hands” (2012) and “Brother” (2014). In addition, Morten has released over two dozen singles such as “A Kind of Christmas Card” and “Scared of Heights” which peaked at No. 1 on international charts. It is certain that all these ventures have dramatically boosted the size of Morten Harket’s net worth.

For his great contribution to Norwegian music, in 2012 Morten Harket was named a Knight of the 1st Class of Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

When it comes to his personal life, Harket dated actress Bunty Bailey back in the mid-1980s, while between 1989 and 1998 he was married to another actress, Camilla Malmquist with whom he has two sons and a daughter. Besides these, Harket has two more daughters – one from a relationship with Anne Mette Undlien, and the other from his relationship with Inez Andersson with whom he has been living since 2005.

IMDB Wikipedia $50 million 1959 1959-9-14 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) A-ha: Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha (1991) Actor BASEketball (1998) Bunty Bailey Camilla Malmquist Camilla Malmquist Harket (m. 1989–1998) Composer David Bowie Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Gunvald Harket Håkon Harket Henny Harket Inez Andersson Ingunn Harket Jakob Harket James Brown Johnny Cash Jonathan Harket Karmen Harket Kjetil Harket Kongsberg Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Morten Harket Net Worth Musician Norway Norwegian Paal Waaktaar Queen Reidar Harket September 14 Soundtrack This Is 40 (2012) Tomine Harket Virgo

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• On July 2nd 2005 he and his collegues in A-Ha performed at the LIVE 8 concert in Berlin, Germany. The concert was one of 9 similar concerts around the world, as part of Bob Geldof’s Live 8 concert campaign. An audience of 150,000 was present at the Brandenburger Gate in Berlin. [July 2005]
• Invited to Chile, South America where A-Ha performed at the Viña del Mar Festival 24th February 2006. [February 2006]
• Touring Russia from 1st November to 11 November [November 2006]
• A-Ha announced in June 2005, that they would play their first concert on American soil, since 1986. The concert will take place in New York 12th of September 2005. [June 2005]
• Held a concert at a small venue called Shepherds Bush Empire for around 2,000 fans. Live set included songs Birthright and White Dwarf from their Analogue album which were played for the first time in London. [February 2006]
• Held a concert and autograph signing session at HMV Oxford Street, London. 500 Wristbands given out, more fans queued overnight than wristbands available. [January 2006]
• Currently working in studio, together with his two other colleagues in A-Ha (Magne Furuholmen Pål Waaktaar) on their 8th album. It will be released later this year with a following tour. [May 2005]
• After launching their 13th album last year a-ha’s 2010 world tour is the last chance to see the band in concert before they retire at the end of this year!The ‘Ending on a High Note’ tour will cover four continents and 15 countries. [March 2010]
• His former personal assistant, Inez Andersson, has been his girlfriend since 2005. They have 1 daughter together, Karmen Poppy, who was born on 16th September 2008.
• 30th October 2006: Attended the Q Music Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London where A-Ha received the “Inspiration” Award 2006.
• Started playing piano at the age of 4 – his roots are firmly set in classical music.
• He has a 5 octave voice and he tends to forget his lyrics on stage.
• The first rock album he ever heard was by Uriah Heep at the age of 16… before that he was oblivious to rock music.
• Daughter, Henny, with Anne Mette Undlien, born February 6, 2003.
• Son of Henny and Reidar Harket.
• Children with Camilla: Jacob Oscar Martinus Malmquist Harket (b. May 14, 1989), Jonathan Henning Adler Malmquist Harket (b. December 30, 1990) and Anne Katharina Tomine Malmquist Harket (b. April 14, 1993, uses Tomine as her first name).
• The first live album of A-Ha will be released in March across Europe and is called ‘How can I sleep with your voice in my head’ (2003).
• The new A-Ha album is called ‘Lifelines’ (2002).
• Their first single which is released is called ‘Summer Moved On’ – no.1 in the Norwegian Pop Charts
• Their comeback album from 2000 is called ‘Minor Earth, Major Sky’.
• He reunited with A-Ha in 1998.
• Political interests: Is fighting for the rights and freedom of the people of East Timor. Gave 60 interviews a day during the days of the “Take on me” glory. Before the comeback, he contributed to the making of 4 A-Ha-songs only (“Take On Me”, “Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale”, “Stay On These Roads” and “Touchy!”).
• Brother of Kjetil Harket.
• Hobby: photography.
• Start of the relationship with Camilla Malmquist. [1987]
• (1985-1986) Had a relationship with Bunty Bailey, the girl in A-Ha’s video clip of their first hit ‘Take on me’.

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