Hunting High and Low at 15 in the U.S., according to "Billboard" music charts and has sold about 1.8 million copies in the U.S. It peaked at 2 on the UK charts (re-enter at number 83 in 2015), and hit 1 in Norway. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and 3x platinum in UK. On the "Billboard" 200, "Hunting High and Low" held the record for the highest-charting album by a Norwegian artist until "Do It Again" by Norwegian duo Röyksopp and Swedish singer Robyn (which peaked at number 14). Beginning with the single "Take On Me", A-ha's debut album
High-context and low-context cultures alternatives, usually with collapsed and shortened sentences, therefore it requires the listeners to share a great deal of common perspectives to understand the implicit meaning of the conversation. Restricted codes are commonly used in high-context culture groups, where people share same cultural background and can easily understand the implicit meanings between lines without further elaboration. Conversely, in cultural groups with low context, where people share little common knowledge or ‘value individuality above group identification’, detailed elaboration becomes essential to avoid misunderstanding. The concepts of collectivism and individualism have been applied to high- and low-context cultures by Hofstede in his Cultural