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AAA, or Triple-A, may be a three-letter acronym or may just mean something that is high-quality, premier, or excellent.

As a proper noun, Aaa is found only in the species name Cavaticovelia aaa (aaa water treader), an insect from Hawaii.

As an acronym or abbreviation, the term AAA may refer to:

Economical, political, and social[link]

Economical[link]

• AAA Bond credit rating
• American Ambulance Association
• American Arbitration Association
• American Automobile Association a motor club, also called "Triple A",
• Australian Automobile Association, a member of the FIA
• American Academy of Actuaries

Political[link]

• Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, US federal legislation
• Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, US federal legislation
• Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, an Argentinian far-right death squad of the mid-1970s
• Alianza Americana Anticomunista ("American Anticommunist Alliance" in Spanish), a paramilitary far-right Colombian organization, 1978–1979
• Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista, in Spain; see 1977 Massacre of Atocha

Social[link]

• Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project, San Francisco, California

Places[link]

• American Airlines Arena a theatre and sports arena in downtown Miami, Florida sponsored by American Airlines

Arts[link]

• Allied Artists Association, an exhibiting society in London founded in 1908
• American Abstract Artists, an artist-run organization formed in 1936 to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art
• Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution archive in Washington, D.C.
• Associated American Artists, an art gallery and art marketing business

Architecture[link]

• Alberta Association of Architects, a regulatory body

Literature[link]

• A. A. Attanasio, Science fiction writer.
• AAA, a Japanese manga by Haruka Fukushima

Language Arts[link]

• Accurate, adequate, and appropriate (AAA), words used to describe the quality of information, details, facts, evidence, etc. in nonfiction reading and writing

Music[link]

• AAA, a series with contemporary art and music initiated by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
• AAA (band), a Japanese pop band
• "AAA", the sixth track on City (1997), by Strapping Young Lad
• Access All Areas, a series of music CDs by the Scotland rock band Runrig.
• Adult album alternative, a radio format
• Against All Authority (-AAA-), an American ska-punk band
• American Accordionists' Association
• Angels & Airwaves, an American alternative rock band, also commonly referred to as "AVA"
• AntAcidAudio, an independent record label
• The lowest note on a piano (Sub-Contra)

Theatre[link]

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, a British actor

Games[link]

• TripleA an open source wargame
• AAA, the default name on many arcade machines

Sports[link]

• Triple-A (baseball), the highest level of North American minor league baseball
• American Airlines Arena, a sports and entertainment venue in Miami, Florida, and the Miami Heat's home stadium
• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, a Mexican wrestling promotion
• Amateur Athletic Association of England
• Arkansas Activities Association
• Asian Athletics Association
• Montreal AAA, Canada's oldest athletic association

Science and technology[link]

Astronomy[link]

• Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Association of Autonomous Astronauts

Aviation[link]

• Anti-aircraft warfare, also known as Anti-aircraft Artillery or "Triple A"
• AAA, IATA airport code of Anaa Airport in French Polynesia
• AAA, ICAO airline code of Ansett Australia, an Australian airline
• AAA, FAA airport code of Logan County Airport (Illinois)
• AAA, Advanced Aircraft Analysis (Aircraft design, stability, and control analysis software)

Chemistry[link]

• Acetic anhydride
• Arylalkanolamine
• Amino Acid Analysis

Computing[link]

• AAA protocol, "Authentication, Authorization and Accounting", an access control, policy enforcement and auditing framework for computing systems
• Amiga Advanced Architecture chipset, hardware for a proposed Commodore Amiga computer
• ASCII adjust after addition, an Intel BCD opcode
• The highest of the three levels of web site accessibility measured by Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Mathematics[link]

• Angle-angle-angle, see Similarity (geometry)

Medicine[link]

• AAA proteins (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities)
• Triple A syndrome
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• American Association of Anatomists

Military[link]

• Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Social science[link]

• American Anthropological Association
• Ghotuo language (ISO 639-3 language code)

Technology[link]

• AAA battery, a standard size of dry cell
• Analog-analog-analog, a designation for audio. refer analog recording

Communication[link]

• The morse code for aerial attacker, used in conjunction with SOS

See also[link]

• AAAA (disambiguation)
• AA (disambiguation)
• A (disambiguation)

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Eighth Wonder were a British pop band in the 1980s. They formed in 1983 and enjoyed major success in Japan and Italy between 1985 and 1987, before having hit singles in the UK and across Europe in 1988.

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Eighth Wonder's roots start in a band called Spice.^[1] In 1983, Jamie Kensit auditioned his sister Patsy Kensit, then aged 14, for the vacant job of lead singer in his new band. She formed a line-up consisting of herself on vocals, Jamie Kensit and Geoff Beauchamp on guitar, Lawrence Lewis on bass, Jake Walters on drums and Nigel Davis on percussion.^[1] Spice made their live debut in autumn 1983, and then spent the next year playing further gigs to gain some attention from record labels.

In late 1984, Nigel Davis left to start the Band 'Slipstream' and Alex Godson a keyboard player, joined the band. They renamed themselves Eighth Wonder and Patsy Kensit began to write songs for the band.^[1] Their first gig as Eighth Wonder was in November 1984 in Wimbledon, London and further gigs followed. It was at one of these that Steve Wooley, co-owner of Palace Films, and director Julien Temple offered Patsy Kensit the role of 'Crepe Suzette' in their 1986 film, Absolute Beginners.^[1]

Success in Japan and Italy[link]

In April 1985 they were signed by CBS Records and began recording in London, working around Patsy Kensit's filming on Absolute Beginners.^[1] In October 1985, with the filming completed, Eighth Wonder's first single "Stay With Me" was released and achieved success in Japan and Italy reaching number one (it charted only at #65 in the UK Singles Chart^[2]). Shortly after, Lewis and Walters left. They then started using drum machines and using keyboards for their bass sound.

In August 1986, they went to Los Angeles, California to record new tracks for their debut album. There, they worked with Mike Chapman, who was best known for his work with Blondie. They were also approached by many songwriters, including Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics (although the song was eventually not used) and Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, writers of many hit singles including Whitney Houston's "So Emotional" and Madonna's "Like a Virgin".

In February 1987, one of the Chapman produced tracks "Will You Remember?" was released in the United Kingdom but only reached number 83 in the UK chart, yet it reached the Top 10 in Italy. In Japan, the band achieved another number one with another Chapman produced track "When The Phone Stops Ringing", which was written by Holly Knight and Bernie Taupin; the song was also a Top 30 hit in Italy. "Will You Remember?" was successfully released as a follow-up single in Japan. This was in turn followed by Brilliant Dreams, a Japanese exclusive mini album containing the singles and b-sides.

Success in the UK[link]

Whilst completing their first album, the band had another line-up change with Godson being replaced by drummer Steve Grantley. They worked with sound engineer, mixer and producer Pete Hammond, with the exception of one track, "I'm Not Scared", which was co-produced and written by the Pet Shop Boys and Phil Harding. "I'm Not Scared" was chosen as the next single for release in Europe. It was greeted with media and public enthusiasm, and "I'm Not Scared" became a Top 10 hit in almost every country in Europe, achieving number one in Italy, number 2 in Switzerland and Portugal, number 3 in Spain, 4 in Greece, 5 in Germany, 7 in the UK, 8 in France and 20 in Austria. Pet Shop Boys recorded their own version of "I'm Not Scared" for their album Introspective.

May 1988 saw the release of another single "Cross My Heart" which proved to be almost as successful chart wise as "I'm Not Scared" (#6 in Switzerland, #10 in Italy, #13 in UK and France and #56 in the U.S., where it was their only American Top 75 hit single). Eighth Wonder's next album Fearless followed in July 1988, and by October it had achieved almost 500,000 sales internationally.

However the follow-up single "Baby Baby" reached number 65 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] They had one more hit in Japan with "Use Me" in 1989 and shortly after this, the band parted ways and Patsy Kensit began to focus solely on her acting career.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Brilliant Dreams (February 1987, Japan only)

• Fearless (July 1988) (UK #47, Germany #31, Japan #8, Switzerland #19, Sweden #40)

• Eighth Wonder: The Best Remixes (1990, Japan only)

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Allmusic.com biography