Air supply

Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock (2006).

Air Supply is an Australian pop - band .

history

The two main members Russell Hitchcock (born June 15, 1949 in Melbourne , Australia) and Graham Russell (born June 1, 1950 in Nottingham , Great Britain ) played in a production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar and released their first single in 1976 in Australia . Success began when they opened for Rod Stewart in 1977 . From 1980 to 1986 they achieved over ten hits in the USA alone , including three million-seller . Some of the songs were written and produced by Jim Steinman in his typical sound.

In 1988 the singers separated. They reunited in 1991 and released the album The Earth Is . The band exists to this day and regularly releases new albums, but was unable to build on the success of the early 1980s.

In 2013 Air Supply were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	AU
1980	Lost in Love	-	-	US22nd × 2 Double platinum (104 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: March 1980
1981	The One That You Love	-	-	US10 platinum (60 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: June 1981
1982	Now and Forever	DE61 (1 week) DE	-	US25th platinum (38 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: June 1982
1985	Air supply	-	-	US26th gold (21 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: June 1985
1986	Hearts in Motion	-	-	US84 (9 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: August 1986

* The Australian rankings from before 1988 are currently not available, see also the chart format .

further studio albums

• 1976: Air Supply (release: December)
• 1977: The Whole Thing's Started (July release)
• 1977: Love and Other Bruises
• 1979: Life Support
• 1987: The Christmas Album (released November)
• 1991: The Earth Is ...
• 1993: The Vanishing Race (released September 29)
• 1995: News from Nowhere
• 1997: The Book of Love
• 2001: Yours Truly (release: August 28th)
• 2003: Across the Concrete Sky (release: July 7th)
• 2010: Mumbo Jumbo (release: May 4th)

Live albums

• 1995: Greatest Hits Live… Now and Forever
• 2005: All Out of Love Live
• 2007: Live in Canada

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	AU
1983	Greatest hits	-	-	US7th × 5 Quintuple platinum (51 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: October 1983
2003	Ultimate Air Supply	-	-	US186 (1 week) US	-	First published: June 2003
2012	The Ultimate Collection	-	-	-	AU38 (3 weeks) AU	First published: May 2012

* The Australian rankings from before 1988 are currently not available, see also the chart format .

More compilations

• 1983: Making Love… The Very Best Of
• 1985: Greatest Hits Vol. II
• 1992: The Very Best of Air Supply
• 1992: Air Supply Collection
• 1992: The Air Supply Story Vol. 1
• 1999: The Definitive Collection
• 1999: The Ultimate Collection… Millennium (box with 2 CDs)
• 2001: Sweet Dreams: The Encore Collection
• 2003: Forever Love: 36 Greatest Hits 1980-2001 (released April 21)
• 2004: Platinum and Gold Collection
• 2005: Love Songs
• 2005: Arm: Air Supply
• 2005: Always & Forever: Very Best of Air Supply (30th Anniversary) (with DVD)
• 2006: Collections
• 2007: The Best of Air Supply: Ones That You Love
• 2007: Best of Air Supply: Perfect Collection
• 2007: It Was 30 Years Ago Today 1975-2005
• 2009: The Collection
• 2009: Greatest Hits: Steel Box Collection
• 2009: Free Love
• 2009: 2009 Tour Souvenir Edition
• 2009: Essential
• 2009: From the Heart
• 2010: Playlist: The Very Best of Air Supply
• 2012: Ballad Kings

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	AU
1980	Lost in Love Lost in Love	-	-	US3 (23 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: January 1980
	All Out of Love Lost in Love	-	UK11 silver (11 weeks)UK	US2 gold (27 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: May 1980
	Every Woman in the World Lost in Love	-	-	US5 (22 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: October 1980
1981	The One That You Love The One That You Love	-	-	US1 gold (19 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: May 1981
	Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) The One That You Love	-	-	US5 (20 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: September 1981
	Sweet Dreams The One That You Love	-	-	US5 (20 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: December 1981
1982	Even the Nights Are Better Now and Forever	-	UK44 (4 weeks) UK	US5 (18 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: June 1982
	Young Love Now and Forever	-	-	US38 (9 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: September 1982
	Two Less Lonely People in the World Now and Forever	-	-	US38 (14 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: November 1982
1983	Making Love Out of Nothing at All Greatest Hits	DE57 (6 weeks) DE	UK80 (5 weeks) UK	US2 gold (25 weeks)US	AU? *AU	First published: July 1983
1985	Just as I Am Air Supply	-	-	US19 (15 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: May 1985
	Power of Love (You Are My Lady) Air Supply	-	-	US68 (6 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: July 1985
1986	Lonely Is the Night Hearts in Motion	-	-	US76 (8 weeks) US	AU? *AU	First published: July 1986
1993	Goodbye The Vanishing Race	-	UK66 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 1993

* The Australian rankings from before 1988 are currently not available, see also the chart format .

More singles

• 1976: Love and Other Bruises
• 1977: Empty Pages
• 1981: Keeping the Love Alive
• 1982: Now and Forever
• 1986: Stars in Your Eyes
• 1986: One More Chance
• 1987: Selections from "The Christmas Album"
• 1991: Without You
• 1995: Unchained Melody

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1980: for the single All Out of Love 1981: for the single The One That You Love 1983: for the single Making Love Out of Nothing at All 1985: for the album Air Supply Platinum record  Canada 1982: for the album Now and Forever  New Zealand 1983: for the album Greatest Hits 2 × platinum record  Canada 1982: for the album The One That You Love 1984: for the album Greatest Hits 3 × platinum record  Canada 1982: for the album Lost in Love

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	8 × platinum8th	1,025,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	9 × platinum9	12,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	8 × gold8th	18 × platinum18th

swell

1. ↑ Winner of the ARIA Awards 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200 AU
3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Air Supply at Allmusic (English)
• Air Supply at Discogs (English)
• Discography at australian-charts.com