Van Halen / discography

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American hard rock - band Van Halen . According to the sources, she has sold more than 98.7 million records in her career, over 57.8 million of them in his home country alone. Van Halen's most successful releases are the debut album Van Halen and the sixth studio album in 1984 , each with around 17 million units sold. For an overview of all published songs by Van Halen see List of songs by Van Halen .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Van Halen	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK34 gold (11 weeks)UK	US19th diamond (171 weeks)US	First published: February 10, 1978 Sales: + 17,000,000 No. 415 of the Rolling Stone 500
1979	Van Halen II	DE24 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK23 (7 weeks) UK	US6th × 5 Quintuple platinum (47 weeks)US	First published: March 23, 1979 Sales: + 8,000,000
1980	Women and Children First	DE19 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US6th × 3 Triple platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: March 26, 1980 Sales: + 6,000,000
1981	Fair warning	DE37 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK49 (4 weeks) UK	US5 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: April 29, 1981 Sales: +3,000,000
1982	Diver Down	DE65 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK36 (5 weeks) UK	US3 × 4 Quadruple platinum (65 weeks)US	First published: April 14, 1982 Sales: + 5,000,000
1984	1984	DE11 platinum (30 weeks)DE	AT12 (6 weeks) AT	CH7 (20 weeks) CH	UK15th gold (25 weeks)UK	US2 diamond (80 weeks)US	First published: Jan 9, 1984 Sales: + 17,000,000
1986	5150	DE11 gold (27 weeks)DE	AT13 (4 weeks) AT	CH16 (8 weeks) CH	UK16 silver (18 weeks)UK	US1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (65 weeks)US	First published: March 24, 1986 Sales: + 11,000,000
1988	OU812	DE12 (15 weeks) DE	AT21 (4 weeks) AT	CH9 (8 weeks) CH	UK16 silver (12 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (48 weeks)US	First published: May 24, 1988 Sales: + 5,000,000
1991	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	DE6 (19 weeks) DE	AT21 (11 weeks) AT	CH11 (13 weeks) CH	UK12 silver (5 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (74 weeks)US	First published: June 17, 1991 Sales: + 4,500,000; Grammy (hard rock)
1995	balance	DE8 (17 weeks) DE	AT18 (8 weeks) AT	CH6 (19 weeks) CH	UK8 (4 weeks) UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (41 weeks)US	First published: Jan 24th, 1995 Sales: + 6,500,000
1998	Van Halen III	DE13 (5 weeks) DE	AT23 (3 weeks) AT	CH38 (3 weeks) CH	UK43 (2 weeks) UK	US4th gold (12 weeks)US	First published: March 17, 1998 Sales: + 1,000,000
2012	A Different Kind of Truth	DE8 (6 weeks) DE	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	CH6 (6 weeks) CH	UK6 (4 weeks) UK	US2 (17 weeks) US	First published: February 3, 2012 Sales: + 1,000,000

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1993	Live: Right Here, Right Now	DE30 (12 weeks) DE	AT30 (6 weeks) AT	CH18 (10 weeks) CH	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	US5 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: February 23, 1993 Sales: + 2,500,000
2015	Live: Tokyo Dome in Concert	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	CH59 (1 week) CH	UK74 (1 week) UK	US20 (3 weeks) US	First published: March 31, 2015

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Best of Volume 1	DE7th gold (28 weeks)DE	AT16 (6 weeks) AT	CH26 (6 weeks) CH	UK45 gold (2 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (53 weeks)US	First published: October 22, 1996 Sales: + 8,000,000
2004	The Best of Both Worlds	DE28 (5 weeks) DE	AT33 (3 weeks) AT	CH55 (4 weeks) CH	UK15th gold (10 weeks)UK	US3 platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: July 20, 2004 Sales: +1,107,500
	Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US5US
	Top 10 albums	DE4thDE	AT-AT	CH4thCH	UK2UK	US14thUS
	Albums in the charts	DE15thDE	AT10AT	CH11CH	UK16UK	US16US

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	skirt
1978	You Really Got Me Van Halen	-	-	-	-	US36 (11 weeks) US	-	First published: January 1978
	Runnin 'with the Devil Van Halen	-	-	-	UK52 (3 weeks) UK	US84 (4 weeks) US	-	First published: April 1978
1979	Dance the Night Away Van Halen II	-	-	-	-	US15 (15 weeks) US	-	First published: April 1979
	Beautiful Girls Van Halen II	-	-	-	-	US84 (4 weeks) US	-	First published: August 1979
1980	And the Cradle Will Rock… Women and Children First	-	-	-	-	US55 (7 weeks) US	-	First published: May 1980
1981	Mean Street Fair Warning	-	-	-	-	-	skirt12 (13 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1981
	Push Comes to Shove Fair Warning	-	-	-	-	-	skirt29 (6 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1981
	So This Is Love? Fair warning	-	-	-	-	-	skirt15 (11 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1981
	Unchained Fair Warning	-	-	-	-	-	skirt13 (11 weeks) skirt	First published: July 1981
1982	Oh, pretty woman diver down	-	-	-	-	US12 (16 weeks) US	skirt1 (15 weeks) skirt	First published: January 1982
	Dancing in the Street Diver Down	-	-	-	-	US38 (11 weeks) US	skirt3 (15 weeks) skirt	First published: April 1982
	Little Guitars Diver Down	-	-	-	-	-	skirt33 (10 weeks) skirt	First published: April 1982
	Secrets Diver Down	-	-	-	-	-	skirt22 (7 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1982
	The Full Bug Diver Down	-	-	-	-	-	skirt42 (3 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1982
	Where Have All the Good Times Gone Diver Down	-	-	-	-	-	skirt17 (12 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1982
1984	Jump 1984	DE4 (16 weeks) DE	AT4 (8 weeks) AT	CH4 (13 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (13 weeks)UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US	skirt1 (13 weeks) skirt	First published: December 21, 1983 Sales: + 1,550,000
	Panama 1984	-	-	-	UK61 (3 weeks) UK	US13 (15 weeks) US	skirt2 (31 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1984
	I'll wait 1984	-	-	-	UK85 (2 weeks) UK	US13 (14 weeks) US	skirt2 (21 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1984
	Hot for Teacher 1984	-	-	-	UK87 (2 weeks) UK	US56 (7 weeks) US	skirt24 (13 weeks) skirt	First published: October 1984
1986	Why Can't This Be Love 5150	DE8 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK8 (15 weeks) UK	US3 (16 weeks) US	skirt1 (13 weeks) skirt	First published: February 1986
	Dreams 5150	DE53 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK62 (4 weeks) UK	US22 (15 weeks) US	skirt6 (18 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1986
	Best of Both Worlds 5150	-	-	-	-	-	skirt12 (14 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1986
	Love Walks In 5150	-	-	-	-	US22 (14 weeks) US	skirt4 (23 weeks) skirt	First published: July 1986
	Summer Nights 5150	-	-	-	-	-	skirt33 (9 weeks) skirt	First published: December 1986
1988	Black and Blue OU812	-	-	-	-	US34 (10 weeks) US	skirt1 (10 weeks) skirt	First published: April 1988
	Mine All Mine OU812	-	-	-	-	-	skirt50 (3 weeks) skirt	First published: May 1988
	When It's Love OU812	-	-	-	UK28 (7 weeks) UK	US5 (17 weeks) US	skirt1 (16 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1988
	Finish What Ya Started OU812	-	-	-	-	-	skirt31 (7 weeks) skirt	First published: November 1988
	When It's Love OU812	-	-	-	UK28 (7 weeks) UK	US5 (17 weeks) US	skirt1 (16 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1988
1989	Feels So Good OU812	-	-	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	US35 (14 weeks) US	skirt6 (17 weeks) skirt	First published: January 1989
1991	Poundcake For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	-	-	-	UK74 (1 week) UK	-	skirt1 (11 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1991
	Runaround For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	-	-	-	-	-	skirt1 (20 weeks) skirt	First published: August 1991
	Top of the World For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	-	-	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	US27 (19 weeks) US	skirt1 (51 weeks) skirt	First published: October 1991
1992	Man on a Mission For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	-	-	-	-	-	skirt21 (8 weeks) skirt	First published: February 1992
	The Dream Is Over For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	-	-	-	-	-	skirt7 (17 weeks) skirt	First published: March 1992
	Right Now For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	-	-	-	-	US55 (13 weeks) US	skirt2 (46 weeks) skirt	First published: December 1992
1993	Jump (Live) Live: Right Here, Right Now	-	-	CH36 (1 week) CH	UK26 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: February 1993
	Won't Get Fooled Again (Live) Live: Right Here, Right Now	-	-	-	-	-	skirt1 (9 weeks) skirt	First published: February 1993
1994	The Seventh Seal Balance	-	-	-	-	-	skirt36 (5 weeks) skirt	First published: 1994
1995	Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) Balance	-	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	skirt1 (19 weeks) skirt	First published: January 1995
	Can't Stop Lovin 'You Balance	-	-	-	UK33 (2 weeks) UK	US30 (20 weeks) US	skirt2 (23 weeks) skirt	First published: March 1995
	Amsterdam balance	-	-	-	UK76 (1 week) UK	-	skirt9 (11 weeks) skirt	First published: June 1995
	Not enough balance	-	-	-	-	US97 (3 weeks) US	skirt27 (9 weeks) skirt	First published: August 1995
1996	Humans Being Best of Volume 1	-	-	-	-	-	skirt1 (19 weeks) skirt	First published: 1996
	Me Wise Magic Best of Volume 1	-	-	-	-	-	skirt1 (26 weeks) skirt	First published: October 22, 1996
1997	Can't Get This Stuff No More Best of Volume 1	-	-	-	-	-	skirt12 (13 weeks) skirt	First published: 1997
1998	Without You Van Halen III	-	-	-	-	-	skirt1 (12 weeks) skirt	First published: February 19, 1998
	Fire in the Hole Van Halen III	-	-	-	-	-	skirt6 (13 weeks) skirt	First published: July 1998
	One I Want Van Halen III	-	-	-	-	-	skirt27 (6 weeks) skirt	First published: August 1998
2004	It's About Time The Best of Both Worlds	-	-	-	-	-	skirt6 (11 weeks) skirt	First published: 2004
	Up For Breakfast The Best of Both Worlds	-	-	-	-	-	skirt33 (6 weeks) skirt	First published: 2004
2012	Tattoo A Different Kind of Truth	-	-	-	-	US67 (1 week) US	skirt13 (8 weeks) skirt	First published: January 10, 2012
	She's the Woman A Different Kind of Truth	-	-	-	-	-	skirt23 (15 weeks) skirt	First published: February 28, 2012
	Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US1US	skirt13skirt
	Top 10 singles	DE2DE	AT1AT	CH1CH	UK2UK	US3US	skirt26thskirt
	Singles in the charts	DE3DE	AT1AT	CH2CH	UK13UK	US23US	skirt47skirt

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Video albums

• 1986: Live Without a Net (Sales: + 200,000; US:× 2Double platinum )
• 1993: Live: Right Here, Right Now (Sales: + 50,000; US:gold)
• 1995: Live from the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto, Canada
• 1999: Video Hits - Volume I (Sales: + 50,000; US:gold)
• 2010: Live in Tokyo

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	85,000	aria.com.au
Brazil (PMB)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	200,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	1,250,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	47,320	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	4 × gold4th	-	-	400,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	platinum1	-	50,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	5 × gold5	4 × platinum4th	-	1,300,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	24 × platinum24	-	2,490,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	30,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	200,000	nvpi.nl
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	38 × platinum38	2 × diamond2	57,800,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	5 × gold5	-	-	980,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	32 × gold32	72 × platinum72	2 × diamond2

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Worldwide album sales On statisticbrain.com, March 17, 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US