2 Unlimited / discography

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2 Unlimited (1994)
2 Unlimited (1994)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 4th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 17th
Arrow southwest blue.svgRemix albums 9
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 4th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 29
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 6th
Arrow southwest blue.svgMusic videos 15th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited and their pseudonyms such as Ray and Anita . According to the sources, they have sold more than 20 million records in their careers. The most successful release of 2 Unlimited is the Single No Limit with over 2.5 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NL NL
1992 Get ready! - - - UK37 (3 weeks)
UK
US197
gold
gold

(1 week)US
NL12 (29 weeks)
NL
First published: February 18, 1992
Sales: + 535,000
1993 No limits DE4 (51 weeks)
DE
AT3
gold
gold

(16 weeks)AT
CH3
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)CH
UK1 (25 weeks)
UK
- NL1
platinum
platinum

(83 weeks)NL
First published: May 10, 1993
Sales: + 619,400
1994 Real things DE3 (18 weeks)
DE
AT4 (15 weeks)
AT
CH3
gold
gold

(15 weeks)CH
UK1
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK
- NL1
platinum
platinum

(64 weeks)NL
First published: June 6, 1994
Sales: +461,700
1998 II - - - - - NL55 (4 weeks)
NL
First published: May 25, 1998

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NL NL
1995 Hits Unlimited - - - UK27 (5 weeks)
UK
US107 (8 weeks)
US
NL4th
gold
gold

(43 weeks)NL
First published: October 30, 1995
Sales: + 50,000
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US-US NL2NL
Top 10 albums DE2DE AT2AT CH2CH UK2UK US-US NL3NL
Albums in the charts DE2DE AT2AT CH2CH UK4thUK US2US NL5NL

More compilations

  • 1994: Beyond Limits
  • 1997: Singles Collection
  • 1998: Non Stop Limited
  • 1998: Step
  • 1998: Aerobics
  • 1998: The Best Unlimited
  • 2003: The Very Best of 2 Unlimited
  • 2003: No Limit - The Complete Best Of
  • 2003: The Best
  • 2004: The Complete History
  • 2004: No Limit: The Complete Best of 2 Unlimited
  • 2004: Greatest Hits
  • 2005: The Refreshed Album
  • 2006: The Hits
  • 2008: The Best - Hits & Remixes
  • 2008: Perfect Best

Remix albums

  • 1993: Power
  • 1994: The US Remixes
  • 1995: Mixes & More
  • 1998: Non-Stop Mix Best
  • 2000: No Limit - Millennium Remixes
  • 2001: Twilight Zone - Millennium Remixes
  • 2001: Greatest Hits Remixes
  • 2003: Trance Remixes (Special Edition)
  • 2006: Greatest Remix Hits

EPs

  • 1993: No Limit - Mini Album
  • 1993: remixes
  • 1994: The Real Mixes
  • 1995: Sin Limites

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NL NL
1991 Get Ready for This
Get Ready!
- - - UK2 (15 weeks)
UK
US38 (34 weeks)
US
NL10 (10 weeks)
NL
First published: September 23, 1991
Sales: + 35,000
1992 Twilight Zone
Get Ready!
DE20 (17 weeks)
DE
AT10 (11 weeks)
AT
CH15 (9 weeks)
CH
UK2 (10 weeks)
UK
US49 (20 weeks)
US
NL1 (14 weeks)
NL
First published: January 8, 1992
Workaholic
Get Ready!
- - CH37 (2 weeks)
CH
UK4 (7 weeks)
UK
- NL6 (9 weeks)
NL
First published: April 16, 1992
The Magic Friend
Get Ready!
DE17 (15 weeks)
DE
AT26 (1 week)
AT
- UK11 (7 weeks)
UK
- NL5 (11 weeks)
NL
First published: August 3, 1992
1993 No Limit
No Limits
DE2
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)DE
AT1
gold
gold

(21 weeks)AT
CH1
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)CH
UK1 (16 weeks)
UK
- NL1
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)NL
First published: Jan 18, 1993
Sales: + 2,500,000
Tribal Dance
No Limits
DE2
gold
gold

(23 weeks)DE
AT3 (15 weeks)
AT
CH2 (19 weeks)
CH
UK4 (11 weeks)
UK
- NL2 (11 weeks)
NL
First published: April 26, 1993
Sales: +285,000
Faces
No Limits
DE8 (20 weeks)
DE
AT10 (12 weeks)
AT
CH19 (6 weeks)
CH
UK8 (7 weeks)
UK
- NL2 (11 weeks)
NL
First published: August 13, 1993
Maximum Overdrive
No Limits
DE16 (15 weeks)
DE
AT13 (12 weeks)
AT
CH23 (11 weeks)
CH
UK15 (8 weeks)
UK
- NL5 (9 weeks)
NL
First published: November 8, 1993
1994 Let the Beat Control Your Body
No Limits
DE8 (18 weeks)
DE
AT11 (12 weeks)
AT
CH11 (15 weeks)
CH
UK6 (10 weeks)
UK
- NL2 (10 weeks)
NL
First published: January 21, 1994
The Real Thing
Real Things
DE4 (16 weeks)
DE
AT7 (12 weeks)
AT
CH2 (17 weeks)
CH
UK6 (10 weeks)
UK
- NL1 (11 weeks)
NL
First published: May 9, 1994
No One
Real Things
DE18 (17 weeks)
DE
AT14 (9 weeks)
AT
CH15 (14 weeks)
CH
UK17 (6 weeks)
UK
- NL2 (12 weeks)
NL
First published: September 19, 1994
1995 Here I Go
Real Things
DE22 (8 weeks)
DE
AT17 (8 weeks)
AT
CH38 (3 weeks)
CH
UK22 (3 weeks)
UK
- NL5 (6 weeks)
NL
First published: March 6, 1995
Nothing Like the Rain
Real Things
- - - - - NL6 (10 weeks)
NL
First published: June 6, 1995
Do What's Good for Me
Hits Unlimited
DE50 (6 weeks)
DE
AT29 (7 weeks)
AT
CH41 (4 weeks)
CH
UK16 (7 weeks)
UK
- NL13 (6 weeks)
NL
First published: October 2, 1995
1996 Jump for Joy
Hits Unlimited
DE39 (10 weeks)
DE
AT24 (9 weeks)
AT
- - - NL7 (7 weeks)
NL
First published: January 22, 1996
Spread Your Love
Hits Unlimited
- - - - - NL17 (7 weeks)
NL
First published: April 29, 1996
1998 Wanna Get Up
II
DE88 (1 week)
DE
- - UK38 (2 weeks)
UK
- NL10 (10 weeks)
NL
First published: March 13, 1998
Edge of Heaven
II
- - - - - NL35 (3 weeks)
NL
First published: June 1, 1998
2003 No Limit 2.3
The Complete History
DE41 (7 weeks)
DE
- - - - -
First published: July 14, 2003
2004 Tribal Dance 2.4
The Complete History
DE78 (3 weeks)
DE
AT58 (2 weeks)
AT
- - - -
First published: January 25, 2004
2010 In da Name of Love - - - - - NL6 (7 weeks)
NL
First published: January 2nd, 2010
as Ray and Anita
Number one singles DE-DE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US-US NL3NL
Top 10 singles DE5DE AT5AT CH3CH UK8thUK US-US NL16NL
Singles in the charts DE15thDE AT13AT CH11CH UK14thUK US2US NL19thNL

More singles

  • 1992: Get Ready for This (Remix)
  • 1992: Twilight Zone (Remix)
  • 1995: Kids Like You and Me (charity single for homeless children in the Netherlands)
  • 1998: Wanna Get Up (Club Edition)
  • 1998: Never Surrender
  • 2010: Still Unlimited
  • 2010: Wonder Why
  • 2011: Nothing to Lose

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

  • 1992: Get Ready! - The Videos
  • 1993: No Limits - The Videos
  • 1994: Beyond Limits
  • 1995: Hits Unlimited - The Best Videos
  • 2004: Complete History
  • 2006: Grand Collection

Music videos

year title Director (s)
1991 Get Ready for This Jean-Paul De Coster
1992 Workaholic
The Magic Friend
1993 No limit
Tribal dance
Faces
1994 Let the beat control your body
The real thing
No one
1995 Here I Go
Nothing Like the Rain
Do What's Good for Me
1996 Jump for Joy
Spread your love
2003 No Limit 2.3

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • for the album Get Ready!
    • for the single Get Ready for This
    • for the single No Limit
    • for the album No Limits
    • for the single Tribal Dance
  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 1996: for the album Hits Unlimited
  • FinlandFinland Finland
    • 1993: for the album No Limits
    • 1995: for the album Real Things
  • FranceFrance France
    • 1992: for the single No Limit
    • 1993: for the album No Limits
  • SwedenSweden Sweden
    • 1993: for the album No Limits
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 1994: for the album No Limits

2 × gold record

  • FranceFrance France
    • 1995: for the album Real Things

Platinum record

  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 1994: for the album No Limits

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

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 0! P- 175,000 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 750,000 musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 81,100 ifpi.fi
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th 0! P- 550,000 infodisc.fr infodisc.fr
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 325,000 nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 40,000 ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 45,000 ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 125,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 100,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 21 × gold21st Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th

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  1. a b c 2 Unlimited. janvis.com, 2016, accessed August 12, 2020 .
  2. List of music videos and their directors

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