Ace of Base / Discography

Ace of Base  discography
Ace of Base (2008)
Publications
Studio albums	5
Compilations	10
EPs	2
Singles	31
Video albums	6th
Box sets	1

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Swedish pop - music group Ace of Base . According to sources, she has sold more than 45 million records to date, over 115,000 of them in her home country alone. The most successful release of Ace of Base is the debut album Happy Nation with over 25 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
1993	Happy Nation	DE1 × 3 Triple platinum (82 weeks)DE	AT3 platinum (54 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (68 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (44 weeks)UK	US1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (102 weeks)US	SE3 (54 weeks) SE	First published: December 1992 February 19, 1993 (EU); Sales: + 25,000,000
1995	The Bridge	DE8th gold (30 weeks)DE	AT10 (16 weeks) AT	CH4th platinum (28 weeks)CH	UK66 (7 weeks) UK	US29 platinum (29 weeks)US	SE1 platinum (26 weeks)SE	First published: October 27, 1995 Sales: + 5,000,000
1998	Flowers	DE3 (15 weeks) DE	AT15 (14 weeks) AT	CH1 gold (16 weeks)CH	UK15th silver (7 weeks)UK	US101 (10 weeks) US	SE5 (14 weeks) SE	First published: June 15, 1998
2002	Da Capo	DE48 (5 weeks) DE	AT61 (2 weeks) AT	CH23 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	SE25 (4 weeks) SE	First published: September 30, 2002
2010	The golden ratio	DE20 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH100 (1 week) CH	-	-	-	First published: September 24, 2010

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
2008	Greatest Hits, Classic Remixes & Music Videos / Gold	-	-	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: November 14, 2008 New edition: October 11, 2019; than gold
1999	Singles of the 90's	DE21 (7 weeks) DE	AT32 (3 weeks) AT	CH14 (13 weeks) CH	UK62 (2 weeks) UK	-	SE36 (3 weeks) SE	First published: November 15, 1999

More compilations

• 2002: The Collection / All That She Wants
• 2003: Platinum & Gold Collection
• 2004: The Hits
• 2005: The Ultimate Collection
• 2010: Platinum & Gold Collection
• 2011: Playlist: The Very Best Of
• 2015: Hidden Gems
• 2020: Hidden Gems Vol. 2

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	SE
1992	Wheel of Fortune Happy Nation	DE4th gold (25 weeks)DE	AT6 (17 weeks) AT	CH5 (19 weeks) CH	UK20 (6 weeks) UK	-	SE39 (1 week) SE	First publication: April 1992 (SE) April 2, 1993 (EU)
	All That She Wants Happy Nation	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (40 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (25 weeks)AT	CH1 (28 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (16 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (36 weeks)US	SE3 (15 weeks) SE	First published: November 16, 1992 Sales: + 3,700,000
1993	Happy Nation Happy Nation	DE7th gold (20 weeks)DE	AT6 (12 weeks) AT	CH23 (12 weeks) CH	UK40 (8 weeks) UK	-	SE4 (8 weeks) SE	First publication: March 1, 1993 (SE) July 23, 1993 (EU)
	Waiting for Magic Happy Nation	-	-	-	-	-	SE19 (4 weeks) SE	First published: May 1993
	The Sign Happy Nation (US Version)	DE1 platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH4 (26 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (16 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (41 weeks)US	SE2 (21 weeks) SE	First published: October 29, 1993
1994	Don't Turn Around Happy Nation (US Version)	DE6th gold (25 weeks)DE	AT8 (3 weeks) AT	CH14 (3 weeks) CH	UK5 (11 weeks) UK	US4th gold (31 weeks)US	SE11 (13 weeks) SE	First published: March 17, 1994
	Living in Danger Happy Nation (US Version)	DE23 (12 weeks) DE	AT19 (2 weeks) AT	CH26 (8 weeks) CH	UK18 (4 weeks) UK	US20 (20 weeks) US	SE28 (2 weeks) SE	First published: October 17, 1994
1995	Lucky Love The Bridge	DE13 (19 weeks) DE	AT14 (12 weeks) AT	CH19 (17 weeks) CH	UK20 (8 weeks) UK	US30 (17 weeks) US	SE1 (14 weeks) SE	First published: October 9, 1995
	Beautiful Life The Bridge	DE20 (17 weeks) DE	AT24 (8 weeks) AT	CH33 (7 weeks) CH	UK15 (6 weeks) UK	US15 (20 weeks) US	SE22 (11 weeks) SE	First published: November 7, 1995
1996	Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry The Bridge	DE44 (11 weeks) DE	AT38 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	SE24 (7 weeks) SE	First published: March 11, 1996
1998	Life Is a Flower / Whenever You're Near Me Flowers	DE20 (13 weeks) DE	AT15 (12 weeks) AT	CH18 (20 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (11 weeks)UK	US76 (4 weeks) US	SE5 gold (13 weeks)SE	First published: April 6, 1998 US version
	Cruel Summer Flowers	DE28 (9 weeks) DE	AT28 (6 weeks) AT	CH21 (10 weeks) CH	UK8 (7 weeks) UK	US10 gold (20 weeks)US	SE33 (13 weeks) SE	First published: June 30, 1998
	Travel to Romantis Flowers	DE61 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 9, 1998
1999	Always Have, Always Will Flowers	DE47 (9 weeks) DE	AT29 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK12 (11 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: December 12, 1998 (UK) March 1, 1999 (DE)
	Everytime It Rains Flowers	-	-	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: April 5, 1999
	C'est la vie (Always 21) Singles of the 90’s	DE64 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH100 (1 week) CH	-	-	SE38 (6 weeks) SE	First published: October 25, 1999
2000	Hello Hello Singles of the 90's	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 10, 2000
2002	Beautiful Morning Da Capo	DE38 (7 weeks) DE	AT47 (6 weeks) AT	CH32 (15 weeks) CH	-	-	SE14 (10 weeks) SE	First published: September 9, 2002
	The Juvenile Da Capo	DE78 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 9, 2002
2003	Unspeakable Da Capo	DE97 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	SE45 (5 weeks) SE	First published: April 14, 2003
2009	Cruel Summer 2009	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 21, 2009 with Rico Bernasconi
2010	All for You The Golden Ratio	DE38 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 10, 2010

More singles

year	Title album	Remarks
1996	My déjà vu The Bridge	First published: April 1996 Scandinavia and France only
	Angel Eyes The Bridge	Limited edition promo single released in Japan
1998	Tokyo Girl Flowers	First published: August 1998 France only
	Donnie Flowers	First published: September 1998 Japan only
	Cecilia Flowers	First published: September 1998 Italy and Spain only
1999	Love in December Singles of the 90’s	was sold in December 1999 only as a promo in Germany
2008	Wheel of Fortune 2009	Swedish iTunes Pop Charts # 10
2014	All That She Wants Remixed 2014	EP with ten remixes
2015	Would You Believe Hidden Gems	was originally recorded for the "Da Capo" album in 2002 but not released on it

Video albums

• 1994: The Sign / The Home Video (US:gold)
• 1994: Happy Nation (US version)
• 2002: Da Capo
• 2003: Ace of Base: Exclusive Fan Edition
• 2005: The Universal Masters DVD Collection
• 2009: Greatest Hits

Box sets

• 2020: All That She Wants

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Brazil 1995: for the album The Sign  Finland 1993: for the album Happy Nation  France 1992: for the single All That She Wants 1994: for the single Happy Nation  Italy 2019: for the single All That She Wants  Canada 1998: for the album Cruel Summer  Netherlands 1993: for the single All That She Wants  Spain 1996: for the album The Bridge

Platinum record  Europe 1996: for the album The Bridge  Finland 1996: for the album The Bridge  France 1996: for the album The Bridge  Japan 1999: for the album Singles of the 90’s  New Zealand 1994: for the single All That She Wants 1994: for the single The Sign 1994: for the album Happy Nation 1996: for the album The Bridge  Spain 1994: for the album Happy Nation

2 × platinum record  Japan 1996: for the album The Bridge 1998: for the single Cruel Summer  Canada 1996: for the album The Bridge  Netherlands 1994: for the album Happy Nation 4 × platinum record  Japan 1997: for the single All That She Wants 9 × platinum record  Canada 1995: for the album The Sign Diamond record  France 1994: for the album Happy Nation

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	-	3,750,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	141,812	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	diamond1	1,675,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	-	9 × platinum9	-	1,250,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	11 × platinum11	-	1,150,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	250,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	75,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	115,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	175,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	150,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	12 × platinum12	-	13,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	1,860,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	22 × gold22nd	55 × platinum55	diamond1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ace of Base Biography. aceofbase.com, accessed August 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources, albums: DE AT CH UK US SE
3. ↑ Chart sources, singles: DE AT CH UK US SE
4. ^ Charles Ferro, Kai R. Lofthus: Ace of Base Sprouts 'Flowers' . In: Billboard magazine . No. 22/1998 , May 30, 1998, pp. 70, 85 .

Web links

• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• chartsurfer.de
• Discogs.com