Adam Lambert / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American singer Adam Lambert . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 2.5 million records in his career, including over a million in his home country alone. The most successful release from Lambert is the single Ghost Town with over one million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2009 | For your entertainment |
DE16 (9 weeks) DE |
AT22 (7 weeks) AT |
CH34 (10 weeks) CH |
UK36 (3 weeks) UK |
US3
gold
(50 weeks)US |
First published: November 23, 2009
|
2012 | Trespassing |
DE28 (1 week) DE |
AT28 (1 week) AT |
CH35 (2 weeks) CH |
UK16 (2 weeks) UK |
US1 (10 weeks) US |
First published: May 11, 2012
|
2015 | The Original High |
DE20 (4 weeks) DE |
AT43 (1 week) AT |
CH23 (2 weeks) CH |
UK8 (4 weeks) UK |
US3 (15 weeks) US |
First published: June 12, 2015
|
2020 | Velvet |
DE77 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH67 (1 week) CH |
UK54 (1 week) UK |
US89 (1 week) US |
First published: March 20, 2020
|
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2011 | Glam Nation Live |
DE94 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | US- 1US |
First published: March 22, 2011
¹ Number one on the Billboard Video Charts |
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2009 | Season 8 Favorite Performances | - | - | - | - |
US33 (3 weeks) US |
First published: June 30, 2009
|
Take One | - | - | - | - |
US72 (1 week) US |
First published: November 17, 2009
|
More compilations
- 2011: Beg for Mercy (first published November 21, 2011)
- 2011: The Paramount Sessions (First published December 2, 2011; with Steve Cooke)
- 2014: Playlist: The Very Best of Adam Lambert (First published: May 27, 2014)
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2010 | Acoustic Live! | - | - | - | - |
US126 (2 weeks) US |
First published: December 6, 2010
|
2019 | Velvet: Side A | - | - | - | - |
US146 (1 week) US |
First published: September 27, 2019
|
More EPs
- 2010: Remixes (First released: April 9, 2010)
- 2012: Trespassing (first published October 16, 2012)
- 2015: Spotify Sessions (first published June 15, 2015)
- 2020: Velvet: Side A (The Live Sessions) (Initial release: Jan 10, 2020)
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2009 | For your entertainment, for your entertainment |
- | - | - |
UK37 (7 weeks) UK |
US61 (2 weeks) US |
First published: October 27, 2009
|
Whataya Want from Me For Your Entertainment |
DE5
gold
(29 weeks)DE |
AT4 (21 weeks) AT |
CH6th
gold
(36 weeks)CH |
UK53 (5 weeks) UK |
US10 (30 weeks) US |
First published: November 24, 2009
Sales: + 2,343,500 |
|
2010 |
If I Had You For Your Entertainment |
DE36 (6 weeks) DE |
AT50 (3 weeks) AT |
- | - |
US30 (20 weeks) US |
First published: May 11, 2010
Sales: + 835,000 |
2011 | Sleepwalker For Your Entertainment |
DE63 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: March 25, 2011
|
Better Than I Know Myself Trespassing |
DE88 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US76 (1 week) US |
First published: December 20, 2011
|
|
2012 | Never Close Our Eyes Trespassing |
- |
AT56 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
UK17 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 17, 2012
|
2015 | Ghost Town The Original High |
DE11
gold
(33 weeks)DE |
AT10
gold
(22 weeks)AT |
CH50 (5 weeks) CH |
UK71 (2 weeks) UK |
US64
gold
(17 weeks)US |
First published: April 21, 2015
|
2020 |
You Are the Champions single track |
- | - | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: May 1st, 2020
with Queen |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2009 |
Mad World Season 8 Favorite Performances |
- | - | - | - |
US19 (3 weeks) US |
Chart entry: June 6, 2009
Original: U2 (1992) |
A Change Is Gonna Come Season 8 Favorite Performances |
- | - | - | - |
US56 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: June 6, 2009
Original: Sam Cooke (1965) |
|
One Season 8 Favorite Performances |
- | - | - | - |
US82 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: June 6, 2009
Original: Tears for Fears (1965) |
More singles
- 2012: Trespassing
- 2015: Another Lonely Night
- 2016: Welcome to the Show ( feat.Laleh )
- 2017: Two Fux
- 2019: Feel Something
- 2019: New Eyes
- 2019: Comin In Hot
- 2019: super power
- 2019: Believe
- 2020: Roses ( feat.Nile Rodgers )
- 2020: Velvet
Promo singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2009 | No boundaries | - | - | - | - |
US72 (2 weeks) US |
First published: May 20, 2009
|
Time for Miracles For Your Entertainment |
- | - | - | - |
US50 (1 week) US |
First published: October 18, 2009
|
More promo singles
- 2010: Fever
- 2011: Sure Fire Winners
- 2011: Aftermath
As a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2014 | Lay Me Down True |
DE35 (15 weeks) DE |
AT17 (11 weeks) AT |
CH41 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 25, 2014
with Avicii |
Further guest contributions
- 2016: Can't Go Home ( Steve Aoki & Felix Jaehn feat. Adam Lambert)
- 2016: Hands (as part of Artists for Orlando )
- 2016: Broken (Tritonal & Jenaux feat. Adam Lambert)
Music videos
year | title | Director (s) |
---|---|---|
2009 | Time for Miracles | Wayne Isham |
For your entertainment | Ray Kay | |
2010 | Whataya Want from Me | Diane Martel |
If I Had You | Bryan Barber | |
2012 | Better Than I Know Myself | Ray Kay |
Never Close Our Eyes | Dori Oskowitz | |
2015 | Ghost town | Hype Williams |
Another lonely night | Luke Gilford | |
2016 | Welcome to the show | Lee Cherry and Adam Lambert |
Can't Go Home | Romain F. Dubois and Ménad Kesraoui |
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | gold1 | 6 × platinum6th | 455,000 | aria.com.au |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold1 | platinum1 | 75,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | 2 × gold2 | - | 350,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Finland (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 12,353 | ifpi.fi |
Canada (MC) | - | 4 × platinum4th | 320,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 30,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | platinum1 | 30,000 | nvpi.nl |
Austria (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 15,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | 4 × platinum4th | 80,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | 3 × platinum3 | 120,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 15,000 | hitparade.ch |
United States (RIAA) | 2 × gold2 | - | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
All in all | 11 × gold11 | 20 × platinum20th |