Adam Lambert / discography

Adam Lambert at the 21st GLAAD Media Award (2010)

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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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

Golden record  Australia 2011: for the single For Your Entertainment  Denmark 2010: for the single Whataya Want from Me  Finland 2010: for the album For Your Entertainment  New Zealand 2010: for the single For Your Entertainment 2010: for the single Whataya Want from Me Platinum record  Australia 2010: for the single Whataya Want from Me 2011: for the album For Your Entertainment  Denmark 2016: for the single Ghost Town  Canada 2010: for the album For Your Entertainment 2010: for the single For Your Entertainment  New Zealand 2010: for the album For Your Entertainment  Netherlands 2015: for the single Ghost Town  Poland 2016: for the album The Original High  Sweden 2015: for the single Ghost Town

2 × platinum record  Australia 2010: for the single If I Had You 2015: for the single Ghost Town  Canada 2010: for the single Whataya Want from Me  Sweden 2012: for the single Whataya Want from Me 3 × platinum record  Poland 2016: for the single Ghost Town

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
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

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US