Alanis Morissette / discography

Alanis Morissette (2014)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Canadian - US pop - singer Alanis Morissette . According to the record awards, she has sold more than 35.5 million records in her career. The most successful release by Morissette is the album Jagged Little Pill with around 25.1 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	CA
1991	Alanis	-	-	-	-	-	CA- platinum CA	First published: April 6, 1991 Sales: + 100,000
1992	Now is the time	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 1, 1992
1995	Jagged Little Pill	DE3 × 2 Double platinum (90 weeks)DE	AT2 × 2 Double platinum (47 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (57 weeks)CH	UK1 × 10 Tenfold platinum (221 weeks)UK	US1 × 6 Diamond + six-fold platinum (127 weeks)US	CA7th × 2 Double diamond (7 weeks)CA	First published: June 13, 1995 Sales: + 25,155,000
1998	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	DE1 platinum (43 weeks)DE	AT3 platinum (34 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (32 weeks)CH	UK3 platinum (26 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (28 weeks)US	CA2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (15 weeks)CA	First published: November 3, 1998 Sales: + 5,900,000
2002	Under rug swept	DE1 gold (27 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (19 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (32 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (13 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (24 weeks)US	CA1 platinum (4 weeks)CA	First published: February 26, 2002 Sales: +2,000,000
2004	So-called chaos	DE1 gold (19 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (20 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (19 weeks)CH	UK8th silver (5 weeks)UK	US5 (14 weeks) US	CA2 (2 weeks) CA	First published: May 18, 2004 Sales: +190,000
2008	Flavors of Entanglement	DE8 (12 weeks) DE	AT3 (12 weeks) AT	CH1 gold (16 weeks)CH	UK15 (3 weeks) UK	US8 (11 weeks) US	CA3 (3 weeks) CA	First published: June 2nd, 2008 Sales: + 10,000
2012	Havoc and Bright Lights	DE2 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT1 (10 weeks) AT	CH1 (10 weeks) CH	UK12 (2 weeks) UK	US5 (5 weeks) US	CA1 (2 weeks) CA	First published: August 24, 2012 Sales: + 100,000
2020	Find Pretty Forks in the Road	DE4 (... weeks) DE	AT4 (... weeks) AT	CH2 (... weeks) CH	UK8 (1 week) UK	US16 (... weeks) US	CA14 (... weeks) CA	First published: July 31, 2020

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
1999	MTV Unplugged	DE5 platinum (19 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (29 weeks)AT	CH4 (27 weeks) CH	UK56 gold (6 weeks)UK	US63 gold (14 weeks)US	CA50 (... weeks) CA	First published: November 9, 1999 Sales: + 1,390,000
2013	Live at Montreux 2012	DE58 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 19, 2013

Acoustic albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2005	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic	DE15 (5 weeks) DE	AT9 (10 weeks) AT	CH5 (10 weeks) CH	UK12 gold (6 weeks)UK	US50 (9 weeks) US	CA19 (... wk.) CA	First published: June 13, 2005 Sales: + 100,000

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2005	The Collection	DE18th gold (13 weeks)DE	AT12 (11 weeks) AT	CH9 (14 weeks) CH	UK44 gold (4 weeks)UK	US51 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: November 15, 2005 Sales: + 200,000

More compilations

year	title	Remarks
2004	iTunes Originals	First published: June 15, 2004
2012	Original album series	First published: March 12, 2012

Box sets

year	title	Remarks
1997	The Singles Box	First published: April 8, 1997

EPs

year	title	Remarks
1995	Space cakes	First published: October 25, 1995

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	CA
1991	Too Hot Alanis	-	-	-	-	-	CA14 (... weeks) CA	First published: May 1991
	Walk Away Alanis	-	-	-	-	-	CA35 (... weeks) CA	First publication: 1991
	Feel Your Love Alanis	-	-	-	-	-	CA24 (... weeks) CA	First published: September 1991
1992	Plastic Alanis	-	-	-	-	-	CA67 (... weeks) CA	First publication: 1992
	An Emotion Away Now Is the Time	-	-	-	-	-	CA24 (... weeks) CA	First published: November 25, 1992
1993	No Apologies Now Is the Time	-	-	-	-	-	CA14 (... weeks) CA	First published: February 3, 1993
	Real World Now Is the Time	-	-	-	-	-	CA85 (... weeks) CA	First published: May 31, 1993
	(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time Now Is the Time	-	-	-	-	-	CA30 (... weeks) CA	First published: September 21, 1993
1995	You Oughta Know Jagged Little Pill	-	-	-	UK22nd silver (7 weeks)UK	US6 (30 weeks) US	CA20 (... weeks) CA	First published: July 6, 1995 Sales: + 200,000
	Hand in My Pocket Jagged Little Pill	-	-	-	UK26th silver (3 weeks)UK	-	CA1 (... week) CA	First published: October 31, 1995 Sales: + 207,500
1996	Ironic Jagged Little Pill	DE8 (25 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (20 weeks) CH	UK11 platinum (13 weeks)UK	US4th gold (32 weeks)US	CA1 (... week) CA	First published: February 27, 1996 Sales: + 1,390,000
	You Learn Jagged Little Pill	-	-	-	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	-	CA1 (... week) CA	First published: July 9, 1996 in US as the B-side of You Oughta Know (1995)
	Head over Feet Jagged Little Pill	DE73 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7th silver (7 weeks)UK	-	CA1 (... week) CA	First published: September 16, 1996 Sales: + 235,000
	All I Really Want Jagged Little Pill	-	-	-	UK59 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: December 1, 1996
1998	Thank U Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	DE19 (15 weeks) DE	AT10 (14 weeks) AT	CH18 (19 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	US17 (11 weeks) US	CA1 (... week) CA	First published: October 13, 1998 Sales: + 240,000
1999	Joining You Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	DE28 (9 weeks) DE	AT26 (7 weeks) AT	CH46 (1 week) CH	UK28 (2 weeks) UK	-	CA30 (... weeks) CA	First published: January 3, 1999
	Unsent Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	-	-	-	-	US58 (6 weeks) US	CA9 (... weeks) CA	First published: March 18, 1999
	So Pure Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	-	-	-	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	-	CA14 (... weeks) CA	First published: June 14, 1999
2002	Hands Clean Under Rug Swept	DE18 (9 weeks) DE	AT12 (11 weeks) AT	CH5 (17 weeks) CH	UK12 (9 weeks) UK	US23 (20 weeks) US	CA1 (... week) CA	First published: January 8, 2002
	Precious Illusions Under Rug Swept	DE77 (1 week) DE	-	CH95 (2 weeks) CH	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	CA4 (... weeks) CA	First published: August 5, 2002
2004	Everything So-Called Chaos	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	AT12 (12 weeks) AT	CH22 (12 weeks) CH	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	US76 (9 weeks) US	CA3 (... weeks) CA	First published: April 13, 2004 Sales: + 200,000
	Out Is Through So-Called Chaos	DE75 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH67 (1 week) CH	UK56 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: August 17, 2004
2005	Crazy The Collection	DE38 (11 weeks) DE	AT20 (12 weeks) AT	CH31 (23 weeks) CH	UK65 (1 week) UK	-	CA29 (... weeks) CA	First published: November 8, 2005
2008	Underneath Flavors of Entanglement	DE46 (9 weeks) DE	AT20 (8 weeks) AT	CH16 (12 weeks) CH	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	CA15 (6 weeks) CA	First published: April 15, 2008 Sales: + 250,000
2012	Guardian Havoc and Bright Lights	DE13 (22 weeks) DE	AT11 (20 weeks) AT	CH12 (10 weeks) CH	-	-	CA41 (20 weeks) CA	First published: May 11, 2012 Sales: + 15,000
	Receive Havoc and Bright Lights	DE73 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 3, 2012

More singles

• 1998: Uninvited
• 1999: That I Would Be Good (Unplugged)
• 2000: King of Pain (Unplugged)
• 2000: You Learn (Unplugged)
• 2004: Eight Easy Steps
• 2005: Hand in My Pocket (acoustics)
• 2008: Madness
• 2008: The Guy Who Leaves
• 2008: In Praise of the Vulnerable Man
• 2008: Not as We
• 2012: Lens
• 2019: Reasons I Drink
• 2020: Smiling
• 2020: Diagnosis
• 2020: Reckoning

Promosingles

• 1987: Fate Stay with Me
• 2001: Utopia
• 2002: Flinch
• 2002: 21 Things I Want in a Lover
• 2002: Surrendering
• 2002: Simple Together
• 2003: So Unsexy
• 2004: Excuses
• 2005: child prodigy
• 2011: Into a King
• 2014: Today
• 2014: The Morning

Video albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2002	Feast on scraps	-	-	-	-	US194 (1 week) US	-	First published: December 10, 2002
2005	VH1 storytellers	-	AT10 (3 weeks) AT	-	-	-	-	First published: April 26, 2005

More video albums

year	title	Remarks
1997	Jagged Little Pill (Live)	First published: July 2nd, 1997 (UK: gold)
2002	Live in the Navajo Nation	First published: August 27, 2002
2005	The Collection	First published: November 15, 2005
2013	Live at Montreux 2012	First published: April 21, 2013

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : Alanis Morissette / Awards for Music Sales

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	120,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	4 × gold4th	17 × platinum17th	-	1,330,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	175,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	diamond1	725,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th	-	2,150,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	10 × platinum10	-	(10,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	86,706	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	5 × gold5	platinum1	-	950,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	400,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	2 × diamond2	2,600,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	540,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	110,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	-	205,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	-	130,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	280,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	195,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	400,000	promusicae.es
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	15 × platinum15th	diamond1	20,250,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	5 × gold5	12 × platinum12	-	4,965,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	43 × gold43	102 × platinum102	4 × diamond4th

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US and CA ( Memento from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )