Alice in Chains / Discography

- discography
Alice in Chains (2007)
Publications
Studio albums	6th
Live albums	3
Compilations	10
EPs	3
Singles	31
Video albums	5
Music videos	29
Box sets	2

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rock band Alice in Chains . According to the sources, they have sold more than 13.1 million records (mostly albums) in their careers. The most successful release of Alice in Chains is the second studio album Dirt with around 4.1 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
1990	Facelift	-	-	-	-	US42 × 2 Double platinum (59 weeks)US	First published: Aug 21, 1990 Sales: +2,000,000
1992	Dirt	DE37 (22 weeks) DE	-	-	UK42 gold (13 weeks)UK	US6th × 4 Quadruple platinum (102 weeks)US	First published: September 29, 1992 Sales: + 4,100,000
1995	Alice in Chains	DE93 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK37 silver (2 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (46 weeks)US	First published: November 7, 1995 Sales: + 2,060,000
2009	Black Gives Way to Blue	DE21 (4 weeks) DE	AT14 (3 weeks) AT	CH21 (5 weeks) CH	UK19 (2 weeks) UK	US5 gold (32 weeks)US	First published: September 29, 2009 Sales: + 500,000
2013	The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here	DE23 (2 weeks) DE	AT13 (2 weeks) AT	CH11 (3 weeks) CH	UK22 (2 weeks) UK	US2 (15 weeks) US	First published: May 24, 2013
2018	Rainier Fog	DE8 (3 weeks) DE	AT6 (4 weeks) AT	CH3 (4 weeks) CH	UK9 (2 weeks) UK	US12 (2 weeks) US	First published: August 24, 2018

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	MTV Unplugged	DE46 (7 weeks) DE	AT23 (6 weeks) AT	CH41 (3 weeks) CH	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	US3 platinum (33 weeks)US	First published: July 30, 1996 Sales: + 1,000,000
2000	live	-	-	-	-	US142 (2 weeks) US	First published: December 5, 2000

More live albums

• 1993: USA 1993

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Nothing's Safe: Best of the Box	-	-	-	-	US20th platinum (17 weeks)US	First published: June 29, 1999 Sales: + 1,000,000
2001	Greatest hits	-	-	-	-	US112 gold (4 weeks)US	First published: July 24, 2001 Sales: + 500,000
2006	The Essential Alice in Chains	-	-	-	-	US139 (1 week) US	First published: September 5, 2006

More compilations

• 1992: Virus 100
• 1999: Bank Heist
• 1999: Music Bank
• 2006: Dirt / Unplugged
• 2007: Jar of Flies / Facelift / Dirt
• 2016: Freak Show (live)

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Jar of Flies	DE25 (13 weeks) DE	AT22 (7 weeks) AT	CH31 (3 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (6 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (59 weeks)US	First published: Jan 25, 1994 Sales: + 1,775,000

More EPs

• 1990: We Die Young
• 1992: SAP (US:gold, Sales: + 250,000)

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
1992	Would? Dirt	-	-	-	UK19 (3 weeks) UK	-	First publication: 1992
	Them Bones Dirt	-	-	-	UK26 (3 weeks) UK	-	First publication: 1992
1993	Angry Chair Dirt	-	-	-	UK33 (2 weeks) UK	-	First publication: 1992
	Down in a Hole Dirt	-	-	-	UK36 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1993
1995	Grind Alice in Chains	-	-	-	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1995
1996	Heaven Beside You Alice in Chains	-	-	-	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1996
2009	Check My Brain Black Gives Way to Blue	-	-	-	-	US92 (4 weeks) US	First published: August 17, 2009

More singles

• 1989: Killing Yourself (live)
• 1990: We Die Young
• 1991: Man in the Box
• 1991: Bleed the Freak
• 1992: Sea of ​​Sorrow
• 1993: Rooster
• 1993: What the Hell Have I?
• 1994: No Excuses
• 1994: I Stay Away
• 1994: Don't Follow
• 1994: Got Me Wrong
• 1996: Over Now
• 1996: Again
• 1999: Get Born Again
• 1999: Fear the Voices
• 2000: Man in the Box (live)
• 2009: A Looking in Few
• 2009: Your Decision
• 2010: Lesson Learned
• 2010: Acid Bubble
• 2012: Hollow
• 2013: Stone
• 2013: Voices
• 2016: Tears
• 2018: The One You Know
• 2018: So Far Under
• 2018: Never Fade

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

• 1991: Live Facelift (Sales: + 50,000; US:gold)
• 1995: The Nona Tapes
• 1996: MTV Unplugged (Sales: + 50,000; US:gold)
• 1999: Music Bank: The Videos (Sales: + 50,000; US:gold)
• 2007: Lick Library: Learn to Play

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
1989	Killing Yourself (live)	Bill board
1990	We Die Young (Version 1)	The Art Institute of Seattle
	We Die Young (Version 2)	Rocky Schenck
1991	Sea of ​​Sorrow (Version 1)	Paul Rachman
	Man in the box	Paul Rachman
	Sea of ​​Sorrow (Version 2)	Martyn Atkins
1992	Would?	Cameron Crowe , Josh Taft
	Them bones	Rocky Schenck
	Angry chair	Matt Mahurin
1993	Rooster	Mark Pellington
	What the Hell Have I?	Rocky Schenck
	Down in a hole	Nigel Dick
1994	No excuses	Matt Mahurin
	I stay away	Nick Donkin
1995	Grind	Rocky Schenck
1996	Heaven Beside You	Frank W. Ockenfels III
	Again	George Vale, Layne Staley
1999	Get Born Again	Paul Fedor
2009	A Looking in View	Stephen Schuster
	Check my brain	Alexandre Courtes
	Your decision	Stephen Schuster
2010	Lesson learned	Paul Matthew
	Acid bubble	Nick Goso
	Last of My Kind (live)
2012	Hollow	Roboshobo
2013	Stone	Roboshobo
	Voices	Roboshobo
	The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here	Travis Hopkins
2014	Phantom Limb	Roboshobo
2018	The One You Know	Adam Manson
	Never fade	Adam Manson

Box sets

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Music Bank	-	-	-	-	US123 (1 week) US	First published: October 26, 1999

More box sets

• 2003: Music Bank / The Videos / Nothing Safe - The Best of the Box

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US2US Top 10 albums DE1DE AT2AT CH1CH UK2UK US6thUS Albums in the charts DE7thDE AT5AT CH5CH UK7thUK US13US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Singles in the charts DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK6thUK US1US

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1996: for the album MTV Unplugged 2010: for the album Dirt Platinum record  Canada 1993: for the album Dirt 1996: for the album Alice in Chains  New Zealand 1994: for the album Jar of Flies

2 × platinum record  Canada 1994: for the album Jar of Flies

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	490,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA)	-	6 × gold6th	13 × platinum13	12,900,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	-	220,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	9 × gold9	18 × platinum18th

Web links

• Alice in Chains in the German charts at Officialcharts.de
• Alice in Chains in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
• Alice in Chains in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
• Alice in Chains in the Official UK Charts (English)
• Alice in Chains on the US Billboard charts