Alphaville (band) / discography

	Alphaville discography
	Alphaville (2005)
Publications
Studio albums	7th
Live albums	1
Compilations	6th
Remix albums	2
Tribute albums	1
Singles	23
Video albums	3
Music videos	27
Box sets	2

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German synth pop - band Alphaville . According to the sources, they have sold more than 2.9 million records in their careers, of which they have sold over 1.5 million records in their home country of Germany alone. Alphaville's most successful release is the debut album Forever Young with around 1.5 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1984	Forever Young WEA Records	DE3 × 3 Triple gold (36 ¹ week)DE	AT16 (5 weeks) AT	CH4th gold (21 weeks)CH	-	US180 (14 weeks) US	First published: September 27, 1984 Sales: + 1,500,000
1986	Afternoons in Utopia WEA Records	DE13 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH12 (7 weeks) CH	-	US174 (6 weeks) US	First published: June 5, 1986
1989	The Breathtaking Blue WEA Records	DE49 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: April 4, 1989
1994	Prostitute WEA Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 26, 1994
1997	Salvation WEA Records	DE74 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: September 1, 1997
2010	Catching Rays on Giant We Love Music	DE9 (12 weeks) DE	AT64 (1 week) AT	CH59 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: November 19, 2010 Sales: + 10,000
2017	Strange Attractor Polydor	DE39 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH94 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: April 7, 2017

¹ Forever Young reached eighth place in the German album charts as a Super Deluxe LP in 2019 .

Live albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
2000	Stark Naked and Absolutely Live Navigator Music	First published: June 26, 2000

Compilations

year	Title music label	Remarks
1988	Alphaville Amiga	First published: January, 1988 Also called The Best Of known
1988	The Singles Collection Atlantic Records	First published: October 18, 1988
1992	First Harvest 1984-92 WEA Records	First published: March 11, 1992 Sales: + 88,152
2002	Forever Young / First Harvest 1984-92 WEA Records	First published: 2002
2003	Forever Young & Other Hits Flashback Records	First published: September 5, 2003
2003	18 Legendary Hits Atlantic Records	First published: 2003

Remix albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2001	Forever Pop WSM	DE59 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 22, 2001
2014	So80s presents Alphaville Soundcolours	DE26 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 31, 2014

Tribute albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
2000	We Heard the Call - A Tribute to Alphaville Earthbound Music	First published: December 9, 2000

Singles

As a lead musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1984	Big in Japan Forever Young	DE1 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT4 (3 months) AT	CH1 (18 weeks) CH	UK8 (14 weeks) UK	US66 (10 weeks) US	First published: Jan 12, 1984 Sales: + 571,000
	Sounds Like a Melody Forever Young	DE3 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT3 (3 months) AT	CH4 (14 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: May 14, 1984 Sales: + 250,000
	Forever Young Forever Young	DE4th gold (21 weeks)DE	-	CH3 (15 weeks) CH	UK98 silver (2 weeks)UK	US65 (18 weeks) US	First published: September 3, 1984 Sales: + 520,000
1985	Jet Set Forever Young	DE11 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH13 (8 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 28, 1985
1986	Dance with Me Afternoons in Utopia	DE11 (14 weeks) DE	AT25 (½ month) AT	CH9 (10 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: March 27, 1986
	Universal Daddy Afternoons in Utopia	DE36 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: June 27, 1986
	Jerusalem afternoons in utopia	DE57 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: December 5, 1986
	Sensations afternoons in utopia	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1986
1987	Red Rose Afternoons in Utopia	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 16, 1987
1989	Romeo's The Breathtaking Blue	DE45 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 10, 1989
1989	Summer Rain The Breathtaking Blue	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 23, 1989
1990	Mysteries of Love The Breathtaking Blue	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 12, 1990
1994	Fools prostitutes	DE70 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: July 8, 1994
1994	The Impossible Dream Prostitute	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 18, 1994
1997	Wishful Thinking Salvation	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 13, 1997
1999	Flame Salvation	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 24, 1999
1999	Soul Messiah Salvation	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1999
2003	Elegy single track	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 29, 2003 Sales: 700 (limited); Supplement to CrazyShow
2010	I Die for You Today Catching Rays on Giant	DE15 (14 weeks) DE	AT64 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	First published: October 22, 2010
2011	Song for No One Catching Rays on Giant	DE50 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 4, 2011
2017	Heartbreak City Strange Attractor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 10, 2017
2018	Love Will Find a Way Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 5	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 23, 2018

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1985	Nackt im Wind single track	DE3 (10 weeks) DE	AT18 (2½ months) AT	CH21 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: January 21, 1985 with Band für Afrika

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
1989	The Breathtaking Blue Songlines Warner Music Vision	First release: September 1989 Sales are added to the studio album
1993	MoonOffice MoonOffice	First published: 1993
2001	Little America - Alphaville Live 1999 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Self-distribution / Harper & Co. / Savage Pictures	First published: September 28, 2001 Sales: 2,500 (limited)

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
1984	Big in Japan	Dieter Meier
	Sounds like a melody
	Forever Young	Brian Ward
1985	Jet set	Karl-Heinz Danguillier
1986	Dance with Me	Karl-Heinz Danguillier, Marian Gold
	Universal daddy
	Jerusalem
1987	Red rose	Gulyas Buda
1989	Romeos	Ian Pringle
1989	Summer Rain	Susanne beer
1990	Mysteries of Love	Alex Proyas
	For a million	Alexander Kaidanovsky
	Middle of the Riddle	Christoph Lauenstein , Wolfgang Lauenstein
	Heaven or Hell	Slobodan Pesic
	Ariana	Olaf Bessenbacher, Ricky Echolette
	She fades away	Mao Kawaguchi
	Mysteries of Love	Alex Proyas
	Patricia's Park	Godfrey Reggio
	Anyway
1992	Big in Japan 1992 AD
1994	Fools	Scott Kennedy
1994	Keep on dancing
1999	Soul Messiah	Nicholas Buchholz
2001	Forever Young 2001	Cartoon saloon
2010	I Die for You Today	Sandra Marschner
2011	Song for No One	Frank Sennholz
2017	Heartbreak City	Bettina Ehrhardt, Marian Gold

Special publications

Albums

Video albums
year	Title music label	Remarks
2010	Catching Rays on Giant (Limited Edition) We Love Music	First release: November 19, 2010 CD + DVD; Sales are added to the studio album

Songs

Guest Posts
year	Title album	Remarks
1985	Nackt im Wind single track	First published: January 21, 1985 as part of Band für Afrika
1991	Love Is the Answer Love Is the Answer	First published: 1991 as part of Love Is the Answer
2008	Forever Young '08 Kill for This Meets House Couture	First release: 2008 Stefano Prada feat. Alphaville
2014	Forever Young - Být Stále Mlád (Live) Hity Prvního Desetiletí 21. Století	First publication: 2014 Karel Gott feat. Alphaville

Sampler contributions
year	Title album	Remarks
2017	Forever Young Meylensteine Vol. 2	First published: April 28, 2017 with Gregor Meyle
2017	Sounds Like a Melody Meylensteine Vol. 2	First published: April 28, 2017 with Gregor Meyle
2018	Love Will Find a Way Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 5	First published: November 23, 2018

Promo publications

Promo albums
year	Title music label	Remarks
1993	History self-distribution	First published: January 1993 distributed to fan club members only
1999	Visions of Dreamscapes Aphex Music	First published: September 1999 published in Brazil only
2002	The Best Of Парк-Рекордз	First published: Published in Russia only in 2002
2003	CrazyShow (Excerpts) self-distribution	First published: March 2003 includes a selection from CrazyShow

Promo singles
year	Title album	Remarks
1992	Big in Japan 1992 AD First Harvest 1984-92	First published: February 7, 1992
1996	Forever Young - The Remix Forever Young	First published: September 1996
2001	Dance with Me ( Paul van Dyk Remix) Forever Pop	First published: August 20, 2001
2001	Forever Young 2001 Forever Pop	First published: August 27, 2001
2002	Moongirl CrazyShow	First published May 3, 2002 on May 3, 2002 Miracle Healing Tour 2002 sold

Box sets

year	Title music label	Remarks
1999	Dreamscapes Navigator Music	First published: January 1999 Contents: 8 CDs
2003	CrazyShow self-distribution	First published: January 29, 2003 Contents: 4 CDs

statistics

Chart evaluation

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
Top 10 albums	DE2DE	AT-AT	CH1CH	UK-UK	US-US
Albums in the charts	DE8thDE	AT2AT	CH4thCH	UK-UK	US2US

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one singles	DE1DE	AT-AT	CH1CH	UK-UK	US-US
Top 10 singles	DE4thDE	AT2AT	CH4thCH	UK1UK	US-US
Singles in the charts	DE12DE	AT5AT	CH7thCH	UK2UK	US2US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Denmark Denmark
- 2020: for the single Forever Young
Finland Finland
- 1992: for the album First Harvest 1984–92
France France
- 1985: for the album Forever Young
Italy Italy
- 2018: for the single Forever Young
Norway Norway
- 1984–86: for the Forever Young album

Poland Poland

2011: for the album Catching Rays on Giant

Sweden Sweden

2000: for the album First Harvest 1984–92

Switzerland Switzerland
1984–86: for the Forever Young album

South Africa South Africa
1984–86: for the Forever Young album

Platinum record

Sweden Sweden
- 1984–86: for the Forever Young album

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)
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	1,500,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	38,152	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	100,000	infodisc.fr
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	fimi.it
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	20,000	Individual evidence
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	140,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	Individual evidence
South Africa (RISA)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	Individual evidence
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	0! G-	0! P-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	13 × gold13	2 × platinum2

Web links

Charts:

Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Discography:

Alpha Ville at Discogs (English)
Alphaville at alphaville.info
Alphaville at alphaville.nu
Alphaville at Musik-Sammler.de
Alphaville at Rate Your Music (English)

swell

↑ The synth pop albums of the 80s. laut.de, accessed on April 22, 2018 .
↑ Sales of Big in Japan in France ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
^ Director of Big in Japan
↑ Director of Forever Young
↑ Director of Jet Set
↑ Director of Dance with Me
↑ Director of Dance with Me
^ Director of Red Rose
^ Director of Romeos
↑ Director of Summer Rain
↑ Director of Mysteries of Love
^ Director of For a Million
↑ Director of Middle of the Riddle
↑ Director of Heaven or Hell
^ Director of Ariana
↑ Director of She Fades Away
↑ Director of Mysteries of Love
^ Director of Patricia's Park
↑ Director of Fools
↑ Production dates of Soul Messiah in the credits of the live DVD Little America
↑ Director of Forever Young 2001
↑ Director of I Die for You Today
↑ Director of Song for No One
↑ Director of Heartbreak City
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Awards based on the music book Afternoons in Utopia

[1] The synth pop albums of the 80s. laut.de, accessed on April 22, 2018 .

[2] Sales of Big in Japan in France ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Director of Big in Japan

[4] Director of Forever Young

[5] Director of Jet Set

[6] Director of Dance with Me

[7] Director of Dance with Me

[8] Director of Red Rose

[9] Director of Romeos

[10] Director of Summer Rain

[11] Director of Mysteries of Love

[12] Director of For a Million

[13] Director of Middle of the Riddle

[14] Director of Heaven or Hell

[15] Director of Ariana

[16] Director of She Fades Away

[17] Director of Mysteries of Love

[18] Director of Patricia's Park

[19] Director of Fools

[20] Production dates of Soul Messiah in the credits of the live DVD Little America

[21] Director of Forever Young 2001

[22] Director of I Die for You Today

[23] Director of Song for No One

[24] Director of Heartbreak City

[AiU-25] Awards based on the music book Afternoons in Utopia