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Ashford & Simpson  discography
Ashford & Simpson, 2000
Publications
Studio albums	14th
Live albums	1
Compilations	7th
Singles	48
Video albums	3

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American singing duo Ashford & Simpson .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1974	Gimme Something Real	-	-	-	-	US156 (13 weeks) US	R&B18 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1973
	I wanna be selfish	-	-	-	-	US195 (4 weeks) US	R&B21 (12 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1974
1976	Come as you are	-	-	-	-	US189 (4 weeks) US	R&B35 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1975
1977	So so Satisfied	-	-	-	-	US180 (3 weeks) US	R&B30 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: January 1977
	Send it	-	-	-	-	US52 gold (46 weeks)US	R&B10 (39 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1977
1978	Is It Still Good to Ya	-	-	-	-	US20th gold (28 weeks)US	R&B1 (33 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1978
1979	Stay Free	-	-	-	-	US23 gold (23 weeks)US	R&B3 (27 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1979
1980	A musical affair	-	-	-	-	US38 (12 weeks) US	R&B8 (23 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1980
1982	Street Opera	-	-	-	-	US45 (20 weeks) US	R&B5 (26 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1982
1983	High rise	-	-	-	-	US84 (12 weeks) US	R&B14 (25 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1983
1984	Solid	DE11 (13 weeks) DE	AT13 (10 weeks) AT	CH15 (5 weeks) CH	UK42 (6 weeks) UK	US29 gold (36 weeks)US	R&B1 (43 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1984
1986	Real love	-	-	-	-	US74 (18 weeks) US	R&B12 (21 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1986
1989	Love or Physical	-	-	-	-	US135 (8 weeks) US	R&B28 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: February 1989
1997	Been Found	-	-	-	-	-	R&B49 (12 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1996 with Maya Angelou

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Valerie Simpson (solo)

• 1971: Exposed
• 1972: Valerie Simpson
• 2012: Dinosaurs Are Coming Back Again

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1981	performance	-	-	-	-	US128 (6 weeks) US	R&B45 (8 weeks) R&B	First release: September 1981 double album, including 3 LP sides live

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
2009	The real thing	-	-	-	-	-	R&B59 (1 week) R&B	First published: January 27, 2009

More compilations

• 1974: The Songs of Ashford and Simpson
• 1982: We'd Like You to Meet
• 1993: The Best of Ashford & Simpson
• 1996: The Gospel According to Ashford & Simpson: Count Your Blessings
• 2002: The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson
• 2008: The Warner Bros. Years: Hits, Remixes & Rarities

Valerie Simpson (solo)

• 1977: Keep It Comin '
• 1994: Best of Valerie Simpson
• 2004: The Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1974	(I'd Know You) Anywhere Gimme Something Real	-	-	-	-	US88 (3 weeks) US	R&B37 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1973
	Have You Ever Tried It Gimme Something Real	-	-	-	-	-	R&B77 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1974
	Main Line I Wanna Be Selfish	-	-	-	-	-	R&B37 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1974
	Everybody's Got to Give It Up I Wanna Be Selfish	-	-	-	-	-	R&B53 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1974
1975	Bend Me Gimme Something Real	-	-	-	-	-	R&B73 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1975
1976	It'll Come, It'll Come, It'll Come Come as You Are	-	-	-	-	-	R&B96 (2 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1976
	One More Try Come as You Are	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance9 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1976
	Somebody Told a Lie Come as You Are	-	-	-	-	-	R&B58 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1976
1977	Tried, Tested & Found True So so Satisfied	-	-	-	-	-	R&B52 (14 weeks) R&B	Dance34 (1 week) Dance	First published: November 1976
	So so Satisfied So so Satisfied	-	-	-	-	-	R&B27 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1977
	Over and Over So so Satisfied	-	-	-	-	-	R&B39 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1977
	Send It Send It	-	-	-	-	-	R&B15 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1977
1978	Don't Cost You Nothing Send It	-	-	-	-	US79 (9 weeks) US	R&B10 (17 weeks) R&B	Dance23 (4 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1978
	By Way of Love's Express Send It	-	-	-	-	-	R&B35 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1978
	It Seems to Hang On Is It Still Good to Ya	-	-	-	UK48 (4 weeks) UK	-	R&B2 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1978
1979	Is It Still Good to Ya Is It Still Good to Ya	-	-	-	-	-	R&B12 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1978
	Flashback Is It Still Good to Ya	-	-	-	-	-	R&B70 (5 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1979
	Found a Cure Stay Free	-	-	-	-	US36 (13 weeks) US	R&B2 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (22 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1979
	Stay Free Stay Free	-	-	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: August 1979
	Nobody Knows Stay Free	-	-	-	-	-	R&B19 (13 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: October 1979
1980	Love Don't Make It Right A Musical Affair	-	-	-	-	-	R&B6 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance7 (18 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1980
	Happy Endings A Musical Affair	-	-	-	-	-	R&B35 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1980
1981	Get Out Your Hankerchief A Musical Affair	-	-	-	-	-	R&B65 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1980
	It shows in the eyes performance	-	-	-	-	-	R&B34 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1981
1982	Street Corner Street Opera	-	-	-	-	US56 (10 weeks) US	R&B9 (21 weeks) R&B	Dance11 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1982
	Love It Away Street Opera	-	-	-	-	-	R&B20 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1982
1983	High-rise high-rise	-	-	-	-	-	R&B17 (14 weeks) R&B	Dance41 (7 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1983
	It's Much Deeper High-Rise	-	-	-	-	-	R&B45 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1983
1984	I'm Not That Tough High-Rise	-	-	-	-	-	R&B78 (5 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1984
	Solid Solid	DE2 (16 weeks) DE	AT4 (14 weeks) AT	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (22 weeks)UK	US12 (24 weeks) US	R&B1 (24 weeks) R&B	Dance15 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1984
1985	Outta the World Solid	-	-	-	-	-	R&B4 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance4 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1985
	Babies Solid	DE53 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK56 (3 weeks) UK	-	R&B29 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1985
1986	Count Your Blessings Real Love	-	-	-	UK79 (3 weeks) UK	US84 (4 weeks) US	R&B4 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1986
1989	I'll Be There for You Love or Physical	-	-	-	-	-	R&B2 (16 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1989
1990	Hungry for Me Again	-	-	-	-	-	R&B40 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First release: 1990 from the soundtrack of the film Def by Temptation
1996	Been Found Been Found	-	-	-	-	-	R&B80 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1996 with Maya Angelou
1997	What If Been Found	-	-	-	-	-	R&B94 (3 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1997 with Maya Angelo

More singles

1964: I'll Find You (as Valerie and Nick; release: March) 1964: Don't You Feel Sorry (as Valerie and Nick; released: August) 1964: It Ain't Like That (as Valerie and Nick; release: November) 1982: Mighty Mighty Love 1984: Do You Know Who I Am (release: August) 1986: What Becomes of Love 1986: Time Talkin ' (Release: May)

2008: Found a Cure / Tried Tested & Found True / It Seems to Hang On / Stay Free (Remixes) 2008: Found a Cure (12inch Disco Mix) 2008: Over & Over / It Seems to Hang On (12inch Disco Mixes) 2008: One More Try / Tried, Tested & Found (12inch Disco Mixes)

Video albums

• 1982: Ashford & Simpson
• 2004: Soundstage ( Michael McDonald & The Doobie Brothers feat.Ashford & Simpson)
• 2009: The Real Thing

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B2R&B Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B6thR&B Albums in the charts DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US14thUS R&B16R&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B Dance1Dance Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US-US R&B9R&B Dance4thDance Singles in the charts DE2DE AT1AT CH1CH UK4thUK US6thUS R&B35R&B Dance9Dance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1985: for the single Solid

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)
Canada (MC)	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	4 × gold4th	-	2,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	-	400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × gold6th	-

* The soundtrack Saturday Night Fever is not included in this statistic, as the Bee Gees are represented on it as the main performers.

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US1 US2
2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Ashford & Simpson at Allmusic (English)
• Ashford & Simpson in Discogs (English)