Beastie Boys / discography

- discography
Beastie Boys (2007)
Publications
Studio albums	8th
Compilations	4th
EPs	7th
Singles	39
Video albums	5
Music videos	43

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Beastie Boys . It includes eight studio albums, four compilations , five video albums, seven extended plays and 39 singles. According to sources and record awards, they have sold more than 28.8 million records to date, over 25.1 million of them in their homeland alone. The most successful release of the Beastie Boys is the album Licensed to Ill with over 10.3 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
1986	Licensed to Ill	DE23 (25 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7th gold (40 weeks)UK	US1 diamond (152 weeks)US	First published: November 15, 1986 Sales: +10,300,000
1989	Paul's Boutique	-	-	-	UK44 silver (2 weeks)UK	US14th × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)US	First published: July 25, 1989 Sales: + 2,060,000
1992	Check your head	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US10 × 3 Triple platinum (36 weeks)US	First published: April 21, 1992 Sales: +3,000,000
1994	I'll communication	DE11 (44 weeks) DE	AT10 (16 weeks) AT	CH12 (20 weeks) CH	UK10 gold (20 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (63 weeks)US	First published: May 23, 1994 Sales: + 2,100,000
1998	Hello Nasty	DE1 (15 weeks) DE	AT2 (15 weeks) AT	CH1 gold (14 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (25 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (48 weeks)US	First published: July 14, 1998 Sales: + 3,345,000
2004	To the 5 boroughs	DE3 (11 weeks) DE	AT14 (8 weeks) AT	CH5 (14 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (13 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (19 weeks)US	First published: June 15, 2004 Sales: + 1,100,000
2007	The mix-up	DE46 (4 weeks) DE	AT40 (4 weeks) AT	CH25 (8 weeks) CH	UK79 (1 week) UK	US15 (9 weeks) US	First release: June 26, 2007 Instrumental album
2011	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two	DE3 (11 weeks) DE	AT20 (4 weeks) AT	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	UK9 (4 weeks) UK	US2 (20 weeks) US	First published: May 3, 2011

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Some old bullshit	-	-	-	-	US46 (7 weeks) US	First published: February 8, 1994
1996	The In Sound from Way Out!	-	-	-	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 2, 1996
1999	Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science	DE50 (8 weeks) DE	AT42 (5 weeks) AT	CH72 (5 weeks) CH	UK36 gold (9 weeks)UK	US19th × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)US	First published: November 23, 1999 Sales: + 2,100,000
2005	Solid gold hits	-	-	CH83 (1 week) CH	UK71 gold (1 week)UK	US42 gold (16 weeks)US	First published: May 23, 1994 Sales: + 600,000

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Root Down	DE38 (9 weeks) DE	AT38 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	US50 (8 weeks) US	First published: May 23, 1995 7 ", 12", CD, MC

More EPs

• 1982: Polly Wog Stew
• 1994: Pretzel Nugget
• 1994: Aglio e Olio
• 1998: Nasty Bits
• 1999: Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1)
• 2008: The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks

Singles

Chart placements as lead musician

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
1983	She's on It Krush Groove OST	DE44 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	-
1987	Brass Monkey Licensed to Ill	-	-	-	-	US48 gold (10 weeks)US
	(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!) Licensed to Ill	DE25 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 silver (13 weeks)UK	US7 (18 weeks) US
	No Sleep till Brooklyn Licensed to Ill	DE46 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK14 (7 weeks) UK	-
	Girls Licensed to Ill	-	-	-	UK34 (4 weeks) UK	-
1989	Hey ladies Paul’s boutique	DE43 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US36 (10 weeks) US
1992	Pass the Mic Check Your Head	-	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	-
	So What'cha Want Check Your Head	-	-	-	-	US93 (5 weeks) US
1994	Sabotage Ill Communication	-	-	-	UK19th silver (4 weeks)UK	-
	Get It Together Ill Communication	-	-	-[UK: ↑]		-
	Sure Shot Ill Communication	-	-	-	UK27 (5 weeks) UK	-
1998	Intergalactic Hello Nasty	DE40 (12 weeks) DE	AT26 (11 weeks) AT	CH33 (10 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (7 weeks)UK	US28 (18 weeks) US
	Body Movin ' Hello Nasty	-	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	-
1999	Remote Control / Three MC's and One DJ Hello Nasty	-	-	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Alive Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science	-	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	-
2004	Ch-Check It Out To the 5 Boroughs	DE65 (8 weeks) DE	AT75 (1 week) AT	CH36 (4 weeks) CH	UK8 (7 weeks) UK	US68 gold (12 weeks)US
	Triple Trouble To the 5 Boroughs	-	-	-	UK37 (5 weeks) UK	-
2005	An Open Letter to NYC To the 5 Boroughs	-	-	-	UK38 (4 weeks) UK	-
2009	Too Many Rappers Hot Sauce Committee Part Two	-	-	-	-	US93 (1 week) US	feat. Nas

More singles

• 1983: Cooky Puss
• 1985: Rock Hard
• 1985: Slow and Low
• 1986: Hold It Now, Hit It
• 1986: The New Style
• 1986: Paul Revere
• 1989: Shadrach
• 1992: Jimmy James
• 1992: Gratitude
• 1992: Professor Booty
• 1992: Something's Got to Give
• 1995: Root Down
• 1998: The Negotation Limerick File
• 2004: Right Right Now
• 2004: Now Get Busy
• 2007: The Electric Worm
• 2007: Off the Grid
• 2009: Lee Majors Come Again
• 2011: Make Some Noise
• 2011: Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win feat. Santigold

Guest Posts

• 1993: Stick 'em Up (by DJ Hurricane )

Video albums

• 1987: Beastie Boys (US:gold)
• 1992: The Skills to Play the Blues (US:gold)
• 1994: Sabotage (UK:gold)
• 1999: Video Anthology (US:gold)
• 2006: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That!

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 1999: for the album Hello Nasty  Japan 1998: for the album Ill Communication 2000: for the album Anthology - The Sounds of Science 2004: for the album To the 5 Boroughs  Canada 2004: for the album Root Down  New Zealand 2004: for the album To the 5 Boroughs  Netherlands 1999: for the album Hello Nasty  Norway 1999: for the album Hello Nasty 1999: for the single Intergalactic  United States 1995: for the video album Beastie Boys Home Video 2006: for the Mastertone Brass Monkey

Platinum record  Japan 1998: for the album Hello Nasty  Canada 1998: for the album Paul's Boutique 2004: for the album To the 5 Boroughs 2 × platinum record  Canada 1998: for the album Licensed to Ill 1999: for the album Anthology - The Sounds of Science 2004: for the album Check Your Head 2004: for the video album Video Anthology

3 × platinum record  Canada 1998: for the album Ill Communication 1998: for the album Hello Nasty  New Zealand 1998: for the album Hello Nasty 2000: for the album Anthology - The Sounds of Science

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Japan (RIAJ)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	550,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	16 × platinum16	-	1,470,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	37,500	https://nztop40.co.nz/
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	25,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	7 × gold7th	13 × platinum13	diamond1	25,150,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	6 × gold6th	platinum1	-	1,545,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	23 × gold23	33 × platinum33	diamond1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources (albums): DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Beastie Boys at Discogs (English)