Billy Idol / discography

Billy Idol, 2006

This discography is an overview of the released records of the British singer Billy Idol . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 11.2 million records in his career, including over 1.1 million in his home country alone. The most successful release of Idol is the album Rebel Yell with over 2.8 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
1983	Billy Idol	-	-	-	-	US45 gold (104 weeks)US	First published: July 1982 Producer: Keith Forsey
	Rebel Yell	DE2 gold (49 weeks)DE	-	CH16 (13 weeks) CH	UK36 silver (11 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (82 weeks)US	First published: November 10, 1983 Producer: Keith Forsey
1986	Whiplash smile	DE9 gold (40 weeks)DE	AT18 (14 weeks) AT	CH4 (20 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (20 weeks)UK	US6th platinum (47 weeks)US	First published: September 1986 Producer: Keith Forsey
1990	Charmed Life	DE5 gold (27 weeks)DE	AT11 (6 weeks) AT	CH4 (15 weeks) CH	UK15th silver (8 weeks)UK	US11 platinum (39 weeks)US	First published: July 1990 Producer: Keith Forsey
1993	Cyberpunk	DE13 (20 weeks) DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH15 (12 weeks) CH	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	US48 (7 weeks) US	First published: June 1993 Producer: Robin Hancock
2005	Devil's Playground	DE15 (14 weeks) DE	AT34 (4 weeks) AT	CH32 (7 weeks) CH	UK78 (1 week) UK	US46 (5 weeks) US	First published: March 2005 Producer: Keith Forsey
2014	Kings & Queens of the Underground	DE8 (5 weeks) DE	AT17 (1 week) AT	CH10 (6 weeks) CH	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	US34 (2 weeks) US	First published: October 2014 Producers: Trevor Horn , Greg Kurstin

More studio albums

• 1990: Billy Idol Sampler (promo with eight shortened tracks, only cassette )
• 2006: Happy Holidays

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1983	Don't stop	-	-	-	-	US71 (68 weeks) US	First published: October 1981 including an idol interview with Martha Quinn Producer: Keith Forsey

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	VH1 storytellers	DE14 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH76 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 2002 Producers: Billy Idol, Keith Forsey

More live albums

• 2003: Live in Verona, NY (2 CDs)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1985	Vital idol	DE8th gold (26 weeks)DE	-	CH24 (3 weeks) CH	UK7th platinum (34 weeks)UK	US10 platinum (29 weeks)US	First release: June 1985 Remixes of hits from the first two studio albums. Producer: Keith Forsey
1988	Idol Songs - 11 of the Best	DE14 (35 weeks) DE	AT11 gold (10 weeks)AT	CH6th gold (14 weeks)CH	UK2 platinum (25 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 1988 Producer: Keith Forsey
2001	Greatest hits	DE12 gold (14 weeks)DE	AT43 (6 weeks) AT	CH30 (11 weeks) CH	UK- gold UK	US74 platinum (27 weeks)US	First published: March 2001 Producers: Keith Forsey, Robin Hancock
2008	Idolize Yourself: The Very Best Of	DE38 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH72 (6 weeks) CH	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	US73 (3 weeks) US	First published: June 2008 Producer: Keith Forsey

More compilations

• 1991: Idol Rocks
• 1995: The Originals (box with 3 CDs)
• 2003: The Essential
• 2009: 10 great songs
• 2011: Essential
• 2012: So80s (Soeighties) Presents Billy Idol (collection of maxi-versions )

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	Dance
1980	Dancing with Myself Kiss Me Deadly / Don't Stop	-	-	-	UK60 (6 weeks) UK	-	Dance27 (27 weeks) Dance	First published: October 3, 1980 with Gen X Authors: Tony James , Billy Idol
1981	Mony Mony Don't Stop	-	-	-	-	-	Dance7 (19 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1981 Authors: Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell and Bobby Bloom Original: Tommy James & the Shondells , 1968
	Baby talk	-	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: September 1981 Author: Billy Idol
1982	Hot in the City Billy Idol	-	AT5 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK58 (4 weeks) UK	US23 (17 weeks) US	-	First published: May 1982 Author: Billy Idol
	White Wedding Billy Idol	-	-	-	UK6th silver (16 weeks)UK	US36 (13 weeks) US	Dance10 (18 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1982 Chart entry in UK only in July 1985 Author: Billy Idol
1984	Rebel Yell Rebel Yell	-	-	-	UK62 (4 weeks) UK	US46 (14 weeks) US	Dance50 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: October 24, 1983 Authors: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
	Eyes Without a Face Rebel Yell	DE10 (18 weeks) DE	-	CH21 (4 weeks) CH	UK18 (13 weeks) UK	US4 (22 weeks) US	Dance63 (2 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1984 Authors: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
	Flesh for Fantasy Rebel Yell	DE11 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH20 (9 weeks) CH	UK54 (3 weeks) UK	US29 (12 weeks) US	Dance21 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1984 Authors: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
	Catch My Fall Rebel Yell	DE11 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK63 (3 weeks) UK	US50 (11 weeks) US	-	First published: October 1984 Chart entry in UK only in August 1988 Authors: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
1985	Rebel Yell (Reissue) Rebel Yell	-	-	-	UK6 (14 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 1985
1986	To Be a Lover Whiplash Smile	DE28 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH7 (10 weeks) CH	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	US6 (18 weeks) US	-	First published: September 1986 Authors: Booker T. Jones , William Bell Original: William Bell, 1968
1987	Don't Need a Gun Whiplash Smile	DE36 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH29 (2 weeks) CH	UK26 (5 weeks) UK	US37 (9 weeks) US	Dance33 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1987 Author: Billy Idol
	Sweet Sixteen Whiplash Smile	DE2 (21 weeks) DE	AT5 (12 weeks) AT	CH12 (14 weeks) CH	UK17 (9 weeks) UK	US20 (14 weeks) US	-	First published: April 1987 Author: Billy Idol
	Mony Mony (Live)	DE38 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH13 (9 weeks) CH	UK7 (11 weeks) UK	US1 (22 weeks) US	-	First published: August 1987 Recording: Westlake Audio & Musicland West, July 1981
1988	Hot in the City (Exterminator Mix)	-	-	CH19 (5 weeks) CH	UK13 (10 weeks) UK	US23 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: December 1987
1990	Cradle of Love Charmed Life	DE38 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (6 weeks) CH	UK34 (4 weeks) UK	US2 gold (24 weeks)US	-	First published: April 1990 Author: David Werner
	LA Woman Charmed Life	-	-	-	UK70 (3 weeks) UK	US52 (9 weeks) US	-	First published: July 1990 Authors: Jim Morrison , John Densmore , Ray Manzarek , Robby Krieger Original: The Doors , 1971
	Prodigal Blues Charmed Life	-	-	-	UK47 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: December 1990 Author: Billy Idol
1993	Heroin cyberpunk	-	-	-	-	-	Dance16 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1993 Author: Lou Reed ; Original: The Velvet Underground , 1967
	Shock to the System Cyberpunk	-	-	CH37 (5 weeks) CH	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: June 1993 Authors: Billy Idol, Mark Younger-Smith
1994	Speed Speed ​​(OST)	-	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 1994 Authors: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
2005	Scream Devil’s Playground	DE54 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 2005 Authors: Billy Idol, Brian Tichy

More singles

1984: The Dead Next Door 1986: An Interview with BILLY IDOL 1986: Interview Oct. 23, 1986 (VAS 2610) 1986: Soul Standing By 1988: Catch My Fall - Re-Mix Fix 1993: Adam in Chains 1993: Wasteland 2005: Plastic Jesus 2005: Don't You (Forget About Me) 2005: Sherri

2006: In the Summertime ( Derek Sherinian feat. Billy Idol, Slash and Zakk Wylde ) 2006: Jingle Bell Rock 2006: White Christmas 2007: Club Wedding (Trashcan Jack vs. Billy Idol) 2008: John Wayne 2008: New Future Weapon 2014: Can't Break Me Down 2015: Save me Now

Guest Posts

• 2000: Into the Night (on the album Iommi by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi )

Video albums

1985: Vital Idol 1987: More Vital Idol 1987: Mony Mony 1990: Charmed Life 1993: Cyberpunk 2002: VH1 Storytellers - Live & Unplugged

2007: The Clips 2008: The Very Best of - Idolize Yourself 2008: Sight & Sound: Classic Performance Live (DVD + CD VH1 Storytellers ) 2009: The Videos 2009: Super Overdrive Live

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 albums DE5DE AT1AT CH4thCH UK3UK US3US Albums in the charts DE11DE AT7thAT CH11CH UK9UK US11US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE2DE AT2AT CH1CH UK3UK US4thUS Dance2Dance Singles in the charts DE9DE AT2AT CH9CH UK18thUK US13US Dance8thDance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Finland 1988: for the album Idol Songs - 11 of the Best 2001: for the album Greatest Hits  Canada 1983: for the single White Wedding 1985: for the single Flesh For Fantasy 1986: for the single To Be a Lover 1987: for the single Mony Mony  New Zealand 1988: for the album Vital Idol  Norway 2001: for the album Greatest Hits

Platinum record  Finland 1988: for the album Whiplash Smile  Canada 1983: for the album Billy Idol 1990: for the album Charmed Life  New Zealand 1984: for the album Billy Idol 1985: for the album Rebel Yell 1987: for the album Whiplash Smile 2001: for the album Greatest Hits

3 × platinum record  Canada 1990: for the album Whiplash Smile 4 × platinum record  Canada 1990: for the album Vital Idol 5 × platinum record  Canada 1985: for the album Rebel Yell

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)
Germany (BVMI)	-	5 × gold5	-	1,250,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	93,526	ifpi.fi
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	14 × platinum14th	1,600,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	67,500	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	7,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	1,120,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	19 × gold19th	27 × platinum27

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US
2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Billy Idol at Allmusic (English)
• Billy Idol at Discogs (English)
• Singles discography at 45cat.com
• Discography at rateyourmusic.com