Billy Ocean / discography

Billy Ocean, 2012

This discography is an overview of the released records of the British pop singer Billy Ocean . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 10.4 million records in his career, including over 2.5 million in his home country alone. The most successful release by Billy Ocean is the album Suddenly with over 2.4 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	R&B
1981	Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)	-	-	-	-	US152 (3 weeks) US	R&B27 (13 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1981 Producers: Ken Gold, Nigel Martinez
1982	Inner feelings	-	-	-	-	-	R&B53 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1982 Producers: Billy Ocean, Nigel Martinez
1984	Suddenly	DE43 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 gold (59 weeks)UK	US9 × 2 Double platinum (86 weeks)US	R&B3 (70 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1984 Producer: Keith Diamond
1986	Love zone	DE33 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (32 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)US	R&B1 (43 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1986 Producers: Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite
1988	Tear Down These Walls	DE17 (13 weeks) DE	AT28 (4 weeks) AT	CH10 (10 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (13 weeks)UK	US18th platinum (31 weeks)US	R&B7 (35 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1988 Producers: Robert John Lange , Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

• 1976: Billy Ocean
• 1980: City Limit
• 1993: Time to Move On
• 2008: Because I Love You
• 2013: Here You Are
• 2020: One World

Live albums

• 2008: Billy Ocean Live
• 2014: Live in the UK 2014 (Recorded Live 8th May 2014, Hull City Hall, Hull) (2 CDs)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1989	Greatest hits	-	-	-	UK4th platinum (17 weeks)UK	US77 platinum (16 weeks)US	R&B65 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1989
1997	LIFE - Love Is for Ever	-	AT50 (1 week) AT	-	UK7th gold (21 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: August 1997
2003	Let's Get Back Together - The Love Songs	-	-	-	UK69 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: February 2003
2004	Ultimate Collection	-	-	-	UK28 silver (4 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: June 2004
2010	The very best of	-	-	-	UK17th gold (7 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: April 2010
2013	SOUL: Billy Ocean	-	-	-	-	-	R&B106 (1 week) R&B	First published: January 2013
2016	The Real ... Billy Ocean: The Ultimate Collection	-	-	-	UK59 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: January 13, 2015
2016	Here You Are + The Best Of	-	-	-	UK4th silver (12 weeks)UK	-	-	First release: April 29, 2016 double album

More compilations

1983: Billy Ocean 1985: The Early Years 1986: Emotions in Motion 1987: Red Light 1988: The Billy Ocean Collection 1989: Love Really Hurts Without You 1991: Best Remixes 1991: The Collection 1993: Lover Boy 1994: Greatest Hits

1996: Love Really Hurts Without You 1997: Greatest Hits 2000: Love Really Hurts Without You 2002: The Billy Ocean Collection 2009: The Best Of 2010: Decades of Hits 2013: The Collection (2 CDs) 2013: Playlist: The Very Best of Billy Ocean

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
1976	Love Really Hurts Without You Billy Ocean	DE16 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 gold (10 weeks)UK	US22 (11 weeks) US	-	-	First published: January 23, 1976 Authors: Ben Findon, Les Charles
	LOD (Love on Delivery) Billy Ocean	DE30 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK19 (8 weeks) UK	-	R&B55 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 18, 1976 Authors: Ben Findon, Les Charles
	Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before) Billy Ocean	-	-	-	UK12 (11 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: October 8, 1976 Authors: Ben Findon, Les Charles, Mike Myers
1977	Red Light Spells Danger Billy Ocean	DE15 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (10 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First published: March 11, 1977 Authors: Ben Findon, Les Charles
1979	American Hearts City Limit	-	-	-	UK54 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: August 3, 1979 Authors: Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker
1980	Are You Ready City Limit	DE37 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK42 (7 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance83 (2 weeks) Dance	First published: November 30, 1979 Authors: Ken Gold, Billy Ocean
	Stay the Night City Limit	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	Dance4 (21 weeks) Dance	First published: April 4, 1980 Authors: Ken Gold, Billy Ocean
1981	Night (Feel Like Getting Down) Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B7 (19 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: October 1980 Authors: Nigel Martinez, Billy Ocean
	Another Day Won't Matter Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B66 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1981 Authors: Ken Gold, Billy Ocean
1982	Calypso Funkin ' Inner Feelings	-	-	-	-	-	R&B72 (5 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1982 Authors: Nigel Martinez, Josie James, Billy Ocean
1984	Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) Suddenly	-	-	-	UK6th silver (15 weeks)UK	US1 gold (26 weeks)US	R&B1 (27 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (16 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1984 Grammy (R&B vocals, male) Authors: Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean
	European Queen (No More Love on the Run) Suddenly (European Version)	DE2 (14 weeks) DE	AT20 (6 weeks) AT	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK82 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: May 1984 Authors: Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean
	Loverboy Suddenly	DE12 (16 weeks) DE	AT6 (12 weeks) AT	CH13 (8 weeks) CH	UK15 (10 weeks) UK	US2 (21 weeks) US	R&B20 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: November 1984 Authors: Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert Lange
1985	Suddenly Suddenly	DE50 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th silver (14 weeks)UK	US4 (22 weeks) US	R&B5 (20 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1985 Authors: Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean
	Mystery Lady Suddenly	-	-	-	UK49 (5 weeks) UK	US24 (15 weeks) US	R&B10 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1985 Authors: Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, James Woodley
	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Love Zone	DE2 (17 weeks) DE	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (16 weeks)UK	US2 (23 weeks) US	R&B6 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance31 (5 weeks) Dance	First published: November 1985 from the soundtrack of the film In the Hunt for the Jewel of the Nile Authors: Barry Eastmond, Billy Ocean, Robert Lange, Wayne Brathwaite
1986	There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) Love Zone	DE36 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (13 weeks) UK	US1 (21 weeks) US	R&B1 (21 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1986 Authors: Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite, Billy Ocean
	Hold on Brother	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance48 (2 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1986 Author: Ben Findon Remix: John Morales, Sergio Munzibai
	Love Zone Love Zone	DE73 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK49 (3 weeks) UK	US10 (16 weeks) US	R&B1 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1986 Authors: Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite, Billy Ocean
	Bittersweet Love Zone	-	-	-	UK44 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: September 1986 Authors: Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite, Billy Ocean
	Love is forever	-	-	-	UK34 (8 weeks) UK	-	R&B10 (16 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1986 Authors: Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite, Billy Ocean
	Love Really Hurts Without You (1986 Mix) Red Light	-	-	-	UK81 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: November 1986 Remix: Dave Ford
1988	Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Tear Down These Walls	DE3 (18 weeks) DE	AT8 (14 weeks) AT	CH3 (13 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (11 weeks)UK	US1 (20 weeks) US	R&B1 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance25 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1988 Authors: Billy Ocean, Robert Lange
	Calypso Crazy Tear Down These Walls	-	-	-	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: April 1988 Authors: Billy Ocean, Robert Lange
	The Color of Love Tear Down These Walls	-	-	-	UK65 (3 weeks) UK	US17 (16 weeks) US	R&B10 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1988 Authors: Barry Eastmond, Billy Ocean, Jolyon Skinner, Wayne Brathwaite
	Tear Down These Walls Tear Down These Walls	-	-	-	-	-	R&B27 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1988 Authors: Billy Ocean, Robert Lange, Teddy Riley
	Stand and Deliver Tear Down These Walls	-	-	-	UK97 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First published: October 1988 Authors: Barry Eastmond, Billy Ocean, Jolyon Skinner, Wayne Brathwaite
1989	License to Chill Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK	US32 (9 weeks) US	R&B33 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First publication: September 1989 Authors: Billy Ocean, Robert Lange
1990	I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed) Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	-	R&B60 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1990 Rap: The Fresh Prince , Mimi Authors: Phil Nicholas, Robert Lange, Will Smith
1993	Pressure Time to Move On	-	-	-	UK55 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: January 1993 Authors: Clevie Browne, Wycliffe Johnson, Billy Ocean
	Everything's so Different Without You Time to Move On	-	-	-	-	-	R&B91 (3 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1993 Authors: Billy Ocean, R. Kelly

More singles

1975: Whose Little Girl Are You (released August 8th) 1976: Tell Him to Move Over 1978: Everything's Changed (released March 17th) 1982: I Can't Stop (released June) 1985: On the Run (The Battle Is Over) 1985: The Long and Winding Road (release: October) 1988: Red Light Spells Danger

1993: Pick Up the Pieces (Put It Back) 1994: Love Really Hurts Without You (Remix '94) 2003: Baby Can I Hold You? 2009: Can't Take It 2009: Because I Love You 2013: Having a Party

Video albums

• 1987: In London
• 1989: The Greatest Hits
• 1989: Tear Down These Hits
• 1991: Live in London

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK6thUK US2US R&B3R&B Albums in the charts DE3DE AT2AT CH2CH UK10UK US5US R&B7thR&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US3US R&B4thR&B Dance2Dance Top 10 singles DE3DE AT3AT CH3CH UK6thUK US7thUS R&B10R&B Dance3Dance Singles in the charts DE12DE AT4thAT CH4thCH UK23UK US11US R&B18thR&B Dance7thDance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1985: for the single Caribbean Queen 1985: for the single Loverboy 1988: for the single Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Platinum record  Canada 1988: for the album Tear Down These Walls 1991: for the album Greatest Hits  Netherlands 1986: for the single When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

2 × platinum record  Canada 1986: for the album Love Zone 3 × platinum record  Canada 1988: for the album Suddenly

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)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	850,000	musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	7,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	7 × gold7th	platinum1	2,520,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	11 × gold11	15 × platinum15th

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US
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

• Billy Ocean at Allmusic (English)
• Billy Ocean at Discogs (English)