Billy Talent / discography

Billy Talent  - discography
Billy Talent (2007)
Publications
Studio albums	6th
Live albums	2
Compilations	2
EPs	5
Singles	26th
Video albums	3
Music videos	23

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Canadian rock band Billy Talent and their pseudonyms such as Pezz . According to the sources, they have sold more than 1.9 million records in their careers. The most successful release by Billy Talent is the third studio album Billy Talent II with around 580,000 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	CA
1999	Watoosh!	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 23, 1999 as Pezz
2003	Billy Talent	DE97 platinum (2 weeks)DE	AT38 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK- silver UK	US194 (1 week) US	CA6th × 3 Triple platinum (101 weeks)CA	First published: September 16, 2003 Sales: + 560,000
2006	Billy Talent II	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (66 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (84 weeks)AT	CH31 (39 weeks) CH	UK46 silver (2 weeks)UK	US134 (1 week) US	CA1 × 3 Triple platinum (65 weeks)CA	First published: June 23, 2006 Sales: + 580,000
2009	Billy Talent III	DE2 platinum (28 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH3 (14 weeks) CH	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	US107 (1 week) US	CA1 × 2 Double platinum (53 weeks)CA	First published: July 10, 2009 Sales: + 270,000
2012	Dead Silence	DE1 gold (15 weeks)DE	AT2 (10 weeks) AT	CH3 (8 weeks) CH	UK23 (1 week) UK	US135 (1 week) US	CA1 platinum (5 weeks)CA	First published: September 7th, 2012 Sales: + 180,000
2016	Afraid of Heights	DE1 (13 weeks) DE	AT1 (10 weeks) AT	CH1 (10 weeks) CH	UK23 (1 week) UK	US62 (... weeks) US	CA1 (7 weeks) CA	First published: July 29, 2016

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2007	666 Live	DE31 (6 weeks) DE	AT17 (12 weeks) AT	-	-	-	-	First published: November 23, 2007

More live albums

• 2006: Try Honesty Live

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2014	Hits	DE69 (1 week) DE	-	CH79 (1 week) CH	-	-	CA15 (1 week) CA	First published: October 31, 2014

More compilations

• 2008: 2 in 1: Billy Talent / Billy Talent II

EPs

• 1993: Demoluca (as Pezz )
• 1994: Dudebox (as Pezz )
• 2003: Try Honesty / Living in the Shadows
• 2009: Rusted from the Rain EP
• 2010: iTunes Session

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2003	Try honesty billy talent	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: July 1, 2003
2004	The Ex Billy Talent	-	-	-	UK61 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: March 29, 2004
	River Below Billy Talent	-	-	-	UK70 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: July 5, 2004
2006	Devil in a Midnight Mass Billy Talent II	-	-	-	UK66 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: June 15, 2006
	Red Flag Billy Talent II	DE34 (13 weeks) DE	AT19 (21 weeks) AT	-	UK49 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: September 11, 2006
2007	Fallen Leaves Billy Talent II	DE35 (10 weeks) DE	AT34 (19 weeks) AT	CH91 (1 week) CH	-	-	CA73 (3 weeks) CA	First published: January 19, 2007
	Whirring Billy Talent II	DE46 (9 weeks) DE	AT45 (15 weeks) AT	-	-	-	CA22 (20 weeks) CA	First published: June 15, 2007
	This Suffering Billy Talent II	-	-	-	-	-	CA93 (4 weeks) CA	First published: November 26, 2007
2008	Turn Your Back single track	-	AT50 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	CA23 (4 weeks) CA	First release: September 11th, 2008 feat. Anti flag
2009	Rusted from the Rain Billy Talent III	DE14 (12 weeks) DE	AT19 (13 weeks) AT	CH53 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	CA9 (20 weeks) CA	First published: June 5, 2009
	Devil on My Shoulder Billy Talent III	-	-	-	-	-	CA46 (20 weeks) CA	First published: August 26, 2009
2010	Saint Veronica Billy Talent III	-	-	-	-	-	CA62 (9 weeks) CA	First published: April 5, 2010
	Diamond on a Landmine Billy Talent III	-	-	-	-	-	CA88 (7 weeks) CA	First published: June 22, 2010
2012	Viking Death March Dead Silence	-	-	-	-	-	CA69 (6 weeks) CA	First published: May 25, 2012
	Surprise, Surprise Dead Silence	DE77 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	CA77 (10 weeks) CA	First published: August 7, 2012
2013	Stand Up and Run Dead Silence	-	-	-	-	-	CA90 (4 weeks) CA	First published: February 6, 2013

Note: The rankings in Canada relate to the unofficial Canadian Hot 100 , which are published by Billboard , as the data for the official Canadian music charts cannot be used.

more publishments

• 2004: Nothing to Lose
• 2014: Kingdom of Zod
• 2014: Chasing the Sun
• 2016: Afraid of Heights
• 2016: Louder Than the DJ
• 2016: Big Red Gun
• 2017: Time-Bomb Ticking Away
• 2017: Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats
• 2019: Forgiveness I + II
• 2020: Reckless Paradise

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

• 2005: Scandalous Travelers (Sales: + 10,000; CA:platinum)
• 2007: Billy Talent 666 Live
• 2014: Billy Talent Hits

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
2003	Try honesty	Sean Michael Turrell
2004	The Ex	Billy Talent, Shawn Maher
	River Below	Sean Michael Turrell
	Nothing to lose	Sean Michael Turrell
2006	Devil in a Midnight Mass	Sean Michael Turrell
	Red flag	Floria Sigismondi
	Fallen Leaves	Dean Karr
2007	Surrender	Phil Harder
	The Navy Song
	This suffering	Pierre & Francois Lamoureux
2009	Rusted from the Rain	Wayne Isham
	Devil on my shoulder	Howard Greenhalgh
2010	Saint Veronica	Michael Maxxis
	Diamond on a landmine	Michael Maxxis
	Prisoners of Today	Dustin Rabin
2012	Viking Death March	Michael Maxxis
	Surprise surprise	Michael Maxxis
2013	Stand up and run	Phil Harder
	Show me the way	Alon Isocianu
	Runnin 'Across the Tracks	Alon Isocianu
2014	Kingdom of Zod
2015	Chasing the sun	Phil Harder
2016	Afraid of Heights	Alon Isocianu

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  CA Number one albums DE3DE AT1AT CH1CH UK-UK US-US CA4thCA Top 10 albums DE4thDE AT4thAT CH3CH UK-UK US-US CA5CA Albums in the charts DE7thDE AT6thAT CH5CH UK4thUK US5US CA6thCA

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  CA Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US CA-CA Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US CA1CA Singles in the charts DE5DE AT5AT CH2CH UK5UK US-US CA11CA

Awards for music sales

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)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	900,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	-	10 × platinum10	850,000	musiccanada.com
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	30,000	ifpi.at
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	-	120,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	2 × gold2	15 × platinum15th

swell

1. ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html ( Memento from August 31, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html ( Memento from September 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html ( Memento from July 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Director of Try Honesty
5. ^ Director of The Ex
6. ↑ Director of River Below
7. ↑ Director of Nothing to Lose
8. ↑ Director of Devil in a Midnight Mass
9. ^ Director of Red Flag
10. ^ Director of Fallen Leaves
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Director of Surrender , Stand Up and Run and Chasing the Sun
12. ^ Director of This Suffering
13. ^ Director of Rusted from the Rain
14. ↑ Director of Devil on My Shoulder
15. ↑ ^{a b c d} Director of Saint Veronika , Diamond on a Landmine , Viking Death March & Surprise Surprise
16. ^ Director of Prisoners of Today
17. ↑ ^{a b c} Director of Show Me the Way , Runnin 'Across the Tracks & Afraid of Heights

Web links

• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US / CA CA singles