Blondie (band) / discography

Blondie  - discography
Blondie, 2008
Publications
Studio albums	14th
Live albums	5
Compilations	23
Singles	36
Video albums	10

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American pop and rock band Blondie . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 16.4 million records to date, over seven million of them in her home country alone. Blondie's most successful release is the album The Best of Blondie with over 2.1 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
1978	Plastic letters	-	-	-	UK10 platinum (54 weeks)UK	US72 (17 weeks) US	First published: February 1978 Producer: Richard Gottehrer
	Parallel lines	DE9 (30 weeks) DE	AT24 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK1 platinum (114 weeks)UK	US6th platinum (103 weeks)US	First published: September 1978 No. 140 on the Rolling Stone 500 (2012 list) Producer: Mike Chapman
1979	Blondie	-	-	-	UK75 gold (1 week)UK	-	First published: December 1976 Producers: Richard Gottehrer, Craig Leon
	Eat to the beat	DE23 (8 weeks) DE	AT19 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK1 platinum (38 weeks)UK	US17th platinum (51 weeks)US	First published: October 1979 Producer: Mike Chapman
1980	AutoAmerican	DE42 (10 weeks) DE	AT18 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK3 platinum (16 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (43 weeks)US	First published: November 19, 1980 Billboard R&B charts: # 25 (7 weeks) Producer: Mike Chapman
1982	The Hunter	DE49 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (12 weeks) UK	US33 (12 weeks) US	First published: May 24, 1982 Producer: Mike Chapman
1999	No exit	DE18 (23 weeks) DE	AT20 (14 weeks) AT	CH21 (17 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (19 weeks)UK	US18 (15 weeks) US	First published: February 23, 1999 Producer: Craig Leon
2003	The Curse of Blondie	DE84 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK36 (2 weeks) UK	US160 (1 week) US	First published: October 2003 Producers: Craig Leon, Steve Thompson, Randy Nicklaus
2011	Panic of Girls	-	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	-	First published: July 2011 Producers: Jeff Saltzman, Kato Khandwala
2014	4 (0) Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download	DE44 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK16 silver (2 weeks)UK	US109 (1 week) US	First release: May 13th, 2014 double album
2017	Pollinator	DE21 (2 weeks) DE	AT27 (2 weeks) AT	CH22 (3 weeks) CH	UK4 (5 weeks) UK	US63 (1 week) US	Initial release: May 5, 2017 Producer: John Congleton

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More studio albums

• 1981: At Home with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (Interview LP, Promo for the album AutoAmerican )
• 1995: X-Offenders
• 2000: Is the Name of a Band (2 CDs)

Live albums

• 1997: Picture This Live
• 1999: Blondie Live
• 2004: Live by Request (release: September 14th)
• 2006: Live in Toronto (release: August 21)
• 2010: Blondie at the BBC (release: October 4th)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1981	The best of blondie	-	-	-	UK4th gold (39 weeks)UK	US30th × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: October 1981
1988	Once more into the bleach	-	-	-	UK50 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1988 as a Debbie Harry and Blondie remix album; Billboard Dance Charts: # 46 (2 weeks)
1991	The Complete Picture: The Very Best Of	-	-	-	UK3 (22 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1991 as Deborah Harry and Blondie
1995	Beautiful: The Remix Album	-	-	-	UK25 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1995
1998	Atomic / Atomix: The Very Best of Blondie	-	-	-	UK12 platinum (54 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 1998
2002	Greatest hits	-	-	-	UK38 platinum (31 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 2002

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More compilations

• 1981: Blondie's Hits
• 1983: Encounters with Blondie (2 LPs)
• 1993: Blonde and Beyond
• 1994: The Platinum Collection (UK:silver)
• 1995: Remixed Remade Remodeled
• 1996: Denis / Reissue 1997: The Essential Collection (UK:silver)
• 1998: Picture This: The Essential Blondie Collection (UK:gold)
• 1999: Call Me
• 2004: Singles Box (box with 15 single CDs)
• 2004: Blondie Singles Collection: 1977–1982 (2 CDs)
• 2005: Greatest Hits: Sight & Sound / Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision
• 2005: Personal Collection
• 2007: Platinum
• 2008: Collection
• 2009: 10 great songs
• 2011: Original Album Classics (box with 3 CDs)
• 2011: Essential ( Reissue from Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie ; UK:gold)

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
1978	Denis Plastic Letters	DE9 (15 weeks) DE	AT10 (16 weeks) AT	-	UK2 gold (14 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: February 1978 Author: Neil Levenson
	(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear Plastic Letters	-	-	-	UK10 (9 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: April 1978 Author: Gary Valentine
	Picture This Parallel Lines	-	-	-	UK12 silver (11 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: August 1978 Authors: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry , Jimmy Destri
	Hanging on the Telephone Parallel Lines	-	-	-	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: October 1978 Author: Jack Lee
1979	Heart of Glass Parallel Lines	DE1 gold (28 weeks)DE	AT1 (20 weeks) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (15 weeks)UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US	Dance58 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1979 No. 259 on the Rolling Stone 500 (2010 list) Authors: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry
	Sunday Girl Parallel Lines	DE6 (18 weeks) DE	AT5 (12 weeks) AT	CH5 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (13 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: May 1979 Author: Chris Stein
	One Way or Another Parallel Lines	-	-	-	UK98 silver (1 week)UK	US24 (14 weeks) US	-	First published: May 1979 No. 305 on the Rolling Stone 500 (list 2010) Chart entry in UK only in March 2013 Authors: Nigel Harrison, Deborah Harry
	Dreaming Eat to the Beat	DE26 (13 weeks) DE	AT18 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK2 silver (8 weeks)UK	US27 (14 weeks) US	-	First published: September 1979 Authors: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry
	Union City Blue Eat to the Beat	DE54 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: November 1979 Authors: Nigel Harrison, Deborah Harry
1980	The Hardest Part Eat to the Beat	-	-	-	-	US84 (3 weeks) US	-	First published: January 1980 Authors: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry
	Call Me American Gigolo - Soundtrack	DE14 (20 weeks) DE	AT5 (12 weeks) AT	CH3 (15 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (10 weeks)UK	US1 gold (25 weeks)US	-	First published in US: February 1980 / UK: April 1980 Number 289 on the Rolling Stone 500 (list 2010) Authors: Giorgio Moroder , Deborah Harry
	Atomic Eat to the Beat	DE20 (14 weeks) DE	AT5 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK1 gold (9 weeks)UK	US39 (9 weeks) US	-	First published UK: February 1980 / US: April 1980 Authors: Jimmy Destri, Deborah Harry
	The Tide Is High AutoAmerican	DE15 (19 weeks) DE	AT6 (14 weeks) AT	CH5 (9 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (12 weeks)UK	US1 gold (26 weeks)US	Dance1 (25 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1980 Author: Duke Reid Original: The Paragons , 1967
1981	Rapture AutoAmerican	DE40 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 (8 weeks) UK	US1 gold (20 weeks)US[Dance: ↑]		First published: January 1981 Billboard R&B Charts: 33rd place (10 weeks) Authors: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry
1982	Island of Lost Souls The Hunter	DE66 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	US37 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: April 1982 Authors: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry
	Was Child The Hunter	-	-	-	UK39 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: July 1982 Author: Nigel Harrison
1988	Denis (The '88 Remix) Once More into the Bleach	-	-	-	UK50 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 1988 Remix: Dancin 'Danny D
1989	Call Me (The Ben Liebrand Remix) Once More into the Bleach	-	-	-	UK61 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: February 1989 Remix: Ben Liebrand
1994	Atomic (Remix) Beautiful: The Remix Album	-	-	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	-	Dance1 (12 weeks) Dance	First release: August 1994 Remix: Diddy
	Rapture (Remix) Beautiful: The Remix Album	-	-	-	-	-	Dance8 (13 weeks) Dance	First release: October 1994 Remix: K-Klass
1995	Heart of Glass (Remix) Beautiful: The Remix Album	-	-	-	-	-	Dance7 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1995 Remixes: Diddy, K-Klass
1999	Maria No Exit	DE3 platinum (25 weeks)DE	AT2 (16 weeks) AT	CH3 (27 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (17 weeks)UK	US82 (6 weeks) US	Dance9 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1999 Author: Jimmy Destri
	Nothing Is Real but the Girl No Exit	DE89 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK26 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: May 1999 Authors: Jimmy Destri, Deborah Harry
2003	Good Boys The Curse of Blondie	DE93 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	-	Dance7 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: September 2003 Authors: Kevin Griffin, Deborah Harry
2006	Rapture Riders Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision	-	-	-	-	-	Dance10 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: March 2006 Blondie vs. The Doors Mashup from Rapture and Jim Morrison's voice from Riders on the Storm
2017	Fun pollinator	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: February 1, 2017 Authors: David Sitek, Deborah Harry, Chris Stein

More singles

• 1976: X Offender
• 1976: Man Overboard
• 1976: In the Flesh
• 1976: Rip Her to Shreds
• 1978: I'm Gonna Love You Too
• 1982: Yuletide Throw Down (Rapture) (Blondie co-starring Freddie the Brattles Snuky Tate)
• 1988: Rapture (The Teddy Riley Remix)
• 1995: Atomic (Diddy Remix)
• 1995: Union City Blue (Diddy's Remix)
• 2017: Long Time (release: March 24th)

Video albums

• 1980: Eat to the Beat
• 1981: The Best of Blondie
• 1983: Blondie Live! (UK:platinum)
• 1991: The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie
• 1999: Blondie Live
• 1999: Behind the Music (Documentation)
• 2002: Greatest Video Hits (UK, US:gold)
• 2004: Blondie
• 2004: Live by Request
• 2005: Video hits

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  Dance Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US-US Dance-Dance Top 10 albums DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK8thUK US2US Dance-Dance Albums in the charts DE7thDE AT4thAT CH1CH UK16UK US9US Dance1Dance

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  Dance Number one singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK5UK US4thUS Dance3Dance Top 10 singles DE4thDE AT7thAT CH5CH UK11UK US4thUS Dance8thDance Singles in the charts DE13DE AT8thAT CH5CH UK21stUK US10US Dance9Dance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 1999: for the single Maria  France 1978: for the single Heart of Glass  Italy 2019: for the single Call Me  New Zealand 1979: for the album Eat to the Beat 1981: for the album AutoAmerican 1981: for the single The Tide Is High  Netherlands 1978: for the album Plastic Letters 1978: for the single Denis 1979: for the album Parallel Lines  Spain 1999: for the album No Exit

Platinum record  Canada 1980: for the single Call Me 1981: for the single The Tide Is High  New Zealand 1979: for the album Parallel Lines 1982: for the album The Best of Blondie 1991: for the album The Complete Picture: The Very Best Of  Sweden 1999: for the single Maria

2 × platinum record  Canada 1979: for the single Heart of Glass 1980: for the album Eat to the Beat 3 × platinum record  Canada 1981: for the album AutoAmerican 4 × platinum record  Canada 1980: for the album Parallel Lines

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)
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	750,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	500,000	infodisc.fr
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	13 × platinum13	1,300,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	67,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	300,000	nvpi.nl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	50,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	7,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × silver9	11 × gold11	8 × platinum8th	6,335,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	9 × silver9	27 × gold27	31 × platinum31

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ↑ RS500 albums (list 2012)
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .
7. ↑ ^{a b c} RS500 Songs (List 2010)

Web links

• Blondie at Allmusic (English)
• Blondie at Discogs (English)
• Bondie at 45cat.com