Blur / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British alternative rock - and Britpop - band Blur . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 9.4 million records to date, over 7.4 million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release from Blur is the album Parklife with over 1.2 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1991 | Leisure | - | - | - |
UK7th
gold
(22 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 26, 1991
|
1993 | Modern Life Is Rubbish | - | - | - |
UK15th
gold
(19 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 10, 1993
|
1994 | Parklife | - | - | - |
UK1 × 4
(119 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: April 25, 1994
|
1995 | The Great Escape |
DE35 (19 weeks) DE |
AT21 (22 weeks) AT |
CH26 (7 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 3
(56 weeks)UK |
US150 (1 week) US |
First published: September 11, 1995
|
1997 | Blur |
DE23 (15 weeks) DE |
AT21 (10 weeks) AT |
CH17 (10 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(75 weeks)UK |
US61
gold
(37 weeks)US |
First published: February 10, 1997
|
1999 | 13 |
DE6 (9 weeks) DE |
AT12 (8 weeks) AT |
CH12 (6 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(34 weeks)UK |
US80 (5 weeks) US |
First published: March 15, 1999
|
2003 | Think tank |
DE8 (8 weeks) DE |
AT19 (8 weeks) AT |
CH9 (7 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(14 weeks)UK |
US56 (3 weeks) US |
First published: May 5, 2003
|
2015 | The Magic Whip |
DE3 (5 weeks) DE |
AT2 (5 weeks) AT |
CH4 (7 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
US24 (2 weeks) US |
First published: April 24, 2015
|
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2000 | The best of |
DE35 (5 weeks) DE |
AT25 (6 weeks) AT |
CH31 (5 weeks) CH |
UK3 × 4
(58 weeks)UK |
US186 (1 week) US |
First release: October 30, 2000
incl. Live-CD, recorded on December 12, 1999 at Wembley Arena |
2009 | Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur | - | - | - |
UK20th
gold
(6 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 15, 2009
|
2012 | Blur 21: The Box |
DE63 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK71 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: July 30, 2012
|
More compilations
- 1994: The Special Collectors Edition
- 1998: Bustin '+ Dronin'
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2009 | All the People: Live at Hyde Park 02/07 | - | - | - |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: August 2009
|
All the People: Live at Hyde Park 03/07 | - | - | - |
UK44 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: August 2009
|
|
2012 | Parklive | - | - | - |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: August 13, 2012
|
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 | |||
1990 | She's So High Leisure |
- | - | - |
UK48 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 15, 1990
|
1991 | There's No Other Way Leisure |
- | - | - |
UK8 (8 weeks) UK |
US82 (6 weeks) US |
First published: April 15, 1991
|
Bang Leisure |
- | - | - |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 29, 1991
|
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1992 | Pop scene | - | - | - |
UK32 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 30, 1992
|
1993 | For Tomorrow Modern Life Is Rubbish |
- | - | - |
UK28 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 19, 1993
|
Chemical World Modern Life Is Rubbish |
- | - | - |
UK28 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 28, 1993
|
|
Sunday Sunday Modern Life Is Rubbish |
- | - | - |
UK26 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 4, 1993
|
|
1994 | Girls & Boys Parklife |
- | - | - |
UK5
gold
(8 weeks)UK |
US59 (15 weeks) US |
First published: March 7, 1994
|
To the End Parklife |
- | - | - |
UK16 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 30, 1994
|
|
Parklife Parklife |
- | - | - |
UK10
gold
(8 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 22, 1994
|
|
End of a Century Parklife |
- | - | - |
UK19 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 7, 1994
|
|
1995 | Country House The Great Escape |
- | - |
CH26 (17 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(14 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 14, 1995
|
The Universal The Great Escape |
- | - | - |
UK5
silver
(11 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 13, 1995
|
|
1996 | Stereotypes The Great Escape |
- | - | - |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 12, 1996
|
Charmless Man The Great Escape |
- | - | - |
UK5 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 29, 1996
|
|
1997 | Beetlebum Blur |
DE85 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK1
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: January 20, 1997
|
Song 2 Blur |
- | - | - |
UK2
platinum
(7 weeks)UK |
US55 (11 weeks) US |
First published: April 7, 1997
|
|
On Your Own Blur |
- | - | - |
UK5 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 16, 1997
|
|
MOR Blur |
- | - | - |
UK15 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 15, 1997
|
|
1999 | Tender 13 |
DE94 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH45 (1 week) CH |
UK2
gold
(11 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: February 22, 1999
|
Coffee & TV 13 |
- | - | - |
UK11
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 28, 1999
|
|
No Distance Left to Run 13 |
- | - | - |
UK14 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 15, 1999
|
|
2000 | Music Is My Radar The Best Of |
- | - | - |
UK10 (12 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 16, 2000
|
2003 | Out of time think tank |
DE75 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH97 (1 week) CH |
UK5 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 14, 2003
|
Crazy Beat Think Tank |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK18 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 7, 2003
|
|
Good song think tank |
- | - | - |
UK22 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 6, 2003
|
|
2012 | Under the Westway |
- | - | - |
UK34 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 2, 2012
|
Fan Club Singles
- 1996: Death of a Party
- 1997: I Love Her
- 1998: Close
- 2000: Sing (to Me)
- 2001: B-Sides Gig EP
- 2002: Won't Do It / Come Together
- 2003: Colors
- 2005: Some Glad Morning
Collaborations
- 1994: Girls and Boys on the Pet Shop Boys single Paninaro
- 1998: Massive Attack - Angel (Blur Remix by Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon)
- 2001: Kissin 'Time on Marianne Faithfull - Kissin' Time
Other publications
- 1991: High Cool (Easy Listening Mix) (at The Food Xmas Party 1991 )
- 1992: Maggie May (on NME: Ruby Trax )
- 1992: The Wassailing Song (7 ″ single not included on any LP)
- 1993: Substitute (on WHO covers who tribute album)
- 1993: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello cover (on Peace Together Sampler)
- 1993: Advert - Mark Goodier's BBC Session (on Five Alive Take Two - given away with Melody Maker)
- 1995: A Little Lift Music (on The Help album )
- 1996: Damon Albarn - Closet Romantic (on Trainspotting OST)
- 1996: Live at the Budokan (double CD)
- 1998: Cowboy Song (on Dead Man On Campus east)
- 1999: Song 2 - Live on KNDD 107.7 The End (on End Sessions )
- 1999: 10 Year Anniversary Box Set (22 CD singles with all extra tracks 1989–1999)
- 2000: Music Is My Radar (single for best-of compilation)
- 2002: Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb (7 ″ single not included on any LP)
- 2002: Waterloo Sunset by Ray Davies & Damon Albarn (on This Is Where I Belong - The Songs Of Ray Davies & The Kinks )
- 2002: Girls & Boys - A Special Mash-up Mix (on 2 Many DJ's - As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 3 )
- 2003: Money Makes Me Crazy - Deepest Darkest Devon Mix (on Benicassim 2003 Sampler)
- 2003: The Observer Exclusive: Blur
- 2004: Put It Back Together Feat. Damon Albarn (on Fatboy Slim - Palookaville )
- 2007: Feel Free feat. Damon Albarn (on Kano - London Town )
- 2007: Paul Weller - This Old Town (Feat. Graham Coxon)
- 2009: Saturday Comes Slow Feat. Damon Albarn (on Massive Attack - Heligoland )
- 2009: Blur Live 2009 (CD included with Sunday Times magazine )
- 2010: Fool's Day (Limited 7 ″ single)
Video albums
- 1993: Starshaped (UK:gold)
- 1995: Showtime (UK:gold)
- 1999: No Distance Left to Run (The Making of)
- 2000: The Best Of (UK:gold)
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 105,000 | aria.com.au |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 20,000 | ifpi.dk |
Europe (IFPI) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | (4,000,000) | ifpi.org |
France (SNEP) | - | gold1 | - | 100,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | - | platinum1 | 50,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 250,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 37,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
Norway (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 25,000 | ifpi.no |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 40,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 250,000 | Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 |
United States (RIAA) | - | gold1 | - | 500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | 11 × gold11 | 15 × platinum15th | 7,475,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × silver3 | 25 × gold25th | 25 × platinum25th |