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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
		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 Quadruple platinum (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 Triple platinum (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 Quadruple platinum (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
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

Golden record  Australia 1997: for the album Blur 1997: for the single Song 2 2000: for the album The Best Of  Denmark 2004: for the album Blur  France 1996: for the album The Great Escape  Canada 1996: for the album Park Life 1997: for the album The Great Escape 1999: for the album 13  New Zealand 2000: for the album The Best Of  Norway 1996: for the album The Great Escape 1996: for the single Country House  Sweden 2000: for the album The Great Escape  Spain 1999: for the album 13

Platinum record  Europe 1996: for the album Park Life 1996: for the album The Great Escape 1998: for the album Blur 2001: for the album The Best Of  Italy 2018: for the single Song 2  Canada 1997: for the album Blur  New Zealand 1998: for the album Blur 1999: for the album 13  Spain 1996: for the album The Great Escape 1997: for the album Blur

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)
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

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US