Bruce Springsteen / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rock musician Bruce Springsteen . According to the sources, he has sold more than 120 million records in his career, including over 71.2 million in his home country alone, making him one of the performers with the most records sold worldwide . Bruce Springsteen's most successful release is the album Born in the USA with around 30 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1973 | Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ | - | - | - |
UK41 1
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US60 × 2
(43 weeks)US |
First published
: Jan 5, 1973 Sales: 2,095,000 |
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle | - | - | - |
UK33 1
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US59 × 2
(34 weeks)US |
First published: September 11, 1973
Sales: 2,095,000 |
|
1975 | Born to Run | - | - | - |
UK17th
platinum
(51 weeks)UK |
US3 × 6
(110 weeks)US |
First published
: Aug 25, 1975 Sales: 6,930,000 |
1978 | Darkness on the Edge of Town | - | - | - |
UK14th
gold
(41 weeks)UK |
US5 × 3
(104 weeks)US |
First published: June 2, 1978
Sales: 3,377,500 |
1980 | The River |
DE31
gold
(12 weeks)DE |
- |
CH36 (3 weeks) CH |
UK2
platinum
(89 weeks)UK |
US1 × 5
(110 weeks)US |
First published
: Oct 17, 1980. Sales: 6,215,000 |
1982 | Nebraska |
DE37 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH73 (1 week) CH |
UK3
gold
(19 weeks)UK |
US3
platinum
(32 weeks)US |
First published: September 20, 1982
Sales: 1,835,000 |
1984 | Born in the USA |
DE1 × 2
(85 weeks)DE |
AT1 (61 weeks) AT |
CH1 × 3
(68 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 3
(135 weeks)UK |
US1 × 5
(142 weeks)US |
First published: June 4, 1984
Sales: 30,000,000 [1] |
1987 | Tunnel of love |
DE3
gold
(39 weeks)DE |
AT6 (2 months) AT |
CH2
platinum
(29 weeks)CH |
UK1
platinum
(33 weeks)UK |
US1 × 3
(45 weeks)US |
First published: October 9, 1987
Sales: 4,855,716 |
1992 | Human touch |
DE2
gold
(25 weeks)DE |
AT1
gold
(16 weeks)AT |
CH1
platinum
(19 weeks)CH |
UK1
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
US2
platinum
(27 weeks)US |
First published: March 31, 1992
Sales: 2,073,127 |
Lucky Town |
DE4th
gold
(25 weeks)DE |
AT2
gold
(15 weeks)AT |
CH2
gold
(16 weeks)CH |
UK2
gold
(11 weeks)UK |
US3
platinum
(23 weeks)US |
First published: March 31, 1992
Sales: 2,000,000 |
|
1995 | The Ghost of Tom Joad |
DE22 (23 weeks) DE |
AT13
gold
(16 weeks)AT |
CH8 (14 weeks) CH |
UK16
gold
(21 weeks)UK |
US11
gold
(14 weeks)US |
First published: November 21, 1995
Sales: 1,685,000 |
2002 | The rising |
DE1
platinum
(37 weeks)DE |
AT2
gold
(18 weeks)AT |
CH2
gold
(14 weeks)CH |
UK1
platinum
(22 weeks)UK |
US1 × 2
(37 weeks)US |
Initial Release: July 30, 2002 Sales: 3,233,121 |
2005 | Devils & Dust |
DE1 (15 weeks) DE |
AT1
gold
(16 weeks)AT |
CH1 (12 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(8 weeks)UK |
US1
gold
(13 weeks)US |
First published: April 26, 2005
Sales: 800,000 |
2006 | We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions |
DE5 (23 weeks) DE |
AT3 (11 weeks) AT |
CH5 (14 weeks) CH |
UK3
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
US3
gold
(22 weeks)US |
First published: April 25, 2006
Sales: 740,000 |
2007 | Magic |
DE3 (28 weeks) DE |
AT1
gold
(13 weeks)AT |
CH4th
gold
(15 weeks)CH |
UK1
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
US1
platinum
(26 weeks)US |
Initial release: September 25, 2007 Sales: 2,077,500 |
2009 | Working on a dream |
DE1
gold
(18 weeks)DE |
AT1
gold
(24 weeks)AT |
CH1
gold
(25 weeks)CH |
UK1
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
US1
gold
(18 weeks)US |
Initial Release: Jan 27, 2009 Sales: 1,082,410 |
2012 | wrecking ball |
DE1
platinum
(20 weeks)DE |
AT1
gold
(29 weeks)AT |
CH1
gold
(26 weeks)CH |
UK1
gold
(22 weeks)UK |
US1 (26 weeks) US |
First published: March 6, 2012
Sales: 1,100,000 |
2014 | High hopes |
DE1
gold
(12 weeks)DE |
AT2
gold
(11 weeks)AT |
CH1
gold
(14 weeks)CH |
UK1
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
US1 (14 weeks) US |
First published: Jan 14, 2014
Sales: 440,000 |
2019 | Western stars |
DE1 (29 weeks) DE |
AT1 (24 weeks) AT |
CH1 (31 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
US2 (... weeks) US |
Initial Publication: June 14, 2019
Sales: 170,000 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
1 in the UK only hit the charts in 1985
Concert albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1986 | Live / 1975-85 |
DE8th
gold
(15 weeks)DE |
AT8th
gold
(2 months)AT |
CH6th
gold
(13 weeks)CH |
UK4th
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
US1 × 3
(26 weeks)US |
First published: November 10, 1986
Sales: 13,804,902 |
1993 | In Concert / MTV Plugged |
DE19 (14 weeks) DE |
AT15 (10 weeks) AT |
CH8 (9 weeks) CH |
UK4th
gold
(7 weeks)UK |
US189 (1 week) US |
First published: April 13, 1993
Sales: 150,000 |
2001 | Live in New York City |
DE9 (9 weeks) DE |
AT10 (10 weeks) AT |
CH13 (9 weeks) CH |
UK12
silver
(7 weeks)UK |
US5
platinum
(8 weeks)US |
First published: April 3, 2001
Sales: 1,110,000 |
2006 | Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 |
DE74 (1 week) DE |
AT71 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK33 (3 weeks) UK |
US93 (2 weeks) US |
First published: February 28, 2006
|
2007 | Live in Dublin |
DE11 (11 weeks) DE |
AT20 (5 weeks) AT |
CH28 (6 weeks) CH |
UK21st
gold
(3 weeks)UK |
US23 (5 weeks) US |
Initial Release: June 5, 2007
Sales: 30,000; Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band |
2014 | The Spirit of Radio |
DE38 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK84 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: January 2014
|
Live at the Capitol Theater, Passiac, NJ - September 19th, 1978 |
DE79 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: January 2014
|
|
2018 | Springsteen on Broadway |
DE7 (10 weeks) DE |
AT1 (7 weeks) AT |
CH2 (10 weeks) CH |
UK6th
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
US11 (2 weeks) US |
First published: December 14, 2018
Sales: +85,000 |
More concert albums
- 2017: Under the Covers
Compilations and rarities
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1995 | Greatest hits |
DE1 × 2
(45 weeks)DE |
AT1 × 2
(29 weeks)AT |
CH1
platinum
(35 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 4
(… Where.)UK |
US1 × 4
(46 weeks)US |
Initial published: February 28, 1995 Sales: 10,290,000 |
1998 | Tracks |
DE63 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK50
silver
(7 weeks)UK |
US27
platinum
(7 weeks)US |
First published: November 10, 1998
Sales: 1,135,000 |
1999 | 18 tracks |
DE8 (14 weeks) DE |
AT3 (14 weeks) AT |
CH11 (7 weeks) CH |
UK23
silver
(7 weeks)UK |
US64 (6 weeks) US |
First published: April 13, 1999
Sales: 200,000 |
2003 | The Essential Bruce Springsteen | - |
AT12 (11 weeks) AT |
CH35 (5 weeks) CH |
UK15 1
platinum
(20 weeks)UK |
US14th × 2
(13 weeks)US |
First published: November 11, 2003
Sales: 2,575,000 |
2005 | Born to Run - The 30th Anniversary Edition | - | - | - |
UK63
platinum
(1 week)UK |
US18 (6 weeks) US |
First published: August 25, 2007
Sales: 7,500 |
2009 | Greatest hits |
DE25 (12 weeks) DE |
AT7 (13 weeks) AT |
CH12 (13 weeks) CH |
UK3
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
US43 (8 weeks) US |
Initial Release: Jan 13, 2009
Sales: 135,000; Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band |
2010 | The Collection 1973-84 |
DE15 (6 weeks) DE |
AT37 (5 weeks) AT |
CH25 (6 weeks) CH |
UK35
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 2010
Sales: 60,000 |
The Promise |
DE1 (16 weeks) DE |
AT5 (12 weeks) AT |
CH9 (12 weeks) CH |
UK7th
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
US16 2
gold
(9 weeks)US |
First published: November 16, 2010
Sales: 755,000 |
|
2013 | Collection 1973 - 2012 |
DE23 (8 weeks) DE |
AT15 (4 weeks) AT |
CH23 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 8, 2013
|
2014 | The Album Collection, Vol. 1: 1973-1984 |
DE34 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US82 (1 week) US |
First published: 2014
|
2015 | The Ties That Bind: The River Collection |
DE12 (9 weeks) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH20 (2 weeks) CH |
UK49 (1 week) UK |
US31 (3 weeks) US |
First published: 2015
|
2016 | Chapter and Verse |
DE4 (5 weeks) DE |
AT2 (7 weeks) AT |
CH6 (7 weeks) CH |
UK2
silver
(14 weeks)UK |
US5 (7 weeks) US |
First published: September 23, 2016
Sales: 85,000 |
2018 | The Album Collection, Vol. 2: 1987-1996 |
DE15 (1 week) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH62 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: May 18, 2018
|
1 in the UK two editions of The Essential were in the charts at the same time , the limited edition as a 3-CD box reached number 28, the normal double-CD edition came to number 32
2 the extended CD box of The Promise was in the USA rated separately and reached number 27
More compilations
- 1979: No Nukes (concert recording by various artists)
EPs
- 1987: Chimes of Freedom
- 1996: Blood Brothers
- 1998: Live Collection (Japanese Import)
- 2008: Magic Tour Highlights (US 48th place)
- 2014: American Beauty (US 31st, UK 83rd)
Singles
Chart placements as lead musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||||
1975 | Born to Run | - | - | - |
UK93
gold
(1 week)UK |
US23 (11 weeks) US |
First published: August 25, 1975
|
|
1978 | Prove It All Night | - | - | - | - |
US33 (9 weeks) US |
First published: May 23, 1978
|
|
1980 | Hungry Heart |
DE62 (10 weeks) DE |
AT11 (1½ month) AT |
- |
UK28 (7 weeks) UK |
US5 (18 weeks) US |
First published: October 21, 1980
|
|
1981 | Fade Away | - | - | - | - |
US20 (12 weeks) US |
First published: January 22, 1981
|
|
The River | - | - | - |
UK35 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 1981
|
||
1984 | Dancing in the Dark | - | - | - |
UK4th
platinum
(30 weeks)UK |
US2
platinum
(21 weeks)US |
First published: May 3, 1984
|
|
Cover Me | - | - | - |
UK16 (21 weeks) UK |
US7th
gold
(18 weeks)US |
First published: July 31, 1984
|
||
Born in the USA | - |
AT13 (5 months) AT |
- |
UK5
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US9
gold
(17 weeks)US |
First published: October 30, 1984
|
||
1985 | I'm on fire |
DE16 (19 weeks) DE |
AT10 (2 months) AT |
CH15 (14 weeks) CH[UK: ↑] |
US6 (20 weeks) US |
First published: February 6, 1985
|
||
Glory Days |
DE27 (9 weeks) DE |
AT25 (1 month) AT |
CH19 (6 weeks) CH |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
US5 (18 weeks) US |
First published: May 31, 1985
|
||
I'm goin 'down |
DE61 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US9 (13 weeks) US |
First published: August 1985
|
||
My Hometown / Santa Claus Is Comin 'to Town | - | - | - |
UK9
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
US6th
gold
(15 weeks)US |
First published: November 21, 1985
|
||
1986 | War (Live) |
DE27 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK18 (7 weeks) UK |
US8 (12 weeks) US |
First published: November 10, 1986
|
|
1987 | Fire | - | - | - |
UK54 (3 weeks) UK |
US46 (8 weeks) US |
First published: January 1, 1987
|
|
Born to Run (Live) | - | - | - |
UK16 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: 1987
|
||
Brilliant disguise |
DE38 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
CH16 (4 weeks) CH |
UK20 (5 weeks) UK |
US5 (16 weeks) US |
First published: October 3, 1987
|
||
Tunnel of love | - | - | - |
UK45 (4 weeks) UK |
US9 (16 weeks) US |
First published: October 17, 1987
|
||
1988 | One step up | - | - | - | - |
US13 (15 weeks) US |
First published: February 27, 1988
|
|
Tougher Than the Rest |
DE25 (11 weeks) DE |
AT11 (2 months) AT |
CH3 1 (15 weeks) CH |
UK13 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 23, 1988
|
||
Spare parts | - | - | - |
UK32 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 18, 1988
|
||
1992 | Human touch |
DE15 (16 weeks) DE |
AT19 (6 weeks) AT |
CH4 (14 weeks) CH |
UK11 (5 weeks) UK |
US16 (16 weeks) US |
First published: March 21, 1992
|
|
Better Days | - | - |
CH39 (2 weeks) CH |
UK34 (3 weeks) UK[US: ↑] |
First published: March 21, 1992
|
|||
57 Channels (And Nothin 'On) | - | - | - |
UK32 (4 weeks) UK |
US68 (6 weeks) US |
First published: July 10, 1992
|
||
Leap of Faith | - | - | - |
UK46 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First publication: 1992
|
||
1993 | Lucky Town (Live) | - | - | - |
UK48 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: 1993
|
|
1994 | Streets of Philadelphia |
DE1
gold
(27 weeks)DE |
AT1
gold
(17 weeks)AT |
CH2 (23 weeks) CH |
UK2
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
US9
gold
(20 weeks)US |
First published: February 2, 1994
|
|
1995 | Secret Garden |
DE66 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK17 (10 weeks) UK |
US19 (23 weeks) US |
First published: April 11, 1995
|
|
1996 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | - | - | - |
UK26 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 21, 1996
|
|
Missing |
DE83 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: 1996
|
||
2002 | The rising |
DE49 (1 week) DE |
AT56 (2 weeks) AT |
CH63 (3 weeks) CH |
UK94 (1 week) UK |
US52 (11 weeks) US |
First published: July 16, 2002
|
|
Lonesome Day |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK39 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 2, 2002
|
||
2003 | Waitin 'on a Sunny Day |
DE85 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: April 22, 2003
|
|
2005 | Devils & Dust | - | - | - | - |
US72 (1 week) US |
First published: March 28, 2005
|
|
2007 | Radio Nowhere |
DE90 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH87 (2 weeks) CH |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: August 28, 2007
|
|
Santa Claus is comin 'to town |
DE83 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH56 (3 weeks) CH |
UK48 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: 2007
|
||
2008 | Girls in Their Summer Clothes | - | - | - | - |
US95 (1 week) US |
First published: January 15, 2008
|
|
Working on a dream | - | - |
CH31 (7 weeks) CH |
- |
US95 (1 week) US |
First published: November 21, 2008
|
||
The wrestler | - | - | - |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: December 16, 2008
|
||
2013 | High hopes | - | - |
CH64 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 25, 2014
|
1 The single made it back into the charts in Switzerland on June 14, 2009 at position 23, after soccer coach Christian Gross asked for the song as a farewell to FC Basel . Gross was fired at the beginning of June after ten years as a coach.
More singles
- 2012: We Take Care of Our Own
Guest appearances
- 2011: Dropkick Murphys - Album Going Out in Style - Duet Peg o 'My Heart
Video albums
- 1989: Video Anthology / 1978/88 (UK:gold)
- 1992: In Concert: MTV Plugged (UK:gold)
- 1996: Blood Brothers
- 2001: The Complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000
- 2001: Live in New York City (UK:platinum)
- 2003: Live in Barcelona (UK:platinum)
- 2005: VH1 Storytellers (UK:gold)
- 2005: Wings for Wheels
- 2005: Hammersmith Odeon London '75
- 2007: Live in Dublin
- 2010: London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (UK:gold)
- 2010: The Promise - The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
- 2013: Springsteen & I
statistics
Chart evaluation
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|
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||||
Australia (ARIA) | - | 8 × gold8th | 58 × platinum58 | - | 3,625,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 5 × gold5 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 230,000 | ultratop.be |
Brazil (PMB) | - | gold1 | - | - | 100,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | 8 × gold8th | 10 × platinum10 | - | 580,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | 11 × gold11 | 7 × platinum7th | - | 4,325,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Europe (IFPI) | - | - | 8 × platinum8th | - | (8,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
Finland (IFPI) | - | 9 × gold9 | 4 × platinum4th | - | 460,449 | ifpi.fi |
France (SNEP) | - | 16 × gold16 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 1,920,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | 2 × gold2 | 12 × platinum12 | - | 174,500 | irishcharts.ie |
Italy (FIMI) | - | 10 × gold10 | 7 × platinum7th | - | 765,000 | fimi.it |
Japan (RIAJ) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | - | 400,000 | riaj.or.jp |
Canada (MC) | - | 8 × gold8th | 21 × platinum21st | diamond1 | 3,190,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 8 × gold8th | 28 × platinum28 | - | 465,000 | nztop40.co.nz NZ2 |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 6 × gold6th | 5 × platinum5 | - | 755,000 | nvpi.nl |
Norway (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | 5 × platinum5 | - | 345,000 | ifpi.no |
Austria (IFPI) | - | 11 × gold11 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 255,000 | ifpi.at |
Portugal (AFP) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | - | 38,000 | Individual evidence |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | 7 × gold7th | 12 × platinum12 | - | 950,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 7 × gold7th | 6 × platinum6th | - | 425,000 | hitparade.ch |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | 11 × gold11 | 14 × platinum14th | - | 1,370,000 | promusicae.es |
United States (RIAA) | - | 14 × gold14th | 54 × platinum54 | 2 × diamond2 | 71,256,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 11 × silver11 | 23 × gold23 | 16 × platinum16 | - | 7,805,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 11 × silver11 | 172 × gold172 | 275 × platinum275 | 3 × diamond3 |
literature
- US singles: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
swell
- ↑ Bryan Boyd: Springsteen has high hopes for radical marketing wheeze. In: The Irish Times. January 10, 2014, accessed February 27, 2016 .
Web links
- DE: Officialcharts.de
- AT: Austriancharts.at
- CH: Hitparade.ch
- US: Billboard.com
- UK: Official Charts Company