David Hasselhoff / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American pop - singer David Hasselhoff . According to the sources, he has sold more than 3.1 million records in his career. His most successful release is the album Crazy for You with around 750,000 units sold. His successes were largely limited to the German-speaking area. In his home country USA none of his songs and albums reached the charts; even in Great Britain his success was low.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
|
 CH
|
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| 1985 | Night rocker |
DE30 (10 weeks) DE |
AT1  (4½ months)AT |
- |
First published: 1985
Sales: + 50,000 |
| 1987 | Lovin 'feelings |
DE16 (15 weeks) DE |
AT11  (2½ months)AT |
- |
First published: October 18, 1987
Sales: + 25,000 |
| 1989 | Looking for Freedom |
DE5 (44 weeks)DE |
AT5 (21 weeks)AT |
CH3 × 3
(21 weeks)CH |
First published: June 21, 1989
Sales: + 700,000 |
| 1990 | Crazy for You |
DE7th (27 weeks)DE |
AT1 × 2
(31 weeks)AT |
CH1 × 3
(25 weeks)CH |
First published: Aug 6, 1990
Sales: + 750,000 |
| 1991 | David |
DE8th (24 weeks)DE |
AT1 × 2
(28 weeks)AT |
CH7th (19 weeks)CH |
First published: September 9, 1991
Sales: +650,000 |
| 1992 | Everybody Sunshine |
DE21st (14 weeks)DE |
AT16 (13 weeks)AT |
CH17th (9 weeks)CH |
First published: September 14, 1992
Sales: + 300,000 |
| 1993 | You are everything |
DE20 (10 weeks) DE |
AT10 (17 weeks)AT |
CH27 (7 weeks)CH |
First published: November 22, 1993
Sales: + 50,000 |
| 1994 | You |
DE43 (9 weeks) DE |
AT21 (7 weeks) AT |
CH41 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: October 17, 1994
|
| 1997 | Hooked on a feeling | - |
AT49 (1 week) AT |
CH41 (4 weeks) CH |
First published: November 10, 1997
|
| 2004 | Sings America |
DE27 (3 weeks) DE |
AT11 (5 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: February 2, 2004
|
| 2011 | A real good feeling |
DE26 (3 weeks) DE |
AT3 (6 weeks) AT |
CH53 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: April 1, 2011
|
| 2012 | This time around | - | - | - |
First published: February 27, 2012
|
| 2019 | Open your eyes |
DE57 (1 week) DE |
AT24 (3 weeks) AT |
CH72 (1 week) CH |
First published: September 27, 2019
|
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
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| 1989 | Knight lover |
DE36 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
CH17 (10 weeks) CH |
First published: July 2, 1989
|
| 1995 | Looking for ... the best | - |
AT50 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: October 9, 1995
|
More compilations
- 1991: Looking for Freedom
- 1993: Crazy for You
- 1994: Let It Be Me
- 1995: For All My Friends
- 1995: David Hasselhoff
- 1999: I Live for Love
- 1999: Watch Out for Hasselhoff
- 2000: Magic Collection
- 2001: The Very Best of
- 2004: Greatest Hits
- 2004: The Night Before Christmas
- 2008: the very best
- 2017: 30
- 2018: My Star
- 2019: BILD - Best of
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
 UK
|
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| 1989 |
Looking for Freedom Looking for Freedom |
DE1 (25 weeks)DE |
AT1 (4½ months) AT |
CH1 (32 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: March 6, 1989
Sales: + 599,000 |
| Is Everybody Happy? Looking for Freedom |
DE8 (14 weeks) DE |
- |
CH8 (7 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: June 12, 1989
|
|
| Our First Night Together Night Rocker |
- | - |
CH14 (7 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: June 19, 1989
|
|
| Flying on the Wings of Tenderness Looking for Freedom |
DE22 (17 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: September 25, 1989
|
|
| 1990 | Crazy for You Crazy for You |
DE18 (21 weeks) DE |
AT4 (19 weeks) AT |
CH21 (8 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: August 27, 1990
|
| Freedom for the World Crazy for You |
DE48 (6 weeks) DE |
AT30 (1 week) AT |
- | - |
First published: November 26, 1990
|
|
| 1991 | Do the Limbo Dance David |
DE12 (22 weeks) DE |
AT1 (28 weeks)AT |
CH19 (8 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: July 1, 1991
Sales: + 25,000 |
| Gipsy Girl David |
- |
AT12 (12 weeks) AT |
- | - |
First published: October 13, 1991
|
|
| Hands Up for Rock 'n' Roll David |
- |
AT30 (1 week) AT |
- | - |
First published: December 22, 1991
|
|
| 1992 | Everybody Sunshine Everybody Sunshine |
- |
AT26 (4 weeks) AT |
CH27 (1 week) CH |
- |
First published: September 20, 1992
|
| 1993 | The Girl Forever Everybody Sunshine |
DE78 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: March 8, 1993
|
| If I Could Only Say Goodbye You Are Everything |
- | - | - |
UK35 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: November 1, 1993
|
|
| The two of us alone You Are Everything |
DE9 (11 weeks) DE |
AT4th (17 weeks)AT |
CH10 (12 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: December 29, 1993
Sales: + 25,000; (with Gwen ) |
|
| 1997 | Hooked on a feeling Hooked on a feeling |
- |
AT36 (2 weeks) AT |
- | - |
First published: November 30, 1997
|
| 2006 | Jump in My Car Open Your Eyes |
- |
AT61 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
UK3 (5 weeks) UK |
First published: October 2, 2006
|
More singles
- 1985: Do You Love Me
- 1987: Do You Love Me / Any Kind of Love at All
- 1989: Song of the Night
- 1990: Je t'aime Means I Love You
- 1991: Let's Dance Tonight
- 1991: Casablanca
- 1994: Summer of Love
- 1994: The Best Is Yet to Come
- 1996: Looking for Freedom (The Oliver Lieb Remixes)
- 1999: More Than Words Can Say
- 2004: City of New Orleans
- 2011: It's a Real Good Feeling
- 2011: California Girl
- 2013: Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
- 2015: True Survivor
- 2019: Summer Go Away ( feat.Jasmin Wagner )
- 2019: Open Your Eyes
Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
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AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
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| 2005 | Limbo Dance Ballermann Hits Party 2006 (Sampler) |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
First release: August 29, 2005
( DJ Ostkurve feat. David Hasselhoff) |
Further guest contributions
- 2002: (I've Had) The Time of My Life ( Patricia Paay & David Hasselhoff)
- 2006: You're Not Guilty ( DJ Peter Presta feat. David Hasselhoff)
Video albums
- 1989: Hasselhoff Video
- 1990: The Best of ... (DE:gold, Sales: + 25,000)
- 1991: Live Freedom Tour '90
- 1993: Behind the Scenes
- 2002: Live & Forever
- 2005: Sings America
- 2010: The Hoff Is Back
Author participation
-
Jeremy Jackson
- 1994: You Can Run
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI)
|
2 × gold2
|
4 × platinum4th
|
2,275,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 France (SNEP)
|
- | - | 99,000 | Individual evidence |
|
Austria (IFPI)
|
5 × gold5
|
6 × platinum6th
|
425,000 | ifpi.at |
|
Switzerland (IFPI)
|
2 × gold2
|
7 × platinum7th
|
400,000 | hitparade.ch |
| All in all |
9 × gold9
|
17 × platinum17th
|
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swell
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↑ a b c d chart sources:
- David Hasselhoff in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- David Hasselhoff in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- David Hasselhoff in the Swiss charts on hitparade.ch
- David Hasselhoff in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ^ Les Meilleures Ventes "Tout Temps" de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement. Institut français d'opinion publique , accessed on January 5, 2020 (French).