Duran Duran / discography

Duran Duran live (2005)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of British rock - music group Duran Duran . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 21.6 million records to date, over 4.8 million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release of Duran Duran is the album Rio with over 2.5 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
1981	Duran Duran	-	-	-	UK3 platinum (118 weeks)UK	US10 platinum (87 weeks)US	First published: June 15, 1981 in the USA only entered the charts in 1983 due to an extended version. Sales: + 1,300,000
1982	Rio	-	-	-	UK2 platinum (110 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (129 weeks)US	First published: May 10, 1982 Sales: + 2,545,000
1983	Seven and the Ragged Tiger	DE17 (40 weeks) DE	AT11 (12 weeks) AT	CH16 (9 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (47 weeks)UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (64 weeks)US	First published: November 21, 1983 Sales: + 2,100,000
1986	Notorious	DE22 (10 weeks) DE	AT20 (10 weeks) AT	CH19 (4 weeks) CH	UK16 gold (16 weeks)UK	US12 platinum (34 weeks)US	First published: November 18, 1986 Sales: + 1,100,000
1988	Big thing	DE31 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH19 (2 weeks) CH	UK15th silver (5 weeks)UK	US24 gold (26 weeks)US	First published: October 18, 1988 Sales: + 560,000
1990	Liberty	-	-	CH36 (2 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (4 weeks)UK	US46 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 20, 1990 Sales: + 60,000
1993	Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)	DE22 (21 weeks) DE	AT12 (9 weeks) AT	CH23 (10 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (23 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (47 weeks)US	First published: February 15, 1993 Sales: + 1,100,000
1995	Thank you	DE50 (7 weeks) DE	AT25 (3 weeks) AT	CH44 (2 weeks) CH	UK12 (3 weeks) UK	US19th gold (10 weeks)US	First published: March 23, 1995 Sales: + 500,000
1997	Medazzaland	-	-	-	-	US58 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 14, 1997
2000	Pop trash	DE80 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK53 (1 week) UK	US135 (1 week) US	First published: June 10, 2000
2004	astronaut	DE23 (3 weeks) DE	AT27 (2 weeks) AT	CH21 (4 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (5 weeks)UK	US17 (8 weeks) US	First published: October 11, 2004 Sales: + 100,000
2007	Red Carpet Massacre	DE85 (1 week) DE	-	CH39 (2 weeks) CH	UK44 (3 weeks) UK	US36 (3 weeks) US	First published: November 13, 2007
2010	All You Need Is Now	DE39 (2 weeks) DE	AT62 (1 week) AT	CH28 (2 weeks) CH	UK11 (4 weeks) UK	US29 (4 weeks) US	First published: December 21, 2010
2015	Paper Gods	DE24 (1 week) DE	AT24 (2 weeks) AT	CH15 (2 weeks) CH	UK5 (4 weeks) UK	US10 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 11, 2015

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	arena	DE1 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT7 (10 weeks) AT	CH4 (12 weeks) CH	UK6th platinum (31 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)US	First published: November 12, 1984 Sales: + 2,550,000
2012	A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011	DE59 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: July 10, 2012

More live albums

• 2009: Live at Hammersmith 82!

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Decade: Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK5 platinum (18 weeks)UK	US67 platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: November 13, 1989 Sales: + 1,300,000
1998	Greatest	-	AT30 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK4th × 3 Triple platinum (67 weeks)UK	US170 platinum (1 week)US	First published: November 3, 1998 Sales: + 1,900,000

More compilations

• 1987: Master Mixes
• 1991: Best Mixes
• 1998: Night Versions
• 2000: original gold
• 2000: The Essential Collection
• 2000: Best of 80's
• 2000: Playing with Uranium, Vol. 1
• 2000: Playing with Uranium, Vol. 2
• 2006: The Ultimate Review
• 2007: Notorious / Big Thing
• 2008: Deluxe Pack
• 2009: 5 hits

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Carnival	-	-	-	-	US98 (15 weeks) US	Initial Release: September 1982 contains remixed versions of four previously released songs

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More EPs

• 1981: Nite Romantics
• 1982: Night Versions
• 1984: Tiger! Tiger!
• 1985: Mixing
• 1986: Strange Behavior
• 2010: From Mediterranea with Love

Remix albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Strange behavior	-	-	-	UK70 (1 week) UK	-	First release: March 23, 1999 remix album

Interview albums

• 1987: Interview Disc
• 1994: In Conversation
• 2004: Maximum Duran Duran: The Unauthorized Biography of Duran Duran

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
1981	Planet Earth Duran Duran	-	-	-	UK12 (14 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 2, 1981
	Careless Memories Duran Duran	-	-	-	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 20, 1981
	Girls on Film Duran Duran	-	-	-	UK5 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 13, 1981
	My Own Way Rio	-	-	-	UK14 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 16, 1981
1982	Hungry Like the Wolf Rio	-	-	-	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	US3 gold (23 weeks)US	First published: May 4, 1982 Sales: + 700,000
	Save a Prayer Rio	DE27 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (9 weeks)UK	US16 (14 weeks) US	First published: August 9, 1982 Sales: + 200,000 in DE only placed in 1985
	Rio Rio	-	-	-	UK9 silver (11 weeks)UK	US14 (13 weeks) US	First published: November 1, 1982 Sales: + 200,000
1983	Is There Something I Should Know?	DE28 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH7 (5 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (9 weeks)UK	US4 (17 weeks) US	First published: March 19, 1983 Sales: + 400,000
	Union of the Snake Seven and the Ragged Tiger	DE37 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 silver (11 weeks)UK	US3 (17 weeks) US	First published: October 17, 1983 Sales: + 200,000
1984	New Moon on Monday Seven and the Ragged Tiger	-	-	-	UK9 (8 weeks) UK	US10 (16 weeks) US	First published: January 2, 1984
	The Reflex Seven and the Ragged Tiger	DE8 (17 weeks) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	CH10 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (14 weeks)UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US	First published: April 16, 1984 Sales: + 700,000
	The Wild Boys Arena	DE1 gold (17 weeks)DE	AT2 (14 weeks) AT	CH2 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (14 weeks)UK	US2 gold (18 weeks)US	First published: October 1, 1984 Sales: + 950,000
1985	A View to a Kill James Bond 007 - In the Face of Death (OST)	DE9 (21 weeks) DE	AT6 (14 weeks) AT	CH7 (17 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (16 weeks)UK	US1 (17 weeks) US	First published: May 6, 1985 Sales: + 200,000
1986	Notorious Notorious	DE12 (14 weeks) DE	AT14 (10 weeks) AT	CH4 (10 weeks) CH	UK7 (9 weeks) UK	US2 (17 weeks) US	First published: October 20, 1986
1987	Skin Trade Notorious	DE35 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (6 weeks) UK	US39 (9 weeks) US	First published: January 19, 1987
	Meet El Presidente Notorious	DE54 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK24 (5 weeks) UK	US70 (5 weeks) US	First published: April 13, 1987
1988	I Don't Want Your Love Big Thing	DE31 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH15 (8 weeks) CH	UK14 (5 weeks) UK	US4 (16 weeks) US	First published: September 19, 1988
	All She Wants Is Big Thing	DE28 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (5 weeks) UK	US22 (13 weeks) US	First published: December 12, 1988
1989	Do You Believe in Shame? Big thing	-	-	-	UK30 (4 weeks) UK	US72 (5 weeks) US	First published: March 6, 1989
	Burning the Ground	-	-	-	UK31 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 4, 1989
1990	Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over) Liberty	DE69 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH29 (2 weeks) CH	UK20 (4 weeks) UK	US64 (7 weeks) US	First published: July 23, 1990
	Serious Liberty	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1, 1990
1993	Ordinary World Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)	DE16 (19 weeks) DE	AT15 (11 weeks) AT	CH11 (17 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (9 weeks)UK	US3 gold (22 weeks)US	First published: December 1, 1992 Sales: + 700,000
	Come Undone Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)	DE42 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (8 weeks) UK	US7 (25 weeks) US	First published: March 29, 1993
	Too Much Information Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)	-	-	-	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	US45 (11 weeks) US	First published: August 23, 1993
1995	Perfect Day Thank You	-	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1, 1995
	White Lines Thank You	-	-	-	UK17 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 5, 1995
1997	Out of My Mind The Saint - The Man Without a Name (OST)	-	-	-	UK21 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 27, 1997
	Electric Barbarella Medazzaland	-	-	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	US52 (9 weeks) US	First published: September 16, 1997
2000	Someone Else Not Me Pop Trash	-	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 22, 2000
2004	(Reach Up for the) Sunrise Astronaut	DE39 (6 weeks) DE	AT50 (5 weeks) AT	CH61 (10 weeks) CH	UK5 (5 weeks) UK	US89 (5 weeks) US	First published: September 27, 2004
2005	What Happens Tomorrow Astronaut	DE80 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK11 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 31, 2005
2007	Falling Down Red Carpet Massacre	DE79 (1 week) DE	-	CH60 (6 weeks) CH	UK52 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 12, 2007

more publishments

• 1993: Drowning Man (USA only)
• 1995: Lay Lady Lay
• 2000: Playing with Uranium (only in parts of Europe)
• 2010: All You Need is Now
• 2011: Girl Panic!

Video albums

• 1983: Duran Duran (music videos)
• 1984: Duran Duran Video 45 (music videos)
• 1984: Dancing on the Valentine (music videos)
• 1984: Sing Blue Silver (documentary)
• 1984: Arena (An Absurd Notion) (concert film)
• 1984: The Making of Arena (documentary)
• 1987: Three to Get Ready (documentary)
• 1988: Working for the Skin Trade (concert film)
• 1988: 6ix by 3hree (music videos)
• 1989: Decade (music videos; sales: + 50,000, US:gold)
• 1993: Extraordinary (music videos + documentation)
• 1998: Greatest (Music Videos; Sales: + 150,000; UK, US:platinum)
• 2005: Live from London (live from Wembley Arena; sales: + 50,000, US:gold)
• 2009: Live at Hammersmith 82!

Box sets

• 2001: Seven and the Ragged Tiger / Notorious / Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
• 2003: Singles Box Set 1981-1985
• 2004: Singles Box Set 1986-1995

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US-US Top 10 albums DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK10UK US6thUS Albums in the charts DE12DE AT9AT CH11CH UK17thUK US18thUS

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US2US Top 10 singles DE3DE AT2AT CH5CH UK14thUK US11US Singles in the charts DE18thDE AT6thAT CH10CH UK33UK US21stUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2003: for the album Greatest  Finland 1983: for the album Rio 1984: for the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger  Canada 1983: for the single Hungry Like the Wolf 1984: for the single Union of the Snake 1985: for the single A View to a Kill 1985: for the single The Wild Boys 1995: for the album Thank You 2003: for the album Greatest  Netherlands 1984: for the single The Reflex 1984: for the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger 1986: for the album Arena 2000: for the album Greatest  Spain 1984: for the album Arena 1987: for the album Notorious

Platinum record  Argentina 1998: for the album Greatest  Canada 1984: for the single The Reflex 1987: for the album Notorious  New Zealand 1981: for the album Duran Duran 1983: for the album Rio 1985: for the album Arena 1986: for the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger 2004: for the album Greatest 2 × platinum record  Belgium 2002: for the album Greatest  Canada 1983: for the album Rio 1985: for the album Arena 1995: for the album Duran Duran 3 × platinum record  Canada 1984: for the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger

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)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	platinum1	60,000	capif.org.ar
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	-	35,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	100,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	55,316	ifpi.fi
Canada (MC)	-	6 × gold6th	11 × platinum11	1,400,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	5 × platinum5	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	4 × gold4th	-	225,000	nvpi.nl
Spain (Promusicae)	-	2 × gold2	-	100,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	8 × gold8th	12 × platinum12	14,200,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	10 × silver10	4 × gold4th	9 × platinum9	4,870,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	10 × silver10	29 × gold29	40 × platinum40

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1. ^ Duran Duran Discography
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
4. ^ Duran Duran Discography
5. ↑ Duran Duran Singles