Electric Light Orchestra / discography

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Electric Light Orchestra  - discography
Electric Light Orchestra (1986)
Electric Light Orchestra (1986)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 15th
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 7th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 34
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 49
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 12
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 4th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of British rock - music group Electric Light Orchestra . According to sources, she has sold more than 50 million records to date, over 8.7 million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release by ELO is the seventh studio album Out of the Blue with over ten million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1971 The Electric Light Orchestra / No Answer - - - UK32 (4 weeks)
UK
US196 (2 weeks)
US
First published: December 1971
1973 ELO 2 / Electric Light Orchestra II - - - UK35 (1 week)
UK
US62 (22 weeks)
US
First published: February 1973
1973 On the third day - - - - US52 (24 weeks)
US
First published: November 1973
1974 Eldorado - - - - US16
gold
gold

(32 weeks)US
First published: September 1974
Sales: + 500,000
1975 Face the Music - - - - US8th
gold
gold

(48 weeks)US
First published: September 1975
Sales: + 500,000
1976 A New World Record DE7 (9 months)
DE
AT9 (4 months)
AT
- UK6th
platinum
platinum

(99 weeks)UK
US5
platinum
platinum

(69 weeks)US
First published: September 11, 1976
Sales: + 1,575,000
1977 Out of the blue DE6th
gold
gold

(20 months)DE
- - UK4th
platinum
platinum

(111 weeks)UK
US4th
platinum
platinum

(58 weeks)US
First published: October 1977
Sales: + 10,000,000
1979 Discovery DE7th
gold
gold

(73 weeks)DE
AT3 (15 months)
AT
- UK1
platinum
platinum

(45 weeks)UK
US5
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(35 weeks)US
First published: May 1979
Sales: + 3,065,000
1980 Xanadu DE1
gold
gold

(30 weeks)DE
AT1 (6 months)
AT
- UK2
gold
gold

(17 weeks)UK
US4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(36 weeks)US
First published: June 1980
Sales: + 2,350,000; with Olivia Newton-John
1981 Time DE1
gold
gold

(41 weeks)DE
AT2 (4 months)
AT
- UK1
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)UK
US16
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: July 1981
Sales: + 1,050,000
1983 Secret Messages DE6 (17 weeks)
DE
AT11 (2 months)
AT
- UK4th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK
US36 (16 weeks)
US
First published: June 1983
Sales: + 100,000
1986 Balance of power DE18 (17 weeks)
DE
AT29 (½ month)
AT
CH10 (10 weeks)
CH
UK9
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
US49 (15 weeks)
US
First published: January 1986
Sales: + 60,000
2001 zoom DE16 (8 weeks)
DE
AT51 (3 weeks)
AT
CH26 (10 weeks)
CH
UK34 (2 weeks)
UK
US94 (2 weeks)
US
First published: June 12, 2001
2015 Alone in the Universe DE7 (6 weeks)
DE
AT14 (3 weeks)
AT
CH7 (4 weeks)
CH
UK4th
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)UK
US23 (3 weeks)
US
First published: November 13, 2015
Sales: + 300,000; as Jeff Lynne's ELO
2019 From Out of Nowhere DE14 (4 weeks)
DE
AT10 (2 weeks)
AT
CH14 (3 weeks)
CH
UK1
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
US47 (1 week)
US
First published: November 1st, 2019

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2015 Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park DE43 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: September 11, 2015
2017 Jeff Lynne's ELO: Wembley or Bust DE12 (9 weeks)
DE
- - UK9
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK
US90 (1 week)
US
First published: November 17, 2017
Sales: + 60,000; as Jeff Lynne's ELO

More live albums

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1976 Olé ELO - - - - US32
gold
gold

(43 weeks)US
First published: June 1976
Sales: + 500,000
1978 Three Light Years - - - UK38
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
-
First published: December 1978
Sales: + 100,000
1979 ELO's greatest hits - AT17 (1 month)
AT
- UK7th
platinum
platinum

(18 weeks)UK
US30th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(15 weeks)US
First published: November 1979
Sales: + 4,300,000
1985 A Perfect World of Music DE53 (7 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: March 18, 1985
1989 The Greatest Hits - - - UK23
gold
gold

(21 weeks)UK
-
First published: 1989
Sales: + 100,000
1994 The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra - - - UK4th
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK
-
First published: January 10, 1994
1997 Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra - - - UK60
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK
-
First published: November 3rd, 1997
Sales: + 100,000
2001 The Ultimate Collection DE63 (4 weeks)
DE
- CH92 (1 week)
CH
UK18th
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK
-
First published: July 30th, 2001
Sales: + 100,000
2005 All Over the World:
The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
- - CH89 (1 week)
CH
UK1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(204 weeks)UK
-
First published: June 6, 2005
in Switzerland only in the charts in 2016
Sales: + 1,200,000
2012 Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra - - - UK8th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK
US118 (1 week)
US
First published: October 5, 2012
Sales: + 100,000
2015 The essential - - CH58 (1 week)
CH
- -
First published: October 7, 2011

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More compilations

  • 1974: showdown
  • 1977: The Light Shines On (Sales: +60,000)
  • 1979: The Light Shines On Vol. 2
  • 1980: Four Light Years
  • 1981: The Best of ELO
  • 1983: Elorado / Electric Light Orchestra II
  • 1986: First Movement
  • 1990: ELO Classics
  • 1991: Early ELO: 1971-1973
  • 1992: ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  • 1992: Burning Bright
  • 1995: Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • 1996: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • 1999: Friends & Relatives
  • 1999: Definitive Collection
  • 1999: World Ballads: Electric Light Orchestra
  • 2003: The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
  • 2004: Early Years
  • 2005: Harvest Showdown
  • 2006: The Collection
  • 2006: The Harvest Years: 1970-1973
  • 2007: Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2
  • 2008: ELO: Los Monstruos del Rock

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1978 The ELO EP - - - UK34 (6 weeks)
UK
-
First published: December 1978
Number one albums DE2DE AT1AT CH-CH UK4thUK US-US
Top 10 albums DE7thDE AT4thAT CH2CH UK14thUK US5US
Albums in the charts DE14thDE AT9AT CH7thCH UK22ndUK US19thUS

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More EPs

  • 1984: Electric Light Orchestra

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1972 10538 Overture
The Electric Light Orchestra / No Answer
- - - UK9 (8 weeks)
UK
-
First published: June 1972
1973 Roll Over Beethoven
ELO 2 / Electric Light Orchestra II
DE22 (5 weeks)
DE
- - UK6 (10 weeks)
UK
US42 (16 weeks)
US
First published: January 1973
Showdown
On the Third Day
- - - UK12 (10 weeks)
UK
US53 (18 weeks)
US
First published: October 1973
1974 Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
On the Third Day
- - - UK22 (8 weeks)
UK
-
First published: February 1974
Daybreaker
On the Third Day
- - - - US87 (5 weeks)
US
First published: February 1974
Can't Get It Out of My Head
Eldorado, a Symphony
- - - UK52 (2 weeks)
UK
US9 (16 weeks)
US
First published: June 1974
1975 Evil Woman
Face the Music
- - - UK10 (8 weeks)
UK
US10 (17 weeks)
US
First published: October 1975
1976 Strange Magic
Face the Music
- - - UK38 (3 weeks)
UK
US14 (14 weeks)
US
First published: February 1976
Livin 'Thing
A New World Record
DE5 (20 weeks)
DE
AT3 (4 months)
AT
- UK4th
Silver + silver (digital)
Silver + silver (digital)
Silver + silver (digital)

(12 weeks)UK
US13 (18 weeks)
US
First published: October 1976
Sales: + 450,000
1977 Do Ya
A New World Record
DE42 (1 week)
DE
- - - US24 (12 weeks)
US
First published: January 1977
Rockaria!
A New World Record
- AT7 (3 months)
AT
- UK9 (9 weeks)
UK
-
First published: February 1977
Telephone Line
A New World Record
DE32 (9 weeks)
DE
- - UK8 (10 weeks)
UK
US7th
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
First published: May 1977
Sales: + 1,000,000
Turn to Stone
Out of the Blue
DE32 (9 weeks)
DE
- - UK18 (12 weeks)
UK
US13 (15 weeks)
US
First published: October 1977
1978 Mr. Blue Sky
Out of the Blue
DE27 (10 weeks)
DE
- - UK6th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(11 weeks)UK
US35 (12 weeks)
US
First published: January 1978
Sales: + 1,250,000
Wild West Hero
Out of the Blue
- - - UK6th
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK
-
First published: May 1978
Sales: + 250,000
Sweet Talkin 'Woman
Out of the Blue
- - - UK6th
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
US17 (16 weeks)
US
First published: March 1978
Sales: + 250,000
It's over
out of the blue
- - - - US75 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 1978
1979 Shine a Little Love
Discovery
DE30 (14 weeks)
DE
AT23 (1 month)
AT
- UK6th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK
US8 (15 weeks)
US
First published: May 1979
Sales: + 250,000
Don't Bring Me Down / Midnight Blue
Discovery
DE5 (28 weeks)
DE
AT2 (4 months)
AT
CH2 (11 weeks)
CH
UK3
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
US4th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: July 1979
Sales: + 1,250,000
The Diary of Horace Wimp
Discovery
DE52 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK8th
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
-
First published: August 1979
Sales: + 250,000
Confusion
Discovery
DE6 (24 weeks)
DE
AT5 (4½ months)
AT
- UK8th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK
US37
gold
gold

(8 weeks)US
First published: October 1979
Sales: + 250,000
Last Train to London
Discovery
- - -[UK: ↑] US39 (11 weeks)
US
First published: October 1979
1980 I'm Alive
Xanadu
DE16 (21 weeks)
DE
- - UK20 (9 weeks)
UK
US16
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: May 1980
Sales: + 1,000,000
Xanadu
Xanadu
DE1 (29 weeks)
DE
AT1 (4½ months)
AT
CH2 (14 weeks)
CH
UK1
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK
US8 (17 weeks)
US
First published: June 1980
Sales: + 250,000; feat. Olivia Newton-John
All Over the World
Xanadu
DE27 (12 weeks)
DE
- - UK11 (8 weeks)
UK
US13 (16 weeks)
US
First published: July 1980
Don't Walk Away
Xanadu
DE52 (4 weeks)
DE
- - UK21 (10 weeks)
UK
-
First published: November 22, 1980
1981 Hold on tight
time
DE2 (27 weeks)
DE
AT2 (4 months)
AT
CH1 (14 weeks)
CH
UK4th
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
US10 (19 weeks)
US
First published: July 1981
Sales: + 250,000
Twilight
Time
DE17 (17 weeks)
DE
AT15 (1½ months)
AT
- UK30 (7 weeks)
UK
US38 (11 weeks)
US
First published: October 1981
1982 The Way Life's Meant to Be
Time
DE30 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: January 18, 1982
Here Is the News / Ticket to the Moon
Time
DE61 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK24 (8 weeks)
UK
-
First published: January 1982
1983 Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Secret Messages
DE17 (15 weeks)
DE
AT16 (1½ month)
AT
CH8 (6 weeks)
CH
UK13 (9 weeks)
UK
US19 (13 weeks)
US
First published: June 1983
Secret Messages
Secret Messages
- - - UK48 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: August 1983
Four Little Diamonds
Secret Messages
- - - UK84 (2 weeks)
UK
US86 (2 weeks)
US
First published: September 1983
1986 Calling America
Balance of Power
DE31 (14 weeks)
DE
AT22 (1 month)
AT
- UK28 (7 weeks)
UK
US18 (15 weeks)
US
First published: January 1986
So Serious
Balance of Power
- - - UK77 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: April 1986
Getting to the Point
Balance of Power
- - - UK60 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: July 1986
Number one singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE5DE AT6thAT CH4thCH UK14thUK US7thUS
Singles in the charts DE20thDE AT10AT CH4thCH UK31UK US25thUS

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More singles

  • 1974: Daytripper
  • 1975: Boy Blue
  • 1975: Waterfall
  • 1976: Nightrider
  • 1979: Midnight Blue
  • 1979: Need Her Love
  • 1983: Stranger
  • 1986: Sorrow About to Fall
  • 1990: Destination Unknown
  • 2001: Alright
  • 2001: Moment in Paradise
  • 2006: Surrender
  • 2007: Latitude 88 North

Video albums

  • 1979: Discovery
  • 1980: Live at Wembley
  • 1989: The "Out of the Blue" Tour - Live at Wembley
  • 1990: Fusion - Live in London
  • 1991: The Very Best of ELO
  • 1998: Out of the Blue Tour: Live at Wembley / Discovery (UK:goldgold, Sales: + 25,000)
  • 2001: Zoom Tour Live (UK:platinumplatinum, Sales: + 50,000)
  • 2005: Inside the Electric Light Orchestra 1970–1973
  • 2006: ELO - Total Rock Review
  • 2010: In performance
  • 2010: Live - The Early Years
  • 2015: Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park (UK:goldgold, Sales: + 25,000)

Box sets

  • 1980: A Box of Their Best
  • 1990: Afterglow
  • 2000: Flashback
  • 2011: The Classic Albums Collection
  • 2018: Original album Classics

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • FinlandFinland Finland
    • 1978: for the album A New World Record
  • FranceFrance France
    • 1980: for the Discovery album
  • IrelandIreland Ireland
    • 2005: for the album All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1976: for the album Face the Music
    • 1977: for the single telephone line
    • 1983: for the album Secret Messages
    • 1984: for the single Rock 'n' Roll Is King
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2005: for the album All Over The World - The Best Of
    • 2016: for the album All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1978: for the album Out of the Blue
    • 1978: for the album A New World Record
  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 1999: for the album Light Years, The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2003: for the album Zoom
    • 2004: for the video album Zoom - Live
    • 2014: for the album All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
  • Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
    • 1981: for the album Xanadu
    • 1983: for the Discovery album
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1977: for the album Out of the Blue
    • 1978: for the album Olé ELO
    • 1978: for the album Eldorado
    • 1979: for the album ELO's Greatest Hits
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1980: for the Discovery album
    • 1980: for the album ELO's Greatest Hits
    • 1980: for the album Xanadu

2 × platinum record

  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
    • 1979: for the album ELO's Greatest Hits
    • 1993: for the Discovery album
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1977: for the album A New World Record

3 × platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1979: for the Discovery album

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 240,000 capif.org.ar AR2
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 155,000 aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th 0! P- 1,000,000 musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,200 ifpi.fi
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 100,000 infodisc.fr
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 40,000 Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 7,500 irishcharts.ie
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th 1,000,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 60,000 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 100,000 nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ifpi.no
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 10 × platinum10 16,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 15 × silver15th Gold record icon.svg 11 × gold11 Platinum record icon.svg 14 × platinum14th 8,750,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 15 × silver15th Gold record icon.svg 34 × gold34 Platinum record icon.svg 44 × platinum44

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  1. a b c Electric Light Orchestra: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of ELO's “Out of the Blue”. sonymusic.de, November 23, 2017, accessed on August 24, 2020 .
  2. a b c d e chart sources:
  3. Platinum for Xanadu in Hong Kong ( Memento from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Platinum for Discovery in Hong Kong ( Memento from April 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )