Example / discography

Example (outside left) together with the rapper chip (outside right)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British rapper and singer Example . Example's most successful records are the singles Kickstarts , Changed the Way You Kiss Me and We'll Be Coming Back .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	UK dance
2007	What We Made	-	-	-	UK125 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 17, 2007
2010	Won't Go Quietly	-	-	-	UK4th gold (35 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (90 weeks) UK dance	First published: June 21, 2010
2011	Playing in the Shadows	DE43 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH59 (1 week) CH	UK1 platinum (45 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (89 weeks) UK dance	First published: September 5, 2011
2012	The Evolution of Man	-	-	-	UK13 gold (16 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (21 weeks) UK dance	First published: November 18, 2012
2014	Live life living	-	-	-	UK8 (5 weeks) UK	UK dance1 (16 weeks) UK dance	First published: July 7, 2014
2018	Bangers & Ballads	-	-	-	-	UK dance3 (3 weeks) UK dance	First published: August 17, 2018
2020	Some nights last for days	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 12, 2020

Compilation albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	UK dance
2013	#Hits	-	-	-	UK11 silver (4 weeks)UK	UK dance8 (7 weeks) UK dance	First published: August 5, 2013

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	UK dance
2009	Watch the Sun Come Up Won't Go Quietly	-	-	-	UK19th silver (11 weeks)UK	UK dance3 (25 weeks) UK dance	First published: September 20, 2009
2010	Won't Go Quietly Won't Go Quietly	-	-	-	UK6th silver (23 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (45 weeks) UK dance	First published: January 17, 2010
	Kickstarts Won't Go Quietly	DE72 (2 weeks) DE	AT35 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK3 platinum (30 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (73 weeks) UK dance	First published: June 13, 2010
	Last Ones Standing Won't Go Quietly	-	-	-	UK27 (6 weeks) UK	UK dance7 (12 weeks) UK dance	First published: September 12, 2010
	Two Lives Won't Go Quietly	-	-	-	UK84 (1 week) UK	UK dance10 (4 weeks) UK dance	First published: November 14, 2010
2011	Changed the Way You Kiss Me Playing in the Shadows	DE8 (17 weeks) DE	AT33 (15 weeks) AT	CH20 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (24 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (44 weeks) UK dance	First published: June 5, 2011
	Stay Awake Playing in the Shadows	-	-	-	UK1 silver (10 weeks)UK	UK dance1 (20 weeks) UK dance	First published: August 28, 2011
	Shot Yourself in the Foot Again Playing in the Shadows	-	-	-	UK82 (2 weeks) UK	UK dance21 (2 weeks) UK dance	No single release, chart entry as single track download from the album with Skream
	Natural Disaster Playing in the Shadows	-	-	-	UK37 (6 weeks) UK	UK dance7 (9 weeks) UK dance	First published: October 16, 2011 vs. Laidback hatch
	Midnight Run Playing in the Shadows	-	-	-	UK30 (9 weeks) UK	UK dance5 (12 weeks) UK dance	First published: December 4, 2011
2012	Say Nothing The Evolution of Man	-	-	-	UK2 (5 weeks) UK	UK dance1 (10 weeks) UK dance	First published: September 16, 2012
	Close Enemies The Evolution of Man	-	-	-	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	UK dance7 (7 weeks) UK dance	First published: November 11, 2012
2013	Perfect Replacement The Evolution of Man	-	-	-	UK46 (4 weeks) UK	UK dance9 (7 weeks) UK dance	First published: February 24, 2013
	All the Wrong Places Live Life Living	-	-	-	UK13 (2 weeks) UK	UK dance4 (4 weeks) UK dance	First published: September 6, 2013
2014	Kids Again Live Life Living	-	-	-	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	UK dance6 (5 weeks) UK dance	First published: March 14, 2014
	One More Day (Stay with Me) Live Life Living	-	-	-	UK4 (6 weeks) UK	UK dance2 (7 weeks) UK dance	First published: June 20, 2014
2015	Whiskey Story single track	-	-	-	UK96 (1 week) UK	-	First published: July 10, 2015
2019	All night single track	-	-	-	UK87 (1 week) UK	UK dance26 (1 week) UK dance	First published: January 11, 2019

More singles

• 2007: I Don't Want To
• 2007: So Many Roads
• 2008: Me & Mandy
• 2014: 10 million people
• 2016: Later
• 2018: The Answer
• 2018: Nine Point Nine (with Grim Sickers & Bonkaz)
• 2018: Back for More (with Rude Kid)
• 2018: Show Me How to Love (feat.Hayla)
• 2018: SIT DOWN GARY !!!
• 2019: Money
• 2019: Click
• 2019: Do It So Well
• 2020: Back on the Wreck
• 2020: Sun Hits Your Eyes
• 2020: Paperclips (Isolation Freestyle)
• 2020: Erin
• 2020: Oscar (feat. P Money & Harry Shotta)

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	UK dance
2010	Monster Alive Till I'm Dead	-	-	-	UK29 (6 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 1st, 2010 First entry in July 2010 as a single track download from the album Professor Green feat. Example
	Game Over Third Strike	-	-	-	UK22 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 15, 2010 Tinchy Stryder feat. Example, Tinie Tempah , Professor Green , Giggs , Devlin & Chipmunk
2011	Unorthodox Black and White	-	-	-	UK2 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 17th, 2011 Wretch 32 feat. Example
2012	Daydreamer The Evolution of Man	-	-	-	UK39 (1 week) UK	UK dance9 (3 weeks) UK dance	First published: March 14, 2012 Flux Pavilion feat. Example
	We'll Be Coming Back 18 Months	-	-	-	UK2 gold (17 weeks)UK	UK dance2 (32 weeks) UK dance	First published: July 27, 2012 Calvin Harris feat. Example
2013	Thursday Electric	-	-	-	UK61 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 4th, 2013 Pet Shop Boys feat. Example

Further guest contributions

• 2015: Reflections (Jacob Plant feat. Example)
• 2016: Don't Wait (KO: YU feat.Example)
• 2018: In the Zone (Jauz feat. Example)
• 2018: Sink or Swim (with Luude feat. Georgi Kay )
• 2018: Drops (with Darkzy)
• 2020: Round and Round (Professor Green feat.Example)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  New Zealand 2010: for the single Kickstarts 2011: for the single We'll Be Coming Back Platinum record  Australia 2011: for the single Changed the Way You Kiss Me

2 × platinum record  Denmark 2013: for streaming We'll Be Coming Back 3 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single We'll Be Coming Back  Sweden 2013: for the single We'll Be Coming Back

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)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	280,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	ifpi.dk
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	-	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	120,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	2,960,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	5 × gold5	12 × platinum12

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