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Genesis  - discography
Genesis live on stage, in the foreground Mike Rutherford on guitar and Phil Collins on microphone
genesis
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 15th
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 7th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 11
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 46
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 13

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British rock band Genesis . According to the sources, the band has sold over 140 million records so far and is one of the performers with the best-selling records worldwide . The most successful release of Genesis is the album We Can't Dance with around 9.7 million units sold. In Germany alone, Genesis have sold over 5.8 million records to date and are therefore one of the performers with the highest number of records sold in Germany . So far, six of the albums have made it to number 1 on the British album charts.

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
1969 From Genesis to Revelation - - - - US170 (4 weeks)
US
First published: March 7, 1969
1970 Trespass - - - UK98 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: October 23, 1970
1971 Nursery Cryme - - - UK39
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 12, 1971
Sales: + 160,000
1972 Foxtrot DE45 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK12
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK 		-
First published: October 6, 1972
Sales: + 160,000
1973 Selling England by the Pound - - - UK3
gold
gold

(21 weeks)UK 		US70
gold
gold

(29 weeks)US
First published: October 12, 1973
Sales: + 850,000
1974 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - - - UK10
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK 		US41
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
First published: November 18, 1974
Sales: + 850,000
1976 A trick of the tail DE43 (3 months)
DE 		- - UK3
gold
gold

(39 weeks)UK 		US31
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
First published: February 2, 1976
Sales: + 900,000
Wind & Wuthering DE19 (3 months)
DE 		- - UK7th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)UK 		US26th
gold
gold

(21 weeks)US
First published: December 27, 1976
Sales: + 800,000
1978 ... And Then There Were Three ... DE2
gold
gold

(13 months)DE 		AT17 (1 month)
AT 		- UK3
gold
gold

(32 weeks)UK 		US14th
platinum
platinum

(33 weeks)US
First published: April 7, 1978
Sales: + 1,650,000
1980 Duke DE2 (27 weeks)
DE 		AT14 (1 month)
AT 		- UK1
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)UK 		US11
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)US
First published: March 28, 1980
Sales: +1,400,000
1981 Abacab DE6th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)DE 		- - UK1
gold
gold

(27 weeks)UK 		US7th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(54 weeks)US
First published: September 14, 1981
Sales: + 2,450,000
1983 genesis DE1
platinum
platinum

(34 weeks)DE 		AT2 (3 months)
AT 		CH2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(31 weeks)CH 		UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(51 weeks)UK 		US9
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(50 weeks)US
First published: October 3, 1983
Sales: + 5,565,000
1986 Invisible touch DE2
platinum
platinum

(87 weeks)DE 		AT5 (8 months)
AT 		CH4th
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)CH 		UK1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(96 weeks)UK 		US3
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(85 weeks)US
First published: June 9, 1986
Sales: + 8,195,000
1991 We can't dance DE1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(71 weeks)DE 		AT1
platinum
platinum

(47 weeks)AT 		CH1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(52 weeks)CH 		UK1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(61 weeks)UK 		US4th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(72 weeks)US
First published: November 11, 1991
Sales: + 9,735,000
1997 ... Calling All Stations ... DE2
gold
gold

(30 weeks)DE 		AT6 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)CH 		UK2
gold
gold

(7 weeks)UK 		US54 (5 weeks)
US
First published: September 1, 1997
Sales: + 525,000

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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
1973 Genesis Live - - - UK9 (10 weeks)
UK 		US105 (14 weeks)
US
First published: July 27, 1973
1977 Seconds Out DE17th
gold
gold

(33 weeks)DE 		- - UK4th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)UK 		US47 (16 weeks)
US
First published: October 21, 1977
Sales: + 500,000
1982 Three Sides Live DE22 (15 weeks)
DE 		- - UK2
gold
gold

(19 weeks)UK 		US10
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
First published: June 1, 1982
Sales: + 600,000
1992 The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) DE2
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(25 weeks)DE 		AT8 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH4th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)CH 		UK3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(18 weeks)UK 		US35
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
First published: November 9, 1992
Sales: + 2,590,000
1993 The Way We Walk Volume 2 (The Longs) DE2 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH3 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK 		US20 (9 weeks)
US
First published: Jan 11, 1993
Sales: + 330,000
2007 Live over Europe 2007 DE1
gold
gold

(41 weeks)DE 		AT47 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH62 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK51
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 23, 2007
Sales: + 160,000

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Compilations

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
1991 Turn It On Again - Best of '81 -'83 DE8 (19 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First publication: 1991
1998 Archives I - 1967–1975 DE75 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK35 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: June 22, 1998
1999 Turn It On Again - The Hits DE1
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)DE 		AT6 (22 weeks)
AT 		CH10
gold
gold

(22 weeks)CH 		UK4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(22 weeks)UK 		US65
gold
gold

(12 weeks)US
First published: October 26, 1999
Sales: +1,805,000
2004 Platinum Collection DE15th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)DE 		- CH72 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK21st
platinum
platinum

(9 weeks)UK 		US100 (3 weeks)
US
First published: November 29, 2004
Sales: + 400,000
2007 1983-1998 DE57 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: October 1, 2007
2008 1970-1975 DE22 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: November 10, 2008
2009 1973-2007: Live DE42 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
First published: September 14, 2009
2014 R-Kive DE23 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH82 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK7th
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		-
First published: September 29, 2014
Sales: + 60,000

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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
1977 Spot the pigeon - - - UK14 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 20, 1977
1982 3x3 - - - UK10 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 10, 1982

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Singles

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
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1973 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Selling England by the Pound 		- - - UK21 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 3, 1973
1977 Your Own Special Way
Wind & Wuthering 		- - - UK43 (3 weeks)
UK 		US62 (5 weeks)
US
First published: February 1977
1978 Follow You Follow Me
… And Then There Were Three… 		DE8 (28 weeks)
DE 		AT15 (1 month)
AT 		CH6 (11 weeks)
CH 		UK7th
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK 		US23 (16 weeks)
US
First published: February 24, 1978
Many Too Many
... And Then There Were Three ... 		DE41 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK43 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 23, 1978
1980 Turn It On Again
Duke 		DE66 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK8 (10 weeks)
UK 		US58 (8 weeks)
US
First published: March 8, 1980
Duchess
Duke 		- - - UK46 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 9, 1980
Misunderstanding
Duke 		- - - UK42 (5 weeks)
UK 		US14 (18 weeks)
US
First published: May 10, 1980
1981 Abacab
Abacab 		DE28 (13 weeks)
DE 		- - UK9 (8 weeks)
UK 		US26 (14 weeks)
US
First published: August 14, 1981
No Reply at All
Abacab 		- - - - US29 (18 weeks)
US
First published: September 9, 1981
Keep It Dark
Abacab 		- - - UK33 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 23, 1981
1982 Man on the Corner
Abacab 		- - - UK41 (5 weeks)
UK 		US40 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 5, 1982
Paperlate
3x3 		DE36 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - UK43 (1 week)
UK 		US32 (14 weeks)
US
First published: May 15, 1982
1983 Mama
Genesis 		DE4 (32 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (2½ months)
AT 		CH2 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US73 (9 weeks)
US
First published: August 22, 1983
That's all
genesis 		DE27 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT19 (1 month)
AT 		CH15 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK16 (11 weeks)
UK 		US6 (20 weeks)
US
First published: October 31, 1983
1984 Illegal Alien
Genesis 		- - - UK46 (5 weeks)
UK 		US44 (11 weeks)
US
First published: January 23, 1984
Taking It All Too Hard
Genesis 		- - - - US50 (12 weeks)
US
First published: June 1984
1986 Invisible Touch
Invisible Touch 		DE16 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH13 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK7th
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK 		US1 (17 weeks)
US
First published: May 19, 1986
Throwing It All Away
Invisible Touch 		- - - UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		US4 (16 weeks)
US
First published: August 8, 1986
In Too Deep
Invisible Touch 		DE55 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK19 (9 weeks)
UK 		US3 (17 weeks)
US
First published: August 23, 1986
Land of Confusion
Invisible Touch 		DE7 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (½ month)
AT 		CH8 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK14 (12 weeks)
UK 		US4 (21 weeks)
US
First published: October 1986
1987 Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Invisible Touch 		DE23 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - UK18 (7 weeks)
UK 		US3 (15 weeks)
US
First published: March 23, 1987
1991 No Son of Mine
We Can't Dance 		DE3 (25 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (13 weeks)
CH 		UK6 (7 weeks)
UK 		US12 (20 weeks)
US
First published: October 31, 1991
1992 I Can't Dance
We Can't Dance 		DE4 (25 weeks)
DE 		AT2
gold
gold

(17 weeks)AT 		CH8 (17 weeks)
CH 		UK7 (9 weeks)
UK 		US7 (20 weeks)
US
First published: December 30, 1991
Hold on My Heart
We Can't Dance 		DE45 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - UK16 (5 weeks)
UK 		US12 (20 weeks)
US
First published: April 6, 1992
Jesus He Knows Me
We Can't Dance 		DE13 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK20 (7 weeks)
UK 		US23 (20 weeks)
US
First published: July 13, 1992
Never a Time
We Can't Dance 		DE56 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - - US21 (20 weeks)
US
First published: November 5, 1992
Tell Me Why
We Can't Dance 		DE51 (18 weeks)
DE 		- - UK40 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1992
1997 Congo
... Calling All Stations ... 		DE31 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT35 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH32 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK29 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 1997
Shipwrecked
... Calling All Stations ... 		DE82 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - UK54 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: November 1997
1998 Not About Us
... Calling All Stations ... 		DE81 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: February 1998
1999 The Carpet Crawlers 1999
Turn It On Again - The Hits 		DE72 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: November 1999

Video albums

year title Remarks
1984 The Mama Tour (US: goldgold) First published: 1984
1987 Visible Touch (US: goldgold) First published: 1987
1988 Invisible Touch Tour First published: 1988
1991 A History (US: goldgold) First publication: 1991
2001 The Genesis Songbook First published: 2001
2002 The Way We Walk - Live in Concert First published: 2002
2003 Live at Wembley Stadium (DE: goldgold) First published: 2003
2004 The Video Show (DE: platinumplatinum, UK: goldgold) First published: 2004
2008 When in Rome 2007 (DE, UK: platinumplatinum) First published: May 23, 2008
2009 The Movie Box First published: November 16, 2009

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE4thDE AT1AT CH1CH UK6thUK US-US
Top 10 albums DE11DE AT6thAT CH7thCH UK19thUK US5US
Albums in the charts DE22ndDE AT10AT CH19thCH UK26thUK US19thUS
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US
Top 10 singles DE5DE AT3AT CH5CH UK7thUK US7thUS
Singles in the charts DE21stDE AT8thAT CH8thCH UK27UK US22ndUS

Awards for music sales

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.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 54,000 capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 140,000 aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 Individual evidence
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11 5,875,000 musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th (7,000,000) ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 16 × gold16 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 5,381,500 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 10,000 ifpihk.org ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 100,000 riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 805,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 75,000 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 290,000 nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 75,000 ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 100,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 425,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 250,000 promusicae.es
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 10 × gold10 Platinum record icon.svg 18 × platinum18th 21,650,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 7 × silver7th Gold record icon.svg 11 × gold11 Platinum record icon.svg 18 × platinum18th 7,465,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 7 × silver7th Gold record icon.svg 65 × gold65 Platinum record icon.svg 88 × platinum88

See also

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
genesis
Studio albums

From Genesis to Revelation • Trespass • Nursery Cryme • Foxtrot • Selling England by the Pound • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway • A Trick of the Tail • Wind & Wuthering • … And Then There Were Three… • Duke • Abacab • Genesis • Invisible Touch • We Can't Dance • … Calling All Stations…

Extended plays

Spot The Pigeon • 3 × 3

Live albums

Genesis Live • Seconds Out • Three Sides Live • The Way We Walk • Live over Europe 2007

Compilation albums

Archive I - 1967–1975 • Turn It On Again - The Hits • Archive II - 1976–1992 • Platinum Collection

Singles

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) • The Carpet Crawlers • Invisible Touch • Land of Confusion