Gladys Knight / discography

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Gladys Knight, 1969

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American soul singer Gladys Knight .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1978 Miss Gladys Knight - - R&B57 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1978
Producers: Gary Klein, Tony Macaulay
1979 Gladys Knight - - R&B71 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1979
Producers: Gladys Knight, Jack Gold
1991 Good woman - US45 (15 weeks)
US
R&B1 (41 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1991
Producers: Attala Zane Giles, Howie Rice,
Michael J. Powell, James "DC" Wilson, III
1994 Just for you - US53
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
R&B6 (55 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1994
Producers: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis ,
Babyface , BeBe Winans , Rhett Lawrence,
Attala Zane Giles, George Duke , Gladys Knight
2001 At last - US98 (5 weeks)
US
R&B30 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 21, 2000
Producers: Gladys Knight, Gary Brown,
Randall Darnell Jackson, Bradley Spalter, Jon-John,
Anthony Crawford, Keith Thomas, Tom Dowd
2005 One Voice - - R&B95 (1 week)
R&B
First released: January 4th, 2005
with The Saints Unified Voices
Producers: Gladys Knight, Kenny Jackson
2006 Before Me - US93 (5 weeks)
US
R&B18 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 10, 2006
Producers: Phil Ramone , Tommy LiPuma
A Christmas Celebration - US155 (4 weeks)
US
R&B59 (6 weeks)
R&B
First released: October 3rd, 2006
with The Saints Unified Voices
Producer: Gladys Knight
2014 Where My Heart Belongs - - R&B34 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 29, 2014
Producer: Gladys Knight

More albums

  • 1979: First Shot
  • 1998: Many Different Roads (release: November 3rd)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1986 Their Very Best: Back to Back UK21 (10 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: November 3, 1986
with Diana Ross , Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder
2011 SOUL: Gladys Knight - - R&B66 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 22, 2011

More compilations

  • 1979: The Night Was Made for Love (with Melba Moore and Paul Anka )
  • 1979: A Nightful
  • 1980: Funky
  • 1984: 17 greatest hits
  • 1989: Soul Sisters
  • 1990: Greatest Hits
  • 1992: Heart & Soul of Gladys Knight
  • 1993: Gladys Knight
  • 1995: Room in Your Heart
  • 1996: Blue Lights in the Basement
  • 1998: The Greatest Hits (UK:silversilver)
  • 1998: Workin 'Overtime
  • 1998: One More Lonely Night (Going for a Song)
  • 2003: Every Beat of My Heart
  • 2004: Beats of My Heart
  • 2006: Beautiful Ballads
  • 2008: Letter Full of Tears
  • 2010: Icon
  • 2013: Another Journey
  • 2013: That Special Time of Year

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1978 It's a Better Than Good Time (Disco)
- - - - R&B16 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: July 1978
Author: Tony Macaulay
I'm coming home again
- - - - R&B54 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First publication: November 1978
Authors: Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager
Original: Carole Bayer Sager , 1978
1979 On I Too Late
Gladys Knight
- - - - R&B45 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: March 1979
Authors: Jim Hurt, Larry Keith
Original: Kenny Rogers , 1977
1981 When a Child Is Born
Celebration: The Anniversary Album
- - UK74 (2 weeks)
UK
- R&B45 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First publication: December 1981
with Johnny Mathis
Author: Zacar alias Ciro Dammicco
Original: Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble - Soleado (instr.), 1974
1985 That's what friends are for
DE36 (12 weeks)
DE
CH11 (8 weeks)
CH
UK16 (10 weeks)
UK
US1
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
R&B1 (20 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: October 1985
Dionne and Friends
with Dionne Warwick , Elton John and Stevie Wonder
Grammy (Song of the Year) / (Pop Vocal Group)
Authors: Burt Bacharach , Carole Bayer Sager
Original: Rod Stewart , 1982
1989 License to Kill
License to Kill (Soundtrack)
DE3 (16 weeks)
DE
CH2 (18 weeks)
CH
UK6 (11 weeks)
UK
- R&B69 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 1989
theme song of the film James Bond 007 - License to Kill
Authors: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden , Walter Afanasieff
1991 Men
good woman
- - - - R&B2 (17 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 1991
Authors: Attala Zane Giles, Cornelius Mims, Gladys Knight
Superwoman
Good Woman
- - - - R&B19 (5 weeks)
R&B
-
First release: September 1991
feat. Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle
Authors: Daryl Simmons, Babyface , LA Reid
Original: Karyn White , 1988
Meet Me in the Middle
Good Woman
- - - - R&B78 (8 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 1991
Authors: DC, Gladys Knight
1992 Where Would I Be
Good Woman
- - - - R&B68 (7 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 1992
Authors: Jud Friedman, Karin Rybar
1994 I don't want to know
- - - - R&B32 (20 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 1994
Author: Babyface
End of the Road Medley
Just for You
- - - - R&B76 (1 week)
R&B
-
First publication: November 1994
including If You Don't Know Me by Now /
Love Don't Love Nobody / End of the Road
1995 Next time
just for you
- - - - R&B30 (20 weeks)
R&B
Dance6 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 1995
Authors: Gladys Knight, Jimmy Wright,
James Harris III, Terry Lewis
1996 Missing You
- - - US25 (20 weeks)
US
R&B10 (27 weeks)
R&B
-
First release: August 1996
with Brandy , Tamia and Chaka Khan
from the soundtrack of the film Set It Off

More singles

  • 1963: Come See About Me (released January)
  • 1963: Queen of Tears
  • 1979: We Don't Make Each Other Laugh Any More (release: February 2nd)
  • 1979: You Bring Out the Best in Me (release: June 15th)
  • 1979: I'll Take a Melody (released June 29)
  • 1979: I Just Want to Be with You (released September 21)
  • 1979: The Best Thing We Can Do Is Say Goodbye
  • 1979: I'm Still Caught Up in You
  • 1981: You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
  • 1986: Loving on Borrowed Time (Love Theme from Cobra) (with Bill Medley )
  • 1988: I Wish I'd Never Loved You at All ( Ray Charles with Gladys Knight)
  • 1990: If I Knew Then What I Know Now (with Kenny Rogers ; release: January)
  • 1993: I Feel a Song in My Heart
  • 1994: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (with Vince Gill )
  • 2001: If I Were Your Woman II

statistics

Chart evaluation

UK UK US US R&B R&B
Number one albums UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B
Top 10 albums UK-UK US-US R&B2R&B
Albums in the charts UK1UK US5US R&B10R&B
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
Number one singles DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US1US R&B1R&B Dance-Dance
Top 10 singles DE1DE CH1CH UK1UK US1US R&B3R&B Dance1Dance
Singles in the charts DE2DE CH2CH UK3UK US2US R&B14thR&B Dance1Dance

Awards for music sales

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)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 1,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 60,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 -

Others

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  1. a b c Chart sources: Singles UK US
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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