Gloria Gaynor / discography

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Gloria Gaynor, 1976

This discography is an overview of the musical works of American disco - singer Gloria Gaynor .

Gaynor had the worldwide breakthrough in 1974/75 with the album Never Can Say Goodbye and the single of the same name as well as the release Reach Out, I'll Be There . The peak of her career followed in 1978, when the album Love Tracks and the release I Will Survive reached top positions in the charts worldwide .

Albums

Studio 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 R&B R&B
1975 Never Can Say Goodbye DE12 (28 weeks)
DE
- - UK32
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK
US25 (15 weeks)
US
R&B21 (7 weeks)
R&B
Experience Gloria Gaynor - - - - US64 (21 weeks)
US
R&B32 (7 weeks)
R&B
1976 I've got you - - - - US107 (14 weeks)
US
R&B40 (5 weeks)
R&B
1977 Glorious - - - - US183 (4 weeks)
US
-
1978 Love tracks DE34 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK31 (6 weeks)
UK
US4th
platinum
platinum

(34 weeks)US
R&B4 (28 weeks)
R&B
1979 I have a right - - - - US58 (11 weeks)
US
R&B56 (5 weeks)
R&B
1980 Stories - - - - US178 (4 weeks)
US
-
1986 The Power of Gloria Gaynor - - - UK81 (2 weeks)
UK
- -
1991 Gloria Gaynor '91 - AT27 (12 weeks)
AT
- - - -

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

  • 1978: Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound
  • 1981: I Kinda Like Me
  • 1982: Gloria Gaynor
  • 1984: I Am Gloria Gaynor
  • 1992: Love Affair
  • 1994: Mighty High (Europe) / I'll Be There (US, CA)
  • 1997: The Answer (US) / It's My Time (FR)
  • 2002: I Wish You Love
  • 2007: Christmas Presence
  • 2013: We Will Survive
  • 2019: Testimony ( Grammy : Gospel )

Live albums

  • 2005: Live! At John J. Burns Town Park
  • 2008: Ao Vivo - Festival de Verao Salvador

Compilations

  • 1977: The Best Of
  • 1980: The Best of Gloria Gaynor
  • 1982: Greatest Hits
  • 1988: Greatest Hits
  • 1990: Hit Collection
  • 1990: I Will Survive
  • 1992: Love Songs
  • 1993: The Very Best of Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
  • 1993: I Am What I Am
  • 1994: Reach Out
  • 1994: Club House - Mild & Sweet
  • 1996: The Hits
  • 1996: Never Can Say Goodbye
  • 1996: I Will Survive
  • 1996: The Collection
  • 1997: The Best of Gloria Gaynor
  • 1998: I Will Survive: The Anthology
  • 1999: The Best Of
  • 1999: I Am What I Am
  • 1999: Classic Gloria Gaynor
  • 2000: The Best of Gloria Gaynor
  • 2000: Most Famous Hits (2 CDs)
  • 2001: Disco Diva
  • 2001: The Very Best Of
  • 2003: All the Hits (New Versions)
  • 2005: I Will Survive (2 CDs)
  • 2007: Color Collection
  • 2008: White Collection - The Disco Queen
  • 2008: The Survivor - Best Of
  • 2009: I Will Survive

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1974 Never Can Say Goodbye
Never Can Say Goodbye
DE13 (21 weeks)
DE
AT19 (4 weeks)
AT
- UK2
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK
US9 (17 weeks)
US
R&B34 (14 weeks)
R&B
Dance1 (11 weeks)
Dance
Author: Clifton Davis
Original: The Jackson Five , 1971
Honey Bee
Never Can Say Goodbye
- - - - - R&B55 (7 weeks)
R&B
Dance2 (14 weeks)
Dance
Authors: Melvin and Mervin Steals
1975 Reach Out, I'll Be There
Never Can Say Goodbye
DE5 (21 weeks)
DE
AT13 (16 weeks)
AT
- UK14 (8 weeks)
UK
US60 (5 weeks)
US
R&B56 (7 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
Walk on By
Experience
DE17 (6 weeks)
DE
AT12 (4 weeks)
AT
- - US98 (1 week)
US
- -
Authors: Burt Bacharach , Hal David
Original: Dionne Warwick , 1964
All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin '
Never Can Say Goodbye
- - - UK44 (3 weeks)
UK
- - -
Authors: Bobby Flax, Lanny Lambert
Casanova Brown
Experience
- - - - - - Dance1 (17 weeks)
Dance
Author: Jimmy Roach
(If You Want It) Do It Yourself
Experience
DE31 (4 weeks)
DE
- - - US98 (2 weeks)
US
R&B24 (12 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
Authors: Jack Robinson, James Bolden
How high the moon
experience
DE29 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK33 (4 weeks)
UK
US75 (5 weeks)
US
R&B73 (5 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
Authors: Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Original: Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake, 1940
1976 Let's Make a Deal
I've Got You
- - - - - R&B95 (2 weeks)
R&B
Dance4 (14 weeks)
Dance
Author: Curtis Blandon
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Got You
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
from the soundtrack of the film Born to Dance
Author: Cole Porter
Be Mine
I've Got You
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
Author: Don Oriolo
1977 We Can Start All Over Again
Glorious
- - - - - - Dance38 (1 week)
Dance
Authors: George Flame, Joe Beck
Life Ain't Worth Livin '
Glorious
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
Author: Melvin Steals
Why Should I Pay
Glorious
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
Author: Gregg Diamond
1978 You're All I Need to Get By
Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound
- - - - - - Dance24 (7 weeks)
Dance
Kidnapped
Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
Authors: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
I Will Survive
Love Tracks
DE7 (17 weeks)
DE
AT17 (8 weeks)
AT
CH7 (9 weeks)
CH
UK1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK
US1
Platinum + gold
Platinum + gold
Platinum + gold

(27 weeks)US
R&B4 (17 weeks)
R&B
Dance1 (27 weeks)
Dance
Authors: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
Grammy ( disco , one-time award)
Substitute
love tracks
- - - - - R&B78 (4 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
Author: Willie Harry Wilson
Original: The Righteous Brothers , 1975
1979 Anybody wanna party?
Love tracks
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
Authors: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
I Said Yes
Love Tracks
- - - - - -[Dance: ↑]
Authors: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
Anybody wanna party?
(Special New Disco Version)
- - - - - R&B16 (14 weeks)
R&B
Dance30 (11 weeks)
Dance
Authors: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
Love Is Just a Heartbeat Away
(Nocturna's Theme)
Nocturna (Soundtrack)
- - - - - - Dance81 (3 weeks)
Dance
Authors: Norman Bergen, Reid Whitelaw
Let Me Know (I Have a Right)
I Have a Right
- - - UK32 (7 weeks)
UK
US42 (13 weeks)
US
R&B61 (5 weeks)
R&B
Dance19 (13 weeks)
Dance
Authors: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
1981 Let's Mend What's Been Broken
I Kinda Like Me
- - - - - R&B76 (3 weeks)
R&B
-
Authors: Gene McFadden , John Whitehead ,
Jerry Cohen
1983 I Am What I Am
I Am Gloria Gaynor
DE35 (11 weeks)
DE
- CH20 (18 weeks)
CH
UK13 (13 weeks)
UK
- R&B82 (11 weeks)
R&B
Dance3 (14 weeks)
Dance
Author: Jerry Herman , Original: George Hearn, 1983
from the musical La Cage aux Folles
1984 Strive
I Am Gloria Gaynor
- - - UK86 (3 weeks)
UK
- - -
Authors: Julius Joseph Davis, Linwood Maxwell Simon
1987 Be Soft with Me Tonight
- - - UK80 (2 weeks)
UK
- - -
Production: Stock Aitken Waterman
Authors: Mike Burns, Nicky Chinn , Steve Glen
1990 I Will Survive (Remix)
DE42 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - - - -
1991 Mega medley
DE94 (1 week)
DE
- - - - - -
including I Will Survive , Never Can Say Goodbye and
Do It Yourself
1993 I Will Survive (Phil Kelsey Remix)
I'll Be There
- - - UK5 (10 weeks)
UK
- - -
1997 Mighty High
I'll Be There
- - - - - - Dance12 (12 weeks)
Dance
feat. The Trammps
Authors: Dave Crawford, Richard Downing
Original: Mighty Clouds of Joy, 1975
2000 Last night
DE70 (9 weeks)
DE
- CH89 (2 weeks)
CH
UK67 (1 week)
UK
- - -
Giorgio Moroder Project pres. Gloria Gaynor
Authors: Giorgio Moroder, Shelly Peiken
2001 Just Keep Thinking About You
I Wish You Love
- - - UK85 (1 week)
UK
- - Dance1 (14 weeks)
Dance
Authors: Gwen Catchey, Harold Johnson
Original: Tata Vega, 1978
2002 I Never Knew
I Wish You Love
- - - - - - Dance1 (13 weeks)
Dance
Author: Kasia Livingston
2006 Rebecca -
The Power of a Woman in Love
- AT37 (8 weeks)
AT
- - - - -

More singles

  • 1965: She'll Be Sorry
  • 1975: How High the Moon
  • 1976: Touch of Lightning
  • 1976: Talk, Talk, Talk
  • 1976: Do It Right
  • 1976: I've Got You Under My Skin
  • 1976: Be Mine
  • 1977: Most of All
  • 1978: This Love Affair
  • 1978: My Love Is Music
  • 1978: Stoplight
  • 1979: Midnight Rocker
  • 1979: Tonight
  • 1980: Ain't No Bigger Fool
  • 1981: I Kinda Like Me
  • 1982: Tease Me
  • 1983: America
  • 1983: Love Me Real
  • 1983: Stop in the Name of Love
  • 1984: Bullseye
  • 1986: Don't You Dare Call It Love
  • 1987: Love Is the Reason (with Engelbert Humperdinck )
  • 1991: Can't Take My Eyes off You ( Black Box Mix )
  • 1991: Together We Can
  • 1991: Gloria Gaynor '91 (Medley)
  • 1992: First Be a Woman
  • 1994: Casanova Brown
  • 1996: Rippin 'It Up
  • 1996: I'll Be There
  • 1997: Oh What a Life
  • 1997: Diva Megamix (with Donna Summer and Love & Kisses)
  • 1997: What a Life / You Keep Running ( White Label )
  • 1998: Set Me Free
  • 1998: You're the First, the Last, My Everything (feat. Isaac Hayes )
  • 1998: Reunion
  • 1999: Perfect World
  • 1999: Keep On
  • 2000: Exclusive Medley Remix 2000
  • 2007: Supernatural Love ( DONS feat. Gloria Gaynor)
  • 2012: All the Man That I Need (5 Files)
  • 2014: Love Is Just a Heartbeat Away (Ashley Beedle's Heavy Disco Vocal)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT UK UK US US R&B R&B
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT UK-UK US-US R&B-R&B
Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT UK-UK US1US R&B1R&B
Albums in the charts DE2DE AT2AT UK3UK US7thUS R&B5R&B
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US1US R&B-R&B Dance5Dance
Top 10 singles DE2DE AT-AT CH1CH UK3UK US2US R&B1R&B Dance8thDance
Singles in the charts DE10DE AT5AT CH3CH UK12UK US7thUS R&B12R&B Dance14thDance

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1979: for the album Love Tracks
    • 1979: for the album Never Can Say Goodbye

Platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1979: for the single I Will Survive

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)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 250,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 3,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 660,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3

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  1. a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
  2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn: Hot R&B Songs. Billboard 1942-2010. 6th edition. Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls 2010, p. 252.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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