Guano Apes / Discography

	- discography
	Guano Apes (2009)
Publications
Studio albums	5
Live albums	1
Compilations	5
Remix albums	1
Singles	19th
Video albums	6th
Music videos	19th
Box sets	2

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German crossover - band Guano Apes and their pseudonyms like Guano Babes . According to the sources, they have sold more than 4.2 million records in their career. The most successful release from the Guano Apes is the debut album Proud Like a God with around three million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
1997	Proud like a God	DE5 platinum (76 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (36 weeks)AT	CH13 platinum (33 weeks)CH	First published: October 6, 1997 Sales: +3,000,000
2000	Don't give me names	DE1 gold (38 weeks)DE	AT1 (16 weeks) AT	CH5 gold (18 weeks)CH	First published: May 2, 2000 Sales: + 215,000
2003	Walking on a thin line	DE1 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT5 (15 weeks) AT	CH8 (18 weeks) CH	First published: February 3, 2003 Sales: + 100,000
2011	Bel Air	DE1 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT5 (7 weeks) AT	CH2 (23 weeks) CH	First published: April 1, 2011 Sales: + 100,000
2014	Offline	DE8 (7 weeks) DE	AT26 (3 weeks) AT	CH31 (2 weeks) CH	First published: May 30, 2014

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2003	live	DE26 (4 weeks) DE	AT47 (3 weeks) AT	CH58 (3 weeks) CH	First published: October 20, 2003

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2004	Planet of the Apes	DE32 gold (15 weeks)DE	AT33 (8 weeks) AT	CH28 (8 weeks) CH	First published: November 29, 2004 Sales: + 100,000

More compilations

2000: Kumba Ya! (ADRENALINE Rarity Collection)
2001: Alternative Collection
2006: Lost (T) apes
2011: Bel Air Exclusive Edition

Remix albums

1998: Open Your Eyes Remixes

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	Remarks
1997	Open Your Eyes Proud like a God	DE5 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT10 (14 weeks) AT	CH11 (18 weeks) CH	-	First published: August 25, 1997 Sales: + 250,000
1998	Rain Proud like a God	DE76 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: May 4, 1998
1998	Lords of the Boards Proud like a God	DE10 gold (28 weeks)DE	AT10 (19 weeks) AT	CH34 (2 weeks) CH	-	First published: September 27, 1998 Sales: + 250,000
1999	Don't You Turn Your Back on Me	DE50 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: March 8, 1999
2000	Big in Japan Don't Give Me Names	DE9 (12 weeks) DE	AT19 (10 weeks) AT	CH24 (13 weeks) CH	-	First published: March 20, 2000
	No Speech Don't Give Me Names	DE75 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: June 19, 2000
	Living in a Lie Don't Give Me Names	DE84 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: October 2, 2000
2001	Dödel Up! Don't give me names	DE57 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: February 26, 2001
2003	You Can't Stop Me Walking on a Thin Line	DE10 (9 weeks) DE	AT15 (12 weeks) AT	CH69 (4 weeks) CH	UK99 (1 week) UK	First published: January 13, 2003
	Pretty in Scarlet Walking on a Thin Line	DE51 (9 weeks) DE	AT55 (6 weeks) AT	-	-	First published: April 7, 2003
	Quietly walking on a thin line	DE51 (6 weeks) DE	AT52 (5 weeks) AT	-	-	First published: July 21, 2003
2004	Break the Line Planet of the Apes	DE45 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: November 15, 2004
2011	Oh what a night Bel Air	DE37 (9 weeks) DE	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH51 (1 week) CH	-	First published: February 28, 2011
2014	Close to the Sun Offline	DE86 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: February 28, 2014

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	Remarks
2001	Kumba Yo! Mittermeier & Friends	DE3 gold (15 weeks)DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH12 (12 weeks) CH	-	First published: March 26, 2001 Sales: + 250,000; with Michael Mittermeier as Guano Babes

Further guest contributions

2011: Sunday Lover
2011: This Time
2012: When the Ships Arrive
2012: C'est Fini (Nina Wegener & Guano Apes)

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

1998: Guano T-Apes
2000: Don't Give Me Names
2003: Live
2005: Planet of the Apes - The Documentary
2011: Bel Air (Limited Edition)
2012: Live @ Rockpalast

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
1997	Open your eyes	Jeannine Panaccione
1998	Rain	Andreas Marschall , Heiner Thimm
1998	Lords of the Boards	Erçin Filizli
1999	Don't You Turn Your Back on Me	Daniel Lwowski
2000	Big in Japan	Erçin Filizli
	No speech	Sorf Somner
	Living in a Lie	Erçin Filizli
2001	Dödel Up!	Gerhard Hahn
2001	Kumba Yo!	Joern Heitmann , Norman Hafezi
2003	You can't stop me	Joern Heitmann
	Pretty in scarlet	Joern Heitmann
	Quietly	Joern Heitmann
2004	Break the line	Volker Hannwacker
2011	Oh what a night	Markus Gerwinat
	Sunday lover	Markus Gerwinat
	This time	Oliver Sommer
2012	When the ships arrive	Holger Gutt
2012	C'est Fini	Andreas Z Simon
2014	Close to the sun	Joffrey Jans

Box sets

2003: The Red Box
2003: Hit Single Collection

statistics

Chart evaluation

	DE	AT	CH
Number one albums	DE3DE	AT1AT	CH-CH
Top 10 albums	DE5DE	AT4thAT	CH3CH
Albums in the charts	DE7thDE	AT7thAT	CH7thCH

	DE	AT	CH	UK
Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK
Top 10 singles	DE5DE	AT3AT	CH-CH	UK-UK
Singles in the charts	DE15thDE	AT8thAT	CH6thCH	UK1UK

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Belgium Belgium
- 2001: for the album Proud Like a God
Italy Italy
- 2001: for the album Proud Like a God
Netherlands Netherlands
- 2000: for the album Proud Like a God
Poland Poland
- 1999: for the album Proud Like a God

Platinum record

Europe Europe
- 2001: for the album Proud Like a God
Portugal Portugal
- 2001: for the album Proud Like a God
- 2001: for the album Don't Give Me Names

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	gold1	0! P-	25,000	Individual evidence
Germany (BVMI)	7 × gold7th	platinum1	1,800,000	musikindustrie.de billboard.com
Europe (IFPI)	0! G-	platinum1	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	0! P-	50,000	Individual evidence
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold1	0! P-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	0! P-	25,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	gold1	0! P-	50,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	0! G-	2 × platinum2	80,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	platinum1	75,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	0! G-	0! P-	80,000	billboard.com
All in all	13 × gold13	5 × platinum5

swell

↑ Sales of Proud Like a God ( Memento from September 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Director of Open Your Eyes ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Directors of Rain
↑ Director of Lords of the Boards
↑ Director of Don't You Turn Your Back on Me
^ Director of Big in Japan
^ Director of No Speech
^ Director of Living in a Lie
↑ Director of Dödel Up!
↑ Directors of Kumba Yo!
↑ Director of You Can't Stop Me
^ Director of Pretty in Scarlet
^ Director of Quietly ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Director of Break the Line ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Director of Oh What a Night
↑ Director of Sunday Lover
↑ Director of This Time
^ Director of When the Ships Arrive
↑ Director of C'est Fini
^ Director of Close to the Sun
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Guano Apes Multi-Platinum Award 2001 ( Memento from April 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

[1] Sales of Proud Like a God ( Memento from September 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Director of Open Your Eyes ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Directors of Rain

[4] Director of Lords of the Boards

[5] Director of Don't You Turn Your Back on Me

[6] Director of Big in Japan

[7] Director of No Speech

[8] Director of Living in a Lie

[9] Director of Dödel Up!

[10] Directors of Kumba Yo!

[11] Director of You Can't Stop Me

[12] Director of Pretty in Scarlet

[13] Director of Quietly ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[14] Director of Break the Line ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[15] Director of Oh What a Night

[16] Director of Sunday Lover

[17] Director of This Time

[18] Director of When the Ships Arrive

[19] Director of C'est Fini

[20] Director of Close to the Sun

[AW-2001-21] Guano Apes Multi-Platinum Award 2001 ( Memento from April 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )


Studio albums	Proud like a God (1997) • Don't Give Me Names (2000) • Walking on a Thin Line (2003) • Bel Air (2011) • Offline (2014)
Remix albums	Open Your Eyes Remixes (2000)
Live albums	Live (2003)
Compilation albums	Kumba Ya! (2000) • Alternative Collection (2001) • Planet of the Apes (2004) • Lost (T) apes (2006) • Bel Air Exclusive Edition (2011)