HIM / discography

HIM logo

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Finnish rock band HIM and their pseudonyms such as HER . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 2.7 million records to date, over 460,000 of them in her home country alone. The most successful release by HIM is the second studio album Razorblade Romance with over a 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	UK	US	FI	Remarks
1997	Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666	DE50 (23 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	FI4th platinum (29 weeks)FI	First published: November 20, 1997 Sales: +68,719
1999	Razorblade Romance	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (58 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH8th gold (32 weeks)CH	UK- silver UK	-	FI1 × 2 Double platinum (30 weeks)FI	First published: December 19, 1999 Sales: + 1,000,000
2001	Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights	DE2 (26 weeks) DE	AT1 gold (10 weeks)AT	CH2 gold (11 weeks)CH	-	US190 (1 week) US	FI1 platinum (11 weeks)FI	First published: Aug 27, 2001 Sales: +98,009
2003	Love metal	DE1 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH4 (15 weeks) CH	UK55 gold (5 weeks)UK	US117 (1 week) US	FI1 platinum (20 weeks)FI	First published: April 14, 2003 Sales: + 269,231
2005	Dark light	DE4th gold (13 weeks)DE	AT4 (7 weeks) AT	CH8 (7 weeks) CH	UK18th gold (5 weeks)UK	US18th gold (37 weeks)US	FI1 platinum (20 weeks)FI	First published: September 23, 2005 Sales: + 758,720
2007	Venus Doom	DE3 (6 weeks) DE	AT9 (4 weeks) AT	CH5 (6 weeks) CH	UK31 (2 weeks) UK	US12 (2 weeks) US	FI2 gold (9 weeks)FI	First published: September 14, 2007 Sales: +30,818
2010	Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice	DE4 (5 weeks) DE	AT7 (3 weeks) AT	CH7 (4 weeks) CH	UK50 (1 week) UK	US25 (4 weeks) US	FI2 gold (12 weeks)FI	First published: February 8, 2010 Sales: + 15,101
2013	Tears on tape	DE2 (6 weeks) DE	AT7 (4 weeks) AT	CH22 (3 weeks) CH	-	US15 (2 weeks) US	FI2 (10 weeks) FI	First published: April 26, 2013 Sales: + 20,000

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	FI	Remarks
2008	Digital Versatile Doom - Live at the Orpheum Theater	DE37 (1 week) DE	AT35 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	US168 (1 week) US	FI10 (7 weeks) FI	First published: April 1, 2008

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	FI	Remarks
2004	And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004	DE5 (7 weeks) DE	AT9 (6 weeks) AT	CH18 (7 weeks) CH	UK30th gold (7 weeks)UK	-	FI2 platinum (17 weeks)FI	First published: March 15, 2004 Sales: + 153,606
2006	Uneasy Listening Vol. 1	DE37 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH40 (2 weeks) CH	-	US162 (1 week) US	FI7 (9 weeks) FI	First published: October 27, 2006
2007	Uneasy Listening Vol. 2	DE38 (2 weeks) DE	AT71 (1 week) AT	CH61 (1 week) CH	-	-	FI12 (5 weeks) FI	First published: April 20, 2007
2012	XX - Two Decades of Love Metal	DE98 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	FI4 (3 weeks) FI	First published: October 26, 2012

2010: SWRMXS

EPs

1996: 666 Ways to Love: Prologue

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	US	FI	Remarks
1996	666 Ways to Love: Prolugue 666 Ways to Love: Prologue EP	-	-	-	-	-	FI9 (7 weeks) FI	First published: October 16, 1996
1997	When Love and Death Embrace Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666	-	-	-	-	-	FI9 (7 weeks) FI	First published: October 1997
1998	Your Sweet 666 Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666	-	-	-	-	-	FI7 (5 weeks) FI	First published: February 2, 1998
1999	Join Me (in Death) Razorblade Romance	DE1 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (13 weeks)AT	CH8 (26 weeks) CH	-	-	FI1 platinum (37 weeks)FI	First published: November 2, 1999 Sales: + 305,628
2000	Right Here in My Arms Razorblade Romance	DE22 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH45 (12 weeks) CH	-	-	FI1 (15 weeks) FI	First published: March 6, 2000 Sales: + 6,868
	Poison Girl Razorblade Romance	DE34 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	FI3 (5 weeks) FI	First published: July 3, 2000
	Gone with the Sin Razorblade Romance	DE19 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH89 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	FI1 (11 weeks) FI	First published: October 21, 2000
2001	Pretending Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights	DE10 (9 weeks) DE	AT36 (8 weeks) AT	CH32 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	FI1 (8 weeks) FI	First published: July 2nd, 2001 Sales: + 7,641
2001	In Joy and Sorrow Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights	DE17 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH98 (1 week) CH	-	-	FI2 (4 weeks) FI	First published: October 8, 2001
2002	Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights	DE20 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH88 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	FI2 (5 weeks) FI	First published: January 14, 2002
2003	The Funeral of Hearts Love Metal	DE3 (9 weeks) DE	AT26 (9 weeks) AT	CH24 (7 weeks) CH	UK15 (4 weeks) UK	-	FI1 (12 weeks) FI	First published: March 17, 2003
	The Sacrament Love Metal	DE22 (5 weeks) DE	AT47 (6 weeks) AT	CH71 (1 week) CH	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	FI4 (9 weeks) FI	First published: June 16, 2003
	Buried Alive by Love Love Metal	DE27 (3 weeks) DE	AT66 (2 weeks) AT	CH98 (1 week) CH	UK30 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: October 5, 2003
2004	Solitary Man And Love Said No.	DE17 (7 weeks) DE	AT45 (4 weeks) AT	CH40 (2 weeks) CH	UK9 (5 weeks) UK	-	FI2 (7 weeks) FI	First published: March 1, 2004
2004	And Love Said No And Love Said No	-	-	-	-	-	FI2 (10 weeks) FI	First published: July 2004
2005	Wings of a Butterfly Dark Light	DE10 (11 weeks) DE	AT12 (12 weeks) AT	CH28 (11 weeks) CH	UK10 (4 weeks) UK	US87 (2 weeks) US	FI1 (7 weeks) FI	First published: September 5, 2005
2006	Killing Loneliness Dark Light	DE32 (8 weeks) DE	AT56 (4 weeks) AT	CH44 (4 weeks) CH	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	-	FI2 (5 weeks) FI	First published: February 10, 2006
2006	In Joy and Sorrow / Pretending Uneasy Listening Vol. 1	-	-	-	-	-	FI1 (9 weeks) FI	First published: November 2006
2007	The Kiss of Dawn Venus Doom	DE44 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	-	FI2 (7 weeks) FI	First published: August 22, 2007
2009	Heartkiller Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice	DE34 (4 weeks) DE	AT56 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	FI5 (6 weeks) FI	First published: December 7, 2009

More singles

1998: Wicked Game
1999: It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)
2005: Vampire Heart
2007: Bleed Well
2010: Scared to Death
2012: Strange World
2013: Tears On Tape

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	FI	Remarks
2005	Love Metal Archives Vol.1	DE15 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK- gold UK	-	FI- platinum FI	First published: April 25, 2005 Sales: +38,197
2008	Digital Versatile Doom - Live at the Orpheum Theater	DE37 (1 week) DE	AT35 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	US168 (1 week) US	FI10 (7 weeks) FI	First published: April 2008

2004: The Video Collection 1997-2003

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
1996	Wicked Game (Version 1)	Antto Melasniemi
1998	Wicked Game (Version 2)	Markus Walter
1999	When Love and Death Embrace	Mikko Pitkänen
1999	Join Me (in Death) (Version 1)	Robert Wilde
2000	Right Here in My Arms	Pasi Pauni
	Poison girl	-
	Gone with the Sin	Ercin Filizli
	Join Me (in Death) (Version 2)	John Hillcoat
	Wicked Game (Version 3)	Bill Yükich
2001	Pretending	Kevin Godley
	In Joy and Sorrow	John Hillcoat
	Heartache every moment	-
2002	Close to the flame	-
2003	The Funeral of Hearts	Stefan Lindfors
2003	Buried Alive by Love	Bam Margera
2004	The Sacrament	Bam Margera
	Solitary Man	Bam Margera
	And Love Said No.	Bam Margera
2005	Wings of a Butterfly	Meiert Avis
2005	Killing Loneliness (Version 1)	Noble Jones
2006	Killing Loneliness (Version 2)	Nathan Cox
2007	The Kiss of Dawn	Meiert Avis
2007	Bleed Well	Meiert Avis
2010	Heartkiller	James Copeman
2010	Scared to Death	Eugene Riecansky
2013	Tears on tape	Stefan Lindfors
	Into The Night	Stefan Lindfors
	All lips go blue	Eugene Riecansky

Demos

1992: Witches and Other Night Fears
1995: This Is Only the Beginning

Box sets

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	FI	Remarks
2002	The Single Collection	-	-	-	-	-	FI12 (4 weeks) FI	First release: October 7th, 2002 Box set consisting of ten maxi CDs with all singles released up to then and bonus material placement in the single charts

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Greece Greece
- 2003: for the album Love Metal
- 2005: for the album Dark Light
- 2007: for the album Venus Doom

Platinum record

Europe Europe
- 2004: for the album Razorblade Romance

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)
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	900,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org
Finland (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	466.074	ifpi.fi
Greece (IFPI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	0! P-	47,500	ifpi.gr ( Memento from December 9, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) GR2 ( Memento from October 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) GR3 ( Memento from October 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	0! P-	70,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	45,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	4 × gold4th	0! P-	385,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	19 × gold19th	11 × platinum11

swell

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2 FI

[charts-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2 FI


Studio albums	Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 (1997) • Razorblade Romance (1999) • Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001) • Love Metal (2003) • And Love Said No (2004) • Dark Light (2005) • Venus Doom (2007) • Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (2010) • Tears on Tape (2013)
Extended plays	666 Ways to Love: Prologue (1996)
Live albums	Digital Versatile Doom - Live at the Orpheum Theater (2008)
Compilation albums	And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 (2004) • Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 (2006) • Uneasy Listening Vol. 2 (2007) • SWRMXS (2010) • XX - Two Decades of Love Metal (2012)
Singles	Join Me (in Death) (1999)