Jacques Brel / discography

This discography is an overview of the musical works, chart successes and sales of the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel . For a list of the individual chansons and the chronological publications see the list of chansons and publications by Jacques Brel . For a list of the numerous cover versions of the chansons by Jacques Brel by other artists, see the list of artists of the chansons by Jacques Brel .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1957	Quand on n'a que l'amour	FR- gold FR	BE W21 (16 weeks) BE W	-	Chart entry in BEW only in 1997

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More studio albums

• 1954: Grand Jacques
• 1958: Au printemps
• 1959: La valse à mille temps
• 1961: Marieke
• 1962: Les bourgeois
• 1966: Les bonbons
• 1966: Ces gens-là
• 1967: Jacques Brel 67
• 1968: J'arrive
• 1968: L'homme de la Mancha (French version of the musical The Man of La Mancha)
• 1972: Ne me quitte pas (modernized new recordings of older chansons)
• 1977: Les Marquises (Original title: BREL)

Live albums

• 1962: Olympia 1961
• 1964: Olympia 1964

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1988	Quinze ans d'amour - Best Of	FR130 (13 weeks) FR	BE W34 × 3 Triple platinum (14 weeks)BE W	CH- gold CH	Chart entry in FR only in 2011; in BEW only in 1995
	The 24 greatest successes	-	BE W28 gold (5 weeks)BE W	-	Chart entry in BEW only in 2003
1996	Jaurès	FR40 (3 weeks) FR	-	-
2002	Quinze ans d'amour (les adieux de Brel à l'Olympia 1966)	FR104 (5 weeks) FR	-	-
2003	Infiniment	FR- × 2 Double gold FR	BE W1 platinum (106 weeks)BE W	CH16 (9 weeks) CH
	L'intégrale	FR23 (14 weeks) FR	BE W3 (16 weeks) BE W	-
2006	Les 100 plus belles chansons	-	BE W4th platinum (49 weeks)BE W	CH96 (1 week) CH	Chart entry in CH only in 2008
2010	Trois poètes	FR197 (2 weeks) FR	BE W40 (25 weeks) BE W	-	Chart entry in FR only in 2011 with Georges Brassens & Léo Ferré
	L'intégrale des albums originaux	-	BE W85 (6 weeks) BE W	-
2013	Le coffret	-	BE W187 (1 week) BE W	-
	Suivre l'étoile / Intégrale	FR190 (2 weeks) FR	BE W63 (11 weeks) BE W	-
	Les 50 plus belles chansons	FR53 (13 weeks) FR	BE W9 (79 weeks) BE W	-
	The Very Best Of - Le coffret	-	BE W98 (12 weeks) BE W	-
2016	Trois hommes sur la photo	FR42 (11 weeks) FR	BE W38 (27 weeks) BE W	-	with Georges Brassens & Léo Ferré
2018	Intégrale - Enregistrements originaux 1953-1977	-	BE W90 (1 week) BE W	-
2020	En concert	-	BE W9 (... weeks) BE W	-

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Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FR
1965	Ces gens-là Ces gens-là	FR110 (2 weeks) FR	Chart entry in FR only in 2015
1968	La quete L'Homme de la mancha	FR193 (1 week) FR	Chart entry in FR only in 2013
1988	Ne me quince pas	FR39 (4 weeks) FR

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Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1976: for the album Jacques Brel - Vol. 1 (Impact) 1976: for the album Le Disque D'or 1979: for the album La Valse A Mille Temps 1981: for the album Ne Me Quitte Pas (Impact) 1982: for the album Amsterdam 1982: for the album Coffret 7 Disques 1982: for the album Jef 1982: for the album Le Plat Pays 1982: for the album Les Bonbons 1982: for the album Mon Enfance 1996: for the album Knooke 2019: for the video album Les Adieux A L'Olympia Amaray Version  Switzerland 1998: for the album Master Serie Vol. 1

2 × gold record  France 1998: for the album Master Série - Vol. 2 Platinum record  France 1980: for the album Ne Me Quitte Pas 1981: for the album Album 77 1995: for the album Master Série - Vol. 1 2005: for the video album Les Adieux A L'Olympia 1966  Netherlands 1994: for the album De 24 grootste successen

3 × platinum record  France 2003: for the video album Comme Quand On Etait Beau Diamond record  France 1991: for the album 15 Ans D'amour - Les Adieux A L'Olmpia 66

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	gold1	5 × platinum5	-	255,000	ultratop.be
France (SNEP)	17 × gold17th	7 × platinum7th	diamond1	3,787,500	snepmusique.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	platinum1	-	100,000	nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × gold2	-	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	20 × gold20th	13 × platinum13	diamond1

Web links

• Éditions Jacques Brel with an extensive discography (French / English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: FR BEW CH