Kate Bush / discography

Kate Bush  - discography
Kate Bush (2014)
Publications
Studio albums	9
Live albums	2
Compilations	11
EPs	5
Singles	45
Video albums	11
Music videos	38
Box sets	2

This discography is an overview of the musical works of British pop singer Kate Bush . According to the sources, she has sold more than 8.6 million records in her career. The most successful Bush release is the compilation The Whole Story with around 1.5 million units sold. In her home country, the United Kingdom, she has been able to sell more than five million records to date, and in Germany she has sold around 1.1 million records so far.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	The Kick Inside	DE21 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 platinum (71 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 17, 1978 Sales: + 400,000
	Lionheart	DE25 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6th platinum (38 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 13, 1978 Sales: + 400,000
1980	Never for Ever	DE5 gold (31 weeks)DE	-	-	UK1 gold (25 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 8, 1980 Sales: + 550,000
1982	The Dreaming	DE23 (19 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 silver (12 weeks)UK	US157 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 13, 1982 Sales: + 60,000
1985	Hounds of Love	DE2 platinum (32 weeks)DE	AT14 (14 weeks) AT	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (64 weeks)UK	US30 (27 weeks) US	First published: September 16, 1985 Sales: + 1,300,000
1989	The Sensual World	DE10 (21 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (24 weeks)UK	US43 gold (26 weeks)US	First published: October 16, 1989 Sales: + 950,000
1993	The Red Shoes	DE18 (10 weeks) DE	AT34 (4 weeks) AT	CH26 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (19 weeks)UK	US28 (14 weeks) US	First published: November 2, 1993 Sales: +350,000
2005	Aerial	DE3 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT23 (10 weeks) AT	CH12 (11 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (19 weeks)UK	US49 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 4th, 2005 Sales: + 1,100,000
2011	50 Words for Snow	DE7 (9 weeks) DE	AT26 (4 weeks) AT	CH12 (5 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (13 weeks)UK	US83 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 18, 2011 Sales: + 100,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2016	Before the dawn	DE14 (4 weeks) DE	AT45 (1 week) AT	CH37 (2 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (7 weeks)UK	US121 (1 week) US	First published: November 25, 2016

More live albums

• 1994: Live at Hammersmith Odeon

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1986	The Whole Story	DE11 gold (19 weeks)DE	-	-	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (130 weeks)UK	US76 (27 weeks) US	First published: November 10, 1986 Sales: + 1,525,000
2011	Director's Cut	DE11 (5 weeks) DE	AT35 (1 week) AT	CH23 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 16, 2011 Sales: + 100,000
2018	Remastered - Part I	DE33 (1 week) DE	-	CH65 (1 week) CH	UK51 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 16, 2018
	Remastered - Part II	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 16, 2018
2019	The Other Sides	DE56 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK18 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 8, 2019

More compilations

• 1990: Passing Through Air
• 1990: This Woman's Work, Vol. 1
• 1990: This Woman's Work, Vol. 2
• 1999: Lionheart / The Dreaming
• 2002: The Kick Inside / Lionheart
• 2004: Hounds of Love / The Sensual World
• 2006: Hounds of Love / Never for Ever

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	On stage	-	-	-	UK10 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 30, 1979
1983	Kate Bush	-	-	-	-	US148 (6 weeks) US	First published: June 15, 1983

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More EPs

• 1978: 4 sucessos
• 1990: Aspects of the Sensual World
• 1993: Eat the Music

Singles

Chart placements as lead musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Wuthering Heights The Kick Inside	DE11 (21 weeks) DE	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	CH8 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (14 weeks)UK	-	First published: Jan 20, 1978 Sales: + 400,000
	The Man with the Child in His Eyes The Kick Inside	-	-	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	US85 (4 weeks) US	First published: May 12, 1978
	Hammer Horror Lionheart	-	-	-	UK44 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 27, 1978
1979	Wow Lionheart	-	-	-	UK14 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 9, 1979
1980	Breathing Never for Ever	-	-	-	UK16 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 18, 1980
	Babooshka Never For Ever	DE14 (26 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 silver (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 27, 1980 Sales: + 200,000
	Army Dreamers Never for Ever	-	-	-	UK16 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 22, 1980
	December Will Be Magic Again single track	DE55 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK29 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 17, 1980
1981	Sat in Your Lap The Dreaming	-	-	-	UK11 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 30, 1981
1982	The Dreaming The Dreaming	-	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 26, 1982
1985	Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) Hounds of Love	DE3 (19 weeks) DE	AT21 (6 weeks) AT	CH10 (11 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (11 weeks)UK	US30 (20 weeks) US	First published: August 5, 1985 Sales: + 400,000
	Cloudbusting Hounds of Love	DE20 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 14, 1985
1986	Hounds of Love Hounds of Love	DE68 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 24, 1986
	The Big Sky Hounds of Love	-	-	-	UK37 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 28, 1986
	Experiment IV The Whole Story	DE50 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK23 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 27, 1986
1989	The Sensual World The Sensual World	DE29 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 18, 1989
	This Woman's Work The Sensual World	-	-	-	UK25th silver (5 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 20, 1989 Sales: + 200,000
1990	Love and Anger The Sensual World	-	-	-	UK38 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 26, 1990
1991	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin	DE36 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH20 (6 weeks) CH	UK12 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 25, 1991
1993	Rubberband Girl The Red Shoes	DE65 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	US88 (6 weeks) US	First published: September 6, 1993
	Moments of Pleasure The Red Shoes	-	-	-	UK26 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 15, 1993
1994	The Red Shoes The Red Shoes	-	-	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 4, 1994
	The Man I Love The Glory of Gershwin	-	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 18, 1994 feat. Larry Adler
	And So Is Love The Red Shoes	-	-	-	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 7, 1994
2005	King of the Mountain Aerial	DE42 (6 weeks) DE	AT71 (2 weeks) AT	CH47 (5 weeks) CH	UK4 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 24, 2005
2011	Wild Man 50 Words For Snow	-	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 11, 2011
2012	Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - 2012 remix single track	-	-	-	UK6 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 12, 2012

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel (Melt)	DE36 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th silver (11 weeks)UK	US48 (11 weeks) US	First published: Jan 28, 1980 Sales: +200,000 Peter Gabriel , Background: Kate Bush
1986	Do not Give Up Sun	DE27 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (11 weeks) UK	US72 (6 weeks) US	First published: October 19, 1986 Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush
1987	Let It Be single track	DE3 (14 weeks) DE	AT4 (14 weeks) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 23, 1987 Sales: + 400,000; with Ferry Aid

more publishments

• 1978: Moving
• 1978: Them Heavy People
• 1978: Room for the Life
• 1979: Strange Phenomena
• 1979: Symphony in Blue
• 1982: Suspended in Gaffa
• 1982: There Goes a Tenner
• 1983: Un baiser d'enfant
• 1983: Night of the Swallow
• 1987: Be Kind to My Mistakes
• 1993: Eat the Music
• 2005: π
• 2007: Lyra ( The Golden Compass (OST))
• 2011: Deeper Understanding
• 2012: Lake Tahoe

Further guest contributions

• 1986: The Seer ( Big Country feat.Kate Bush)
• 1988: Sister and Brother ( Midge Ure & Kate Bush)
• 1989: Spirit of the Forest (Spirit of the Forest & Kate Bush)
• 2019: My Computer ( Prince & Kate Bush)

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

• 1981: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon
• 1983: The Single File
• 1986: The Hair of the Hound
• 1986: The Whole Story: The Videos
• 1990: The Sensual World - The Videos
• 1994: The Line, the Cross & the Curve
• 2006: Under Review
• 2009: Hounds of Love - A Classic Album
• 2010: The Document
• 2010: The Collection
• 2011: A Life of Surprises

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
1978	Wuthering Heights	Keith "Keef" MacMillan (version 1) , Rockflix (version 2)
	The Man with the Child in His Eyes	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
	Great horror	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
1979	Wow (2 versions)	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
	Them Heavy People	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
1980	Breathing	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
	Babooshka	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
	Army Dreamers	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
1981	Sat in Your Lap	Brian Wiseman
1982	The Dreaming	Paul Henry
	There goes a tenner	Paul Henry
	Suspended in Gaffa	Brian Wiseman
1985	Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)	David Garfath
	Cloudbusting	Julian Doyle
1986	Hounds of Love	Kate Bush
	The Big Sky	Kate Bush
	Don't Give Up (2 versions)	Godley & Creme
	Experiment IV	Kate Bush
	Wow (version 3)
1989	The Sensual World	Peter Richardson, Kate Bush
	This Woman's Work	Kate Bush
1990	Love and Anger	Kate Bush
1991	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
1993	Rubberband girl	Kate Bush (version 1), - (version 2)
	Eat the Music (2 versions)	Kate Bush
	Moments of Pleasure	Kate Bush
1994	The Red Shoes	Kate Bush
	The Man I Love
	And So Is Love	Kate Bush
2005	King of the Mountain	Jimmy T. Murakami
2011	Deeper understanding	Kate Bush
	Wild Man	Kate Bush
	Misty	Kate Bush
2012	Lake Tahoe	Kate Bush

Box sets

• 1983: The Single File
• 1990: This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK3UK US-US Top 10 albums DE5DE AT-AT CH1CH UK13UK US-US Albums in the charts DE15thDE AT6thAT CH8thCH UK16UK US9US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK2UK US-US Top 10 singles DE2DE AT1AT CH3CH UK9UK US-US Singles in the charts DE14thDE AT4thAT CH5CH UK30thUK US5US

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2004: for the album The Whole Story  Finland 2005: for the album Aerial  France 1981: for the album Never for Ever 1986: for the album Hounds of Love 1993: for the album The Sensual World 2006: for the album Aerial  Ireland 2005: for the album Aerial  Canada 1987: for the album The Whole Story 1989: for the album The Sensual World 1993: for the album The Red Shoes  New Zealand 1979: for the album Lionheart 1987: for the album The Whole Story  Netherlands 1979: for the album Lionheart 1980: for the album Never for Ever 1988: for the album Hounds of Love

Platinum record  Canada 1981: for the album Lionheart 1981: for the album Never for Ever 1984: for the album The Kick Inside 1985: for the album Ho unds of Love 2006: for the album Aerial  New Zealand 1978: for the album The Kick Inside  Netherlands 1978: for the album The Kick Inside

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)
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	1,100,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	23,811	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	4 × gold4th	-	400,000	infodisc.fr
Ireland (IRMA)	-	gold1	-	7,500	irishcharts.ie
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	5 × platinum5	650,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	30,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	250,000	nvpi.nl
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	7 × gold7th	11 × platinum11	5,560,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	26 × gold26th	19 × platinum19th

swell

1. ↑ Sales of Aerial ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Singles Discography on 45cat.com
• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US