Kraftwerk (band) / discography
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Kraftwerk, live (2008)
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 Studio albums
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11 |
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Live albums
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1 |
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Compilations
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3 |
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EPs
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1 |
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Singles
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24 |
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Video albums
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2 |
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Music videos
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20th |
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Box sets
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3 |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German Electro - music group Kraftwerk . According to the sources, she has sold more than 1.6 million records to date, over 25,000 of them in her home country alone. The most successful releases by Kraftwerk are the singles Radioactivity and The Model , each with over 500,000 units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1970 |
Tone Float as an organization |
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First published: August 1970
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| 1970 | power plant |
DE30 (20 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: November 1970
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| 1971 | Power plant 2 |
DE36 (8 weeks) DE |
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First published: October 15, 1971
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| 1973 | Ralf and Florian | - | - | - | - |
US160 (5 weeks) US |
First published: October 30, 1973
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| 1974 | Highway |
DE7 (28 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK4th  (21 weeks)UK |
US5 (22 weeks) US |
First published: November 1, 1974
Sales: + 160,000 |
| 1975 | Radioactivity |
DE22 (20 weeks) DE |
AT4 (12 weeks) AT |
- | - |
US140 (8 weeks) US |
First published: October 1975
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 1977 | Trans Europe Express |
DE32 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK49 (7 weeks)UK |
US119 (7 weeks) US |
First published: February 15, 1977
Sales: + 60,000 |
| 1978 | the human machine |
DE12 (24 weeks) DE |
AT15 (12 weeks) AT |
- |
UK9  (13 weeks)UK |
US130 (9 weeks) US |
First published: May 8, 1978
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 1981 | Computer world |
DE7 (23 weeks) DE |
AT14 (8 weeks) AT |
- |
UK15th (22 weeks)UK |
US72 (42 weeks) US |
First published: May 11, 1981
Sales: + 60,000 |
| 1986 |
Electric Café also known as: Techno Pop |
DE23 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK58 (2 weeks) UK |
US156 (14 weeks) US |
First published: November 3, 1986
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| 2003 | Tour de France soundtracks |
DE1 (7 weeks) DE |
AT29 (5 weeks) AT |
CH25 (5 weeks) CH |
UK21st (2 weeks)UK |
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First published: August 4th, 2003
Sales: + 60,000 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
| year | title |
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| 2005 | Minimum-maximum |
DE26 (9 weeks) DE |
AT33 (7 weeks) AT |
CH58 (6 weeks) CH |
UK29 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: June 6, 2005
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Compilations
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| 1991 | The mix |
DE7 (20 weeks) DE |
AT12 (11 weeks) AT |
CH27 (5 weeks) CH |
UK15th (6 weeks)UK |
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First published: June 10, 1991
Sales: +60,000 |
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| Number one albums | DE1DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | US-US | |||
| Top 10 albums | DE5DE | AT1AT | CH-CH | UK2UK | US1US | |||
| Albums in the charts | DE13DE | AT7thAT | CH4thCH | UK9UK | US7thUS | |||
More compilations
- 1975: Exceller 8 (released in UK)
- 1981: Elektro Kinetik (released in UK)
EPs
- 1974: Midnight / Morning Walk / Comet Melody 1 ("Club Selection" for Club Bertelsmann members)
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
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| 1975 | Autobahn / morning walk Autobahn |
DE9 (18 weeks) DE |
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UK11 (9 weeks) UK |
US25 (10 weeks) US |
First published: January 1975
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| Radioactivity / Antenna Radio-Activity |
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UK43 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: December 14th, 1975
Sales: + 500,000 |
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| 1977 | Trans Europa Express / Franz Schubert Trans Europa Express |
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US67 (7 weeks) US |
First published: April 22, 1977
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| Showroomdummies / The Hall of Mirrors Trans Europa Express |
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UK25 (5 weeks) UK |
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First published: August 26, 1977
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| 1978 | The Robots / Spacelab The Human Machine |
DE25 (20 weeks) DE |
AT23 (4 weeks) AT |
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First published: May 12, 1978
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The model / neon light The man-machine |
DE7 (20 weeks) DE |
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UK1 (21 weeks)UK |
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First published: September 22, 1978
Sales: + 500,000 |
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| Neon Lights / Trans Europe Express / The Model The man-machine |
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UK53 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: September 22, 1978
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| 1981 | Pocket calculator / Dentaku Computerwelt |
DE63 (8 weeks) DE |
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UK39 (6 weeks) UK |
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First published: March 1981
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| 1983 | Tour de France |
DE47 (9 weeks) DE |
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UK22 (20 weeks) UK |
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First published: June 1983
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| 1986 | Musique Non-Stop Electric Café / Techno Pop |
DE13 (11 weeks) DE |
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First published: October 20, 1986
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| 1991 | The Robots '91 The Mix |
DE18 (10 weeks) DE |
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UK20 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: May 1991
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| 1999 | Expo 2000 |
DE35 (8 weeks) DE |
- |
CH95 (3 weeks) CH |
UK27 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: December 6, 1999
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| 2003 | Tour de France 2003 Tour de France soundtracks |
DE50 (7 weeks) DE |
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UK20 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: July 7, 2003
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| 2004 | Aerodynamics Tour de France soundtracks |
DE80 (5 weeks) DE |
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UK33 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: March 15, 2004
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| Number one singles | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK1UK | US-US | |||
| Top 10 singles | DE2DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK1UK | US-US | |||
| Singles in the charts | DE10DE | AT1AT | CH1CH | UK11UK | US2US | |||
More singles
- 1973: Kohoutek - comet melody
- 1975: Comet Melody 2
- 1978: Europe Endless
- 1981: Computer Love
- 1981: Numbers
- 1981: Computer World
- 1987: The phone call
- 1991: Radioactivity '91
- 2003: electrocardiogram
- 2007: Aerodynamik + La Forme (Remixed by Hot Chip)
Video albums and music videos
Video albums
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2005 | Minimum-maximum |
DE* |
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UK22 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: June 6, 2005
Sales: + 25,000; see live album |
| 2017 | 3-D The catalog | DE*DE |
AT4 (3 weeks) AT |
CH2 (9 weeks) CH |
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First published: May 26, 2017
* see box set |
Music videos
| year | title | Director (s) |
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| 1974 | Highway | |
| 1975 | radioactivity | |
| Antenna | ||
| Autobahn (Version 2) | Rodger Mainwood | |
| 1977 | Trans-Europe Express | Florian Schneider , Ralf Hütter |
| Mannequins | ||
| 1978 | The robots | Günter Fröhling |
| The model | Hans-Otto Mertens | |
| Neon lights | ||
| 1981 | Autobahn (version 3) | John Jopson |
| calculator | ||
| 1982 | Showroom dummies | |
| 1983 | Tour de France | |
| 1986 | Musique non-stop | Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter |
| 1987 | The phone call | |
| 1991 | The robots '91 | Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter |
| Radioactivity '91 | ||
| 2000 | Expo 2000 | |
| 2003 | Tour de France 2003 | EN quirks |
| 2004 | Aerodynamics |
Box sets
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2009 | The catalog |
DE34 (2 weeks) DE |
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First published: October 30, 2009
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| 2017 | 3-D The catalog |
DE4 (17 weeks) DE |
AT26 (1 week) AT |
CH25 (1 week) CH |
UK24 (1 week) UK |
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First published: May 26, 2017
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More box sets
- 1997: Klang Box (UK release)
Awards for music sales
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France
- 1976: for the single radioactivity / antenna
- 1977: for the album Autobahn
- 1977: for the album Radio Activity
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI)
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gold1
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- | 25,000 | musikindustrie.de |
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France (SNEP)
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3 × gold3
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- | 700,000 | infodisc.fr |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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5 × silver5
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2 × gold2
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- | 900,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
5 × silver5
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6 × gold6th
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See also
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- ^ Tone Float by Organization. rateyourmusic.com, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
- ^ Director of Autobahn 1975
- ↑ Directors of Trans-Europe Express
- ↑ Director of The Robots
- ↑ Director of The Model
- ^ Director of Autobahn 1981
- ↑ Directors of Musique Non-Stop
- ↑ Directors of The Robots '91
- ^ Director of Tour de France 2003