Leonard Cohen / discography

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This discography is an overview of the released records of the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen . According to the sources, he has sold more than 13.6 million records in his career. The most successful release by Leonard Cohen is the album Greatest Hits with around 1.5 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CATemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1967 Songs of Leonard Cohen DE-
gold
gold
DE
- CH99 (1 week)
CH
UK13
gold
gold

(70 weeks)UK
US83
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
-
First published: December 27, 1967 Chart
entry in CH only in 2016
Sales: + 1,060,000
1969 Songs from a Room - - - UK2 (26 weeks)
UK
US63 (17 weeks)
US
CA10 (... wk.)
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First published: April 7, 1969
1971 Songs of Love and Hate DE24 (24 weeks)
DE
- - UK4 (18 weeks)
UK
US145 (11 weeks)
US
CA63 (... weeks)
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First published: March 19, 1971
1974 New Skin for the Old Ceremony DE17 (24 weeks)
DE
AT2 (8 weeks)
AT
- UK24
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK
- -
First published: August 11, 1974
Sales: + 60,000
1977 Death of a Ladies' Man - - - UK35 (5 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: November 13, 1977
1979 Recent songs DE56 (8 weeks)
DE
AT24 (4 weeks)
AT
- - - -
First published: September 27, 1979
Chart entry in DE in 1980
1984 Various positions DE43 (11 weeks)
DE
AT18 (4 weeks)
AT
CH17 (7 weeks)
CH
UK52
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
- CA60 (... weeks)
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First published: December 11, 1984
Sales: + 155,000
1988 I'm your man DE32 (13 weeks)
DE
AT22 (22 weeks)
AT
CH9 (14 weeks)
CH
UK48
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
- CA34
gold
gold

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First published: February 21, 1988
Sales: + 700,000
1992 The future DE79 (7 weeks)
DE
AT5 (8 weeks)
AT
CH21 (10 weeks)
CH
UK36
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK
- CA7th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

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First published: November 20, 1992
Sales: + 310,000
2001 Ten New Songs DE16 (11 weeks)
DE
AT5 (14 weeks)
AT
CH10
gold
gold

(14 weeks)CH
UK26th
gold
gold

(4 weeks)UK
US143 (3 weeks)
US
CA4th
platinum
platinum

(3 weeks)CA
First published: October 8, 2001
Sales: + 535,000
2004 Dear Heather DE19 (5 weeks)
DE
AT13 (7 weeks)
AT
CH13 (6 weeks)
CH
UK34
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK
US131 (1 week)
US
CA5 (1 week)
CA
First published: October 25, 2004
Sales: + 80,000
2012 Old Ideas DE4th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)DE
AT2
gold
gold

(14 weeks)AT
CH2
gold
gold

(17 weeks)CH
UK2
gold
gold

(8 weeks)UK
US3 (8 weeks)
US
CA1
platinum
platinum

(13 weeks)CA
First published:
Jan 27, 2012 Sales: + 454,000
2014 Popular Problems DE4 (10 weeks)
DE
AT1
gold
gold

(16 weeks)AT
CH1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)CH
UK5
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
US15 (5 weeks)
US
CA1
platinum
platinum

(10 weeks)CA
First published: September 19, 2014
Sales: + 258,000
2016 You Want It Darker DE2
gold
gold

(21 weeks)DE
AT1
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)AT
CH2
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)CH
UK4th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
US7 (10 weeks)
US
CA1
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)CA
First published: October 21, 2016
Sales: + 590,000
2019 Thanks for the dance DE5 (13 weeks)
DE
AT2
gold
gold

(9 weeks)AT
CH4 (16 weeks)
CH
UK7 (5 weeks)
UK
US61 (1 week)
US
CA1 (6 weeks)
CA
First published: November 22nd, 2019
Sales: + 7,500

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CA
1973 Leonard Cohen: Live Songs DE30 (12 weeks)
DE
AT8 (12 weeks)
AT
- - US156 (5 weeks)
US
-
First published: April 1, 1973
1994 Cohen Live - Leonard Cohen in Concert DE97 (3 weeks)
DE
- CH50 (1 week)
CH
UK35 (4 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: June 28, 1994
2009 Live in London DE13 (26 weeks)
DE
AT9 (18 weeks)
AT
CH23 (11 weeks)
CH
UK19th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
US76 (8 weeks)
US
CA7th
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)CA
First published: March 27, 2009
Sales: + 230,000
2010 Songs from the Road DE36 (4 weeks)
DE
AT7 (7 weeks)
AT
CH29 (5 weeks)
CH
UK68 (1 week)
UK
US112 (2 weeks)
US
CA10 (2 weeks)
CA
First published: September 3rd, 2010
Sales: + 33,000
2014 Live in Dublin DE53 (2 weeks)
DE
AT33 (3 weeks)
AT
CH48 (4 weeks)
CH
UK84 (1 week)
UK
- -
First published: November 28, 2014
2015 Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour DE23 (2 weeks)
DE
AT17 (2 weeks)
AT
CH18 (3 weeks)
CH
UK18 (2 weeks)
UK
US100 (1 week)
US
CA8 (2 weeks)
CA
First published: May 8, 2015

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More live albums

  • 1993: Columbia Records Radio Hour Presents Leonard Cohen Live! from the Complex, Los Angeles, CA, April 18, 1993 (Promo)
  • 2001: Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979
  • 2009: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
  • 2016: Leonard Cohen: Once More Marianne; FM Broadcast from the Casino Barrière de Montreux, 25th June 1976 (Bootleg)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CATemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1975 Greatest Hits (US, CA) DE23
gold
gold

(17 weeks)DE
- CH41 (1 week)
CH
UK29
platinum
platinum

(5 weeks)UK
US-
gold
gold
US
CA43 (1 week)
CA
First published: January 1st, 1975
Chart entry in DE only 1976,
in UK only 1988, in CH only 2016
Sales: + 1,500,000
1981 Dreams of love: Leonard Cohen
sings his most beautiful songs
DE3 (12 weeks)
DE
- - - - -
First published: March 1981
1997 More Best Of - AT41 (2 weeks)
AT
- UK82 (1 week)
UK
- CA33 (16 weeks)
CA
First published: October 6, 1997
Sales: + 245,000
2002 The Essential Leonard Cohen DE31 (7 weeks)
DE
AT14 (17 weeks)
AT
CH5 (18 weeks)
CH
UK26th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK
US13
gold
gold

(3 weeks)US
CA4 (8 weeks)
CA
First published: October 21, 2002
Chart entry in UK only 2003,
in AT only 2008, in US only 2016
Sales: + 905,000
2009 Greatest Hits (2009) DE51
gold
gold

(4 weeks)DE
AT11 (23 weeks)
AT
CH18 (8 weeks)
CH
- - -
First published: August 28, 2009
Sales: + 100,000
2011 The Complete Columbia Albums Collection DE58 (1 week)
DE
- - - - -
First published: October 10, 2011
2015 Opus Collection - - - - US177 (1 week)
US
-
First published: January 20, 2015
2016 All Time Best: Reclam Music Edition - - CH71 (1 week)
CH
- - -
First published: 2011

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More compilations

  • 1978: Top Artists of Pop Music
  • 1979: Leonard Cohen
  • 1981: Songs & Poems (box with 3 LPs)
  • 1983: Starsound Collection
  • 1988: New Skin for the Old Ceremony: Songs from a Room (2 CDs)
  • 1989: So Long Marianne
  • 1992: The Best Of
  • 2002: Leonard Cohen
  • 2007: Leonard Cohen sampler
  • 2008: The Collection (box with 5 CDs)
  • 2009: Hallelujah: The Essential Leonard Cohen Album Collection (Box with 8 CDs)
  • 2012: Original Album Classics (box with 3 CDs)
  • 2012: Songs of Leonard Cohen (box with 3 CDs)

Non-music

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CA
1974 Lover Lover Lover
New Skin for the Old Ceremony
DE9 (17 weeks)
DE
- - - - -
First published: November 1974
2008 Hallelujah
Various Positions
DE27 (1 week)
DE
AT13 (2 weeks)
AT
CH2 (3 weeks)
CH
UK36 (1 week)
UK
US59 (1 week)
US
CA17 (... weeks)
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First publication: 1984
Chart entry in AT only 2010, in DE and US in 2016
2016 Suzanne
Songs of Leonard Cohen
DE61 (1 week)
DE
AT39 (1 week)
AT
CH14 (1 week)
CH
- - -
First published: January 23, 1968
You Want It Darker
You Want It Darker
DE81 (1 week)
DE
AT33 (1 week)
AT
CH27 (19 weeks)
CH
- - CA73 (22 weeks)
CA
First published: September 21, 2016
So Long, Marianne
Songs of Leonard Cohen
- - CH50 (1 week)
CH
- - -
First published: 1968
Chart entry in November 2016
Dance Me to the End of Love
Various Positions
- - CH68 (1 week)
CH
- - -
First published: 1984
Chart entry in November 2016
Closing Time
The Future
- - - - - CA71 (... weeks)
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First publication: 1992

More singles

  • 1969: Bird on the Wire
  • 1969: The Partisan
  • 1970: Joan of Arc
  • 1971: Winter Lady
  • 1971: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • 1971: Dress Rehearsal Rag
  • 1971: The Stranger Song
  • 1973: Passing Through
  • 1975: Tonight Will Be Fine
  • 1976: Do I Have to Dance All Night
  • 1977: True Love Leaves No Traces
  • 1977: Memories
  • 1977: True Love Leaves No Traces (with Ronee Blakley )
  • 1979: The Guests
  • 1986: Take This Waltz
  • 1988: First We Take Manhattan
  • 1988: I'm Your Man
  • 1988: Ain't No Cure for Love
  • 1988: Everybody Knows
  • 1989: I Can't Forget
  • 1992: Democracy Is Coming to the USA
  • 1992: (Busted in the Blinding Lights Of) Closing Time
  • 1993: The Future
  • 1997: Never Any Good
  • 2001: In My Secret Life
  • 2012: Live in Fredericton (EP)
  • 2012: Darkness

Video albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CA
2009 Live in London (DVD) DE-
gold
gold
DE
- CH4 (12 weeks)
CH
UK-
platinum
platinum
UK
- CA-
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum
CA
First published: March 27, 2009
2010 Songs from the Road (DVD) - - CH5 (1 week)
CH
- - -
First published: September 2010

More video albums

  • 1984: I Am a Hotel (VHS)
  • 1988: Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen (VHS)
  • 2000: Ladies and Gentlemen ... Mr. Leonard Cohen (DVD)
  • 2006: I'm Your Man. A Film by Lian Lunson (DVD)
  • 2009: A Gentleman's Excuse Me (DVD)
  • 2009: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (DVD, Blu-ray)
  • 2010: Bird on a Wire (DVD)
  • 2010: Lonesome Heroes (DVD)
  • 2016: The Mind of a Poet (DVD; release: December 2nd, 2016)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CA
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK-UK US-US CA4thCA
Top 10 albums DE5DE AT10AT CH7thCH UK6thUK US2US CA12CA
Albums in the charts DE23DE AT19thAT CH19thCH UK22ndUK US15thUS CA17thCA
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CA
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US CA-CA
Top 10 singles DE1DE AT-AT CH1CH UK-UK US-US CA-CA
Singles in the charts DE4thDE AT3AT CH5CH UK1UK US1US CA3CA

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 14 × platinum14th 902,500 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 60,000 ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 220,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th 0! P- 1,025,000 musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th 0! P- 107,344 ifpi.fi
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 1,240,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 22,500 irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 75,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 12 × platinum12 860,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 42,500 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 55,000 nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 300,000 ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 42,500 ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11 440,000 bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP) Portugal (AFP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 24,000 Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 290,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 100,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 150,000 promusicae.es ES2
Hungary (MAHASZ) Hungary (MAHASZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 0! P- 25,000 slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 4,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 3,170,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 68 × gold68 Platinum record icon.svg 68 × platinum68

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  1. a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

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