Mark Forster / discography

Mark Forster  - discography
Mark Forster (2014)
Publications
Studio albums	4th
Live albums	2
Singles	19th
Music videos	19th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German pop singer Mark Forster . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 5.1 million records in his career, including over 4.8 million in his home country alone. Forster's most successful publication is the single Au revoir with around 1,045,000 units sold. The single sold over a million times in Germany alone, making the piece one of the best-selling singles in Germany .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2012	Cardboard Four Music	DE45 gold (7 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: June 1, 2012 Sales: + 100,000
2014	Belly and Head Four Music	DE10 × 2 Double platinum (117 weeks)DE	AT35 (14 weeks) AT	CH37 (18 weeks) CH	First published: May 16, 2014 Sales: + 400,000
2016	TAPE Four Music	DE2 × 2 Double platinum (133 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (84 weeks)AT	CH7th platinum (90 weeks)CH	First published: June 3, 2016 Sales: + 435,000
2018	LOVE Four Music	DE3 gold (… Where.)DE	AT5 gold (48 weeks)AT	CH8 (47 weeks) CH	First published: November 16, 2018 Sales: + 107,500

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2015	Belly and Head Live Four Music	DE*DE	-	-	First release: August 28, 2015 * Sales are added to the studio album in DE
2019	LOVE b / w Four Music	DE*DE	-	-	First release: November 29, 2019 * Sales are added to the studio album in DE

Singles

As a lead singer

Front cover for "Voice"

Front cover for "Like a Lion"

Front cover for "Once"

Front cover for "The day after tomorrow"

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2012	On the way cardboard	DE49 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: May 18, 2012
	To you (far away) cardboard	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: October 19, 2012
2014	Au revoir belly and head	DE2 diamond (65 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (50 weeks)AT	CH6th platinum (41 weeks)CH	First published: May 9, 2014 Sales: + 1,045,000; feat. Sido
	Flash me stomach and head	DE11 platinum (47 weeks)DE	AT10 (33 weeks) AT	CH- platinum CH	First published: December 12, 2014 Sales: + 330,000
2015	Belly and head belly and head	DE15th gold (24 weeks)DE	AT69 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: August 21, 2015 Sales: + 150,000
	Voice I.	DE1 platinum (31 weeks)DE	AT10 (24 weeks) AT	CH26 (16 weeks) CH	First published: November 27, 2015 Sales: + 500,000; with Felix Jaehn as EFF
2016	We are big TAPE	DE3 platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT18th gold (20 weeks)AT	CH16 platinum (20 weeks)CH	First published: April 1, 2016 Sales: + 445,000
	Choirs TAPE	DE2 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (24 weeks)AT	CH7th platinum (37 weeks)CH	First published: October 28, 2016 Sales: + 435,000
2017	Anyway TAPE	DE22nd platinum (31 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (28 weeks)AT	CH23 gold (27 weeks)CH	First published: April 21, 2017 Sales: + 425,000
	Kogong TAPE (Kogong Version)	DE34 gold (17 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (16 weeks)AT	CH9 gold (18 weeks)CH	First published: September 22nd, 2017 Sales: + 225,000
2018	Like a Lion single track	DE38 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH64 (1 week) CH	First published: April 13, 2018 feat. gentleman
	LOVE once	DE24 (18 weeks) DE	AT39 (9 weeks) AT	CH56 gold (8 weeks)CH	First published: October 5th, 2018 Sales: + 10,000
2019	747 LOVE	-	-	-	First published: April 19, 2019
	194 countries LOVE	DE13 (34 weeks) DE	AT14 (28 weeks) AT	CH48 (16 weeks) CH	First published: September 13, 2019
	Like before you LOVE b / w	-	-	-	First published: November 29, 2019
2020	The day after tomorrow single track	DE7 (... weeks) DE	AT10 (... wk.) AT	CH18 (... weeks) CH	First published: May 1, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2017	Whisper TAPE	-	-	CH93 (1 week) CH	Chart entry: May 28, 2017

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
2013	One of these stones 30-11-80	DE4th gold (17 weeks)DE	AT12 (8 weeks) AT	CH8 (10 weeks) CH	First published: November 15, 2013 Sales: + 150,000; Sido feat. Mark Forster
2015	Maniac Your Song 2015 (Sampler)	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: March 6, 2015 Victoria Conrady feat. Mark Forster
2019	Wait a minute single track	-	-	CH71 (1 week) CH	First published: November 10, 2019 Fidi Steinbeck feat. Mark Forster
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2017	The original Nothing was in vain	DE59 (1 week) DE	-	-	Chart entry: November 10, 2017 Prinz Pi feat. Mark Forster

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
2012	On the way	Daniel Franke, Sander Houtkruijer
	To you (far away)	Caspar-Jan Hogerzeil
2013	Me and you
	One of these stones	Joern Heitmann
2014	AU Revoir	Kim Frank
	Flash me	Kim Frank
2015	Maniac	Andreas Z Simon
	Stomach and head	Kim Frank
2016	We are tall	Kim Frank
	Choirs	Kim Frank
2017	Anyway	Kim Frank
	Kogong	Kim Frank
2018	Like a lion	Kim Frank
	once	Kim Frank
	Chip In	Robert Winter
2019	747	Kim Frank
	194 countries	Kim Frank
	Wait a moment	Urs Mader
	Like you used to be	Urs Mader
2020	Day after tomorrow	Florian Tiphine

Author participation

The following list includes songs that Forster wrote for others and in which he does not appear as a singer. He also writes most of his songs himself. Cover versions are also excluded.

• 2013: Christina Stürmer - Up and away
• 2013: Sido - Feel free
• 2013: Christina Stürmer - What do you do when the city is asleep
• 2015: Max Mutzke - Loud
• 2015: Max Mutzke - world behind glass
• 2017: Amanda feat. Sido - blue
• 2018: LEA - To you

Forster as an author in the charts

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2015	World behind glass Max Mutzke	DE67 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: July 24, 2015
2017	Blue Amanda feat. Sido	DE30th gold (20 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: April 21, 2017 Sales: + 200,000
2018	To you LEA	DE54 gold (21 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: June 22nd, 2018 Sales: + 200,000
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2013	Feel free Sido	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	Chart entry: December 13, 2013

Special publications

Albums

Live albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
2017	Spotify Live Four Music	First release: 2017 Distribution only via the streaming distribution Spotify

Songs

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Remarks
2013	One of these stones 30-11-80	First published: November 29, 2013 Sido feat. Mark Forster
	Somebody is waiting for 30-11-80 somewhere	First published: November 29, 2013 Sido feat. Mark Forster
2014	Camouflage camouflage	First published: August 22nd, 2014 Nazar feat. Mark Forster
2015	Maniac Your Song 2015 (Sampler)	First published: March 6, 2015 Victoria Conrady feat. Mark Forster
	Words That Stay (Unplugged) MTV Unplugged in three acts	First release: October 9th, 2015 Revolverheld feat. Mark Forster
2016	The only way The golden album	First published: November 18, 2016 Sido feat. Mark Forster
2017	Carousel carousel	First published: June 23, 2017 Amanda feat. Mark Forster
	The original Nothing was in vain	First published: November 3rd, 2017 Prinz Pi feat. Mark Forster
2019	Wait a minute single track	First published: November 10, 2019 Fidi Steinbeck feat. Mark Forster

Sampler contributions

year	Title album	Remarks
2015	Maniac your song 2015	First published: March 6, 2015 Victoria Conrady feat. Mark Forster
2017	A Cowboys Work Is Never Done Sing my song - Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 4	First published: June 9, 2017 Original: The BossHoss
	Dem Gone Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4	First published: June 9, 2017 Original: Gentleman
	Fell in Love with an Alien Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4	First published: June 9, 2017 Original: The Kelly Family
	Something remains Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4	First published: June 9, 2017 Original: Silbermond
	Satellite Sing my Song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4	First published: June 9, 2017 Original: Lena
	Whatever it is Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4	First published: June 9, 2017 Original: Glashaus
	Jingle Bells Sing My Song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 4	First published: November 28, 2017 Original: James Lord Pierpont
	Lulajże, Jezuniu Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 4	First published: November 28, 2017
2018	Bow Before You Sing my Song - The Swap Concert Vol. 5	First published: May 11, 2018 Original: Rea Garvey
	Flame Sing my Song - The Swap Concert Vol. 5	First published: May 11, 2018 Original: Alphaville
	I Couldn't Care Less Sing my song - Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 5	First published: May 11, 2018 Original: Leslie Clio
	Or to the friends Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 5	First published: May 11, 2018 Original: Judith Holofernes
	Only love lets us live Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 5	First published: May 11, 2018 Original: Mary Roos
	When it burns for us Sing my song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 5	First published: May 11, 2018 Original: Johannes Strate
	Last Christmas Sing my Song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 5	First published: November 23, 2018 Original: Wham!
	White Christmas Sing my Song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 5	First published: November 23, 2018 Original: Bing Crosby

Soundtracks

year	Title soundtrack too	Remarks
2014	Comes a bird flown giraffes 3	First published: November 14, 2014
2015	Jingle Bells, sleigh ride in the snow Giraffe 4 - winter time	First published: November 6, 2015
2016	Rainbow trolls	First published: September 23, 2016 with Lena
2019	Where nobody's been Frozen II	First published: November 15, 2019 Original: Idina Menzel - Into the Unknown

Promo publications

Promo singles

year	Title album	Remarks
2013	Me and you summer made of paper	First published: March 8, 2013 Anna Depenbusch & Mark Forster
2017	Something Remains Sing my Song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4 (Sampler)	First published: May 30, 2017 Original: Silbermond
	Satellite Sing my Song - The Exchange Concert Vol. 4 (Sampler)	First published: June 6, 2017 Original: Lena
	Whatever it is Sing my song - Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 4 (Sampler)	First published: June 13, 2017 Original: Glashaus
2018	Chip in LOVE	First published: November 9, 2018 feat. Maro & Maurice Kirya; Position 10 in the German single trend charts
2019	Neverland b / w LOVE b / w	First published: November 22, 2019

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of Forster's chart successes in the album and single charts. The singles only include interpretations by Forster, pure authors' contributions are not included.

DE  AT  CH Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH Top 10 albums DE3DE AT2AT CH2CH Albums in the charts DE4thDE AT3AT CH3CH

DE  AT  CH Number one singles DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH Top 10 singles DE6thDE AT7thAT CH4thCH Singles in the charts DE17thDE AT12AT CH13CH

Awards for music sales

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)
Germany (BVMI)	7 × gold7th	9 × platinum9	diamond1	4,800,000	musikindustrie.de
Austria (IFPI)	6 × gold6th	platinum1	-	97,500	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × gold3	5 × platinum5	-	140,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	16 × gold16	15 × platinum15th	diamond1

See also

• Eff

Web links

Charts:

• Chart sources: DE AT CH (search required)

Discography:

• Mark Forster at Discogs (English)
• Mark Forster at MusicBrainz (English)
• Mark Forster at Musik-Sammler.de
• Mark Forster at Rate Your Music (English)

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1. ↑ Mark Forster picked up platinum in Switzerland. MusikWoche , December 5, 2014, accessed on October 19, 2019 (subscription required). 
2. ↑ Mark Forster: Almost 500,000 thanks !!!! facebook.com, May 16, 2017, accessed May 6, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Frank Medwedeff: Sony Music Switzerland gold-plated Mark Forster “once”. MusikWoche , September 3, 2019, accessed on October 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Mark Forster - On the Way (2012). crew-united.com, accessed on November 17, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Mark Forster - To you (far away) (2012). crew-united.com, accessed on November 17, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Mark Forster: Mark Forster - Chip in ft. Maro, Maurice Kirya. youtube.com, accessed November 17, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Mark Forster: Mark Forster - 747 (Official Video). youtube.com, accessed April 20, 2019 . 
8. ^ Mark Forster: Mark Forster - 194 countries (Official Video). youtube.com, September 13, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Dingster Pop: Fidi Steinbeck feat. Mark Forster - Wait Mal (From The Voice Of Germany). youtube.com, accessed November 16, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Mark Forster: Mark Forster - How Earlier Mal Dich. youtube.com, November 29, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 . 
11. ^ Mark Forster: Mark Forster - the day after tomorrow. youtube.com, May 1, 2020, accessed May 3, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Single Trending. mtv.de, November 16, 2018, accessed on November 17, 2018 .