Michael Hirte / discography

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Michael Hirte  - discography
Michael Shepherd (2008)
Michael Shepherd (2008)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 9
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 1
Arrow southwest blue.svgChristmas albums 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgMusic videos 22nd
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 1

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German harmonica player Michael Hirte . According to record awards, he has sold more than a million records in his career. The most successful release by Hirte is his debut album The Man with the Harmonica with around 635,000 units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2008 The man with the harmonica
Columbia Records
DE1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(24 weeks)DE
AT1
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)AT
CH1
gold
gold

(20 weeks)CH
First published: December 5, 2008
Sales: + 635,000
2009 The man with the harmonica 2
Columbia Records
DE2
gold
gold

(26 weeks)DE
AT1
gold
gold

(20 weeks)AT
CH8 (11 weeks)
CH
First published: May 2, 2009
Sales: + 110,000
2010 The most beautiful film melodies
Columbia Records
DE22 (12 weeks)
DE
AT31 (10 weeks)
AT
CH33 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: October 15, 2010
2011 The man with the harmonica 3
Columbia Records
DE47 (3 weeks)
DE
AT24 (7 weeks)
AT
CH58 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: October 21, 2011
2012 With love on the Telamo harmonica
DE18th
gold
gold

(14 weeks)DE
AT34 (3 weeks)
AT
CH67 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: October 5, 2012
Sales: + 100,000
2014 Dream trip on the Telamo harmonica
DE30 (2 weeks)
DE
AT66 (1 week)
AT
-
First published: March 21, 2014
2015 Longing melodies - The greatest hits to dream
Telamo
DE16 (4 weeks)
DE
AT51 (1 week)
AT
CH99 (1 week)
CH
First published: October 23, 2015
2017 Ave Maria - songs for the soul
Telamo
DE60 (1 week)
DE
- CH92 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: October 13, 2017
2018 Duets
Telamo
- - -
First published: May 11, 2018

Compilations

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2018 10 years - laughed, cried, lived
Telamo
DE20 (2 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 19, 2018

Christmas albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2009 Lonely Shepherd & the most beautiful Christmas carols
Ariola
DE4th
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)DE
AT3
platinum
platinum

(8 weeks)AT
CH20 (12 weeks)
CH
First published: November 13, 2009
Sales: +220,000
2016 Merry Christmas with Michael Shepherd
Telamo
DE77 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: November 4, 2016

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
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:
2009 Ave Maria
The man with the harmonica
DE42 (4 weeks)
DE
AT30 (3 weeks)
AT
CH49 (3 weeks)
CH
Chart entry: December 19, 2008
Original: Franz Schubert
2008 You Raise Me Up
The man with the harmonica
- - CH76 (2 weeks)
CH
Chart entry: December 21, 2008
Original: Secret Garden

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

year Title
music label
Remarks
2015 Longing melodies - The greatest hits to dream
Telamo
Initial release: October 23, 2015
Sales will be added to the studio album
2017 Ave Maria - songs for the soul
Telamo
Initial release: October 13th, 2017
Sales will be added to the studio album

Music videos

year title Director (s)
2010 Beyond time (O Waly, Waly) Erik Lattwein
2013 But you only exist once for me
To Angel
Eleni
Put your head in my lap
2014 I am sailing
Biscay
The red sun of Barbados
Green, Green Grass of Home
Sailor, your home is the sea)
David's song
Blowin 'in the wind
Hallelujah
Ave Maria
2015 catch the light
2016 Always have a good trip
On the Road Again
Advent medley
Merry Christmas everywhere
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
2017 Beyond Eden
2018 How grateful I am

Special publications

Albums

Box sets
year Title
music label
Remarks
2017 Ave Maria - songs for the soul
Telamo
First release: October 13, 2017
CD + DVD; Sales are added to the studio album
Compilations
year Title
music label
Remarks
2009 World hits of the Ariola Express harmonica
First release: March 13th, 2009
Label sampler; with Stefan Kranz, Urs Balder & Alexander Prinz
2011 Only the best - The great successes
Columbia Records
First published: April 15, 2011
Part of the “Only-the-best” series
2013 My Christmas
Sony Music
First published: September 27, 2013
Label compilation
2017 2 in 1 Telamo economy set
First published: November 24, 2017
Part of the "2-in-1" series

Songs

Guest Posts
year Title
album
Remarks
2009 I Wish You Were Here (Winnetou Melody)
Western Bound
First published: April 17th, 2009
Texas Lightning feat. Michael Shepherd; Original: Orchestra Martin Böttcher - Winnetou melody
Never give up
songs of life
First published: November 20, 2009
Pfarrer Franz Brei feat. Michael Shepherd
2010 Fly the Lonely Shepherd
pantry dreams
First publication: January 15, 2010
Petruta Küpper with Michael Hirte; Original: James Last & Gheorghe Zamfir - Lonely Shepherd
Don't fly so high, my little friend
30 years - with body and soul
First published: October 29, 2010
Nicole feat. Olsen Brothers & Michael Shepherd
2011 Beyond Time (O Waly, Waly)
His greatest hits
First published: July 22, 2011
Tom Astor feat. Michael Shepherd
2013 Put your head in my lap,
all just for you
First published: May 10, 2013
Nicole feat. Michael Shepherd
I am from Austria
World famous (in my heart) (Deluxe Version)
First publication: July 12, 2013
Udo Wenders feat. Michael Shepherd; Original: Rainhard Fendrich
2015 Ave Maria
Opus Sanctus
First published: March 20, 2015
Opus Sanctus feat. Michael Shepherd; Original: Franz Schubert
2016 Two good friends
The hits of our hearts
First published: April 15, 2016
Frank Schöbel feat. Michael Shepherd
2018 It's nice to be in the world
But please with Schlager
First published: March 9, 2018
Ross Antony feat. Michael Shepherd; Original: Roy Black & Anita
We dance lambada
on you and you
First published: July 20, 2018
Andrea Jürgens with Michael Hirte
2019 All in white
25 years of Maximilian Arland and friends
First publication: May 24, 2019
Maximilian Arland & Michael Hirte; Original: Roy Black

Promo publications

Promo singles
year Title
album
Remarks
2014 Green, Green Grass of Home
Dream trip on the harmonica
First published: July 25, 2014
Original: Johnny Darrell
Video singles
year Title
album
Remarks
2010 Beyond Time (O Waly, Waly)
His greatest hits
First release: 2010
Tom Astor feat. Michael Shepherd
2013 But there's only you once for me
Greetings on the harmonica
First published: January 9, 2013
Original: Nilsen Brothers
To Angel,
love greetings on the harmonica
First published: January 9, 2013
Original: The Kelly Family
Eleni
love greetings on the harmonica
First published: January 9, 2013
Original: Tol & Tol
Put your head in my lap,
all just for you
First published: October 23, 2013
Nicole feat. Michael Shepherd
2014 I am Sailing
dream trip on the harmonica
First published: February 12, 2014
Original: The Sutherland Brothers Band - Sailing
Biscaya
dream trip on the harmonica
First published: April 18, 2014
Original: James Last
The red sun of Barbados
dream trip on the harmonica
First published: April 25, 2014
Original: Die Flippers
Sailor (your home is the sea)
Dream trip on the harmonica
First published: April 25, 2014
Original: Lolita
David's song
Traumreise on the harmonica
First published: June 20, 2014
Original: Vladimir Cosma
Blowin 'in the Wind
The man with the harmonica 3
First published: October 5, 2014
Original: Bob Dylan
Hallelujah
the man with the harmonica 3
First published: October 5, 2014
Original: Leonard Cohen
Ave Maria
The man with the harmonica
First published: October 16, 2014
Original: Franz Schubert
2015 Catch the Light
Melodies of Longing - The greatest hits to dream
First published: October 27, 2015
Original: Karel Gott & Darinka Rolincová - Zvonky štěstí
2016 Always have a good trip.
Dream trip on the harmonica
First published: September 8, 2016
On the Road Again
dream trip on the harmonica
First published: October 13, 2016
Original: Willie Nelson
Advent medley
Merry Christmas with Michael Hirte
First published: November 2, 2016
Original: Various interpreters
Merry Christmas everywhere
Merry Christmas with Michael Hirte
First published: December 1, 2016
Original: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (text)
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Merry Christmas with Michael Hirte
First published: December 1st, 2016
Original: John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir
2017 Beyond Eden
Ave Maria - songs for the soul
First published: October 11, 2017
Original: Masquerade - Guardian Angel
2018 How grateful I am to
Ave Maria - songs for the soul
First publication: April 27, 2018
with Monika Martin ; Original: Monika Martin

Box sets

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2015 Best Of - The most beautiful melodies
Telamo
DE58 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: October 10, 2014

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH
Number one albums DE1DE AT2AT CH1CH
Top 10 albums DE3DE AT3AT CH2CH
Albums in the charts DE12DE AT8thAT CH8thCH
DE DE AT AT CH CH
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH
Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH
Singles in the charts DE1DE AT1AT CH2CH

Awards for music sales

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

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 1,000,000 musikindustrie.de
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 50,000 ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 15,000 hitparade.ch
All in all Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th

Web links

Charts:

Discography:

Individual evidence

  1. Tom Astor & Michael Hirte - Beyond Time (2010). crew-united.com, accessed October 31, 2018 .