Michael W. Smith / discography

Michael W. Smith  - discography
Michael W. Smith (2010)
Publications
Studio albums	15th
Live albums	6th
Compilations	5
Soundtracks	1
EPs	1
Christmas albums	4th
Singles	78
Video albums	4th
Box sets	3
Instrumental albums	2

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American musician Michael W. Smith . According to the sources, he has sold over 10.7 million records in his career, including over 10.6 million in his home country alone. Smith's most successful release is Worship, with over two million units sold. To date, 22 of the singer's albums have made it into the US charts, with the tenth place on his album Sovereign being the best album placement.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
1983	Michael W. Smith Project	US- gold US	Christian9 (184 weeks) Christian	First published: March 15, 1983 Sales: + 500,000
1984	Michael W. Smith 2	-	Christian4 (117 weeks) Christian	First published: February 23, 1984
1986	The big picture	-	Christian2 (69 weeks) Christian	First published: February 1, 1986
1988	I 2 (eye)	US- gold US	Christian1 (164 weeks) Christian	First published: August 15, 1988 Sales: + 500,000
1990	Go West Young Man	US74 platinum (19 weeks)US	Christian1 (145 weeks) Christian	First published: September 24, 1990 Sales: + 1,050,000
1992	Change your world	US86 platinum (29 weeks)US	Christian1 (98 weeks) Christian	First published: Aug 21, 1992 Sales: + 1,000,000
1995	I'll lead you home	US16 platinum (39 weeks)US	Christian1 (83 weeks) Christian	First published: August 1, 1995 Sales: + 1,000,000
1998	Live the life	US23 gold (18 weeks)US	Christian1 (64 weeks) Christian	First published: April 28, 1998 Sales: + 500,000
1999	This is your time	US21st gold (13 weeks)US	Christian1 (43 weeks) Christian	First published: November 23, 1999 Sales: + 500,000
2004	Healing Rain	US11 gold (15 weeks)US	Christian1 (51 weeks) Christian	First published: October 26, 2004 Sales: + 500,000
2006	was standing	US48 (13 weeks) US	Christian1 (44 weeks) Christian	First published: November 7, 2006
2010	Wonder	US26 (9 weeks) US	Christian2 (39 weeks) Christian	First published: September 28, 2010
2014	Sovereign	US10 (5 weeks) US	Christian1 (48 weeks) Christian	First published: May 13, 2014
2018	A million lights	-	Christian2 (5 weeks) Christian	First published: February 16, 2018
	Lullaby	-	-	First published: May 4, 2018

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
1987	The Live Set	-	Christian4 (65 weeks) Christian	First published: July 7, 1987
2001	Worship	US20th × 2 Double platinum (83 weeks)US	Christian1 (104 weeks) Christian	First published: September 11, 2001 Sales: + 2,050,000
2002	Worship Again	US14th platinum (34 weeks)US	Christian1 (54 weeks) Christian	First published: September 19, 2002 Sales: + 1,000,000
2008	A New Hallelujah	US19 (46 weeks) US	Christian1 (78 weeks) Christian	First published: October 28, 2008
2018	Surrounded	US188 (1 week) US	Christian2 (11 weeks) Christian	First published: February 23, 2018
2019	Awaken: The Surrounded Experience	-	Christian13 (... weeks) Christian	First published: February 22, 2019

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
1993	The First Decade (1983-1993)	US- gold US	Christian1 (154 weeks) Christian	First published: September 30, 1993 Sales: + 500,000
2003	The Second Decade (1993-2003)	US38 (9 weeks) US	Christian1 (28 weeks) Christian	First published: October 7, 2003
2012	Decades of Worship	US99 (1 week) US	Christian5 (29 weeks) Christian	First published: January 12, 2012
2014	Hymns	US25 (12 weeks) US	Christian1 (27 weeks) Christian	First published: March 24, 2014
2016	Hymns II: Shine on Us	US172 (1 week) US	Christian3 (11 weeks) Christian	First published: January 26, 2016

Christmas albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
1989	Christmas	US- gold US	Christian3 (38 weeks) Christian	First published: September 1, 1989 Sales: + 500,000
1998	Christmastime	US90 gold (9 weeks)US	Christian5 (13 weeks) Christian	First published: October 13, 1998 Sales: + 500,000
2007	It's a Wonderful Christmas	US54 (23 weeks) US	Christian2 (12 weeks) Christian	First published: October 14, 2007
2014	Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit of Christmas	US16 (15 weeks) US	Christian1 (25 weeks) Christian	First published: September 30, 2014

Instrumental albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
2000	Freedom	US70 gold (7 weeks)US	Christian2 (29 weeks) Christian	First published: November 21, 2000 Sales: + 500,000
2011	Glory	US121 (4 weeks) US	Christian7 (31 weeks) Christian	First published: November 22, 2011

Box sets

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Christian
1993	Wonder Years	Christian30 (11 weeks) Christian	First published: November 23, 1993
2004	The Christmas Collection	Christian14 (7 weeks) Christian	First published: September 28, 2004
2009	The Ultimate Christmas Collection	Christian46 (1 week) Christian	First published: October 13, 2009

Extended plays

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Christian
1989	Moment in time	Christian4 (25 weeks) Christian	First published: March 28, 1989 with Amy Grant & Gary Chapman

Soundtracks

• 2006: The Second Chance

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
1991	Place In This World Faith Alive	US6 (21 weeks) US	-
	For You Go West Young Man	US60 (11 weeks) US	-
1992	I Will Be Here For You I'll Lead You Home	US27 (20 weeks) US	-
1993	Somebody Love Me Change Your World	US71 (7 weeks) US	-
1998	Love Me Good This Is Your Time	US61 (5 weeks) US	-
2003	Step By Step / Forever He Will Sing Worship Again	-	Christian21 (19 weeks) Christian
	Friends 2003 The Second Decade (1993-2003)	-	Christian39 (2 weeks) Christian
	Signs The Second Decade (1993-2003)	-	Christian12 (20 weeks) Christian
2004	Healing Rain Healing Rain	-	Christian5 (26 weeks) Christian
2005	Bridge Over Troubled Water Healing Rain	-	Christian29 (4 weeks) Christian
2006	All in the Serve The Second Chance	-	Christian36 (6 weeks) Christian
	Come to the Cross stand	-	Christian19 (14 weeks) Christian
2007	Christmas Day It's a Wonderful Christmas	-	Christian2 (5 weeks) Christian	feat. Mandisa
2008	A New Hallelujah A New Hallelujah	-	Christian14 (20 weeks) Christian	with African Children's Choir
2009	Mighty to Save A New Hallelujah	-	Christian25 (11 weeks) Christian
2014	You Won't Let Go Sovereign	-	Christian13 (24 weeks) Christian
2015	Sky Spills Over Sovereign	-	Christian18 (20 weeks) Christian
2017	A Million Lights A Million Lights	-	Christian44 (1 week) Christian
2018	Surrounded (Fight My Battles) Surrounded	-	Christian33 (20 weeks) Christian
2019	Waymaker Awaken: The Surrounded Experience	-	Christian3 (... weeks) Christian	feat. Vanessa Campagna & Madelyn Berry
	Silver Bells	-	Christian22 (5 weeks) Christian	with Amy Grant & Marc Martel
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:
2003	Missing Person Live the Life	-	Christian40 (1 week) Christian
2013	All Is Well The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian6 (5 weeks) Christian	feat. Carrie Underwood
	White Christmas The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian39 (3 weeks) Christian	feat. Lady Antebellum
2014	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian38 (3 weeks) Christian
	Happy Holiday / Holiday Season The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian39 (1 week) Christian
	Silent Night The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian48 (2 weeks) Christian	feat. Little Big Town
	Almost There The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian27 (5 weeks) Christian	feat. Amy Grant
	Christmas Day The Spirit of Christmas	-	Christian49 (1 week) Christian	feat. Jennifer Nettles

More singles

• 1983: Great Is the Lord
• 1983: Could He Be Messiah
• 1983: Friends (with Amy Grant)
• 1984: Hosanna
• 1984: I Am Sure
• 1986: I Know
• 1986: Rocketown
• 1986: Voices
• 1986: Wired for Sound
• 1987: Old Enough to Know
• 1987: Emily
• 1987: Nothin 'But the Blood
• 1988: Friends (Live)
• 1988: Pray for Me
• 1988: Help You Find Your Way
• 1988: Hand of Providence
• 1989: I Miss the Way
• 1989: Lie and Learn
• 1989: The Throne
• 1989: On the Other Side
• 1989: Holy, Holy, Holy
• 1990: I Hear Leesha
• 1990: Go West Young Man
• 1991: How Long Will Be Too Long
• 1992: Seed to Sow
• 1992: Cross My Heart
• 1992: Love Crusade
• 1993: Give It Away
• 1993: Picture Perfect
• 1993: Kentucky Rose
• 1994: Cross of Gold
• 1995: Cry for Love
• 1995: Straight to the Heart
• 1995: breakdown
• 1996: I'll Lead You Home
• 1996: I'll Be Around
• 1996: A Little Stronger Every Day
• 1996: Someday
• 1996: Emmanuel (with Amy Grant)
• 1997: Jesus is the Answer
• 1997: Live the Life
• 1998: Never Been Unloved
• 1998: Missing Person
• 1998: Christmastime
• 1999: Let Me Show You the Way
• 1999: This Is Your Time
• 2000: I Will Be Your Friend
• 2000: I Still Have the Dream
• 2000: Worth It All
• 2001: Above All
• 2002: Breathe
• 2002: Purified
• 2002: Lord Have Mercy
• 2005: Here I Am
• 2007: Be Lifted High
• 2010: Save Me From Myself
• 2014: Sovereign Over Us

Guest Posts

• 1999: Love of My Life ( Jim Brickman feat. Michael W. Smith)
• 2018: All Is Well ( Jordan Smith feat. Michael W. Smith)

Video albums

• 2002: Worship (US:platinum)
• 2003: Live in Concert - A 20 Year Celebration (US:gold)
• 2006: The Second Chance
• 2009: A New Hallelujah

statistics

Chart evaluation

US Number one albums US-US Top 10 albums US1US Albums in the charts US22ndUS

US Number one singles US-US Top 10 singles US1US Singles in the charts US5US

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1993: for the album Go West Young Man 2002: for the video album Worship 2003: for the album Worship

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	3 × gold3	-	105,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	10 × gold10	7 × platinum7th	10,650,000	riaa.com
All in all	13 × gold13	7 × platinum7th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Chart sources: US

Web links

• Chart history by Michael W. Smith
• Michael W. Smith at Allmusic (English)
• Michael W. Smith at Discogs (English)