Mike Oldfield / discography

Mike Oldfield on Night of the Proms (2006)

This discography is an overview of the published records of the British singer , instrumentalist , composer and lyricist Mike Oldfield . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 13.7 million records in his career, including over 5.7 million in his home country alone. Oldfield's most successful release is Tubular Bells, with over 3.6 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1973	Tubular bells	DE37 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (286 weeks)UK	US3 gold (45 weeks)US	First published: May 25, 1973 UK sales: + 2,760,000
1974	Hergest Ridge	-	-	-	UK1 gold (17 weeks)UK	US87 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 28, 1974 Sales: + 100,000
1975	The Orchestral Tubular Bells	-	-	-	UK17th silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: Jan 17, 1975 Sales: + 60,000
	Ommadawn	-	-	-	UK4th gold (23 weeks)UK	US146 (7 weeks) US	First published: October 28, 1975 Sales: + 100,000
1978	Incantations	DE41 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK14th platinum (18 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 24, 1978 Sales: + 300,000
1979	Platinum	DE11 gold (97 weeks)DE	AT17 (1½ months) AT	-	UK24 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 23, 1979 Sales: +350,000
1980	QE2	DE12 gold (59 weeks)DE	AT18 (4½ months) AT	-	UK27 gold (12 weeks)UK	US174 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 31, 1980 Sales: +350,000
1982	Five Miles Out	DE7th gold (48 weeks)DE	AT10 (3½ months) AT	-	UK7th gold (27 weeks)UK	US164 (5 weeks) US	First published: March 16, 1982 Sales: +350,000
1983	Crises	DE1 platinum (50 weeks)DE	AT2 (9 months) AT	CH5 (20 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (30 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 27, 1983 Sales: + 600,000
1984	Discovery	DE1 gold (34 weeks)DE	AT3 (19 weeks) AT	CH1 (28 weeks) CH	UK15th gold (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 25, 1984 Sales: +350,000
1987	Iceland	DE9 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT10 (½ month) AT	CH4 (14 weeks) CH	UK29 gold (5 weeks)UK	US138 (8 weeks) US	First published: September 7, 1987 Sales: +350,000
1989	Earth moving	DE1 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT21 (2 months) AT	CH3 gold (15 weeks)CH	UK30 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 10, 1989 Sales: + 275,000
1990	Amarok	DE16 (14 weeks) DE	AT26 (3 weeks) AT	CH30 (3 weeks) CH	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 14, 1990
1991	Heaven's Open	DE13 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 18, 1991
1992	Tubular Bells II	DE7th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH19 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (30 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 31, 1992 Sales: + 850,000
1994	The Songs of Distant Earth	DE33 (12 weeks) DE	AT20 (5 weeks) AT	CH23 (12 weeks) CH	UK24 gold (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 21, 1994 Sales: + 100,000
1996	Voyager	DE15 (12 weeks) DE	AT16 (7 weeks) AT	CH15 (9 weeks) CH	UK12 gold (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 21, 1996 Sales: + 100,000
1998	Tubular Bells III	DE9 (9 weeks) DE	AT4 (10 weeks) AT	CH26 (6 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 31, 1998 Sales: + 100,000
1999	Guitars	DE16 (9 weeks) DE	AT35 (2 weeks) AT	CH34 (2 weeks) CH	UK40 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 24, 1999
	The Millennium Bell	DE39 (7 weeks) DE	AT43 (2 weeks) AT	CH94 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: November 26, 1999
2002	Tr3s Lunas	DE19 (8 weeks) DE	AT8 (11 weeks) AT	CH44 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: June 3, 2002
2003	Tubular Bells 2003	DE29 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH55 (2 weeks) CH	UK51 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 26, 2003
2005	Light + Shade	DE26 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH76 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: October 7, 2005
2008	Music of the Spheres	DE14 (7 weeks) DE	AT62 (2 weeks) AT	CH37 (4 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 14, 2008 Sales: + 70,000
2014	Man on the Rocks	DE3 (5 weeks) DE	AT10 (4 weeks) AT	CH9 (5 weeks) CH	UK12 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 3, 2014
2017	Return to Ommadawn	DE3 (9 weeks) DE	AT6 (5 weeks) AT	CH8 (6 weeks) CH	UK4 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 20, 2017

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Exposed	DE43 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 27, 1979 Sales: + 60,000

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Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	The Killing Fields	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK97 silver (1 week)UK	-	Initial release: December 10, 1984 Soundtrack for The Killing Fields. Sales: + 60,000

Remix albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2013	Tubular beats	DE55 (1 week) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	First published: February 1, 2013

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1976	Boxed	-	-	-	UK22nd gold (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 29, 1976 Sales: + 100,000
1981	Music Wonderland	DE5 gold (19 weeks)DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1981 Sales: + 250,000
1985	The Complete Mike Oldfield	DE17th gold (20 weeks)DE	-	CH27 gold (2 weeks)CH	UK36 gold (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 1, 1985 Sales: + 550,000
1993	Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield	DE13 gold (17 weeks)DE	AT24 (5 weeks) AT	CH21st gold (8 weeks)CH	UK5 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 13, 1993 Sales: + 500,000
1997	XXV: The Essential	DE42 (7 weeks) DE	AT19 (5 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: November 11, 1997
2001	The Best of Tubular Bells	-	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: 2001
2006	The Platinum Collection	-	-	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 13, 2006
2009	The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974-1983	-	-	-	UK11 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 8, 2009
2012	Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield	DE22 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH86 (1 week) CH	UK6 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 30, 2012
2015	The Best Of: 1992-2003	-	-	CH91 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: May 8, 2015

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EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Take Four	-	-	-	UK72 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1, 1978
1982	The Mike Oldfield EP	-	-	-	-	-	as The Mike Oldfield Group published

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Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Mike Oldfield's Single Tubular Bells (US only) Tubular Bells	-	-	-	UK31 (6 weeks) UK	US7 (16 weeks) US	First published: June 28, 1974
1975	In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback Ommadawn	-	-	-	UK4 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 14, 1975
1976	Portsmouth	-	-	-	UK3 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 29, 1976 Sales: + 250,000
1979	Guilty	-	-	-	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 21, 1979
	Blue Peter	-	-	-	UK19 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 30, 1979
1980	Arrival QE2	-	AT13 (12 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: September 12, 1980
1982	Five Miles Out Five Miles Out	DE42 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK43 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 18, 1982
	Family Man Five Miles Out	-	-	-	UK45 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 28, 1982
	Mistake crises	DE56 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: August 20, 1982
1983	Moonlight Shadow Crises	DE2 gold (31 weeks)DE	AT1 (26 weeks) AT	CH1 (17 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (19 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 6, 1983 Sales: + 500,000
	Shadow on the Wall Crises	DE3 (20 weeks) DE	AT1 (16 weeks) AT	CH4 (13 weeks) CH	UK95 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: September 1983 feat. Roger Chapman
1984	Crime of Passion	DE17 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH17 (6 weeks) CH	UK61 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 3, 1984
	To France Discovery	DE6 (18 weeks) DE	AT9 (4 weeks) AT	CH7 (11 weeks) CH	UK48 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 16, 1984 feat. Maggie Reilly
	Tricks of the Light Discovery	DE46 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 1, 1984
1985	Pictures in the Dark	DE4 (15 weeks) DE	AT3 (12 weeks) AT	CH5 (11 weeks) CH	UK50 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 15, 1985 feat. Aled Jones , Anita Hegerland & Barry Palmer
1986	Shine	DE31 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK100 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 2nd, 1986 feat. Jon Anderson
1987	Islands Islands	DE41 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH22 (4 weeks) CH	UK100 (1 week) UK	-	First release: September 7, 1987 feat. Bonnie Tyler
1989	Innocent Earth Moving	DE8 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	UK93 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 23, 1989 feat. Anita Hegerland
1992	Sentinel Tubular Bells II	-	-	-	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 3, 1992
	Tattoo Tubular Bells II	-	-	-	UK33 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1992
1993	The Bell Tubular Bells II	-	-	-	UK50 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 5, 1993 UK: feat. Vivian Stanshall
	Moonlight Shadow 1993 Elements	-	-	-	UK52 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1993
1994	Hibernaculum The Songs of Distant Earth	-	-	-	UK47 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 5, 1994
1995	Let There Be Light The Songs of Distant Earth	-	-	-	UK51 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1995
1997	Woman of Ireland Voyager	-	-	-	UK70 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 10, 1997
1998	Man in the Rain Tubular Bells III	DE94 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	-	First release: October 1998 feat. Cara Dillon
1999	Far Above the Clouds Tubular Bells III	-	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1999
2002	To Be Free Tr3s Lunas	-	AT25 (11 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: May 20, 2002

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2005: for the video album Tubular Bells 2 & 3 - Live  Germany 2002: for the author participation Moonlight Shadow ( Groove Coverage )  France 1976: for the album Tubular Bells 1984: for the album Crises 1985: for the Discovery album 1988: for the album Islands 1990: for the album Earth Moving 1994: for the album Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield  Netherlands 1979: for the album Ommadawn 1979: for the album Tubular Bells 1983: for the album Crises  Poland 2008: for the album Music of the Spheres  Spain 1983: for the single Moonlight Shadow 1983: for the album QE2 1985: for the album The Complete Mike Oldfield 1989: for the album Earth Moving 1997: for the album XXV: The Essential  United Kingdom 2013: for the video album Tubular Bells 2 & 3 - Live

Platinum record  France 1992: for the album The Complete Mike Oldfield  Spain 1983: for the album Crises 1983: for the album Five Miles Out 1984: for the Discovery album 1984: for the album Platinum 1987: for the album Islands 1999: for the album Guitars 2000: for the album The Millennium Bell 2002: for the album Tres Lunas 2 × platinum record  Canada 1982: for the album Tubular Bells  Spain 1993: for the album Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield 1995: for the album The Songs of Distant Earth 3 × platinum record  Spain 2000: for the album Voyager 4 × platinum record  Spain 1999: for the album Tubular Bells III 5 × platinum record  Spain 1993: for the album Tubular Bells II

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	-	7,500	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	-	12 × gold12	platinum1	3,500,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	6 × gold6th	platinum1	900,000	infodisc.fr
Canada (MC)	-	-	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	150,000	nvpi.nl
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	75,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	5 × gold5	24 × platinum24	2,600,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	15 × gold15th	12 × platinum12	5,765,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	47 × gold47	40 × platinum40

literature

• US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
2. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 .