Pat Benatar / discography

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Pat Benatar  - discography
Pat Benatar (2007)
Pat Benatar (2007)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 12
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 5
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 20th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 37
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 7th
Arrow southwest blue.svgMusic videos 31
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 10

This discography is an overview of the musical works of American pop - singer Pat Benatar . According to the sources, she has sold more than 16.8 million records in her career. The most successful release by Benatar is the second studio album Crimes of Passion with around 4.5 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
1979 In the heat of the night - - - UK98 (1 week)
UK 		US12
platinum
platinum

(122 weeks)US
First published: September 1979
Sales: + 1,000,000; placed in UK only 1985
1980 Crimes of Passion - - - - US2
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(93 weeks)US

Initial Release: Aug 6, 1980 Sales: + 4,507,500, Grammy (Rock)
1981 Precious Time DE57 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK30 (7 weeks)
UK 		US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(54 weeks)US
First published: July 1981
Sales: +2,207,500
1982 Get nervous - - - UK73 (6 weeks)
UK 		US4th
platinum
platinum

(46 weeks)US
First published: November 1982
Sales: +1,107,500
1983 Live from Earth DE7 (16 weeks)
DE 		- - UK60 (5 weeks)
UK 		US13
platinum
platinum

(34 weeks)US
Live album, first published: October 1983
Sales: + 1,115,000
1984 Tropico DE26 (15 weeks)
DE 		- CH21 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK31
silver
silver

(25 weeks)UK 		US14th
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)US
First published: November 1984
Sales: + 1,175,000
1985 Seven the Hard Way DE42 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - UK69 (4 weeks)
UK 		US26th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: November 1985
Sales: + 500,000
1988 Wide Awake in Dreamland DE47 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK11
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		US28
gold
gold

(29 weeks)US
First published: June 1988
Sales: + 600,000
1991 True love - - CH39 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK40 (3 weeks)
UK 		US37 (22 weeks)
US
First published: April 1991
1993 Gravity's Rainbow - - - - US85 (9 weeks)
US
First published: June 1, 1993
1997 Innamorata - - - - US171 (1 week)
US
First published: June 3, 1997
2003 Go - - - - US187 (1 week)
US
First published: August 12, 2003

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

  • 1974: Coxon's Army Live from Sam Miller's Exchange Cafe
  • 1998: Pat Benatar Eight-Fifteen-Eighty
  • 2001: Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Soundtrack
  • 2003: From the Front Row… Live Pat Benatar
  • 2008: Pat Benatar Live in America

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
1987 Best shots - - - UK6th
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)UK 		US67
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
First published: October 1987
Sales: + 1,315,000
2005 Greatest hits - - - - US47
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: June 7, 2005
Sales: + 500,000
2009 10 great songs - - - - US123 (5 weeks)
US
First published: November 16, 2009

More compilations

  • 1994: All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar
  • 1996: Heartbreaker Sixteen Classic Performances
  • 1996: Back to Back hits Blondie Pat Benatar
  • 2000: Extended Versions: Pat Benatar - The Encore Collection
  • 2001: Best of Volume 1 and 2
  • 2001: Premium Gold Collection
  • 2001: The Collection
  • 2002: Classic Masters Pat Benatar
  • 2002: The Divine
  • 2002: The Very Best Album Ever
  • 2002: Concert Classics
  • 2004: Best of Pat Benatar Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
  • 2004: Greatest Hits Live
  • 2008: Ultimate Collection
  • 2009: Collector's Edition
  • 2009: Essential
  • 2009: 5 hits

Singles

Chart placements

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
1979 Heartbreaker
In the Heat of the Night 		- - - - US23 (18 weeks)
US
First published: October 1979
1980 We Live for Love
In the Heat of the Night 		- - - - US27 (14 weeks)
US
First published: January 1980
You Better Run
Crimes of Passion 		- - - - US42 (11 weeks)
US
First published: July 1980
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Crimes of Passion 		- - - - US9
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
First published: September 1980
Sales: + 500,000
1981 Treat Me Right
Crimes of Passion 		- - - - US18 (18 weeks)
US
First published: January 1981
Fire and Ice
Precious Time 		- - - - US17 (15 weeks)
US
First published: July 1981
Promises in the Dark
Precious Time 		- - - - US38 (11 weeks)
US
First published: September 1981
1982 Shadows of the Night
Get Nervous 		- - - UK50 (8 weeks)
UK 		US13 (16 weeks)
US
First published: September 1982
1983 Little Too Late
Get Nervous 		- - - - US20 (14 weeks)
US
First published: January 1983
Looking for a Stranger
Get Nervous 		- - - - US39 (10 weeks)
US
First published: April 1983
Love Is a Battlefield
Live from Earth 		DE3 (19 weeks)
DE 		- CH11 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK17 (19 weeks)
UK 		US5
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: September 1983
Sales: + 500,000
1984 We Belong
Tropico 		DE9 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK22 (9 weeks)
UK 		US5 (20 weeks)
US
First published: October 1984
1985 Ooh Ooh Song
Tropico 		- - - - US36 (9 weeks)
US
First published: January 1985
Invincible
Seven the Hard Way 		DE31 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - UK53 (3 weeks)
UK 		US10 (17 weeks)
US
First published: June 1985
Sex as a Weapon
Seven the Hard Way 		- - - UK67 (3 weeks)
UK 		US28 (13 weeks)
US
First published: November 1985
1986 Le Bel Age
Seven the Hard Way 		- - - - US54 (8 weeks)
US
First published: February 1986
1988 All Fired Up
Wide Awake in Dreamland 		- - - UK19 (11 weeks)
UK 		US19 (17 weeks)
US
First published: June 1988
Don't Walk Away
Wide Awake in Dreamland 		- - - UK42 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 1988
1989 One Love
Wide Awake in Dreamland 		- - - UK59 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: January 1989
1993 Somebody's Baby
Gravity’s Rainbow 		- - - UK48 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: September 1993

more publishments

  • 1974: Day Gig
  • 1979: I Need a Lover
  • 1979: If You Think You Know How to Love Me
  • 1980: Rated X
  • 1982: Anxiety (Get Nervous)
  • 1983: Lipstick Lies
  • 1985: Painted Desert
  • 1985: Temporary Heroes / Diamond Field
  • 1986: Big Life
  • 1988: Let's Stay Together
  • 1991: True Love
  • 1991: Payin 'the Cost to Be the Boss
  • 1993: Everybody Lay Down
  • 1997: Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)
  • 2001: Christmas in America
  • 2003: Have It All
  • 2004: Go

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

  • 1984: Pat Benatar Hit Videos
  • 1985: Pat Benatar in Concert
  • 1987: Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection
  • 2001: Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD
  • 2003: Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar - The Complete Video Collection
  • 2003: From the Front Row… Live Pat Benatar
  • 2008: Pat Benatar Live on Air

Music videos

year title
1975 Coxon's Army
1980 You Better Run
I'm gonna follow you
1981 Fire and Ice
Promises in the Dark
Precious Time
1982 Shadows of the Night
Anxiety
Little Too Late
1983 Love is a battlefield
Lipstick Lies
Rappin 'Rodney
1984 Painted Desert
We Belong
Ohh ohh song
1985 Invincible
Sex as a weapon
Le Bel Age
Sun City
1988 All fired up
Don't walk away
Let's stay together
1989 One love
1991 True love
So long
Yakety yak
1993 Somebody's baby
Everytime I fall back
1997 Strawberry Wine
2003 Christmas in America
Have it all

Box sets

  • 1998: In the Heat of the Night / Tropico
  • 1998: In the Heat of the Night / Crimes of Passion
  • 1999: Precious Time / Get Nervous
  • 1999: Tropico / Seven the Hard Way
  • 1999: Innamorata / 8-15-80
  • 1999: Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits
  • 1999: Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999
  • 2004: Live from Earth / Wide Awake in Dreamland
  • 2010: True Love / Gravity's Rainbow
  • 2011: Best Shots / Wide Awake in Dreamland

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • FranceFrance France
    • 1981: for the album Crimes of Passion
    • 1981: for the album In the Heat of the Night
    • 1981: for the album Precious Time
    • 1983: for the album Get Nervous
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1984: for the single Love Is a Battlefield
    • 1985: for the single We Belong
    • 1991: for the album True Love
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1981: for the album Crimes of Passion
    • 1981: for the album Precious Time
    • 1983: for the album Get Nervous
    • 1986: for the album Seven the Hard Way

2 × gold record

  • FranceFrance France
    • 1994: for the album The Very Best Of

Platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1983: for the album Get Nervous
    • 1984: for the album Live from Earth
    • 1985: for the album Tropico
    • 1986: for the album Seven the Hard Way
    • 1988: for the album Wide Awake in Dreamland
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1980: for the album In the Heat of the Night
    • 1984: for the album Live from Earth
    • 1985: for the album Tropico
    • 1988: for the album Best Shots
    • 1994: for the album The Very Best Of

2 × platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1981: for the album Precious Time

4 × platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1982: for the album In the Heat of the Night

5 × platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1981: for the album Crimes of Passion

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

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)
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 0! P- 500,000 infodisc.fr
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 16 × platinum16 1,750,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 105,000 nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11 14,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 460,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 18 × gold18th Platinum record icon.svg 33 × platinum33

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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