Paula Abdul / discography

Paula Abdul  - discography
Paula Abdul, 2011
Publications
Studio albums	3
Compilations	6th
Singles	19th
Video albums	5

This discography is an overview of the released recordings of the American singer Paula Abdul .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1988	Forever Your Girl	DE24 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH15th gold (12 weeks)CH	UK3 platinum (39 weeks)UK	US1 × 7 Seven times platinum (175 weeks)US	R&B10 (97 weeks) R&B	First published: June 13, 1988 Producer: Oliver Leiber
1991	Spellbound	DE17 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH25 (6 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (9 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (70 weeks)US	R&B31 (27 weeks) R&B	First published: May 14, 1991 Executive Producer: Gemma Corfield
1995	Head over heels	-	-	-	UK61 (1 week) UK	US18th gold (18 weeks)US	-	First published: June 13, 1995 Executive Producer: Gemma Corfield

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1990	Shut Up and Dance: The Dance Mixes	DE37 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	US7th platinum (35 weeks)US	R&B65 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: May 8, 1990
2007	Greatest Hits: Straight Up!	-	-	-	-	-	R&B86 (1 week) R&B	First published: May 8, 2007
2011	10 great songs	-	-	-	-	-	R&B46 (11 weeks) R&B	First published: July 14, 2011

More compilations

• 2000: Greatest Hits
• 2012: Straight Up! The Very Best of Paula Abdul (2 CDs; release: June 18th)
• 2013: Icon (release: October 8th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1988	Knocked Out Forever Your Girl	-	-	-	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	US41 (13 weeks) US	R&B8 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance14 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: May 4, 1988 Authors: Daryl Simmons, LA Reid , Babyface
	(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me Forever Your Girl	-	-	-	UK74 (4 weeks) UK	US3 (25 weeks) US	R&B10 (14 weeks) R&B	Dance18 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: August 2nd, 1988 Chart entry in UK only in November 1989 Author: Oliver Leiber
	Straight Up Forever Your Girl	DE3 (20 weeks) DE	AT8 (14 weeks) AT	CH3 (16 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (13 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (25 weeks)US	R&B2 (17 weeks) R&B	Dance3 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: November 22, 1988 Author: Elliot Wolff
1989	Forever Your Girl Forever Your Girl	DE17 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH24 (3 weeks) CH	UK24 (7 weeks) UK	US1 gold (22 weeks)US	R&B54 (12 weeks) R&B	Dance28 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: February 20, 1989 Author: Oliver Leiber
	Cold Hearted Forever Your Girl	DE38 (15 weeks) DE	-	-	UK46 (3 weeks) UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US	-	Dance19 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: June 15, 1989 Chart entry in UK only in September 1990 Author: Elliot Wolff
	Opposites Attract Forever Your Girl	DE14 (18 weeks) DE	AT18 (7 weeks) AT	CH19 (7 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (13 weeks)UK	US1 gold (23 weeks)US	R&B3 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance24 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: November 28, 1989 with The Wild Pair Author: Oliver Leiber
1990	Knocked Out (Pettibone Remix) Shut Up and Dance: The Dance Mixes	-	-	-	UK21 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: July 9, 1990 Remix: Shep Pettibone
1991	Rush Rush Spellbound	DE12 (24 weeks) DE	AT23 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	US1 gold (19 weeks)US	R&B20 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 2nd, 1991 Author: Peter Lord
	The Promise of a New Day Spellbound	DE86 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK52 (2 weeks) UK	US1 (16 weeks) US	-	-	First published: July 20, 1991 Authors: Paula Abdul, Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor, Vernon Jeffrey Smith
	Blowing Kisses in the Wind Spellbound	-	-	-	-	US6 (18 weeks) US	-	-	First published: October 17, 1991 Author: Peter Lord
1992	Vibeology Spellbound	-	-	CH31 (1 week) CH	UK19 (6 weeks) UK	US16 (14 weeks) US	-	Dance17 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: January 16, 1992 Authors: Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor, Vernon Jeffrey Smith
	Will you marry me? Spellbound	DE74 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	US19 (13 weeks) US	-	-	First published: March 19, 1992 Authors: Paula Abdul, Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor, Vernon Jeffrey Smith
1995	My Love Is for Real Head over Heels	DE87 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	US28 (13 weeks) US	R&B96 (3 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: May 29, 1995 feat. Ofra Haza Authors: Paula Abdul, Rhett Lawrence
	Crazy Cool Head over Heels	DE89 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US58 (9 weeks) US	-	Dance13 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: August 22, 1995 Authors: Peter Lord, Sandra St. Victor, V. Jeffrey Smith
2008	Dance Like There's No Tomorrow Randy Jackson's Music Club Volume One	-	-	-	-	US62 (6 weeks) US	-	Dance2 (15 weeks) Dance	First publication: January 22, 2008 with Randy Jackson Authors: Dicky Daniel Klein, Edwin Serrano, Eritza Laues, Johannes Jørgensen, Shae Patrick Skinner
2009	I'm just here for the music	-	-	-	-	US87 (2 weeks) US	-	-	First published: May 5, 2009 Authors: Danielle Brisebois , Wayne Rodriguez

More singles

• 1991: Alright Tonight (Promo)
• 1995: Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up
• 2012: Dream Medley (release: November 20th)

Video albums

• 1989: Straight Up (US:× 2Double platinum )
• 1991: Captivated: The Video Collection '92 (US:gold)
• 1996: Under My Spell - Live
• 2005: Video hits
• 2005: Ultimate Voice Coach

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US3US R&B-R&B Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US1US R&B2R&B Albums in the charts DE3DE AT-AT CH2CH UK4thUK US4thUS R&B5R&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US6thUS R&B-R&B Dance1Dance Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK3UK US8thUS R&B4thR&B Dance3Dance Singles in the charts DE9DE AT3AT CH4thCH UK12UK US15thUS R&B7thR&B Dance10Dance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Hong Kong 1990: for the album Forever Your Girl  Japan 1992: for the album Spellbound  Canada 1990: for the single Straight Up 1990: for the single Cold Hearted 1990: for the video album Straight Up 1990: for the single Opposites Attract Platinum record  Canada 1990: for the album Shut Up And Dance

2 × platinum record  Canada 1991: for the album Spellbound 7 × platinum record  Canada 1991: for the album Forever Your Girl

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)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	10 × platinum10	1,155,000	musiccanada.com
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	6 × gold6th	14 × platinum14th	14,750,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	platinum1	800,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	14 × gold14th	25 × platinum25th

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
2. ↑ Gold for Forever Your Girl in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Paula Abdul at Allmusic (English)
• Paula Abdul at Discogs (English)