Placebo (band) / discography

Placebo (2009)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British rock band Placebo . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 6.3 million records to date, over 1.8 million of them in her home country alone. Placebo's most successful release is Without You I'm Nothing, with over two million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	placebo	-	-	-	UK5 platinum (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 17, 1996 Sales: + 500,000
1998	Without You I'm Nothing	DE55 (22 weeks) DE	AT43 (1 week) AT	CH95 (2 weeks) CH	UK7th platinum (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 12, 1998 Sales: + 2,030,000
2000	Black Market Music	DE4th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT7 (13 weeks) AT	CH15th gold (11 weeks)CH	UK6th gold (5 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 9, 2000 Sales: + 1,500,000
2003	Sleeping with Ghosts	DE2 platinum (35 weeks)DE	AT6th gold (33 weeks)AT	CH3 gold (45 weeks)CH	UK11 gold (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 24, 2003 Sales: + 2,010,000
2006	Meds	DE2 platinum (31 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (26 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK7th gold (4 weeks)UK	US180 (1 week) US	First published: March 13, 2006
2009	Battle for the Sun	DE1 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT1 (16 weeks) AT	CH1 (17 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (2 weeks)UK	US51 (1 week) US	First published: June 8, 2009
2013	Loud Like Love	DE3 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT2 (12 weeks) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	US98 (1 week) US	First published: September 13, 2013 Sales: + 100,000

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	MTV Unplugged	DE6 (12 weeks) DE	AT21 (7 weeks) AT	CH13 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: November 27, 2015

More live albums

• 2003: Live in Paris 1 & 2
• 2006: Live at La Cigale (Download from iTunes and 7Digital)
• 2011: Live at Angkor Wat (Download from iTunes)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Once more with feeling	DE14th gold (11 weeks)DE	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	CH4 (15 weeks) CH	UK8th platinum (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 25, 2004
2016	A place for us to dream	DE10 (5 weeks) DE	AT28 (5 weeks) AT	CH16 (3 weeks) CH	UK21 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 7, 2016

More compilations

• 2007: Covers
• 2009: Black Market Music / Meds
• 2009: Sleeping with Ghosts / Placebo
• 2010: Battle for the Sun: Redux Edition
• 2001: Black Market Music / Placebo
• 2011: B Sides 1996 - 2006
• 2014: Greatest Hits

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	B3	DE39 (1 week) DE	AT35 (1 week) AT	CH25 (1 week) CH	UK65 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 12, 2012

More EPs

• 2007: Exclusive Session
• 2007: Extended Play '07
• 2009: iTunes Live: London Festival '09

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Bruise Pristine Placebo	-	-	-	UK14 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1995
1996	Teenage fear placebo	-	-	-	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 16, 1996
1997	Nancy Boy Placebo	-	-	-	UK4 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 19, 1997
1998	Pure Morning Without You I'm Nothing	-	-	-	UK4th silver (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 3, 1998
	You Don't Care About Us Without You I'm Nothing	-	-	-	UK5 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 28, 1998
1999	Every You, Every Me Without You I'm Nothing	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK11 silver (5 weeks)UK	-	First published: Jan 25, 1999 Sales: + 200,000
2000	Button in Men Black Market Music	-	-	-	UK16 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 17, 2000
	Slave to the Wage Black Market Music	DE92 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK19 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 25, 2000
2001	Black-Eyed Black Market Music	DE94 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 22, 2001
2003	The Bitter End Sleeping with Ghosts	DE34 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH53 (5 weeks) CH	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 9, 2003
	This Picture Sleeping with Ghosts	DE75 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 9, 2003
	Special Needs Sleeping with Ghosts	DE71 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 15, 2003
2004	English Summer Rain Sleeping with Ghosts	-	-	CH98 (1 week) CH	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 21, 2004
	Protège-moi Sleeping with Ghosts	-	-	CH26 (17 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: March 7, 2004
	Twenty Years Once More with Feeling	DE52 (6 weeks) DE	AT59 (2 weeks) AT	CH50 (5 weeks) CH	UK18 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 17, 2004
2006	Song to Say Goodbye Meds	DE34 (9 weeks) DE	AT44 (9 weeks) AT	CH38 (18 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 24, 2006
	Because I Want You Meds	-	-	-	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 6, 2006
	Infra-Red Meds	DE75 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK42 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 26, 2006
	Meds Meds	DE83 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH78 (3 weeks) CH	UK35 (1 week) UK	-	First release: October 6, 2006 feat. Alison Mosshart
2007	Running Up That Hill Covers	-	-	-	UK44 silver (2 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 22, 2007
2009	For What It's Worth Battle for the Sun	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT24 (5 weeks) AT	CH33 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: May 29, 2009
	Ashtray Heart Battle for the Sun	DE66 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: September 18, 2009
2010	Bright Lights Battle for the Sun	DE62 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: February 26, 2010
2013	Too Many Friends Loud Like Love	DE14 (11 weeks) DE	AT51 (5 weeks) AT	CH36 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: August 23, 2013

More singles

• 1996: Come Home
• 1996: 36 degrees
• 1999: Without You I'm Nothing (feat. David Bowie )
• 1999: Burger Queen Français
• 2000: Special K
• 2006: Follow the Cops Back Home (Download)
• 2009: The Never-Ending Why
• 2010: Trigger Happy Hands (Download)

Video albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003)	DE33 gold (3 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (20 weeks)AT	CH35 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: March 14, 2004 Sales: + 80,000
	Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996-2004	DE*DE	AT3 (3 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First release: October 24th, 2004 * see album
2011	We come in pieces	DE55 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 28, 2011

More video albums

• 2003: Special Needs (single)
• 2003: This Picture (single)
• 2006: Infra-Red (single)
• 2006: Meds (single)
• 2009: Live in Angkor Wat
• 2009: In the Studio: The Making of Battle for the Sun
• 2015: MTV Unplugged

Box sets

• 2009: The Hut Recordings

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2001: for the album Black Market Music  Belgium 2003: for the album Sleeping with Ghosts 2006: for the album Meds 2007: for the album Placebo 2009: for the album Battle for the Sun  France 1999: for the album Without You I'm Nothing 2002: for the album Placebo  Greece 2003: for the album Sleeping with Ghosts 2007: for the album Meds  Mexico 2005: for the video album Soulmates Never Die - Live in Paris 2003 2005: for the album Once More with Feeling  Russia 2009: for the album Battle for the Sun 2 × gold record  France 2003: for the album Black Market Music 2005: for the album Once More with Feeling

Platinum record  Australia 2000: for the album Without You I'm Nothing  Belgium 2007: for the album Without You I'm Nothing 2007: for the album Black Market Music  France 2004: for the video album Once More with Feeling 2006: for the album Meds  Europe 2003: for the album Without You I'm Nothing 2004: for the album Sleeping with Ghosts 2 × platinum record  France 2004: for the album Sleeping with Ghosts Diamond record  France 2005: for the video album Soulmates Never Die - Live in Paris 2003

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	105,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	-	190,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	-	825,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	6 × gold6th	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	1,520,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Greece (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	17,500	ifpi.gr ( Memento from December 9, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) GR2 ( Memento from February 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	60,000	amprofon.com.mx
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	35,000	ifpi.at
Russia (NFPF)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	2m-online.ru ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	70,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	-	1,860,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	29 × gold29	15 × platinum15th	diamond1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ press release