Placebo (band) / discography
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
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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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 |