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REM - discography
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REM live (2003)
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 Studio albums
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Live albums
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4th |
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Compilations
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EPs
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Singles
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Video albums
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Box sets
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4th |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rock band R.EM . According to the sources, they have sold more than 85 million records in their careers, making them one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . The most successful REM release is the album Out of Time with around 18 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
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| 1983 | Murmur | - | - | - |
UK100  (1 week)UK |
US36 (30 weeks)US |
First published: April 12, 1983
No. 197 in the Rolling Stone 500 in the UK only in the charts in 1994. Sales: + 600,000 |
| 1984 | Reckoning | - | - | - |
UK91 (2 weeks) UK |
US27 (53 weeks)US |
First published: April 9, 1984
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 1985 | Fables of the Reconstruction | - | - | - |
UK35 (5 weeks) UK |
US28 (42 weeks)US |
First published: June 10, 1985
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 1986 | Lifes Rich Pageant | - | - | - |
UK43  (4 weeks)UK |
US21st (32 weeks)US |
First published: July 28, 1986
Sales: + 660,000 |
| 1987 | Document | - | - | - |
UK28 (5 weeks)UK |
US10  (33 weeks)US |
First published: September 1, 1987
# 470 of the Rolling Stone 500. Sales: + 1,200,000 |
| 1988 | Green | - | - | - |
UK27 (27 weeks)UK |
US12 × 2
(40 weeks)US |
First published: November 8, 1988
Sales: + 2,557,500 |
| 1991 | Out of time |
DE2 × 5
(67 weeks)DE |
AT1 (32 weeks) AT |
CH3 × 2
(50 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 5
(212 weeks)UK |
US1 × 4
(109 weeks)US |
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| 1992 | Automatic for the people |
DE2 × 5
(63 weeks)DE |
AT3 × 2
(37 weeks)AT |
CH3 × 2
(37 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 7
(245 weeks)UK |
US2 × 4
(76 weeks)US |
First published: October 5, 1992
# 247 in the Rolling Stone 500. Sales: + 9,435,000 |
| 1994 | monster |
DE2 (44 weeks)DE |
AT1 (22 weeks)AT |
CH1 (31 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 3
(64 weeks)UK |
US1 × 4
(54 weeks)US |
First published: September 27, 1994
Sales: + 6,685,000 |
| 1996 | New Adventures in Hi-Fi |
DE1 (25 weeks)DE |
AT1 (16 weeks)AT |
CH1 (13 weeks)CH |
UK1 (22 weeks)UK |
US2 (22 weeks)US |
First published: September 10, 1996
Sales: + 2,250,000 |
| 1998 | Up |
DE1 (22 weeks) DE |
AT1 (16 weeks)AT |
CH7th (10 weeks)CH |
UK2 (32 weeks)UK |
US3 (16 weeks)US |
First published: October 27, 1998
Sales: + 1,542,500 |
| 2001 | Reveal |
DE1 (21 weeks)DE |
AT1 (17 weeks)AT |
CH1 (20 weeks)CH |
UK1 (16 weeks)UK |
US6th (10 weeks)US |
First published: May 15, 2001
Sales: + 1,592,500 |
| 2004 | Around the sun |
DE1 (37 weeks)DE |
AT1 (22 weeks)AT |
CH1 (24 weeks)CH |
UK1 (13 weeks)UK |
US13 (7 weeks) US |
First published: October 5, 2004
Sales: + 1,035,000 |
| 2008 | Accelerate |
DE2 (23 weeks)DE |
AT2 (15 weeks)AT |
CH1 (22 weeks)CH |
UK1 (11 weeks)UK |
US2 (18 weeks) US |
First published: April 1, 2008
Sales: + 342,500 |
| 2011 | Collapse into Now |
DE1 (13 weeks) DE |
AT2 (10 weeks) AT |
CH1 (12 weeks) CH |
UK5 (7 weeks)UK |
US5 (7 weeks) US |
First published: March 8, 2011
Sales: + 90,000 |
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2004 | Perfect Square |
DE62 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK- |
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Live DVD from the performance on July 19, 2003 in Wiesbaden
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| 2007 | REM Live |
DE8 (6 weeks) DE |
AT12 (5 weeks) AT |
CH16 (5 weeks) CH |
UK12 (4 weeks) UK |
US72 (2 weeks) US |
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| 2009 | REM Live at the Olympia: In Dublin |
DE53 (1 week) DE |
AT43 (2 weeks) AT |
CH80 (1 week) CH |
UK68 (1 week) UK |
US95 (2 weeks) US |
Double album, recorded in June / July 2007 at the Olympia Theater Dublin
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| 2018 | Live at the BBC |
DE23 (1 week) DE |
AT60 (1 week) AT |
CH94 (1 week) CH |
UK40 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 19, 2018
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| 2019 | Live at the Borderline 1991 | - | - | - |
UK100 (1 week) UK |
- |
In March 1991, REM secretly performed twice in London under the band name Bingo Hand Job
First published: April 12, 2019 |
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1987 | Dead Letter Office | - | - | - |
UK60 (2 weeks) UK |
US52 (14 weeks) US |
First published: April 27, 1987
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| 1988 | Eponymous | - | - | - |
UK69 (3 weeks) UK |
US44 (19 weeks) US |
First published: October 17, 1988
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| 1991 | The best of REM |
DE23 (17 weeks)DE |
AT22nd (11 weeks)AT |
CH27 (4 weeks) CH |
UK7th (38 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 30, 1991
Sales: + 410,000 |
| 1997 | REM: In the Attic | - | - | - | - |
US185 (1 week) US |
Compilation of recordings from 1985 to 1989
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| 1999 | Man on the Moon (OST) | - | - | - | - |
US109 (7 weeks) US |
Film soundtrack: Man on the Moon
three contributions by REM |
| 2003 | In Time - The Best of REM 1988-2003 |
DE1 × 2
(26 weeks)DE |
AT1 (26 weeks)AT |
CH1 (23 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 5
(89 weeks)UK |
US8th (17 weeks)US |
First published: October 28, 2003
Sales: + 4,350,000 |
| 2006 | And I Feel Fine… The Best of the IRS Years 1982–1987 |
DE80 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
US116 (1 week) US |
First published: September 12, 2006
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| 2011 | Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011 |
DE15 (3 weeks) DE |
AT20 (5 weeks) AT |
CH17 (3 weeks) CH |
UK19th (8 weeks)UK |
US55 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 15, 2011
Sales: + 130,000 |
| 2014 | Unplugged 1991/2001 - The Complete Sessions |
DE28 (2 weeks) DE |
AT33 (1 week) AT |
CH56 (1 week) CH |
UK22 (2 weeks) UK |
US21 (1 week) US |
First published: April 19, 2014
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More compilations
- 1991: Greatest Hits (UK:gold)
- 1994: Singles Collection (UK:silver)
- 2002: remIX
EPs
- 1982: Chronic Town
- 2001: Not Bad for No Tour
- 2003: Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes
- 2008: Live from London
- 2009: Reckoning Songs from the Olympia
Singles
Chart placements
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1983 | Radio Free Europe Murmur |
- | - | - | - |
US78 (5 weeks) US |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , No. 379 of the Rolling Stone 500
First published: 1981 on the Hib-Tone label |
| Central Rain (I'm Sorry) Reckoning |
- | - | - | - |
US85 (6 weeks) US |
First published: November 12, 1983
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| 1985 | Wendell Gee Fables of the Reconstruction |
- | - | - |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 14, 1985
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| 1986 | Fall on Me Lifes Rich Pageant |
- | - | - | - |
US94 (3 weeks) US |
First published: August 18, 1986
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| 1987 |
The One I Love Document |
DE81 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK16 (15 weeks) UK |
US9 (20 weeks) US |
Initial release: August 25, 1987
was re-released in 1991 |
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It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Document |
- | - | - |
UK87 (2 weeks)UK |
US39 (4 weeks) US |
First release: 1987
was re-released in 1991 |
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| 1988 | Finest Worksong Document |
- | - | - |
UK50 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1988
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| 1989 | Stand Green |
- | - | - |
UK48 (5 weeks) UK |
US6 (19 weeks) US |
First published: January 20, 1989
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| Orange Crush Green |
- | - | - |
UK28 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 18, 1989
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| Pop song 89 Green |
- | - | - | - |
US86 (4 weeks) US |
First published: May 12, 1989
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| 1991 |
Losing My Religion Out of Time |
- |
AT6 (17 weeks) AT |
CH11 (9 weeks) CH |
UK19th (9 weeks)UK |
US4th (21 weeks)US |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , # 169 in the Rolling Stone 500, Grammys (pop performance, video)
First published: February 19, 1991 |
| Shiny Happy People Out of Time |
DE10 (25 weeks) DE |
AT14 (10 weeks) AT |
- |
UK6th (11 weeks)UK |
US10 (15 weeks) US |
First release: May 6, 1991
feat. Kate Pierson |
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| Near Wild Heaven |
DE46 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 5, 1991
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| Radio song Out of Time |
- | - | - |
UK28 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 4, 1991
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| 1992 | Drive Automatic for the People |
DE13 (23 weeks) DE |
AT11 (12 weeks) AT |
CH7 (19 weeks) CH |
UK11 (5 weeks)UK |
US28 (15 weeks) US |
First published: October 1, 1992
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Man on the Moon Automatic for the People |
DE34 (20 weeks) DE |
AT24 (5 weeks) AT |
- |
UK18 (8 weeks) UK |
US30 (15 weeks) US |
First published: November 21, 1992
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| 1993 | The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Automatic for the People |
DE61 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 5, 1993
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| Everybody Hurts Automatic for the People |
DE83 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK7th (14 weeks)UK |
US29 (20 weeks) US |
First publication: April 15, 1993
in Germany only placed in 2012 |
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| Nightswimming Automatic for the People |
DE93 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK27 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 15, 1993
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| Find the River Automatic for the People |
- | - | - |
UK54 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 21, 1993
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| 1994 | What's the Frequency, Kenneth? monster |
DE74 (7 weeks) DE |
AT21 (3 weeks) AT |
CH22 (11 weeks) CH |
UK9 (9 weeks) UK |
US21 (20 weeks) US |
First published: September 5, 1994
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| 1995 | Bang and Blame Monster |
DE74 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK15 (6 weeks) UK |
US19 (14 weeks) US |
First published: January 10, 1995
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| Star 69 monsters |
- | - | - | - |
US74 (1 week) US |
First published: March 7, 1995
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| Strange currencies monsters |
- | - | - |
UK9 (5 weeks) UK |
US47 (15 weeks) US |
First published: April 18, 1995
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| Crush with Eyeliner Monster |
- | - | - |
UK23 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 15, 1995
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| Tongue monster |
- | - | - |
UK13 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 21, 1995
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| 1996 | E-Bow the Letter New Adventures in Hi-Fi |
DE65 (7 weeks) DE |
AT27 (5 weeks) AT |
CH22 (1 week) CH |
UK4 (6 weeks) UK |
US49 (9 weeks) US |
First published: August 27, 1996
feat. Patti Smith |
| Bittersweet Me New Adventures in Hi-Fi |
DE93 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK19 (5 weeks) UK |
US46 (12 weeks) US |
First published: November 5, 1996
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| Electrolite New Adventures in Hi-Fi |
DE83 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK29 (2 weeks) UK |
US96 (2 weeks) US |
First published: December 2, 1996
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| 1998 | Daysleeper Up |
DE57 (9 weeks) DE |
AT17 (8 weeks) AT |
CH49 (2 weeks) CH |
UK6 (8 weeks) UK |
US57 (3 weeks) US |
First published: October 12, 1998
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| Lotus Up |
- | - | - |
UK26 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 7, 1998
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| 1999 | At My Most Beautiful Up |
- | - | - |
UK10 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 8, 1999
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| The Great Beyond Man on the Moon (OST) |
DE56 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH72 (7 weeks) CH |
UK3 (12 weeks)UK |
US57 (14 weeks) US |
from the movie Man on the Moon
First published: November 16, 1999 |
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| 2001 |
Imitation of Life Reveal |
DE35 (9 weeks) DE |
AT19 (11 weeks) AT |
CH27 (16 weeks) CH |
UK6 (13 weeks) UK |
US83 (5 weeks) US |
First published: April 30, 2001
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| All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) Reveal |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 23, 2001
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| I'll take the rain reveal |
- | - | - |
UK44 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 19, 2001
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| 2003 | Bad Day In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 |
DE39 (6 weeks) DE |
AT45 (5 weeks) AT |
CH39 (6 weeks) CH |
UK8 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 24, 2003
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| 2004 | Animal In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 |
- | - | - |
UK33 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 5, 2004
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| Leaving New York Around the Sun |
DE16 (11 weeks) DE |
AT32 (9 weeks) AT |
CH18 (11 weeks) CH |
UK5 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 27, 2004
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| Aftermath Around the Sun |
DE78 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK41 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 29, 2004
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| 2005 | Electron Blue Around the Sun |
- | - | - |
UK26 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 28, 2005
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| Wanderlust Around the Sun |
- | - | - |
UK27 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 11, 2005
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| 2008 | Supernatural Superserious Accelerate |
DE26 (14 weeks) DE |
AT26 (18 weeks) AT |
CH21 (17 weeks) CH |
UK54 (4 weeks) UK |
US85 (1 week) US |
First published: February 11, 2008
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| Until the Day Is Done Accelerate |
- | - |
CH49 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 14, 2008
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| 2011 | Oh My Heart Collapse into Now |
DE46 (2 weeks) DE |
AT47 (1 week) AT |
CH60 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: February 1, 2011
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More singles
- 1983: Talk About the Passion
- 1984: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
- 1985: Can't Get There from Here
- 1985: Driver 8
- 1986: Superman
- 1989: Get Up
- 1997: How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
- 1999: Suspicion
- 2007: # 9 Dream
- 2008: Hollow Man
- 2008: Man-Sized Wreath (7 "+ download single)
- 2010: It Happened Today
- 2011: Mine Smell Like Honey
- 2011: Überlin
- 2011: Discoverer
- 2011: We All Go Back to Where We Belong
- 2012: Blue (Remix)
Video albums
- 1989: Tour film (US:gold)
- 1990: Pop Screen (US:gold)
- 1996: Road Movie (UK:gold)
- 2000: This Film Is On (US:gold)
- 2000: Parallel (UK:gold)
- 2003: In View: The Best of REM 1988–2003 (UK:platinum)
- 2006: When the Light Is Mine - The Best of the IRS Years 1982–1987 Video Collection
- 2008: 6 Days (special edition together with the CD Accelerate )
- 2008: In Rio
- 2009: Live at the Olympia in Dublin
- 2010: REM - Live from Austin, TX
Box sets
- 1989: Single Action Green
- 1993: The Automatic Box
- 2003: The REM Collection (Tourfilm + This Film Is On + Parallel)
- 2007: REM Live
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
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silver |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
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- |
2 × gold2
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2 × platinum2
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88,000 | capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Australia (ARIA)
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- |
8 × gold8th
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11 × platinum11
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1,050,000 | aria.com.au |
 Belgium (BEA)
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- |
4 × gold4th
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2 × platinum2
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200,000 | ultratop.be |
 Brazil (PMB)
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- |
gold1
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- | 100,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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- |
6 × gold6th
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2 × platinum2
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210,000 | ifpi.dk |
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Germany (BVMI)
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- |
8 × gold8th
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7 × platinum7th
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4,375,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Europe (IFPI)
|
- | - |
9 × platinum9
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(9,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Finland (IFPI)
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- |
2 × gold2
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- | 48.209 | ifpi.fi |
 France (SNEP)
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silver1
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4 × gold4th
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3 × platinum3
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1,575,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
 Greece (IFPI)
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- | - |
platinum1
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20,000 | Individual evidence |
 Ireland (IRMA)
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- |
3 × gold3
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7 × platinum7th
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127,500 | irishcharts.ie |
 Italy (FIMI)
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- |
3 × gold3
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6 × platinum6th
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520,000 | fimi.it |
 Canada (MC)
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- |
gold1
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26 × platinum26th
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2,650,000 | musiccanada.com |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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- |
4 × gold4th
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5 × platinum5
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105,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
|
- | - |
platinum1
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100,000 | nvpi.nl |
 Norway (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
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3 × platinum3
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115,000 | ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
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Austria (IFPI)
|
- |
6 × gold6th
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5 × platinum5
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345,000 | ifpi.at |
 Sweden (IFPI)
|
- |
5 × gold5
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3 × platinum3
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490,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
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- |
2 × gold2
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12 × platinum12
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590,000 | hitparade.ch |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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- |
4 × gold4th
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9 × platinum9
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1,040,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
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United States (RIAA)
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- |
10 × gold10
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18 × platinum18th
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21,650,000 | riaa.com |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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7 × silver7th
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11 × gold11
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26 × platinum26th
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10,373,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
8 × silver8th
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85 × gold85
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158 × platinum158
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swell
- ↑ Mike Tierney: Mike Mills: A Rock Star of Fantasy Sports. In: The New York Times. April 20, 2013, accessed December 17, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ↑ David Ciminelli: REM Calls 'Collapse Into Now' Their Best Album in 20 Years. In: Billboard. February 9, 2011, accessed January 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Bingo hand job in the UK charts
Publications from REM
Studio albums: Murmur (1983) | Reckoning (1984) | Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) | Lifes Rich Pageant (1986) | Document (1987) | Green (1988) | Out of Time (1991) | Automatic for the People (1992) | Monster (1994) | New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) | Up (1998) | Reveal (2001) | Around the Sun (2004) | Accelerate (2008) | Collapse into Now (2011)
Singles (selection): The One I Love (1987) | It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987) | Stand (1989) | Losing My Religion (1991) | Shiny Happy People (1991) | Man on the Moon (1992) | Bang and Blame (1994) | Imitation of Life (2001)