Rick Astley / discography

Rick Astley  - discography
Rick Astley, 2008
Publications
Studio albums	10
Compilations	15th
Singles	27
Video albums	2

This discography is an overview of the released sound carriers of the British singer Rick Astley . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than nine million records in his career, including over 2.9 million in his home country alone. Astley's most successful release is Whenever You Need Somebody, with over 4.8 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
1987	Whenever You Need Somebody	DE1 platinum (36 weeks)DE	AT3 (22 weeks) AT	CH2 platinum (13 weeks)CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (34 weeks)UK	US10 × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)US	First published: November 16, 1987 Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman , Ian Curnow, Phil Harding, Daize Washbourn
1988	Hold Me in Your Arms	DE3 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT20 (2 weeks) AT	CH11 gold (11 weeks)CH	UK8th platinum (19 weeks)UK	US19th gold (23 weeks)US	First published: November 26th, 1988 Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman, Rick Astley, Ian Curnow, Phil Harding, Daize Washbourn
1991	Free	DE8 (21 weeks) DE	AT24 (3 weeks) AT	CH26 (3 weeks) CH	UK9 gold (9 weeks)UK	US31 (18 weeks) US	First published: February 18, 1991 Producers: Gary Stevenson, Rick Astley
1993	Body & Soul	-	-	-	-	US185 (1 week) US	First published: September 28, 1993 Producers: Gary Stevenson, Rick Astley
2001	Keep It Turned On	DE56 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First released: December 3, 2001 Producers: Gary Stevenson, Ben Robbins, Chris Braide
2005	portrait	-	-	-	UK26 (3 weeks) UK	-	First released October 17, 2005 Producers: Gary Stevenson, Ben Robbins, Chris Braide
2016	50	DE21 (7 weeks) DE	AT41 (3 weeks) AT	CH44 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (42 weeks)UK	-	Initial release: June 10, 2016 Producer: Rick Astley
2018	Beautiful life	DE40 (3 weeks) DE	AT70 (1 week) AT	CH44 (3 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (19 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 13, 2018

More albums

• 2001: Songwriter (New Song Demos) (Promo)
• 2013: My Red Book (Promo; release: January 2013)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Greatest hits	-	-	-	UK16 gold (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 2, 2002
2008	Ultimate Collection	-	-	-	UK17 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 28, 2008
2019	The best of me	DE76 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK4 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 25, 2019

More compilations

• 1989: 12 "Collection
• 1991: The Rick Astley Story (Weekend of April 5-7, 1991) (incl.interview; 2x 12inch vinyl)
• 2000: Together Forever: Greatest Hits and More ... (2 CDs)
• 2002: Greatest Hits
• 2003: Never Gonna Give You Up: The Best of Rick Astley
• 2004: Love Songs
• 2004: Platinum & Gold Collection
• 2005: Collections
• 2007: Together Forever: The Best of Rick Astley (2 CDs)
• 2008: Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Astley
• 2010: Free… Plus / Body & Soul… Plus (2 CDs)
• 2014: The Best of Rick Astley (UK:silver)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Dance
1987	Never Gonna Give You Up Whenever You Need Somebody	DE1 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT4 (18 weeks) AT	CH2 (16 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US1 gold (24 weeks)US	Dance1 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: July 27, 1987 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Whenever You Need Somebody Whenever You Need Somebody	DE1 (17 weeks) DE	AT4 (14 weeks) AT	CH1 (11 weeks) CH	UK3 (12 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: October 19, 1987 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman Original: O'Chi Brown, 1985
	When I Fall in Love / My Arms Keep Missing You Whenever You Need Somebody	DE6 (14 weeks) DE	AT21 (2 weeks) AT	CH14 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: November 30, 1987 Authors (A-side): Victor Young , Edward Heyman Original: Victor Young - Instrumental in the film Korea , 1952 / Authors (B-side): Stock Aitken Waterman
1988	Together Forever Whenever You Need Somebody	DE5 (16 weeks) DE	AT10 (12 weeks) AT	CH14 (8 weeks) CH	UK2 (9 weeks) UK	US1 (18 weeks) US	Dance1 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: February 15, 1988 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	It Would Take a Strong Strong Man Whenever You Need Somebody	-	-	-	-	US10 (16 weeks) US	Dance8 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: July 2nd, 1988 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	She Wants to Dance with Me Hold Me in Your Arms	DE10 (18 weeks) DE	-	CH12 (8 weeks) CH	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	US6 (18 weeks) US	Dance13 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: September 12, 1988 Author: Rick Astley
	Take Me to Your Heart Hold Me in Your Arms	DE10 (16 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (9 weeks) CH	UK8 (11 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 14, 1988 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1989	Hold Me in Your Arms Hold Me in Your Arms	DE32 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: January 30, 1989 Author: Rick Astley
	Giving Up on Love Hold Me in Your Arms	-	-	-	-	US38 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: April 3, 1989 Author: Rick Astley
	Ain't Too Proud to Beg Hold Me in Your Arms	-	-	-	-	US89 (3 weeks) US	-	First published: August 7, 1989 Authors: Norman Whitfield , Eddie Holland Original: The Temptations , 1966
1991	Cry for Help Free	DE14 (21 weeks) DE	AT22 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK7 (7 weeks) UK	US7 (20 weeks) US	-	First published: January 14, 1991 Authors: Rob Fisher , Rick Astley
	Move Right Out Free	DE52 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	US81 (5 weeks) US	-	First published: March 18, 1991 Authors: Rob Fisher, Rick Astley
	Never Knew Love Free	-	-	-	UK70 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: June 18, 1991 Authors: Derek Bordeaux, John Paul
1993	The Ones You Love Body & Soul	DE54 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: August 23, 1993 Authors: Dave West, Rick Astley
	Hopelessly Body & Soul	-	-	-	UK33 (2 weeks) UK	US28 (20 weeks) US	-	First published: November 1, 1993 Authors: Rob Fisher, Rick Astley
2001	Sleeping Keep It Turned On	DE60 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH69 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	-	First published: October 1, 2001 Authors: Chris Braide , Rick Astley
2010	Lights Out My Red Book	-	-	-	UK97 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: June 7, 2010 Authors: Andrew Frampton, Rick Astley

More singles

• 1986: Learning to Live (Without Your Love) (with O'Chi Brown)
• 1987: When You Gonna (as Rick and Lisa; with Lisa Fabien; release: November)
• 1987: My Arms Keep Missing You (released December)
• 1990: Dance Mixes (maxi single with 5 tracks; release: May)
• 1991: Wonderful You (promo; release: October)
• 2002: Keep It Turned On (release: April)
• 2012: Superman (release: September)
• 2016: Keep Singing (release: April)
• 2016: Angels on My Side (release: June)
• 2019: Every One of Us (release: September)

Video albums

• 1989: Video hits
• 2004: The Artist Collection

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US-US Top 10 albums DE3DE AT1AT CH1CH UK5UK US1US Albums in the charts DE4thDE AT3AT CH3CH UK8thUK US4thUS

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  Dance Number one singles DE2DE AT-AT CH1CH UK1UK US2US Dance2Dance Top 10 singles DE6thDE AT3AT CH3CH UK8thUK US5US Dance3Dance Singles in the charts DE11DE AT5AT CH7thCH UK13UK US9US Dance4thDance

Awards for music sales

Silver record  France 1987: for the single Never Gonna Give You Up Golden record  Denmark 2018: for the single Never Gonna Give You Up  Finland 1988: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody  Canada 1988: for the single Never Gonna Give You Up 1988: for the single Together Forever  New Zealand 1989: for the album Hold Me In Your Arms  Sweden 1987: for the single Never Gonna Give You Up 1988: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody  Spain 1991: for the album Free

2 × gold record  France 1988: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody Platinum record  New Zealand 1988: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody  Netherlands 1987: for the single Never Gonna Give You Up 1988: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody

2 × platinum record  Canada 1989: for the album Hold Me In Your Arms  Spain 1988: for the album Hold Me In Your Arms 3 × platinum record  Spain 1987: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody 4 × platinum record  Canada 1988: for the album Whenever You Need Somebody

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)
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,000,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,253	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	silver1	2 × gold2	-	450,000	infodisc.fr
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	700,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	platinum1	22,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	200,000	nvpi.nl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	75,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	5 × platinum5	550,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	3,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	7 × platinum7th	2,920,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	17 × gold17th	25 × platinum25th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Rick Astley at Allmusic (English)
• Rick Astley at Discogs (English)