Sigur Rós / discography

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Sigur Rós live (2006)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Icelandic post rock band Sigur Rós . According to sources and record awards, it has sold more than a million records to date. The most successful release by Sigur Rós is the album Takk ... with over 300,000 units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1997 From - - - - -
First published: 1997
1999 Ágætis byrjun DE59 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH80 (1 week)
CH 		UK52
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK 		-
First publication: 1999
New edition: July 5, 2019; Chart entry DE + CH 2019
2002 () DE33 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT53 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH86 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK49
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK 		US51 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 28, 2002
2005 Takk ... DE27 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT35 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH31 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK16
platinum
platinum

(15 weeks)UK 		US27 (5 weeks)
US
First published: September 12, 2005
2008 Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust DE26 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK5
gold
gold

(7 weeks)UK 		US15 (11 weeks)
US
First published: June 20, 2008
2012 Valtari DE23 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT39 (1 week)
AT 		CH15 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK8 (3 weeks)
UK 		US7 (4 weeks)
US
First published: May 23, 2012
2013 Kveikur DE19 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK9 (3 weeks)
UK 		US14 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 14, 2013

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2011 Inni DE33 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (1 week)
AT 		- UK45 (1 week)
UK 		US73 (1 week)
US
First published: November 7, 2011

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2007 Hvarf home DE35 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH44 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK23
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK 		US58 (2 weeks)
US
First published: November 5, 2007

more publishments

  • 2008: In a Frozen Sea: A Year with Sigur Ros
  • 2009: We Play Endlessly

EPs

year title Remarks
2001 Rímur First published: 2001
2003 Sigur 1 / Sigur 9 First published: May 13, 2003
2004 Ba Ba Ti Ki Tue Thu First published: March 24, 2004
2006 Sæglópur First published: July 10, 2006

More albums

year title Remarks
1998 From brigði First published: 1998
2003 Hlemmur First published: 2003
2007 Home First published: September 27, 2007, UK: silversilver

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2003 untitled # 1 (aka "Vaka")
() 		DE98 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK72 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: May 2003
2005 Hoppípolla
Takk ... 		- - - UK24
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 28, 2005
2007 Hljómalind
Hvarf / home 		- - - UK91 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: October 28, 2007

More singles

  • 1999: Svefn-g-englar
  • 2000: Ný batterí
  • 2005: Glósóli
  • 2005: Sæglópur
  • 2008: Gobbledigook
  • 2008: Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
  • 2008: Við spilum endalaust
  • 2012: Ekki múkk
  • 2012: Varúð
  • 2013: Brennisteinn
  • 2013: Ísjaki
  • 2013: Raf trauma
  • 2016: Óveður

Video albums

  • 2007: Heima (UK:goldgold, US: platinumplatinum)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2008: for the video album Heima

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

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 5,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 100,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 3 × silver3 Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 945,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 3 × silver3 Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2

Artist awards

  • 2001: Shortlist Music Prize for Ágætis byrjun
  • 2002: Best Video at the Icelandic Music Awards for Viðrar vel til loftárása
  • 2003: Best International Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards for Untitled 1 (aka Vaka) by () (Director: Floria Sigismondi )
  • 2003: Audio / Visual Award at the New York Underground Film Festival for () (Director: Floria Sigismondi)

Use in films and series (incomplete)

  • 127 Hours (2010), Festival
  • 24 Episode 19 (6pm - 7pm), Ný batterí
  • Ben X (2007), Svefn-g-englar
  • Children of Men (2006), trailer, Hoppípolla
  • CSI (episode 2.08, 2001, death of a dominatrix ), Svefn-g-englar
  • CSI: Miami (episode 1.24, 2003, Body Count ), Untitled 3 (aka Samskeyti)
  • CSI: Las Vegas (episode "Price of Beauty" 2001), From
  • The Last Piece of Heaven (2007), Starálfur
  • The Girl from the Sea (2011), All alright
  • The Deep Sea Divers (2004), Starálfur
  • Earth ( 2007), trailer, Hoppípolla
  • Engel des Universum - Englar Alheimsins (2000), Dánarfregnir og jardarfarir & Bíumbíumbambaló (the rest of the album is by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson )
  • Game of Thrones , The Rains of Castamere (episode 4.02, 2014, The Lion and the Rose )
  • Immortal - New York 2095: The Return of the Gods (Ad Vitam) (2004), Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)
  • Mysterious Skin (2004), Untitled 3 (aka Samskeyti)
  • After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) (2006), Untitled 1 (aka Vaka)
  • Queer as Folk (episode 2.02, dreams and nightmares), Svefn-g-englar ; (Episode 3.01, at the bottom - at the top) Untitled 4 (aka Njósnavélin, The Nothing Song)
  • Remember Me (2010), Andvari
  • Restoration Village (2006), Starálfur & Viðrar vel til loftárása
  • Roving Mars (2006), (episode 4.09), Glósóli
  • Penelope , (2006)
  • Screaming Masterpiece (2005), live performance
  • Síðasti bærinn (the last farm) (2004)
  • Skins , (Follow Sid), Takk ... , (Follow Michelle), Untitled 3 (aka Samskeyti)
  • Tatort : Nachtgeflüster (2007), Svefn-g-englar , Flugufrelsarium & Ný batterí , the name of the band is explicitly mentioned in the film by the radio host .
  • The 11th Hour (2007), documentary, Flugufrelsarinn , Svefn-g-englar and Untitled 3 (aka Samskeyti)
  • The Girl in the Café (2005), Starálfur
  • Top Gear (episode 8.06, 2005), Bíum Bíum bambaló
  • Vanilla Sky (2001), Svefn-g-englar , Untitled 4 (aka Njósnavélin, The Nothing Song) & Ágætis byrjun

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

Sigur Rós
Jón Þór Birgisson  • Georg Hólm • Orri Páll Dýrason
Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson • Kjartan Sveinsson


Studio albums

From  • Ágætis byrjun  • ()  • Takk…  • Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust  • Valtari  • Kveikur

Extended plays

Rímur • Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Thu • Brennisteinn

Remix albums

From brigði

Live albums

Inni

Soundtracks

Hlemmur

Compilation albums

Hvarf home

Video albums

Home

Singles

Svefn-g-englar • Ný batterí • Vaka (Untitled # 1) • Glósóli • Hoppípolla • Sæglópur • Hljómalind • Gobbledigook • Inní mér syngur vitleysingur • Við spilum endalaust • Ísjaki