Sinéad O'Connor / discography
Sinéad O'Connor - discography
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Sinéad O'Connor (2014)
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Publications | |
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Studio albums | 10 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilations | 5 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 54 |
Video albums | 4th |
Music videos | 32 |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Irish alternative rock - singer Sinéad O'Connor . According to the record awards, she has sold more than seven million records in her career, over 7,500 of them in her home country alone. O'Connor's most successful release is the second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, with around 3.8 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
1987 | The Lion and the Cobra |
DE52 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH12 (6 weeks) CH |
UK27
gold
(20 weeks)UK |
US36
gold
(76 weeks)US |
- |
First published: November 4, 1987
Sales: + 750,000 |
1990 | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
DE1
platinum
(43 weeks)DE |
AT1
gold
(29 weeks)AT |
CH1
gold
(32 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 2
(50 weeks)UK |
US1 × 2
(52 weeks)US |
- |
First published: March 12, 1990
Sales: + 3,850,000 |
1992 | Am I Not Your Girl? |
DE24 (12 weeks) DE |
AT9 (8 weeks) AT |
CH11
gold
(10 weeks)CH |
UK6th
gold
(6 weeks)UK |
US27 (9 weeks) US |
- |
First published: September 22, 1992
Sales: + 225,000 |
1994 | Universal mother |
DE38 (9 weeks) DE |
AT7th
gold
(11 weeks)AT |
CH11 (11 weeks) CH |
UK19th
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
US36 (8 weeks) US |
- |
First published: September 13, 1994
Sales: + 175,000 |
2000 | Faith and Courage |
DE38 (8 weeks) DE |
AT21 (10 weeks) AT |
CH19 (10 weeks) CH |
UK61 (2 weeks) UK |
US55 (11 weeks) US |
IE8 (18 weeks) IE |
First published: June 13, 2000
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2002 | Sean-Nós Nua |
DE75 (6 weeks) DE |
AT29 (5 weeks) AT |
CH67 (5 weeks) CH |
UK52 (2 weeks) UK |
US139 (2 weeks) US |
IE3 (20 weeks) IE |
First published: October 8, 2002
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2005 | Throw down your arms | - | - | - | - | - |
IE17th
gold
(8 weeks)IE |
First published: October 4th, 2005
Sales: + 7,500 |
2007 | Theology |
DE86 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US168 (1 week) US |
IE18 (7 weeks) IE |
First published: June 18, 2007
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2012 | How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? |
DE78 (1 week) DE |
AT42 (2 weeks) AT |
CH69 (1 week) CH |
UK33 (2 weeks) UK |
US115 (1 week) US |
IE5 (13 weeks) IE |
First published: February 21, 2012
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2014 | I'm not bossy, I'm the boss |
DE39 (1 week) DE |
AT44 (1 week) AT |
CH48 (1 week) CH |
UK22 (2 weeks) UK |
US83 (1 week) US |
IE1 (21 weeks) IE |
First published: August 7, 2014
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Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
1997 | So Far ... The Best of Sinéad O'Connor |
DE97 (1 week) DE |
AT27 (7 weeks) AT |
- |
UK28
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: November 10, 1997
Sales: + 100,000 |
2003 | She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty |
- | - | - | - | - |
IE17 (4 weeks) IE |
First published: September 11, 2003
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2005 | Collaborations |
DE80 (1 week) DE |
AT61 (2 weeks) AT |
CH85 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
IE22 (3 weeks) IE |
First published: June 21, 2005
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More compilations
- 1990: The Lion in the Cage
- 2000: Sinéad O'Connor
- 2002: The Lion and the Cobra / I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got
- 2003: She Who Dwells In The Secret Place Of The Most High Shall Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty
- 2005: Essential
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
1997 | Gospel Oak EP | - |
AT49 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK28 * (3 weeks) UK |
US128 (3 weeks) US |
IE4 (6 weeks) IE |
First publication: June 3, 1997
*: Placement in the single charts |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More EPs
- 2008: Live at the Sugar Club
Singles
Chart placements as lead musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
1988 | Mandinka The Lion and the Cobra |
- | - | - |
UK17 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
IE6 (6 weeks) IE |
First published: January 24, 1988
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I Want Your (Hands on Me) The Lion and the Cobra |
- | - | - |
UK77 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: 1988
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Jump in the River Married to the Mob OST |
- | - | - |
UK81 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
IE29 (1 week) IE |
First published: October 17, 1988
with Karen Finley |
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1990 |
Nothing Compares 2 U I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
DE1
gold
(32 weeks)DE |
AT1
platinum
(21 weeks)AT |
CH1 (29 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(18 weeks)UK |
US1
platinum
(21 weeks)US |
IE1 (12 weeks) IE |
First published:
Jan 8, 1990 Sales: + 1,925,000 |
The Emperor's New Clothes I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
DE28 (16 weeks) DE |
AT24 (10 weeks) AT |
CH17 (7 weeks) CH |
UK31 (5 weeks) UK |
US60 (9 weeks) US |
IE5 (4 weeks) IE |
First published: July 9, 1990
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Three Babies I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
- | - |
CH22 (4 weeks) CH |
UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
IE19 (2 weeks) IE |
First published: October 8, 1990
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1991 | My Special Child I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
- | - |
CH18 (5 weeks) CH |
UK42 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
IE6 (3 weeks) IE |
First published: May 27, 1991
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Silent Night I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (Limited-Edition) |
- | - | - |
UK60 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
IE12 (... weeks) IE |
First published: December 2, 1991
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1992 | Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Am I Not Your Girl? |
- | - |
CH28 (2 weeks) CH |
UK18 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
IE11 (3 weeks) IE |
First published: August 31, 1992
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Don't Cry for Me Argentina Am I Not Your Girl? |
- | - | - |
UK53 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 30, 1992
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1994 | You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart In the Name of the Father (OST) |
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UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
IE4 (8 weeks) IE |
First published: February 7, 1994
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Thank You for Hearing Me Universal Mother |
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UK13 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 14, 1994
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1995 | Famine Universal Mother |
- | - | - |
UK51 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: August 14, 1995
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1997 | This Is a Rebel Song So Far… The Best of Sinéad O'Connor |
- | - | - |
UK60 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
IE29 (1 week) IE |
First published: November 24, 1997
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2000 | No Man's Woman Faith and Courage |
- | - | - | - | - |
IE39 (2 weeks) IE |
First published: May 18, 2000
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Jealous Faith and Courage |
- | - | - |
UK81 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: October 2000
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2002 | Troy (The Phoenix from the Flame) | - | - | - |
UK48 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
IE37 (2 weeks) IE |
First published: August 1, 2002
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2005 | Marcus Garvey Throw Down Your Arms |
- | - | - | - | - |
IE48 (2 weeks) IE |
First published: October 6, 2005
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2014 | Take Me to Church I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss |
- | - | - | - | - |
IE55 (5 weeks) IE |
First published: June 2014
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More singles
- 1986: Heroine
- 1987: Troy
- 1988: Jerusalem
- 1990: I Am Stretched on Your Grave
- 1994: Fire on Babylon
- 1997: This Is to Mother You
- 2003: My Lagan Love
- 2003: A Hundred Thousand Angels
- 2005: Throw Down Your Arms
- 2006: If You Had a Vineyard
- 2007: I Don't Know How to Love Him
- 2008: We People (Who Are Darker Than Blue)
Chart placements as a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
1986 | Heroine Captive OST |
- | - | - |
UK89 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: 1986
with The Edge |
1993 | Blood of Eden Us |
- | - | - |
UK43 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 20, 1993
with Peter Gabriel |
1995 | Haunted The Snake |
- | - | - |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
IE6 (8 weeks) IE |
First published: April 17, 1995
with Shane MacGowan |
2003 | 1000 Mirrors Enemy of the Enemy |
- | - | - |
UK81 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: April 2003
with the Asian Dub Foundation |
It's All Good Seize the Day |
- | - | - | - | - |
IE28 (3 weeks) IE |
First published: September 11, 2003
with Damian Dempsey |
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2007 | Illegal Attacks The World Is Yours |
- | - | - |
UK16 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
IE32 (1 week) IE |
First published: September 6, 2007
with Ian Brown |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||||||
2015 | The Foggy Dew The Long Black Veil |
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IE64 (1 week) IE |
Chart entry: July 17th, 2015
with the Chieftains |
Further guest contributions
- 1987: Monkey in Winter (with The Colourfield )
- 1992: Visions of You (with Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart )
- 1993: Don't Give Up (with Willie Nelson )
- 1996: Empire (with Bomb the Bass & Benjamin Zephaniah )
- 1997: I'm Not Your Baby (with U2 )
- 1998: All Kinds of Everything (with Terry Hall )
- 2002: Harbor (with Moby )
- 2002: Tears from the Moon (with Conjure One )
- 2003: 1000 Mirrors (with Asian Dub Foundation )
- 2003: I Dreamed I Dwelt in Marble Halls (with Brian Kennedy )
- 2010: It's Only Life (with Elaine Paige )
Video albums and music videos
Video albums
- 1989: The Value of Ignorance (Sales: + 5,000)
- 1991: The Year of the Horse
- 2003: Goodnight, Thank You. You've been a lovely audience
- 2003: Live: The Value of Ignorance + The Year of the Horse
Music videos
year | title | Director (s) |
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1987 | Troy | John Maybury |
1988 | Mandinka | John Maybury |
I Want Yours (Hands on Me) | John Maybury | |
Jerusalem | ||
Jump in the river | John Maybury | |
1990 | Nothing Compares 2 U | John Maybury |
The Emperor's New Clothes (Version 1) | John Maybury | |
The Emperor's New Clothes (Version 2) | Sophie Muller | |
You Do Something to Me | John Maybury | |
1991 | My special child | John Maybury |
1992 | Visions of You | |
Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home | ||
Blood of Eden | ||
1993 | Don't give up | |
1994 | You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart | Jim Sheridan |
Thank You for Hearing Me | Richard Heslop | |
Fire on Babylon | Michel Gondry | |
1995 | Famine | Andy Delaney, Monty Whitebloom |
Haunted | Wayne Holloway | |
1997 | This is to mother you | John Maybury |
This is a rebel song | ||
1999 | Chiquitita | Sophie Muller |
2000 | No Man's Woman | Mike Lipscombe |
Jealous | Mike Lipscombe | |
When you love | ||
2003 | 1000 mirrors | Henri-Jean Debon |
2007 | Back where you belong | |
2008 | We People (Who Are Darker Than Blue) | |
2012 | The Wolf Is Getting Married | Roman Rappak |
2013 | 4th and Vine | Kathryn Ferguson |
2014 | Woe to the Holy Vow | Bernie Masterson, Gerry Hendrick |
Take Me to Church | James Lees | |
8 Good Reasons | Hugh O'Conor |
Author participation
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In addition, she writes most of her songs herself. |
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 | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 750,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | gold1 | - | 7,500 | irishcharts.ie |
Canada (MC) | - | 2 × gold2 | 6 × platinum6th | 655,000 | musiccanada.com |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 240,000 | nvpi.nl |
Austria (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 100,000 | ifpi.at |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 25,000 | Individual evidence |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 150,000 | Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 |
United States (RIAA) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | 3,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver1 | 3 × gold3 | 3 × platinum3 | 1,560,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | silver1 | 17 × gold17th | 16 × platinum16 |