System of a Down / Discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American alternative metal - band System of a Down . It includes five studio albums, a compilation, 16 singles and eleven music videos. According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 14.2 million records to date, over ten million of them in her home country alone. System of a Down's most successful release is the album Toxicity with over 4.7 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 | |||
1998 | System of a Down | - | - | - |
UK-
Gold + silver (digital)
UK
|
US124
platinum
(33 weeks)US |
First published: June 30, 1998
Sales: + 1,235,000 |
2001 | Toxicity |
DE23
gold
(42 weeks)DE |
AT16
gold
(45 weeks)AT |
CH31
gold
(41 weeks)CH |
UK13 × 2
(47 weeks)UK |
US1 × 3
(95 weeks)US |
First published: September 4th, 2001
Sales: + 4,775,000 |
2002 | Steal This Album! |
DE14 (12 weeks) DE |
AT24 (12 weeks) AT |
CH25 (14 weeks) CH |
UK56
gold
(4 weeks)UK |
US15th
platinum
(22 weeks)US |
First published: November 26, 2002
Sales: + 1,150,000 |
2005 | Mezmerize |
DE1
gold
(22 weeks)DE |
AT1
gold
(31 weeks)AT |
CH1
gold
(20 weeks)CH |
UK2
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
US1
platinum
(44 weeks)US |
First published: May 17, 2005
Sales: + 1,890,000 |
Hypnotize |
DE4th
gold
(23 weeks)DE |
AT3
gold
(22 weeks)AT |
CH4th
gold
(14 weeks)CH |
UK11
gold
(8 weeks)UK |
US1
platinum
(28 weeks)US |
First published: November 22, 2005
Sales: + 1,380,000 |
compilation
- 2011: System of a Down
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 | |||
2001 |
Chop Suey! Toxicity |
- | - | - |
UK17th
platinum
(6 weeks)UK |
US76
gold
(20 weeks)US |
|
Toxicity Toxicity |
DE88 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH90 (4 weeks) CH |
UK25th
silver
(3 weeks)UK |
US70 (13 weeks) US |
||
2002 | Aerials Toxicity |
DE80 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK34 (2 weeks) UK |
US55 (20 weeks) US |
|
2005 |
BYOB Mezmerize |
- | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US27
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
|
Question! Mezmerize |
- | - | - |
UK41 (2 weeks) UK |
- | ||
Hypnotize Hypnotize |
DE83 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK48 (2 weeks) UK |
US57
gold
(1 week)US |
||
2006 |
Lonely Day Hypnotize |
DE46 (9 weeks) DE |
AT62 (5 weeks) AT |
CH72 (10 weeks) CH |
- | - |
More singles
- 1998: Sugar
- 1999: Spiders
Promo singles
- 2001: Prison Song
- 2001: Johnny
- 2002: Innervision
- 2005: Cigaro
- 2005: Violent Pornography
- 2006: Kill Rock 'n Roll
- 2006: Vicinity of Obscenity
Music videos
year | title | Director |
---|---|---|
1998 | Sugar | Nathan Cox |
Was? | Nathan Cox and Joseph Hahn | |
1999 | Spiders | Charlie Deaux |
2001 | Chop Suey! | Marcos Siega |
2002 | Toxicity | Shavo Odadjian and Marcos Siega |
Aerials | Shavo Odadjian and David Slade | |
2003 | Boom! | Michael Moore |
2005 | BYOB | Jake Nava |
Question! | Shavo Odadjian and Howard Greenhalgh | |
Hypnotize | Shavo Odadjian | |
2006 | Lonely Day | Josh Melnick and Xander Charity |
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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Argentina (CAPIF) | - | gold1 | - | 30,000 | capif.org.ar ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) |
Australia (ARIA) | - | 2 × gold2 | 4 × platinum4th | 350,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 60,000 | ultratop.be |
Brazil (PMB) | - | 2 × gold2 | 2 × platinum2 | 180,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 65,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 350,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Europe (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | (1,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
Finland (IFPI) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 80,944 | ifpi.fi |
Greece (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 10,000 | Individual evidence |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 30,000 | irishcharts.ie |
Italy (FIMI) | - | 4 × gold4th | 3 × platinum3 | 250,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | gold1 | 5 × platinum5 | 550,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | - | 3 × platinum3 | 45,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | gold1 | - | 40,000 | nvpi.nl |
Austria (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 50,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | gold1 | - | 10,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 60,000 | hitparade.ch |
United States (RIAA) | - | 4 × gold4th | 8 × platinum8th | 10,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | 4 × gold4th | 3 × platinum3 | 2,060,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × silver3 | 34 × gold34 | 34 × platinum34 |
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- ↑ Chart sources (albums): DE AT CH System of a Down / Discography in the Official UK Charts (English) US
- ↑ Chart sources (singles): DE AT CH System of a Down / Discography in the Official UK Charts (English) US
- ↑ Gold for Mezmerize in Greece ( Memento from February 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )