T'Pau / discography

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T'Pau singer Carol Decker, 2010

This discography is an overview of the released records of the British pop band T'Pau . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 2.7 million records to date, over two million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release of T'Pau is the album Bridge of Spies with over 1.5 million 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
1987 Bridge of Spies /
T'Pau (US) 		DE7th
gold
gold

(24 weeks)DE 		AT12 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH3
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)CH 		UK1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(59 weeks)UK 		US31 (24 weeks)
US
First published: May 1987
Producer: Roy Thomas Baker
1988 Rage DE44 (4 weeks)
DE 		- CH21 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)UK 		-
First published: October 1988
Producer: Roy Thomas Baker
1991 The Promise - - CH40 (1 week)
CH 		UK10
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK 		-
First published: June 1991
Producer: Andy Richards
2015 Pleasure & Pain - - - UK98 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: January 2015
Producers: Carsten Moss, Ron Rogers

More studio albums

  • 1998: Red
  • 2011: The Story Behind the Tracks (CD with demo versions + DVD)

Live albums

  • 1988: In Concert-430 (Recording: The Rock City, Nottingham, December 14, 1987)
  • 2003: Greatest Hits Live! (Photo: various locations in UK, 1999)

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
1993 Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau - - - UK35 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 1993
2005 Hits - - - UK99 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: May 2005

More compilations

  • 1997: The Greatest Hits (UK:silversilver)
  • 2000: China in Your Hand
  • 2004: Wing and a Prayer
  • 2004: China in Your Hand
  • 2006: Sex Talk (2 CDs)
  • 2007: The Essential

Singles

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 Dance Dance
1987 Heart and Soul
Bridge of Spies 		DE10 (16 weeks)
DE 		- CH9 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK4 (14 weeks)
UK 		US4 (27 weeks)
US 		Dance13 (11 weeks)
Dance
First published: January 1987
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
China in Your Hand
Bridge of Spies 		DE2
gold
gold

(15 weeks)DE 		AT5 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK 		- -
First published: October 1987
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
1988 Valentine
Bridge of Spies 		DE37 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH21 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK9 (9 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: January 1988
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
Sex Talk (Live)
Bridge of Spies 		- - - UK23 (7 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: March 1988
Recording: Scottish Center, October 29, 1987
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
I Will Be with You
Bridge of Spies 		- - - UK14 (6 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: June 1988
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
Secret Garden
Rage 		DE66 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK18 (7 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: September 1988
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
Road to Our Dream
Rage 		- - - UK42 (7 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: November 1988
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
1989 Only the Lonely
Rage 		- - - UK28 (6 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: February 1989
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
1991 Whenever You Need Me
The Promise 		DE51 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - UK16 (6 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: May 1991
Authors: Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
Walk on Air
The Promise 		- - - UK62 (2 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: July 1991
Authors: Carol Decker, Dean Howard,
Ron Rogers, Tim Burgess

More singles

  • 1987: Intimate Strangers (released June)
  • 1987: Bridge of Spies
  • 1991: Soul Destruction
  • 1991: Only a Heartbeat
  • 1998: With a Little Luck
  • 1999: Giving Up the Ghost
  • 2004: China in Your Hand 2004 (release: July)

Video albums

  • 1988: View from a Bridge
  • 1988: Live at Hammersmith
  • 2010: Live in Montreux

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE1DE AT-AT CH1CH UK3UK US-US
Albums in the charts DE2DE AT1AT CH3CH UK6thUK US1US
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US Dance Dance
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK1UK US-US Dance-Dance
Top 10 singles DE2DE AT1AT CH2CH UK3UK US1US Dance-Dance
Singles in the charts DE5DE AT1AT CH3CH UK10UK US1US Dance1Dance

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1987: for the single Heart and Soul
    • 1987: for the album T'Pau
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1988: for the album Bridge of Spies
    • 1988: for the single China in Your Hand

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)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 500,000 musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 100,000 musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 125,000 nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 50,000 hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 2,020,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th

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

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