The Commodores / discography
This discography is an overview of the released records of the American R&B and funk band The Commodores . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 9.1 million records to date, over six million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release of the Commodores is the album The Definitive Collection with over 1.2 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 | R&B | |||
1974 | Machine gun | - | - | - | - |
US138 (9 weeks) US |
R&B22 (6 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 22nd, 1974
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1975 | Caught in the Act | - | - | - | - |
US26 (33 weeks) US |
R&B7 (25 weeks) R&B |
First published: March 1975
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
Movin 'on | - | - | - | - |
US29 (32 weeks) US |
R&B7 (30 weeks) R&B |
First published: October 1975
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
|
1976 | Hot on the tracks | - | - | - | - |
US12 (39 weeks) US |
R&B1 (31 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 1976
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1977 | Commodores (US) / Zoom (DE, UK) |
- | - | - | - |
US3 (53 weeks) US |
R&B1 (44 weeks) R&B |
First published: March 1977
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1978 | Natural high | - | - | - |
UK8th
gold
(23 weeks)UK |
US3
platinum
(33 weeks)US |
R&B1 (32 weeks) R&B |
First published: May 1978
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1979 | Midnight Magic | - | - | - |
UK15th
gold
(25 weeks)UK |
US3 (41 weeks) US |
R&B1 (38 weeks) R&B |
First published: August 1979
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1980 | Heroes | - | - | - |
UK50 (5 weeks) UK |
US7th
platinum
(33 weeks)US |
R&B3 (39 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 1980
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1981 | In the pocket | - | - | - |
UK69 (5 weeks) UK |
US13
platinum
(40 weeks)US |
R&B4 (40 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 1981
Producers: Commodores, James Carmichael |
1983 | Commodores 13 | - | - | - | - |
US103 (20 weeks) US |
R&B28 (17 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 1983
Producer: Commodores |
1985 | Nightshift |
DE4 (30 weeks) DE |
AT9 (14 weeks) AT |
CH8 (15 weeks) CH |
UK13 (10 weeks) UK |
US12
gold
(37 weeks)US |
R&B1 (36 weeks) R&B |
First published: February 1985
Producer: Dennis Lambert |
1986 | United |
DE62 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH28 (2 weeks) CH |
- |
US101 (15 weeks) US |
R&B17 (21 weeks) R&B |
First published: February 1985
Producers: Dennis Lambert, Jeremy Smith, Greg Mathieson, James Anthony Carmichael, Milan Williams |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 1983: Uprising
- 1988: Rock Solid
- 1989: Keep On Dancing (re-release of Uprising )
- 1992: Christmas
- 1993: XX No Tricks
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | R&B | |||
1977 | Commodores Live! | - | - | - |
UK60 (1 week) UK |
US3 (28 weeks) US |
R&B2 (26 weeks) R&B |
First release: October 1977
double album recording: America tour 1977 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More live albums
- 1983: Commodores 1978 Platinum Tour (Promo)
- 1998: Live! (2 CDs)
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | R&B | |||
1978 | Commodores' Greatest Hits | - | - | - |
UK19th
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
US23 (20 weeks) US |
R&B24 (17 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 1978
|
1982 | Love songs | - | - | - |
UK5
gold
(28 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: August 1982
|
All the great hits | - | - | - | - |
US37
gold
(24 weeks)US |
R&B12 (30 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 1982
|
|
1983 | Commodores Anthology | - | - | - | - |
US141 (7 weeks) US |
R&B50 (7 weeks) R&B |
First published: May 1983
|
1985 | The Very Best of Commodores - 16 Classic Tracks |
- | - | - |
UK25th
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: October 1985
|
1995 | The very best | - | - | - |
UK26th
silver
(3 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: April 1995
|
2003 | The Definitive Collection |
DE40 (9 weeks) DE |
AT61 (3 weeks) AT |
CH45 (6 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 4
(… Where.)UK |
- | - |
First published: November 2003
Lionel Richie and the Commodores |
2013 | The Best of the Commodores: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection |
- | - | - | - |
US155
gold
(12 weeks)US |
- |
First published: November 23, 1999
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
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Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | R&B | Dance | ||||
1974 | Machine gun machine gun |
- | - | - |
UK20 (11 weeks) UK |
US22 (13 weeks) US |
R&B7 (15 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: April 23, 1974
Author: Milan Williams |
|
I Feel Sanctified Machine Gun |
- | - | - | - |
US75 (8 weeks) US |
R&B12 (15 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: October 1, 1974
Authors: Jeffrey Bowen, Bill Miller |
||
The Zoo (The Human Zoo) Machine Gun |
- | - | - |
UK44 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - | - |
First published (UK): November 1974
Release in US on March 16, 1972 Authors: Gloria Jones , Pam Sawyer |
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1975 | Slippery When Wet Caught in the Act |
- | - | - | - |
US19 (15 weeks) US |
R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: April 2, 1975
Authors: Commodores, Thomas McClary |
|
This Is Your Life Caught in the Act |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B13 (15 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: August 18, 1975
Author: Lionel Richie |
||
Sweet Love Movin 'On |
- | - | - | - |
US5 (23 weeks) US |
R&B2 (20 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: November 25, 1975
in the UK charts until October 1977 as the B-side of Brick House . Authors: Lionel Richie, Commodores |
||
1976 | Just to Be Close to You Hot on the Tracks |
- | - | - |
UK62 (4 weeks) UK |
US7 (16 weeks) US |
R&B1 (18 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: August 9th 1976
Chart entry in UK only in November 1978 Authors: Lionel Richie, Commodores |
|
Fancy Dancer Hot on the Tracks |
- | - | - | - |
US39 (9 weeks) US |
R&B9 (14 weeks) R&B |
Dance33 (1 week) Dance |
First published: November 18, 1976
Authors: Ronald LaPread, Lionel Richie, Commodores |
||
1977 | Easy commodores |
- | - | - |
UK9
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
US4 (22 weeks) US |
R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: May 5, 1977
Author: Lionel Richie |
|
Brick House Commodores |
- | - | - |
UK32 (6 weeks) UK |
US5
gold
(16 weeks)US |
R&B4 (13 weeks) R&B |
Dance34 (2 weeks) Dance |
First published: August 11, 1977
only in the UK B-side Sweet Love placed Authors: Commodores |
||
Too Hot Ta Trot Commodores Live! |
- | - | - |
UK38 (3 weeks) UK |
US24 (12 weeks) US |
R&B1 (14 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: November 17, 1977
Authors: Commodores |
||
1978 | Zoom Live! |
- | - | -[UK: ↑] | - | - | - |
First published: January 6, 1978
Authors: Ronald LaPread, Lionel Richie, Commodores |
||
Three Times a Lady Natural High |
DE30 (11 weeks) DE |
AT20 (4 weeks) AT |
- |
UK1
gold
(14 weeks)UK |
US1 (20 weeks) US |
R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: June 8, 1978
Author: Lionel Richie |
||
Flying high natural high |
- | - | - |
UK37 (7 weeks) UK |
US38 (10 weeks) US |
R&B21 (11 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: June 9, 1978
Authors: Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary |
||
1979 | Sail On Midnight Magic |
- | - | - |
UK8th
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US4 (17 weeks) US |
R&B8 (13 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: July 1979
Author: Lionel Richie |
|
Still Midnight Magic |
- | - | - |
UK4 (11 weeks) UK |
US1 (20 weeks) US |
R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: September 1979
Author: Lionel Richie |
||
Wonderland Midnight Magic |
- | - | - |
UK40 (4 weeks) UK |
US25 (15 weeks) US |
R&B21 (13 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: December 1979
Author: Milan Williams |
||
1980 | Old-Fashion Love Heroes |
- | - | - | - |
US20 (16 weeks) US |
R&B8 (14 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: June 1980
Author: Milan Williams |
|
Heroes Heroes |
- | - | - | - |
US54 (9 weeks) US |
R&B27 (11 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: August 1980
Authors: Lionel Richie, Darrell Jones |
||
Jesus Is Love Heroes |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B34 (11 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: November 1980
Author: Lionel Richie |
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1981 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) In the Pocket |
DE64 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK56 (5 weeks) UK |
US8 (22 weeks) US |
R&B5 (18 weeks) R&B |
Dance53 (12 weeks) Dance |
First published: June 1981
Authors: Harold Hudson, Shirley King, William King |
|
Keep On Taking Me Higher In the Pocket |
- | - | - | - | - | -[Dance: ↑] |
First published: August 1981
Authors: Harold Hudson, Thomas McClary |
|||
Oh no in the pocket |
- | - | - |
UK44 (3 weeks) UK |
US4 (20 weeks) US |
R&B5 (20 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: September 1981
Author: Lionel Richie |
||
1982 | Why You Wanna Try Me In the Pocket |
- | - | - | - |
US66 (5 weeks) US |
R&B42 (6 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: January 1982
last song with Lionel Richie as lead singer. Writer: Lionel Richie, David Cochrane |
|
Painted Picture All the Great Hits |
- | - | - | - |
US70 (6 weeks) US |
R&B19 (18 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: November 1982
Authors: Harold Hudson, Walter Orange |
||
1983 | Only You Commodores 13 |
- | - | - |
UK93 (2 weeks) UK |
US54 (13 weeks) US |
R&B20 (16 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: August 1983
Author: Milan Williams |
|
1985 |
Nightshift Nightshift |
DE4 (19 weeks) DE |
AT4 (14 weeks) AT |
CH5 (11 weeks) CH |
UK2
silver
(14 weeks)UK |
US3 (22 weeks) US |
R&B1 (22 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: December 1984
Tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson Grammy (R&B vocal group) Authors: Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde, Walter Orange |
|
Animal Instinct Nightshift |
DE39 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK74 (2 weeks) UK |
US43 (9 weeks) US |
R&B22 (11 weeks) R&B |
Dance9 (7 weeks) Dance |
First published: April 1985
Author: Martin Page |
||
Lightin 'Up the Night Nightshift |
- | - | - | - | - | -[Dance: ↑] | ||||
Janet Nightshift |
- | - | - |
UK90 (1 week) UK |
US87 (4 weeks) US |
R&B65 (7 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: August 1985
Authors: Bobby Caldwell, Franne Golde, Paul Fox |
||
1986 | Goin 'to the Bank United |
DE34 (14 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK43 (4 weeks) UK |
US65 (12 weeks) US |
R&B2 (20 weeks) R&B |
- |
First publication: September 1986
Authors: Andy Goldmark, Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde |
|
1987 | Take It from Me United |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B38 (12 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: January 1987
Authors: Dennis Lambert, Andy Goldmark, Franne Golde |
|
1988 | Easy (reissue) |
- | - | - |
UK15 (11 weeks) UK |
- | - | - |
First published: August 1988
|
|
Solitaire Rock Solid |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B51 (7 weeks) R&B |
- |
First published: September 1988
Authors: Sandy Torano, Chris Cameron |
More singles
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Video albums
- 1998: Live!
- 2004: The Best of 20th Century Masters: The DVD Collection
statistics
Chart evaluation
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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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Canada (MC) | - | gold1 | - | 50,000 | musiccanada.com |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 100,000 | nvpi.nl |
United States (RIAA) | - | 5 × gold5 | 3 × platinum3 | 6,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | 7 × gold7th | 4 × platinum4th | 2,960,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × silver3 | 15 × gold15th | 7 × platinum7th |
swell
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: Singles albums UK US
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .
Web links
- The Commodores at Allmusic (English)
- The Commodores at Discogs (English)