The Killers / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rock - music group The Killers . According to the sources, they have sold more than 33.4 million records in their careers, including over 12.6 million in their homeland alone. The band's most successful release is the debut album Hot Fuss with around seven 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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 CH
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 UK
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skirt
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| 2004 | Hot foot |
DE75  (6 weeks)DE |
AT60 (7 weeks) AT |
CH48 (26 weeks) CH |
UK1  × 7
(254 weeks)UK |
US7th × 3
(98 weeks)US |
skirt22 (8 weeks) skirt |
First published: June 7, 2004
Sales: 7,000,000 |
| 2006 | Sam's Town |
DE6th (19 weeks)DE |
AT5 (15 weeks) AT |
CH9 (8 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 5
(126 weeks)UK |
US2 (42 weeks)US |
skirt2 (31 weeks) skirt |
Initial Release: October 3, 2006
Sales: 5,000,000 |
| 2008 | Day & Age |
DE8th (30 weeks)DE |
AT9 (20 weeks)AT |
CH4th (21 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 4
(70 weeks)UK |
US6th (42 weeks)US |
skirt2 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: November 24, 2008
Sales: 3,000,000 |
| 2012 | Battle Born |
DE2 (8 weeks) DE |
AT3 (7 weeks) AT |
CH2 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1 (26 weeks)UK |
US3 (18 weeks) US |
skirt1 (18 weeks) skirt |
Initial release: September 17, 2012
Sales: 1,000,000 |
| 2017 | Wonderful Wonderful |
DE8 (3 weeks) DE |
AT10 (3 weeks) AT |
CH8 (4 weeks) CH |
UK1 (21 weeks)UK |
US1 (5 weeks) US |
skirt1 (8 weeks) skirt |
First published: September 22, 2017
Sales: 100,000 |
| 2020 | Imploding the Mirage |
DE6 (... weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK1 (... week) UK |
- | - |
First published: August 21, 2020
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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skirt
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| 2009 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall |
DE60 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: November 6, 2009
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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
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AT
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CH
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skirt
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| 2007 | Sawdust - The Rarities |
DE53 (1 week) DE |
AT35 (7 weeks) AT |
CH33 (2 weeks) CH |
UK7th (40 weeks)UK |
US12 (17 weeks) US |
skirt3 (9 weeks) skirt |
First published: November 9, 2007
Sales: 350,000 |
| 2013 | Direct Hits 2003 2013 |
DE63 (1 week) DE |
AT73 (1 week) AT |
CH57 (1 week) CH |
UK5 × 2
(… Where.)UK |
US20 (3 weeks) US |
skirt5 (7 weeks) skirt |
First published: November 11, 2013
Sales: 635,000 |
| 2016 | Don't waste your wishes | - | - | - | - | - |
skirt41 (1 week) skirt |
First published: November 18, 2016
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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skirt
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| 2011 | (Red) Christmas EP | - | - | - | - |
US85 (1 week) US |
skirt11 (2 weeks) skirt |
First published: November 30, 2011
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Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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skirt
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| 2003 | Mr. Brightside Hot Fuss |
DE60 (21 weeks)DE |
AT61 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK10 × 5
(… Where.)UK |
US10 × 2
(38 weeks)US |
skirt3 (40 weeks) skirt |
First publication: September 29, 2003
in AT not placed until 2010 |
| 2004 | Somebody Told Me Hot Fuss |
- | - |
CH16 (17 weeks) CH |
UK3 (31 weeks)UK |
US51 × 3
(20 weeks)US |
skirt3 (30 weeks) skirt |
First published: March 15, 2004
|
| All These Things That I've Done Hot Fuss |
- | - | - |
UK18th (4 weeks)UK |
US74 (14 weeks)US |
skirt10 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: August 30, 2004
|
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| 2005 | Smile Like You Mean It Hot Fuss |
- | - | - |
UK11  (9 weeks)UK |
- |
skirt15 (17 weeks) skirt |
First published: May 2, 2005
|
| 2006 | When You Were Young Sam’s Town |
DE44 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
CH56 (8 weeks) CH |
UK2 (20 weeks)UK |
US14th (20 weeks)US |
skirt1 (29 weeks) skirt |
First published: September 18, 2006
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| Bones Sam’s Town |
DE88 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK15 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
skirt21 (9 weeks) skirt |
First published: November 27, 2006
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|
| A Great Big Sled (Red) Christmas EP |
- | - | - | - |
US54 (2 weeks) US |
- |
First release: December 5th, 2006
feat. Toni Halliday |
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| 2007 | Read My Mind Sam’s Town |
DE60 (9 weeks) DE |
AT56 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
UK15th (16 weeks)UK |
US62 (14 weeks) US |
skirt8 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: February 13, 2007
|
| For Reasons Unknown Sam’s Town |
- | - | - |
UK53 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: June 25, 2007
|
|
| Tranquilize Sawdust |
- |
AT57 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
UK13 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First release: October 8, 2007
feat. Lou Reed |
|
| Shadowplay Sawdust |
- | - | - | - |
US68 (1 week) US |
skirt19 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: October 9, 2007
|
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| Romeo and Juliet Sawdust |
- | - | - |
UK86 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
Promotion release: November 18, 2007
|
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| Don't Shoot Me Santa (Red) Christmas EP |
- | - | - |
UK34 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 27, 2007
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| 2008 |
Human Day & Age |
DE4th (42 weeks)DE |
AT6 (34 weeks) AT |
CH7 (37 weeks) CH |
UK3 × 2
(55 weeks)UK |
US32 (20 weeks)US |
skirt6 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: September 22, 2008
|
| Spaceman Day & Age |
DE29 (6 weeks) DE |
AT44 (3 weeks) AT |
CH89 (1 week) CH |
UK40 (8 weeks)UK |
US67 (1 week) US |
skirt8 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: November 4, 2008
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|
| Joseph, Better You Than Me (Red) Christmas EP |
- |
AT64 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
- | - | ||
| 2009 | A Dustland Fairytale Day & Age |
- | - | - | - | - |
skirt36 (4 weeks) skirt |
First published: May 9, 2009
|
| The World We Live in Day & Age |
- | - | - |
UK82 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: May 18, 2009
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| ¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe! (Red) Christmas EP |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010 | Boots (Red) Christmas EP |
- | - | - |
UK53 (2 weeks) UK |
US79 (1 week) US |
- |
First published: November 30, 2010
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| 2012 | Runaways Battle Born |
DE44 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK18 (4 weeks) UK |
US78 (2 weeks) US |
skirt7 (17 weeks) skirt |
First published: July 17, 2012
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| Miss Atomic Bomb Battle Born |
- | - | - | - | - |
skirt23 (14 weeks) skirt |
First published: October 23, 2012
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| I Feel It in My Bones | - | - | - |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First release: December 4th, 2012
feat. Ryan Pardey |
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| 2013 | Shot at the Night Direct Hits |
- | - | - |
UK23 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
skirt20 (15 weeks) skirt |
First published: September 17, 2013
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| Just Another Girl Direct Hits |
- | - | - |
UK83 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 11, 2013
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| Christmas in LA | - | - | - |
UK92 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First release: December 1st, 2013
feat. Dawes |
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| 2017 | The Man Wonderful Wonderful |
- | - | - |
UK63 (5 weeks)UK |
- |
skirt2 (22 weeks) skirt |
First published: June 14, 2017
|
| Run for Cover Wonderful Wonderful |
- | - | - |
UK100 (1 week) UK |
- |
skirt5 (21 weeks) skirt |
First published: July 28, 2017
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| 2020 | Caution Imploding the Mirage |
- | - | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
- |
skirt3 (20 weeks) skirt |
First published: March 12, 2020
|
| My Own Soul's Warning Imploding the Mirage |
- | - | - |
UK84 (... weeks) UK |
- |
skirt25 (5 weeks) skirt |
First published: June 16, 2020
|
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More singles
- 2004: 3-track sampler
- 2005: Under the Gun
- 2005: Glamorous indie rock and roll
- 2006: This River Is Wild
- 2006: All the Pretty Faces
- 2008: Previous Age
- 2008: Sweettalk
- 2011: The Cowboys' Christmas Ball
- 2012: Here with Me
- 2014: Joel the Lump of Coal (feat. Jimmy Kimmel )
- 2015: Dirt Sledding ( feat.Ryan Pardey & Richard Dreyfuss )
- 2016: Peace of Mind
- 2016: I'll Be Home for Christmas (feat. Ned Humphrey Hansen)
- 2018: Rut
- 2019: Land of the Free
- 2020: Fire in Bone
Splits
- 2008: Human / Poker Face (with Lady Gaga )
Guest Posts
- 2009: Hotel California ( Rhythms del Mundo feat. The Killers)
Video albums and music videos
Video albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
US
|
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| 2009 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall |
DE60 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH2 (2 weeks) CH |
UK- × 2
|
US- |
First published: November 6, 2009
|
More video albums
- 2007: Leaving Las Vegas
- 2007: Sawdust - The Rarities
- 2009: 10-Minute Teacher: The Killers - When You Were Young
- 2009: Thin White Dukes
Music videos
| year | title | Director (s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mr. Brightside (UK Version) | Brian Palmer, Brad Palmer |
| 2004 | Somebody told me | Brett Simon |
| All These Things That I've Done (UK Version) | Alexander Hemming, Kristy Gunn | |
| 2005 | Mr. Brightside (US Version) | Sophie Muller |
| Smile Like You Mean It | Chris Hopewell | |
| All These Things That I've Done (US Version) | Anton Corbijn | |
| 2006 | When You Were Young | Anthony Mandler |
| Bones | Tim Burton | |
| A great big sled | Stephen Penta | |
| 2007 | Read my mind | Diane Martel |
| For Reasons Unknown | Diane Martel | |
| Tranquilize | Anthony Mandler | |
| Shadow play | Spencer Kaplan, Jonathan V. Sela | |
| Don't Shoot Me Santa | Matthew Gray Gubler | |
| 2008 | Human | Daniel Drysdale |
| Joseph, Better You Than Me | Daniel Drysdale, Tyler Trautman | |
| 2009 | Spaceman | Ray Tintori |
| The World We Live in | Daniel Drysdale | |
| A Dustland Fairytale | Anthony Mandler | |
| Goodnight, Travel Well | David Slade | |
| ¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe! | Chris Callister | |
| 2010 | boots | Jared Hess |
| 2011 | The Cowboys' Christmas Ball | Roboshobo |
| 2012 | Runaways | Warren Fu |
| I Feel It in My Bones | Roboshobo | |
| Miss Atomic Bomb | Warren Fu | |
| Here with Me | Tim Burton | |
| 2013 | Shot at the night | Roboshobo |
| Just another girl | Warren Fu | |
| Christmas in LA | Kelly Loosli | |
| 2014 | Joel the Lump of Coal | Jonathan Kimmel |
| 2015 | Dirt sledding | Matthew Gray Gubler |
| 2017 | The Man | Tim Mattia |
| Run for Cover | Tarik Mikou | |
| 2019 | Land of the Free | Spike Lee |
Box sets
- 2008: Killers 3CD Brick
statistics
Chart evaluation
The following list provides an overview of The Killers' chart successes in the album, single and music DVD charts.
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UK
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skirt
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| Number one video albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | US-US | skirt-skirt |
| Top 10 video albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH1CH | UK-UK | US-US | skirt-skirt |
| Video albums on the charts | DE1DE | AT-AT | CH1CH | UK-UK | US-US | skirt-skirt |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum |
 diamond
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
platinum1
|
- | 48,000 | capif.org.ar |
 Australia (ARIA)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
8 × platinum8th
|
- | 610,000 | aria.com.au |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
- | - | 50,000 | ultratop.be |
 Brazil (PMB)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
platinum1
|
2 × diamond2
|
680,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
platinum1
|
- | 57,500 | ifpi.dk |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
3 × platinum3
|
- | 1,100,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Europe (IFPI)
|
- | - |
3 × platinum3
|
- | (3,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) |
 France (SNEP)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 100,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
 Greece (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 7,500 | Individual evidence |
 Ireland (IRMA)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
9 × platinum9
|
- | 150,000 | irishcharts.ie |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
platinum1
|
- | 85,000 | fimi.it |
 Canada (MC)
|
- |
gold1
|
6 × platinum6th
|
- | 620,000 | musiccanada.com |
 Mexico (AMPROFON)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
- | - | 70,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
5 × platinum5
|
- | 92,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
 Norway (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 15,000 | ifpi.no |
|
Austria (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 15,000 | ifpi.at |
 Russia (NFPF)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 10,000 | Individual evidence |
 Sweden (IFPI)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
- | - | 30,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
|
Switzerland (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 15,000 | hitparade.ch |
 Spain (Promusicae)
|
- |
gold1
|
platinum1
|
- | 60,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
- |
gold1
|
13 × platinum13
|
- | 12,600,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
4 × silver4th
|
2 × gold2
|
31 × platinum31
|
- | 12,800,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
4 × silver4th
|
36 × gold36
|
83 × platinum83
|
2 × diamond2
|
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- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Rae Alexandra: Hate the Killers? Here's Why You Shouldn't. In: SF Weeky. December 5, 2012, accessed May 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Brittany Hodak: The Killers Celebrate 'Sam's Town' Anniversary With Vegas Extravaganza, Vinyl Reissue. In: Forbes. August 31, 2016, accessed May 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Chase Hunt: Brandon Flowers of The Killers confident band will record another album. In: AXS. May 9, 2015, accessed May 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Chase Hunt: Brandon Flowers of The Killers confident band will record another album. In: AXS. May 9, 2015, accessed May 12, 2019 .