The Police / discography

The Police, 2007

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of the British new wave - band The Police . According to the sources, they have sold more than 75 million records in their career, making them one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . The Police's most successful release is Synchronicity, with around 8.9 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
1978	Outlandos d'Amour	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK6th platinum (96 weeks)UK	US23 platinum (63 weeks)US	First published: November 2nd, 1978 Producer: The Police
1979	Reggatta de Blanc	DE16 gold (80 weeks)DE	-	-	UK1 platinum (74 weeks)UK	US25th platinum (100 weeks)US	First released: October 5, 1979 Grammy (Best Rock Instrumental Performance) Producers: Nigel Gray, The Police
1980	Zenyattà Mondatta	DE5 gold (57 weeks)DE	AT14 (14 weeks) AT	-	UK1 platinum (31 weeks)UK	US5 × 2 Double platinum (153 weeks)US	First released: October 3, 1980 Grammy for Behind My Camel (Best Rock Instrumental) Producers: Nigel Gray, The Police
1981	Ghost in the Machine	DE4th gold (28 weeks)DE	AT11 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK1 platinum (27 weeks)UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (109 weeks)US	First published: October 2, 1981 Producers: Hugh Padgham , The Police
1983	Synchronicity	DE4th gold (31 weeks)DE	AT11 (10 weeks) AT	CH15 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (48 weeks)UK	US1 × 8 Eight times platinum (75 weeks)US	First released: June 1, 1983 Grammys (Best Rock Group) Producers: Hugh Padgham, The Police

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
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Live!	DE43 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US86 platinum (5 weeks)US	First published: May 29, 1995 CD 1: WBCN, Boston, November 1979 CD 2: The Omni , Atlanta, November 1983 Executive Producer: Miles Copeland III , The Police
2008	Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires CD + DVD	DE25 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: November 11th, 2008 Recording: River Plate , 1./2. December 2007 Executive Producer: Martin Kierszenbaum , Kathryn Schenker, The Police

More live albums

• 1979: In Concert – 196

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1986	Every Breath You Take: The Singles	DE18 (14 weeks) DE	AT20 (8 weeks) AT	CH21st gold (3 weeks)CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (55 weeks)UK	US7th × 5 Quintuple platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: October 25, 1986
1990	Their Greatest Hits	DE5 gold (38 weeks)DE	-	CH- gold CH	-	-	First published: October 10, 1990 Reissue of Every Breath You Take: The Singles
1992	Greatest hits	DE18 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH- gold CH	UK10 platinum (36 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 28, 1992
1993	Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings	-	-	-	-	US79 platinum (5 weeks)US	First published: September 28, 1993 Box with 4 CDs
1995	Voices Inside My Head	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 22, 1995
1997	The Very Best of Sting & the Police	DE18th gold (22 weeks)DE	AT4th gold (16 weeks)AT	CH17th gold (16 weeks)CH	UK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (83 weeks)UK	US46 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: November 7, 1997 with Sting
2007	The Police	DE78 (7 weeks) DE	AT56 (3 weeks) AT	CH20 (17 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (24 weeks)UK	US11 (17 weeks) US	First release: June 5th, 2007 double album
2018	Every Move You Make - The Studio Recordings	DE32 (2 weeks) DE	AT55 (1 week) AT	CH56 (1 week) CH	UK17 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 16, 2018

More compilations

• 1988: Compact Hits (4 tracks)
• 1995: Every Breath You Take: The Classics (remastered version of Every Breath You Take: The Singles + 2 remixes)
• 2004: Every Breath You Take (2 CDs + DVD)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Can't Stand Losing You Outlandos d'Amour	-	-	-	UK2 silver (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 1978 Author: Sting
1979	Roxanne Outlandos d'Amour	-	-	-	UK12 gold (9 weeks)UK	US32 (13 weeks) US	First published: February 12, 1979 Author: Sting
	Message in a Bottle Reggatta de Blanc	DE35 (23 weeks) DE	AT24 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK1 gold (11 weeks)UK	US74 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 10, 1979 Author: Sting
	Fall Out In Concert – 196	-	-	-	UK47 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 2, 1979 Author: Stewart Copeland
	Walking on the Moon Reggatta de Blanc	-	-	-	UK1 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 16, 1979 Author: Sting
1980	So Lonely Outlandos d'Amour	-	-	-	UK6th silver (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 4th, 1980 Author: Sting
	Six pack	-	-	-	UK17 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 30th, 1980 limited edition, box including 6 7 "singles
	Don't Stand So Close to Me Zenyattà Mondatta	DE23 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 gold (10 weeks)UK	US10 (18 weeks) US	First published: September 15, 1980 Grammys (Best Rock Group) Author: Sting
	De Do Do Do De Da Da Da Zenyattà Mondatta	DE15 (24 weeks) DE	AT8 (6 weeks) AT	CH4 (9 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (8 weeks)UK	US10 (21 weeks) US	First published: October 13, 1980 Author: Sting
1981	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Ghost in the Machine	DE21 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 silver (13 weeks)UK	US3 (19 weeks) US	First published: September 14, 1981 Author: Sting; Keyboard: Jean Roussel
	Invisible Sun Ghost in the Machine	-	-	-	UK2 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 14, 1981 Author: Sting
	Spirits in the Material World Ghost in the Machine	DE44 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 silver (8 weeks)UK	US11 (13 weeks) US	First published: November 30, 1981 Author: Sting
1982	Secret Journey Ghost in the Machine	-	-	-	-	US46 (8 weeks) US	First published: March 29, 1982 Author: Sting
1983	Every Breath You Take Synchronicity	DE8 (19 weeks) DE	AT8 (10 weeks) AT	CH6 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (11 weeks)UK	US1 gold (22 weeks)US	First published: May 16, 1983 Grammy (Best Pop Song) Writer: Sting
	Wrapped Around Your Finger Synchronicity	DE32 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7 (9 weeks) UK	US8 (16 weeks) US	First published: July 11, 1983 Author: Sting
	King of Pain Synchronicity	DE57 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK17 (5 weeks) UK	US3 (16 weeks) US	First published: August 15, 1983 Author: Sting
	Synchronicity II Synchronicity	-	-	-	UK17 (4 weeks) UK	US16 (14 weeks) US	First published: October 24, 1983 Author: Sting
1986	Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 Every Breath You Take: The Singles	-	-	-	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	US46 (9 weeks) US	First published: September 29, 1986 Producer: Laurie Latham
1995	Can't Stand Losing You (Live in Boston) Live!	-	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1st, 1995 Author: Sting
1997	Roxanne '97 (Puff Daddy Remix)	-	-	-	UK17 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 8, 1997 Sting and the Police Remix: Puff Daddy
2000	When the World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong) Red Planet (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 24th, 2000 Different Gear vs. The Police from the soundtrack of the film Red Planet Author: Sting

More singles

• 1977: Fall Out (release: May)
• 1978: Roxanne (release: April 21)
• 1978: So Lonely (release: October)
• 1978: Hole in My Life
• 1980: Bring on the Night (release: February)
• 1980: The Bed's Too Big Without You (released May)
• 1982: Next to You
• 1983: Truth Hits Everybody (Remix) (Release: May)
• 1983: Disco Mix
• 1987: Fast Forward Medley
• 2009: Message in a Bottle (The Bombist Ocean of Tears Mix) (release: June 29th)
• 2012: SOS (The Spy from Cairo meets The Police; release: March 30th)

Video albums

• 1983: Around the World
• 1983: Synchronicity Concert
• 1986: Every Breath You Take: The Videos (US:gold)
• 1992: Greatest Hits
• 1995: Outlandos to Synchronicities (released May 30th)
• 1996: Live Ghost in the Machine
• 2002: Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic
• 2003: Rock Masters (release: January 21)
• 2004: Walking on the Moon / Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (4-track vodeo single)
• 2006: Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out (released September 12)
• 2008: Certifiable (DE:gold, US: platinum)
• 2009: 10-Minute Teacher: The Police: Message in a Bottle (release: March 25th)
• 2013: Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police (release: June 26th)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK6thUK US1US Top 10 albums DE4thDE AT1AT CH-CH UK9UK US4thUS Albums in the charts DE11DE AT7thAT CH5CH UK11UK US10US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK5UK US1US Top 10 singles DE1DE AT2AT CH2CH UK10UK US6thUS Singles in the charts DE8thDE AT3AT CH2CH UK20thUK US12US

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	9 × platinum9	228,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	577,500	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	165,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	90,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	8 × gold8th	-	2,025,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	6 × gold6th	8 × platinum8th	6,702,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	2 × gold2	-	20,000	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	30,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	700,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	8 × platinum8th	975,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	100,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	4 × gold4th	6 × platinum6th	120,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	425,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	50,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	-	100,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	350,000	mediafire.com ES2 ES3
Czech Republic (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	50,000	Individual evidence
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	23 × platinum23	22,900,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	5 × gold5	17 × platinum17th	8,910,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	58 × gold58	92 × platinum92

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1. ^ Gary Graff: Andy Summers finds new magic in rock 'n' roll . In: Qatar Tribune , November 22, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2018. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US

Web links

• The Police at Allmusic (English)
• The Police at Discogs (English)