The Verve / discography

Richard Ashcroft, the lead singer of the band (2005)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British indie rock band The Verve . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 11.1 million records so far, including over 6.7 million in her home country alone. The Verve's most successful release is the Urban Hymns album with over 5.5 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
1992	The Verve EP	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1, 1992 Mini album, rated as a single
1993	A Storm in Heaven	-	-	-	UK27 gold (2 weeks)UK	-	First released: June 15, 1993 first official studio album
1995	A Northern Soul	-	-	-	UK13 gold (17 weeks)UK	-	First released: July 3, 1995 second official studio album
1997	Urban hymns	DE11 platinum (56 weeks)DE	AT9 (27 weeks) AT	CH13 platinum (28 weeks)CH	UK1 × 11 Eleven times platinum (161 weeks)UK	US23 platinum (46 weeks)US	First release: September 29, 1997 third official studio album
2008	Forth	DE10 (8 weeks) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	CH6 (9 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (18 weeks)UK	US23 (2 weeks) US	First release: August 18th, 2008 fourth official studio album

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AT	UK
2004	This Is Music: The Singles 92-98	AT59 (1 week) AT	UK15th platinum (28 weeks)UK	First release: November 28, 2004 Single collection

More compilations

• 1992: Voyager 1 (official live bootleg; not counted as only 700 copies were published)
• 1994: No Come Down (B-side compilation)

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
1992	She's a Superstar The Verve EP	-	-	-	UK66 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 22, 1992
1993	Blue A Storm in Heaven	-	-	-	UK69 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 10, 1993 was not published in the US until 1994
1995	This Is Music A Northern Soul	-	-	-	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1, 1995
	On Your Own A Northern Soul	-	-	-	UK28 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 12, 1995
	History A Northern Soul	-	-	-	UK24 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 18, 1995
1997	Bitter Sweet Symphony Urban Hymns	DE37 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT15 (12 weeks) AT	CH15 (29 weeks) CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)UK	US12 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: June 16, 1997
	The Drugs Don't Work Urban Hymns	DE87 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 platinum (20 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 1, 1997
	Lucky Man Urban Hymns	DE89 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7th platinum (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 24, 1997
1998	Sonnet Urban Hymns	-	-	-	UK74 silver (4 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 2, 1998
2008	Love Is Noise Forth	DE26 (9 weeks) DE	AT29 (10 weeks) AT	CH26 (11 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 4, 2008
	Rather Be Forth	-	-	-	UK56 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 17, 2008

More singles

• 1992: All in the Mind (also released on record )
• 1992: Gravity Grave (The Verve EP)
• 1993: Slide Away (A Storm in Heaven)

Video albums

year	title	description
1992	Verve in Concert	Live concert at Camden Town Hall, London
1994	Live in Germany	Live concert in the Schlachthof , Frankfurt
1997	Some Bitter, Some Sweet	Report on Wigan and interview with Richard Ashcroft
1999	The Video '96 -'98	Recordings from the studio sessions, concert excerpts from the US tour 1997 and the Homecoming gig in Wigan 1998 (UK: gold)
2004	This Is Music: The Singles '92 -'98	Contains video clips of the band from All in the Mind to Sonnet
2007	Glastonbury: The Movie - July 9, 2007	1993 Glastonbury Festival film Includes various live and backstage material from the '93 Verve performance

Film contributions

year	title	song
1993	Sliver by Joe Eszterhas, u. a. with Sharon Stone and William Baldwin	Star Sail
1994	Nadja from Michael Almereyda, u. a. with Peter Fonda and Suzy Amis	One way to go
	The New Age by Michael Tolkin , et al. a. with Samuel L. Jackson , Judy Davis , Adam West	Six O'Clock
1995	The Doom Generation by Gregg Araki et al. a. with James Duval and Rose McGowan	Already There
1998	The Acid House by Irvine Welsh ( Trainspotting ), u. a. with Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd	On your own
1999	Cruel Intentions u. a. with Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar	Bitter sweet symphony
2004	The Girl Next Door u. a. with Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert	Lucky Man
2009	Marley & Me et al. a. with Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston	Lucky Man

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 1997: for the single Bitter Sweet Symphony  France 1998: for the single Bitter Sweet Symphony  Ireland 2005: for the album This Is Music: The Singles 92–98 2008: for the album Forth  Italy 2018: for the album Urban Hymns

Platinum record  Belgium 2007: for the album Urban Hymns  France 1997: for the album Urban Hymns  Italy 2017: for the single Bitter Sweet Symphony  Netherlands 1998: for the album Urban Hymns  Spain 1998: for the album Urban Hymns 2 × platinum record  Canada 1997: for the album Urban Hymns

3 × platinum record  Australia 1997: for the album Urban Hymns 5 × platinum record  Europe 1997: for the album Urban Hymns  New Zealand 1997: for the album Urban Hymns

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	245,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	750,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	(5,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	platinum1	550,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA)	-	2 × gold2	-	15,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	5 × platinum5	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	platinum1	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	4 × gold4th	16 × platinum16	6,725,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	11 × gold11	39 × platinum39

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Sources: DE AT CH UK US