The Who / discography

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The Who, 1975
The Who, 1975
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 12
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 15th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 53
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 6th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 47
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 15th
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 4th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of British rock - music group The Who and their pseudonyms like High Numbers . According to the sources, the band has sold around 27.3 million records in their career, over 4.7 million of them in their homeland alone. The Who’s most successful release is Who's Next with over 3.2 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1965 My generation DE14 (16 weeks)
DE
- - UK5
gold
gold

(19 weeks)UK
-
First published: December 3, 1965
Sales: + 100,000
1966 A quick one - - - UK4 (17 weeks)
UK
US67 (22 weeks)
US
First published: December 9, 1966
1967 The Who Sell Out DE15 (20 weeks)
DE
- - UK13
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK
US48 (23 weeks)
US
First published: December 15, 1967
1969 Tommy DE50 (4 weeks)
DE
- - UK2
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
US4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(126 weeks)US
First published: May 23, 1969
Sales: +2,000,000
1971 Who's next DE18 (12 weeks)
DE
- - UK1
platinum
platinum

(13 weeks)UK
US4th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(41 weeks)US
First published: August 25, 1971
Sales: + 3,200,000
1973 Quadrophenia DE7 (28 weeks)
DE
AT8 (12 weeks)
AT
- UK2
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK
US2
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)US
First published: October 19, 1973
Sales: + 1,060,000
1975 The Who by Numbers - - - UK7th
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK
US8th
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)US
First published: October 3, 1975
Sales: + 1,100,000
1978 Who are you DE49 (1 week)
DE
- - UK6th
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(30 weeks)US
First published: August 18, 1978
Sales: + 2,060,000
1981 Face Dances DE29 (8 weeks)
DE
- - UK2
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
US4th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
First published: March 16, 1981
Sales: + 1,060,000
1982 It's hard - - - UK11 (6 weeks)
UK
US8th
gold
gold

(32 weeks)US
First published: September 4, 1982
Sales: + 500,000
2006 Endless wire DE34 (4 weeks)
DE
AT28 (3 weeks)
AT
CH51 (3 weeks)
CH
UK9
gold
gold

(3 weeks)UK
US7 (8 weeks)
US
First published: October 30, 2006
Sales: + 660,000
2019 Who DE5 (9 weeks)
DE
AT14 (3 weeks)
AT
CH5 (7 weeks)
CH
UK3
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
US2 (3 weeks)
US
First published: December 6th, 2019
Sales: + 60,000

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1970 Live at Leeds DE8 (20 weeks)
DE
- - UK3
gold
gold

(22 weeks)UK
US4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(44 weeks)US
First published: May 16, 1970
Sales: +2,000,000
1984 Who's burden - - - UK48
gold
gold

(4 weeks)UK
US81 (14 weeks)
US
First published: November 5, 1984
1990 Join together - - - UK59 (1 week)
UK
US188 (2 weeks)
US
First published: March 12, 1990
1996 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - - - UK56 (4 weeks)
UK
US194 (1 week)
US
First published: October 29, 1996
in UK only placed in 2013
2000 BBC sessions - - - UK24 (2 weeks)
UK
US101 (3 weeks)
US
First published: February 15, 2000
2003 Live at the Royal Albert Hall DE43 (4 weeks)
DE
- - UK72 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: December 5, 2003
2012 Live at Hull 1970 - - - UK68 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: November 6, 2012
2014 Quadrophenia: Live in London - AT73 (1 week)
AT
- UK28 (2 weeks)
UK
US118 (1 week)
US
First published: June 6, 2014
2015 Live in Hyde Park DE32 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 20, 2015
2018 Live at the Fillmore East 1968 DE26 (1 week)
DE
AT32 (2 weeks)
AT
- UK15 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: February 20, 2018

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More live albums

  • 2000: Blues to the Bush
  • 2006: Live from Toronto
  • 2007: View from a Backstage Pass
  • 2010: Greatest Hits Live
  • 2017: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1968 Magic Bus: The Who on Tour - - - - US39 (10 weeks)
US
First published: September 1968
1970 The Who & The Jimi Hendrix Experience DE28 (12 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: October 15, 1970
with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
1971 Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy - - - UK9 (8 weeks)
UK
US11
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)US
First published: October 30, 1971
Sales: + 1,000,000
1974 A Quick One / The Who Sell Out - - - - US185 (4 weeks)
US
First published: 1974
Odds & Sods DE46 (4 weeks)
DE
- - UK10
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK
US15th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: Sep 28, 1974
Sales: + 560,000
1975 Tommy (OST) - - - UK30 (2 weeks)
UK
-
First published: March 19, 1975
1976 The Story of The Who - - - UK2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)UK
-
First published: September 23, 1976
Sales: + 100,000
1979 The Kids Are Alright (OST) - - - UK26th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
US8th
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)US
First published: June 24, 1979
Sales: + 1,100,000
Quadrophenia (OST) - - - UK23 (16 weeks)
UK
US46 (16 weeks)
US
First published: August 13, 1979
1981 Hooligans - - - - US52
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
First published: October 1981
Sales: + 500,000
1983 Who's greatest hits - - - - US94
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(13 weeks)US
First published: November 23, 1983
Sales: +2,000,000
1985 Who's missing - - - - US116 (8 weeks)
US
First published: November 30, 1985
The Who Collection - - - UK44
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK
-
First published: December 10, 1985
Sales: + 100,000
1988 Who's Better, Who's Best - - - UK10
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK
US-
gold
gold
US
First published: March 7, 1988
Sales: + 560,000
1994 Thirty Years of Maximum R&B - - - UK48 (1 week)
UK
US170
gold
gold

(1 week)US
First published: July 5, 1994
Sales: + 500,000
1996 My Generation: The Very Best of the Who - - - UK11
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK
US-
gold
gold
US
First published: August 27, 1996
Sales: + 560,000
2002 The Ultimate Collection - - - UK17th
platinum
platinum

(6 weeks)UK
US31
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)US
First published: June 11, 2002
Sales: + 1,060,000
2004 Then and Now - - - UK5
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(23 weeks)UK
US57 (6 weeks)
US
First published: March 30, 2004
2009 Greatest hits - - - - US56 (14 weeks)
US
First published: December 21, 2009
2010 Greatest Hits & More - - - UK20th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK
-
First published: June 7, 2010
2012 The Studio Albums DE79 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 16, 2012
2014 The Who Hits 50! - AT69 (1 week)
AT
- UK11
gold
gold

(18 weeks)UK
US93 (8 weeks)
US
First published: November 3, 2014

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More compilations

  • 1968: Direct hits
  • 1969: The Who / The Strawberry Alarm Clock
  • 1969: Tommy, Pt. 1
  • 1970: Backtrack 1
  • 1970: Backtrack 2
  • 1970: Backtrack 3
  • 1970: Backtrack 4
  • 1970: Backtrack 5
  • 1970: Backtrack 6
  • 1970: Backtrack 7
  • 1970: Backtrack 8
  • 1970: Backtrack 9
  • 1970: Backtrack 10
  • 1970: Backtrack 11
  • 1970: Backtrack 12
  • 1970: Backtrack 13
  • 1970: Backtrack 14
  • 1971: Golden Double Album
  • 1972: Tommy, Pt. 2
  • 1973: Perfect Collection
  • 1974: Magic Bus / My Generation
  • 1981: Phases
  • 1983: Rarities Volume I & Volume II
  • 1984: The Singles
  • 1987: Two's Missing
  • 1999: 20th Century Masters - The Best of The Who (Sales: + 1,000,000 , US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2008: Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (OST)
  • 2011: Icon
  • 2011: Icon II
  • 2012: Pinball Wizards - The Collection (UK:goldgold)
  • 2017: Maximum As & Bs (The Complete Singles)

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2006 Wire & Glass - Six Songs from a Mini-Opera DE58 (3 weeks)
DE
AT31 (3 weeks)
AT
CH83 (1 week)
CH
UK58 (2 weeks)
UK
-
First published: July 17, 2006

More EPs

  • 1966: Ready Steady Who
  • 1969: Pictures of Lily / I'm a Boy / Happy Jack / Substitute
  • 1970: Tommy
  • 1970: The Who
  • 1988: Won't Get Fooled Again

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
B side
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, B-side , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1964 I Can't Explain
Bald Headed Woman
- - - UK8 (13 weeks)
UK
US93 (2 weeks)
US
First published: December 1964
1965 Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Daddy Rolling Stone (UK) / Anytime You Want Me (US)
- - - UK10 (12 weeks)
UK
-
First published: May 21, 1965
My Generation
Shout and Shimmy (UK) / Out in the Street (US)
DE6 (10 weeks)
DE
AT9 (4 weeks)
AT
- UK2
silver
silver

(17 weeks)UK
US74 (5 weeks)
US
First published: October 29, 1965
1966 Substitute
Circles (UK) / Waltz for a Pig (US)
DE13 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK5 (20 weeks)
UK
-
First published: March 4, 1966
A Legal Matter
Instant Party
- - - UK32 (6 weeks)
UK
-
First published: March 7, 1966
The Kids Are Alright
The Ox (UK) / A Legal Matter (US)
- - - UK41 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: July 1966
I'm a boy
in the city
DE10 (8 weeks)
DE
- - UK2 (13 weeks)
UK
-
First published: August 26, 1966
Happy Jack
I've Been Away (UK) / Whiskey Man (US)
DE4 (14 weeks)
DE
AT7 (8 weeks)
AT
- UK3 (11 weeks)
UK
US24 (9 weeks)
US
First published: December 3, 1966
1967 Pictures of Lily
Doctor, Doctor
DE5 (10 weeks)
DE
AT9 (12 weeks)
AT
- UK4 (10 weeks)
UK
US51 (6 weeks)
US
First published: April 22, 1967
The Last Time
Under My Thumb
- - - UK44 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: June 30, 1967
I Can See for Miles
Someone’s Coming (UK) / Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand (US)
DE37 (2 weeks)
DE
- - UK10 (12 weeks)
UK
US9 (11 weeks)
US
First published: October 14, 1967
1968 Call Me Lightning
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- - - - US40 (8 weeks)
US
First published: March 16, 1968
Dogs
Call Me Lightning
DE40 (2 weeks)
DE
- - UK25 (5 weeks)
UK
-
First published: June 7, 1968
Magic Bus
Someone’s Coming (UK) / Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (US)
DE20 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK26 (6 weeks)
UK
US25 (9 weeks)
US
First published: July 27, 1968
1969 Pinball Wizard
Dogs, Pt. 2
DE25 (6 weeks)
DE
- - UK4th
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK
US19 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 7, 1969
I'm Free
We're Not Gonna Take It
DE18 (6 weeks)
DE
- - - US37 (8 weeks)
US
First published: July 5, 1969
1970 The Seeker
Here for More
DE18 (6 weeks)
DE
AT15 (8 weeks)
AT
- UK19 (11 weeks)
UK
US44 (7 weeks)
US
First published: March 21, 1970
Summertime Blues
Heaven and Hell
DE19 (4 weeks)
DE
- - UK38 (4 weeks)
UK
US27 (9 weeks)
US
First published: July 6, 1970
See Me, Feel Me
Overture
- - - - US12 (13 weeks)
US
First published: September 12, 1970
1971 Won't Get Fooled Again
I Don't Even Know Myself
DE27 (13 weeks)
DE
- - UK9
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
US15 (13 weeks)
US
First published: June 25, 1971
Let's See Action
When I Was a Boy
DE43 (1 week)
DE
- - UK16 (12 weeks)
UK
-
First published: October 11, 1971
Behind Blue Eyes
My Wife
- - - - US34 (11 weeks)
US
First published: November 6, 1971
1972 Join Together
Baby Don't You Do It
DE23 (11 weeks)
DE
- CH9 (9 weeks)
CH
UK9 (9 weeks)
UK
US17 (10 weeks)
US
First published: June 16, 1972
Relay
Waspman
DE28 (8 weeks)
DE
- - UK21 (5 weeks)
UK
US39 (8 weeks)
US
First published: November 25, 1972
1973 5:15 am
Water (UK) / I'm One (US)
DE46 (1 week)
DE
- - UK20 (6 weeks)
UK
US45 (7 weeks)
US
First published: October 1, 1973
Love Reign o'er Me
Water
- - - - US76 (5 weeks)
US
First published: October 23, 1973
1974 The Real Me
I'm One
- - - - US92 (3 weeks)
US
First published: January 12, 1974
Long Live Rock
I'm the Face / My Wife (UK) / My Wife (US)
- - - UK48 (5 weeks)
UK
US54 (6 weeks)
US
First published: September 28, 1974
1975 Squeeze Box
Success Story
- - - UK10 (9 weeks)
UK
US16 (16 weeks)
US
First published: November 15, 1975
1978 Who Are You
Had Enough
- - - UK18th
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
US14 (15 weeks)
US
First published: July 10, 1978
1981 You Better You Bet
The Quiet One
- - - UK9 (8 weeks)
UK
US8 (15 weeks)
US
First published: February 23, 1981
Don't Let Go the Coat
You
- - - UK47 (4 weeks)
UK
US84 (4 weeks)
US
First published: April 27, 1981
1982 Athena
A Man Is a Man (UK) / It's Your Turn (US)
- - - UK40 (4 weeks)
UK
US28 (14 weeks)
US
First published: August 21, 1982
Eminence Front
One at a Time
- - - - US68 (6 weeks)
US
First published: December 11, 1982
2012 Baba O'Riley / See Me, Feel Me / My Generation (Live) - - - UK55
platinum
platinum

(1 week)UK
-
First published: August 12, 2014
A Symphony of British Music

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More singles

  • 1964: Zoot Suit / I'm the Face
  • 1966: La-La-La-Lies / The Good's Gone
  • 1972: Baba O'Riley / My Wife
  • 1974: Postcard / Put the Money Down
  • 1976: Slip Kid / Dreaming from the Waist
  • 1978: Trick of the Light / 905
  • 1983: It's Hard / Dangerous
  • 1983: You Better You Bet (live) / Don't Let Go the Coat
  • 1984: Twist and Shout / I Can't Explain
  • 2004: Real Good Looking Boy / Old Red Wine
  • 2006: It's Not Enough / Tea & Theater
  • 2014: Be Lucky

Video albums

  • 1979: The Kids Are Alright (UK:platinumplatinum)
  • 1988: Who's Better, Who's Best (Sales: + 77,500, US:goldgold)
  • 1989: The Who Live feat. 'Tommy' (Sales: + 100,000, US:platinumplatinum)
  • 1994: Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Live (UK:goldgold)
  • 1998: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (Sales: + 67,500) (UK / US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2000: Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next
  • 2001: The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Sales: + 115,000) (UK / US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2003: The Who Special Edition EP
  • 2003: Live in Boston
  • 2005: Tommy and Quadrophenia Live (Sales: + 307,500) (UK:goldgold, US: Triple platinum× 3Triple platinum )
  • 2006: The Vegas Job (Sales: + 5,000) (UK:goldgold)
  • 2008: Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (UK:goldgold)
  • 2008: Retrospectives
  • 2008: The Who at Kilburn: 1977
  • 2009: Maximum R&B Live

Box sets

  • 2004: The 1st Singles Box
  • 2006: Special Box Set
  • 2007: Paper Sleeve Box
  • 2008: My Generation (UK:silversilver)

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 DE3DE AT1AT CH1CH UK16UK US11US
Albums in the charts DE17thDE AT7thAT CH3CH UK36UK US31US
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE4thDE AT3AT CH1CH UK13UK US2US
Singles in the charts DE17thDE AT4thAT CH1CH UK28UK US26thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2006: for the video album Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
    • 2011: for the video album Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
  • FranceFrance France
    • 1977: for the album Tommy
    • 1979: for the album Run, Run, Run
    • 1979: for the album Quadrophenia
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2015: for the album Who's Next
    • 2016: for the album Tommy
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1976: for the album The Who by Numbers
    • 1979: for the album The Kids Are Alright
    • 1982: for the album It's Hard
    • 2010: for the video album The Vegas Job

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2004: for the video album The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2019: for the single Baba O'Riley
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2005: for the video album Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
    • 2008: for the video album Who's Better, Who's Best

2 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2014: for the video album Who's Better, Who's Best
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1979: for the album Who Are You

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)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 60,000 aria.com.au
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 300,000 infodisc.fr
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 175,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 375,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 24 × platinum24 21,650,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 9 × silver9 Gold record icon.svg 20 × gold20th Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th 4,750,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 9 × silver9 Gold record icon.svg 38 × gold38 Platinum record icon.svg 40 × platinum40

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