Udo Lindenberg / discography

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Udo Lindenberg  - discography
Udo Lindenberg (2011)
Udo Lindenberg (2011)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 36
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 11
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 51
Arrow southwest blue.svgSoundtracks 1
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 6th
Arrow southwest blue.svgTribute albums 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 78
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 11
Arrow southwest blue.svgMusic videos 15th
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 13
Arrow southwest blue.svgMusical albums 3
Arrow southwest blue.svgAudio books 1

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of the German pop-rock - singer Udo Lindenberg . According to the sources, he has sold more than 4.4 million records in Germany in his career. Lindenberg's most successful release is the live album MTV Unplugged - Live from the Hotel Atlantic with around 1.1 million units sold, making it one of the best-selling music albums in Germany since 1975. The accompanying video album has sold over 200,000 copies in Germany, making it one of the best-selling video albums in Germany since the introduction of the Music Video Awards. For an overview of all of Lindenberg's songs, see the list of songs by Udo Lindenberg .

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
1971 Lindenberg - - -
First published: August 1971
1972 Thumb in the wind - - -
First published: 1972
1973 All right on the Andrea Doria 1 DE23 (24 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 15, 1973
Sales: + 100,000
1974 Ball Pompös 1 DE3 (48 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: August 15, 1974
1975 Votan madness 1 DE3
gold
gold

(28 weeks)DE
- -
First published: April 15, 1975
Sales: + 250,000
1976 Galaxo Gang - These are the gentlemen from the other star 1 DE4th
gold
gold

(24 weeks)DE
- -
First published: Jan 15, 1976
Sales: + 250,000
Panik Udo / No Panic on the Titanic 1 DE34 (12 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 15, 1976
Sister King Kong 1 DE8 (18 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 15, 1976
1977 Panic nights 1 DE31 (14 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 15, 1977
1978 Lindenbergs Rock Revue 1 DE15 (16 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 15, 1978
Dröhnland Symphony 1 DE15 (21 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 1, 1978
1979 The Detective - Rock Revue 2 1 DE22 (23 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 15, 1979
1980 Panic times 1 DE12 (13 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 5, 1980
1981 Udopia 1 DE5
gold
gold

(47 weeks)DE
- -
First published: April 13, 1981
Sales: + 250,000
1982 Club 1 DE9 (16 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 17, 1982
1983 Odyssey 1 DE3
gold
gold

(28 weeks)DE
AT8 (8 weeks)
AT
-
First published: Jan 24, 1983
Sales: + 250,000
1984 Hammering the gods 1 DE3 (21 weeks)
DE
- CH10 (9 weeks)
CH
First published: January 30, 1984
1985 Sin Bang 1 DE11 (14 weeks)
DE
- CH22 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: March 31, 1985
Radio Eriwahn presents Udo Lindenberg + Panikorchester 1 DE17 (8 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 9, 1985
1986 Phoenix DE26 (19 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: November 5, 1986
1987 Tierra del Fuego 1 DE16 (12 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 7, 1987
1988 Hermione DE26 (9 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: February 15, 1988
Casanova DE32 (19 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 12, 1988
1989 Colorful Republic of Germany DE17 (31 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 16, 1989
1991 I want you DE11 (25 weeks)
DE
- CH23 (10 weeks)
CH
First published: February 21, 1991
Gustav DE32 (10 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 28, 1991
1992 Panic panther DE24 (11 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 28, 1992
1993 Benjamin DE49 (9 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 25, 1993
1995 cosmos DE44 (8 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 29, 1995
1996 And the linden tree rustles forever DE39 (9 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: April 29, 1996
1997 Belcanto
with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg
DE29 (12 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 1, 1997
1998 time Machine DE49 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 5, 1998
2000 The excess DE40 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 22, 2000
2002 Atlantic Affairs DE76 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: May 27, 2002
Sales: + 7,000
2008 Strong as two DE1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(70 weeks)DE
AT10 (9 weeks)
AT
CH6 (16 weeks)
CH
First published: March 28, 2008
Sales: + 600,000
2016 Stronger than time DE1
Quintuple gold
× 5
Quintuple gold

(71 weeks)DE
AT7 (12 weeks)
AT
CH2 (18 weeks)
CH
First published: April 29, 2016
Sales: + 500,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

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
1979 Live 1 DE15 (25 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 16, 1979
1982 Intensive care units 1 DE16 (12 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: March 1, 1982
1983 Starch 10 1 DE21 (14 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: June 20, 1983
2001 I swear! - The full program DE80 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: January 8, 2001
2008 Strong as two - Live 1 DE2DE - -
First published: December 5, 2008
2011 MTV Unplugged - Live from the Hotel Atlantic DE1
Eleven gold
× 11
Eleven gold

(118 weeks)DE
AT6 (12 weeks)
AT
CH6 (17 weeks)
CH
First published: September 16, 2011
Sales: + 1,100,000
2013 I do my thing - the show DE3
gold
gold

(34 weeks)DE
- CH48 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: March 29, 2013
Sales: + 100,000
2016 Stronger than time - live DE2DE AT4thAT CH4thCH
First published: December 2, 2016
2018 MTV Unplugged 2: Live from the Atlantic (two-master edition) DE1 (45 weeks)
DE
AT28 (3 weeks)
AT
CH22 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: December 14, 2018

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More live albums

  • 1990: Live in Leipzig 1
  • 1997: ... and the legendary Panic Orchestra - Live '96 1

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
1980 My panic 1 DE17 (8 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 1, 1980
1988 Goosebumps - the gentle Udo Lindenberg DE5
gold
gold

(20 weeks)DE
AT7 (12 weeks)
AT
-
First published: June 13, 1988
Sales: + 250,000
1991 Under the skin. DE41 (9 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 30, 1991
2001 Ballads DE91 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: May 21, 2001
2003 Panic President DE18 (5 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 6, 2003
2004 Absolutely DE65 (2 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 20, 2004

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

  • 1974: Udo Lindenberg & Das Panik-Orchester
  • 1975: from head to toe
  • 1976: Chaos Symphony
  • 1976: Everything under control
  • 1978: Geen Paniek
  • 1979: My Panic - His greatest panic hits
  • 1980: Rock in Germany Vol. 2 - Udo Lindenberg and the Panik Orchestra
  • 1980: Profiles
  • 1982: His big panic hits
  • 1982: The white series
  • 1982: Udo Lindenberg
  • 1984: All right
  • 1985: Honky Tonky Show
  • 1986: I Don't Know Who I Should Belong to
  • 1988: We just want to be together
  • 1988: Udo Lindenberg
  • 1988: Matinee
  • 1988: What are wars for?
  • 1988: horizon
  • 1990: times of change
  • 1991: under the skin
  • 1992: The great successes
  • 1993: Tender rock songs
  • 1994: Star Festival - Still crazy after all these years
  • 1997: Udo Lindenberg & the legendary
  • 1997: rarities & specialties
  • 1998: Millionaires Club
  • 1998: Airport (See you again)
  • 1999: Where I hang my hat
  • 1999: Rudi at a loss
  • 2000: Desperado
  • 2000: Reeperbahn
  • 2000: The best ... with and without a hat
  • 2003: Free Orbit
  • 2003: The best ... with and without a hat - the 2nd
  • 2004: Complete - All hits
  • 2004: Star Boulevard - Udo Lindenberg
  • 2006: Against the current
  • 2006: women's choice
  • 2006: The Ultimate Collection
  • 2006: The Platinum Collection
  • 2008: All right on the Andrea Doria / Ball Pompös
  • 2008: Lindenberg tracks
  • 2011: highlights
  • 2013: Atlantic Affairs / Panic President

EPs

  • 1975: Ball pompös (with various artists)
  • 1975: Der Conductor / Votan Wahnwitz / Der Malocher / 0-Rhesus negative
  • 1981: Udopia
  • 1981: Rock'n'Roll and Rebellion - A panic panorama
  • 1983: Udo Lindenberg
  • 2017: someone has to do the job

Musical 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
2011 Beyond the horizon DE29 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: April 8, 2011

More musical albums

Tribute albums

  • 1994: hats off
  • 2004: poetry album Udo Lindenberg

Soundtracks

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
2020 Lindenberg! Do your thing DE29 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020DE
- -
First published: January 10, 2020

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1981 What are wars for?
Intensive care units
DE18 (27 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 5, 1981
with Pascal Kravetz
1983 Special train to Pankow
Odyssey
DE5 (21 weeks)
DE
AT3 (14 weeks)
AT
-
First published: January 24, 1983
1987 Horizon
phoenix
DE18 (17 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: February 16, 1987
The Secretary General
Tierra del Fuego
DE60 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 21, 1987
1988 I don't love you at all anymore
Tierra del Fuego
DE33 (15 weeks)
DE
AT3 (16 weeks)
AT
-
First published: January 25, 1988
1989 Airport (You see you again ...)
CasaNova
DE49 (7 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: January 9, 1989
1991 A heart can't be repaired
I want you
DE29 (23 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: March 11, 1991
Don't go away
I want you
DE90 (5 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: July 1, 1991
Millionaires Club
Gustav
DE39 (20 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 16, 1991
1992 Panic Panther
Panic Panther
DE84 (5 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 12, 1992
1999 You Can't Run Away
Time Machine
DE74 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First release: July 12, 1999
feat. Circle of Friends & Gentleman
2005 Hello Angie, I think Merkel DE100 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: August 31, 2005
2008 When you sag
like two
DE10 (12 weeks)
DE
AT71 (2 weeks)
AT
CH41 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: March 21, 2008
Very different.
Strong as two
DE28 (10 weeks)
DE
- -
First release: May 30th, 2008
feat. Jan Delay
What has time done to us?
Strong as two
DE52 (6 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 3, 2008
2011 You can't fix a heart (Unplugged)
MTV Unplugged - Live from the Hotel Atlantic
DE11 (19 weeks)
DE
AT65 (2 weeks)
AT
-
First release: September 9th, 2011
feat. Inga Humpe
Cello (Unplugged)
MTV Unplugged - Live from the Hotel Atlantic
DE4th
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)DE
AT52 (2 weeks)
AT
CH53 (1 week)
CH
First published: November 4th, 2011
Sales: + 300,000; feat. Clueso
2012 Reeperbahn 2011 (What It's Like) (Unplugged)
MTV Unplugged - Live from the Hotel Atlantic
DE37 (9 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: February 24, 2012
feat. Jan Delay
Take your life and don't let it go.
With Udo Lindenberg on tour - Germany in March 2012
DE45 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: October 19, 2012
2016 Through the hard times,
stronger than time
DE26 (13 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: February 26, 2016
2018 We move to peace (MTV Unplugged)
MTV Unplugged 2: Live from the Atlantic (two-master edition)
DE77 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: November 16, 2018
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2016 Stronger than time
Stronger than time
DE90 (1 week)
DE
- -
Chart entry: May 6, 2016

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1985 Naked in the wind DE3 (10 weeks)
DE
AT18 (10 weeks)
AT
CH21 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: January 21, 1985
with Band für Afrika
2002 Dear God DE6 (15 weeks)
DE
AT16 (14 weeks)
AT
CH48 (8 weeks)
CH
First published: September 2nd, 2002
Marlon + Friends
2003 Wunder gescheh'n (New Version)
20 Years - Nena feat. Nena (2003 Edition)
DE9 (9 weeks)
DE
AT26 (15 weeks)
AT
CH88 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: February 24, 2003
with Nena & Friends
2007 Mercedes dance in the ass
DE55 (6 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: May 4th 2007
Jan Delay feat. Udo Lindenberg
2014 Do They Know It's Christmas? (German version) DE1 (5 weeks)
DE
AT10 (3 weeks)
AT
CH21 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: November 21, 2014
with Band Aid 30 Germany

more publishments

  • 1972: Good Life City
  • 1972: summer love
  • 1973: Rock'n'Roll band
  • 1974: Candy Jane
  • 1974: I'm set for love from head to toe
  • 1975: Votan Wahnwitz
  • 1976: Bodo Ballermann
  • 1976: I often dream of stealing a sailing boat
  • 1977: Riki Masorati
  • 1978: Hello, my name is Schmidt
  • 1980: Baby When I'm Down (with Leata Galloway )
  • 1980: The stokers arrive
  • 1982: With us in Spain
  • 1983: You pop into my life
  • 1984: Russians
  • 1984: nuns
  • 1984: Germans
  • 1985: Moscow
  • 1985: Green Wall (with Hans Hartz , Heinz-Rudolf Kunze , Hendrik Schaper & Rolf Zuckowski )
  • 1986: I think it's good (Ede Ödelmann)
  • 1987: All right on the Andrea Doria
  • 1988: A come and go
  • 1988: The piano teacher
  • 1989: 16 years
  • 1989: Reeperbahn
  • 1990: Madonna
  • 1991: Renate von Stich
  • 1991: Where I hang my hat ...
  • 1992: Not just mon amour
  • 1993: The blue planet
  • 1993: Romeo & Juliaaah ( feat.Nina Hagen )
  • 1993: Let the Sunshine In (with Nina Hagen , Ron Williams & Uwe Ochsenknecht )
  • 1994: Fists of Steel (Dedicated to Henry Maske)
  • 1995: I'm a single
  • 1995: I want to re-rent the space in my heart
  • 1996: Nana M.
  • 1996: ass face
  • 1996: I swear
  • 1997: You and I - And then nothing at all for a long time (with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg )
  • 1998: King of Scheissegalien
  • 1999: Welcome to Berlin
  • 2000: Against the current, against the wind
  • 2001: Pimmelkopp!
  • 2002: I Swear (feat. Die Kurz Hosen )
  • 2003: Special train to Pankow 2003 (panic president)
  • 2004: Back then in the GDR
  • 2008: my thing
  • 2008: Chubby Checker
  • 2008: As strong as two
  • 2010: Behind'm Horizont (feat. Josephin Busch )
  • 2016: Plan B
  • 2020: never doubted it

Further guest contributions

  • 1977: Hello Uri Uno ( Jürgen Drews & Udo Lindenberg)
  • 1985: The last have to be the first / Reprise: We're going to South America ( Hans Hartz & Udo Lindenberg)
  • 1999: Nebelschwadenbilder ( Freundeskreis feat. Udo Lindenberg)
  • 2002: Loneliness ( Till Brönner & Udo Lindenberg)
  • 2002: Now you're gone ( Nena & Udo Lindenberg)
  • 2008: Big Family (with Various Artists)
  • 2008: When you sag ( Rhythms del Mundo feat. Udo Lindenberg)
  • 2009: Once around the world ( Karel Gott with Udo Lindenberg)
  • 2015: Nessaja ( Peter Maffay feat. Udo Lindenberg)
  • 2016: With Peppermint I'm Your Prince (MTV Unplugged) ( Westernhagen feat. Udo Lindenberg)

Video albums and music videos

Video 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
2008 Strong as two - platinum edition DE2DE - -
First published: September 26, 2008
Strong as two - live DE2
platinum
platinum
DE
- -
First published: December 5th, 2008
Sales: + 50,000
2011 MTV Unplugged - Live from the Hotel Atlantic DE3
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum
DE
AT2 (1 week)
AT
CH2 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: October 14, 2011
Sales: + 200,000
2013 I do my thing - the show DE3
platinum
platinum
DE
- CH4 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: March 29, 2013
Sales: + 50,000
2016 Stronger than time - live DE2
gold
gold
DE
AT10 (1 week)
AT
CH4 (4 weeks)
CH
First published: December 2nd, 2016
Sales: + 25,000
2018 MTV Unplugged 2: Live from the Atlantic (two-master edition) DE2DE AT1 (4 weeks)
AT
CH1 (14 weeks)
CH
First published: December 14, 2018

More video albums

  • 2001: The 1st version
  • 2003: Stars That Never Set
  • 2004: Panikoptikum (Sound & Vision)
  • 2005: 30 years of panic orchestra (live)
  • 2012: On tour with Udo Lindenberg - Germany in March 2012 (sales: + 25,000; DE:goldgold)

Music videos

year title Director (s)
2002 I swear Nikolaus Baikousis
Dear God
2003 Miracles happened (new version) Oliver Sommer
2005 Hello Angie, I think Merkel
2007 In the ass Joern Heitmann
2008 When you're sagging Markus Gerwinat
Completely different Markus Gerwinat
What has time done to us? Matthias Freier
Chubby checker Markus Gerwinat
My thing Bjorn Magsig
Strong as two Markus Gerwinat
2010 Beyond the horizon Peter Pippig
2016 Through the hard times Kim Frank
When you go Nico Koenen, Patrick Wulf
Plan B
2020 Never doubted it

Compositions / productions

Lindenberg in the charts as author and producer

year Title
artist
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1995 (You must be a) pig
The princes
DE8th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)DE
AT13 (12 weeks)
AT
CH26 (10 weeks)
CH
First published: April 24, 1995
Sales: + 250,000
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2012 Cello
Daniele Negroni
- AT75 (1 week)
AT
-
Chart entry: June 8, 2012

Audio books

  • 2005: Panic President

Box sets

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
2011 Original album series DE78 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: March 25, 2011
2017 Original album Classics DE87 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: March 17, 2017
2018 The Legacy of the Nightingale 1983–1998 DE51 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: December 7, 2018

More box sets

  • 1990: the story
  • 1998: The Collection
  • 1999: 30 years of Lindenberg
  • 2000: The best with and without a hat
  • 2000: Ultimate Hits - Best of Udo Lindenberg
  • 2000: The 1st Legacy
  • 2005: The 1971–1982 collection
  • 2012: Original Album Series Vol. 2
  • 2012: The Triple Album Collection
  • 2013: Original Album Series Vol. 3

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of Udo Lindenberg's chart successes in the album and single charts.

Album charts

Studio albums

DE DE AT AT CH CH
Number one albums DE4thDE AT-AT CH-CH
Top 10 albums DE14thDE AT5AT CH4thCH
Albums in the charts DE52DE AT6thAT CH8thCH

Video albums

AT AT CH CH
Number one albums AT1AT CH1CH
Top 10 albums AT3AT CH4thCH
Albums in the charts AT3AT CH4thCH

Single charts

Interpretations

DE DE AT AT CH CH
Number one singles DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH
Top 10 singles DE7thDE AT3AT CH-CH
Singles in the charts DE27DE AT9AT CH6thCH

Author participations and productions

DE DE AT AT CH CH
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH
Top 10 singles DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH
Singles in the charts DE1DE AT2AT CH1CH

Awards for music sales

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

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg 11 × gold11 Platinum record icon.svg 17 × platinum17th 4,450,000 musikindustrie.de
All in all Gold record icon.svg 11 × gold11 Platinum record icon.svg 17 × platinum17th

Footnotes

1Lindenberg's publications in collaboration with the Panik Orchestra .
2 For sales and chart positions of this sound carrier see the corresponding studio album.
3 For chart positions of this sound carrier see after the album version.
4th For sales and chart positions of this sound carrier see the corresponding video album.

swell

  1. Sales of All clear on the Andrea Doria
  2. Ralf Hoppe: Aufmarsch der Der Spiegel 7/2004, accessed on May 11, 2012
  3. Udo Lindenberg at www.udo-lindenberg.de
  4. Horizon at www.udo-lindenberg.de
  5. a b c d e f g h i j k music video directors at crew-united.com (search required)
  6. Director of When You Go

Web links

  • Songbook - List of all titles / songs on the official website of Udo Lindenberg
  • Chart sources: DE AT CH