Within Temptation / discography

Within Temptation  - discography
Within Temptation (2007)
Publications
Studio albums	8th
Live albums	3
Compilations	7th
EPs	1
Singles	30th
Video albums	11

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Dutch symphonic metal - band Within Temptation . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 1.2 million records to date, over 245,000 of them in her home country alone. Within Temptation's most successful release is the third studio album The Silent Force with over 650,000 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	NL
1997	Enter	-	-	-	-	-	NL32 (20 weeks) NL	First published: April 28, 1997
2000	Mother earth	DE7th gold (41 weeks)DE	AT30 (6 weeks) AT	CH70 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	NL3 platinum (57 weeks)NL	First published: December 2, 2000 Sales: + 255,000
2004	The Silent Force	DE5 (32 weeks) DE	AT12 (15 weeks) AT	CH22 (8 weeks) CH	-	-	NL1 platinum (56 weeks)NL	First published: November 15, 2004 Sales: +650,000
2007	The Heart of Everything	DE5 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT12 (10 weeks) AT	CH8 (11 weeks) CH	UK38 silver (2 weeks)UK	US106 (3 weeks) US	NL1 gold (52 weeks)NL	First published: March 9, 2007 Sales: + 220,000
2011	The Unforgiving	DE7 (18 weeks) DE	AT7 (6 weeks) AT	CH9 (12 weeks) CH	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	US50 (2 weeks) US	NL2 (33 weeks) NL	First published: March 25, 2011 Sales: + 10,000
2014	Hydra	DE4 (13 weeks) DE	AT5 (8 weeks) AT	CH2 (13 weeks) CH	UK6 (3 weeks) UK	US16 (2 weeks) US	NL1 (21 weeks) NL	First published: January 31, 2014
2019	Resist	DE1 (9 weeks) DE	AT4 (4 weeks) AT	CH2 (7 weeks) CH	UK15 (1 week) UK	US129 (1 week) US	NL2 (5 weeks) NL	First published: February 1, 2019

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	NL
2008	Black Symphony together with the Metropole Orkest	DE17 (10 weeks) DE	AT36 (6 weeks) AT	CH25 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	NL3 gold (34 weeks)NL	First published: September 19, 2008 Sales: + 30,000
2009	An Acoustic Night at the Theater	DE46 (1 week) DE	AT38 (2 weeks) AT	CH35 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	NL4 (11 weeks) NL	First published: October 30, 2009
2014	Let Us Burn - Elements & Hydra Live in Concert	DE26 (1 week) DE	AT75 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	NL5 (14 weeks) NL	First published: November 14, 2014

Compilations

• 1998: The Dance
• 2001: Mother Earth
• 2003: Ice Queen
• 2007: The Howling
• 2007: Silent Force / Mother Earth
• 2008: Destroyed
• 2013: Paradise (What About Us?)

Cover albums

• 2013: The Q-Music Sessions

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	NL
2003	Running Up That Hill	DE13 (9 weeks) DE	AT37 (7 weeks) AT	CH83 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	NL13 (6 weeks) NL	First published: May 3, 2003

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	NL
2001	Ice Queen Mother Earth	DE21 (21 weeks) DE	AT53 (6 weeks) AT	-	-	-	NL4 (16 weeks) NL	First published: June 9, 2001 Sales: + 25,000
2002	Mother Earth Mother Earth	DE14 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH81 (1 week) CH	-	-	NL25 (10 weeks) NL	First published: April 27, 2002
2004	Stand My Ground The Silent Force	DE13 (12 weeks) DE	AT25 (11 weeks) AT	CH67 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	NL4 (9 weeks) NL	First published: October 25, 2004
2005	Memories The Silent Force	DE17 (9 weeks) DE	AT44 (14 weeks) AT	CH45 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	NL11 (7 weeks) NL	First published: January 17, 2005
	Angels The Silent Force	DE25 (9 weeks) DE	AT50 (5 weeks) AT	-	-	-	NL11 (8 weeks) NL	First published: May 28, 2005
2007	What Have You Done The Heart of Everything	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT49 (4 weeks) AT	CH36 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	NL7 (10 weeks) NL	First published: February 16, 2007 with Keith Caputo
	Frozen The Heart of Everything	DE64 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	NL28 (4 weeks) NL	First published: June 22, 2007
	All I Need The Heart of Everything	DE78 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	NL15 (8 weeks) NL	First published: November 9, 2007
2008	Forgiven The Heart of Everything	DE87 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	NL9 (7 weeks) NL	First published: September 6, 2008
2009	Utopia An Acoustic Night at the Theater	-	-	CH88 (1 week) CH	-	-	-	First published: October 24, 2009 with Chris Jones
2011	Faster The Unforgiving	DE48 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	NL19 (6 weeks) NL	First published: January 24, 2011
	Sinéad The Unforgiving	DE64 (2 weeks) DE	AT37 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	-	First published: July 15, 2011
2013	Paradise (What About Us?) Hydra	DE81 (1 week) DE	-	CH64 (1 week) CH	-	-	-	First published: September 27, 2013 feat. Tarja

More singles

• 1997: Restless
• 2001: Our Farewell
• 2007: The Howling
• 2008: What Have You Done (live)
• 2011: Shot in the Dark
• 2012: Crazy (Original by Gnarls Barkley )
• 2012: Grenade (Original by Bruno Mars )
• 2013: Dangerous (feat. Howard Jones )
• 2014: Whole World Is Watching ( feat.Dave Pirner )
• 2014: And We Run ( feat.Xzibit )
• 2018: The Reckoning ( feat.Jacoby Shaddix )
• 2018: Raise Your Banner
• 2018: Firelight
• 2019: In Vain
• 2019: Supernova
• 2019: Mad World
• 2020: Entertain You

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	NL
2005	As ever, you can do	-	-	-	-	-	NL1 (12 weeks) NL	First published: January 1st, 2005 with Artiesten voor Azië
	Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US	NL1NL
	Top 10 singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US	NL5NL
	Singles in the charts	DE12DE	AT6thAT	CH6thCH	UK-UK	US1US	NL14thNL

Video albums

• 2002: Mother Earth Tour (Sales: + 30,000; NL:gold)
• 2003: Mother Earth (single DVD)
• 2004: Running Up That Hill (single DVD)
• 2004: Stand My Ground (single DVD)
• 2005: Angels
• 2005: The Silent Force Tour
• 2005: Memories (single DVD)
• 2007: The Heart of Everything
• 2008: Black Symphony
• 2011: The Unforgiving
• 2014: Let Us Burn

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2002: for the album Mother Earth 2002: for the single Ice Queen 2005: for the album The Silent Force 2007: for the album The Heart of Everything  Finland 2005: for the album The Silent Force  Poland 2011: for the album The Unforgiving

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)
Belgium (BEA)	-	4 × gold4th	-	100,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	255,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	18,824	ifpi.fi
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	245,000	nvpi.nl
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	60,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	11 × gold11	2 × platinum2

swell

1. ^ Sales of The Silent Force

Web links

• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US NL albums NL singles