Rick Astley discography

This article presents the discography of the pop singer Rick Astley.

Rick Astley discography
Astley performing in Santiago de Chile in 2009.
Astley performing in Santiago de Chile in 2009.
Releases
Studio albums 8
Compilation albums 12
Singles 27

Albums

Studio albums

Year Information Chart positions Sales and certifications[1] [2] [3]
UK U.S.[4] FR SWI[5] AUT[6] SWE[7] CAN NO[8] AUS GRE
1987 Whenever You Need Somebody
1
10
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2
3
2
2
4
1
-
Canada : 4 x Platinum (400,000)
US : 2 x Platinum (2 million)
France : 2 x Gold
1988 Hold Me in Your Arms
8
19
-
11
30
7
3
-
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-
Canada : 2 x Platinum
US : Gold
1991 Free
9
31
-
26
24
16
17
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-
-
1993 Body & Soul
  • 4th studio album
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD, cassette
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185
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2002 Keep It Turned On
  • 5th studio album
  • Released: 2002
  • Format: CD
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2005 Portrait
  • 6th studio album
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD
26
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Compilation albums

Year Information Chart positions Sales and certifications
UK[9] U.S. FR SWI AUS SWE CAN NO NED DEN
1990 Dance Mixes
  • Remixes
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: CD
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2001 Together Forever - Greatest Hits and More...
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: 2001
  • Format: CD
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2002 Greatest Hits
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: December 2002
  • Format: CD
16
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5
2003 Greatest Hits
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: August 6 2003
  • Format: CD
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2003 The Best of Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: 2003
  • Format: CD
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2004 Love Songs
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: 2004
  • Format: CD
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2004 Platinum & Gold Collection - Rick Astley
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: 2004
  • Format: CD
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Singles

Year Song UK[10] US Hot 100[11] US Dance[11] US AC[11] CAN SWIT[12] AUSTRI[13] FR[14] SWE[15] NOR[16] AUSTRA[17] IR[18] GER[19] SP NZ IT Album
1987 "Never Gonna Give You Up" 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 Whenever You Need Somebody
"Whenever You Need Somebody" 3 - - - - 1 4 11 1 2 - 3 1 1 - 3
"When I Fall in Love"/"My Arms Keep Missing You" 2 - - - - 14 21 - 12 - - 2 7 / 6 - - 9
1988 "Together Forever" 2 1 1 2 2 14 10 18 - - - 1 5 - - 6
"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" - 10 8 1 2 - - - - - - 4 - - - -
"She Wants to Dance with Me" 6 6 13 5 1 12 - - 12 - 35 - 10 - - 9 Hold Me in Your Arms
"Take Me to Your Heart" 8 - - - - 16 - 18 10 - 41 5 10 - - 6
1989 "Hold Me in Your Arms" 10 - - - - - - - - - - 7 32 - - -
"Giving Up on Love" - 38 - 11 29 - - 46 - - - - - - - -
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - 89 - 16 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1991 "Cry for Help" 7 7 - 1 3 - 22 - 17 - 13 9 14 - - 13 Free
"Move Right Out" 58 81 - 29 - - - - - - - - 52 - - 32
"Never Knew Love" 70 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1993 "The Ones You Love" 48 - - 19 - - - - - - - - 54 - - - Body & Soul
"Hopelessly" 33 28 - 4 23 - - - - - - - - - - -
2001 "Sleeping" - - - 17 - 69 - - - - - - 60 - - - Keep It Turned On
2010 "Lights Out" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TBC

Other songs

  • "A Dream for Us"
  • "Be With You"
  • "Behind The Smile"
  • "Body & Soul"
  • "Breathe"
  • "Dial My Number"
  • "Don't Ask"
  • "Don't Say Goodbye"
  • "Enough Love"
  • "Everytime"
  • "Full of You"
  • "I Don't Wanna Lose Her"
  • "I Don't Want to Be Your Lover"
  • "I'll Be Fine"
  • "I'll Never Let You Down"
  • "I'll Never Set You Free"
  • "In The Name of Love"
  • "Is This Really Love"
  • "Just Good Friends"
  • "Keep It Turned on"
  • "Learning to Live"
  • "Let's Go out Tonight"
  • "Modern Girl"
  • "Miracle"

  • "Natures Gift"
  • "Never Knew Love"
  • "No More Looking for Love"
  • "One Night Stand"
  • "Really Got a Problem"
  • "Remember The Days"
  • "Romeo Loves Juliet"
  • "Slipping Away"
  • "So Glad"
  • "Some Kinda Love"
  • "Stop Breaking Your Heart"
  • "The Bottom Line"
  • "The Love Has Gone"
  • "The Once You Love"
  • "This Must Be Heaven"
  • "Till Then (Time Stands Still)"
  • "Vincent"
  • "Waiting For the Bell to Ring"
  • "Wanna Believe You"
  • "What You See Is What You Don't Get"
  • "When You Gonna" (with Lisa Carter)
  • "When You Love Someone"
  • "Wonderful You"
  • "You Move Me"

References

  1. Canadian Recording Industry Association Cria.ca Archived 2016-01-11 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  2. RIAA Riaa.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  3. Rick Astley's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  4. Billboard Billboard.com Archived 2005-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  5. Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  6. Austrian Albums Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  7. Swedish Albums Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  8. Norwegian Albums Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  9. UK Albums Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 6, 2008)
  10. UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  12. Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  13. Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  14. French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  15. Swedish Singles Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  16. Norwegian Singles Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  17. Australian Singles Chart Australian-charts.com (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  18. Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 1, 2008)
  19. German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved March 1, 2008)