Björk discography

Björk discography
Björk discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 7
↙Compilation albums 5
↙Singles 34
↙B-sides 32
↙Video albums 11
↙Music videos 34
↙Soundtracks 2

The Icelandic singer Björk appeared for the first time in 1976 on Radio One, an Icelandic radio station, singing "I Love to Love" and achieved a deal with a record company through which she released in 1977 her first solo album entitled Björk.

Afterwards, she formed several bands including Tappi Tíkarrass, KUKL and The Sugarcubes, the latter being the most successful. After the Sugarcubes disbanded in 1992, Björk proceeded with her solo career and in 1993 released an album called Debut. Since her debut album, she has been signed to One Little Indian Records in the United Kingdom and Polydor Records and Universal Records in Europe and other territories. In North America she was signed with Elektra Records and Atlantic Records until 2007, and is now under another Warner Music Group division, Nonesuch Records, distributed by Warner Bros. Records.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]		 US
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 FRA
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 JPN
[6]		 SWE
[7]		 NOR
[7]		 GER
1993 Debut 3 61 10 16 40 65 2 9 24
1995 Post
  • Release date: 13 June 1995
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 2 32 2 6 4 26 2 4 6
1997 Homogenic
  • Release date: 23 September 1997
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 4 28 6 2 20 16 5 3 10
2001 Vespertine
  • Release date: 27 August 2001
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD, digital download
 8 19 9 1 2 6 7 1 3
2004 Medúlla
  • Release date: 30 August 2004
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra, Atlantic (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD, digital download
 9 14 17 1 6 10 7 3 5
2007 Volta
  • Release date: 2 May 2007
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra, Atlantic (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CD/DVD, digital download
 7 9 20 3 6 12 11 1 9
2011 Biophilia
  • Release date: 10 October 2011
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Nonesuch, Warner Bros. (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, app
 21 27 31 4 27 18 14 17 14

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]		 US
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 FRA
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 JPN
[6]		 SWE
[7]		 NOR
[7]		 GER
2002 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 4 November 2002
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download
 54 115 84 — — 20 52 — 71

Other albums

Year Album Chart peak positions
UK
[1][18]		 US
[2]		 AUS
[19]		 FRA
[4]
1977 Björk — — — —

Gling-Gló 1990

Soundtracks

Year Album Chart peak positions
UK
[1][18]		 US
[2]		 AUS
[19]		 FRA
[4]		 GER
2000 Selmasongs
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
 34 41 54 4 22
2005 Drawing Restraint 9
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra, Atlantic (NA)
 141 — — 67 —

Remix albums

Year Album Chart peak positions
UK
[1][18]		 US
[2]		 AUS
[19]		 FRA
[4]
1994 The Best Mixes from the Album Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White Labels — — — —
1996 Telegram 59 66 — —
2005 Army of Me: Remixes and Covers — — — —

Box sets

Year Album Chart peak positions
UK
[1][18]		 US
[2]		 AUS
[19]		 FRA
[4]
2002 Family Tree
  • Box set released concurrently with Greatest Hits
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
 165 — — 100
2003 Live Box
  • Box set of live material includes Debut Live, Post Live, Homogenic Live and Vespertine Live which were all released later as individual live albums
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Elektra (NA)
 — — — 99
2006 (____surrounded):
  • Box set including all her albums in 5.1 sound
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Rhino (NA)
 — — — —
2009 Voltaïc
  • Box set of Volta-related material
  • Label: One Little Indian, Polydor (Europe), Nonesuch, Warner Bros. (NA)
 — 118 — —

Other releases

  • 2003 – Debut Live (live recorded version of the album, originally included in Live Box box set – One Little Indian, Polydor)
  • 2003 – Post Live (live recorded version of the album, originally included in Live Box box set – One Little Indian, Polydor)
  • 2003 – Homogenic Live (live recorded version of the album, originally included in Live Box box set – One Little Indian, Polydor)
  • 2003 – Vespertine Live (live recorded version of the album, originally included in Live Box box set – One Little Indian, Polydor)
  • 2003 – Master Collection (box set released in South America containing Vespertine and Selmasongs – Universal Colombia)
  • 2009 – Debut + Post (European box set containing both albums – Polydor Records)
  • 2009 – 3CD Originaux (French box set including Debut, Post and Homogenic – Universal Music France)
  • 2009 – Best of Björk (Ukranian greatest hits compilation with unique tracklisting – Universal Music Lebanon)

Extended plays

Year Album Peak chart positions Additional information
UK[18] US AUS FRA
1998 Jóga 191 — — — 11 tracks EP
2007 Earth Intruders Club Mixes — — — — Digital EP
Innocence — — — — Digital EP
2008 Declare Independence — — — — Digital EP
Wanderlust — — — — Digital EP
The Dull Flame of Desire — — — — Digital EP
2010 Mount Wittenberg Orca — — — — with The Dirty Projectors

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][18]		 US
[20][21]		 US
Alt
[22]		 US Dance
[23]		 AUS
[24]		 FRA
[25]		 ITA IRE EUR
1991 "Ooops" (with 808 State) 42 — — — — — — 24 — Ex:el (808 State album)
1993 "Human Behaviour" 36 109 2 2 63 — — — — Debut
"Venus as a Boy" 29 — — — 92 — — — —
"Play Dead" (with David Arnold) 12 — — — 65 — — 16 —
"Big Time Sensuality" 17 88 5 1 62 — — — —
1994 "Violently Happy" 13 — — 4 94 31 — — —
1995 "Army of Me" 10 108 21 — 35 22 — — — Post
"Isobel" 23 — — — 67 — — — —
"It's Oh So Quiet" 4 109 — — 6 98 — 7 —
1996 "Hyperballad" 8 — — 1 31 — — — —
"Possibly Maybe" 13 — — — — — — — —
1997 "I Miss You" 36 — — 1 — — — 29 —
"Jóga" — — — — 70 — 34 — — Homogenic
"Bachelorette" 21 — — — 95 17 23 — —
1998 "Hunter" 44 — — — — 55 — 13 —
"Alarm Call" 33 — — — — — — 36 —
1999 "All Is Full of Love" 24 — — — — — — 4 —
2001 "Hidden Place" 21 — — — 54 20 24 — — Vespertine
"Pagan Poetry" 38 — — — — 49 20 — —
2002 "Cocoon" 35 — — — 74 61 — — —
"It's in Our Hands" 37 — — — — 97 — — 98 Greatest Hits
2004 "Oceania" — 120 — — — — — 5 — Medúlla
"Who Is It" 26 — — — — 62 — 19 65
2005 "Triumph of a Heart" 31 — — — — 63 — — 90
2007 "Earth Intruders" 78 84 — — — 64 — 8 — Volta
"Innocence" — — — — — — 9 31 50
2008 "Declare Independence" — — — — — 68 19 31 104
"Wanderlust" — — — — — 67 18 — —
"The Dull Flame of Desire"
(with Antony Hegarty)		 — — — — — 72 29 — —
"Náttúra" 102 — — — — — — — 292 Biophilia (Digipak edition)
2010 "The Comet Song" — — — — — — — — — Moomins and the Comet Chase
2011 "Crystalline / Cosmogony" — — — — — — — — — Biophilia
"Virus" — — — — — — — — —
"Moon" — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles information

  • The first two singles off Volta, "Earth Intruders" and "Innocence", were first released in digital format then in physical format.[26] In January 2008, "Earth Intruders" was released as a special package CD, DVD and two 12" vinyls.[27]
  • Björk has had three top 10 singles and seven top 20 singles in the UK. She also has 20 singles that have charted within the top 40, aside from "Hunter", which was released as a limited edition (instant deletion single) from the Homogenic album and "Earth Intruders" which charted due to downloads.[28]
  • The first single from Homogenic, "Jóga", had a limited release of 3000 copies, meaning that it did not chart.[citation needed]
  • "Play Dead" was not included on the initial release of Debut. After the release of the single, Debut was re-issued with the song as a bonus 12th track in the UK and Europe.
  • "It's Not Up to You" was also scheduled to be the fourth single from Vespertine, however the imminent arrival of her daughter, Isadora, resulted in the single being shelved, though pre-production of a promo video was made, and rumours have it that remixes were made.
  • Björk has 5 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play top tens, and three number-ones: "Big Time Sensuality", "Hyperballad" and "I Miss You".[29]
  • She has had two charting singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart. "Hidden Place" at #49 in 2001 and "The Dull Flame of Desire" at #3 in 2008.

Video albums

Music videos

Year Song Director Album
1993 "Human Behaviour" Michel Gondry Debut
"Venus as a Boy" Sophie Muller
"Play Dead" Danny Cannon
"Big Time Sensuality" Stéphane Sednaoui
1994 "Violently Happy" Jean-Baptiste Mondino
1995 "Army of Me" Michel Gondry Post
"Isobel"
"It's Oh So Quiet" Spike Jonze
1996 "Hyperballad" Michel Gondry
"Possibly Maybe" Stéphane Sednaoui
1997 "I Miss You" John Kricfalusi
"Jóga" Michel Gondry Homogenic
"Bachelorette"
1998 "Hunter" Paul White
"Alarm Call" Alexander McQueen
1999 "All Is Full of Love" Chris Cunningham
2004 "Unravel" Lynn Fox
"Pluto"
2001 "Hidden Place" M/M (Paris),
Inez van Lamsweerde and
Vinoodh Matadin		 Vespertine
"Pagan Poetry" Nick Knight
2002 "Cocoon" Eiko Ishioka
"Nature Is Ancient" Lynn Fox Family Tree
"It's in Our Hands" Spike Jonze Greatest Hits
"It's in Our Hands (Soft Pink Truth Mix)" Lynn Fox
2004 "Nameless" Drawing Restraint 9
"Oceania" Medúlla
"Who Is It" Dawn Shadforth
2005 "Triumph of a Heart" Spike Jonze
"Where Is the Line" Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
"Desired Constellation" Lynn Fox
2007 "Earth Intruders" Michel Ocelot Volta
"Innocence" Fred & Annabelle
"Declare Independence" Michel Gondry
2008 "Wanderlust" Encyclopedia Pictura
"The Dull Flame of Desire" Christoph Jantos,
Masahiro Mogari and
Marçal Cuberta Junca
2010 "The Comet Song" Maria Lindberg "Moomins and the Comet Chase" OST
2011 "Crystalline" Michel Gondry Biophilia
"Moon" Björk, Inez and Vinoodh
m/m Paris and
James Merry
"Thunderbolt" Thirtytwo

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  29. ^ Billboard Music Charts - Latest Music News - Music Videos[dead link]

External links

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Soundtracks
Selmasongs · Drawing Restraint 9
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Telegram · Greatest Hits · Family Tree · Army of Me: Remixes and Covers · Surrounded
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