Pointer Sisters discography

This is a listing of all the singles and albums released by legendary family girl group the Pointer Sisters. The Pointers made fifteen trips to Billboard's top forty singles chart with a total of twenty-seven singles registered altogether on the Billboard Hot 100, and thirty registered on Billboard's Hot Soul/Black/R&B Singles Chart. Seven of those singles reached the top ten singles chart on the Hot 100 and five of those hit the top five.

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Atlantic Records

*1971: "Don't Try to Take the Fifth"
*1972: "Destination No More Heartaches"

Blue Thumb Records

These are a list of songs the Pointers released during their tenure with Blue Thumb Records. Blue Thumb was purchased by ABC Records in 1974 so hits from Fairytale onwards were released on ABC/Blue Thumb.

*⁷ Sexual Power was released as the b-side of Goldmine and charted on the US Dance chart with the a-side.

Motown Records

These are a list of the songs the Pointers released while under the Motown label in 1990/91.

Other singles

These are songs the Pointers released on various other labels.
*1987: "Be There (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")" (MCA) (#42 US; #78 UK)
*1988: "Power Of Persuasion (From "Caddyshack II")" (Columbia)
*1993: "Don't Walk Away" (SBK)
*2005: "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (Sony) (w/Natalia) (#2 Belgium)
*2005: "Christmas In New York" (YMC) (#21 US Adult Contemporary)

Albums

Blue Thumb releases

*1973: "The Pointer Sisters" (#13 Pop/#3 R&B) (Gold)
*1974: "That's a Plenty" (#82 Pop/#33 R&B) (Gold)

ABC/Blue Thumb releases

*1975: "Live at the Opera House" (#96 Pop/#29 R&B)
*1975: "Steppin'" (#22 Pop/#3 R&B)
*1977: "Having a Party" (#176 Pop/#51 R&B)

Planet releases

*1978: "Energy" (#13 Pop/#9 R&B) (Gold)
*1979: "Priority" (#72 Pop/#44 R&B)
*1980: "Special Things" (#34 Pop/#19 R&B) (Gold)
*1981: "Black & White" (#12 Pop/#9 R&B/#21 UK) (Gold)
*1982: "So Excited!" (#59 Pop/#24 R&B/#23 Sweden)
*1983: "Break Out" (#8 Pop/#6 R&B/#9 UK/#27 Sweden) (3X Platinum)

RCA releases

*1985: "Contact" (#24 Pop/#11 R&B/#34 UK/#49 Germany/#19 Switzerland/#6 Sweden) (Platinum)
*1986: "Hot Together" (#48 Pop/#39 R&B/#20 Sweden)
*1988: "Serious Slammin'" (#152 Pop/#30 Sweden)

Other releases

*1990: "Right Rhythm" (Motown)
*1993: "Only Sisters Can Do That" (SBK)
*2004: "The Collection" [Live CD/DVD] (Madacy)
*2005: "Natalia Meets The Pointer Sisters" [Live CD/DVD]

Compilations

*1976: "The Best of the Pointer Sisters" (#164 Pop/#33 R&B)
*1982: "Pointer Sisters' Greatest Hits" (#178 Pop)
*1989: "Jump: The Best of the Pointer Sisters" (#11 UK)
*1996: "Fire: The Very Best of the Pointer Sisters"
*1996: "Best of the Pointer Sisters" (#16 Austria)
*1997: "Yes We Can Can: The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings"
*2004: Platinum & Gold Collection/The Hits"
*2004: "20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best of the Pointer Sisters"