Courtney Love discography

Courtney Love on stage

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Courtney Love, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Hole. Love has released one solo studio album and two singles.

Love's musical career started with a brief position as singer in Faith No More.^[1] Love also founded the all-female group Babes in Toyland with Kat Bjelland, though she was kicked out of the band.^[2] Love formed Hole in 1989, and the band released their debut album Pretty on the Inside in 1991. Love married Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in 1992, and the same year their child Frances Bean Cobain was born. The band's next album, Live Through This, was released in 1994 a week after Cobain's death. Live Through This became the band's best-selling album, topped the annual Village Voice Pazz & Jop critic's poll^[3] and was listed by Time in a 100 best albums list.^[4] Hole's next album, Celebrity Skin, had lower U.S. sales than Live Through This.^[2] Love formed the band Bastard with Hole drummer Patty Schemel in 2001, though the group quickly dissolved.^[2] Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson disbanded Hole in 2002 amidst a lawsuit from Universal Music Group against the band for breach of contract.^[5] Love released her first solo album, America's Sweetheart, in 2004 to underwhelming sales.^[6]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US [7]	AUS [8]	AUT [9]	FRA [10]	GER [11]	NZ [12]	SWE [13]	UK [14]
America's Sweetheart	Release date: February 10, 2004 Label: Virgin Records Formats: CD, music download	53	40	62	85	49	26	13	56

Singles

Single	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Alt [15]	UK [14]
"Mono"	2004	18	41	America's Sweetheart
"Hold On to Me"		39	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Album appearances

Song	Year	Album
"I Stalked Him"	2004	Mayor of the Sunset Strip[16]
"Love, Love, Love"	2005	Adam & Steve[17]

Videography

Music videos

Song	Year	Director
"Mono"	2004	Chris Milk

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Sid and Nancy	Gretchen
1987	Straight to Hell	Velma
1988	Tapeheads	Norman's spanker	Uncredited
1996	Basquiat	Big Pink
	Feeling Minnesota	Rhonda the Waitress
	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Althea Leasure Flynt	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1999	200 Cigarettes	Lucy
	Man on the Moon	Lynne Margulies
2000	Beat	Joan Vollmer Burroughs
2001	Julie Johnson	Claire	L.A. Outfest Award for Best Actress
2002	Trapped	Cheryl
2005	Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula	Caligula	Short film

As herself

• 1987 Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes - "C'est la vie" segment
• 1992 1991: The Year Punk Broke
• 1995 Not Bad for a Girl
• 1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
• 1998 Kurt & Courtney
• 1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl - Narrator (documentary)
• 2000 Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope
• 2001 Last Party 2000
• 2001 Crossover
• 2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip
• 2004 (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale
• 2006 The Return of Courtney Love
• 2010 Alan Carr Chatty Man - Channel 4 interview

See also

• Hole discography

References

1. ^ "Faith No More biography". FNM.com. Retrieved on 4 November 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Sutton, Michael and Torreano, Bradley. "Courtney Love > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved on 4 November 2007.
3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Hegemony Sez Who?". Village Voice, 28 February 2007. Retrieved on 4 November 2007.
4. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh. "The All-TIME 100 Albums: Live Through This by Hole". Time, 13 November 2006. Retrieved on 4 November 2007.
5. ^ Saraceno, Christina. "Hole Call It Quits". Rolling Stone, 24 May 2002. Retrieved on 5 November 2007.
6. ^ Friedman, Roger. "Courtney Love: Did Virgin Records Use Her?". Fox News, 20 May 2004. Retrieved on 5 November 2007.
7. ^ "Courtney Love Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/courtney-love/chart-history/151652. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
8. ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Courtney+Love&cat=a. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
9. ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40". Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Courtney+Love&cat=a. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
10. ^ "lescharts.com - French charts portal". Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Courtney+Love&cat=a. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
11. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts - German Albums". Hung Medien. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Love%2CCourtney/longplay. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
12. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=Courtney+Love. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
13. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal". Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Courtney+Love. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
14. ^ ^{a b} "Chart Stats - Courtney Love". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=10477. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
15. ^ "Courtney Love Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/courtney-love/chart-history/151652?f=377&g=Singles. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
16. ^ Campbell, Al. "Mayor of the Sunset Strip". Allmusic. Retrieved on 6 November 2007.
17. ^ Prato, Greg. "Bottum, Courtney Love Go To The Movies". Billboard, 16 March 2005. Retrieved on 5 November 2007.

External links

• Courtney Love discography at Discogs
• Courtney Love at Allmusic