- Foreigner discography
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Foreigner discography Releases ↙Studio albums 9 ↙Live albums 2 ↙Compilation albums 13 ↙Singles 39 The discography of Foreigner, a British–American rock band, consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, thirteen compilations and thirty nine singles.
The band was formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and Ian McDonald, and American vocalist Lou Gramm. Since then, Foreigner has released nine studio albums, seven of which has reached the top 30 of the Billboard 200 chart. 4 was the band's only chart-topper in the U.S., while Agent Provocateur was their only album to achieved the same feat in the UK Albums Chart. In spite of 4 being Foreigner's only chart-topper in the U.S., their best-selling albums are Double Vision and the compilation Records, which were certified seven times Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over seven million copies. Overall, Foreigner's albums have sold more than 50 million copies worldwide, almost 40 million of them in the United States alone.
Among the 39 singles released by the band, 14 of them became top 20 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the number-one song "I Want to Know What Love Is" and the number-two "Waiting for a Girl Like You", which spent a record-setting 10 weeks at the #2 position of the chart without ever reaching the top. Four of these singles were certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over a million copies, all of them which peaked within the top 3 ("Hot Blooded", "Double Vision", "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "I Want to Know What Love Is"). In spite of its British roots, the band achieved a much more moderate success in the UK Singles Chart, with only two of their songs, "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "I Want to Know What Love Is", peaking within the top 20.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[1][2]
(sales threshold)US
[3]US Rock
[3]US R&B
[3]UK
[4][5]NZ
[6]AUT
[7]NOR
[8]GER
[9]SWI
[10]1977 Foreigner - Release date: March 8, 1977
- Label: Atlantic Records
4 — — — — — — — — 1978 Double Vision - Release date: June 20, 1978
- Label: Atlantic Records
3 — — 32 32 — — — — - US: 7× Platinum
- CAN: 2× Platinum
1979 Head Games - Release date: September 11, 1979
- Label: Atlantic Records
5 — — — 38 — — 39 — - US: 5× Platinum
1981 4 - Release date: July 2, 1981
- Label: Atlantic Records
1 — — 5 19 — 1 4 — - US: 6× Platinum
- CAN: 4× Platinum
- UK: Gold
1984 Agent Provocateur - Release date: December 7, 1984
- Label: Atlantic Records
4 — 49 1 4 10 — 1 1 - US: 3× Platinum
- UK: Platinum
1987 Inside Information - Release date: December 4, 1987
- Label: Atlantic Records
15 — — 64 — — — 7 7 - US: Platinum
- UK: Silver
1991 Unusual Heat - Release date: June 14, 1991
- Label: Atlantic Records
117 — — 56 — 30 18 — 8 1994 Mr. Moonlight - Release date: October 31, 1994
- Label: Arista Records
136 — — 59 — — — 21 17 2009 Can't Slow Down - Release date: October 2, 2009
- Label: Rhino Records
29 12 — 105 — 58 — 16 26 "—" denotes releases that did not chart Live albums
Year Title U.S. UK RIAA Certification[1] BPI Certification[2] 1993 Classic Hits Live/Best of Live - - - - 2006 Live in '05 - - - - 2010 Can't Slow Down...When It's Live! - - - - Compilation albums
Year Title U.S. UK GER AUT SWI RIAA Certification[1] BPI Certification[2] 1982 Records 10 58 22 - - 7x Platinum - 1992 The Very Best of Foreigner - 19[4] 23 34 20 - Silver 1992 The Very Best... and Beyond 123 - - - - 2x Platinum - 1998 The Best of Ballads - I Want to Know What Love Is - - 81 - - - - 1999 The Platinum Collection - - - - - - - 2000 Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology - - - - - - - 2002 Complete Greatest Hits 80 - - - - Platinum - 2002 The Definitive - 33[5] 48 - - - - 2004 Hot Blooded and Other Hits - - - - - - - 2005 The Essentials - - - - - - - 2006 Extended Versions - - - - - - - 2006 The Definitive Collection - - - - - - - 2007 The Very Best Of Toto & Foreigner (Toto / Foreigner) - - - - 84 - - 2008 No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner 132 - 46 23 64 - - Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions RIAA[11] Album US
[3]US Main
[3]US AC
[3]UK
[5]GER
[9]SWI
[10]1977 "Feels Like the First Time" 4 — — 39 — — — Foreigner "Starrider" — — — — — — — "Cold as Ice" 6 — — 24 — — — "Long, Long Way from Home" 20 — — — — — — 1978 "Hot Blooded" 3 — — 42 — — Gold Double Vision "Double Vision" 2 — — — — — Gold 1979 "Blue Morning, Blue Day" 15 — — 45 — — — "Love Has Taken Its Toll" — — — — — — — "Dirty White Boy" 12 — — — — — — Head Games "Head Games" 14 — — — — — — "Love on the Telephone" — — — — — — — 1980 "Women" 41 — — — — — — "I'll Get Even With You" — — — — — — — 1981 "Urgent" 4 1 — 54 12 — — 4 "Waiting for a Girl Like You" 2 1 5 8 29 — Gold 1982 "Juke Box Hero" 26 3 — 48 24 — — "Night Life" (charted due to airplay) — 14 — — — — — "Break It Up" 26 — — — — — — "Luanne" 75 — — — — — — "Urgent" [re-release] — — — 45 — — — 1984 "I Want to Know What Love Is" 1 1 1 1 3 2 Gold Agent Provocateur 1985 "That Was Yesterday" 12 4 24 28 31 29 — "Tooth And Nail" (Charted due to airplay) — 47 — — — — — "Reaction to Action" 54 44 — — — — — "Growing Up The Hard Way" — — — — — — — "Down on Love" 54 — — — — — — "Cold as Ice" [UK Remix] — — — 64 — — — Non-album song 1987 "Say You Will" 6 1 41 71 22 20 — Inside Information 1988 "I Don't Want to Live Without You" 5 18 1 91 — — — "Heart Turns to Stone" 56 7 — — — — — "Can't Wait" — 18 — — — — — 1991 "Lowdown and Dirty" — 4 — — — — — Unusual Heat "I'll Fight For You" — 42 — — — — — 1992 "With Heaven on Our Side" 103 — — — — — — The Very Best...And Beyond 1993 "Soul Doctor" — 5 — — — — — 1994 "White Lie" — — — 58 51 — — Mr. Moonlight 1995 "Until the End of Time" 42 — 8 86 — — — "Rain" — — — — 84 — — 1996 "Under the Gun" — 28 — — — — — 2008 "Too Late" — — — — — — — No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner "Urgent" [Download] — — — — — 84 — "Juke Box Hero" [Download] — — — — — 87 — 2009 "When It Comes to Love" — — 19 — — — — Can't Slow Down 2010 "Can't Slow Down" — — — — — — — "In Pieces" — — 21 — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart DVDs
Release Year Title 2007 Foreigner: Alive & Rockin' 2004 Foreigner - All Access Tonight 2003 Live At Deer Creek 2003 Feels Like the Very First Time: The Foreigner Story 2008 Foreigner: Soundstage External links
References
- ^ a b c RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Foreigner
- ^ a b c The Bpi
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4296/charts-awards
- ^ a b everyHit.com search results
- ^ a b c "Chart Stats - Foreigner". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=670. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=Foreigner&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Foreigner&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. http://www.norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=foreigner&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ a b "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - Foreigner". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Foreigner?sort=entry&type=longplay. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ a b "hitparade.ch - Foreigner". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Foreigner. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for singles by Foreigner
Kelly Hansen · Mick Jones · Thom Gimbel · Michael Bluestein · Jeff Pilson · Mark Schulman
Lou Gramm · Jeff Jacobs · Dennis Elliott · Rick Wills · Bruce Turgon · Mark Rivera · Ian McDonald · Al Greenwood · Jason Bonham · Bob Mayo · Ed Gagliardi · Ron Wikso · Scott Gilman · Bryan Head · Johnny Edwards · Paul Mirkovich · Peter Reilich · Thomas Dolby · Larry Aberman · Andrew "Raven's Claw" Peters · Larry Oakes · Lou Cortelezzi · Denny Carmassi · Chaz West · Brian Tichy · Jason SutterStudio albums Foreigner · Double Vision · Head Games · 4 · Agent Provocateur · Inside Information · Unusual Heat · Mr. Moonlight · Can't Slow DownCompilations Records · The Very Best... and Beyond · Complete Greatest Hits · Hot Blooded and Other Hits · The Essentials · The Definitive Collection · No End in Sight: The Very Best of ForeignerLive albums Singles "Feels Like the First Time" · "Cold as Ice" · "Hot Blooded" · "Double Vision" · "Dirty White Boy" · "Head Games" · "Urgent" · "Waiting for a Girl Like You" · "Juke Box Hero" · "I Want to Know What Love Is" · "That Was Yesterday" · "Say You Will" · "I Don't Want to Live Without You" · "Too Late" · "When It Comes to Love"Related articles Categories:- Discographies of American artists
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