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Anne Murray discography
Studio albums32
Live albums1
Compilation albums15
Video albums6
Music videos8
Singles76
Christmas albums8

The discography for Canadian country-pop singer Anne Murray includes 32 studio albums, 15 compilation albums and 76 singles. Murray has sold over 55 million records across the world, becoming one of the best-selling Canadian artists in history. [1] She has scored 10 number one hits on Hot Country Songs and 8 number one hits on Adult Contemporary Chart. [2]

According to Recording Industry Association of America, Murray has certified sales of 15.5 million records in the US. [3] In 1987, she became the first female country artist to earn a triple platinum album. [4] Murray was also the first Canadian female solo artist to score a number one hit on US Billboard charts. [5]

Studio albums

1960s

Title Details Peak positions
CAN
What About Me
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Arc Records
This Way Is My Way 13
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications [6] [7]
( sales thresholds)
CAN Country CAN AUS
[8]
US Country US
Honey, Wheat and Laughter
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Capitol Records
16
Straight, Clean and Simple
  • Release date: February 26, 1971
  • Label: Capitol Records
4 11 121
Talk It Over in the Morning
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Capitol Records
3 26 179
Anne Murray / Glen Campbell
(with Glen Campbell)
  • Release date: November 1971
  • Label: Capitol Records
12 4 128
Annie
  • Release date: April 1972
  • Label: Capitol Records
1 14 143
Danny's Song
  • Release date: April 1973
  • Label: Capitol Records
5 4 39
Love Song
  • Release date: February 1974
  • Label: Capitol Records
5 24
Highly Prized Possession
  • Release date: November 1974
  • Label: Capitol Records
26 96 8 70
Together
  • Release date: November 1975
  • Label: Capitol Records
15 142
Keeping in Touch
  • Release date: September 1976
  • Label: Capitol Records
64 26 96
There's a Hippo in My Tub [A]
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Capitol Records
55 44
  • CAN: Platinum
Let's Keep It That Way
  • Release date: February 1978
  • Label: Capitol Records
1 1 13 2 12
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
  • Honk Kong : Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold [9]
  • US: Platinum
New Kind of Feeling
  • Release date: January 1979
  • Label: Capitol Records
1 6 23 2 23
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
  • Hong Kong: Gold
I'll Always Love You
  • Release date: October 1979
  • Label: Capitol Records
1 18 86 4 24
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications [6] [7]
( sales thresholds)
CAN Country CAN AUS
[8]
US Country US
Somebody's Waiting
  • Release date: March 1980
  • Label: Capitol Records
1 32 61 15 88
  • CAN: Gold
Where Do You Go When You Dream
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Capitol Records
7 69 4 55
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Gold
The Hottest Night of the Year
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Capitol Records
70 29 90
  • CAN: Gold
A Little Good News
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Capitol Records
3 57 9 72
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
Heart over Mind
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Capitol Records
59 4 92
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
Something to Talk About
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: Capitol Records
22 2 68
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
Harmony
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Capitol Records
45 82 9 149
  • CAN: Gold
As I Am
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Capitol Records
18 80 29
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications [6] [7]
( sales thresholds)
CAN Country CAN AUS
[10]
US Country US
You Will
  • Release date: October 29, 1990
  • Label: Capitol Records
47
Yes I Do 23
Croonin'
  • Release date: November 2, 1993
  • Label: EMI Music Canada/ SBK
1 14 60 54
  • CAN: Platinum
Anne Murray
  • Release date: August 6, 1996
  • Label: EMI Music Canada/SBK
10 48 6
  • CAN: Gold
What a Wonderful World [B]
  • Release date: October 19, 1999
  • Label: StraightWay Records/ EMI
6 4 38
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications [6] [7]
( sales thresholds)
CAN US Country US
Country Croonin'
  • Release date: October 22, 2002
  • Label: StraightWay Records/EMI
13 109
  • CAN: Platinum [11]
  • US: Gold
I'll Be Seeing You
  • Release date: October 19, 2004
  • Label: StraightWay Records/EMI
Duets: Friends & Legends 3 8 42
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications [6] [7]
( sales thresholds)
CAN US Country AUS
[8]
US US Holiday
Christmas Wishes
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Capitol Records
34 62 54 19
  • CAN: 3× Platinum
  • US: 2× Platinum
Anne Murray Christmas
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Capitol Records
25
  • CAN: Gold
The Season Will Never Grow Old
Best of the Season
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Capitol Records/SBK
  • CAN: Gold
My Christmas Favorites
  • Release date: June 16, 1995
  • Label: EMI
What a Wonderful Christmas [C]
  • Release date: October 9, 2001
  • Label: StraightWay Records/EMI
6 83 5
  • CAN: Gold
Anne Murray's Christmas Album
  • Release date: October 7, 2008
  • Label: Manhattan Records/EMI
13 35 169 21
Icon: Christmas
  • Release date: September 30, 2014
  • Label: Capitol Records/Universal
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation and live albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications [6] [7]
( sales thresholds)
CAN Country CAN AUS
[8]
US Country US
Snowbird
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Capitol Records
5 41
  • US: Gold
Country
  • Release date: August 1974
  • Label: Capitol Records
12 6 32
  • US: Gold
A Country Collection
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Capitol Records
2 7 73
Anne Murray Collection
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: EMI Singapore
_ _ _
  • Hong Kong: Gold [12]
Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 1980
  • Label: Capitol Records
1 7 8 2 16
  • AUS: Platinum [13]
  • CAN: 6× Platinum
  • US: 4× Platinum
  • NZ: Platinum
Country Hits
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Capitol Records
Songs of the Heart
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Capitol Records
Love Songs
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: Capitol Records
Greatest Hits Volume II
  • Release date: September 18, 1989
  • Label: Capitol Records
52 32
  • CAN: Gold
  • NZ: Platinum
From Springhill to the World
Her Greatest Hits
and Finest Performances
  • CAN: Platinum
The Very Best of Anne Murray
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Heartland Music
  • US: Gold
  • NZ: Gold
  • UK: Silver
15 of the Best
  • Release date: May 2, 1992
  • Label: Liberty Records
17 62
  • CAN: Platinum
Now & Forever
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Capitol Records/SBK
The Best…So Far
  • Release date: November 29, 1994
  • Label: Capitol Records/SBK
2
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: Platinum
An Intimate Evening with Anne Murray
  • Release date: September 16, 1997
  • Label: Capitol Records/SBK
8 45
  • CAN: Gold
Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: November 2001
  • Label: EMI
All of Me [D]
  • Release date: January 25, 2005
  • Label: StraightWay Records/EMI
13 66
10 Great Songs: Inspirational Classics
  • Release date: April 3, 2012
  • Label: Capitol Records
64
Icon
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
( sales threshold)
Album
CAN Country CAN CAN AC US Country
[14]
US
[15]
US AC
[16]
AUS
[8]
IRE
[17]
NZ
[18]
UK
[19]
1968 "It's All Over" What About Me
1969 "Some Birds" / "For Baby"
" Thirsty Boots" 36 This Way Is My Way
1970 "Bidin' My Time" 48 87
" Snowbird" 1 2 10 8 1 77 20 3 23
1971 " Sing High, Sing Low" 1 4 1 53 83 21 20 Straight, Clean and Simple
" A Stranger in My Place" 1 18 1 27 122
" It Takes Time" 6 26 1
" Talk It Over in the Morning" 1 12 1 57 7 Talk It Over in the Morning
1972 " Cotton Jenny" 1 1 1 11 71 32
"Destiny" 41
" Robbie's Song for Jesus" 17 17 7 Annie
" Danny's Song" 1 1 1 10 7 1 87 Danny's Song
1973 " What About Me" 2 22 1 20 64 2 93 15
" Send a Little Love My Way" 10 25 6 79 72 10 Love Song
" A Love Song" 1 1 1 5 12 1 88
1974 " You Won't See Me" 5 4 8 1 49 13
" Just One Look" 11 86 50
" Day Tripper" 23 59 40 Highly Prized Possession
1975 " Uproar" 27 45 18 28
"A Stranger in My Place" (re-release) 79 Straight, Clean and Simple
" Sunday Sunrise" 13 49 98 13 Together
1976 " The Call" 5 52 13 19 91 6
" Golden Oldie" 18 18 41 44 Keeping in Touch
" Things" 10 23 22 89 12
1977 "Sunday School to Broadway" 23 28 57 42
1978 " Walk Right Back" 2 32 3 4 103 15 33 Let's Keep It That Way
" You Needed Me" 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 7 6 22
  • US: Gold [21]
  • Can: Platinum
"Hey, Daddy" / "Sleepy Time" 32 31 There's a Hippo in My Tub
1979 " I Just Fall in Love Again" 1 1 1 1 12 1 46 58 New Kind of Feeling
" Shadows in the Moonlight" 1 10 1 1 25 1 95
" Broken Hearted Me" 1 15 1 1 12 1 I'll Always Love You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
CAN Country CAN CAN AC US Country
[14]
US
[15]
US AC
[22]
AUS UK
[19]
1980 " Daydream Believer" 1 17 1 3 12 1 94 61 I'll Always Love You
" Lucky Me" 4 58 1 9 42 8 Somebody's Waiting
" I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" 10 74 1 23 64 13
" Could I Have This Dance" 1 19 1 1 33 3 29 Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
1981 " Blessed Are the Believers" 1 13 1 1 34 10 Where Do You Go When You Dream
" We Don't Have to Hold Out" 5 1 16 33
" It's All I Can Do" 1 1 9 53 14
1982 " Another Sleepless Night" 1 1 4 44 11 97
" Hey! Baby" 1 1 7 26 The Hottest Night of the Year
" Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye" 3 1 7 36
1983 " A Little Good News" 1 2 1 74 11 92 A Little Good News
1984 " That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)" 22 5 46 106 12
" Just Another Woman in Love" 1 1 1 7
" Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
(with Dave Loggins)
1 79 1 1 103 10 Heart Over Mind
1985 " Time Don't Run Out on Me" 1 2 2 11
" I Don't Think I'm Ready for You" 4 2 7 30
1986 " Now and Forever (You and Me)" 1 12 2 1 92 7 76 Something to Talk About
" Who's Leaving Who" 93 15 62 26
"My Life's a Dance" 41 23 26
"Heartaches" [23]
"On and On" 24 23
1987 " Are You Still in Love with Me" 10 8 20 33 Harmony
" Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak" 4 27
1988 " Perfect Strangers" (with Doug Mallory) 19 52
"Flying on Your Own" 34 65 49 52 As I Am
"Slow Passin' Time" 48 36
1989 "Who But You" 58 55
"I'll Be Your Eyes" 44
" If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Kenny Rogers) 9 6 28 Greatest Hits Volume II
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s and 2000s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
CAN Country CAN CAN AC US Country
[14] [24]
1990 "I'd Fall in Love Tonight" 55 [E] Greatest Hits Volume II
" Feed This Fire" 6 2 5 You Will
" Bluebird" 3 39
1991 "New Way Out" 39 16
" You Will" [26]
"Everyday" 56 42 56 Yes I Do
1992 " I Can See Arkansas" 9
1993 " Make Love to Me" 6 43 3 Croonin'
1994 " The Wayward Wind" 7 70 6
" Born to Be with You" 18
" Over You" 29 85 11 The Best...So Far
1996 "What Would It Take" (with Bryan Adams) 49 28 7 Anne Murray
" That's What My Love Is For" (with Aaron Neville) 15
1997 " That's the Way It Goes" 19
1999 "Let There Be Love" (with Dawn Langstroth) 23 What a Wonderful World
2000 " What a Wonderful World" 42
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Singles with Glen Campbell

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
CAN Country CAN CAN AC US Country
[14]
US
[15]
US AC
[27]
1971 " I Say a Little Prayer/
By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
1 19 1 40 81 13 Anne Murray & Glen Campbell
1972 "United We Stand"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
CAN CAN AC
1985 " Tears Are Not Enough" Northern Lights 1 1 We Are the World

Charted B-sides

Year Song Peak chart positions Original A-side
CAN Country CAN AC US Country
[14]
1971 " Put Your Hand in the Hand" 67 "It Takes Time"
1974 " He Thinks I Still Care" 11 1 "You Won't See Me"
" Son of a Rotten Gambler" 3 1 5 "Just One Look"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videos and DVDs

  • Anne Murray (1991)
  • Anne Murray in Nova Scotia (1993)
  • Anne Murray: A Classic Christmas (1995)
  • An Intimate Evening with Anne Murray (1997)
  • Anne Murray: What a Wonderful World (2001)
  • Anne Murray in Jamaica (2005)

Music videos

Year Song title Director(s)
1983 " A Little Good News"
" That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)"
1985 " Time Don't Run Out on Me" Peter Heath
1986 " Now and Forever (You and Me)" Tony Greco
" Who's Leaving Who"
1987 " Are You Still in Love with Me" Jack Cole/John Lloyd Miller
1988 "Flying on Your Own" Jack Cole
1989 " If I Ever Fall in Love Again" Ron Meraska
1992 " I Can See Arkansas" [28] Steven Goldmann
1993 " Make Love to Me" Philip Kates
" The Wayward Wind"
1996 "What Would It Take"
1999 "Let There Be Love" (with Dawn Langstroth) [29] Steven Goldmann

Books

  • Anne Murray: What a Wonderful World (2000) Balmur Book Publishing
  • Anne Murray Centre Scrapbook (2000) Raincoast Books/Balmur Publishing
  • All of Me (2009) Knopf Canada (autobiography)

Notes

  1. ^ Re-issued in 1979 as Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation
  2. ^ What a Wonderful World peaked at number 1 on Billboard Top Contemporary Christian chart.
  3. ^ What a Wonderful Christmas peaked at number 4 on Billboard Top Contemporary Christian chart.
  4. ^ All of Me is the U.S. version of I'll Be Seeing You with a bonus greatest hits disc included.
  5. ^ "I'd Fall in Love Tonight" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 8 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts. [25]

References

  1. ^ "Anne Murray | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  2. ^ "Anne Murray". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. ^ Thompson, Gayle. "34 Years Ago: Anne Murray Becomes the First Female Country Artist to Earn a Triple-Platinum Album". The Boot. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  5. ^ "Anne Murray". Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  6. ^ a b c d e f http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search/anne_murray[ permanent dead link]
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  8. ^ a b c d e Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ "CashBox Magazine" (PDF). Cash Box. December 30, 1978. p. C5. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  10. ^ Peaks in Australia during the 1990s:
    • Croonin': Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 196.
    • Anne Murray: "Anne Murray – Anne Murray". australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  11. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – October 2002". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  12. ^ https://www.ifpihk.org/en/gold-disc-award-presented#1980
  13. ^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.
  14. ^ a b c d e Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 291–292. ISBN  978-0-89820-177-2.
  15. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 630. ISBN  978-0-89820-188-8.
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 170.
  17. ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Anne Murray'". Fireball Media.
  18. ^ "Flavour of New Zealand, NZ Listener". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  19. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 384. ISBN  1-904994-10-5.
  20. ^ "American single certifications – Anne Murray – Snowbird". Recording Industry Association of America.
  21. ^ "American single certifications – Anne Murray – You Needed Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
  22. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 170.
  23. ^ "Anne Murray - Heartaches". Discogs. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  24. ^ "Anne Murray - Country Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  25. ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. February 3, 1990.
  26. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. June 1, 1991.
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  28. ^ Krewen, Nick (September 17, 1999). "Canada Ignores Video Star". The Toronto Star. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  29. ^ "CMT : Videos : Anne Murray : Let There Be Love". Country Music Television. Retrieved November 18, 2011.