Placebo discography

The discography of Placebo, an English alternative rock band, consists of seven studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, and thirty-one singles. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart.[1] A single from the album, "Nancy Boy", peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Placebo's next studio album, 1998's Without You I'm Nothing, peaked at number seven in both the UK and France.[1][2] The singles "Pure Morning" and "You Don't Care About Us" both reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. Those were Placebo's last singles to make the top five in the UK.[1]

Placebo discography
Lead singer Brian Molko performing live at Colonio Sionara in June 2006.
Studio albums	7
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	9
EPs	6
Singles	33

In 2000, the band released Black Market Music. The album peaked at number one in France, number four in Germany, number six in the UK, and number seven in Austria.[1][2][3][4] Placebo continued their chart success with the album Sleeping with Ghosts in 2003. It reached number one in France, number two in Germany, number three in Switzerland, number four in Portugal, and number six in Austria.[2][3][4][5][6] It was also certified two times platinum in France.[7] In 2004, they released a compilation album, Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004, that peaked at number eight in the UK.[1]

Placebo's fifth studio album, Meds, was released in 2006 and topped the charts in Austria, France, and Switzerland.[2][4][5] Their sixth studio album, Battle for the Sun, was released in 2009 and topped the charts in Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland; it was the band's fourth consecutive album to peak at number one in France.[2][3][4][5] All of their first seven studio albums have reached the top twenty in the UK.[1]

The band's seventh studio album, Loud Like Love, was released on 16 September 2013.[8]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [1]	AUS [9]	AUT [4]	FRA [2]	GER [3]	NL [10]	NZ [11]	NOR [12]	SWE [13]	SWI [5]	US [14]
Placebo	Released: 17 June 1996 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl	5	—	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Platinum[15] SNEP: Platinum[16]
Without You I'm Nothing	Released: 12 October 1998 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl	7	14	43	7	55	65	15	31	—	95	—	BPI: Platinum[15] ARIA: Platinum[17] SNEP: 2× Gold[18]
Black Market Music	Released: 9 October 2000 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl	6	18	7	1	4	28	22	9	17	15	—	BPI: Gold[15] ARIA: Gold[19] BVMI: Gold[20] IFPI SWI: Gold[21]
Sleeping with Ghosts	Released: 24 March 2003 Label: Astralwerks, EMD Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl	11	11	6	1	2	19	37	12	14	3	—	BPI: Gold[15] BVMI: Platinum[20] IFPI AUT: Gold[22] IFPI SWI: Gold[21] SNEP: 2× Platinum[7]
Meds	Released: 13 March 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl	7	4	1	1	2	10	24	12	33	1	180	BPI: Gold[15] BVMI: Platinum[20] IFPI AUT: Gold[22] IFPI SWI: Platinum[21] SNEP: Platinum[23]
Battle for the Sun	Released: 8 June 2009 Label: PIAS, Vagrant Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download	8	8	1	1	1	5	14	16	9	1	51	BPI: Silver[15] BVMI: Gold[20]
Loud Like Love	Released: 16 September 2013 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl, digital download	13	9	2	3	3	7	31	23	—	1	98	BVMI: Gold[20] IFPI AUT: Gold[22]

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUT [4]	FRA [2]	GER [3]	NL [10]	SWI [5]
MTV Unplugged	Released: 27 November 2015 Label: Universal Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, DVD, Blu-ray	21	59	6	43	13

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [1]	AUS [9]	AUT [4]	FRA [2]	GER [3]	NL [10]	NZ [11]	NOR [12]	SWI [5]
Covers	Released: 22 September 2003 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004	Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Virgin, Astralwerks, EMD Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl	8	30	8	—	14	66	33	30	4	BPI: Platinum[15] BVMI: Gold[20] SNEP: 2× Gold[24]
B-Sides: 1996–2006	Released: 15 March 2011 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Placebo – B-Sides	Released: 31 July 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Without You I'm Nothing – B-Sides	Released: 25 September 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Black Market Music – B-Sides	Released: 27 November 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sleeping with Ghosts – B-Sides	Released: 19 February 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Meds – B-Sides	Released: 8 April 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
A Place for Us to Dream	Released: 7 October 2016 Label: Rise Records[25] Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download	21	—	28	29	10	—	—	—	16

Extended plays

• Live at La Cigale (2006; exclusive download on iTunes and 7Digital)
• Extended Play '07 (2007)
• Exclusive Session (2007)
• iTunes Live: London Festival '09 (2009)
• Live at Angkor Wat (2011; exclusive download on iTunes)
• B3 (2012)
• Life's What You Make It (2016)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [1]	AUS [9]	AUT [26]	BEL [27]	FIN [28]	FRA [29]	GER [30]	ITA [31]	SWI [32]	US Alt [33]
1995	"Bruise Pristine"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Placebo
1996	"Come Home"	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"36 Degrees"	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Teenage Angst"	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	"Nancy Boy"	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Bruise Pristine" (reissue)	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	"Pure Morning"	4	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	BPI: Silver[15]	Without You I'm Nothing
	"You Don't Care About Us"	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	"Every You Every Me"	11	46	—	—	—	—	99	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[15]
	"Without You I'm Nothing"	—	52	—	—	—	79	—	—	—	—
	"Burger Queen Français"	—	—	—	57	—	78	—	—	—	—
2000	"Taste in Men"	16	69	—	58	—	54	—	11	—	—		Black Market Music
	"Slave to the Wage"	19	—	—	67	—	63	92	—	—	—
2001	"Special K"	—	50	—	55	—	60	—	18	—	—
	"Black-Eyed"	—	—	—	—	—	—	94	—	—	—
2003	"The Bitter End"	12	47	—	39	19	31	34	16	53	—		Sleeping with Ghosts
	"This Picture"	23	52	—	66	—	63	75	—	—	—
	"Special Needs"	27	—	—	57	—	67	71	—	—	—
2004	"English Summer Rain"	23	—	—	61	—	—	—	—	98	—
	"Twenty Years"	18	—	59	17	—	54	52	20	50	—		Once More with Feeling
	"Protège-Moi"	—	—	—	17	—	18	—	—	26	—
2006	"Because I Want You"	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Meds
	"Song to Say Goodbye"	—	30	44	18	8	41	35	5	38	—
	"Infra-Red"	42	52	—	57	—	—	75	—	—	35
	"Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart)	35	—	—	62	—	—	83	—	78	—
2007	"Running Up That Hill"	44	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[upper-alpha 1]	BPI: Silver[15]	Covers
2009	"For What It's Worth"	97	88	24	23	—	25	32	46	33	—		Battle for the Sun
	"The Never-Ending Why"	—	—	—	63	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Ashtray Heart"	—	—	—	65	—	44	66	—	—	—
2010	"Bright Lights"	—	—	—	—	—	92	62	—	—	—
2012	"B3"	—	—	35	124	—	53	—	—	—	—		B3
2013	"Too Many Friends"	—	—	51	26	—	31	14	—	54	—		Loud Like Love
2014	"Loud Like Love"	—	—	—	64	—	151	—	—	—	—
	"A Million Little Pieces"	—	—	—	93	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	"Jesus' Son"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		A Place For Us to Dream

DVDs

Release date	Title	Director	Formats
6 April 2004	Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003)	Russell Thomas	DVD
30 November 2004	Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004	Matthew Amos, Simon Cracknell, Howard Greenhalgh and others	DVD
13 March 2006	Meds (Special Edition Bonus DVD)		DVD
31 October 2011	We Come in Pieces		DVD, Blu-ray
27 November 2015	MTV Unplugged		DVD, Blu-ray

Notes

1. Running Up that Hill did not enter the US Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 27 on the Rock Digital Sales Chart.[34]

References

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2. "French Charts > Placebo" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
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4. "Austrian Charts > Placebo" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
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7. "Sleeping with Ghosts French certificate". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
8. Rowbottom, Thomas. "Placebo announce new studio album". musicweek.com. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
9. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Placebo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
   • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 219.
10. "Placebo album chart positions in the Netherlands". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
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13. "Placebo album chart positions in Sweden". Retrieved 25 May 2009.
14. "Placebo Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
15. "British Phonographic Industry".
16. "Placebo French certificate". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
17. "Without You I'm Nothing Australian certificate". Retrieved 24 May 2009.
18. "Without You I'm Nothing French certificate". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
19. "Black Market Music Australian certificate". Retrieved 24 May 2009.
20. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Placebo)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
21. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
22. "Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
23. "Meds French certificate". Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
24. "Disque en France". Disque en France. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
25. "Placebo Career Retrospective A PLACE FOR US TO DREAM Out This Fall". broadwayworld.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
26. "Placebo singles chart positions in Austria". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
27. "Placebo singles chart positions in Belgium". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
28. "Placebo singles chart positions in Finland". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
29. "Placebo singles chart positions in France". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
30. "Placebo singles chart positions in Germany". Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
31. "Placebo singles chart positions in Italy". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
32. "Placebo singles chart positions in Switzerland". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
33. "Placebo Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
34. "Placebo Billboard Chart History". Billboard. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

External links

• Placebo discography at AllMusic
• Placebo discography discography at Discogs