Van Halen discography

Van Halen was an American rock band, formed in Pasadena, California in 1972, by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, and 56 singles.

Van Halen discography
Van Halen performing at the Bell Centre, Montreal on November 10, 2007. From left to right: David Lee Roth, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen
Studio albums	12
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	2
Video albums	3
Singles	56

The band signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1977,[1] and in the following year released the album Van Halen. Over the next few years, the band alternated album releases, one per year between 1979 and 1982, and touring to increasing commercial and critical acclaim, becoming one of the world's most successful and influential rock bands. In 1984, Van Halen released 1984, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and had the band's sole No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, "Jump". After the tour promoting that album, Roth left the band due to artistic and personal tensions with Eddie.

To replace Roth, Eddie picked Sammy Hagar, formerly of Montrose and at that time a very successful solo artist. Van Halen's first album with Hagar, 1986's 5150, was the band's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The three studio albums that succeeded, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Balance, also topped the charts. In 1996, Hagar left Van Halen amidst similar tension with the Van Halen brothers.

Roth rejoined briefly and recorded two songs with the band for the 1996 compilation Best Of – Volume I, but Van Halen eventually settled on Gary Cherone, frontman of the then defunct Boston-based band Extreme. Cherone's sole release with the band was Van Halen III, released in 1998 to mixed reviews and diminishing sales, being the only Van Halen studio album not to get a platinum RIAA certification. Van Halen's last release for Warner was the 2004 compilation Best of Both Worlds, which featured three new songs with Hagar. In 2011, the band left the label and signed with Interscope Records.[2]

In February 2012, Van Halen released its 12th studio album and first for Interscope, A Different Kind of Truth, featuring Roth on the vocals and Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen on bass guitar. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200,[3] and became the band's highest charting album on the UK Albums Chart with a sixth spot.[4]

As of 2007, Van Halen has sold 75 million albums worldwide [5] and have gotten 13 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. During the 1980s, they along with the band Heart had more Billboard Hot 100 hits, 15, than any other hard rock or heavy metal band. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling music group/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the US,[6] and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums (Van Halen and 1984) sell more than ten million copies in the US.[7]

Albums

Studio albums

  Roth era

  Hagar era

  Cherone era

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions													Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [8]	CAN [9]	AUS [10]	SWI [11]	AUT [12]	NLD [13]	DEN [14]	SWE [15]	FIN [16]	NOR [17]	GER [18]	NZ [19]	UK [20]
Van Halen	Released: February 10, 1978 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, 8-track, CS, CD, digital	19	18	17	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	22	34	RIAA: Diamond[21] BPI: Gold[22] BVMI: Gold[23] IFPI FIN: Gold[24] MC: 4× Platinum[25] NVPI: Platinum[26] SNEP: Gold[27]
Van Halen II	Released: March 23, 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CS, 8-track, CD, digital	6	15	68	—	—	11	—	22	—	—	24	—	23	RIAA: 5× Platinum[21] MC: 2× Platinum[25] NVPI: Gold[26] SNEP: Gold[27]
Women and Children First	Released: March 26, 1980 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CS, 8-track, CD, digital	6	12	—	—	—	3	—	19	—	23	19	48	15	RIAA: 3× Platinum[21] MC: 2× Platinum[25] NVPI: Gold[26] SNEP: Gold[27]
Fair Warning	Released: April 29, 1981 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CS, 8-track, CD, digital	5	11	97	—	—	13	—	18	—	27	37	—	49	RIAA: 2× Platinum[21] MC: Platinum[25]
Diver Down	Released: April 14, 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CS, 8-track, CD, DVD-A, digital	3	5	79	—	—	28	—	28	—	19	65	37	36	RIAA: 4× Platinum[21] MC: Platinum[25]
1984	Released: January 9, 1984 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CS, 8-track, CD, digital	2	1	11	7	12	8	—	4	—	12	11	15	15	RIAA: Diamond[21] BPI: Gold[22] BVMI: Platinum[23] MC: 5× Platinum[25] SNEP: Gold[27]
5150	Released: March 24, 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS, LP, digital	1	2	5	16	13	30	—	2	—	5	11	13	16	RIAA: 6× Platinum[21] BPI: Silver[22] BVMI: Gold[23] MC: 3× Platinum[25]
OU812	Released: May 24, 1988 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS, LP, digital	1	1	9	9	21	22	—	9	—	5	12	35	16	RIAA: 4× Platinum[21] BPI: Silver[22]
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	Released: June 17, 1991 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS, LP, Digital	1	4	5	11	21	24	—	17	—	—	6	25	12	RIAA: 3× Platinum[21] BPI: Silver[22] MC: Platinum[25]
Balance	Released: January 24, 1995 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS, LP, digital	1	2	9	6	18	5	—	5	—	17	8	16	8	RIAA: 3× Platinum[21] MC: 3× Platinum[25]
Van Halen III	Released: March 17, 1998 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS, LP, digital	4	4	8	38	23	24	7	39	5	29	13	14	43	RIAA: Gold[21]
A Different Kind of Truth	Released: February 7, 2012 Label: Interscope Format: CD, digital, LP	2	3	4	6	17	12	8	4	3	9	8	14	6	MC: Gold[25]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions													Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [8]	CAN [9]	AUS [10]	SWI [11]	AUT [12]	NLD [13]	DEN [14]	SWE [15]	FIN [16]	NOR [17]	GER [18]	NZ [19]	UK [20]
Live: Right Here, Right Now	Released: February 23, 1993 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS	5	15	7	18	30	8	—	21	—	—	30	25	24	RIAA: 2× Platinum[21] MC: Gold[25]
Tokyo Dome Live in Concert	Release: March 31, 2015 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, digital, LP	20	24[28]	67	59	—	48	—	—	—	—	64	—	74
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions													Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [8]	CAN [9]	AUS [10]	SWI [11]	AUT [12]	NLD [13]	DEN [14]	SWE [15]	FIN [16]	NOR [17]	GER [18]	NZ [19]	UK [20]
Best Of – Volume I	Released: October 22, 1996 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS	1	1	11	26	16	12	5	19	3	36	7	2	45	RIAA: 3× Platinum[21] ARIA: Platinum[29] BPI: Gold[30] BVMI: Gold[23] IFPI FIN: Gold[16] MC: 2× Platinum[25]
The Best of Both Worlds	Released: July 20, 2004 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD	3	2	31	55	33	—	25	12	4	17	28	9	15	RIAA: Platinum[21] BPI: Gold[22]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		US [31]	US Main [32]	AUS [10]	CAN [33]	IRE [34]	NLD [35]	UK [36]
"You Really Got Me"	1978	36	—	12	49	—	—	—		Van Halen
"Runnin' with the Devil"		84	—	—	—	—	8 [I]	52 [I]
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Jamie's Cryin'"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"On Fire" [A]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Dance the Night Away"	1979	15	—	—	28	—	—	—		Van Halen II
"Beautiful Girls"		84	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Somebody Get Me a Doctor" [A]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"And the Cradle Will Rock..."	1980	55	—	—	81	—	—	—		Women and Children First
"Mean Street" [B]	1981	—	12	—	—	—	—	—		Fair Warning
"Push Comes to Shove" [airplay]		—	29	—	—	—	—	—
"So This Is Love?"		110	15	—	20	—	—	—
"Unchained" [C]		—	13	—	—	—	—	—
"Hear About It Later" [D]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"(Oh) Pretty Woman"	1982	12	1	59	5	—	33	47		Diver Down
"Little Guitars" [airplay]		—	33	—	—	—	—	—
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone!" [airplay]		—	17	—	—	—	—	—
"Dancing in the Street"		38	3	—	15	—	—	—
"Secrets"		—	22	—	—	—	—	—
"The Full Bug" [airplay]		—	42	—	—	—	—	—
"Jump"	1983	1	1	2	1	2	29	7	RIAA: Gold[21] BPI: Platinum[37]	1984
"I'll Wait"	1984	13	2	—	21	—	—	85
"Panama"		13	2	74	15	30	—	61
"Hot for Teacher"		56	24	89	83	—	—	87
"Why Can't This Be Love"	1986	3	1	8	13	8	16	8		5150
"Dreams"		22	6	51	85	25	—	62
"Love Walks In"		22	4	—	65	—	—	—
"Best of Both Worlds"		—	12	—	—	—	—	—
"Summer Nights" [promo]		—	33	—	—	—	—	—
"Black and Blue"	1988	34	1	—	42	—	—	—		OU812
"When It's Love"		5	1	23	21	23	—	28
"Finish What Ya Started"		13	2	123	—	—	—	—
"Cabo Wabo" [airplay]		—	31	—	—	—	—	—
"Mine All Mine" [airplay]		—	50	—	—	—	—	—
"Feels So Good"	1989	35	6	—	—	—	—	63
"Poundcake"	1991	—	1	55	55	—	—	74		For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
"Runaround"		—	1	169	50	—	—	—
"Top of the World"		27	1	162	23	—	—	63
"The Dream Is Over" [airplay]	1992	—	7	—	—	—	—	—
"Right Now"		55	2	—	—	—	—	—
"Man on a Mission" [airplay]		—	21	—	—	—	—	—
"Jump" (live)	1993	—	—	93	—	13	17	26		Live: Right Here, Right Now
"Won't Get Fooled Again" (live)		—	1	—	64	—	—	—
"Dreams" (live)		111	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Seventh Seal" [airplay]	1995	—	36	—	—	—	—	—		Balance
"Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)"		—	1	107	36	—	34	27
"Can't Stop Lovin' You"		30	2	105	3	—	—	33
"Not Enough"		97	27	—	6	—	—	—
"Amsterdam"		—	9	—	46	—	—	77
"Humans Being"	1996	—	1	—	47	—	—	—		Twister
"Me Wise Magic"		—	1	126	14	—	—	—		Best Of: Volume I
"Can't Get This Stuff No More"	1997	—	12	—	38	—	—	—
"Without You"	1998	—	1	56	55	—	—	—		Van Halen III
"One I Want"		—	27	—	—	—	—	—
"Fire in the Hole"		—	6	206	65	—	—	—
"It's About Time" [promo]	2004	—	6	—	—	—	—	—		The Best Of Both Worlds
"Up for Breakfast" [promo]		—	33	—	—	—	—	—
"Tattoo"	2012	67	13	—	62	—	—	—		A Different Kind Of Truth
"She's the Woman" [promo]		—	23	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Notes

• A^ released in Japan
• B^ released in some European territories
• C^ released in Europe and Japan
• D^ released in the Netherlands
• I^ 1980 re-release

Videos

Title	Year	Certification	Vocalist
Live Without a Net	1987	RIAA: 2× Platinum[21]	Sammy Hagar
Live: Right Here, Right Now	1993	RIAA: Gold[21]	Sammy Hagar
Video Hits Volume I	1998	RIAA: Gold[21]	David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Gary Cherone

References

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External links

• Van Halen discography discography at Discogs