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Anne Murray discography

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

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1960s

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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

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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
  • Hong 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
_ _ _
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

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1960s and 1970s

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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

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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

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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

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Singles with Glen Campbell

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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

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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

[edit]
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

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  • 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

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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

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  • 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

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  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

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  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]
  7. ^ a b c d e f RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Anne Murray [dead link]
  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. ^ "Ifpihk".
  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.
  27. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 170.
  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.[dead link]