The solo discography of Belinda Carlisle, an American pop singer, contains nine studio albums, 11 compilations and six video albums. Her singles discography features 32 physical releases (three of which she has recorded as a guest artist), eight digital-only and five promotional releases. She has also made nine other appearances and 31 music videos.
Carlisle's first solo album Belinda was released in 1986 on I.R.S. Records and was certified gold in the United States and platinum in Canada. Her first single, "Mad About You", peaked at number three in the US, topped the Canadian Singles Chart, and charted in the top 10 in Australia. The song was followed by "I Feel the Magic" and by a cover version of the Freda Payne song "Band of Gold". Carlisle's second album Heaven on Earth was released in 1987 through MCA and became a Top 5 bestseller in the United Kingdom and Australia. The first single release became "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", which topped the single charts in many countries including US and UK. The second single from the album was "I Get Weak", which shot to number two in the States and number ten in the UK. Third single, "Circle in the Sand" was another Top 10 hit in the US, UK and Germany. Other singles releases included, "World Without You", "Love Never Dies" and "I Feel Free".
The follow-up album Runaway Horses was released in 1989 and hit the Top 5 in both Australia and UK. The first single release "Leave a Light On", it became another top-five hit in the UK, Australia and Canada. Other singles were "Summer Rain", the summer mood influenced "La Luna" and "(We Want) The Same Thing". In 1991 Carlisle issued her fourth album, Live Your Life Be Free featuring such singles as"Half the World", "Little Black Book" and "Do You Feel Like I Feel". In 1992 she released her first greatest hits album The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 which reached number one in the UK and was certified double platinum and platinum in Australia.
Real was released in 1993 and debuted in the top ten in the UK. Singles of the album featured "Big Scary Animal" and "Lay Down Your Arms", a remake from the Graces. Three years later she released A Woman & a Man which included "In Too Deep". The song returned Carlisle to the UK Top 10 for the first time in six years, reaching number six. The song also made the top 20 in Australia (number 11). The second single release was "Always Breaking My Heart" which also made it into the UK Top 10, peaking at number eight. The album spawned two more singles: "Love in the Key of C" and "California". In 1999 the singer released a second greatest hits album in the UK entitled A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits, and was certified gold in the UK. In 2007 Carlisle released Voilà, consisting of a mix of French pop tunes and chanson standards, including covers of Françoise Hardy and Édith Piaf classics.
In 2013, she released the single "Sun" to coincide with a new budget compilation in the US. A new career retrospective, The Collection, was released in March 2014, reaching number 24 in the UK along with the single "Goodbye Just Go".
In March 2023, Carlisle released "Big Big Love", the lead single from her extended play Kismet, Carlisle's first new English language studio collection in over 25 years.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 12, 1988. "Mad About You": "Heaven Is a Place on Earth": "I Get Weak": Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from June 13, 1988: Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "Vision of You" (ARIA) peak: N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Big Scary Animal" (ARIA) peak: All ARIA-era peaks to July 19, 2019: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. AUT CAN JPN NZ SWE SWI UK Belinda Released: May 19, 1986 Label: IRS Format: 13 42 — 24 — — — — — US: Gold CAN: Platinum Heaven on Earth Released: October 5, 1987 Label: Virgin/MCA (US) Format: 13 13 13 12 21 3 3 4 4 US: Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum SWI: Gold UK: 3× Platinum Runaway Horses Released: October 3, 1989 Label: Virgin/MCA (US) Format: 37 6 13 38 14 32 4 12 4 US: Gold AUS: 2× Platinum CAN: Platinum SWI: Gold SWE: Platinum UK: Platinum Live Your Life Be Free Released: October 15, 1991 Label: Virgin/MCA (US) Format: — 27 — 80 32 — 21 32 7 UK: Gold Real Released: October 5, 1993 Label: Virgin Format: — 61 — — 26 — 23 — 9 A Woman & a Man Released: September 11, 1996 Label: Chrysalis Format: — 31 36 — 34 — 44 — 12 UK: Gold Voila Released: February 5, 2007 Label: Rykodisc Format: — — — — — — — — — Wilder Shores Released: September 29, 2017 Label: Edsel Format: — — — — — — — — 50 Once Upon a Time in California Released: August 29, 2025 Label: Edsel Format: — 46 — — — — — 88 57 "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released in the region.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications AUS GER NZ SWE UK The Best of Belinda / Her Greatest Hits Released: September 7, 1992 Label: Virgin/MCA (US) Format: 14 35 4 26 1 AUS: Platinum UK: 2× Platinum The Greatest Released: March 28, 1998 Label: Toshiba EMI Format: CD — — — — — Original Gold Released: February 20, 1999 Label: Disky Format: CD — — — — — A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits Released: November 20, 1999 Label: Virgin Format: — — — 6 15 UK: Gold The Collection Released: February 15, 2002 Label: Virgin Format: — — — — — Essential Released: March 31, 2003 Label: Virgin Format: CD — — — — — Icon – The Best of Belinda Carlisle Released: March 19, 2013 Label: Geffen Format: — — — — — The Collection Released: March 17, 2014 Label: Edsel Format: CD+DVD — — — — 24 The Anthology Released: March 23, 2014 Label: Edsel Format: 3×CD — — — — — Gold Released: September 6, 2019 Label: Demon Format: — — — — 11 Nobody Owns Me Released: October 15, 2021 Label: Demon (DEMREC964) Format: LP Note: National Album Day exclusive — — — — — Remixes Released: April 23, 2023 Label: Demon (DEMREC1069) Format: 2×LP (limited 1500 copies) Note: 2023 Record Store Day exclusive — — — — — "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released in the region.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected details Title Details The Heaven on Earth Tour Released: April 23, 2022 Label: Demon (DEMREC1001) Format: 2×LP (limited 2000 copies) Note: 2022 Record Store Day exclusive
Box sets + List of box sets, with selected details Title Details Decades Volume 1 Released: 2023 Label: Edsel Format: 4×CD Note: first 4 studio albums Decades Volume 2 Released: 2024 Label: Edsel Format: 4×CD Note: fifth to eighth studio albums
Extended plays + List of EPs, with selected details Title Details Peak chart positions UK Kismet Released: May 12, 2023 Label: RAF/BMG Format: 95
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album US AUS AUT CAN GER IRE NL SWE SWI UK 1986 "Mad About You" 3 9 — 1 — 28 — — — 67 CAN: Gold Belinda "I Feel the Magic" 82 — — 51 — — — — — — "Band of Gold" — — — 91 — — — — — — "Shot in the Dark" — — — — — — — — — — 1987 "Dancing in the City" — — — — — — — — — — Burglar (OST) "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" 1 2 10 3 3 1 7 1 1 1 CAN: Gold NZ: 2×Platinum UK: Platinum Heaven on Earth 1988 "I Get Weak" 2 34 — 4 38 5 77 — 24 10 "Circle in the Sand" 7 — 26 5 9 6 22 — — 4 "I Feel Free" 88 — — — — — — — — — "World Without You" — — — — — 21 — — — 34 "Love Never Dies" — — — — — — — — — 54 1989 "Leave a Light On" 11 5 4 6 15 4 7 8 8 4 AUS: Platinum UK: Silver Runaway Horses "La Luna" — 21 29 — 16 — 70 — 10 38 1990 "Summer Rain" 30 6 — 22 57 26 — — — 23AUS: Gold "Runaway Horses" — 44 — — 63 — — — — 40 "Vision of You" — 84 — 74 — — — — — 41 "(We Want) The Same Thing" — 103 — — 53 22 — — — 6 1991 "Live Your Life Be Free" — 13 — — 71 21 45 16 — 12 Live Your Life Be Free "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" 73 42 — 75 — — — — — 29 1992 "Half the World" — 129 — — 62 — — — — 35 "Little Black Book" — 106 — — 69 — — — — 28 1993 "Big Scary Animal" — 56 — 70 63 — — — — 12 Real "Lay Down Your Arms" — 115 — — — — — — — 27 1996 "In Too Deep" — 11 — — — — — 59 — 6 AUS: GoldA Woman & a Man "Always Breaking My Heart" — 50 — — — — — — — 8 "Love in the Key of C" — — — — — — — — — 20 1997 "California" — 199 — — — — — — — 31 "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" — — — — — — — — — — Hercules (OST) 1999 "All God's Children" — — — — — — — — — 66 A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits Download-only 2013 "Sun" — — — — — — — — — — The Collection 2014 "Goodbye Just Go" — — — — — — — — — — 2015 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" — — — — — — — — — — 80s Re:Covered "Silver Bells" — — — — — — — — — — 2021 "Get Together" — — — — — — — — — — Nobody Owns Me 2023 "Gonna Be You"(with Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry) — — — — — — — — — — 80 for Brady"Big Big Love" — — — — — — — — — —Kismet"If U Go" — — — — — — — — — — 2025 "The Air That I Breathe" — — — — — — — — — — Once Upon a Time in California "One" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in the region.
A Released only in the US and Canada. B Released only in the Philippines. C Released only in Italy, Japan and Canada. D Not released in the US. E Released only in the UK. F Released as a promo in the US. G Released only in France and Germany.
Guest singles + List of singles as guest artist, with selected chart positions Year Title Peak chart positions Album AUSAustralian (ARIA) singles chart peaks for: "What Does It Take": "Blue Period: UK 1989 "What Does It Take" (with Then Jerico) 154 33 The Big Area "Spirit of the Forest" (with Artists United for Nature) — — Earthrise: The Rainforest Album 1990 "Blue Period" (with The Smithereens) 162 99 11 2016 "California Blues" (with Gabe Lopez) — — God Bless the Queens "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in the region. H Released as a charity single, later added to the 1992 compilation album Earthrise: The Rainforest Album.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected notes Year Title Notes 1986 "Since You've Gone" Released as a promotional single in the US and UK for Carlisle's first studio album, Belinda. 1992 "I Plead Insanity" Planned to be the fourth single from Live Your life Be Free. Whilst no physical promotional item was released, a video was filmed, and a single edit and two remixes were made for a planned release. All three new versions and the video appeared on the Live Your life Be Free 2013 re-issue. 1997 "Remember September" Released as a promotional 12" single in the UK for Carlisle's sixth album, A Woman & a Man. 1999 "A Prayer for Everyone" Released as a promotional single in Sweden for Carlisle's second official compilation album, A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits. 2007 "I Still Love Him" 2025 "Never Alone" (with Nicholas Hamilton) Released as a promotional single for the film, Brave the Dark.
Other appearances + List of non-single appearances on other albums Year Title Artist Album 1987 "In My Wildest Dreams" rowspan=3 Mannequin 1991 "Bless the Beasts and the Children" Tame Yourself 1993 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" The Holiday Collection: Volume II "I'll Do It Anyway" The Lemonheads Come on Feel the Lemonheads "One by One" The Crash Baptists The Harvest (OST) 1995 "Christmas Lullaby" rowspan=2 Mother & Child: A Christmas Celebration 1996 "I Wouldn't Be Here If I Didn't Love You" (OST) Two If by Sea 1997 "Submission" Radiator Come Again 2005 "Dancing Queen" ABBA Mania 2018 "Through the Seam" B Is for Beer: The Musical "Nursery Rhyme" "Mystery Song" "The Real World"
Videos