English alternative rock band Placebo have released eight studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, and 33 singles. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart. A single from the album, "Nancy Boy", peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. Placebo's next studio album, 1998's Without You I'm Nothing, peaked at number seven in both the UK and France. 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.
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. 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. It was also certified two times platinum in France. In 2004, they released a compilation album, Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004, that peaked at number eight in the UK.
Placebo's fifth studio album, Meds, was released in 2006 and topped the charts in Austria, France, and Switzerland. 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. All of their first seven studio albums have reached the top twenty in the UK.
The band's eighth studio album, Never Let Me Go, was released on 25 March 2022. It was made available for pre-order on 9 November 2021.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) UK AUS AUT BEL FRA GER NL NZ SWI US PlaceboReleased: 17 June 1996 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 5 — 6 2 50 2 32 — 54 —BPI: Platinum SNEP: Platinum Without You I'm NothingReleased: 12 October 1998 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 7 14 43 — 7 55 65 15 95 —BPI: Platinum ARIA: Platinum SNEP: 2× Gold Black Market MusicReleased: 9 October 2000 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 6 18 7 3 1 4 28 22 15 —BPI: Gold ARIA: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold Sleeping with GhostsReleased: 24 March 2003 Label: Astralwerks, EMD Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl 11 11 6 1 1 2 19 37 3 —BPI: Gold BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold SNEP: 2× Platinum MedsReleased: 13 March 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl 7 4 1 1 1 2 10 24 1 180 BPI: Gold BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum SNEP: Platinum Battle for the SunReleased: 8 June 2009 Label: PIAS, Vagrant Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download 8 8 1 1 1 1 5 14 1 51BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold Loud Like LoveReleased: 16 September 2013 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl, digital download 13 9 2 2 3 3 7 31 1 98BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold Never Let Me GoReleased: 25 March 2022 Label: Elevator Lady, Rise Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 3 10 1 1 2 1 1 39 1 —
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) AUT BEL FRA GER ITA NL SWIiTunes Live: London Festival '09Released: 7 December 2009 Label: Dreambrother Ltd. Formats: digital download — — — — — — —MTV UnpluggedReleased: 27 November 2015 Label: Universal Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, DVD, Blu-ray 21 20 59 6 33 43 13BVMI: GoldCollapse Into Never – Live in Europe 2023Released: 15 December 2023 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download — — — — — — —
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) UK AUS AUT BEL FRA GER ITA NL NZ SWICoversReleased: 22 September 2003 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl — — — — — — 99 — — — Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Virgin, Astralwerks, EMD Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl 8 30 8 1 — 14 8 66 33 4 BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold SNEP: 2× GoldB-Sides: 1996–2006Released: 15 March 2011 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download — — — — — — — — — —Placebo – B-SidesReleased: 31 July 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Without You I'm Nothing – B-SidesReleased: 25 September 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Black Market Music – B-SidesReleased: 27 November 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Sleeping with Ghosts – B-SidesReleased: 19 February 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Meds – B-SidesReleased: 8 April 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —A Place for Us to DreamReleased: 7 October 2016 Label: Rise Records Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download 21 — 28 18 29 10 17 134 — 16BPI: Gold
Extended plays Title EP details Peak chart positions UK BEL FRA GER SCO SWILive at La CigaleReleased: 2 October 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download — — — — — —Exclusive SessionReleased: 29 January 2007 Label: Virgin Formats: digital download — — — — — —Extended Play '07Released: 31 July 2007 Label: Virgin Formats: CD — — — — — —Live at Angkor WatReleased: 12 December 2011 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: digital download — — — — — —B3Released: 15 October 2012 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download 65 — 66 39 81 25Life's What You Make ItReleased: 7 October 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: vinyl, digital download — 66 — — — —
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUSAustralian (ARIA) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: All peaks to 17 May 2024: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. AUT BEL FRA GER ITA SPA SWI USBub."Bruise Pristine"1995 — — — — — — — — — —Placebo"Come Home"1996 86 — — — — — — — — —"36 Degrees" 80 — — — — — — — — —"Teenage Angst" 30 — — — — — — — — —"Nancy Boy"1997 4 158 — — — — — — — —BPI: Silver"Bruise Pristine" (reissue) 14 — — — — — — — — —"Pure Morning"1998 4 49 — — — — — — — —BPI: SilverWithout You I'm Nothing"You Don't Care About Us" 5 103 — — — — — — — —"Every You Every Me"1999 11 46 — — — 99 — — — —BPI: Gold"Without You I'm Nothing" — 52 — — 79 — — — — —"Burger Queen Français" — — — — 78 — — — — —"Taste in Men"2000 16 69 — — 54 — 11 — — —Black Market Music"Slave to the Wage" 19 110 — — 63 92 — — — —"Special K"2001 — 50 — — 60 — 18 — — —"Black-Eyed" — — — — — 94 — — — —"The Bitter End"2003 12 47 — 39 31 34 16 19 53 —BPI: SilverSleeping with Ghosts"This Picture" 23 52 — — 63 75 — 20 — —"Special Needs" 27 — — — 67 71 — — — —"English Summer Rain"2004 23 — — — — — — 17 98 —"Twenty Years" 18 — 59 17 54 52 20 4 50 —Once More with Feeling"Protège-Moi" — — — 17 18 — — — 26 —"Because I Want You"2006 13 — — — — — — — — —Meds "Song to Say Goodbye" — 30 44 18 41 35 5 7 38 —"Infra-Red" 42 52 — — — 75 — — — —"Meds" 35 — — — — 83 — — 78 —"Running Up That Hill"2007 44 81 — — — — — — — 16BPI: GoldCovers"For What It's Worth"2009 97 88 24 24 25 32 46 — 33 —Battle for the Sun"The Never-Ending Why" — — — — — — — — — —"Ashtray Heart" — — — — 44 66 — — — —"Bright Lights"2010 — — — — 92 62 — — — —"B3"2012 — — 35 — 53 — — — — —B3"Too Many Friends"2013 — — 51 26 31 14 — — 54 —Loud Like Love"Loud Like Love"2014 — — — — 151 — — — — —"A Million Little Pieces" — — — — — — — — — —"Jesus' Son"2016 — — — — — — — — — —A Place for Us to Dream"Beautiful James"2021 — — — — — — — — — —Never Let Me Go"Surrounded by Spies" — — — — — — — — — —"Try Better Next Time"2022 — — — — — — — — — —"Happy Birthday in the Sky" — — — — — — — — — —"Shout" — — — — — — — — — —rowspan="2" "Helen Keller" 2026 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
DVDs Release dateTitleDirectorFormats6 April 2004Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) Russell ThomasDVD30 November 2004Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004 Matthew Amos, Simon Cracknell, Howard Greenhalgh and othersDVD13 March 2006Meds (Special Edition Bonus DVD)DVD31 October 2011We Come in Pieces DVD, Blu-ray27 November 2015MTV Unplugged DVD, Blu-ray3 October 2025This Search for Meaning DVD, Blu-ray
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