The discography of Scottish singer-songwriter Darius Danesh consists of two studio albums, one compilation album, one video album, six music videos and six singles during his lifetime. His debut album Dive In (2002) was released following the success of his debut single "Colourblind". Released in July 2002, it debuted atop the singles charts in his native Scotland as well as the United Kingdom, whilst it reached the top ten of the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles chart. Additionally, it achieved commercial success in territories including Australia, the Netherlands and Ireland, and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) indicating sales of over 400,000 copies. The album spawned another three singles – "Rushes", "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)" and "Girl in the Moon" and was certified Platinum by the BPI.
His second, and final studio album before his death, Live Twice was released in October 2004. Whilst it largely failed to match the commercial success of his debut album, it did still peak within the top ten of the albums charts in Scotland, as well as within the top forty of the albums charts in the United Kingdom. It spawned two commercially successful singles – "Kinda Love" and "Live Twice". In February 2005, he released his first video album, Darius: The Story So Far.
He appeared as a featured artist on Pop Idol: The Big Band Album with the track "Let There Be Love" in 2002, and in the same year featured on "Pretty Flamingo" for the War Child: 1 Love Album release. In 2010, he appeared on the reality show Popstar to Operastar and subsequently won the competition.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum details Peak chart positionsCertificationsSCOUK Dive InReleased: 2 December 2002 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, digital download36 BPI: Platinum Live TwiceReleased: 25 October 2004 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, digital download1036
Video albums + List of video albums, with selected details Title Details Darius: The Story So Far Released: 28 February 2005 Format: DVD Label:
Compilation albums
Pop Idol: The Big Band Album (2002)
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Year Chart positions Certifications Album SCO AUS IRE NER UK "Colourblind" 2002 1 61 13 75 1 BPI: Gold Dive In "Rushes" 2 — — — 5 "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)" 2003 7 — 21 — 9 "Girl in the Moon" 13 — — — 21 "Kinda Love" 2004 2 — — — 8 Live Twice "Live Twice" 2005 4 — 24 — 7
Other appearances + List of other non-single song appearances Title Year Album "Let There Be Love" 2002 Pop Idol: The Big Band Album "Pretty Flamingo" War Child: 1 Love Album "Sandy" 2003 Greasemania
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