The Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan has released 10 studio albums, 54 singles, three extended plays (EPs), seven compilation albums, three live albums, nine video albums, and three remix albums. Her debut album, Touch was released in 1988 and included first singles: "Vox", "Steaming" and "Ben's Song". The album charted in Canada and the United States and was certified platinum in Canada and gold in the US. The next album, Solace was issued in 1991. It peaked at number 20 in Canada and was certified double platinum there. Solace also charted in the US, where it was certified gold. It featured three singles: "The Path of Thorns (Terms)", "Into the Fire" and "Drawn to the Rhythm". The third studio album, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) became McLachlan's mainstream breakthrough album in Canada and the United States. It peaked at number five in Canada and number 50 on the US Billboard 200, and was certified 5× platinum in Canada and 3× platinum in the US. "Possession" and "Good Enough" became McLachlan's first singles to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Good Enough" also became her first top 10 hit in Canada, reaching number nine. At the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
In 1997, McLachlan released her most successful album to date, Surfacing. It topped the chart in Canada and reached number two in the United States, and also charted in various countries around the world. Surfacing was certified diamond in Canada for selling over one million copies, 8× platinum in the US for selling eight million copies, and gold in other countries. Surfacing featured the hit singles: "Building a Mystery", "Sweet Surrender", "Adia" and "Angel". All singles charted inside top 10 in Canada, including number one for "Building a Mystery". All singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and two of them became McLachlan's first top 10 hits on that chart: "Adia" at number three and "Angel" at number four. At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, "Building a Mystery" won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and "Last Dance" from Surfacing won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Surfacing was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, "Adia" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
McLachlan's 1999 live album, Mirrorball was also very successful. It topped the chart in Canada and reached number three in the US. It was certified 5× platinum in Canada and 3× platinum in the US. McLachlan's 1995 song, "I Will Remember You" now in live version was released as the lead single from Mirrorball. In 1995, the song already reached number 10 in Canada and number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. This new live version reached number 10 in Canada again but achieved a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 14, solely on airplay. At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, "I Will Remember You" (Live) won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Mirrorball was nominated for Best Pop Album and "Possession" (Live) was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. "Silence" by Delerium featuring McLachlan became one of the greatest trance songs of all time. The original version, released as a single in 1999, was remixed many times over the years to a great success on the charts. "Silence" topped the US Dance Club Songs and reached number one in Ireland. It also peaked at number two in Belgium, number three in the United Kingdom, number five in Canada, number six in Australia, number seven in the Netherlands, and charted in many other countries.
In 2003, McLachlan returned to public life with her fifth studio album, Afterglow. It topped the chart in Canada, reached number two in the US and charted in many countries around the world. Afterglow was certified 5× platinum in Canada, 2× platinum in the US, and gold in other countries. At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, "Fallen" from Afterglow was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, Afterglow was nominated for the Best Pop Vocal Album. At the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, Afterglow'''s "World on Fire" music video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. In 2006, McLachlan released her first Christmas album, Wintersong. It peaked at number one in Canada and number seven in the US, and was certified 3× platinum in Canada and platinum in the US. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, Wintersong was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
In 2008, McLachlan issued her first greatest hits album, Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan, which reached number three in Canada and was certified platinum there. It was followed by 2010's Laws of Illusion, 2014's Shine On and 2016's Wonderland. Over the years, McLachlan also released compilations with rare songs like Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff (1996) and Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 (2008), and albums with remixes: Remixed (2001) and Bloom: Remix Album (2005). In 1994, she also released The Freedom Sessions with alternative versions of her songs from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. As of 2015, McLachlan has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.
Albums
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsCANCanadian Albums Chart peak positions: For Touch: For Solace: For Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: For The Freedom Sessions: For Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff: For Mirrorball: For Bloom: Remix Album: For all other albums: AUSAustralian Albums Chart peak positions: For Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan: For Wonderland: For all other albums: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.GERIREIrish Albums Chart peak positions: For Afterglow: For Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan: NLDNORNZSWIUKUK Albums Chart peak positions: For Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2: For Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan: For all the other albums: US Touch Released: 11 October 1988 Label: Nettwerk Formats: CD, LP, cassette 61 — — — — — — — — 132 MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold Solace Released: 29 June 1991 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette 20 — — — — — — — — 167 MC: 2× Platinum RIAA: Gold Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Released: 22 October 1993 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette 5 102 — — — — — — — 50 MC: 5× Platinum RIAA: 3× Platinum Surfacing Released: 15 July 1997 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette 1 37 — — 52 — 13 — 47 2 MC: Diamond ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold RIAA: 8× Platinum Afterglow Released: 4 November 2003 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette 1 22 25 20 23 14 30 19 33 2 MC: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold RIAA: 2× Platinum Wintersong Released: 17 October 2006 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, digital 1 — — — — — — — — 7 MC: 3× Platinum RIAA: Platinum Laws of Illusion Released: 15 June 2010 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, digital 2 12 80 100 73 — 9 49 76 3 Shine On Released: 6 May 2014 Label: Verve Formats: CD, LP, digital 1 26 — — 97 — — — 71 4 MC: Gold Wonderland Released: 21 October 2016 Label: Verve Formats: CD, LP, digital 12 68 — — — — — — — 56 MC: Gold Better Broken Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Concord Formats: CD, LP, digital 28 33 — — — — — — — 96 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsCANNZUS Mirrorball Released: 15 June 1999 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette 1 13 3 MC: 5× Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Gold Afterglow Live Released: 7 November 2004 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: DVD/CD — — 107 MC: Gold Mirrorball: The Complete Concert Released: 3 October 2006 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: 2CD, digital — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsCANAUSIRENORNZUKUS Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Released: 17 June 1996 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, cassette 6 147 — — — — — MC: 3× Platinum iTunes Originals – Sarah McLachlan Released: 17 May 2005 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: digital — — — — — — — Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 Released: 29 April 2008 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, digital 2 — — — — 193 44 MC: Gold Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan Released: 7 October 2008 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, 2CD, digital 3 62 47 19 9 192 11 MC: Platinum BPI: Silver The Essential Sarah McLachlan Released: 20 August 2013 Label: Legacy Formats: 2CD, digital — — — — — — — BPI: Silver The Box Set Series Released: 26 May 2015 Label: Legacy Formats: 4CD — — — — — — — The Classic Christmas Album Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Legacy Formats: CD, digital — — — — — — 199 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Remix albums Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsCANAUSUS The Freedom Sessions Released: 6 December 1994 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, cassette 36 — 78 MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold Remixed Released: 26 June 2001 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP 10 138 200 MC: Platinum Bloom: Remix Album Released: 6 September 2005 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, digital 22 147 76 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
EPs Title EP details Peak chart positionsCAN Live Released: 9 October 1992 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD — Live Acoustic Released: 31 May 2004 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, digital 23 Live from Etown: 2006 Christmas Special Released: 19 December 2006 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: digital — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Singles As main artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumCANCanadian Singles Chart peak positions: For "Vox": For "The Path of Thorns (Terms)": For "Into the Fire": For "Drawn to the Rhythm": For "Possession": For "Hold On": For "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy": For "Good Enough": For "Ol' '55": For "I Will Remember You": For "Dear God": For "Building a Mystery": For "Sweet Surrender": For "Adia": For "Angel": For "I Will Remember You" (Live): For "Ice Cream" (Live): For "Silence (Remixes)": For "Stupid": For all the other singles: CAN ACCanadian Adult Contemporary Singles Chart peak positions: For "The Path of Thorns (Terms)": For "Drawn to the Rhythm": For "Good Enough": For "I Will Remember You": For "Dear God": For "Full of Grace": For "Building a Mystery": For "Sweet Surrender": For "Adia": For "Angel": For "I Will Remember You" (Live): For "Ice Cream" (Live): For "Fallen": For "Stupid": For "World on Fire": For all the other singles: and AUSGERIRENLDUKUK Singles Chart peak positions: For "Silence": For "Sing": For "Silence 2008" and "Silence 2010": For all the other albums: USUS ACUS Adult Contemporary Singles Chart peak positions: For "Time After Time": For "Sing": For all the other singles: USDanceUS Dance Singles Chart peak positions: For "Silence" and "Silence 2004": For "Sing":