The discography of Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox consists of 6 studio albums, 1 extended play (EP), 1 compilation album, 26 singles, 2 promotional singles, 15 B-sides, 4 video albums, and 26 music videos. After a decade of major international success as part of Eurythmics, Lennox began her solo career in earnest in 1992 with the release of her first album Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". The same year, she performed "Love Song for a Vampire" for Bram Stoker's Dracula. To date, she has released six solo studio albums, three of them being covers albums (including a Christmas-themed album) and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009).
Following the multi-platinum success of Diva, she released her 1995 studio album, Medusa, which includes cover versions of songs such as "No More 'I Love You's and "A Whiter Shade of Pale". With eight Brit Awards, which includes being named Best British Female Artist a record six times, Lennox has been named the "Brits Champion of Champions". She has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard. In 2004, she received the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
In 2003, she released her third album, Bare, to critical and commercial success. Whilst it did not match the previous successes of her predecessor albums Diva and Medusa, it charted within the top ten in countries including the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Germany, and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 46th Grammy Awards. Her fourth album, Songs of Mass Destruction, followed in 2007 and spawned two singles – "Dark Road" and "Sing". She fulfilled her contractual obligations with RCA Records in 2009 by releasing her first compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection, and its lead single, a cover version of "Shining Light" which reached the top forty in the United Kingdom.
Her fifth album, and first with new record label Island and Decca, A Christmas Cornucopia was released in November 2010, and in September 2014, released her sixth solo album Nostalgia. Her version of "I Put a Spell on You" was a moderate commercial success attributed by its inclusion in the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey, reaching the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as the singles charts in her native Scotland, and the UK Singles Charts. Lennox has earned the distinction of 'most successful female British artist in UK music history' due to her global commercial success since the 1980s. Including her work with Eurythmics, Lennox is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 80 million records worldwide.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications. Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UKUK chart peaks: Top 100 peaks: N.B. This site displays 'compressed' chart (exclusion rules applied) peaks between numbers 76–100. Top 200 peaks between November 1994 and December 2010: N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' chart (no exclusion rules applied) peaks between numbers 76–200, from November 1994 until May 2001. AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "A Whiter Shade of Pale": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Waiting in Vain": "I Put a Spell on You": AUT CAN GER ITA NL SWE SWI US DivaReleased: 6 April 1992 Label: RCA (#75326) Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 7 3 8 6 1 5 5 5 23 ITA: 250,000 US: 2,700,000 WW: 7,000,000 BPI: 4× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWE: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum NVPI: Gold RIAA: 2× Platinum MedusaReleased: 6 March 1995 Label: RCA (#74321257172) Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 5 2 1 4 5 7 4 6 11 US: 1,900,000 BPI: 2× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI EU: 2× Platinum IFPI SWE: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: 2× Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum BareReleased: 9 June 2003 Label: RCA (#82876524052) Formats: CD, digital download 3 10 17 3 5 7 18 29 7 4 US: 826,000 BPI: Gold MC: Gold RIAA: Gold Songs of Mass DestructionReleased: 1 October 2007 Label: RCA (#88697152582) Formats: CD, digital download 7 41 25 9 15 3 26 26 7 9 UK: 71,000 US: 275,000 BPI: Silver A Christmas CornucopiaReleased: 15 November 2010 Label: Island Formats: CD, LP, digital download 16 76 35 19 37 24 60 24 38 35 US: 179,000 BPI: Gold NostalgiaReleased: 21 October 2014 Label: Island Formats: CD, LP, digital download 9 16 10 9 15 7 34 46 8 10 US: 139,000 BPI: Gold
Compilation albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS AUT CAN GER IRE ITA NL SWI US The Annie Lennox CollectionReleased: 17 February 2009 Label: RCA (#88697368052) Formats: CD, digital download 2 10 27 13 15 3 4 25 23 34 BPI: Platinum FIMI: Platinum IRE: Gold
Extended plays Title Year Notes Lepidoptera 2019 Instrumental
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and originating album. Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUS AUT FRA GER IRE NL SWE SWI US "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" 1988 28 6 4 — 20 30 13 — 11 9 Scrooged – Soundtrack "Why" 1992 5 17 11 — 12 5 6 10 6 34 BPI: Silver Diva "Precious" 23 83 — — 49 — 30 28 37 — "Walking on Broken Glass" 8 58 — — 51 8 61 31 — 14 BPI: Platinum "Cold" 26 80 — — — — 51 — — — "Little Bird" 1993 3 38 — — 29 3 — — 34 49 BPI: Silver "Love Song for a Vampire" — 10 — — — — Bram Stoker's Dracula – Soundtrack "No More 'I Love You's" 1995 2 16 11 13 27 2 23 15 14 23 BPI: Gold Medusa "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 16 56 — 17 77 25 39 — 26 — "Waiting in Vain" 31 117 — — — — — — — — "Something So Right" 44 — — — — — — — — — "Into the West" 2003 — — — — — — — — — — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Soundtrack "Wonderful" 2004 — — — — — — — — — — Bare "Dark Road" 2007 58 — — — — — — — 45 — Songs of Mass Destruction "Sing" 161 — — — — — — — — — "Many Rivers to Cross" 2008 — — — — — 47 — — — 80 The Annie Lennox Collection "Shining Light" 2009 39 — — — — — 97 — — — "Pattern of My Life" — — — — — — — — — — "Full Steam" — — — — — — — — — — Draw the Line "Universal Child" 2010 88 — — — — — — — — — A Christmas Cornucopia "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" — — — — — — — — — — "The Holly and the Ivy" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — "I Put a Spell on You" 2014 63 81 65 29 63 — — 81 44 97 BPI: Silver Nostalgia "Summertime" — — — — — — — — — — "Georgia on My Mind" — — — — — — — — — — "Streets of London" 2017 92 — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles Title Year Album "Pavement Cracks" 2003 Bare "A Thousand Beautiful Things" 2004
Other appearances Title Year Album "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 1990 Red Hot + Blue "Why" 1994 The Unplugged Collection, Volume One "Mama" 1995 Ain't Nuthin' But a She Thing "Dream Angus" 1997 Carnival! "Angel" Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute "Mama" 1998 The Avengers – Soundtrack "Live with Me and Be My Love" 2002 When Love Speaks "Love Comes" Fantastic Plastic People "Use Well the Days" 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Soundtrack "We'll Be Together" 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – Soundtrack "Hush, Hush, Hush" 2005 Possibilities "Fade Away" 2006 Ama "I Put a Spell on You" 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey – Soundtrack "Requiem for a Private War" 2018 A Private War – Soundtrack
Videography Video albums Title Details Totally DivaReleased: 6 April 1992 Label: RCA Format: VHS, DVD Live in Central ParkReleased: 27 November 1995 Label: RCA Format: VHS, DVD The Annie Lennox Collection: Limited EditionReleased: 17 February 2009 Label: RCA Format: DVD An Evening of NostalgiaReleased: 4 May 2015 Label: Island Format: DVD, Blu-ray
Music videos Title Year Director "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" 1988 Sophie Muller "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 1990 Ed Lachman "Why" 1992 Sophie Muller "Legend in My Living Room" "Precious" "Money Can't Buy It" "Cold" "Primitive" "The Gift" "Walking on Broken Glass" "Keep Young and Beautiful" "Little Bird" 1993 "Love Song for a Vampire" "No More 'I Love You's" 1995 Annie Lennox & Joe Dyer "A Whiter Shade of Pale" "Waiting in Vain" "Something So Right" "Pavement Cracks" 2003 "A Thousand Beautiful Things" "Dark Road" 2007 Mark Langthorn & Mike Owen "Sing" "Shining Light" 2009 Phil Griffin "Pattern of My Life" "Full Steam" Andy Morahan "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 2010 Julian House & Julian Gibbs "Dido's Lament" 2020
References
External links Official Annie Lennox website