The discography of Natalie Merchant contains nine studio albums, two compilation albums, and seven singles. Merchant's debut album, Tigerlily, produced three top 10 hits, "Carnival", "Wonder", and "Jealousy". The album is certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.
Albums
Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications and sales US US Rock USFolk AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: The House of Carpenter's Daughter & Leave Your Sleep albums: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. Natalie Merchant album: "Wonder": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. NZ UKUK chart peaks: Top 100 peaks: N.B. This site displays compressed (exclusion rules applied) singles chart positions between numbers 76 and 100. Top 200 peaks to December 2010: N.B. This site contains uncompressed (no exclusions) singles chart peaks between numbers 76 and 200, for the period covering November 1994 to May 2001, so some listed peaks are lower than those appearing on the Official Charts site. 1995 Tigerlily Released: June 20, 1995 Label: Elektra 13 — — 18 14 39 RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver"Certified Awards Search" . British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 October 2014. Note: User must define 'Search by Artist' search parameter as "Natalie Merchant". MC: Gold 1998 Ophelia Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Elektra 8 — — 56 26 52 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold 2001 Motherland Released: November 13, 2001 Label: Elektra 30 — — 83 11 102 RIAA: Gold 2003 The House Carpenter's Daughter Released: September 16, 2003 Label: Myth America — — — 124 — — 2010 Leave Your Sleep Released: April 9, 2010 Label: Nonesuch 17 5 1 168 30 46 Worldwide: 200,000 2014 Natalie Merchant Released: May 6, 2014 Label: Nonesuch 20 5 2 87 — 34US: 44,000 2015 Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings Released: November 6, 2015 Label: Nonesuch 96 — 5 — — — 2017 Butterfly Released: 2017 Label: Nonesuch — — — — — — 2023Keep Your Courage Released: April 14, 2023 Label: Nonesuch — — — — — 58 2026A Cabinet of Wonders Released: August 21, 2026 Label: Nonesuch colspan="6" "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Year Album details Peak positions US 1999 Live in Concert Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Elektra 82
Compilation albums Year Album details 2005 Retrospective: 1995–2005 Released: September 27, 2005 Label: Elektra2017 Rarities (1998–2017) Released: July 14, 2017 Label: Nonesuch
Extended plays Year EP details Peak positions US USRock2010 iTunes Sessions Released: July 27, 2010 Label: Myth America 103 31
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album US US Adult US AC US Pop US Alt AUS NZ UK 1995 "Carnival" 10 8 8 6 12 24 — 147 Tigerlily "Wonder" 20 2 18 7 16 71 — 96 1996 "Jealousy" 23 5 17 8 — — 40 — 1998 "Kind & Generous" 18 3 — 15 32 — — — Ophelia "Break Your Heart" — 24 — — — — — 124 1999 "Life Is Sweet" — 12 — — — — — — 2001 "Just Can't Last" — 30 — — — — — — Motherland 2002 "Build a Levee" — — — — — — — — "Tell Yourself" — — — — — — — — 2010 "Topsyturvey-World" — — — — 26 — — — Leave Your Sleep 2014 "Ladybird" — — — — — — — — Natalie Merchant "—" denotes releases that did not chart
A. Charted only on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. B. Charted on the Adult Alternative Songs chart.
Other appearances Year Song Album 1993 "Photograph" (with R.E.M.) Born to Choose 1996 "Come Take a Trip in My Starship" For Our Children Too 1997 "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" A Very Special Christmas 3 1998 "Birds and Ships" Mermaid Avenue 1998 "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" Mermaid Avenue 1998 "But Not for Me" (featuring Chris Botti) Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove 2000 "I Was Born" Mermaid Avenue Vol. II 2011 "Child of a Blind Man" Cicada 2011 "Learning the Game" Listen to Me: Buddy Holly 2017 "The Butcher's Boy" & "Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier" Folk Songs
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