John Lennon discography

John Lennon discography
Lennon rehearsing "Give Peace a Chance" in Montreal, Canada in 1969
Studio albums	11
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	14
Singles	21
Box sets	4

John Lennon was an English singer-songwriter and was one of four principal members of the band The Beatles. His studio album discography begins with Plastic Ono Band from 1970, his first album release after the break-up of the Beatles, three previous albums done in collaboration with Yoko Ono issued in the 1960s designated as experimental.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	ITA [6]	JPN [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	US [10]
1968	Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) Label: Apple Released: 29 November 1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	124
1969	Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions (with Yoko Ono) Label: Zapple Released: 9 May 1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	174
	Wedding Album (with Yoko Ono) Label: Apple Released: 7 November 1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	178
1970	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Label: Apple Released: 11 December 1970	8	3	2	—	39	8	5	1	4 [11]	6	RIAA: Gold[12]
1971	Imagine Label: Apple Released: 9 September 1971 (US) 8 October 1971 (UK)	1	1	2	5	10	1	1	1	1	1	RIAA: 2× Platinum[12] BPI: Gold[13]
1972	Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono) Label: Apple Released: 12 June 1972 (US) 15 September 1972 (UK)	11	10	—	—	—	6	15	—	2	48
1973	Mind Games Label: Apple Released: 16 November 1973	13	8	28	—	—	14	6	7	7	9	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Gold[13]
1974	Walls and Bridges Label: Apple Released: 4 October 1974	6	4	1	—	41	11	14	16	3	1	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Silver[13]
1975	Rock 'n' Roll Label: Apple Released: 21 February 1975	6	5	5	3	37	12	15	—	9	6	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Gold[13]
1980	Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono) Label: Geffen Released: 17 November 1980	1	1	1	2	2	6	2	4	1	1	RIAA: 3× Platinum[12] BPI: Platinum[13] SNEP: Platinum[14] BVMI: Gold[15]
1984	Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono) Label: Polydor Released: 9 January 1984	3	4	15	10	20	16	3	4	7	11	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Gold[13] MC: Gold[16]

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4]	JPN [7]	NOR [9]	SWE [17]	US [10]
1969	Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (with The Plastic Ono Band) Label: Apple Released: 12 December 1969	—	7	—	—	29	19	—	10	RIAA: Gold[18]
1986	Live in New York City Label: Parlophone, Capitol Released: 10 February 1986	55	66	33	33	13	—	12	41	RIAA: Gold[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions										Certification
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [19]	CAN [3]	GER [5]	JPN [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [17]	US [10]
1975	Shaved Fish Label: Apple Released: 24 October 1975	8	8	5	70	37	22	5	9	28	12	RIAA: Platinum[12] BPI: Gold[13]
1982	The John Lennon Collection Label: Parlophone, Geffen Records (US) Released: 1 November 1982 (UK), 8 November 1982 (US)	1	1	—	29	62	8	32	1	4	33	RIAA: 3× Platinum[12] BPI: 3× Platinum[13] IFPI AUT: Gold[20] MC: Gold[16] SNEP: Platinum[14] IFPI NOR: Gold[21]
1986	Menlove Ave. Label: Parlophone Released: 3 November 1986	—	—	—	92	—	32	—	—	—	127
1988	Imagine: John Lennon Label: Parlophone Released: 10 October 1988	64	14	—	—	—	14	—	—	—	31	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Gold[13] MC: Platinum[16] IFPI SWI: Gold[22]
1997	Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon Label: Parlophone Released: 27 October 1997 (UK), 24 February 1998 (US)	4	37	5	86	11	46	85	39	28	65	RIAA: Platinum[12] BPI: 3× Platinum[13] ARIA: 4× Platinum[23] IFPI AUT: Gold[20] MC: Platinum[16] RIAJ: Gold[24] IFPI SWI: Gold[22]
1998	Wonsaponatime Label: Capitol/EMI Released: 2 November 1998	76	83	—	—	—	57	—	—	—	—
2001	Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits Label: Timeless/Traditions Alive Music Released: 1 February 2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	Acoustic Label: Capitol/EMI Released: 1 November 2004	133	—	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	31
2005	Peace, Love & Truth Label: EMI Released: 4 August 2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon Label: Parlophone/Capitol/EMI Released: 3 October 2005	11	—	22	—	44	39	52	13	17	135	BPI: Gold[13] MC: Gold[16]
2006	The U.S. vs. John Lennon Label: Parlophone/EMI/Capitol Released: 25 September 2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Remember (Starbucks-released compilation) Label: EMI/Starbucks Released: 2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44
2010	Power to the People: The Hits Label: EMI/Capitol Released: 5 October 2010	15	10	16	7	33	25	64	—	33	24
2014	Icon Label: EMI/Capitol Released: 9 September 2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Year	Album	Peak chart positions										Certification
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [19]	CAN [3]	GER [5]	JPN [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [17]	US [10]
1990	Lennon Label: Parlophone Released: 30 October 1990	—	39	—	—	—	53	—	—	—	—	RIAJ: Platinum[25]
1998	John Lennon Anthology Label: Capitol/EMI Released: 2 November 1998	64	—	—	86	—	30	—	—	—	99	RIAA: Gold[12]
2010	Gimme Some Truth Label: EMI/Capitol Released: 5 October 2010	—	—	—	—	—	71	—	—	—	196
	John Lennon Signature Box Label: EMI/Capitol Released: 5 October 2010	—	—	—	—	30	21	88	23	40	148
2015	Lennon Label: UMC Released: 8 June 2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [19]	CAN [26]	GER [27]	JPN [28]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	SWI [29]	US [10]
1969	"Give Peace a Chance" (Plastic Ono Band)	2	6	2	8	4	81	1	11	—	14		non-album singles
	"Cold Turkey" (Plastic Ono Band)	12	25	—	30	—	91	—	—	—	30
1970	"Instant Karma!" (Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band)	5	6	4	2	7	58	7	9	31	3	RIAA: Gold[12]
	"Mother"	—	57	9	12	26	30	10	—	3	43		John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1971	"Power to the People" (John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band)	6	21	11	4	7	66	4	3	5	11		non-album single
	"Imagine"	—	1	—	1	7	14	5	6	5	3		Imagine
	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)	2	9	49	43	40	30	7	3	57	—		non-album single
1972	"Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Invisible Strings)	—	—	—	73	—	38	—	—	—	57		Some Time in New York City
1973	"Mind Games"	26	16	—	11	37	46	16	—	—	18		Mind Games
1974	"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band))	36	34	—	2	42	72	21	—	—	1		Walls and Bridges
	"#9 Dream"	23	—	—	35	—	97	—	—	—	9
1975	"Stand by Me"	30	61	19	13	22	74	—	—	—	20		Rock 'n' Roll
	"Ya Ya"	—	—	—	—	47	—	—	—	—	—
	"Imagine"	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Shaved Fish
1980	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	1	1	1	1	4	37	14	2	1	1	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Gold[13]	Double Fantasy
1981	"Woman"	1	4	3	1	4	—	11	5	2	2	RIAA: Gold[12] BPI: Silver[13]
	"Imagine"	1	43	4	—	—	—	5	3	2	—	BPI: Platinum[13]	Imagine
	"Watching the Wheels"	30	45	12	3	46	—	—	—	6	10		Double Fantasy
	"I Saw Her Standing There" (Elton John Band feat. John Lennon and the Muscle Shoals Horns)	40	81	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—		28th November 1974 (Elton John EP)
	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)	28	77	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—		non album-single
1982	"Love"	41	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The John Lennon Collection
1984	"Nobody Told Me"	6	6	—	4	55	—	13	7	—	5		Milk and Honey
	"Borrowed Time"	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	108
	"I'm Stepping Out"	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55
	"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Every Man Has a Woman
1985	"Jealous Guy"	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80		Imagine
1988	"Imagine"	45	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Imagine: John Lennon
1997	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	—	—	—	—	—	40	—	—	—	—	RIAJ: Gold[30]	Lennon Legend
	"Love"	—	—	—	—	—	58	—	—	—	—	RIAJ: Gold[31]
1999	"Imagine"	3	—	—	—	—	—	56	—	—	—		Imagine
2003	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)	33	—	—	—	—	—	78	—	—	—		non album-single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1969	"Give Peace a Chance"
	"Cold Turkey"
1970	"Working Class Hero"
	"Mother"
1971	"Imagine"
	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
1973	"Mind Games"
1975	"Stand by Me"
1980	"(Just Like) Starting Over"
1981	"Watching the Wheels"
	"Woman"
1982	"Love"

Collaborations and other appearances

Year	Album/single	Collaborator	Comment
1962	B-side: "I've Just Fallen for Someone"	Johnny Gentle	uncredited co-writer (middle eight)[32]
1965	"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"	The Silkie	producer
1967	"We Love You"	The Rolling Stones	backing vocals, tambourine, handclaps
	Their Satanic Majesties Request	The Rolling Stones	backing vocals and percussion on "Sing This All Together"
1970	"Down in the Alley"	Ronnie Hawkins	spoken introduction
	Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band	Yoko Ono	producer, guitar
1971	"God Save Oz" / "Do the Oz"	Bill Elliot and the Elastic Oz Band	writer of both songs, vocals on "Do the Oz"
	Fly	Yoko Ono	producer, guitar, piano, organ
1972	The Pope Smokes Dope	David Peel and The Lower East Side	producer
	Elephant's Memory	Elephant's Memory	producer, guitar, backing vocals
1973	Approximately Infinite Universe	Yoko Ono	producer, guitar, backing vocals
	Ringo	Ringo Starr	writer, piano and harmony vocals on "I'm the Greatest"
	Feeling the Space	Yoko Ono	producer, guitar on "She Hits Back" and "Woman Power"
	"Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)"	Mick Jagger	producer[33]
1974	A Toot and a Snore in '74	various artists (bootleg)	Lennon jams with Paul McCartney and others
	Pussy Cats	Harry Nillson	producer, co-writer of "Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga"
	Caribou	Elton John	Tambourine on "The Bitch Is Back"[34]
	Goodnight Vienna	Ringo Starr	writer/vocals/piano on title song, guitar on "All by Myself" and "Only You (And You Alone)"
	"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" / "One Day (At a Time)"	Elton John	guitar, backing vocals
	John Dawson Winter III	Johnny Winter	writer of "Rock and Roll People"
1975	Two Sides of the Moon	Keith Moon	writer of "Move Over Ms. L"
	Young Americans	David Bowie	vocals, guitar, backing vocals on "Across the Universe" and "Fame" (also co-writer)
1976	Ringo's Rotogravure	Ringo Starr	writer/piano on "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)"
1980	John Lennon for President	David Peel and the Lower East Side	producer[35]
1980	Outtakes of "I'm Losing You" and "I'm Moving On"	Cheap Trick	writer, vocals ("I'm Losing You" released on John Lennon Anthology)
1981	"Walking on Thin Ice"	Yoko Ono	producer, guitar

See also

• The Beatles discography

References

Footnotes

Citations

1. "John Lennon". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
2. Peak chart positions for albums and singles in Australia:
   • All releases between 1970 and 1989: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
   • Releases from 1989 onwards: australian-charts.com "John Lennon discography" Check |url= value (help). Hung Meiden. ARIA Charts. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
   • Releases pre-1969: Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book, 2005. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
3. Peak positions for albums in Canada.
   • John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 14, No. 22". RPM. 16 January 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Imagine: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 16, No. 12". RPM. 6 November 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Mind Games: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 20, No. 24, January 26, 1974". RPM. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Walls and Bridges: "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 22, No. 15". RPM. 30 November 1974. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Rock 'n' Roll: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 23, No. 8, April 19, 1975". RPM. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Double Fantasy: "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 7, January 24, 1981". RPM. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Milk and Honey: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 39, No. 24". RPM. 18 February 1984. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Live in New York City: "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 44, No. 1". RPM. 29 March 1986. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Menlove Ave.: "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 45, No. 10". RPM. 29 November 1986. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
   • Lennon Legend: "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 66, No. 15" (PHP). RPM. 15 December 1997. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
   • All releases from 2000 onwards "John Lennon Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
4. "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
5. "charts.de: Suche nach "John Lennon"" (ASP). charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
6. "Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Album" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
7. Peak chart positions for albums in Japan:
   • All releases except as noted below: Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.
   • Imagine: John Lennon, Lennon, Lennon Legend, John Lennon Anthology, Wonsaponatime, Acoustic, Working Class Hero, Gimme Some Truth, Power to the People, Signature Box: "ジョン・レノンのCDアルバムランキング" [John Lennon: Highest position and charting weeks on the albums chart]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
8. "dutchcharts.nl John Lennon discography" (in Dutch). MegaCharts/Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
9. "norwegiancharts.com John Lennon discography". VG-lista. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
10. "Allmusic: John Lennon: Chart and Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
11. "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian harts portal". VG-lista. Retrieved 2011-09-17.NOTE: Reference mistakenly indicates "Some Time in New York City" was placed at number-four on the chart, but it was not recorded as of 1971
12. "RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
13. "BPI – Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
14. "French albums certifications". InfoDisc. Retrieved 19 November 2010. Note: See "LENNON J." and "LENNON J. & Ono Y."
15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Retrieved 18 November 2010.
16. "Gold Platinum Database: John Lennon". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
17. "swedishcharts.com - Discography John Lennon" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
18. "RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
19. "Discographie John Lennon - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
20. "IFPI Austria" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2011-09-16. Note: User needs to enter "John Lennon" in the "Interpret" field and click the "Suchen" button.
21. "IFPI Norsk platebransje". Retrieved 14 November 2010.
22. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
23. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
24. "RIAJ > The Record > February 1999 > Certified Awards (December 1998)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2013.
25. "Japanese album certifications – ジョン・レノン – LENNON" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1991年12月 on the drop-down menu
26. Peak positions for albums in Canada:
    • "Give Peace a Chance": "Top Singles - Volume 12, No. 1, August 23, 1969" (PHP). RPM. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
    • "Cold Turkey": "Top Singles - Volume 12, No. 19" (PHP). RPM. 27 December 1969. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Instant Karma!": "Top Singles - Volume 13, No. 6" (PHP). RPM. 28 March 1970. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Mother": "Top Singles - Volume 14, No. 26" (PHP). RPM. 13 February 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Power to the People": "Top Singles - Volume 15, No. 13" (PHP). RPM. 15 May 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Imagine": "Top Singles – Volume 16, No. 16" (PHP). RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 4 December 1971. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
    • "Happy Xmas": "Top Singles - Volume 16, No. 20" (PHP). RPM. 8 January 1972. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Woman Is the Nigger of the World": "Top Singles - Volume 17, No. 20" (PHP). RPM. 1 July 1972. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Mind Games": "Top Singles - Volume 20, No. 20" (PHP). RPM. 29 December 1973. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Whatever Gets You thru the Night": "Top Singles - Volume 22, No. 14" (PHP). RPM. 23 November 1974. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "No 9. Dream": "Top Singles - Volume 23, No. 1" (PHP). RPM. 1 March 1975. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Stand by Me": "Top Singles - Volume 23, No. 10" (PHP). RPM. 3 May 1975. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "(Just Like) Starting Over": "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 7" (PHP). RPM. 24 January 1981. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Woman": "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 15" (PHP). RPM. 21 March 1981. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Watching the Wheels": "Top Singles - Volume 35, No. 2" (PHP). RPM. 20 June 1981. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
    • "Nobody Told Me": "Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 25" (PHP). RPM. 25 February 1984. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
27. "charts.de: Suche nach "John Lennon"" (ASP). charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
28. Okamoto, Satoshi (2011). Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968-2010 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-088-4.
29. "Swiss Chart > John Lennon". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
30. "RIAJ > The Record > September 1997 > Certified Awards (July 1997)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 May 2013.
31. "RIAJ > The Record > January 1999 > Certified Awards (November 1998)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
32. Goldman, Albert (1988). The Lives of John Lennon. William Morrow & Co. p. 97. ISBN 9780688047214.
33. Aeppli, Felix (2003). The Rolling Stones 1962-2002: The Ultimate Guide to the First Forty Years. Paul Pelletier Publishing. ISBN 978-0907872306.
34. Blaney, John (2005). "1973 to 1975: The Lost Weekend Starts Here". John Lennon: Listen to This Book (illustrated ed.). [S.l.]: Paper Jukebox. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-9544528-1-0.
35. http://www.allmusic.com/album/john-lennon-for-president-mw0000496824/credits