This article is the discography of the Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter Annie Lennox. 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).
| Annie Lennox discography | |
|---|---|
 Annie Lennox performing at the Rally For Human Rights during the International AIDS Conference 2010 in Vienna | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 23 |
| B-sides | 15 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 23 |
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".[1] 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.[2] 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.
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.[3]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
CAN [7][8] |
GER [9] |
ITA [10][11] |
NL [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
US [15] | ||||
| Diva | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | |||
| Medusa |
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1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
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| Bare |
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3 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 4 |
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| Songs of Mass Destruction |
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7 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 9 |
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| A Christmas Cornucopia | 16 | 76 | 35 | 19 | 37 | 24 | 60 | 24 | 38 | 35 |
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| Nostalgia |
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9 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 34 | 46 | 8 | 10 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
CAN [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [38] |
ITA [11] |
NL [12] |
SWI [14] |
US [8] | |||
| The Annie Lennox Collection |
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2 | 10 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 34 | |
EPs
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Lepidoptera | Instrumental[42] |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
FRA [43] |
GER [44] |
IRE [45] |
NL [46] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
US [15] | ||||
| "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (with Al Green) |
1988 | 28 | 6 | 4 | — | 20 | 30 | 13 | — | 11 | 9 | Scrooged soundtrack | |
| "Why" | 1992 | 5 | 17 | 11 | — | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
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Diva |
| "Precious" | 23 | 83 | — | — | 49 | — | 30 | 28 | 37 | — | |||
| "Walking on Broken Glass" | 8 | 58 | — | — | 51 | 8 | 61 | 31 | — | 14 |
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| "Cold" | 26 | 80 | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | |||
| "Little Bird" | 1993 | 3 | 38 | — | — | 29 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 49 |
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| "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 |
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Medusa |
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | 16 | 56 | — | 17 | 77 | 25 | 39 | — | 26 | — | |||
| "Waiting in Vain" | 31 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Something So Right" (with Paul Simon) |
44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Pavement Cracks" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bare | |
| "Into the West" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Return of the King soundtrack | ||
| "A Thousand Beautiful Things" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bare | |
| "Wonderful" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "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" (with David Gray) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 |
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Nostalgia |
| "Summertime" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Georgia on My Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Streets of London" (Ralph McTell featuring the Crisis Choir with guest vocalist Annie Lennox) |
2017 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Video albums
edit| Year | Video details |
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| 1992 | Diva
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| 1995 | Live in Central Park
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| 2009 | The Annie Lennox Collection: Limited Edition
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| 2015 | An Evening of Nostalgia
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Music videos
edit| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (with Al Green) | Sophie Muller[52] |
| 1990 | "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" | Ed Lachman[52] |
| 1992 | "Why" | Sophie Muller[53] |
| "Legend in My Living Room" | ||
| "Precious" | ||
| "Money Can't Buy It" | ||
| "Cold" | ||
| "Primitive" | ||
| "The Gift" | ||
| "Walking on Broken Glass" | ||
| "Keep Young and Beautiful" | ||
| 1993 | "Little Bird" | |
| "Love Song for a Vampire" | ||
| 1995 | "No More I Love You's" | Annie Lennox, Joe Dyer[52] |
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | ||
| "Waiting in Vain" | ||
| "Something So Right" | ||
| 2003 | "Pavement Cracks" | |
| "A Thousand Beautiful Things" | ||
| 2007 | "Dark Road" | Mark Langthorn & Mike Owen |
| "Sing" | ||
| 2009 | "Shining Light" | Phil Griffin |
| "Pattern of My Life" | ||
| "Full Steam" (with David Gray) | Andy Morahan | |
| 2010 | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Julian House & Julian Gibbs |
Other appearances
edit| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" | Red Hot + Blue |
| 1994 | "Why" (live version) | The Unplugged Collection, Volume One[54] |
| 1995 | "Mama" | Ain't Nuthin' But a She Thing |
| 1997 | "Dream Angus" | Carnival! |
| "Angel" | Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute | |
| 1998 | "Mama" | The Avengers: The Album |
| 2002 | "Live with Me and Be My Love" | When Love Speaks |
| "Love Comes" (with Jimmy Cliff) | Fantastic Plastic People | |
| 2003 | "Into the West" | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| "Use Well the Days" | ||
| 2004 | "We'll Be Together" (with Sting) | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - The Original Soundtrack |
| 2005 | "Hush, Hush, Hush" (with Herbie Hancock) | Possibilities |
| 2006 | "Fade Away" (with Yungchen Lhamo) | Ama |
| 2015 | "I Put a Spell on You" | Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2018 | "Requiem for A Private War" | A Private War: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
References
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