Japanese multimedia artist, singer and songwriter Yoko Ono has released 14 studio albums, eight collaborative albums, and 40 singles as a lead artist. Married to English singer-songwriter and the Beatles member John Lennon until his murder in 1980, she has contributed several B-sides to his singles from late 1960s to the 1980s. Ono released her debut studio album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band in December 1970, faring poorly in the United States. Similar moderate success was achieved with her follow-up records Fly (1971) and Approximately Infinite Universe (1973).
| Yoko Ono discography | |
|---|---|
 Ono in February 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Singles | 40 |
| Collaborative albums | 8 |
Simultaneously, she released several collaborative albums with Lennon, starting with their Unfinished Music series spawning Two Virgins (1968) and Life with the Lions (1969). Double Fantasy, released three weeks prior to Lennon's murder in 1980, went on to gain widespread commercial success worldwide, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and the United States, among others. Apart from winning the 1981 Album of the Year award at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards, it was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Another album with Lennon, Milk and Honey, would be posthumously made available in 1984.
Ono released her fifth studio album Season of Glass in 1981, to moderate success in Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. The same year saw the single "Walking on Thin Ice" reaching number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it marked Ono's first single to reach a major ranking and further peaked within the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart. Starting with 2001, the singer began re-releasing several remixes of her or Lennon's old material as singles, alongside new original songs. She has since then reached number one 13 times on Billboard's Dance Club Songs component chart, the last one being in 2017 with "Hell in Paradise 2016". In December 2016, Billboard named Ono the 11th most successful dance club artist of all time.[1]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
NOR [3] |
SWE [4] |
UK [5] |
US [6] | ||||
| Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | — | — | — | — | 182 | |||
| Fly |
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— | — | — | — | 199 | ||
| Approximately Infinite Universe |
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— | — | — | — | 193 | ||
| Feeling the Space |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| Season of Glass |
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62 | 31 | 35 | 47 | 49 | ||
| It's Alright (I See Rainbows) |
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— | — | — | — | 98 | ||
| Starpeace |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rising |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| A Story |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| Blueprint for a Sunrise |
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— | — | — | — | — |
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| Between My Head and the Sky |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| Take Me to the Land of Hell |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| Warzone |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart in that territory. | ||||||||
Collaborative albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [8][9] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [10][11] |
GER [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [3] |
NZ [14] |
SWE [4] |
UK [5][15] |
US [6][16] | |||
| Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (with John Lennon) |
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190[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 124 | |
| Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions (with John Lennon) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 174 | |
| Wedding Album (with John Lennon) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 178 | |
| Some Time in New York City (with John Lennon) |
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15 | 10 | 77 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 11 | 48 | |
| Double Fantasy (with John Lennon) |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1[B] | 1[C] | 1 | |
| Heart Play: Unfinished Dialogue (with John Lennon) |
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50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 |
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| Milk and Honey (with John Lennon) |
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3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Yokokimthurston (with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore) |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Other albums
editLive albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [8][9] |
AUS [22] |
NOR [3] |
US [6] | |||
| Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (with John Lennon) |
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78[D] | 7 | 19 | 10 | |
| Let's Have a Dream: 1974 One Step Festival[23] |
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— | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Many Sides of Yoko Ono[24] |
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| Onobox |
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| Walking on Thin Ice |
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Remix albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Dance/ Elec. [25] | ||
| Rising Mixes |
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| Yes, I'm a Witch |
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11 |
| Open Your Box |
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— |
| Onomix |
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| Yes, I'm a Witch Too |
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— |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
Soundtrack album
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| New York Rock |
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Tribute albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Every Man Has a Woman |
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| Mrs. Lennon[26] |
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| Cut Pieces[27] |
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| SuONO[28] |
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| Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono[29] |
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Extended plays
edit| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Song for John |
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| A Blueprint for a Sunrise |
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| Don't Stop Me! |
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| The Road of Hope |
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| The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band[33] |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| ‡ | Indicates remixed re-release of (own) older single or album track |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [34] |
AUS [35] |
CAN [36] |
NZ [37] |
SWE [38] |
UK [5][39] |
US [40] |
US Dance/ Elec. [41] |
US Dance Club [42] | |||
| "Mrs. Lennon"/"Midsummer New York" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fly |
| "Mind Train"/"Listen, the Snow Is Falling" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Now or Never"/"Move on Fast" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Approximately Infinite Universe | |
| "Death of Samantha"/"Yang Yang" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Josejoi Banzai (Part 1)"/"Josejoi Banzai (Part 2)" | 72[E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Woman Power"/"Men, Men, Men" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Feeling the Space | |
| "Run, Run, Run"/"Men, Men, Men" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Yume O Motou (Let's Have a Dream)"/"It Happened" | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Walking on Thin Ice"/"It Happened" | 1981 | — | 18 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 35 | 58 | — | 13 | |
| "No, No, No"/"Will You Touch Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Season of Glass | |
| "Goodbye Sadness"/"I Don't Know Why" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Man"/"Let the Tears Dry" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | It's Alright (I See Rainbows) |
| "Never Say Goodbye"/"Loneliness" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hell in Paradise" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | Starpeace |
| "Cape Clear"/"Walking on Thin Ice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Open Your Box"‡ | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | 144 | — | — | 25 | Non-album singles |
| "Kiss Kiss Kiss"‡ | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | |
| "Yang Yang"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | ||
| "Walking on Thin Ice"‡ | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | 1 | |
| "Will I"/"Fly"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hell in Paradise"‡ | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| "Everyman... Everywoman..."‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| "You're the One"‡ | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| "No, No, No"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| "Give Peace a Chance"‡ | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| "I'm Not Getting Enough"‡ | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| "Give Me Something"‡ | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| "Wouldnit (I'm a Star)"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| "Move on Fast"‡ | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| "Talking to the Universe"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| "She Gets Down On Her Knees"‡ | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| "Early in the Morning" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yokokimthurston | |
| "I'm Moving On"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | Non-album singles | |
| "Hold Me" (featuring Dave Audé) |
2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |
| "Walking on Thin Ice 2013"‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| "Angel" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 | |
| "Woman Power"‡ | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 6 | |
| "I Love You, Earth"/"I'm Going Away Smiling" (with Antony and the Johnsons) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Blink" (with John Zorn) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"/"Atlas Eets Christmas" (with the Flaming Lips) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hell in Paradise 2016"‡ | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | Yes, I'm a Witch Too |
| "Listen, the Snow Is Falling" (Reissue) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (Reissue) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "No, No, No"/"Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" (Reissue)[43] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Season of Glass | |
| "Yume O Motou" (Live)[44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Let's Have a Dream – 1974 One Step Festival | |
| "Move on Fast" (Live)[45] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Other appearances
edit| Title | Year | Main single |
|---|---|---|
| "Remember Love" | 1969 | "Give Peace a Chance" |
| "Don't Worry, Kyoko" | "Cold Turkey" | |
| "Who Has Seen the Wind?" | 1970 | "Instant Karma!" |
| "Why" | 1971 | "Mother" |
| "Open Your Box" | "Power to the People"[F] | |
| "Touch Me" | ||
| "Listen, the Snow is Falling" | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | |
| "Sisters, O Sisters" | 1972 | "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" |
| "Kiss Kiss Kiss" | 1980 | "(Just Like) Starting Over" |
| "Beautiful Boys" | 1981 | "Woman" |
| "Yes, I'm Your Angel" | "Watching the Wheels" | |
| "O'Sanity" | 1984 | "Nobody Told Me" |
| "Your Hands" | "Borrowed Time" | |
| "Never Say Goodbye" | "Borrowed Time" (12") | |
| "Sleepless Night" | "I'm Stepping Out" | |
| "Loneliness" | "I'm Stepping Out" (12") | |
| "It's Alright" | 1985 | "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" |
Guest appearances
edit| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Day of the Sunflowers (We March On)" | 2009 | Basement Jaxx | Scars |
| "The Fear Litany" | 2011 | The Flaming Lips | The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band |
| "Do It!" | |||
| "Brain of Heaven" | |||
| "Atlas Eets Christmas" | |||
| "I'm Ready to Move On / Wild Heart Reprise" | 2014 | Bleachers | Strange Desire |
| "Utopia" | Chicks on Speed | Artstravaganza | |
| "In Love with Life" | 2016 | Hifi Sean | Ft. |
| "This Cities Undone" | 2017 | The Moonlandingz | Interplanetary Class Classics |
| "Occidental Front" | Black Lips | Satan's Graffiti or God's Art? |
Songwriting contributions
edit| Song | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "3 Tearz" | 2019 | Danny Brown featuring Run the Jewels | U Know What I'm Sayin? | Contains elements from "Why" from Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. | [46] |
| "Bonds" | 2015 | Daye Jack | Soul Glitch | Samples "I Have a Woman Inside My Soul" from Approximately Infinite Universe. | [47] |
| "Do the Oz" | 1971 | Elastic Oz Band | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (2000 Reissue) | B-Side of "God Save Us". | [48] |
| "Fim Da Linha" | 2014 | Easy B | - | - | [49] |
| "God Save Us" | 1971 | Elastic Oz Band | - | - | [48] |
| "Gold Rush" | 2018 | Death Cab for Cutie | Thank You for Today | Samples "Mind Train" from Fly. | [50] |
| "I'm Ready to Move On / Wild Heart Reprise" | 2014 | Bleachers | Strange Desire | - | [51] |
| "Imagine" | 1971 | John Lennon | Imagine | Received songwriting credit in 2017. | [52] |
| "Look at the Sky" | 2015 | Olly Murs | Never Been Better (Japan Version) | Cover of "Sukiyaki" with English lyrics written by Ono. | [53] |
| "Oh My Love" | 1971 | John Lennon | Imagine | - | [54] |
| "This Cities Undone" | 2017 | The Moonlandingz | Interplanetary Class Classics | - | |
| "Woman is the Nigger of the World" | 1972 | John Lennon | Some Time in New York City | - |
Music videos
edit- "Mrs. Lennon" (1971)
- "Mind Train" (1972)
- "Don't Count the Waves" (1972)
- "Midsummer New York" (1972)
- "Walking on Thin Ice" (1981)
- "No, No, No" (1981)
- "Goodbye Sadness" (1981)
- "My Man" (1982)
- "Hell in Paradise" (1985)
- "New York Woman" (1996)
- "Bad Dancer" (2013)
Notes
edit- ^ 2017 reissue
- ^ The 2010 reissue Double Fantasy Stripped Down peaked at number 47 in Sweden.[4]
- ^ The 2010 reissue Double Fantasy Stripped Down peaked at number 80 in the United Kingdom.[5]
- ^ 1995 reissue
- ^ 2020 reissue
- ^ "Open Your Box" was the initial B-side to "Power to the People", but it was eventually replaced with "Touch Me" for later releases.
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