| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 16 | |
| ↙Live albums | 4 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 7 | |
| ↙Singles | 45 | |
| ↙No. 1 Singles | 5 | |
America is an American rock group who have released sixteen studio albums, four live albums and seven compilation albums, including a holiday album. They have also issued forty-five singles, including two Billboard Hot 100 number ones, and several number one single on the adult contemporary charts.
America's best-known song is their 1971 debut single, "A Horse with No Name". It was the lead-off single to their self-titled debut album. The song became their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and was also a Top 5 hit in the United Kingdom, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, America had charted eleven Top 40 singles in the United States. However, in the 1990s, their popularity began to fade. They have not had a charted single in the United States since 1984, however, in 1994, "Young Moon" charted in Germany, peaking at number 59 on the country's Media Control Charts.
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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NOR [2] |
NZ [3] |
SWE [4] |
UK [5] |
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| America |
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1 | 22 | — | — | 14 | |||
| Homecoming |
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9 | — | — | — | 21 | |||
| Hat Trick |
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28 | — | — | — | 41 | |||
| Holiday |
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3 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Hearts |
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4 | — | 12 | — | — | |||
| Hideaway |
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11 | — | 12 | 48 | — |
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| Harbor |
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21 | 13 | 31 | 33 | — | |||
| Silent Letter |
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110 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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| US [1] |
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| Alibi |
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142 |
| View from the Ground |
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41 |
| Your Move |
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81 |
| Perspective |
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185 |
| Title | Album details |
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| Hourglass |
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| Human Nature |
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| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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| US [1] |
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| Here & Now |
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52 |
| Title | Album details |
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| Back Pages |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| US [1] |
AUS [12] |
NZ [3] |
UK [5] |
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| History: America's Greatest Hits |
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3 | — | 3 | 60 | ||||
| Encore: More Greatest Hits |
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| King Biscuit Flower Hour |
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| Highway |
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| The Definitive America |
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— | 19 | 2 | 87 |
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| The Complete Greatest Hits |
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152 | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
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| US [1] |
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| Live |
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127 | |||||||
| In Concert |
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| The Grand Cayman Concert |
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| Live in Concert: Wildwood Springs |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Title | Album details |
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| Holiday Harmony |
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |||||
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| US [16] |
US AC [16] |
NL [17] |
NZ [3] |
UK [5] |
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| 1971 | "A Horse with No Name" | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | 3 |
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America | |
| 1972 | "I Need You" | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | |||
| "Ventura Highway" | 8 | 3 | — | — | 43 | Homecoming | |||
| 1973 | "Don't Cross the River" | 35 | 23 | — | — | — | |||
| "Only in Your Heart" | 62 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Muskrat Love" | 67 | 11 | — | — | — | Hat Trick | |||
| "Rainbow Song" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | "Green Monkey" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Tin Man" | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | Holiday | |||
| "Lonely People" | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | "Sister Golden Hair" | 1 | 5 | — | 26 | — | Hearts | ||
| "Daisy Jane" | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Woman Tonight" | 44 | 41 | — | — | — | History: America's Greatest Hits | |||
| 1976 | "Today's the Day" | 23 | 1 | — | — | — | Hideaway | ||
| "Amber Cascades" | 75 | 17 | — | — | — | ||||
| "She's a Liar" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Jet Boy Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Simple Life" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | |||
| 1977 | "God of the Sun" | — | — | — | — | — | Harbor | ||
| "Don't Cry Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Slow Down" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | "California Dreamin'" | 56 | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| "Only Game in Town" | — | — | — | — | — | Silent Letter | |||
| "All My Life" | — | 48 | — | — | — | ||||
| "All Around" | — | 45 | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| US [16] |
US AC [16] |
GER [18] |
NL [17] |
NZ [3] |
UK [5] |
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| 1980 | "You Could Have Been the One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Alibi | |
| "One in a Million" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Survival" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "You Can Do Magic" | 8 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 59 | View from the Ground | |
| "Right Before Your Eyes" | 45 | 16 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "The Border" | 33 | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | Your Move | |
| "Cast the Spirit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1984 | "The Last Unicorn" | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | The Last Unicorn (soundtrack) | |
| "Special Girl" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | Perspective | ||
| "Can't Fall Asleep to a Lullaby" | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||
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| GER [18] |
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| 1990 | "The Last Two to Dance" | — | Hourglass | ||||||
| 1994 | "Young Moon" | 59 | |||||||
| "Hope" | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | "From a Moving Train" | — | Human Nature | ||||||
| "Wednesday Morning" | — | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Moment to Moment" | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Single | Album |
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| 2002 | "Winter Wonderland" | Holiday Harmony |
| 2007 | "Chasing the Rainbow" | Here & Now |
| "Always Love" |
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