Herbert Grönemeyer discography

This is the discography for Herbert Grönemeyer, a German musician. According to record certifications he has sold over 18 million records. His most successful album is Mensch with 3,700,000 copies sold.

Contents 1 Albums 1.1 Studio albums 1.2 Live albums 1.3 Compilations 1.4 Remix-albums 1.5 Charts summary 1.6 English language Studio albums 2 Singles 2.1 Chart positions 2.2 Chart positions as guest musician 2.3 Charts summary 2.4 Collaboration with other artists 2.5 Other Releases 3 VHS/DVDs 4 Box Sets 5 Film scores 6 Record certifications 6.1 Summary 7 Notes and references

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER[1]	AUT[2]	SWI[3]
1979	Grönemeyer	—	—	—	Release: 1979
1980	Zwo	—	—	—	Release: 1980
1982	Total egal	—	—	—	Release: 1982
1983	Gemischte Gefühle	43 (12 weeks)	—	—	Release: 1983 Sales: + 300,000
1984	4630 Bochum	1 (33 weeks)	7 (24 weeks)	12 (13 weeks)	Release: 14 August 1984 Sales: + 2,600,000
1986	Sprünge	1 (40 weeks)	1 (40 weeks)	1 (22 weeks)	Release: 30 April 1986 Sales: + 1,000,000
1988	Ö	1 (85 weeks)	1 (78 weeks)	1 (29 weeks)	Release: 30. March 1988 Sales: + 1,900,000
1990	Luxus	1 (55 weeks)	1 (20 weeks)	6 (18 weeks)	Release: 17 September 1990 Sales: + 800,000
1993	Chaos	1 (49 weeks)	2 (17 weeks)	8 (10 weeks)	Release: 24 May 1993 Sales: + 800,000
1998	Bleibt alles anders	1 (57 weeks)	1 (16 weeks)	3 (20 weeks)	Release: 17 April 1998 Sales: + 900,000
2002	Mensch	1 (95 weeks)	1 (83 weeks)	1 (76 weeks)	Release: 30. August 2002 Sales: + 3,700,000[4]
2007	12	1 (71 weeks)	1 (28 weeks)	1 (27 weeks)	Release: 1 March 2007 Sales: + 1,600,000
2011	Schiffsverkehr	1 (… weeks)	1 (… weeks)	1 (… weeks)	Release: 18 March 2011 Sales: + 400,000[5]

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER[1]	AUT[2]	SWI[3]
1995	Grönemeyer live	3 (46 weeks)	3 (64 weeks)	4 (19 weeks)	Release: 30 October 1995 Sales: + 815,000
1995	Unplugged Herbert	6 (31 weeks)	8 (22 weeks)	9 (17 weeks)	Release: 30 October 1995 Sales: + 1,000,000
2000	Stand der Dinge	—	—	—	Release: 13 November 2000
2003	Mensch live	1 (20 weeks)	*	34 (7 weeks)	Release: 7 November 2003 Sales: + 320.000 * see DVD

Compilations

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER[1]	AUT[2]	SWI[3]
1992	So gut (1979-1983)	—	—	—	Release: 1 March 1992
2008	Was muss muss (Best of)	1 (45 weeks)	1 (26 weeks)	8 (… weeks)	Release: 21 November 2008 Sales: + 700,000

Remix-albums

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER[1]	AUT[2]	SWI[3]
1993	Cosmic Chaos	16 (16 weeks)	—	—	Re-release: 20 October 1994
2003	Mensch Remixe	*	*	*	Release: 29 September 2003 * see Mensch

Charts summary

	GER	AUT	SWI
Albums at number 1	11	8	5
Albums in the Top 10	13	12	11
Albums in the charts	15	12	13

English language Studio albums

• 1979: Ocean Orchestra (with Bernt Laukamp, Markus Stockhausen, Heiner Wiberny, Johannes Wawersik, Alexander Sputh, Helmut Kandlberger and Jürgen Flimm)
• 1988: What’s All This
• 1992: Luxus
• 1996: Chaos

Singles

Chart positions

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER[6]	AUT[2]	SWI[3]
1984	"Männer" 4630 Bochum	7 (26 weeks)	—	27 (5 weeks)	Release: 4 June 1984
1984	"Alkohol" 4630 Bochum	33 (10 weeks)	—	—	Release: 8 Oktober 1984
1985	"Flugzeuge im Bauch" 4630 Bochum	44 (10 weeks)	—	—	Release: 4 February 1985
1986	"Kinder an die Macht" Sprünge	33 (11 week)	10 (10 weeks)	—	Release: 31 März 1986
1988	"Was soll das?" Ö	3 (20 weeks)	15 (12 weeks)	—	Release: 28 März 1988
1988	"Vollmond" Ö	21 (15 weeks)	—	—	Release: 27 June 1988
1988	"Halt mich" Ö	33 (17 weeks)	—	—	Release: 16 Oktober 1988
1989	"Komet" Ö	59 (3 weeks)	—	—	Release: 16 Januar 1989
1990	"Deine Liebe klebt" Luxus	8 (16 weeks)	23 (6 weeks)	—	Release: 13 August 1990
1990	"Luxus" Luxus	35 (14 weeks)	—	—	Release: 5 November 1990
1991	"Marie" Luxus	53 (14 weeks)	—	—	Release: 4 February 1991
1991	"Haarscharf" Luxus	64 (9 weeks)	—	—	Release: 1 July 1991
1993	"Chaos" Chaos	20 (13 weeks)	—	—	Release: 10 May 1993
1993	"Fisch im Netz" Chaos	51 (9 weeks)	—	—	Release: 16 August 1993
1993	"Land unter" Chaos	52 (11 week)	—	—	Release: 4 October 1993
1994	"Die Härte" Chaos	92 (1 week)	—	—	Release: 7 February 1994
1996	"Ich hab dich lieb" (live) Grönemeyer Live	—	12 (12 weeks)	—	Release: 11 February 1996
1998	"Bleibt alles anders" Bleibt alles anders	25 (13 weeks)	16 (11 week)	36 (6 weeks)	Release: 2 March 1998
1998	"Letzte Version" Bleibt alles anders	79 (9 weeks)	—	—	Release: 5 June 1998
2000	"Da Da Da" Pop 2000	54 (5 weeks)	—	—	Release: 31 January 2000
2000	"Flugzeuge im Bauch" (live) Grönemeyer Live	42 (1 week)	—	—	Release: 13 November 2000
2002	"Mensch" Mensch	1 (23 weeks)	1 (24 weeks)	2 (28 weeks)	Release: 5 August 2002 Verkäufe: + 520.000
2002	"Der Weg" Mensch	12 (12 weeks)	14 (15 weeks)	35 (17 weeks)	Release: 11 November 2002
2003	"Demo (Letzter Tag)" Mensch	36 (10 weeks)	53 (12 weeks)	—	Release: 17 February 2003
2003	"Zum Meer" Mensch	81 (3 weeks)	—	—	Release: 26 Mai 2003
2006	"Zeit, dass sich was dreht" Voices from the Fifa World Cup	1 (37 weeks)	2 (20 weeks)	17 (13 weeks)	Release: 30 March 2007 Verkäufe: + 300.000; (mit Amadou & Mariam)
2007	"Stück vom Himmel" 12	1 (13 weeks)	5 (18 weeks)	3 (22 weeks)	Release: 2 February 2007
2007	"Du bist die" 12	42 (9 weeks)	67 (3 weeks)	99 (1 week)	Release: 4 May 2007
2007	"Kopf hoch, tanzen" 12	66 (7 weeks)	—	—	Release: 20 July 2007
2007	"Leb in meiner Welt" 12	71 (2 weeks)	—	—	Release: 26 October 2007
2008	"Glück" Was muss muss (Best of)	4 (17 weeks)	3 (20 weeks)	26 (18 weeks)	Release: 7 November 2008
2010	"Komm zur Ruhr"	7 (16 weeks)	—	—	Release: 22 January 2010
2011	"Schiffsverkehr" Schiffsverkehr	10 (11 week)	33 (4 weeks)	45 (3 weeks)	Release: 4 February 2011
2011	"Fernweh" Schiffsverkehr	93 (1 week)	65 (1 week)	—	Release: 6 May 2011
2011	"Zu dir" Schiffsverkehr	76 (1 week)	72 (1 week)	—	Release: 2 September 2011
2011	"Lass es uns nicht regnen" Schiffsverkehr	—	—	—	Release: 18 November 2011

Chart positions as guest musician

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER	AUT	SWI
1985	Nackt im Wind	3 (10 weeks)	—	—	Release: 21 January 1985 (with Band für Afrika)
2003	Taxi Europa Taxi Europa	—	—	53[7] (14 weeks)	Release: 26 May 2003 (with Stephan Eicher and Gazzé)
2007	Einfach sein Fornika	11[8] (27 weeks)	13[9] (29 weeks)	22[10] (15 weeks)	Release: 25 May 2007 (with Die Fantastischen Vier[11])

Charts summary

	GER	AUT	SWI
No. 1 singles	3	1	—
Singles in the Top 10	10	5	2
Singles in the charts	36	16	11

Collaboration with other artists

• 1985 "Nackt im Wind" (Single) by Band for Africa (with Nena, Udo Lindenberg, Peter Maffay, Rio Reiser, Wolfgang Niedecken and others)
• 1991 The Fall of the House of Usher as The Herbalist (album by Peter Hammill and Judge Smith)
• 1996 "Uebers Meer" (Album: Tribute to Rio Reiser)
• 2003 "Taxi Europa" (Album: Taxi Europa) by Stephan Eicher
• 2004 "Everlasting" (Album: Unity – Athens 2004) with Youssou N'Dour
• 2005 "Einmal nur in unserem Leben" (Album: Dreimal Zehn Jahre BAP) by BAP
• 2006 "Grauschleier" (Album: 26½) by Fehlfarben
• 2006 "Zeit, dass sich was dreht / Celebrate the day / Fetez cette journée" (Single) with Amadou and Marjam
• 2006 "Geld 2006 (Internet Warm-Up Version)" song released as a bonus track on rarities compilation "Mon Amour" by Klaus Dinger
• 2007 "Einfach sein" (Album: Fornika) by Die Fantastischen Vier
• 2008 "Will I Ever Learn" (Album: Was muss muss) with Antony Hegarty
• 2009 "Mes Emmerdes" (Album: Duos) with Charles Aznavour
• 2009 "Als es mir beschissen geht" (Album: Duos) with Charles Aznavour

Other Releases

• 1979: Don’t Begin
• 1979: Pompeji
• 1982: Anna
• 1982: Currywurst
• 1983: Musik, nur wenn sie laut ist
• 1983: Kaufen
• 1986: Tanzen
• 1986: Nur noch so
• 1988: Full Moon
• 1991: Video
• 1991: Onur
• 1992: Hard Cash
• 1995: Morgenrot
• 1995: Halt mich (unplugged)
• 1996: Bochum (live)
• 1996: Ich will mehr (unplugged)
• 1996: Halt mich (live)
• 1996: Land unter (unplugged)
• 1996: Land unter (Dance Version)
• 1998: Nach mir
• 1998: Fanatisch
• 1998: Stand der Dinge
• 1999: Ich dreh mich um dich
• 2000: Lächeln (live)

VHS/DVDs

Year	Title	Chart positions			Notes
		GER	AT[2]	CH[3]
1988	Ö-Tour ’88	—	—	—	Released: 12 December 1988
1991	Grönemeyer Live	—	—	—	Released: 26 September 1991
1995	Unplugged Herbert	—	—	—	Released: 30 November 1995
2003	Mensch live	*	1 (23 weeks)	*	Released: 7 November 2003 Sales: + 320,000
2006	Stand der Dinge	—	—	—	Released: 21 September 2006 Sales: + 300,000
2007	12 live	—	2 (6 weeks)	—	Released 15 November 2007 Sales: +75,000

* see corresponding studio album

Box Sets

• 1990: Die ersten Vier

Film scores

• 2010: The American^[12]

Record certifications

Gold Record[13] Germany 1988: for the album Gemischte Gefühle Austria 1991: for the album 1978-1980 1993: for the album Chaos 1995: for the album Unplugged Herbert 1998: for the album Bleibt alles anders Switzerland 1990: for the album Luxus 1997: for the album Grönemeyer Live 2002: for the single Mensch Platinum Record[13] Germany 1999: for the album Unplugged Herbert 2002: für die Single Mensch 2006: for the single Zeit, dass sich was dreht Europe 2000: for the album Unplugged Herbert 2007: for the album 12 Austria 1991: for the album Luxus 2008: for the album Was muss muss (Best of) 2011: for the album Schiffsverkehr Switzerland 1989: for the album Ö 1990: for the album 4630 Bochum 1998: for the album Bleibt alles anders 3x Gold Record[13] Germany 1991: for the album Luxus 2007: for the album Bleibt alles anders 2007: for the album Chaos 2007: for the album Grönemeyer Live 2008: for the DVD 12 Live 2011: for the album Schiffsverkehr

2x Platinum Record[13] Germany 1993: for the album Sprünge 2001: for the DVD Stand der Dinge Austria 1991: for the album Ö 1993: for the album 4630 Bochum 1998: for the album Grönemeyer Live 2003: for the DVD Mensch Live 3x Platinum Record[13] Germany 2011: for the album Was muss muss (Best of) Europa 2003: for the album Mensch Austria 2007: for the album 12 Switzerland 2007: for the album 12 7x Gold Record[13] Germany 2007: for the album Ö 4x Platinum Record[13] Germany 2007: for the DVD Stand der Dinge 2007: for the album 12 5x Platinum Record[13] Germany 1997: for the album 4630 Bochum 6x Platinum Record[13] Germany 2006: for the DVD Mensch Live 8x Platinum Record[13] Austria 2004: for the album Mensch

10x Platinum Record[13] Switzerland 2003: for the album Mensch 21x Gold Record[13] Germany 2005: for the album Mensch

Summary

Region	Certification
Germany (BVMI)[14]	9× Gold
Germany (BVMI)[14]	48× Platinum
Europe (IFPI)[15]	5× Platinum
Austria (IFPI Austria)[16]	4× Gold
Austria (IFPI Austria)[16]	22× Platinum
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[17]	3× Gold
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[17]	16× Platinum

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Grönemeyer, Herbert – Longplay-Chartverfolgung" (in German). musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Gr%25f6nemeyer%2CHerbert/?type=longplay. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Discographie Herbert Grönemeyer" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herbert+Gr%F6nemeyer. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Herbert Grönemeyer" (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Herbert+Gr%F6nemeyer. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
4. ^ "Gold/Platin Höchstverleihungen" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 21 June 2010. http://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/piclib/presse/Dokumente_zum_Download/Gold_Platin_Hoechstverleihungen_Stand_100621.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
5. ^ Löffler, Margaretha (8 July 2011). ""Schiffsverkehr": Herbert Gröneymeyer Tour 2011 lockt 550.000 Fans an" (in German). Musikmarkt. http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/News/Schiffsverkehr-Herbert-Groeneymeyer-Tour-2011-lockt-550.000-Fans-an. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
6. ^ "Grönemeyer, Herbert – Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Gr%25f6nemeyer%2CHerbert/?type=single. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
7. ^ "Stephan Eicher feat. Gazzé & Grönemeyer – Taxi Europa". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Stephan+Eicher+feat%2E+Gazz%E8+%26+Gr%F6nemeyer&titel=Taxi+Europa&cat=s. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
8. ^ "Die Fantastischen Vier – Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Die+Fantastischen+Vier/7492/single. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
9. ^ "Die Fantastischen Vier – Fornika" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien }. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Die+Fantastischen+Vier&titel=Fornika&cat=a. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
10. ^ "Einfach Sein – Die Fantastischen Vier". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Die+Fantastischen+Vier&titel=Fornika&cat=a. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
11. ^ "Einfach Sein – Die Fantastischen Vier (Credits)". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1214716. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
12. ^ "Cast and Crew". The American official website. http://focusfeatures.com/the_american/cast-crew. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
13. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Music recording sales certifications: GER AUT SWI EU
14. ^ ^{a b} "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Herbert Grönemeyer)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Herbert+Gr%C3%B6nemeyer&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
15. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2000". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2000.html. 
16. ^ ^{a b} "Austrian album certifications" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. 
17. ^ ^{a b} "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Herbert Grönemeyer)". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Herbert+Gr%C3%B6nemeyer.