Joe McElderry discography

Joe McElderry discography
Releases
Studio albums 3
Singles 4
Music videos 8
Other contributions 1

Joe McElderry, a British pop singer, has released three studio albums, four singles and eight music videos on recording labels Syco and Decca.

McElderry rose to fame after winning The X Factor, Joe instantly signed a million pound record deal with Simon Cowell's company Syco, His debut single "The Climb" debuted at #2 selling over 450,000 copies in its first week of release. The following week, the single went to number one and to this day is McElderry's only number one single. The Climb has currently sold over 1.69 million in the UK. After releasing Wide Awake and not selling enough for Cowell's pleasure, McElderry was dropped. McElderry later signed a record deal with Decca after winning Popstar to Operastar.

On August 19th, McElderry released Classic which debuted at #2 on the UK charts. The album was later certified Gold, becoming McElderry's first album to be certified. The album has sold more than double what Wide Awake sold.

On November 28th, McElderry released his third studio album Classic Christmas.

Contents

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Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[1]
IRL
[2]
SCO
[3]
Wide Awake 3 5 2
  • UK: 101,454[4]
Classic
  • Released: 22 August 2011
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 20 3
  • UK: 232,500[5]
Classic Christmas
  • Released: 28 November 2011
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
15 73 16
  • UK: 112,500[7]

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
IRL
[8]
SCO
[9]
2009 "The Climb" 1 1 1
  • UK: Platinum[6]
Wide Awake
2010 "Ambitions" 6 5 4
"Someone Wake Me Up" 68 69
2011 "Last Christmas" Classic Christmas
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Featured singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
IRL
[10]
SCO
[11]
2009 "You Are Not Alone"
(as part of The X Factor finalists)[12]
1 1 10
2010 "Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti)[13]
1 1 1
  • UK: Platinum

Other charted songs

Year Song Peak chart positions Album
UK
2010 "Superman" 56 Wide Awake
2011 "Time to Say Goodbye" 158 Classic

Music videos

Year Song Director
2009 "The Climb" Max & Dania
2010 "Ambitions" Nigel Dick
"Someone Wake Me Up" Trudy Bellinger
2011 "Time to Say Goodbye" Peter Fallon
"Dance With My Father"
"Solitaire"
"Last Christmas" Steve Lucker
"Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)"

Other contributions

Year Song Album
2010 "There's a Place for Us" The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader soundtrack

References