Paula Abdul discography

Paula Abdul discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 3
↙Compilation albums 3
↙Singles 17

The discography of American singer and dancer Paula Abdul consists of three studio albums, three compilation albums and seventeen singles. Abdul has sold about 60 million records worldwide.[1]

Having risen from LA Lakers cheerleader to Janet Jackson's choreographer, Abdul started recording on her own. In 1988, she released her first studio album, Forever Your Girl, for what it took 64 weeks to hit number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. Four singles off the album — "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted" and "Opposites Attract" — topped Billboard Hot 100. Forever Your Girl is one of the nine albums in history to yield four number-one singles.[2] The album was certified seven-times platinum by Recording Industry Association of America.

Abdul's second album, Spellbound, was released in 1991 and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and reached its top soon after, becoming her second consecutive number-one album in the United States. The first single, "Rush Rush", featured a Rebel Without a Cause-inspired music video starring Keanu Reeves and topped Billboard Hot 100. The second single, "The Promise of a New Day", reached number one on Hot 100, becoming her last number-one and making her one of the few female artists to have the most number-one singles on the chart.[3] The album also produced top-ten single "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" and moderate hits "Vibeology" and "Will You Marry Me?". It went on to sell 13 million copies worldwide.[1]

In 1995 Abdul released her most recent album, Head over Heels, that produced only one hit single "My Love Is for Real". Otherwise, the album was unsuccessful and terminated Abdul's recording career for a few years. She co-wrote "Spinning Around" that was meant to be her comeback hit, but it was given to Kylie Minogue, while Abdul became a television personality. She released two singles in 2008 and 2009 respectively, "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" and "I'm Just Here for the Music".

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[4]		 AUS
[5]		 CAN
[6]		 JAP
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 NOR
[9]		 NZ
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 UK
[12]
Forever Your Girl
  • Released: June 15, 1988
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
 1 1 1 94 19 17 19 6 3 Worldwide: 12,000,000[13] US: 7× Platinum[14]
CAN: 7× Platinum[15]
UK: Platinum[16]
Spellbound
  • Released: May 14, 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
 1 3 6 12 45 — 14 6 4 Worldwide: 13,000,000[1] US: 3× Platinum[14]
CAN: 2× Platinum[15]
UK: Gold[16]
Head over Heels
  • Released: June 13, 1995
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
 18 27 21 32 74 — — — 61 Worldwide: 3,000,000[1] US: Gold[14]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released in that country.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[4]		 AUS
[5]		 CAN
[6]		 JAP
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 NOR
[9]		 NZ
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 UK
[12]
Shut Up and Dance
  • Released: May 8, 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
 7 16 14 71 29 — 4 24 40 US: Platinum[14]
CAN: Platinum[15]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: September 26, 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — — — — —
Greatest Hits: Straight Up!
  • Released: May 8, 2007
  • Label: Virgin/EMI
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released in that country.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[17]		 AUS
[5]		 CAN
[18]		 NLD
[8]		 NOR
[9]		 NZ
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 UK
[12]
"Knocked Out" 1988 41 — 27 — — — — 45 Forever Your Girl
"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" 3 — 5 — — 12 — 74
"Straight Up" 1 27 1 2 1 6 2 3
"Forever Your Girl" 1989 1 — 1 13 — 11 — 24
"Cold Hearted" 1 — 2 63 — 25 — 46
"Opposites Attract"
(featuring The Wild Pair)		 1 1 1 4 6 6 11 2
"Rush Rush" 1991 1 2 1 6 9 7 7 6 Spellbound
"The Promise of a New Day" 1 31 2 39 — 26 37 52
"Blowing Kisses in the Wind" 6 — 7 — — — — —
"Vibeology" 1992 16 — 19 20 — 50 — 19
"Will You Marry Me?" 19 — 6 — — — — 73
"My Love Is for Real"
(featuring Ofra Haza)		 1995 28 7 20 — — 20 — 28 Head over Heels
"Crazy Cool" 58 — 49 — — — — —
"Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" 1996 — — — — — — — —
"If I Were Your Girl" — — — — — — — —
"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow"
(featuring Randy Jackson)		 2008 62[19] — 68[20] — — — — — Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1
"I'm Just Here for the Music" 2009 87[21] — — — — — — — single only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released in that country.

Videos

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)
"Knocked Out" 1988 Danny Kleinman
"Knocked Out" (remix) Candace Reckinger, Michael Patterson
"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" David Fincher
"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (second version) 1989
"Straight Up"
"Forever Your Girl"
"Cold Hearted"
"Opposites Attract" 1990 Candace Reckinger, Michael Patterson
"Rush Rush" 1991 George Lucas
"The Promise of a New Day" Big TV!
"Blowing Kisses in the Wind"
"Vibeology" 1992 Unknown
"Will You Marry Me?" Unknown
"My Love Is for Real" 1995 Michael Haussman
"Crazy Cool" Matthew Rolston
"Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" 1996
"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" 2008 Scott Speer, Paula Abdul

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Always Next, Forever Now ICON Award". PaulaAbdul.com. May 31, 2010. http://paulaabdul.com/always-next-forever-now-icon-award. Retrieved June 19, 2011. "Paula’s second album Spellbound, released in 1991 produced 2 #1s and sold an astonishing 13 million copies worldwide while 1995’s “Head over Heels” also went multi-platinum. Paula has won a Grammy, seven MTV video awards, two Emmy awards and two People’s Choice awards and has sold a staggering 60 million records worldwide" 
  2. ^ Trust, Gary (March 30, 2011). "Katy Perry's 'E.T.' Rockets To No. 1 On Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/news/katy-perry-s-e-t-rockets-to-no-1-on-hot-1005100882.story. Retrieved June 20, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Chart Beat: T.I., James Taylor, Kellie Pickler". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. October 9, 2008. http://www.billboard.com/news/chart-beat-t-i-james-taylor-kellie-pickler-1003872634.story. Retrieved June 20, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Paula Abdul Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/paula-abdul/chart-history/3918?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c "Paula Abdul in Australian Charts". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paula+Abdul. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Peak chart positions for albums in Canada:
  7. ^ a b Japanese chart positions for albums:
  8. ^ a b c "Paula Abdul in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paula+Abdul. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c "Paula Abdul in Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paula+Abdul. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  10. ^ a b c "Paula Abdul in New Zealand Charts". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paula+Abdul. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b c "Paula Abdul in Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paula+Abdul. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  12. ^ a b c "Paula Abdul: Top 75 Releases". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/paula%20abdul/. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  13. ^ Mock, Janet; Julia Wang. "Paula Abdul". People. Time Inc.. http://www.people.com/people/paula_abdul. Retrieved June 18, 2011. "The pint-sized dancer eventually became the squad's choreographer before releasing her debut album, Forever Your Girl, which sold 12 million copies and generated four No. 1 singles" 
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Gold & Platinum – Paula Abdul" (To access, user must enter the search parameter "Abdul, Paula"). Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  15. ^ a b c d e f As the CRIA certification database is temporary offline, I had to ask them via e-mail. As soon as the database works again, this message will be replaced by an actual link.
  16. ^ a b c d "Certified Awards Search: Paula Abdul" (To access, user must enter the search parameter "Paula Abdul" and select "Search by: Keyword", with the other two set to "All"). British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved June 19, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Paula Abdul Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/paula-abdul/chart-history/3918?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  18. ^ Peak positions for singles:
  19. ^ "Randy Jackson Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/artist/randy-jackson/chart-history/188549?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  20. ^ "Randy Jackson Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/artist/randy-jackson/chart-history/188549?f=793&g=Singles. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  21. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100: May 23, 2009". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://books.google.com/books?id=E3Yx8-Sz2uAC&lpg=PP1&hl=ru&pg=PT41#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 

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