The Police performing live on 1 August 2007 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 5 | |
| ↙Live albums | 2 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 4 | |
| ↙Singles | 25 | |
| ↙Video albums | 14 | |
| ↙Soundtracks | 4 | |
The discography of British rock band The Police.
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [10] |
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| 1978 | Outlandos d'Amour
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6 | 15 | — | 22 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 23 | |
| 1979 | Reggatta de Blanc
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1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 25 | |
| 1980 | Zenyattà Mondatta
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1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |
| 1981 | Ghost in the Machine
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1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1983 | Synchronicity
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1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| UK [1] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
US [10] |
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| 1995 | Live!
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25 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 36 | 86 |
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| 2008 | Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires
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— | — | 25 | 43 | — | — |
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA[!] [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [10] |
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| 1986 | Every Breath You Take: The Singles
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1 | 4 | 20 | — | 18 | 11 | 1 | — | 7 | |
| 1990 | Their Greatest Hits
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— | — | — | 1 | 5 | 7 | 28 | — | — | |
| 1992 | Greatest Hits
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10 | 16 | — | 1 | 18 | — | 1 | — | — |
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| 1995 | Every Breath You Take: The Classics
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— | — | — | 20 | 65 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | The Very Best of Sting & The Police
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1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 26 | — | |
| 2007 | The Police
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3 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 78 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 11 |
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| 2009 | The 50 Greatest Songs
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— | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | |
^ In France compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.
| Year | Album details | Certifications |
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| 1980 | Six Pack
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| 1993 | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings
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| Year | Album details | Charts | Certifications |
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| UK [1] |
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| 1995 | Voices Inside My Head (Remixes)
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
IRE [15] |
US | US Rock | GER | ITA | FRA | NL | |||||||
| 1977 | "Fall Out" | 47 | — | — | [note 1] | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| 1978 | "Roxanne" | 12 | 22 | 32 | — | — | 8 | 21 | Outlandos d'Amour | |||||
| "Can't Stand Losing You" | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | 9 |
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| "So Lonely" | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | 10 | 31 |
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| 1979 | "Message in a Bottle" | 1 | 1 | 74 | 35 | 48 | 5 | 2 |
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Reggatta de Blanc | ||||
| "Walking on the Moon" | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 |
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| 1980 | "Don't Stand So Close to Me" | 1 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 3 |
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Zenyatta Mondatta | ||||
| "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 9 | 11 | |||||||
| 1981 | "Invisible Sun" | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
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Ghost in the Machine | |||
| "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 1 |
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| "Spirits in the Material World" | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 44 | — | 4 | 6 |
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| 1982 | "Secret Journey" | — | — | 46 | 29 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | "Every Breath You Take" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 3 | Synchronicity | ||||
| "Wrapped Around Your Finger" | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 17 | ||||||
| "Synchronicity II" | 17 | 12 | 16 | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1984 | "King of Pain" | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 57 | — | 10 | — | |||||
| 1986 | "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" | 24 | 11 | 46 | 10 | — | — | — | 20 | Every Breath You Take: The Singles | ||||
| 1995 | "Can't Stand Losing You (Live) | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live! | ||||
| 1997 | "Roxanne '97" (featuring Pras) |
17 | — | 59 | — | — | 14 | — | 38 | The Very Best of Sting and the Police | ||||
| 2000 | "When The World Is Running Down" (Different Gear vs. The Police) |
28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
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