America discography
| 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 1972 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 Billboard charted single in the United States since 1984, though "Young Moon" charted in Germany in 1994, peaking at number 59 on the country's Media Control Charts. Additionally, in 1998 "From a Moving Train" charted on the Radio and Records AC Airplay Top 40 Chart for six weeks and peaked at number 25 and "Winter Wonderland" peaked on the same chart at number 26 in 2002.
Studio albums
1970s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
NOR [3] |
NZ [4] |
SWE [5] |
UK [6] | ||||
| America |
|
1 | 3 | 22 | — | — | 14 | ||
| Homecoming |
|
9 | 17 | — | — | — | 21 | ||
| Hat Trick |
|
28 | 24 | — | — | — | 41 | ||
| Holiday |
|
3 | 25 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Hearts |
|
4 | 17 | — | 12 | — | — | ||
| Hideaway |
|
11 | 12 | — | 12 | 48 | — |
| |
| Harbor |
|
21 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 33 | — | ||
| Silent Letter |
|
110 | 51 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
1980s
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] | ||
| Alibi |
|
142 | 100 |
| View from the Ground |
|
41 | 46 |
| Your Move |
|
81 | 66 |
| Perspective |
|
185 | — |
1990s
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Hourglass |
|
| Human Nature |
|
2000s
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [1] | ||
| Here & Now |
|
52 |
2010s
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Back Pages |
|
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [13] |
NZ [4] |
UK [6] | ||||||
| History: America's Greatest Hits |
|
3 | 11 | 3 | 60 | ||||
| Encore: More Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | ||||
| King Biscuit Flower Hour |
|
— | — | — | — | ||||
| Highway |
|
— | — | — | — | ||||
| The Definitive America |
|
— | 19 | 2 | 87 |
| |||
| The Complete Greatest Hits |
|
152 | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] | ||||||||
| Live |
|
129 | 74 | ||||||
| In Concert |
|
— | — | ||||||
| Horse with No Name |
|
— | |||||||
| In Concert (King Biscuit) |
|
— | |||||||
| The Grand Cayman Concert |
|
— | |||||||
| Live in Concert: Wildwood Springs |
|
— | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Holiday albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Holiday Harmony |
|
Singles
1970s singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
B-Side | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [17] |
US AC [17] |
AUS [2] |
NL [18] |
NZ [4] |
UK [6] | |||||
| 1972 | "A Horse with No Name" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | — | 3 |
|
"Sandman" | America |
| "I Need You" | 9 | 7 | 81 | — | — | — | "Riverside" | |||
| "Ventura Highway" | 8 | 3 | 28 | — | — | 43 | "Saturn Nights" | Homecoming | ||
| 1973 | "Don't Cross the River" | 35 | 23 | 94 | — | — | — | "To Each His Own" | ||
| "Only in Your Heart" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | "Moon Song" | |||
| "Muskrat Love" | 67 | 11 | — | — | — | — | "Cornwall Blank" | Hat Trick | ||
| "Rainbow Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Willow Tree Lullaby" | |||
| 1974 | "Green Monkey" | — | — | — | — | — | — | "She's Gonna Let You Down" | ||
| "Tin Man" | 4 | 1 | 46 | — | — | — | "In the Country" | Holiday | ||
| "Lonely People" | 5 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | "Mad Dog" | |||
| 1975 | "Sister Golden Hair" | 1 | 5 | 28 | — | 26 | — | "Midnight" | Hearts | |
| "Daisy Jane" | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — | "Tomorrow" | |||
| "Woman Tonight" | 44 | 41 | — | — | — | — | "Bell Tree" | |||
| 1976 | "Today's the Day" | 23 | 1 | 55 | — | — | — | "Hideaway Part II" | Hideaway | |
| "Amber Cascades" | 75 | 17 | — | — | — | — | "Who Loves You" | |||
| "She's a Liar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | "She's Beside You" | |||
| 1977 | "God of the Sun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Down to the Water" | Harbor | |
| "Don't Cry Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Monster" | |||
| "Slow Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Sarah" | |||
| 1979 | "California Dreamin'" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | California Dreaming (soundtrack) | ||
| "Only Game in Town" | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | "High in the City" | Silent Letter | ||
| "All My Life" | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | "One Morning" | |||
| "All Around" | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | "1960" | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
1980s singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | B-Side | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [17] |
US AC [17] |
AUS [2] |
GER [19] |
NL [18] |
NZ [4] |
UK [6] | ||||
| 1980 | "You Could Have Been the One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Catch That Train" | Alibi |
| "One in a Million" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Hangover" | ||
| 1982 | "You Can Do Magic" | 8 | 5 | 30 | — | — | 12 | 59 | "Even the Score" | View from the Ground |
| "Right Before Your Eyes" | 45 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | "Inspector Mills" | ||
| "Jody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "The Border" | 33 | 4 | — | — | 22 | — | — | "Sometimes Lovers" | Your Move |
| "Cast the Spirit" | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | "My Dear" | ||
| 1984 | "The Last Unicorn" | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | The Last Unicorn (soundtrack) | |
| "Special Girl" | 106 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | "Unconditional Love" | Perspective | |
| "Can't Fall Asleep to a Lullaby" (featuring Steve Perry) |
— | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | "Fallin' Off the World" | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
1990s singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [19] | |||||||||
| 1990 | "The Last Two to Dance" | — | Hourglass | ||||||
| 1994 | "Young Moon" | 59 | |||||||
| "Hope" | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | "From a Moving Train" | — | Human Nature | ||||||
| "Wednesday Morning" | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
2000s singles
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Winter Wonderland" | Holiday Harmony |
| 2007 | "Chasing the Rainbow" | Here & Now |
| "Always Love" | ||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "America : Allmusic : Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992.
- ↑ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Peak positions for releases charting in the UK:
- "Chart Stats - America". chartstats.com. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- "Chart Log UK: A - Azzido Da Bass". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - America". Music Canada. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2001 Albums". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - Homecoming". Music Canada. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "BPI Search Results - Searchable Database". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - Hearts". Music Canada. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Albums". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - History". Music Canada. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "America : Allmusic : Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts - German Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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