James Arthur discography

James Arthur discography

Arthur at the 15th NRJ Music Awards in December 2013
Releases
↙Studio albums 1
↙Singles 4
↙Video albums 3
↙Music videos 4

The discography of British singer-songwriter James Arthur consists of one studio album, four singles, four music videos and one featured single. He won the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 and released "Impossible" as the winners single.

Following his X Factor victory, Arthur's winner's song, a cover of Shontelle's 2010 song "Impossible", was released as a charity single for Together for Short Lives. The single topped the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release. After 11 days, it was the seventh biggest-selling debut single from any contestant from The X Factor, with sales of 622,000. In its second week the single dropped to number two, but reclaimed the number one spot in its third week, and stayed at the top for a further week. After three weeks, it was the fifth best-selling single of 2012 with 897,000 copies sold. After four weeks it had sold 971,000 copies. As of 11 January 2013, the single has sold more than 1 million copies. The song also peaked at number one in Ireland, two in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. As of August 2013, the single has sold 1.2 million copies, 30,000 fewer than Alexandra Burke's version of "Hallelujah".

On 7 August 2013, Arthur announced via Twitter that his next single would be called "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You". The song was officially released worldwide on 20 October 2013 and debuted at number two in the UK, falling just behind Lorde's "Royals". Arthur's self-titled debut studio album, James Arthur, was released on 4 November 2013. The album charted in at number two behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2. "Recovery" was released as the album's third single on 15 December and debuted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 BEL
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 IRE
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SCO
[9]		 SWI
[10]
James Arthur 2 14 22 55 21 25 2 11 2 6

Mixtapes

Title Album details
All the World's a Stage
  • Released: May 15, 2014
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 BEL
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 IRE
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SCO
[14]		 SWI
[10]
"Impossible" 2012 1 2 3 3 6 5 1 2 1 2 James Arthur
"You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" 2013 2 22 55 78 158 54 12 17 3 38
"Recovery" 19 — — 59 196 — 40 — 20 —
"Get Down" 2014 96 — — — — — — — — 28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]		 IRE
[7]		 UK Indie UK Indie Breakers
"Wrecking Ball"
(with Alonzo Holt)		 2013 97 70 - - N/A
"Kryptonite"
Rymez (feat. James Arthur)		 2014 - - 7 3 N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
"Certain Things" 2013 162 James Arthur
"Is This Love" 164

Music videos

Year Title
2013 "Impossible"
"You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You"
"Recovery"
2014 "Get Down"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discography James Arthur". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie James Arthur". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie James Arthur". Belgian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie James Arthur". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie James Arthur". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Peak positions in Ireland:
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discography James Arthur". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. ↑ Peak positions for albums in Scotland:
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie James Arthur". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  11. ↑ "Certified Awards". BPI. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "IRMA > 2013 Certification Awards > Gold". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  13. ↑ http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/platynowe/index.php
  14. ↑ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "BPI Certified Awards > Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "ARIA Chart > Chart Accreditations > 2013 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "BEL Platinum Singles". Belgian Entertainment Association. Retrieved May 2013.
  18. ↑ "Gold–/Platin-Datenbank (James Arthur)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  19. ↑ "SWI Charts Platinum". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2013. Retrieved March 2013.
  20. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.