Joni Mitchell discography
 Joni Mitchell in 1974. | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 19 |
| ↙Live albums | 2 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 9 |
| ↙Singles | 33 |
| ↙No. 1 Singles (Overall) | 1 |
Since her debut album in 1968, Canadian musician Joni Mitchell has released 19 studio albums, most recently 2007's Shine. Her most successful period was the early-mid 1970s, which included 1971's Blue and 1974's Court and Spark, which both reached Platinum status in the US.
In the United States alone, Mitchell has accrued record sales in excess of 10 million copies, 7 million of which have been certified by the RIAA. In the UK, she has certified sales in excess of 1.2 million.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [1] |
US [2] |
UK [3] |
NOR [4] |
SWE [5] |
AUS [6] |
NZ [7] | ||||
| Song to a Seagull |
|
— | 189 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Clouds |
|
22 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ladies of the Canyon |
|
16 | 27 | 8 | — | — | 32 | — | ||
| Blue |
|
9 | 15 | 3 | 24 | — | — | — | ||
| For the Roses |
|
5 | 11 | — | — | — | 19 | — | ||
| Court and Spark |
|
1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | — | 34 | — | ||
| The Hissing of Summer Lawns |
|
7 | 4 | 14 | — | — | 62 | — | ||
| Hejira |
|
22 | 13 | 11 | — | — | 38 | — | ||
| Don Juan's Reckless Daughter |
|
28 | 25 | 20 | — | — | 39 | — | ||
| Mingus |
|
37 | 17 | 24 | — | 48 | 44 | 27 |
| |
| Wild Things Run Fast |
|
33 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 50 | 51 | 10 | ||
| Dog Eat Dog |
|
44 | 63 | 57 | — | 27 | 86 | 30 | ||
| Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm |
|
23 | 45 | 26 | — | 37 | 44 | 18 |
| |
| Night Ride Home |
|
29 | 41 | 25 | — | 43 | 55 | 40 | ||
| Turbulent Indigo |
|
24 | 47 | 53 | — | — | — | — |
| |
| Taming the Tiger |
|
86 | 75 | 57 | 25 | — | — | — | ||
| Both Sides Now |
|
19 | 66 | 50 | 20 | — | — | — |
| |
| Travelogue |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Shine |
|
13 | 14 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 71 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [1] |
US [2] |
UK [3] |
NOR [4] |
AUS [6] |
NZ [7] | |||
| Miles of Aisles |
|
13 | 2 | 34 | — | 46 | — |
|
| Shadows and Light |
|
73 | 38 | 63 | 20 | 70 | 45 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Video albums
- Shadows and Light (1980)
- Refuge of the Roads (1984)
- Come In From The Cold (1991)
- Painting with Words and Music (1998)
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] |
UK [3] | |||
| Hits |
|
161 | — | |
| Misses |
|
— | — | |
| The Complete Geffen Recordings |
|
— | — | |
| The Beginning of Survival |
|
— | — | |
| Dreamland |
|
177 | 43 | |
| Starbuck's Artist's Choice: Joni Mitchell |
|
— | — | |
| Songs of a Prairie Girl |
|
— | — | |
| Studio Albums 1968 - 1979 |
|
— | — | |
| Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced |
|
— | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [19] |
CAN AC [20] |
US [21] |
US AC [21] |
US Main [21] |
AUS [6] | |||
| 1968 | "Night in the City" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Song to a Seagull |
| 1969 | "Chelsea Morning" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Clouds |
| 1970 | "Big Yellow Taxi"[A] | 14 | 17 | 67 | 33 | — | 6 | Ladies of the Canyon |
| 1971 | "Carey" | 27 | 35 | 93 | — | — | — | Blue |
| "California" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972 | "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" | 10 | 3 | 25 | 13 | — | 37 | For the Roses |
| 1973 | "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Raised on Robbery" | 51 | 27 | 65 | 40 | — | — | Court and Spark | |
| 1974 | "Help Me" | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | — | |
| "Free Man in Paris" | 16 | 10 | 22 | 2 | — | — | ||
| "Big Yellow Taxi" (live) | 54 | — | 24 | 27 | — | — | Miles of Aisles | |
| "Carey" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "In France They Kiss on Main Street" | 19 | 33 | 66 | 32 | — | — | The Hissing of Summer Lawns |
| 1977 | "Coyote" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | Hejira |
| 1978 | "Off Night Backstreet" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Don Juan's Reckless Daughter |
| "Jericho" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mingus |
| 1980 | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (live) | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | Shadows and Light |
| 1982 | "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | Wild Things Run Fast |
| 1983 | "Chinese Cafe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1985 | "Good Friends" | — | 12 | 85 | — | 28 | — | Dog Eat Dog |
| 1986 | "Shiny Toys" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1988 | "My Secret Place" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm |
| "Snakes and Ladders" | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | ||
| "Cool Water" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Night Ride Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Night Ride Home |
| "Come in from the Cold" | 27 | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "How Do You Stop" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | Turbulent Indigo |
| "Sex Kills" | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sunny Sunday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "The Crazy Cries of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Taming the Tiger |
| 2000 | "Both Sides, Now" | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | Both Sides Now |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
- Notes
- A^ "Big Yellow Taxi" also peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart[3] and #19 on the Dutch Singles Chart.[22]
Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist(s) | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [21] |
CAN [19] |
UK [23] |
NED [22] |
FRA [24] |
GER [25] |
AUS [26] |
NZ [27] | ||||
| 1997 | "Got 'til It's Gone" | Janet Jackson (with Q-Tip) | 6 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | The Velvet Rope |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Search results for "Joni Mitchell" under "Top Albums/CDs"". RPM.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Billboard chart positions > albums". Allmusic.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Chart Stats - "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Norwegian charts portal - Joni Mitchell". VG-lista.
- ↑ "Swedish charts portal - Joni Mitchell". swedish charts.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "New Zealand charts portal - Joni Mitchell". charts.org.nz.
- ↑ "Clouds". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 "BPI > Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 03-09-2013. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Ladies of the Canyon". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Blue". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "For the Roses". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Court and Spark". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "The Hissing of Summer Lawns". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Hejira". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=joni%20mitchell&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist".
- ↑ "Miles of Aisles". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Search results for "Joni Mitchell" under "Top Singles"". RPM.
- ↑ "Search results for "Joni Mitchell" under "AC"". RPM.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "Billboard chart positions > singles". Allmusic.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Dutch charts portal - Joni Mitchell". dutch charts.nl.
- ↑ "Chart Stats - Janet Jackson featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell - "Got 'til It's Gone"". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18.
- ↑ "Les charts francais - Joni Mitchell". les charts.com.
- ↑ "Musicline.de - Janet Jackson - "Got 'til It's Gone"". Media Control.
- ↑ "Australian charts portal - Joni Mitchell". australian-charts.com.
- ↑ "New Zealand charts portal - Joni Mitchell". charts.org.nz.
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