Lea Michele discography

Lea Michele discography

Michele performing songs from Louder in March 2014
Releases
↙Studio albums 1
↙Singles 2
↙Music videos 2

The discography of American recording artist and actress Lea Michele consists of one studio album, two singles and two music videos. Michele has become most notably famous for her role as Rachel Berry on the popular TV series Glee where she established her musical career appearing in the show's soundtrack albums and performing Broadway music.

In 2012, Michele signed a record deal with Columbia Records. On September 18, 2012, it was announced that she was working on her first solo album.[1][2] She started recording for the album soon after on October 19, 2012.[3] At the time of recording, she stated that it was a 'pretty slow process' and that she wanted the album to be more 'pop/rock driven' instead of Broadway influenced.[4] On November 27, 2013, Michele announced via her Twitter page that the first single from her debut album Louder was "Cannonball", which was released on December 10, 2013.[5] She performed "Cannonball" live for the first time on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, on December 12, 2013.[6] On December 19, 2013, the single debuted at number 75 on the Billboard chart, making her the first main Glee cast member to chart as a lead soloist on the Hot 100.[7] "Cannonball" sold over 51,000 copies in its first week of sale.[8] Michele then performed the song on the season 3 live finale of The X Factor USA on December 19, 2013.[9] On December 27, 2013, a second track called "Battlefield" premiered as a promotional single on Just Jared's website. The song was released onto the iTunes Store as an instant download the following day.[10] The music video for "Cannonball" was released onto Michele's VEVO and YouTube channels on January 9, 2014.[11]

On January 13, 2014, the album's title song "Louder" premiered as the second promotional single on Billboard‍‍ '​‍s website exclusively a day before its official iTunes release, on January 14, 2014.[12] The third promotional single "What Is Love?" also premiered a day before its iTunes release, on January 28, 2014.[13] The fourth and final promotional single from Louder was "You're Mine" which was released on February 11, 2014.[14] Louder debuted on the Billboard 200 at the number 4 spot, with the album selling over 62,000 copies its first week.[15] The second single from the album, "On My Way", was released on May 4, 2014.[16] The music video for the song premiered on VEVO on May 19, 2014.[17]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[18]		 AUS
[19]		 AUT
[20]		 CAN
[21]		 IRE
[22]		 JPN
[23]		 FRA
[24]		 NZ
[25]		 SPN
[26]		 SWI
[27]		 UK
[28]
Louder 4 4 25 4 11 29 15 6 12 18 16 US: 102,000[29]

Singles

As a main artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[30]		 AUS
[31]		 BEL (Vl)
[32]		 BEL (Wa)
[33]		 CAN
[34]		 FRA
[24]		 IRE
[35]		 JPN
[36]		 SPA
[26]		 UK
[37]
"Cannonball" 2013 75 45 57 61 49 48 80 82 32 56 Louder
"On My Way" 2014 — — 90 — 81 45 — — 45 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US US Heat
[38]		 CAN
[34]		 FRA
[24]		 IRE
[35]		 SPA
[26]		 ITA
[39]
2013 "Battlefield" — — — 117 55 — — Louder
2014 "Louder" — 18 64 46 — 47 —
"What Is Love?" — — 99 55 — 45 —
"You're Mine" — 24 83 47 — — 50
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Videography

Music videos

Song Year Director Release date
"Cannonball" 2013 Robert Hales[40] January 9, 2014
"On My Way" 2014 Hannah Lux Davis[41] May 19, 2014

References

  1. ↑ "'Glee' Star Lea Michele Preps Debut Album". MTV. September 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Lea Michele to Release Highly Anticipated Debut Album". Sony.
  3. ↑ "Lea Michele Tweets Excitement About Starting Work on Her Debut Solo Album". E! Online. October 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Lea begins work on debut solo album". Digital Spy. October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Lea Michele's 'Cannonball' to Be First Single From Debut Album". Billboard. November 27, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Day 6 of 12 Days and Lea Michele, James Wolpert". Ellen TV. December 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ "This Week's Hot 100". Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Lea Michele's "Cannonball" Is First Song From Any Glee Star to Make Billboard Chart — Where Did It Land?". Wetpaint. December 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Lea Michele Performing on The X Factor USA". Facebook: The X Factor USA.
  10. ↑ "Lea Michele Releases New Single "Battlefield"—Take a Listen!". E! Online. December 27, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Lea Michele Debuts "Cannonball" Music Video—Watch Now!". E! Online. January 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Lea Michele Exclusive Song Premiere: Listen To 'Louder' Title Track". Billboard. January 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ Sperry, April (January 27, 2014). "Lea Michele Releases New Single, 'What Is Love'". The Huffington Post. AOL. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Lea Michele releases Cory Monteith tribute song 'You're Mine': Listen". Zap2it. February 10, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Rick Ross Rules With Fifth No. 1 Album On Billboard 200". Billboard. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Listen to This Great New Lea Michele Song (Plus, Stream the Whole Album!)". Teen Vogue.
  17. ↑ "Lea Michele Smoulders in 'On My Way' Video". PopCrush. May 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Lea Michele Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard.
  19. ↑ "Discography Lea Michele". ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Discographie Lea Michele". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Lea Michele Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Albums". Billboard.
  22. ↑ "Irish Charts - Lea Michele". Irish Charts. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Oricon Charts - Lea Michele". Oricon. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Lea Michele". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  25. ↑ "Discography Lea Michele". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 us, acharts. "Lea Michele". http://acharts.us/.
  27. ↑ Michele "Discographie Lea Michele" (SELECT "CHARTS" TAB). swisscharts.com (in Swiss German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  28. ↑ "LEA MICHELE Official Chart UK Archive 22nd March 2014". officialcharts.
  29. ↑ Lynch, Joe (December 9, 2014). "9 Albums That Flopped in 2014 (Or Did They?)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Lea Michele Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  31. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Lea Michele". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  32. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Lea Michele". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  33. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Lea Michele". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Lea Michele Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Peak positions in Ireland:
  36. ↑ "Lea Michele - Cannonball". Billboard Japan.
  37. ↑ "2014 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive 22nd March 2014". UK Official Charts.
  38. ↑ "Lea Michele Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  39. ↑
  40. ↑ "Glee's Lea Michele Knocks Over a Piano in 'Cannonball' Video Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. January 10, 2014.
  41. ↑ "New Release: Lea Michele "On My Way" Directed By Hannah Lux Davis". IMVDb. May 19, 2014.

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