New Kids on the Block discography

New Kids on the Block discography

New Kids on the Block performing in November 2008.
Releases
↙Studio albums 7
↙Compilation albums 7
↙Singles 26
↙Music videos 15
↙DVDs 4

Below is the discography of 1980's US boyband New Kids on the Block.

Still active today, NKOTB have had number 1 albums across Europe, The US and Canada and number 1 singles from as far and wide as Australia to The UK.

Album "Step by Step" shifted just under 20 million copies worldwide as the follow up to album "Hanging Tough" which shipped 8 million copies in The US alone.

Title single from the album "Step by Step" remains the bands biggest selling single to date. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details US Charts International Charts Certifications
(sales thresholds)
200
[2]		 R&B
[3]		 AUS
[4][5]		 AUT
[6]		 CAN
[7]		 GER
[8]		 NED
[9]		 NZ
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 UK
[13]
New Kids on the Block 25 — — — 17 — — — — — 6
Hangin' Tough
  • Released: September 1988
  • Label: Columbia Records
 1 46 7 8 2 4 33 3 — 19 2
Merry, Merry Christmas
  • Released: September 1989
  • Label: Columbia Records
 9 67 34 13 15 30 76 — 43 — 13
Step by Step
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: Columbia Records
 1 62 4 6 1 1 11 1 12 8 1
Face the Music
  • Released: January 1994
  • Label: Columbia Records
 37 24 — 38 34 44 72 — 46 38 36
The Block 2 — 81 69 1 21 — — — 73 16
10
  • Released: April 2013
  • Label: The Block/Boston Five
 6 — — — 8 45 39 — — — 47

Compilation albums

Title Album details US Charts International Charts Certifications
(sales thresholds)
200
[2]		 R&B
[3]		 AUS
[4][5]		 AUT
[6]		 CAN
[7]		 GER
[8]		 NED
[9]		 NZ
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 UK
[13]
No More Games/The Remix Album
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Columbia Records
 19 — 34 16 44 40 27 28 41 — 15
H.I.T.S.
  • Released: December 1991
  • Label: Columbia Records/Sony
 16 — — 16 — 26 23 — 34 37 50
Tour Souvenir Collection
  • Released: December 1991
  • Label: Columbia Records
 — — 13 — — — — 14 — — —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Columbia Records/Sony
 — — — — — — — — — — —
Super Hits
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Columbia Records
 — — — — — — — — — — —
New Kids on the Block: Greatest Hits
  • Released: August 2008
  • Label: Columbia Records/Sony
 22 — 75 — 17 — — — — — —
NKOTBSB
(with the Backstreet Boys as NKOTBSB)
  • Released: May 2011
  • Label: Columbia Records/Sony/Jive
 7 — 38 — 6 — — — — — —

Singles

Year Single US Charts International Charts Certifications Album
Hot100
[21]		 Adult
[22]		 Dance
[22]		 R&B
[23]		 AUS
[24][25]		 BEL
[26]		 CAN
[27]		 GER
[28]		 IRE
[29]		 NED
[30]		 NZ
[31]		 UK
[32]
1986 "Be My Girl" — — — 90 — — — — — — — — New Kids on the Block
"Stop It Girl" — — — — — — — — — — — —
1988 "Please Don't Go Girl" 10 — — 55 — — — — — — — — Hangin' Tough
"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" 3 — 16 28 1 — 16 12 2 32 2 1
1989 "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" 1 — — 12 4 19 21 31 2 8 28 5
"Hangin' Tough" 1 — — — 8 32 7 29 1 31 7 1
"Cover Girl" 2 — — — 22 — 7 — 6 — 17 4
"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" [A] 8 12 — 34 — — 36 — 6 — — 8 New Kids on the Block
"This One's for the Children" 7 27 — 55 40 40 6 — 7 71 — 9 Merry, Merry Christmas
"My Favorite Girl" — — — — — — — — — — — — Hangin' Tough
1990 "Step by Step" 1 — 35 48 8 6 1 8 5 13 3 2 Step by Step
"Valentine Girl" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"Tonight" 7 — — — 16 4 5 19 8 3 16 3
"Let's Try It Again" [A] 53 — — — 51 32 10 68 6 17 31 8
1991 "Games" [B] — — — — 33 39 27 — 9 30 27 14 No More Games: The Remix Album
"Call It What You Want" [B] — — — — 57 22 — — 8 17 45 12
"If You Go Away" [B] 16 — — — 26 25 6 34 26 10 — 9 Face the Music
1994 "Dirty Dawg" [B] 66 — — — 20 — 3 — — 41 13 27
"Never Let You Go" [B] — — — — — — 18 — — — — 42
2008 "Summertime" 36 — — — 90 — 9 55 — — — 34 The Block
"Single" (featuring Ne-Yo) — — — — — — 42 — — — — 81
"Dirty Dancing" — — — — — — 31 23 — — — —
2009 "2 in the Morning" — — — — — — 76 — — — — —
2011 "Don't Turn Out the Lights"
(as 'NKOTBSB' with Backstreet Boys)		 — — — — — — 46 — — — — — NKOTBSB
2013 "Remix (I Like The)" — — — — — — 81 — — — — — 10
"The Whisper" — — — — — — — — — — — —
Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Allmusic Biography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "US Billboard 200 Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "US Billboard 200 Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Australian Albums". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Canadian Albums". RPM Canada. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "German Albums". Charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Dutch Albums". GfK Dutch Charts Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "New Zealand Albums". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Swiss Albums". swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "UK Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "US Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 "Canadian Certifications". RPM (magazine). Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 9th November 2014. Note: User needs to enter "New Kids On The Block" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Austrian Certifications". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "German Accreditations". musikindustrie.de. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  19. ↑ "Swedish Certifications". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  20. ↑ "Swiss Certifications". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  21. ↑ "US: The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "US: US Adult Contemporary Singles Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  23. ↑ "US: Hot R&B Singles Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  24. ↑ "Australian Chart". Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  25. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  26. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Belian Chart". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  27. ↑ Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Mississauga, Ontario: Music Data Canada. p. 384. ISBN 1896594131.
  28. ↑ "German Chart" (in German). Charts.de Media Control. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  29. ↑ "Irish Charts". Irish Charts. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  30. ↑ "Dutch Chart". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  31. ↑ "New Zealand Chart". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  32. ↑ "UK Charts". The Official Charts Company UK. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 "riaa.com Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 9th November 2014. Note: User needs to enter "New Kids On The Block" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 "Canada Singles Certifications". RPM Magazine Canada.