| ABC discography | |
|---|---|
 ABC performing live, 2024 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 21 |
| Singles | 28 |
Here is the discography of the English pop band ABC.
| ABC discography | |
|---|---|
| ABC performing live, 2024 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 21 |
| Singles | 28 |
Here is the discography of the English pop band ABC.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUS [2] | CAN [3] | EUR [4] | GER [5] | JAP [6] | NED [7] | NZ [8] | SWE [9] | US [10] | |||||
| The Lexicon of Love |
| 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 23 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||
| Beauty Stab |
| 12 | 58 | 36 | — | 50 | 34 | 29 | 42 | 32 | 69 |
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| How to Be a ... Zillionaire! |
| 28 | — | 36 | 48 | 58 | — | — | — | — | 30 | |||
| Alphabet City |
| 7 | 45 | 47 | 22 | 20 | 82 | 19 | 25 | — | 48 | |||
| Up |
| 58 | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Abracadabra |
| 50 | — | — | 65 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Skyscraping |
| 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Traffic |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Lexicon of Love II |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Lexicon of Live |
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| The Lexicon of Love Live |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | UK Sales [16] | EUR [17] | GER [18] | SCO [19] | ||||||||||
| Absolutely |
| 7 | — | 26 | 40 | — |
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| Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC |
| 69 | — | — | — | — |
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| Essential ABC |
| 62 | 20 | — | — | 20 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUS [2] [20] | BEL [21] | CAN [22] | EUR [23] | GER [24] | IRE [25] | NED [7] | NZ [8] | US [10] | |||||
| 1981 | "Tears Are Not Enough" | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Lexicon of Love | ||
| 1982 | "Poison Arrow" | 6 | 4 | 19 | 36 | — | — | 14 | 18 | 5 | 25 |
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| "The Look of Love" | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | — | 36 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| "All of My Heart" | 5 | 21 | 10 | 13 | — | 67 | 3 | 20 | 21 | — | ||||
| 1983 | "That Was Then but This Is Now" | 18 | 63 | — | 28 | — | — | 13 | 38 | — | 89 | Beauty Stab | ||
| 1984 | "S.O.S." | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "(How to Be A) Millionaire" | 49 | — | — | 52 | 99 | — | — | — | — | 20 | How to Be a ... Zillionaire! | |||
| 1985 | "Be Near Me" | 26 | — | — | 22 | 74 | — | 19 | — | — | 9 | |||
| "Vanity Kills" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | ||||
| 1986 | "Ocean Blue" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | "When Smokey Sings" | 11 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | Alphabet City | ||
| "The Night You Murdered Love" | 31 | — | 17 | — | 56 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 20 | — | ||||
| 1988 | "King Without a Crown" | 44 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "One Better World" | 32 | — | — | — | 95 | 51 | — | — | — | — | Up | ||
| "The Real Thing" | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "The Look of Love (1990 Mix)" | 68 | 156 | — | — | — | 31 | 30 | — | 44 | — | Absolutely | ||
| 1991 | "Love Conquers All" | 47 | — | — | — | 83 | 36 | — | — | — | — | Abracadabra | ||
| 1992 | "Say It" | 42 | — | 39 | — | 88 | 52 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1997 | "Stranger Things" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skyscraping | ||
| "Skyscraping" | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rolling Sevens" | 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | "Peace and Tranquility" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ||
| 2008 | "The Very First Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Traffic | ||
| "Love Is Strong" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | "Viva Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Lexicon of Love II | ||
| "The Flames of Desire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ten Below Zero" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | "Look Good Tonite" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Poison Arrow" | 1982 | Julien Temple |
| "The Look of Love" | 1982 | Brian Grant |
| "All of My Heart" | 1982 | Brian Duffy |
| "That Was Then but This Is Now" | 1983 | Duncan Gibbins |
| "S.O.S." | 1984 | |
| "(How to Be A) Millionaire" | 1984 | Alan Best & Ted Hall |
| "Be Near Me" | 1985 | Peter Care |
| "Vanity Kills" (U.K. version) | 1985 | Peter Care |
| "Vanity Kills" (U.S.A. version) | 1985 | Peter Care |
| "Ocean Blue" | 1986 | Peter Care |
| "When Smokey Sings" | 1987 | Vaughan Arnell & Anthea Benton |
| "The Night You Murdered Love" | 1987 | Vaughan Arnell & Anthea Benton |
| "King Without a Crown" | 1987 | Vaughan Arnell & Anthea Benton |
| "One Better World" | 1989 | |
| "Love Conquers All" | 1991 | Mark Romanek |
| "Say It" | 1991 | Marcus Nispel |
| "Stranger Things" | 1997 | |
| "Skyscraping" | 1997 | |
| "Viva Love" | 2016 | Julien Temple |
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