| Blackmore's Night discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 14 |
| Singles | 11 |
Over the years, Blackmore's Night have released 11 studio albums, 11 commercial singles, 3 live albums and 1 compilation albums.
| Blackmore's Night discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 14 |
| Singles | 11 |
Over the years, Blackmore's Night have released 11 studio albums, 11 commercial singles, 3 live albums and 1 compilation albums.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUT [2] | GER [3] | SWI [4] | SWE [5] | FIN [6] | NLD [7] [8] | JPN [9] | US [7] | ||
| Shadow of the Moon |
| — | 75 | 16 | 74 | — | — | — | 11 | ― |
| Under a Violet Moon |
| — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | 13 | ― |
| Fires at Midnight |
| 138 | 32 | 9 | 81 | — | — | — | 20 | ― |
| Ghost of a Rose |
| — | — | 11 | 75 | 39 | — | — | 77 | ― |
| The Village Lanterne |
| — | — | 13 | 67 | 52 | 33 | — | 32 | ― |
| Winter Carols |
| — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | 56 | ― |
| Secret Voyage |
| 194 | 40 | 14 | 67 | 44 | 38 | 95 | — | — |
| Autumn Sky | — | 43 | 15 | 57 | 36 | 29 | — | 50 | ― | |
| Dancer and the Moon |
| 83 | 39 | 13 | 40 | 22 | 31 | — | 41 | 189 |
| All Our Yesterdays |
| 94 | 48 | 19 | 64 | ― | 39 | 48 | 62 | ― |
| Nature's Light |
| ― | 14 | 7 | 22 | 10 | ― | ― | 60 | ― |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Charts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [3] | JPN [9] | |||
| 2002 | Past Times with Good Company
| 62 | 95 | |
| 2007 | Paris Moon
| 75 | — | |
| 2012 | A Knight In York
| 8 | — | |
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Minstrels And Ballads
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| 2003 | The Best Of
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| 2004 | Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection
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| 2004 | All For One – The Finest Collection Of Blackmore's Night
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| 2012 | The Beginning
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| 2017 | To the Moon and Back: 20 Years and Beyond
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| Year | Title | Charts | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [10] | ||||
| 1997 | "Shadow of the Moon" | — | Shadow of the Moon | |
| "No Second Chance" | — | |||
| "Wish You Were Here" | — | |||
| 2001 | "The Times They Are a Changin'" | — | Fires at Midnight | |
| 2003 | "Home Again" | — | ||
| "Way to Mandalay" | — | Ghost of a Rose | ||
| 2004 | "All Because of You" | — | Fires at Midnight | |
| 2005 | "I'll Be There (Just Call My Name)" | 92 | The Village Lanterne | |
| 2006 | "Christmas Eve" | — | Christmas Songs | |
| "Olde Mill Inn" | — | The Village Lanterne | ||
| "Streets of London" | — | |||
| "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" | — | Winter Carols | ||
| 2008 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | — | Secret Voyage | |
| 2010 | "Highland" | — | Autumn Sky | |
| "Journeyman" | — | |||
| 2013 | "The Moon is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea)" | — | Dancer and the Moon | |
| "Dancer and the Moon" | — | |||
| 2015 | "All Our Yesterdays" | — | All Our Yesterday' | |
| "Will O' The Wisp" | — | |||
| 2020 | "Here We Come A-Caroling" (EP) | — | N/A | — |
| 2023 | "Play Minstrel Play (25th Anniversary New Mix) feat. Ian Anderson/Greensleeves (25th Anniversary New Mix) " (EP) | — | N/A |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [11] [12] | AUT [11] | GER [11] | SWE [11] [13] | ITA [11] | JPN [14] | ||
| 2005 | Castles and Dreams
| 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 65 |
| 2007 | Paris Moon
| 26 | — | — | 10 | — | 120 |
| 2012 | A Knight In York
| — | — | 2 | — | — | 92 |
| 2012 | The Beginning | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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