Joe McElderry discography

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Joe McElderry discography
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McElderry performing at Bents Park on 24 July 2011
Studio albums5
Music videos16
Singles13
Soundtrack albums1
Other contributions2

British pop singer Joe McElderry has released five studio albums, one soundtrack album, and thirteen singles on recording labels Syco, Decca and BK Records.

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McElderry rose to fame after winning The X Factor and signing a million pound record deal with Simon Cowell's company Syco, His debut single "The Climb" debuted at number two selling over 450,000 copies in its first week of release. The following week, the single rose to the top of the charts and remains McElderry's only chart topper. After releasing his debut album Wide Awake , McElderry was dropped from Syco despite its number three chart placing. McElderry later signed a record deal with Decca after winning Popstar to Operastar .

On 19 August 2011 McElderry released Classic , which debuted at number two on the UK albums chart. On 28 November the same year, McElderry released his third studio album Classic Christmas , which debuted and peaked at number 15.

On 10 September 2012, McElderry released his fourth studio album Here's What I Believe . It debuted at number eight on the UK chart.

His 6th album Saturday Night at the Movies reached number ten on the UK charts in July 2017, becoming his fifth top 20 and fourth top-10 album.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
UK
[1]
IRL
[2]
SCO
[3]
Wide Awake 352
  • UK: 105,231 [4]
Classic
  • Released: 22 August 2011
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2203
Classic Christmas
  • Released: 28 November 2011
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
157316
Here's What I Believe
  • Released: 10 September 2012
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
8889
Saturday Night at the Movies
  • Released: 14 July 2017 [6]
  • Label: BK Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
105
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Soundtracks

TitleDetails
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
[upper-alpha 1] [7]
  • Released: 20 February 2017
  • Label: BK Records
  • Formats: CD

Box sets

TitleDetails
Classic & Classic Christmas [upper-alpha 2]
  • Released: 28 November 2011
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: 2CD

Singles

As lead artist

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1]
IRL
[2]
SCO
[9]
2009"The Climb"111Wide Awake
2010"Ambitions"644
"Someone Wake Me Up"68
2011"Last Christmas"Classic Christmas
2012"Here's What I Believe"Here's What I Believe
"Rescue Us"
2013"Abide with Me"
(with the Royal Mail Choir)
147Non-album singles
"One World One Song"
(with Dionne Warwick)
"Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)"
2017"Gloria"Saturday Night at the Movies
2021"Baby Had Your Fun" [11] Non-album singles
"I Am an Army" [12]
2023"L.O.V.E"
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
UK IRL SCO
2009"You Are Not Alone"
(as part of The X Factor finalists) [13]
1110
2010"Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti)[ citation needed ]
111
  • BPI: Platinum [5]

Other charted songs

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
2010"If You Love Me"130"Ambitions" single

Other contributions

YearTitleAlbum
2010"There's a Place for Us" The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader soundtrack
2011"Big River"Big River, Big Songs: The Tyne
2014"Time of My Life"
(with Kerry Ellis)
Kerry Ellis

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
2009"The Climb"Max & Dania
2010"Ambitions" Nigel Dick
"Someone Wake Me Up" Trudy Bellinger
2011"Time to Say Goodbye"Peter Fallon
"Dance with My Father"
"Solitaire"Tara Clark
"Big River"Geoff Wonfor
"Last Christmas"Steve Lucker
"Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)"
2012"Here's What I Believe"Peter Fallon
2013"Abide with Me"
"One World One Song"
2020"O Holy Night"
2021"Baby Had Your Fun"Matt Tingle
2021"I Am An Army"
2023"L.O.V.E"Matt Tingle

Notes

  1. Joe McElderry played Joseph in the 2016 UK production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
  2. Limited edition box set includes two albums, a signed photograph and a keyring, in a ribbon wrapped box with a gift tag. [8]

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References

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    • "Abide with Me": "Chart: CLUK Update 27.04.2013 (wk16)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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