Kittie discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
EPs | 4 |
Demo albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Singles | 17 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 18 |
Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 1996 by guitarist and vocalist Morgan Lander, guitarist Fallon Bowman and drummer Mercedes Lander. The band has released seven studio albums, four extended plays, one compilation album, one demo album, four video albums, seventeen singles and eighteen music videos. Morgan and Mercedes are the only members to appear on all of Kittie's albums; their current lineup features guitarist Tara McLeod, who joined in 2005, and bassist Ivy Vujic, who played with the band from 2007 to 2012 before rejoining in 2022. As of 2018, they have sold over two million albums worldwide. [1] The band has achieved most of its commercial successes in the United States compared to its home country; as of 2009, they have sold 60,000 albums in Canada. [2]
In 1998, Kittie recorded its first demo, Sexizhell. In 1999, they released their self-titled debut extended play and signed to Ng Records after performing at the Canadian Music Week festival in March of that year. [3] [4] The band released their debut album Spit in November 1999; shortly thereafter, Ng was absorbed into Artemis Records, who reissued the album in January 2000. [5] The album peaked at number 79 on the US Billboard 200 chart, whilst both of its singles, "Brackish" and "Charlotte", charted within the top forty of Billboard Active Rock Tracks chart and the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart. It went on to sell over 600,000 in the United States and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [6] The band's second album Oracle (2001) earned the band its highest charting positions worldwide, debuting at number 57 on the Billboard 200 with 33,000 copies sold, [7] although its sales fell below those of Spit with 220,000 copies sold in the United States by 2004. [8] After settling a lawsuit with Artemis over unpaid royalties, [9] Kittie released Until the End (2004), which debuted at number 105 on the Billboard 200 with 19,000 copies sold. [10] Its only single, "Into the Darkness", reached number 116 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2005, Kittie left Artemis Records and partnered with Rock Ridge Music to release the band's fourth EP Never Again (2006). [11] [12] That same year, Kittie formed its own record label, X of Infamy Records, to release its fourth album Funeral for Yesterday (2007). [13] [14] The album debuted at number 101 on the Billboard 200 with almost 9,000 copies sold, [15] whilst its title track charted at number 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The band recorded its fifth album, In the Black , in 2008 without the backing of a record label. [16] In 2009, they signed a three-album deal with eOne Music to release the album in North America, alongside a separate deal with Massacre Records for Europe. [17] [18] The album charted at number 133 on the Billboard 200. [19] The band's sixth album, I've Failed You (2011), debuted at number 178 on the Billboard 200, selling 3,000 copies. [20] In 2012, Kittie released its first compilation album Not So... Safe, which featured tracks from most of the band's six albums, excluding Funeral for Yesterday. [21] Due to rising costs associated with touring and writing new music and declining interest in the band's live shows, [27] Kittie entered a hiatus that lasted from 2017 to 2022. [28] [29] In 2024, the band released its seventh album and first in thirteen years, Fire , though Sumerian Records. [30] Its second single, "We Are Shadows", became the band's highest-charting song on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, peaking at number 20.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||
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US [31] | US Ind. [32] | US Rock [33] | GER [34] | UK [35] | ||||||
Spit | 79 | 2 | — | — | — | |||||
Oracle |
| 57 | 3 | — | 91 | 121 |
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Until the End |
| 105 | 4 | — | — | — [A] | ||||
Funeral for Yesterday | 101 | 7 | — | — | — |
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In the Black | 133 | 23 | — | — | — | |||||
I've Failed You |
| 178 | 26 | 46 | — | — | ||||
Fire | — [B] | — | — | — | — [C] | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Not So... Safe |
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Title | Album details |
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Sexizhell |
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Spit in Your Eye [51] | |
In the Studio |
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Kittie: Origins/Evolutions |
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Kittie: Live at the London Music Hall |
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Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Ind. [32] | ||||
Kittie | — | |||
Paperdoll |
| 22 | ||
Safe |
| — | ||
Never Again |
| — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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US Main. Rock [59] | US Active Rock [60] | UK [61] | ||||
"Brackish" [62] | 2000 | — | 31 | 46 | Spit | |
"Charlotte" [63] | — | 35 | 60 | |||
"What I Always Wanted" [64] | 2001 | — | 36 | — | Oracle | |
"Run Like Hell" [65] | 2002 | — | — | — | ||
"In Winter" [66] | — | — | — | |||
"Into the Darkness" [67] | 2004 | — | — | 116 | Until the End | |
"Funeral for Yesterday" [68] | 2007 | 40 | 37 | — | Funeral for Yesterday | |
"Breathe" [69] | — | — | — | |||
"My Plague" [70] | 2009 | — | — | — | In The Black | |
"Cut Throat" [71] | — | — | — | |||
"Sorrow I Know" [72] | — | — | — | |||
"We Are the Lamb" [73] | 2011 | — | — | — | I've Failed You | |
"Empires, Pt. 2" [74] | — | — | — | |||
"Eyes Wide Open" [75] | 2024 | — | x | — | Fire | |
"We Are Shadows" [76] | 20 | — | ||||
"Vultures" [77] | — | — | ||||
"One Foot in the Grave" [78] | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "x" denotes a chart that did not exist when the song was charting, either from not being launched yet or being discontinued. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Fantasies" [79] | 2011 | Take It or Leave It – A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways |
"Space Oddity" [80] | 2015 | A Salute to The Thin White Duke: The Songs of David Bowie |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Brackish" | 2000 | Candave Corelli, Juli Berg |
"Charlotte" [52] | Lisa Rubish | |
"What I Always Wanted" [81] | 2001 | Thomas Mignone |
"Pain" (Live video) | Daniel C. Artfield | |
"Run Like Hell" (Live video) | ||
"Into the Darkness" [82] | 2004 | Greg Kaplan, Rafaela Monfradini |
"This Too Shall Pass" (Live video) [83] | 2006 | Brett Novak [84] |
"Funeral for Yesterday" [85] | 2007 | Vincent Giordano |
"Cut Throat" [86] | 2009 | David Brodsky |
"Sorrow I Know" [87] | 2010 | |
"Die My Darling" [88] | John Barber | |
"My Plague" (Live video)" [89] | 2011 | Unknown |
"Empires, Pt. 2" [90] | David Brodsky | |
"We Are the Lamb" [91] | ||
"Eyes Wide Open" | 2024 | Erez Bader |
"We Are Shadows" [76] | Unknown | |
"Vultures" [77] [92] | Edwin Daboub | |
"One Foot in the Grave" [78] | Erez Bader | |
"Fire" [93] | Jim Louvau and Tony Alguilera |
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Kittie is on hold until [the rest of the band] figure out what they want to do.
Today 16 years ago we released our first album.
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