Lights discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Music videos | 30 |
EPs | 8 |
Singles | 39 |
Acoustic albums | 3 |
Canadian singer and songwriter Lights has released six studio albums, three acoustic albums, eight extended plays, 39 singles (including 10 as a featured artist and two as part of a supergroup), and 30 music videos. Lights began her career as a songwriter, penning songs for the television series Instant Star . [1] She released a self-titled EP in 2008 on the independent record label Underground Operations. Two singles, "Drive My Soul" and "February Air", were released from the EP: "Drive My Soul" reached number 18 on the Canadian singles chart and was certified gold by Music Canada (MC). [2]
Lights' debut studio album, The Listening , was released in September 2009. It reached number seven on the Canadian albums chart and was certified gold by MC. [3] Three singles were released from the album: "Saviour", "Ice" and "Second Go". In early 2010, Lights collaborated with various Canadian musicians on the charity single "Wavin' Flag" which reached number one in Canada and was certified triple platinum by MC. [4] [5]
Siberia , her second studio album, was released in October 2011. Featuring collaborations with Holy Fuck and Shad, it peaked at number three in Canada and was certified gold by MC. [3] The album produced three singles, "Everybody Breaks a Glass", "Toes" and "Where the Fence Is Low". An acoustic album, Siberia Acoustic , followed in April 2013. Preceded by the single "Cactus in the Valley" with Owl City, the album reached number seven in Canada. [3]
Her third studio album, Little Machines , was released in September 2014, and debuted at number five in Canada. It has spawned two official singles, the top-40 peaking lead single "Up We Go" and "Running with the Boys", as well as two promotional singles "Portal" and "Same Sea". In 2017, Lights released her fourth studio album, Skin & Earth , which debuted at number three on the Canadian albums chart. Its lead single, "Giants", became the first song of Lights' career to chart in the United States, peaking in the top 20 of the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart. [6]
On June 11, 2020, she released a seven track instrumental synthwave album on Bandcamp titled How to Sleep When You're on Fire . Proceeds from this album would be donated to the Black Lives Matter Vancouver branch. [7]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||
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CAN [3] | GRC [8] | US [9] | US Sales [upper-alpha 1] [10] | ||||
The Listening | 7 | 34 | 129 | 129 | |||
Siberia | 3 | — | 47 | 47 |
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Little Machines |
| 5 | — | 34 | 34 |
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Skin & Earth |
| 3 | — | 95 | 33 | ||
Pep |
| 32 | — | — [upper-alpha 2] | 25 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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CAN [3] | US [9] | |||||
Siberia Acoustic |
| 7 | 86 | |||
Scorpion Side B (Covers) |
| — | — | |||
Skin&Earth Acoustic |
| — | — | |||
dEd |
| — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Extended play details | Peak chart positions | |
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CAN [3] | US [9] | ||
Lights |
| — | — |
Acoustic |
| 7 | 122 |
Siberia (Remixed) |
| — | — |
iTunes Session |
| 52 | — |
Midnight Machines |
| 9 | 104 |
AM 444 (with i_o) |
| — | — |
How to Sleep When You're on Fire |
| — | — |
Dead End (with Myth) |
| — | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Description | Notes |
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Scorpion Side B (Covers) | Cover album of Drake's Scorpions | |
Warehouse Summer | Collaborative album (with i_o) [34] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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CAN [35] | CAN AC [36] | CAN CHR [37] | CAN HAC [38] | NLD [39] | US Adult [6] | ||||||||
"Drive My Soul" | 2008 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 8 | — | — |
| Lights and The Listening | ||||
"February Air" | 90 | 35 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Saviour" | 2009 | 38 | 48 | 34 | 15 | — | — |
| The Listening | ||||
"Ice" | 65 | — | 29 | 39 | — | — | |||||||
"Second Go" | 2010 | 54 | — | 28 | 12 | — | — | ||||||
"My Boots" | 56 | — | — | 30 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Everybody Breaks a Glass" (featuring Holy Fuck and Shad) | 2011 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | Siberia | |||||
"Toes" | 62 | 49 | — | — | — [upper-alpha 3] | — | |||||||
"Where the Fence Is Low" [41] | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Cactus in the Valley" (acoustic) [42] (featuring Owl City) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Siberia Acoustic | |||||
"Up We Go" | 2014 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 7 | — | — |
| Little Machines | ||||
"Running with the Boys" | 2015 | — [upper-alpha 4] | 36 | 47 | 35 | — | — | ||||||
"Giants" | 2017 | — | 18 | — | 14 | — | 18 | Skin&Earth | |||||
"We Were Here" | 2018 | — | — | 21 | 37 | — | — | ||||||
"Love Me" (with Felix Cartal) | 2019 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
| Expensive Sounds for Nice People | ||||
"Lost Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skin&Earth Acoustic | ||||||
"Long Live" (featuring Travis Barker) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Annihilation" (with i_o) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | AM 444 | |||||
"Dead End" (with Myth) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dead End | ||||||
"Batshit" (with Myth) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Beside Myself" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pep | |||||
"When the Summer Dies" [46] (with Deadmau5) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Prodigal Daughter" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pep | ||||||
"Real Thing" (featuring Elohim) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Salt and Vinegar" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"In My Head" (featuring Josh Dun) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Someone To Forget" (with ARMNHMR) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Together As One | |||||
"Feel Less" [47] (with Felix Cartal) | 2024 | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
"The Blob" (with Pvris) | — | — | – | — | — | — | |||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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CAN [4] | TWN [48] | US Dance [49] | |||||||||
"Every Day" [50] (Ten Second Epic featuring Lights) | 2009 | — | — | — | Hometown | ||||||
"Wavin' Flag" (as part of Young Artists for Haiti) | 2010 | 1 | — | — |
| Non-album singles | |||||
"True Colors" (as part of Artists Against Bullying) | 2012 | 10 | — | — | |||||||
"No One Knows Who We Are" [51] (Kaskade and Swanky Tunes featuring Lights) | 2013 | — | — | 34 | Atmosphere | ||||||
"Zero Gravity" [52] (Borgeous featuring Lights) | 2015 | — | — | — [upper-alpha 5] | Non-album single | ||||||
"Falling Away" [54] (Seven Lions featuring Lights) | — | — | 49 | Creation | |||||||
"Warrior" [55] (Steve James featuring Lights) | 2017 | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Drama Free" [56] (Deadmau5 featuring Lights) | 2018 | — | — | 46 | Mau5ville: Level 2 | ||||||
"Amateurs" [57] (Sleepy Tom featuring Lights) | 2019 | — | — | — | Amateurs | ||||||
"Hearts on Fire" (Illenium and Dabin featuring Lights) | 2020 | — | 32 | 11 | Fallen Embers | ||||||
"Last Summer" (Tokyo Machine and Weird Genius featuring Lights) | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Dusk" [58] (Manila Killa featuring Lights) | 2022 | — | — | — | Dusk | ||||||
"Human Being" [59] (Arkells featuring Lights) | — | — | — | Blink Twice | |||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | |
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CAN Digi. [60] | ||||
"Portal" [61] | 2014 | — | Little Machines | |
"Same Sea" (K.Flay Remix) [62] | 2015 | — | ||
"Meteorites" [63] | 2016 | — | Midnight Machines | |
"Skydiving" [64] | 2017 | — | Skin&Earth | |
"Savage" [65] | 31 | |||
"Fight Club" [66] | — | |||
"New Fears" [67] | — | |||
"Giants" (Acoustic) [68] | — | |||
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" [69] | 2019 | — | Non-album single | |
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album |
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CAN Digi. [60] | |||
"The Listening" | 2009 | 72 | The Listening |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Perfect" [lower-alpha 1] [70] | 2006 | None | Songs from Instant Star 4 |
"Meant for Each Other" [71] | 2007 | The Februarys | All the Time in the World |
"Home is Where the Heartache Is" | |||
"I Was Always Thinking of You" | |||
"You Got the Girl" [72] | 2009 | The Tremulance | Polaroids |
"The End" [73] | Silverstein | A Shipwreck in the Sand | |
"Crucify Me" [74] | 2010 | Bring Me the Horizon | There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. |
"Don't Go" | |||
"Used to Be Sweet" | The Secret Handshake | Night & Day | |
"The Yacht Club" [75] | 2011 | Owl City | All Things Bright and Beautiful |
"Just to Feel Alive" [76] | 2012 | Anthony Green | Beautiful Things |
"Living in Another World" [77] | None | Spirit of Talk Talk | |
"Book Club" (Acoustic) [78] | Arkells | Non-album single | |
"Desire" [79] | 2013 | Maestro Fresh-Wes | Orchestrated Noise |
"Open Water" [80] | blessthefall | Hollow Bodies | |
"Remember to Remember" [81] | Shad | Flying Colours | |
"Just Here with My Friends" (remix) [82] | 2018 | The Darcys, Leah Fay | Non-album single |
"Last One to Know" [83] | 2020 | Steve Aoki, Mike Shinoda | Neon Future IV |
"That's It, That's All" [84] | 2022 | Dear Rouge | Spirit |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Drive My Soul" | 2008 | Sean Michael Turrell | [85] |
"February Air" | [86] | ||
"Saviour" | 2009 | Roboshobo | [87] |
"Every Day" (Ten Second Epic featuring Lights) | Sean Michael Turrell | [88] | |
"Ice" (version one) | Unknown | [89] | |
"Ice" (version two) | Roboshobo | [90] | |
"Wavin' Flag" (as part of Young Artists for Haiti) | 2010 | Unknown | [91] |
"Second Go" | Sean Michael Turrell | [92] | |
"Deer In the Headlights" [upper-alpha 6] | 2011 | Unknown | [93] |
"Toes" | Sean Michael Turrell | [94] | |
"Banner" | 2012 | [95] | |
"Timing Is Everything" | Ken Galloway | [96] | |
"True Colors" (as part of Artist Against Bullying) | Unknown | [97] | |
"Cactus in the Valley" (acoustic) (featuring Owl City) | 2013 | Lights | [98] |
"Portal" | 2014 | Iota Creative | [99] [100] |
"Up We Go" | Alon Isocianu | [101] | |
"Running with the Boys" | 2015 | Amit Dabrai | [102] |
"Same Sea" | [103] | ||
"Meteorites" | 2016 | Unknown | [104] |
"Giants" | 2017 | Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux | [105] |
"Skydiving" | [106] | ||
"Savage" | [107] | ||
"New Fears" | [108] | ||
"We Were Here" | 2018 | [109] | |
"Lost Girls" | 2019 | Beau Bokan | [110] |
"Dead End" | 2020 | [111] | |
"Prodigal Daughter" | 2021 | Matt Barnes | [112] |
"Real Thing" (featuring Elohim) | Lindsey Blane | [113] | |
"Salt and Vinegar" | 2022 | [114] | |
"In My Head" (featuring Josh Dun) | [115] |
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