Seth MacFarlane discography | |
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Studio albums | 8 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 11 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Other charted songs | 1 |
American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer Seth MacFarlane has released eight studio albums, one extended play, one soundtrack album, and 11 singles (including two as a featured artist). He has also contributed numerous songs to his projects, such as Family Guy , American Dad! , Ted , and others. In 2005, he served as a producer for the Family Guy soundtrack, Live in Vegas . [1] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. [2]
In 2010, MacFarlane signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records. [3] In September 2011, MacFarlane released his debut studio album Music Is Better Than Words . [4] The album received positive reviews and reached 111 on the US Billboard 200 chart. [5] On November 30, 2011, the album received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. [6] In September 2014, MacFarlane released his second studio album, and first Christmas-themed album Holiday for Swing . [7] [8] The album reached 51 on the Billboard 200. [5] In September 2015, MacFarlane released his third studio album, No One Ever Tells You . [9] [10] [11] The album earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. [12]
In 2016, he made a guest appearance on Barbra Streisand’s album, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway . He performed "Pure Imagination" with her as a duet. [13] A year later, MacFarlane released his fourth studio album In Full Swing . [14] The album received two nominations at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals. [15] His fifth studio album, Once in a While was released on April 19, 2019. [16]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, MacFarlane and Elizabeth Gillies collaborated on a series of songs, eight in total, on an extended playlist entitled, Songs from Home. [17] [18] He released his sixth studio album, Great Songs from Stage & Screen in August 2020. [19] Like his previous four albums, he recorded a majority of the songs at Abbey Road Studios. However, much of the albums post-production work was done at home due to the pandemic. [20] On May 20, 2022, MacFarlane released his seventh studio album, Blue Skies . [21] In November 2023, MacFarlane and Gillies collaborated again and released their Christmas album, We Wish You the Merriest . [22]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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US [5] | US Jazz [23] | US Heatseekers [24] | US Holiday [25] | |||||
Music Is Better Than Words |
| 111 | 2 | 2 | — | |||
Holiday for Swing |
| 51 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
No One Ever Tells You |
| — | 1 | — | — | |||
In Full Swing |
| — | 2 | — | — | |||
Once in a While |
| — | 5 | — | — | |||
Great Songs from Stage & Screen |
| — | – | — | — | |||
Blue Skies |
| — | – | — | — | |||
We Wish You the Merriest (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
| — | 20 | — | 47 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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US [26] | US Com. [26] | ||||
Family Guy: Live in Vegas |
| 105 | 2 |
Title | Extended play details |
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Songs from Home (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
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Title | Year | Peaks | Album | ||
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US AC [27] | CAN AC [28] | ||||
"The Night They Invented Champagne" | 2011 | — | — | Music Is Better Than Words | |
"Nine O'Clock" | — | — | |||
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" | 2014 | 28 | – | Holiday for Swing | |
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (featuring Sara Bareilles) | 10 | 10 | |||
"That Face" | 2017 | — | — | In Full Swing | |
"Almost Like Being in Love" | — | — | |||
"Have You Met Miss Jones?" | — | — | |||
"Half as Lovely (Twice as True)" | 2019 | — | — | Once in a While | |
"No Moon at All" | 2022 | — | — | Blue Skies | |
"We Wish You the Merriest" (with Elizabeth Gillies) | 2023 | — | — | We Wish You the Merriest | |
"Sleigh Ride" (with Elizabeth Gillies) | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak | Album | |
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US AC [27] | ||||
"Let's Fall in Love" (Calabria Foti featuring Seth MacFarlane) | 2013 | — | Non-album single | |
"White Christmas" (Meghan Trainor featuring Seth MacFarlane) | 2020 | 1 | A Very Trainor Christmas |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US [29] | US R&B /HH [30] | NZ Hot [31] | ||||||||||||
"Self Medication" (Logic featuring Seth MacFarlane, Redman and Statik Selektah) | 2023 | — [upper-alpha 1] | 49 | 21 | College Park | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Pure Imagination" | 2016 | Barbra Streisand | Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway |
"Let's Face the Music and Dance" | — | Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
"My Way" | |||
"Pennies from Heaven" |
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