Will Young discography

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Will Young discography
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Will Young during an interview at Glastonbury, 2008
Studio albums9
Compilation albums4
Video albums2
Music videos29
EPs2
Singles36

The discography of Will Young, an English singer who rose to fame when he won the first series of Pop Idol in 2001, includes nine studio albums, four compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), thirty-six singles, and twenty-eight music videos. Young's debut single was a double A-side, "Evergreen" and "Anything Is Possible", released in 2002. This became the fastest-selling debut single in UK chart history going straight to number one and going on to sell over 1.8 million copies. In the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the 21st Century (so far) published by the Official Charts Company, "Evergreen" topped the list. In October 2002 Young released his debut album, From Now On , which included "Evergreen" and "Anything Is Possible", "Light My Fire", "The Long and Winding Road" (a duet with Gareth Gates, released as a double A-side with Gates's song "Suspicious Minds") and "Don't Let Me Down"/"You and I" (released in aid of Children in Need).

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Young's second album Friday's Child was released in December 2003. It features the singles "Leave Right Now", "Your Game" and "Friday's Child". In November 2005 Young released his third album, Keep On , which included the singles "All Time Love", "Switch It On" and "Who Am I". In September 2008 Young's fourth album, Let It Go was released and it peaked at number two. Singles released were "Changes", "Grace", "Let It Go" and "Tell Me the Worst".

Young released his first greatest hits collection, The Hits , in November 2009, a compilation of his greatest singles between 2002 and 2009, including two brand new compositions. His fifth studio album, Echoes , released 22 August 2011 became his first number-one album since 2003, producing four singles. His sixth studio album, 85% Proof , was released on 25 May 2015 on Island Records, which he signed to in 2012. After a four-year break, Lexicon was released on 21 June 2019. Young's latest, his eighth studio album Crying on the Bathroom Floor was released on 6 August 2021.

Young's ninth studio album, "Light It Up", is was released on 9 August 2024; it was preceded by the singles "Falling Deep" and "Midnight".

All of Young's studio albums have debuted in the top 5 of the UK Albums Chart, four of which peaked at number one.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
IRE
[3]
NLD
[4]
SWI
[5]
From Now On 1621123
Friday's Child
  • Released: 1 December 2003
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, BMG
  • Formats: CD
1948
  • BPI: 5× Platinum [6]
Keep On
  • Released: 21 November 2005
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
23385
Let It Go
  • Released: 29 September 2008
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
212
  • BPI: Platinum [6]
Echoes
  • Released: 22 August 2011 [8]
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
112
  • BPI: Platinum [6]
85% Proof
  • Released: 25 May 2015
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
138
  • BPI: Silver [6]
Lexicon 27384
Crying on the Bathroom Floor
  • Released: 6 August 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl, cassette
3
Light It Up
  • Released: 9 August 2024
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
SCO
[3]
US
Heat.

[9]
The Hits
  • Released: 16 November 2009
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
7
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [6]
  • IRMA: Gold [10]
Leave Right Now
  • Released: 8 May 2010
  • Labels: 19, Jive, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13
The Essential
  • Released: 11 November 2013
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, digital download
15
20 Years: The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 27 May 2022 [11]
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download, vinyl
65

Video albums

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Summer Covers
  • Released: 26 August 2016 [12]
  • Label: Will Young
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
Crying on the Bathroom Floor: Remix EP
  • Released: 4 November 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

SingleYearPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
UK Dig.
[1]
BEL
[13]
GER
[14]
IRE
[3]
ITA NL
[15]
NZ
[16]
SWE
[17]
US
"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"200212
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [6]
From Now On
"Light My Fire"160445421
"The Long and Winding Road" (with Gareth Gates)14
"Don't Let Me Down"227
  • BPI: Silver [6]
"You and I"283
"Leave Right Now"20031641273629681
  • BPI: Platinum [6]
Friday's Child
"Your Game"200436610
"Friday's Child"431
"Switch It On"2005523Keep On
"All Time Love"200636912
  • BPI: Silver [6]
"Who Am I"1121
"Changes"20081028Let It Go
"Grace"33
"Let It Go"200958
"Hopes & Fears"65The Hits
"Jealousy"201156823Echoes
"Come On"83
"Losing Myself"201272
"I Just Want a Lover"
"Love Revolution"20151037385% Proof
"Thank You"87
"Joy"
"What the World Needs Now"53
"All the Songs" [18] 201924Lexicon
"My Love" [19] 91
"Daniel" [20] 202129Crying on the Bathroom Floor
"Elizabeth Taylor" [21]
"Crying on the Bathroom Floor" [22] 29
"Why Does It Hurt" [23] 20228720 Years: The Greatest Hits
"Falling Deep"202462 Light It Up
"Midnight"96
"Light It Up"

Promotional singles

SingleYear
"Tell Me the Worst" (Club promo)2009
"The Way I See" [24] 2011
"Amy" [25] 2016
"Christmas Time" [26] 2019
"Strong"2021
"Breaking Free"2022

Other appearances

SongYearOther performer(s)Film / Album
"Beyond the Sea"2002 Pop Idol: The Big Band Album
"I Won't Dance"
"Your Love Is King"2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
"Letting in the Sunshine"2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents
"Goody Goody" Camille O'Sullivan
"The Blitz: Bombing" / "The Grecian Frieze" / "Defiance"
"All the Things You Are"
"The Sails of the Windmill" Camille O'Sullivan
"Girl in the Little Green Hat"
"Hey Ya!"2006Radio 1's Live Lounge
"History"2010 Groove Armada Black Light
"Running Up that Hill"2011Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2011
"Hanging on the Telephone"2013Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2013
"I Only Want to Be with You"2019 Emma Bunton My Happy Place

Notes

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