# Placebo discography

The discography of Placebo, an English alternative rock band, consists of eight studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, and 33 singles. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart. A single from the album, "Nancy Boy", peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. Placebo's next studio album, 1998's Without You I'm Nothing, peaked at number seven in both the UK and France. The singles "Pure Morning" and "You Don't Care About Us" both reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. Those were Placebo's last singles to make the top five in the UK.
In 2000, the band released Black Market Music. The album peaked at number one in France, number four in Germany, number six in the UK, and number seven in Austria. Placebo continued their chart success with the album Sleeping with Ghosts in 2003. It reached number one in France, number two in Germany, number three in Switzerland, number four in Portugal, and number six in Austria. It was also certified two times platinum in France. In 2004, they released a compilation album, Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004, that peaked at number eight in the UK.
Placebo's fifth studio album, Meds, was released in 2006 and topped the charts in Austria, France, and Switzerland. Their sixth studio album, Battle for the Sun, was released in 2009 and topped the charts in Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland; it was the band's fourth consecutive album to peak at number one in France. All of their first seven studio albums have reached the top twenty in the UK.
The band's eighth studio album, Never Let Me Go, was released on 25 March 2022. It was made available for pre-order on 9 November 2021.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | FRA | GER | NL | NZ | SWI | US | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Placebo | Released: 17 June 1996 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | 5 | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Platinum SNEP: Platinum |
| Without You I'm Nothing | Released: 12 October 1998 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | 7 | 14 | 43 | — | 7 | 55 | 65 | 15 | 95 | — | BPI: Platinum ARIA: Platinum SNEP: 2× Gold |
| Black Market Music | Released: 9 October 2000 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl | 6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 15 | — | BPI: Gold ARIA: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold |
| Sleeping with Ghosts | Released: 24 March 2003 Label: Astralwerks, EMD Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 37 | 3 | — | BPI: Gold BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold SNEP: 2× Platinum |
| Meds | Released: 13 March 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 180 | BPI: Gold BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum SNEP: Platinum |
| Battle for the Sun | Released: 8 June 2009 Label: PIAS, Vagrant Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 51 | BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold |
| Loud Like Love | Released: 16 September 2013 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl, digital download | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 98 | BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold |
| Never Let Me Go | Released: 25 March 2022 Label: Elevator Lady, Rise Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | — | |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | AUT | BEL | FRA | GER | ITA | NL | SWI | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| iTunes Live: London Festival '09 | Released: 7 December 2009 Label: Dreambrother Ltd. Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTV Unplugged | Released: 27 November 2015 Label: Universal Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, DVD, Blu-ray | 21 | 20 | 59 | 6 | 33 | 43 | 13 | BVMI: Gold |
| Collapse Into Never - Live in Europe 2023 | Released: 15 December 2023 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | FRA | GER | ITA | NL | NZ | SWI | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Covers | Released: 22 September 2003 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | |
| Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004 | Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Virgin, Astralwerks, EMD Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | — | 14 | 8 | 66 | 33 | 4 | BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold SNEP: 2× Gold |
| B-Sides: 1996–2006 | Released: 15 March 2011 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Placebo – B-Sides | Released: 31 July 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Without You I'm Nothing – B-Sides | Released: 25 September 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Black Market Music – B-Sides | Released: 27 November 2015 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sleeping with Ghosts – B-Sides | Released: 19 February 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meds – B-Sides | Released: 8 April 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: Digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| A Place for Us to Dream | Released: 7 October 2016 Label: Rise Records Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download | 21 | — | 28 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 134 | — | 16 | BPI: Silver |

## Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | EP details | UK | BEL | FRA | GER | SCO | SWI |
| Live at La Cigale | Released: 2 October 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Exclusive Session | Released: 29 January 2007 Label: Virgin Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Extended Play '07 | Released: 31 July 2007 Label: Virgin Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Live at Angkor Wat | Released: 12 December 2011 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| B3 | Released: 15 October 2012 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download | 65 | — | 66 | 39 | 81 | 25 |
| Life's What You Make It | Released: 7 October 2016 Label: Elevator Lady Formats: vinyl, digital download | — | 66 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | FRA | GER | ITA | SPA | SWI | US Bub. | Certifications | Album |
| "Bruise Pristine" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Placebo |
| "Come Home" | 1996 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Placebo |
| "36 Degrees" | 1996 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Placebo |
| "Teenage Angst" | 1996 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Placebo |
| "Nancy Boy" | 1997 | 4 | 158 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver | Placebo |
| "Bruise Pristine" (reissue) | 1997 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Placebo |
| "Pure Morning" | 1998 | 4 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver | Without You I'm Nothing |
| "You Don't Care About Us" | 1998 | 5 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Without You I'm Nothing |
| "Every You Every Me" | 1999 | 11 | 46 | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | BPI: Gold | Without You I'm Nothing |
| "Without You I'm Nothing" | 1999 | — | 52 | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | | Without You I'm Nothing |
| "Burger Queen Français" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | | Without You I'm Nothing |
| "Taste in Men" | 2000 | 16 | 69 | — | — | 54 | — | 11 | — | — | — | | Black Market Music |
| "Slave to the Wage" | 2000 | 19 | 110 | — | — | 63 | 92 | — | — | — | — | | Black Market Music |
| "Special K" | 2001 | — | 50 | — | — | 60 | — | 18 | — | — | — | | Black Market Music |
| "Black-Eyed" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | | Black Market Music |
| "The Bitter End" | 2003 | 12 | 47 | — | 39 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 53 | — | | Sleeping with Ghosts |
| "This Picture" | 2003 | 23 | 52 | — | — | 63 | 75 | — | 20 | — | — | | Sleeping with Ghosts |
| "Special Needs" | 2003 | 27 | — | — | — | 67 | 71 | — | — | — | — | | Sleeping with Ghosts |
| "English Summer Rain" | 2004 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 98 | — | | Sleeping with Ghosts |
| "Twenty Years" | 2004 | 18 | — | 59 | 17 | 54 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 50 | — | | Once More with Feeling |
| "Protège-Moi" | 2004 | — | — | — | 17 | 18 | — | — | — | 26 | — | | Once More with Feeling |
| "Because I Want You" | 2006 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Meds |
| "Song to Say Goodbye" | 2006 | — | 30 | 44 | 18 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 38 | — | | Meds |
| "Infra-Red" | 2006 | 42 | 52 | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | | Meds |
| "Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart) | 2006 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | 78 | — | | Meds |
| "Running Up That Hill" | 2007 | 44 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | BPI: Silver | Covers |
| "For What It's Worth" | 2009 | 97 | 88 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 46 | — | 33 | — | | Battle for the Sun |
| "The Never-Ending Why" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Battle for the Sun |
| "Ashtray Heart" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | 44 | 66 | — | — | — | — | | Battle for the Sun |
| "Bright Lights" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | 92 | 62 | — | — | — | — | | Battle for the Sun |
| "B3" | 2012 | — | — | 35 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | | B3 |
| "Too Many Friends" | 2013 | — | — | 51 | 26 | 31 | 14 | — | — | 54 | — | | Loud Like Love |
| "Loud Like Love" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | | Loud Like Love |
| "A Million Little Pieces" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Loud Like Love |
| "Jesus' Son" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | A Place for Us to Dream |
| "Beautiful James" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Never Let Me Go |
| "Surrounded by Spies" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Never Let Me Go |
| "Try Better Next Time" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Never Let Me Go |
| "Happy Birthday in the Sky" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Never Let Me Go |
| "Shout" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

## DVDs

| Release date | Title | Director | Formats |
| 6 April 2004 | Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) | Russell Thomas | DVD |
| 30 November 2004 | Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004 | Matthew Amos, Simon Cracknell, Howard Greenhalgh and others | DVD |
| 13 March 2006 | Meds (Special Edition Bonus DVD) | | DVD |
| 31 October 2011 | We Come in Pieces | | DVD, Blu-ray |
| 27 November 2015 | MTV Unplugged | | DVD, Blu-ray |