# Sarah McLachlan discography

This is the discography of Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and pianist, Sarah McLachlan. Her debut album, Touch was released in 1988 and included first singles: "Vox", "Steaming" and "Ben's Song". The album charted in Canada and the United States and was certified platinum in Canada and gold in the US. The next album, Solace was issued in 1991. It peaked at number 20 in Canada and was certified double platinum there. Solace also charted in the US, where it was certified gold. It featured three singles: "The Path of Thorns (Terms)", "Into the Fire" and "Drawn to the Rhythm". The third studio album, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) became McLachlan's mainstream breakthrough album in Canada and the United States. It peaked at number five in Canada and number 50 on the US Billboard 200, and was certified 5× platinum in Canada and 3× platinum in the US. "Possession" and "Good Enough" became McLachlan's first singles to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Good Enough" also became her first top 10 hit in Canada, reaching number nine. At the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
In 1997, McLachlan released her most successful album to date, Surfacing. It topped the chart in Canada and reached number two in the United States, and also charted in various countries around the world. Surfacing was certified diamond in Canada for selling over one million copies, 8× platinum in the US for selling eight million copies, and gold in other countries. Surfacing featured the hit singles: "Building a Mystery", "Sweet Surrender", "Adia" and "Angel". All singles charted inside top 10 in Canada, including number one for "Building a Mystery". All singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and two of them became McLachlan's first top 10 hits on that chart: "Adia" at number three and "Angel" at number four. At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, "Building a Mystery" won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and "Last Dance" from Surfacing won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Surfacing was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, "Adia" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
McLachlan's 1999 live album, Mirrorball was also very successful. It topped the chart in Canada and reached number three in the US. It was certified 5× platinum in Canada and 3× platinum in the US. McLachlan's 1995 song, "I Will Remember You" now in live version was released as the lead single from Mirrorball. In 1995, the song already reached number 10 in Canada and number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. This new live version reached number 10 in Canada again but achieved a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 14, solely on airplay. At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, "I Will Remember You" (Live) won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Mirrorball was nominated for Best Pop Album and "Possession" (Live) was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. "Silence" by Delerium featuring McLachlan became one of the greatest trance songs of all time. The original version, released as a single in 1999, was remixed many times over the years to a great success on the charts. "Silence" topped the US Dance Club Songs and reached number one in Ireland. It also peaked at number two in Belgium, number three in the United Kingdom, number five in Canada, number six in Australia, number seven in the Netherlands, and charted in many other countries.
In 2003, McLachlan returned to public life with her fifth studio album, Afterglow. It topped the chart in Canada, reached number two in the US and charted in many countries around the world. Afterglow was certified 5× platinum in Canada, 2× platinum in the US, and gold in other countries. At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, "Fallen" from Afterglow was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, Afterglow was nominated for the Best Pop Vocal Album. At the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, Afterglow's "World on Fire" music video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. In 2006, McLachlan released her first Christmas album, Wintersong. It peaked at number one in Canada and number seven in the US, and was certified 3× platinum in Canada and platinum in the US. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, Wintersong was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
In 2008, McLachlan issued her first greatest hits album, Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan, which reached number three in Canada and was certified platinum there. It was followed by 2010's Laws of Illusion, 2014's Shine On and 2016's Wonderland. Over the years, McLachlan also released compilations with rare songs like Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff (1996) and Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 (2008), and albums with remixes: Remixed (2001) and Bloom: Remix Album (2005). In 1994, she also released The Freedom Sessions with alternative versions of her songs from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. As of 2015, McLachlan has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

## Albums
### Studio 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 |
| Title | Album details | CAN | AUS | GER | IRE | NLD | NOR | NZ | SWI | UK | US | Certifications |
| Touch | Released: 11 October 1988 Label: Nettwerk Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 132 | MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold |
| Solace | Released: 29 June 1991 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 167 | MC: 2× Platinum RIAA: Gold |
| Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | Released: 22 October 1993 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 5 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | MC: 5× Platinum RIAA: 3× Platinum |
| Surfacing | Released: 15 July 1997 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 1 | 37 | — | — | 52 | — | 13 | — | 47 | 2 | MC: Diamond ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold RIAA: 8× Platinum |
| Afterglow | Released: 4 November 2003 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 1 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 33 | 2 | MC: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold RIAA: 2× Platinum |
| Wintersong | Released: 17 October 2006 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, digital | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | MC: 3× Platinum RIAA: Platinum |
| Laws of Illusion | Released: 15 June 2010 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, digital | 2 | 12 | 80 | 100 | 73 | — | 9 | 49 | 76 | 3 | |
| Shine On | Released: 6 May 2014 Label: Verve Formats: CD, LP, digital | 1 | 26 | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | 71 | 4 | MC: Gold |
| Wonderland | Released: 21 October 2016 Label: Verve Formats: CD, LP, digital | 12 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | MC: Gold |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | CAN | NZ | US | Certifications |
| Mirrorball | Released: 15 June 1999 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette | 1 | 13 | 3 | MC: 5× Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Gold |
| Afterglow Live | Released: 7 November 2004 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: DVD/CD | — | — | 107 | MC: Gold |
| Mirrorball: The Complete Concert | Released: 3 October 2006 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: 2CD, digital | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. ||||||

### 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 | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | CAN | AUS | IRE | NOR | NZ | UK | US | Certifications |
| Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff | Released: 17 June 1996 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, cassette | 6 | 147 | — | — | — | — | — | MC: 3× Platinum |
| iTunes Originals – Sarah McLachlan | Released: 17 May 2005 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: digital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 | Released: 29 April 2008 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, digital | 2 | — | — | — | — | 193 | 44 | MC: Gold |
| Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan | Released: 7 October 2008 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, 2CD, digital | 3 | 62 | 47 | 19 | 9 | 192 | 11 | MC: Platinum |
| The Essential | Released: 20 August 2013 Label: Legacy Formats: 2CD, digital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver |
| The Box Set Series | Released: 26 May 2015 Label: Legacy Formats: 4CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Classic Christmas Album | Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Legacy Formats: CD, digital | — | — | — | — | — | — | 199 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. ||||||||||

### Remix albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | CAN | AUS | US | Certifications |
| The Freedom Sessions | Released: 6 December 1994 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, cassette | 36 | — | 78 | MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold |
| Remixed | Released: 26 June 2001 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, LP | 10 | 138 | 200 | MC: Platinum |
| Bloom: Remix Album | Released: 6 September 2005 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, digital | 22 | 147 | 76 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. ||||||

## EPs

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | EP details | CAN |
| Live | Released: 9 October 1992 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD | — |
| Live Acoustic | Released: 31 May 2004 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: CD, digital | 23 |
| Live from Etown: 2006 Christmas Special | Released: 19 December 2006 Label: Nettwerk/Arista Formats: digital | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |||

## Singles
### As main artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, 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 | CAN | CAN AC | AUS | GER | IRE | NLD | UK | US | US AC | US Dance | Certifications | Album |
| "Vox" | 1988 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Touch |
| "Steaming" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | | Touch |
| "Ben's Song" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Touch |
| "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" | 1991 | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Solace |
| "Into the Fire" | 1991 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Solace |
| "Drawn to the Rhythm" | 1992 | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Solace |
| "I Will Not Forget You" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Solace |
| "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Solace |
| "Possession" | 1993 | 26 | — | 129 | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | 30 | | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
| "Hold On" | 1994 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
| "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" | 1994 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
| "Good Enough" | 1994 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
| "Circle" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
| "Ol' '55" | 1995 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Freedom Sessions |
| "I Will Remember You" | 1995 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 95 | 65 | 20 | — | RIAA: Gold | The Brothers McMullen |
| "Dear God" | 1995 | 68 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC |
| "Full of Grace" | 1996 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff |
| "Building a Mystery" | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 97 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 28 | — | | Surfacing |
| "Sweet Surrender" | 1997 | 2 | 2 | 196 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 27 | 6 | | Surfacing |
| "Adia" | 1998 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 96 | — | 85 | 18 | 3 | 5 | — | RIAA: Gold | Surfacing |
| "Angel" | 1998 | 9 | 3 | 153 | 57 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 1 | — | BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold | Surfacing |
| "I Will Remember You" (Live) | 1999 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | — | | Mirrorball |
| "Ice Cream" (Live) | 1999 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Mirrorball |
| "I Love You" (Remix) | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | | Surfacing |
| "Fallen" | 2003 | — | 18 | 41 | — | 32 | 89 | 50 | 41 | 12 | 3 | RIAA: Gold | Afterglow |
| "Stupid" | 2004 | 9 | 3 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | Afterglow |
| "World on Fire" | 2004 | — | 2 | — | — | 92 | — | 72 | — | — | 2 | | Afterglow |
| "Push" (Live) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Afterglow Live |
| "Train Wreck" (Remix) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bloom: Remix Album |
| "River" | 2006 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 8 | — | | Wintersong |
| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | 2006 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | | Wintersong |
| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 2006 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | | Wintersong |
| "The First Noel / Mary Mary" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Wintersong |
| "Wintersong" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Wintersong |
| "Ordinary Miracle" | 2007 | 66 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | | Charlotte's Web |
| "U Want Me 2" | 2008 | 11 | 1 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | | Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan |
| "Don't Give Up on Us" | 2009 | 96 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan |
| "One Dream" | 2009 | 52 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Loving You Is Easy" | 2010 | 59 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | | Laws of Illusion |
| "Forgiveness" | 2010 | 71 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Laws of Illusion |
| "Illusions of Bliss" | 2011 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Laws of Illusion |
| "Space on the Couch for Two" (featuring The Sarah McLachlan School Choir) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Find Your Voice" (featuring The Sarah McLachlan School Choir) | 2012 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "What's It Gonna Take" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | King Kong |
| "Prayer of Saint Francis" (featuring The Sarah McLachlan School Choir) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "In Your Shoes" | 2014 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | | Shine On |
| "Monsters" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Shine On |
| "The Long Goodbye" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory ||||||||||||||

### As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released :
| 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 | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | CAN | AUS | GER | IRE | NLD | NOR | UK | US AC | US Dance | Certifications | Album |
| "Silence" (Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 1999 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 33 | — | 73 | — | — | ARIA: Platinum | Karma |
| "Silence (Remixes)" (Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2000 | 5 | — | 16 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 6 | BPI: Silver | Karma |
| "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings" (Barenaked Ladies featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Barenaked for the Holidays |
| "Silence 2004" (Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2004 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | 38 | — | 1 | | The Best Of |
| "Pills" (Live) (The Perishers featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Perishers Live |
| "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | | The Body Acoustic |
| "Sing" (Annie Lennox featuring various artists) | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 161 | 29 | 18 | | Songs of Mass Destruction |
| "Silence 2008" (Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2008 | — | — | 87 | — | 48 | — | 127 | — | — | | Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan (European edition) |
| "Silence 2010" (Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 171 | — | — | | Remixed: The Definitive Collection |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory |||||||||||||

## Collaborations

| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
| 1987 | "As The End Draws Near" | Manufacture | Terrorvision |
| 1992 | "Tightrope Walker" | Balloon | Gravity |
| 1993 | "What Is This Love" | Blue Rodeo | Five Days in July |
| 1993 | "Dark Angel" | Blue Rodeo | Five Days in July |
| 1993 | "Tell Me Your Dream" | Blue Rodeo | Five Days in July |
| 1993 | "Expectations" | Stephen Fearing | The Assassin's Apprentice |
| 1995 | "Burned Out Car" | Junkhouse | Birthday Boy |
| 1995 | (all songs) | Blue Rodeo | Nowhere to Here |
| 1997 | "Silence" | Delerium | Karma |
| 2000 | "Love Is" | Stevie Nicks | Trouble in Shangri-La |
| 2002 | "Don't Let Go" | Bryan Adams | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron soundtrack |
| 2003 | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Barenaked Ladies | Barenaked for the Holidays |
| 2004 | "Silence 2004" | Delerium | The Best of Delerium |
| 2005 | "Pills" | The Perishers | The Perishers Live |
| 2005 | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper | The Body Acoustic |
| 2005 | "Water's Edge" | Cyndi Lauper | The Body Acoustic |
| 2005 | "I Would Die for You" | Jann Arden | Jann Arden |
| 2006 | "Homeless" | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Long Walk To Freedom |
| 2006 | "Go Down Matthew" | Melissa McClelland | Thumbelina's One Night Stand |
| 2006 | "Just Like Me" | DMC | Checks Thugs and Rock N Roll |
| 2006 | "Miss You" | Greg Keelor | Aphrodite Rose |
| 2006 | "Glory Oh" | Greg Keelor | Aphrodite Rose |
| 2006 | "Aphrodite Rose" | Greg Keelor | Aphrodite Rose |
| 2006 | "High Meadow" | Greg Keelor | Aphrodite Rose |
| 2006 | "Dirty Little Secret" | Thievery Corporation | Versions |
| 2007 | "Sing" | Annie Lennox | Songs of Mass Destruction |
| 2008 | "Silence 2008" | Delerium | Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan |
| 2009 | "Bring on the Wonder" | Susan Enan | Plainsong |
| 2012 | "Walkin' Good" | Heart | Fanatic |
| 2013 | "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" | Butterfly Boucher | Happy Birthday Flutterby |

## Other contributions

* 1992: Island of Circles (Donovan tribute album) - "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
* 1993: Live X - One Life - "Good Enough"
* 1996: Due South: The Original Television Soundtrack - "Possession" - (piano version)
* 1996: A Testimonial Dinner - "Dear God"
* 1998: MTV Fantastic Females - '"Adia"
* 1999: MTV Fantastic Females 2 - "I Will Remember You (Live)"
* 1999: Toy Story 2 - "When She Loved Me" (nominated for Best Original Song, 1999 Academy Awards)
* 2002: Being Out Rocks - "Angel"
* 2006: Charlotte's Web Soundtrack - "Ordinary Miracle"
* 2007: Stockings By the Fire - "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
* 2008: Northern Songs: Canada's Best and Brightest - "Angel"
* 2013: King Kong (2013 musical) - "What's It Gonna Take"

## Video releases

* 1994: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: Live VHS
* 1995: Sarah McLachlan Video Compilation: 1989-1994
* 1998: Sarah McLachlan Video Compilation 1989-1998: DVD
* 1999: Mirrorball DVD/VHS
* 2004: Fallen/Stupid DVD
* 2004: Afterglow Live DVD
* 2004: VH1 Storytellers DVD
* 2005: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD
* 2005: Sarah McLachlan: A Life of Music DVD