# Bette Midler discography

American singer Bette Midler has released 13 studio albums, four soundtrack albums, five live albums, one spoken word album, seven greatest hits compilations, four video albums, 39 official singles, nine promotional singles, and 11 music videos.
Midler released her debut single "Do You Want to Dance" in 1972, which peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her first album was released the same year, and it managed to sell over 1 million copies in United States being certified platinum by RIAA. After that she released 10 studio albums with Warner Records, the most successful is Some People's Lives, which received gold and platinum certifications in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
After nearly three decades of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Music Group in 2001. Following a reported long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces after many years in 2003 to record Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold by RIAA. One of the Clooney Songbook selections, "This Ole House", became Midler's first Christian radio single shipped by Rick Hendrix and his positive music movement. The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year. After that she released two more albums with Columbia Records, and in 2014 returned to Warner to release her fourteenth studio album, It's the Girls!.
As of 2010, Midler has sold over 30 million records 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 | US | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | JPN | NLD | NZ | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| The Divine Miss M | Released: November 7, 1972 Label: Atlantic (#SD7238) Format: LP, CD (1995) | 9 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Platinum AUS: Platinum MC: Platinum |
| Bette Midler | Released: November 16, 1973 Label: Atlantic (#SD7270) Format: LP, CD (1995) | 6 | 14 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Songs for the New Depression | Released: January 8, 1976 Label: Atlantic (#SD18155) Format: LP, CD (1995) | 27 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Broken Blossom | Released: November 17, 1977 Label: Atlantic (#SD19151) Format: LP, CD (1995) | 51 | 47 | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Thighs and Whispers | Released: October 1979 Label: Atlantic (#SD16004) Format: LP, CD (1995) | 65 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | |
| No Frills | Released: August 1, 1983 Label: Atlantic (#80070) Format: LP, CD (1995) | 60 | 43 | — | 71 | 46 | — | 41 | — | 1 | — | |
| Some People's Lives | Released: September 4, 1990 Label: Atlantic (#82129) Format: LP, CD | 6 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 66 | — | 10 | — | 5 | RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: 2× Platinum |
| Bette of Roses | Released: July 27, 1995 Label: Atlantic (#82823) Format: CD | 45 | 51 | — | 69 | 74 | 45 | — | — | — | 55 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver |
| Bathhouse Betty | Released: September 15, 1998 Label: Warner Bros (#47078) Format: CD | 32 | 55 | — | 88 | 68 | 89 | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Bette | Released: October 10, 2000 Label: Warner Bros (#47843) Format: CD | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook | Released: September 30, 2003 Label: Columbia (#CK90350) Format: CD | 14 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook | Released: October 25, 2005 Label: Columbia (#CN97758) Format: DD (CD, DVD) | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |
| Cool Yule (holiday album) | Released: October 10, 2006 Label: Columbia (#82876 86266) Format: CD | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| It's the Girls! | Released: November 4, 2014 Label: Warner/Rhino (#545542) Format: CD | 3 | 10 | 38 | 24 | 62 | — | 64 | — | — | 6 | BPI: Gold |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. |||||||||||||

### Soundtracks

| 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 | US | AUS | AUT | CAN | JPN | NLD | NZ | NOR | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording | Released: December 3, 1979 Label: Atlantic (#SD16010) Format: LP, CS, CD (1995) | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 16 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 68 | RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum |
| Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording | Released: November 22, 1988 Label: Atlantic (#81933) Format: LP, CS, CD | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 21 | RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 4× Platinum BPI: Gold |
| For the Boys: Music from the Motion Picture | Released: November 12, 1991 Label: Atlantic (#82329) Format: LP, CS, CD | 22 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 75 | RIAA: Gold MC: Gold |
| Gypsy | Released: November 23, 1993 Label: Atlantic (#82551) Format: CD | 175 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. |||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | NZ |
| Live at Last | Released: June 1977 Label: Atlantic (#SD29000) Format: 2LP, 2CD (N/A) | 49 | 39 | — |
| Divine Madness | Released: November 7, 1980 Label: Atlantic (#SD16022) Format: LP | 34 | 20 | 12 |

### Spoken word albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS |
| Mud Will Be Flung Tonight | Released: 1985 Label: Atlantic (#81291) Format: LP, CD | 183 | 94 |

### Compilations

| 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 | US | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | JPN | NLD | NZ | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| The Best of Bette | Released: 1978 Label: Atlantic (#50530) Format: LP, CD (1987) | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | ARIA: Platinum |
| The Best of Bette (1981) | Released: 1981 Label: K-tel (# N/A) Format: LP | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Just Hits | Released: 1987 Label: Atlantic (# N/A) Format: LP | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits | Released: June 22, 1993 Label: Atlantic (#82497) Format: CS, CD (CD, re-issue 1996) | 50 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 67 | 58 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 4× Platinum BPI: Platinum MC: Gold |
| Jackpot! The Best Bette | Released: September 23, 2008 Label: Atlantic / Rhino (#R2515881) Format: CD (CD/DVD, UK Limited edition) | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | BPI: 2× Platinum |
| Memories of You | Released: November 22, 2010 Label: Warner / Rhino (#77186) Format: CD (only UK) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | BPI: Silver |
| A Gift of Love | Released: December 4, 2015 Label: Warner / Rhino Format: CD, digital download | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | BPI: Silver |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. |||||||||||||

### Box sets

| Title | Album details | Notes |
| Bette Midler: 3 for One | Released: April 4, 2000 Label: Atlantic (#CD BOX SET) Format: 3CD | Import release issued in Australia, featuring two studio albums, such as her debut The Divine Miss M (1972) and the set Some People's Lives (1990), along with the soundtrack of Beaches from 1988. |
| Original Album Series | Released: October 14, 2011 Label: Atlantic (#97547) Format: 5CD | Import release, featuring her first four albums — The Divine Miss M (1972), Bette Midler (1973), Songs for the New Depression (1976), Broken Blossom (1977) — and initial OST The Rose (1979); each in a card sleeve with original LP artwork on front and back. |

## Singles
### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| 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 | US | US AC | US DC | AUS | CAN AC | CAN | GER | NLD | NZ | UK | Certifications | Album |
| "Do You Want to Dance?" | 1972 | 17 | 8 | — | 10 | 1 | 18 | — | — | — | — | | The Divine Miss M |
| "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | 1973 | 8 | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 8 | — | — | 17 | — | | The Divine Miss M |
| "Friends" | 1973 | 40 | 9 | — | — | 17 | 57 | — | — | — | — | | The Divine Miss M |
| "In the Mood" | 1973 | 51 | 18 | — | 96 | 29 | 28 | — | — | — | — | | Bette Midler |
| "Strangers in the Night" | 1976 | — | 45 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Songs for the New Depression |
| "Old Cape Cod" | 1976 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Songs for the New Depression |
| "Samedi et vendredi" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Songs for the New Depression |
| "You're Movin' Out Today" | 1977 | 42 | 11 | — | 75 | 10 | 67 | — | — | — | — | | Live at Last |
| "Storybook Children (Daybreak)" | 1977 | 57 | 37 | — | — | 39 | 56 | — | — | — | — | | Broken Blossom |
| "Buckets of Rain" (featuring Bob Dylan) | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Best of Bette |
| "Married Men" | 1979 | 40 | — | 32 | 37 | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | | Thighs and Whispers |
| "Hang on in There Baby" | 1979 | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Thighs and Whispers |
| "My Knight in Black Leather" | 1979 | — | — | 70 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Thighs and Whispers |
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 1980 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording |
| "The Rose" | 1980 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 24 | — | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver | The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording |
| "My Mother's Eyes" (live) | 1980 | 39 | 8 | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | | Divine Madness |
| "Chapel of Love" (live) | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Divine Madness |
| "All I Need to Know" | 1983 | 77 | 39 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | | No Frills |
| "Favorite Waste of Time" | 1983 | 78 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | No Frills |
| "Beast of Burden" | 1984 | 71 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 15 | 11 | 4 | — | | No Frills |
| "Under the Boardwalk" | 1988 | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording |
| "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 1989 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | 5 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum | Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording |
| "I Know You by Heart" | 1989 | — | — | — | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording |
| "From a Distance" | 1990 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold | Some People's Lives |
| "Night and Day" | 1991 | 62 | 15 | — | 84 | 6 | 68 | — | — | 50 | — | | Some People's Lives |
| "The Gift of Love" | 1991 | — | 19 | — | — | 3 | 40 | — | — | — | — | | Some People's Lives |
| "Moonlight Dancing" | 1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Some People's Lives |
| "Every Road Leads Back to You" | 1991 | 78 | 15 | — | 74 | 10 | 66 | — | — | — | — | | For the Boys: Music from the Motion Picture |
| "In My Life" | 1992 | — | 20 | — | 107 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | | For the Boys: Music from the Motion Picture |
| "To Deserve You" | 1995 | — | — | 2 | — | 18 | — | — | 7 | — | 173 | | Bette of Roses |
| "In This Life" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | 146 | | Bette of Roses |
| "God Help the Outcasts" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack |
| "You Don't Own Me" (with Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton) | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The First Wives Club: Music from the Motion Picture...And Then Some |
| "My One True Friend" | 1998 | — | 16 | — | — | 49 | — | — | 87 | — | 58 | | Bathhouse Betty |
| "I'm Beautiful" | 1999 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bathhouse Betty |
| "In These Shoes" | 2001 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bette |
| "White Christmas" | 2003 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook |
| "Fever" | 2005 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook |
| "From a Distance" (Christmas version) | 2006 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Cool Yule |
| "Wind Beneath My Wings" (re-issue) | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | | The Best Bette |
| "Be My Baby" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | It's the Girls! |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. ||||||||||||||

### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| 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 | AU | CAN | CAN AC | GER | NLD 40 | NLD 100 | NZ | UK | US | US AC | Certifications | Album |
| "We Are the World" (as part of USA for Africa) | 1985 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | RIAA: 4× Platinum BPI: Silver MC: 3× Platinum | We Are the World |

### Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions and notes :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Notes |
| Title | Year | US DC | Notes |
| "Old Cape Cod" | 1976 | — | Two-track SP featuring a stereo and mono version of the song from Songs for the New Depression album, released in the US. |
| "Paradise" | 1977 | — | Two-track SP featuring a stereo and mono version of the song from Broken Blossom album, released in the US. |
| "Big Noise from Winnetka" | 1979 | 98 | Originally a song from Thighs and Whispers, released in the US and Canada. In Canada, the single included the album version of "Rain" on the B-side. |
| "Small World" (featuring Peter Riegert) | 1993 | — | One-track US promotional CD single, taken from the original soundtrack recording of Gypsy. |
| "That's How Love Moves" | 1996 | — | One-track single issued in Germany, almost two years prior to its official release on the album Bathhouse Betty. |
| "La vie en rose" | 1999 | — | Japanese 3" CD release including "The Rose", featured in the Japanese Nissan TV advertisement. |
| "Nobody Else But You" | 2000 | — | One-track US release issued in support of the TV Bette series, featuring the original version of the song from her 2000 album of the same name. |
| "Bless You Child" | 2000 | — | Two-track promo CD single released in Japan, featuring also "Nobody Else But You", both from her album Bette. |
| "Love T.K.O." | 2001 | — | One-track promotional picture CD issued in the US, also from the Bette set. |

## Other appearances

| Year | Song | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | "Blueberry Pie" | Lead vocal | A song by Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager; appears on VA compilation In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record on Warner Bros. |
| 1988 | "Perfect Isn't Easy" | Lead vocal | A song written by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman for the Walt Disney soundtrack of Oliver & Company (1988) by George Scribner. |
| 1992 | "Somewhere in My Memory" | Lead vocal | A song written by John Williams and Leslie Bricusse that appears on the soundtrack Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, issued on Fox. |
| 1995 | "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" with The Manhattan Transfer | Lead vocal | A song written by Teddy Randazzo, Lou Stallman and Bobby Weinstein, released on the vocal group's album Tonin' (1995) on Atlantic. |
| 1995 | "Up, Up, Up" | Lead vocal | Appears as B-side on the US and German release of her 1995's single "To Deserve You". |
| 1997 | "Somewhere Along the Way" featuring Tommy Flanagan | Lead vocal | A song written by Kurt Adams and Sammy Gallop, appears on the soundtrack That Old Feeling (1997) on MCA. |
| 1998 | "Heaven" | Lead vocal | A song written by Julie Gold, issued as a bonus track on Japanese version of her set Bathhouse Betty and as B-side of the single "My One True Friend" in Germany, respectively. |
| 2004 | "Manhattan" with Rod Stewart | Lead vocal | A duet with Stewart, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, recorded for his album Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III (2004) on J. |
| 2005 | "Baby Mine" | Lead vocal | A song recorded for the VA Disney compilation Wishes! (2005), issued in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
| 2010 | "The Greatest Ears in Town" featuring Barry Gibb | Lead vocal, co-writer | A song written by herself along with Marc Shaiman, released on the final Arif Mardin's set All My Friends Are Here (2010) on NuNoise. |

### Unreleased songs

| Year | Song | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | "No Jinx" | Lead vocal | A song written by Bruce Roberts, Allee Willis and Brock Walsh for the film Jinxed! (1982) by Don Siegel. |
| 1989 | "One More Cheer" | Lead vocal | A song written by Jay Gruska and Paul Gordon for the movie Stella (1990) by John Erman. |
| 1993 | "I Put a Spell on You" | Lead vocal | A song written by Jay Hawkins for the film Hocus Pocus (1993) by Kenny Ortega. |

## Videos
### Video albums

| Year | Album details | Notes | Certifications |
| 1984 | The Bette Midler Show Label: Embassy (#0630 19425) Format: VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc | Originally HBO video special by Aaron Russo Productions, recorded live in February 1976 in Cleveland during The Depression Tour. | |
| 1986 | Art or Bust Label: Vestron (#VA 13080) Format: VHS, Laserdisc, DVD (2010) | Originally aired as the HBO program Art or Bust (1984) with live recordings from Midler's "De Tour" in Minneapolis in 1983, with additional archive footage from the Continental Baths in NYC in 1971 and the UJA's Telethon of 1973. Released on DVD in 2010 as The Divine Miss M in Performance. | |
| 1997 | Diva Las Vegas Label: Warner/HBO (#0630 19425) Format: VHS, DVD (2000) | Import release, in 2000 re-issued on DVD. Also available as a bonus disc on the UK Deluxe Edition of The Best Bette from 2009. | ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold |
| 2011 | The Showgirl Must Go On Label: Image (#7338VYDVDLIT) Format: DVD | US release, featuring her concert show from The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that run from 2008 to 2010. | |

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Director |
| 1983 | "Favorite Waste of Time" | Tommy Shalami |
| 1983 | "Beast of Burden" | Allan Arkush |
| 1988 | "Under the Boardwalk" | |
| 1988 | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | |
| 1990 | "From a Distance" | Tamra Davis |
| 1990 | "Night and Day" | Meiert Avis |
| 1991 | "Every Road Leads Back to You" | |
| 1995 | "To Deserve You" | Marcus Nispel |
| 1995 | "To Deserve You" (Remix) | |
| 1998 | "My One True Friend" | |
| 2006 | "Cool Yule" | |