# Herbert Grönemeyer discography

The discography of German singer Herbert Grönemeyer counts 16 studio albums, five live albums, as well as two compilations, six video albums and 40 singles. According to Bundesverband Musikindustrie, Grönemeyer is the best-selling artist in Germany, with over 18 million records sold. IFPI Austria lists sales of more than one million records, while the singer sold more than 650,000 records in Switzerland, according to IFPI Switzerland.

## Albums
### Studio albums
#### German language studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | NLD | SWI | Certifications |
| Grönemeyer | Released: 1979 Label: Intercord Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — | |
| Zwo | Released: 1980 Label: Intercord Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — | |
| Total Egal | Released: 1982 Label: Intercord Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — | |
| Gemischte Gefühle | Released: 1983 Label: Intercord Formats: CD, LP | 43 | — | — | — | BVMI: Gold |
| 4630 Bochum | Released: 14 August 1984 Label: Electrola Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 7 | — | 12 | BVMI: 11× Gold IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum |
| Sprünge | Released: 30 April 1986 Label: EMI Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold |
| Ö | Released: 30 March 1988 Label: Electrola Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | BVMI: 7× Gold IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum |
| Luxus | Released: 17 September 1990 Label: Electrola Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold |
| Chaos | Released: 24 May 1993 Label: Electrola Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold |
| Bleibt alles anders | Released: 17 April 1998 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum |
| Mensch | Released: 30 August 2002 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP, SACD | 1 | 1 | 38 | 1 | BVMI: 21× Gold IFPI AUT: 8× Platinum IFPI SWI: 5× Platinum |
| 12 | Released: 2 March 2007 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 1 | 64 | 1 | BVMI: 4× Platinum IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum |
| Schiffsverkehr | Released: 18 March 2011 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold |
| Dauernd jetzt | Released: 21 November 2014 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 1 | 1 | 65 | 1 | BVMI: 5× Gold IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum |
| Tumult | Released: 9 November 2018 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 1 | 1 | 122 | 2 | BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold |
| Das ist los | Released: 24 March 2023 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

#### English-language studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | NLD | SWI |
| ? What's All This | Released: 1988 Label: Capitol Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — |
| Luxus | Released: 1992 Label: EMI Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — |
| Chaos | Released: 1995 Label: Electrola Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — |
| I Walk | Released: 2012 Label: Grönland Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 18 | 19 | — | 48 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

#### Soundtrack albums

* 2010: The American
* 2014: A Most Wanted Man

### Live albums

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Notes |
| Year | Title | GER | AUT | SWI | Notes |
| 1995 | Grönemeyer live | 3 (46 weeks) | 3 (64 weeks) | 4 (19 weeks) | Release: 30 October 1995 Sales: + 815,000 |
| 1995 | Unplugged Herbert | 6 (31 weeks) | 8 (22 weeks) | 9 (17 weeks) | Release: 30 October 1995 Sales: + 1,000,000 |
| 2000 | Stand der Dinge | — | — | — | Release: 13 November 2000 Sales: + 150,000 |
| 2003 | Mensch live | 1 (20 weeks) | * | 34 (7 weeks) | Release: 7 November 2003 Sales: + 320.000 * see DVD |
| 2012 | Live at Montreux 2012 | 30 (2 weeks) | * | * | Release: 16 November 2012 * see DVD |
| 2016 | Live in Bochum | 7 (... weeks) | 40 (... weeks) | 48 (... weeks) | Release: 25 November 2016 |

### Remix albums

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Notes |
| Year | Title | GER | AUT | SWI | Notes |
| 1994 | Cosmic Chaos | 16 (16 weeks) | — | — | Release: 20 October 1994 |
| 2003 | Mensch Remixe | * | * | * | Release: 29 September 2003 * see Mensch |

### Compilation albums

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Notes |
| Year | Title | GER | AUT | SWI | Notes |
| 1992 | So gut (1979–1983) | — | — | — | Release: 1 March 1992 |
| 2008 | Was muss muss (Best of) | 1 (45 weeks) | 1 (26 weeks) | 8 (… weeks) | Release: 21 November 2008 Sales: + 700,000 |

### Box sets

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Notes |
| Year | Title | GER | AT | CH | Notes |
| 1990 | Die ersten Vier | — | — | — | Released: 1 September 1990 |
| 2016 | Alles | 15 (... weeks) | — | — | Released: 25 November 2016 |

## Singles
### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | AUT | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| "Pompeji" | 1979 | – | – | – | | Grönemeyer |
| "Anna" | 1982 | – | – | – | | Total Egal |
| "Currywurst" | 1982 | – | – | – | | Total Egal |
| "Kaufen" | 1983 | – | – | – | | Gemischte Gefühle |
| "Musik, nur wenn sie laut ist" | 1983 | – | – | – | | Gemischte Gefühle |
| "Etwas warmes" | 1983 | – | – | – | | Gemischte Gefühle |
| "Männer" | 1984 | 7 | – | 27 | | 4630 Bochum |
| "Alkohol" | 1984 | 33 | – | – | | 4630 Bochum |
| "Flugzeuge im Bauch" | 1985 | 44 | – | – | | 4630 Bochum |
| "Kinder an die Macht" | 1986 | 33 | 10 | – | | Sprünge |
| "Tanzen" | 1986 | – | — | — | | Sprünge |
| "Nur noch so" | 1986 | – | – | – | | Sprünge |
| "Unterwegs" | 1987 | – | – | – | | Sprünge |
| "Ich hab' dich lieb" | 1988 | – | – | – | | Zwo |
| "Was soll das?" | 1988 | 3 | 15 | – | | Ö |
| "Vollmond" | 1988 | 21 | – | – | | Ö |
| "Halt mich" | 1988 | 33 | – | – | | Ö |
| "Mit Gott" | 1988 | – | – | – | | Ö |
| "? What's All This" | 1988 | – | – | – | | ? What's All This |
| "Full Moon" | 1988 | – | – | – | | ? What's All This |
| "Komet" | 1989 | 59 | – | – | | Ö |
| "Deine Liebe klebt" | 1990 | 8 | 23 | – | | Luxus |
| "Luxus" | 1990 | 35 | – | – | | Luxus |
| "Marie" | 1991 | 53 | – | – | | Luxus |
| "Haarscharf" | 1991 | 64 | – | – | | Luxus |
| "Video" | 1991 | – | – | – | | Luxus |
| "Onur" | 1991 | – | – | – | | So gut (1979–1983) |
| "Hard Cash" | 1992 | – | – | – | | Luxus (English) |
| "Chaos" | 1993 | 20 | – | – | | Chaos |
| "Fisch im Netz" | 1993 | 51 | – | – | | Chaos |
| "Land unter" | 1993 | 52 | – | – | | Chaos |
| "Die Härte" | 1994 | 92 | – | – | | Chaos |
| "Morgenrot" | 1994 | – | – | – | | Chaos / Cosmic Chaos |
| "Halt mich" | 1995 | 71 | – | – | | Unplugged Herbert / Grönemeyer Live |
| "Ich hab dich lieb (Live)" | 1996 | – | 12 | – | | Grönemeyer Live |
| "Land unter (Live)" | 1996 | – | – | – | | Grönemeyer Live |
| "Bochum (Live)" | 1996 | – | – | – | | Grönemeyer Live |
| Ich will mehr (Unplugged) | 1996 | – | – | – | | Unplugged Herbert |
| "Bleibt alles anders" | 1998 | 25 | 16 | 36 | | Bleibt alles anders |
| "Letze Version" | 1998 | 79 | – | – | | Bleibt alles anders |
| "Fanatisch" | 1998 | – | – | – | | Bleibt alles anders |
| "Nach mir" | 1998 | – | – | – | | Bleibt alles anders |
| "Stand der Dinge" | 1998 | – | – | – | | Bleibt alles anders |
| "Ich dreh mich um dich" | 1999 | 79 | – | – | | Bleibt alles anders |
| "Da Da Da" | 2000 | 54 | – | – | | Pop 2000 |
| "Lächeln" | 2000 | – | – | – | | Sprünge |
| "Flugzeuge im Bauch (Live)" | 2000 | 42 | – | – | | Stand der Dinge |
| "Mensch" | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | GER: Platinum SWI: Gold | Mensch |
| "Der Weg" | 2002 | 12 | 14 | 35 | | Mensch |
| "Demo (Letzter Tag)" | 2003 | 36 | 53 | – | | Mensch |
| "Zum Meer" | 2003 | 81 | – | – | | Mensch |
| "Unbewohnt" | 2003 | – | – | – | | Mensch |
| "Celebrate the Day / Zeit, dass sich was dreht" | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 17 | GER: Platinum | Voices from the FIFA World Cup |
| "Lied 1 – Stück vom Himmel" | 2007 | 1 | 5 | 3 | | 12 |
| "Lied 3 – Du bist die" | 2007 | 42 | 67 | 99 | | 12 |
| "Lied 2 – Kopf hoch, tanzen" | 2007 | 66 | – | – | | 12 |
| "Lied 6 – Leb in meiner Welt" | 2007 | 71 | – | – | | 12 |
| "Glück" | 2008 | 4 | 3 | 26 | | Was muss muss (Best of) |
| "Komm zur Ruhr" | 2010 | 7 | – | – | | non-album-single |
| "Schiffsverkehr" | 2011 | 10 | 33 | 45 | | Schiffsverkehr |
| "Fernweh" | 2011 | 93 | 65 | – | | Schiffsverkehr |
| "Zu dir" | 2011 | 76 | 72 | – | | Schiffsverkehr |
| "Will I Ever Learn" | 2012 | – | – | – | | I Walk |
| "Morgen" | 2014 | 5 | 8 | 12 | | Dauernd jetzt |
| "Fang mich an" | 2015 | 41 | – | – | | Dauernd jetzt |
| "Bochum 2015 (Die 5. Strophe)" | 2015 | – | – | – | | non-album-single |
| "Sekundenglück" | 2018 | 36 | – | 100 | | Tumult |
| "Doppelherz / Iki Gönlüm" | 2018 | – | – | – | | Tumult |
| "Warum" | 2018 | – | – | – | | Tumult |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

### Collaboration singles

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Notes |
| Year | Title | GER | AUT | SWI | Notes |
| 1979 | Don't Begin | — | — | — | (with Ocean Orchestra) |
| 1985 | Nackt im Wind | 3 (10 weeks) | — | — | Release: 21 January 1985 (with Band für Afrika) |
| 1993 | Dance Chaos | — | — | — | (with Matiz / AC 16) |
| 1994 | Die Härte | — | — | — | (with Matiz / AC 16) |
| 2002 | Mensch | — | — | — | (with Spacemonkeyz) |
| 2003 | Taxi Europa | — | — | 53 (14 weeks) | Release: 26 May 2003 (with Stephan Eicher and Gazzè) |
| 2004 | Everlasting | — | — | — | (with Cheb Mami and George Dalaras) |
| 2007 | Einfach sein Fornika | 11 (27 weeks) | 13 (29 weeks) | 22 (15 weeks) | Release: 25 May 2007 (with Die Fantastischen Vier) |
| 2012 | Die Staubkornsammlung | — | — | — | (with Gang of Four) |
| 2016 | Jeder für jeden | 27 (... weeks) | — | — | Release: 22 April 2016 (with Felix Jaehn) |

### Other collaborations

* 1985 "Nackt im Wind" (Single) by Band for Africa (with Nena, Udo Lindenberg, Peter Maffay, Rio Reiser, Wolfgang Niedecken and others)
* 1991 The Fall of the House of Usher as The Herbalist (album by Peter Hammill and Judge Smith)
* 1996 "Uebers Meer" (Album: Tribute to Rio Reiser)
* 2003 "Taxi Europa" (Album: Taxi Europa) by Stephan Eicher
* 2004 "Everlasting" (Album: Unity – Athens 2004) with Youssou N'Dour
* 2005 "Einmal nur in unserem Leben" (Album: Dreimal Zehn Jahre BAP) by BAP
* 2006 "Grauschleier" (Album: 26½) by Fehlfarben
* 2006 "Zeit, dass sich was dreht / Celebrate the day / Fetez cette journée" (Single) with Amadou and Marjam
* 2006 "Geld 2006 (Internet Warm-Up Version)" song released as a bonus track on rarities compilation "Mon Amour" by Klaus Dinger
* 2007 "Einfach sein" (Album: Fornika) by Die Fantastischen Vier
* 2008 "Will I Ever Learn" (Album: Was muss muss) with Antony Hegarty
* 2009 "Mes Emmerdes" (Album: Duos) with Charles Aznavour
* 2009 "Als es mir beschissen ging" (Album: Duos) with Charles Aznavour
* 2015 ″Staubkorn (The Dying Rays)″ (Album: What Happens Next) with Gang Of Four

## Videos
### Video albums

List of video albums, with chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | NLD | SWI | Certifications |
| Ö-Tour ′88 | Released: 1988 Label: Electrola Records Formats: VHS, DVD | — | — | — | — | |
| Luxus – Live ′91 | Released: 26 September 1991 Label: Electrola Records Formats: VHS, DVD | — | — | — | — | |
| Unplugged Herbert | Released: 30 November 1995 Label: Electrola Records Formats: VHS, DVD | — | — | — | — | |
| Stand der Dinge | Released: 13 November 2000 Label: Electrola Records Formats: VHS, DVD | — | — | — | — | BVMI: 4× Platinum |
| Mensch – Live | Released: 10 November 2003 Label: Grönland Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | 1 | 1 | — | 34 | BVMI: 6× Platinum IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum |
| 12 live | Released: 16 November 2007 Label: Grönland Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | — | — | — | — | |
| Schiffsverkehr 2011 Tour | Released: 18 November 2011 Label: Grönland Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | — | — | 23 | 5 | |
| Live at Montreux 2012 | Released: 16 November 2012 Label: Eagle Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | 30 | 1 | 27 | 5 | |
| I Walk – Live | Released: 10 September 2013 Label: Grönland Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | — | — | — | — | |
| Dauernd jetzt – Live | Released: 30 October 2015 Label: Grönland Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | — | — | — | — | |
| Tumult – Clubkonzert Berlin | Released: 8 March 2019 Label: Vertigo Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||