# Natalie Merchant discography

The discography of Natalie Merchant contains nine studio albums, two compilation albums, and seven singles. Merchant's debut album, Tigerlily, produced three top 10 hits, "Carnival", "Wonder", and "Jealousy". The album is certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications and sales |
| Year | Album details | US | US Rock | US Folk | AUS | NZ | UK | Certifications and sales |
| 1995 | Tigerlily Released: June 20, 1995 Label: Elektra | 13 | — | — | 18 | 14 | 39 | RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold |
| 1998 | Ophelia Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Elektra | 8 | — | — | 56 | 26 | 52 | RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold |
| 2001 | Motherland Released: November 13, 2001 Label: Elektra | 30 | — | — | 83 | 11 | 102 | RIAA: Gold |
| 2003 | The House Carpenter's Daughter Released: September 16, 2003 Label: Myth America | — | — | — | 124 | — | — | |
| 2010 | Leave Your Sleep Released: April 9, 2010 Label: Nonesuch | 17 | 5 | 1 | 168 | 30 | 46 | Worldwide: 200,000 |
| 2014 | Natalie Merchant Released: May 6, 2014 Label: Nonesuch | 20 | 5 | 2 | 87 | — | 34 | US: 44,000 |
| 2015 | Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings Released: November 6, 2015 Label: Nonesuch | 96 | — | 5 | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | Folk Songs (Kronos Quartet album) Released: 2017 Label: Nonesuch | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | Butterfly Released: 2017 Label: Nonesuch | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | Keep Your Courage Released: April 14, 2023 Label: Nonesuch | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

### Live albums

| Year | Album details | Peak positions |
| Year | Album details | US |
| 1999 | Live in Concert Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Elektra | 82 |

### Compilation albums

| Year | Album details |
| 2005 | Retrospective: 1995–2005 Released: September 27, 2005 Label: Elektra |
| 2017 | Rarities (1998–2017) Released: July 14, 2017 Label: Nonesuch |

## Extended plays

| Year | EP details | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Year | EP details | US | US Rock |
| 2010 | iTunes Sessions Released: July 27, 2010 Label: Myth America | 103 | 31 |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US | US Adult | US AC | US Pop | US Alt | AUS | NZ | UK | Album |
| 1995 | "Carnival" | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | — | 147 | Tigerlily |
| 1995 | "Wonder" | 20 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 71 | — | 96 | Tigerlily |
| 1996 | "Jealousy" | 23 | 5 | 17 | 8 | — | — | 40 | — | Tigerlily |
| 1998 | "Kind & Generous" | 18 | 3 | — | 15 | 32 | — | — | — | Ophelia |
| 1998 | "Break Your Heart" | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 124 | Ophelia |
| 1999 | "Life Is Sweet" | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ophelia |
| 2001 | "Just Can't Last" | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Motherland |
| 2002 | "Build a Levee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Motherland |
| 2002 | "Tell Yourself" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Motherland |
| 2010 | "Topsyturvey-World" | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | Leave Your Sleep |
| 2014 | "Ladybird" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Natalie Merchant |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||
* A. ^ Charted only on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
* B. ^ Charted on the Adult Alternative Songs chart.

## Other appearances

| Year | Song | Album |
| 1996 | "Come Take a Trip in My Starship" | For Our Children Too |
| 1997 | "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" | A Very Special Christmas 3 |
| 1998 | "Birds and Ships" | Mermaid Avenue |
| 1998 | "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" | Mermaid Avenue |
| 1998 | "But Not for Me" (featuring Chris Botti) | Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove |
| 2000 | "I Was Born" | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II |
| 2011 | "Child of a Blind Man" | Cicada |
| 2011 | "Learning the Game" | Listen to Me: Buddy Holly |