# Matt Cardle discography

The discography of the English singer Matt Cardle consists of four studio albums, one live album, seventeen singles, one EP and eleven music videos.
Cardle signed a joint deal with Syco and Columbia Records after winning the seventh series of The X Factor. His winner's single "When We Collide" topped the UK Singles Chart to become the 2010 Christmas number 1 and remained there for three consecutive weeks. In June 2012 the song reached the one million sale mark, making it the 123rd single to sell a million copies in the UK and the fourth by an X Factor contestant. In Ireland it is the fourth best selling single of all time. His debut album, Letters, was released in the UK on 17 October 2011. The album's first single, "Run For Your Life," written by Gary Barlow, peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Letters debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums chart and spent 16 consecutive weeks in the top 40. Two further singles from the album were released, "Starlight" and "Amazing".
Following his split from Columbia/Syco, Cardle's second album, The Fire was released on 29 October 2012 through So What Recordings, part of the Silva Screen Music Group. The album debuted at number 8 in the UK album chart. Cardle then released his third album, Porcelain, independently in 2013 . It reached number 11 on the UK album chart. The first single, a duet with Melanie C called "Loving You", was released on 18 August 2013 and reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. Two further singles were released, "When You Were My Girl" and "Hit My Heart".
Cardle returned to Sony in 2017 and released his fourth album, Time to Be Alive, with them on 27 April 2018.
Cardle announced the release of "Purple Crayon" on 12 January 2021, ahead of the release of his fifth studio album. The song was released digitally on 15 January 2021. Cardle says, "Purple Crayon is song about my struggles with addiction to Valium and the escape I found through using it. The song's emotions are intertwined with imagery from my favourite children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon." O 26 March 2021, Cardle released the second single from his EP, Purple Crayon.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications & Sales |
| Title | Details | UK | IRE | SCO | Certifications & Sales |
| Letters | Released: 17 October 2011 Label: Syco, Sony, Columbia Format: CD, digital download | 2 | 2 | 2 | UK: Platinum IRE: Gold |
| The Fire | Released: 29 October 2012 Label: So What Recordings Format: CD, digital download | 8 | 14 | 8 | UK: Silver |
| Porcelain | Released: 28 October 2013 Label: Absolute Format: CD, digital download, vinyl | 11 | 75 | 22 | |
| Time to Be Alive | Released: 27 April 2018 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download, vinyl | 28 | — | 22 | |

### Live albums

| Title | Details |
| Intimate and Live | Released: 18 November 2016 Label: Absolute Format: CD |

### EPs

| Title | Details |
| Purple Crayon | Released: 18 June 2021 Label: Matt Cardle; Last Man Music Format: Digital download; streaming |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | IRE | SCO | Album |
| "When We Collide" | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Letters |
| "Run for Your Life" | 2011 | 6 | 12 | 6 | Letters |
| "Starlight" | 2011 | 185 | — | — | Letters |
| "Amazing" | 2012 | 84 | — | — | Letters |
| "It's Only Love" | 2012 | 175 | — | — | The Fire |
| "Anyone Else" | 2012 | — | — | — | The Fire |
| "Lately" | 2013 | — | — | — | The Fire |
| "Loving You" (with Melanie C) | 2013 | 14 | 42 | 11 | Porcelain |
| "When You Were My Girl" | 2013 | — | — | — | Porcelain |
| "Hit My Heart" | 2014 | 171 | — | — | Porcelain |
| "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Live) | 2016 | — | — | — | Intimate & Live |
| "Desire" | 2018 | — | — | — | Time to Be Alive |
| "Time to Be Alive" | 2018 | — | — | — | Time to Be Alive |
| "Blind Faith" | 2018 | — | — | — | Time to Be Alive |
| "I'm Not Letting Go" | 2018 | — | — | — | Time to Be Alive |
| "Nobody" | 2018 | — | — | — | Time to Be Alive |
| "Purple Crayon" | 2021 | — | — | — | Purple Crayon - EP |
| "We're the Butterflies" | 2021 | — | — | — | Purple Crayon - EP |
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. ||||||

### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | IRE | SCO | Album |
| "Heroes" (as part of The X Factor finalists) | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Non-album single |

## Other charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | Album |
| "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | 2012 | 92 | The Fire |

## Other appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "The Power of Love" (Trevor Horn featuring the Sarm Orchestra and Matt Cardle) | 2010 | Reimagines the Eighties |

## Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "When We Collide" | 2011 | Andy Morahan |
| "Run for Your Life" | 2011 | Howard Greenhalgh |
| "Starlight" | 2011 | Sean De Sparengo |
| "Amazing" | 2012 | Sean De Sparengo |
| "It's Only Love" | 2012 | Nick Spanos |
| "Anyone Else" | 2012 | Chanya Button |
| "Lately" | 2013 | Nick Spanos |
| "Loving You" | 2013 | Jonny Kight |
| "When You Were My Girl" | 2013 | Nick Spanos |
| "Desire" | 2018 | Tim Fox |
| "Nobody" | 2018 | Sean Robinson |