Paula Abdul discography

The discography of American R&B and pop singer and dancer Paula Abdul consists of three studio albums, one remix album, five compilation albums, eight video albums, eighteen singles, and seven other appearances. Having found success as a choreographer for artists such as Janet Jackson, Abdul launched her own music career with the release of her debut studio album _Forever Your Girl_ (1988). The album topped the _Billboard_ 200 chart, and to date holds the record for the longest climb to number one for an album. The project spawned a number of successful singles, and is one of only nine albums to have four singles top the _Billboard_ Hot 100 chart. It went on to earn a seven-times platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: June 15, 1988 * Label: Virgin <small>(#90943)</small> * Formats: LP, CD, cassette|1|1|1|12|24|95|19|19|6|3|*RIAA: 7× Platinum *ARIA: Platinum *BPI: Platinum *MC: 7× Platinum *RMNZ: Platinum|
|* Released: May 14, 1991 * Label: Virgin <small>(#91611)</small> * Formats: LP, CD, cassette|1|3|6|36|17|12|45|14|6|4|*RIAA: 3× Platinum *ARIA: Gold *BPI: Gold *MC: 2× Platinum|
|* Released: June 13, 1995 * Label: Virgin <small>(#40525)</small> * Formats: LP, CD, cassette|18|27|21|—|—|32|74|—|—|61|*RIAA: Gold|
|colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||

### Compilation albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;"|Peak chart positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 1998 * Label: Virgin <small>(#VJCP 51044)</small> * Formats: CD|—|||||
|* Released: September 26, 2000 * Label: Virgin <small>(#48980)</small> * Formats: CD|—|||||
|* Released: May 8, 2007 * Label: Virgin <small>(#90527)</small> * Formats: CD, digital download|86|||||
|* Released: June 14, 2011 * Label: Virgin <small>(#83249)</small> * Formats: CD, digital download|46|||||
|* Released: October 8, 2013 * Label: Virgin <small>(#B0018870-02)</small> * Formats: CD|—|||||
|colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||

### Remix albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="9"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: May 8, 1990 * Label: Virgin <small>(#91362)</small> * Formats: LP, CD, cassette|7|16|14|44|37|29|4|24|40|*RIAA: Platinum *MC: Platinum *RMNZ: Gold|

## Extended plays

|scope="col" style="width:12em;"|Title|scope="col"|EP details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: January, 1992 * Label: Virgin <small>(#VJCP 14038)</small> * Formats: CD <small>(Japan exclusive)</small>||||

## Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|1988|41|82|27|45|—|17|—|—|—|21||rowspan=6|_Forever Your Girl_|
|3|76|5|—|—|—|—|12|—|74|*RIAA: Gold|||||
|1|27|2|12|3|6|2|6|2|3|*RIAA: Platinum *BPI: Silver *GLF: Gold *MC: Gold|||||
|rowspan=3|1989|1|51|1|—|17|21|13|11|—|24|*RIAA: Gold|||
|1|68|2|33|38|—|63|25|—|46|*RIAA: Gold *MC: Gold|||||
|1|1|1|23|14|8|4|6|11|2|*RIAA: Gold *ARIA: 2× Platinum *BPI: Silver *MC: Gold|||||
|1990|—|33|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Shut Up and Dance: Mixes_|||
|rowspan=4|1991|1|2|1|24|12|11|6|7|7|6|*RIAA: Gold *ARIA: Gold *GLF: Gold|rowspan=5|_Spellbound_|
|1|31|2|—|86|—|39|26|37|52||||||
|6|—|7|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|16|63|19|—|—|29|20|50|—|19||||||
|1992|19|54|6|—|74|—|—|—|—|73|||||
|rowspan=2|1995|28|7|20|—|87|—|—|20|—|28||rowspan=3|_Head over Heels_|
|58|76|49|—|89|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|1996|—|110|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|2008|62|—|68|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1_|||
|2009|87|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|||
|2012|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.||||||||||||||

## Other appearances

|width=4.5%|Year|width=32%|Title|width=18.5%|Role|width=45%|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1991|"Anytime at All" by Dweezil Zappa|rowspan=2 align=center|Guest appearance|* Appears on _Confessions_ by Zappa.|||
|_Sweet Insanity_ by Brian Wilson|* Unreleased material with Wilson.|||||||
|1992|"Bend Time Back Around"|rowspan=2 align=center|Lead vocalist|* Appears on _The Beverly Hills 90210_ soundtrack.||||
|1993|"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"|* Appears on _For Our Children: The Concert_.||||||
|rowspan=2|2000|"Ooh La La La" by Nobody's Angel|rowspan=2 align=center|Co-writer|* Appears on _Nobody's Angel_ by the group.|||
|"Spinning Around" by Kylie Minogue|* Appears on _Light Years_ by Minogue.|||||||
|2012|"So Free" by Shine 2009|align=center|Guest appearance|* Single released by Shine 2009.||||

### Video albums

|width=4.5%|Year|width=32%|Title|width=45%|Notes|width=18.5%|Certification|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989|_Straight Up_ *Release date: 1989 *Record label: Virgin <small>(#VVD 639)</small> *Format: VHS|*Five-track album, featuring music videos: "Knocked Out (Re-edited Version)", "The Way That You Love Me", "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl" and "Cold Hearted".|RIAA: 2×Platinum CRIA: Gold|||||
|1992|_Captivated: The Video Collection '92_ *Release date: June 29, 1992 *Record label: Virgin <small>(#VIR 769)</small> *Format: VHS, LD|*Five-track album, featuring music videos: "Opposites Attract", "Knocked Out (1990 Dance Remix Video)", "Rush Rush", "The Promise of a New Day" and "Blowing Kisses in the Wind".|RIAA: Gold|||||
|1996|_Under My Spell: Live_ *Release date: February 27, 1996 *Record label: Virgin <small>(#6523)</small> *Format: VHS|*Twelve-track album, chronicling the _Under My Spell Tour_, recorded live in Yokohama, Japan.||||||
|2005|_Video Hits_ *Release date: January 11, 2005 *Record label: Virgin <small>(#9771)</small> *Format: DVD|*Six-track album, featuring music videos: "Straight Up (Edited Version)", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", "Opposites Attract", "Rush Rush" and "The Promise of a New Day".||||||
|width=100% colspan=14 style="font-size:9pt; background:#FFFFFF"|* **R**  Not to be confused with a VHS promotional release of the same title, featuring only "Straight Up" music video issued by Siren.|||||||

### Other video albums

|width=4.5%|Year|width=32%|Title|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_Get Up and Dance!_ * Release date: August 22, 1995 * Label: Artisan <small>(#)</small> * Format: VHSDVD|||
|1998|_Cardio Dance_ * Release date: November 24 * Label: Anchor Bay <small>(#)</small> * Format: VHSDVD|||
|2003|_Zoe's Dance Moves_ * Release date: March 4, 2003 * Label: Sesame Street <small>(#)</small> * Format: VHSDVD|||
|2006|_Cardio Cheer_ * Release date: December 26, 2006 * Label: Trinity Home <small>(#)</small> * Format: 5×DVD (box set)|||

### Music videos

|width=4.5%|Year|width=32%|Title|width=63.5%|Director|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|1988|rowspan=2|"Knocked Out"|Danny Kleinman (original version)||
|Candace Reckinger and Michael Patterson (remix)||||||
|"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"|rowspan=4|David Fincher||||
|rowspan=4|1989|"Straight Up"||||
|"Forever Your Girl"||||||
|"Cold Hearted"||||||
|"Opposites Attract"|Candace Reckinger and Michael Patterson|||||
|1990|"1990 Medley Mix"|||||
|rowspan=4|1991|"Skat Strut" by MC Skat Kat||||
|"Rush Rush"|Stefan Würnitzer|||||
|"The Promise of a New Day"|rowspan=2|Big TV!||||
|"Blowing Kisses in the Wind"||||||
|rowspan=2|1992|"Vibeology"||||
|"Will You Marry Me?"||||||
|rowspan=2|1995|"My Love Is for Real"|Michael Haussman|||
|"Crazy Cool"|rowspan=2|Matthew Rolston||||
|1996|"Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up"|||||
|2008|"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow"|Paula Abdul||||

## Infobox (artist discography)

- **artist**: Paula Abdul
- **image**: Paula Abdul 2005.JPG
- **studio**: 3
- **compilation**: 5
- **singles**: 18
- **ep**: 1
- **video**: 8
- **music videos**: 20
- **1option**: 1
- **1option name**: Remix albums
- **2option**: 7
- **2option name**: Other appearances