Rick Astley discography

This article presents the discography of the pop singer Rick Astley. It consists of nine studio albums, five compilation albums, two remix albums, and twenty-four singles. His debut studio album, **', was released in November 1987. It peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and number 10 on the US _Billboard_ 200. His second studio album, **', was released in November 1988 the album peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and number 19 on the US _Billboard_ 200. His third studio album, **', was released in March 1991. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart and number 31 on the US _Billboard_ 200. He released his fourth studio album, **', in September 1993. It failed to chart in the UK but peaked at number 185 on the US _Billboard_ 200. His fifth studio album, **', was released in December 2001. He released his sixth studio album, **' in October 2005. The album peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. His seventh studio album, **', was released in June 2016. The album peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, his first number one album in the UK since his debut album. His eighth studio album, **', was released in July 2018 and peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. His greatest hits album, **', was released in October 2019. His ninth studio album, **' was released in October 2023, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Release date: 16 November 1987 * Label: RCA * Formats: Cassette, CD, LP|1|1|3|2|1|2|3|2|2|10|* CAN: 4× Platinum * UK: 4× Platinum * US: 2× Platinum * AU: 3× Platinum|
|* Release date: 26 November 1988 * Label: RCA * Formats: Cassette, CD, LP|8|19|30|3|3|42|28|7|11|19|* CAN: 2× Platinum * UK: Platinum * US: Gold * AU: Platinum|
|* Release date: 12 March 1991 * Label: RCA * Formats: Cassette, CD, LP|9|20|24|17|8|23|—|16|26|31|* UK: Gold|
|* Release date: 28 September 1993 * Label: RCA * Formats: Cassette, CD|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|185||
|* Release date: 3 December 2001 * Label: Cruz Music, Polydor Records * Formats: CD, LP|—|—|—|—|56|—|—|—|—|—||
|* Release date: 17 October 2005 * Label: RCA * Formats: CD, digital download|26|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||
|* Release date: 10 June 2016 * Label: BMG * Formats: CD, digital download, LP|1|—|41|—|21|65|—|—|44|—|* UK: Platinum|
|* Release date: 13 July 2018 * Label: BMG * Formats: CD, digital download, LP, cassette|6|—|70|—|40|—|—|—|44|—|* UK: Silver|
|* Release date: 13 October 2023 * Label: BMG * Formats: CD, digital download, LP, cassette|2|—|—|—|29|—|—|—|—|—||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||

### Compilation albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="4"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Release date: 2000 (Taiwan) * Label: RCA|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 19 March 2002 (US) 28 August 2002 (EU) * Label: BMG|16|—|—|—|* UK: Gold|||
|* Release date: 11 March 2003 * Label: BMG|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: February 2004 * Label: BMG|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 9 March 2004 * Label: Arista|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 12 October 2004 * Label: BMG|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 2006 * Label: Sony BMG|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 16 July 2007 (UK) * Label: Music Club|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 28 April 2008 (EU) * Label: Sony BMG|17|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 17 June 2008 (US) * Label: Sony BMG|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 6 October 2014 * Label: Camden, Sony Music|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 5 November 2014 (Japan) * Label: RCA|—|—|—|—||||
|* Release date: 25 October 2019 * Label: BMG|4|175|76|25|* UK: Gold|||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||

### Remix albums

|scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:21em;"|Details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Release date: 1990 * Re-release: July 2007 * Label: RCA||||
|* Release date: 1999 * Re-release: 2006 * Label:||||

### Unreleased albums

|scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:21em;"|Details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Release date: 2013 * Label: Cruz Music * Formats: CD||||

### As lead artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="11"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|1987|1|1|1|1|1|2|1|1|1|2|1|* UK: Platinum * AUS: Gold * CAN: Gold * GER: Gold * SWE: Gold * US: 5× Platinum|rowspan="5"|_Whenever You Need Somebody_|
|3|3|2|—|1|3|2|9|1|1|—||||||
|2|5|1|—|6|2|3|25|12|14|—|* UK: Silver|||||
|rowspan="4"|1988|2|19|2|1|5|1|12|10|—|14|1|* CAN: Gold|||
|—|—|—|1|—|—|—|—|—|—|10||||||
|6|15|3|1|10|4|8|10|12|12|6||rowspan="5"|_Hold Me in Your Arms_|||
|8|41|11|—|10|5|11|43|10|16|—||||||
|rowspan="3"|1989|10|77|25|—|32|7|35|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|45|—|—|—|—|—|—|38||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|89||||||
|rowspan="3"|1991|7|13|5|4|14|9|11|—|17|—|7||rowspan="3"|_Free_|
|58|110|—|36|52|—|66|—|—|—|81||||||
|70|—|42|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="2"|1993|48|132|—|54|54|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|_Body & Soul_|
|33|—|—|8|—|—|—|—|—|—|28||||||
|2001|—|—|—|—|60|—|—|—|—|69|—||_Keep It Turned On_|||
|2010|97|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|_My Red Book_||
|2012|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="3"|2016|127|—|75|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_50_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="4"|2018|—|—|69|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="4"|_Beautiful Life_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|77|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_The Best of Me_||||
|2020|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|||
|2021|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="3"|2023|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="4"|_Are We There Yet?_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2024|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||||||

### As featured artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="8"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|1987|—|20|—|—|17|—|—|—|_Greatest Hits_|
|1|3|3|2|4|4|9|1||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|_O'chi_|||
|2013|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|__||
|2021|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|rowspan="2"||
|2022|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|2023|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|__||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.||||||||||

### Promotional singles

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991|_Free_|||||
|2002|_Keep It Turned On_|||||
|2005|_Portrait_|||||
|2016|_50_|||||

## Infobox (artist discography)

- **artist**: Rick Astley
- **image**: Rick Astley performing at Let's Rock Bristol, 2014.jpg
- **caption**: Rick Astley performing at Let's Rock Bristol, 2014
- **studio**: 9
- **compilation**: 12
- **singles**: 24
- **option name**: Remix albums
- **option**: 2