Amy Macdonald discography

Amy Macdonald discography
Amy Macdonald performing live during Night of the Proms in Germany, 2022
Studio albums6
Live albums4
Compilation albums1
Singles24
B-sides15
Music videos23

The discography of Scottish singer Amy Macdonald consists of six studio albums, four live albums, one compilation album, twenty-four singles and music videos, as well as fifteen additional B-sides. Her debut album, This Is the Life, was released in July 2007, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Mexico, Scotland and Switzerland. The title track reached number nineteen on the US Adult Alternative Airplay charts, which resulted in the album charting at number ninety-two on the US Billboard 200.[1] The album spawned an additional four singles – "Poison Prince", "Mr Rock & Roll", "L.A.", and "Run".

Her second album, A Curious Thing, was released in March 2010, peaking at number one in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, number two in Scotland, Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands, and number four in the United Kingdom. The album was supported by its lead single, "Don't Tell Me That It's Over", along with an additional four singles – "Spark", "This Pretty Face", "Love Love" and "Your Time Will Come". Her third album, Life in a Beautiful Light, was released in June 2012, debuting at number one on the Scottish Albums Charts and at number two on the UK Albums Chart.[2] It also reached number one in Germany and Austria.[3][4] It spawned the singles "Slow It Down", "Pride" and "4th of July".

Her fourth album, Under Stars, was released in February 2017, peaking at number two on both the Scottish and UK Albums Chart, whilst reaching number one in Switzerland.[5] The album includes the singles "Dream On", "Automatic" and "Down by the Water". Her fifth studio album, The Human Demands, was released in October 2020, and spawned the singles "The Hudson", "Crazy Shade of Blue" and "Fire". In 2021, she represented Scotland at the Free European Song Contest 2021 with the song "Statues", finishing in fourth place with 77 points.[6]

She released her first compilation album in 2017, Woman of the World (The Best of 2007–2018), and in 2022, released her first extended play, Don't Tell Me That It's Over. Her sixth studio album, Is This What You've Been Waiting For?, was released on 11 July 2025.[7] As of 2018, her estimated total record sales stood at over 12 million worldwide.[8]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Sales
SCO
[9]
UK
[10]
AUT
[11]
BEL
[12]
DEN
[13]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NL
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
This Is the Life 11321316151
A Curious Thing
  • Released: 8 March 2010
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
24127126251
  • BPI: Platinum[20]
  • BEA: Gold[27]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[22]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[25]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[26]
Life in a Beautiful Light
  • Released: 11 June 2012
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
12149155342
Under Stars
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
22421—27518—1
The Human Demands
  • Released: 30 October 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
210744—4—42—2
Is This What You've Been Waiting For?
  • Released: 11 July 2025
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD, streaming
18317—4—56—3
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
SCO
[9]
UK
[10]
AUT
[11]
BEL
[12]
GER
[14]
SWI
[18]
Woman of the World
(The Best of 2007–2018)
  • Released: 23 November 2018
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
194629932219

Live albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
SWI
[18]
Live from Glasgow
  • Released: 1 October 2007
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download
—
iTunes Festival: London 2010
  • Released: 21 July 2010
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download
—
Love Love UK & European
Arena Tour LIVE 2010
  • Released: 25 April 2011
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
89
Under Stars (Live in Berlin)
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, CD
—
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays

Title Details
Don't Tell Me That It's Over

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
SCO
[30]
UK
[10]
AUT
[11]
BEL
[12]
DEN
[13]
GER
[14]
NL
[16]
NOR
[31]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
"Poison Prince" 2007 20141———66———58 This Is the Life
"Mr Rock & Roll" 112194—21720593
"L.A." 548————————
"This Is the Life" 172811821132
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[20]
  • BEA: Platinum[34]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[33]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[26]
  • IFPI DAN: Platinum[35]
"Run" 2008 1675—64—3696———
"Don't Tell Me That It's Over" 2010 2148107—629——4 A Curious Thing
"Spark" ——7444—56———62
"This Pretty Face" 921385664—49————
"Love Love" —183—63——————
"Your Time Will Come" ——————————
"Slow It Down" 2012 16454365—38———24 Life in a Beautiful Light
"Pride" 87187—89——————
"4th of July" ——————————
"Dream On" 2017 28—[A]—84—————32 Under Stars
"Automatic" ——————————
"Down by the Water" ——————————
"This Christmas Day" 57————————— Non-album single
"Woman of the World" 2018 —————————— Woman of the World
(The Best of 2007–2018)
"This Time's Everything" 2019 ——————————
"The Hudson" 2020 12—[B]———————— The Human Demands
"Crazy Shade of Blue" ——————————
"Fire" ——————————
"Statues"[38] 2021 ——[C]————————
"Bridges"[40] ——————————
"Is This What You've Been Waiting For?"[41] 2025 ——[D]———————— Is This What You've Been Waiting For?
"Forward" ——————————
"Can You Hear Me?" ——————————
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[11]
GER
[14]
SWI
[18]
"Oh My Love"
(Rea Garvey featuring Amy MacDonald)
2014 363524 Pride

Other appearances

Title Year Album
"Tread Lightly" 2013 A Concert for Kirsty MacColl[43]
"Fairytale of New York"
(with Dave Duffy)
"Oh My Love"
(Rea Garvey feat. Amy MacDonald)
2014 Pride

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Poison Prince" 2007
"Mr Rock & Roll" Philip Clyde-Smith
"L.A." Dani Jacobs
"This Is the Life" Lindy Heyman
"Run" 2008
"Poison Prince"
(2008 version)
Philip Clyde-Smith
"Don't Tell Me That It's Over" 2010
"Spark"
"This Pretty Face"
"Love Love"
"Your Time Will Come" Philip Clyde-Smith
"Slow It Down" 2012 Pip
"Pride"
"4th of July" 2013
"Dream On" 2017
"Automatic"
"Down by the Water" Chris Turner
"This Christmas Day"
"Woman of the World" 2018
"The Hudson" 2020 Rubber
"Crazy Shade of Blue" Jackson Ducasse
"Fire"
"Statues" 2021
"Is This What You've Been Waiting For?" 2025
"Can You Hear Me?" Chris Turner
"I’m Done (Games That You Play)"

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dream On" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[36]
  2. ↑ "The Hudson" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[37]
  3. ↑ "Statues" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[39]
  4. ↑ "Is This What You've Been Waiting For?" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[42]

References

  1. ↑ "Amy MacDonald | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 17/6/2012". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Discographie Amy Macdonald - austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Amy Macdonald - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Granger, Anthony (12 May 2021). "Free European Song Contest 2021 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Amy Macdonald's New Album 'Is This What You've Been Waiting For?' To Be Released On July 11th - Featuring The New Single And Title Track". Frontview Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Kyle, Gregor (1 September 2017). "Go backstage with Amy MacDonald at her triumphant Glasgow homecoming show". glasgowlive.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. 1 2 Peak positions for albums in Scotland:
  10. 1 2 3 Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Discographie Amy Macdonald". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  12. 1 2 3 "Discografie Amy Macdonald". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  13. 1 2 "Discography Amy Macdonald". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Discographie Amy Macdonald". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "Discography Amy Macdonald". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Discografie Amy Macdonald". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  17. 1 2 "Discography Amy Macdonald". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "Discographie Amy Macdonald". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  19. 1 2 3 Gumble, Daniel (February 6, 2017). "Written in the Stars: The full story of Amy Macdonald's comeback". Music Week. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Certified Awards". Bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  21. ↑ "2008 Belgian certifications". Ultratop. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  22. 1 2 3 4 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Amy Macdonald)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  23. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  24. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2008". Ifpi.org. 2005-09-01. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  25. 1 2 "IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft" (in German). Ifpi.at. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Official Swiss Chart and Music Community: Awards (Amy Macdonald)". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "2010 Belgian certifications". Ultratop.
  28. ↑ "Amy Macdonald erntet Schweizer Gold".
  29. ↑ "BRIT Certified Awards". BPI Membership Community. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  30. ↑ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  31. ↑ "Discography Amy Macdonald". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  32. ↑ "Les disques d'or/de platine - 2009" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  33. 1 2 3 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Amy Macdonald)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  34. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  35. ↑ "Amy Macdonald "This Is The Life" | IFPI". ifpi.dk. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  36. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  37. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  38. ↑ "Statues (Single Mix) - Single by Amy Macdonald". Apple Music. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  39. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  40. ↑ "Bridges - Single by Amy Macdonald". Spotify. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  41. ↑ "Is This What You've Been Waiting For? - Single by Amy Macdonald". Spotify. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  42. ↑ "AMY MACDONALD". Official Charts. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  43. ↑ "A Concert For Kirsty MacColl". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2013.