Alesha Dixon discography explained

Artist:Alesha Dixon
Studio:4
Compilation:1
Music Videos:19
Ep:1
Singles:16
Option:3
Option Name:Featured singles
1Option:3
1Option Name:Promotional singles

British R&B singer Alesha Dixon has released four studio albums, nine lead singles (not including two singles on which she is featured and three promotional singles) and thirteen music videos. Dixon was also a member of the popular music group Mis-Teeq, together with whom she released four albums and several successful singles.

Dixon's discography as a solo artist began with the release of "Lipstick" under the mononym "Alesha" on 14 August 2006 in the United Kingdom, intended as the lead single from her album Fired Up. The song reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart, and was followed by "Knockdown", the poor performance of which caused the album's release to be cancelled and Alesha to be dropped by record label Polydor.[1] However, Fired Up was released both physically and digitally in Japan,[2] where it reached number 54 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart.

Following Dixon's success on BBC reality television programme Strictly Come Dancing, she was signed to Asylum Records to release her second album The Alesha Show. The album yielded four singles, two of which reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart. One, titled "The Boy Does Nothing" is Dixon's best-selling single release to date, as it achieved worldwide chart success. The Alesha Show went on to be certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry,[3] denoting shipments of 300,000 copies and allowing her to begin recording for her third studio album The Entertainer, which was preceded by the single "Drummer Boy". Despite yielding four singles, the album peaked at just number 81 on the UK Albums Chart and was not certified, leading to Dixon parting with her record label.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[4]
UK
R&B
BEL (WA)
[5]
FIN
[6]
FRA
[7]
IRE
[8]
JPN
[9]
NL
[10]
SPA
[11]
SWI
[12]
Fired Up
  • Released: 20 February 2006[13]
  • Label: Victor (#64062)
  • Format: CD
54
The Alesha Show 11 60 23 39 64 80 23 69
The Entertainer
  • Released: 28 November 2010
  • Label: Warner Music UK (#5052498253326)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
84 16
Do It for Love[15]
  • Released: 9 October 2015
  • Label: Precious Stone Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
81

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsNotes
The Ultimate Alesha Mix Show
  • Released: 22 February 2012
  • Label: Victor (#65039)
  • Format: CD
  • Japanese greatest hits album containing selected songs from Dixon's first three studio albums, functioning as a megamix of greatest hits and a selection of album tracks. It served as Dixon's third album release in Japan, after the release of Fired Up and The Alesha Show in 2008. It was again credited under the mononym Alesha.[16] [17]
The Boy Does Nothing
  • Compilation of songs from multiple albums and promotional releases

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
[18]
CZE
[19]
EU
[20]
FIN
FRA
IRE
NL
SPA
[21]
SWI
"Lipstick"20061442Fired Up
"Knockdown"45
"The Boy Does Nothing"200858152219527

Gold[22]

Gold[23]

2× Platinum[24]

The Alesha Show
"Breathe Slow"2009312131820
  • BPI: Gold
"Let's Get Excited"13401436
"To Love Again"15
"Drummer Boy"201015282326The Entertainer
"Radio"464457
"Every Little Part of Me"
(featuring Jay Sean)
201178
"The Way We Are"2015Do It for Love
"Tallest Girl"
"People Need Love"
"Stop"
(featuring Wretch 32)
2016
"War"2021
"Ransom"2024
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
"Rumours"
(Damage featuring Alesha Dixon)
200022Since You've Been Gone
"Dance for Me" (Sunship Vocal Mix)
(Mary J. Blige featuring Alesha Dixon)
200113"Dance for Me" (single)
"Take Control"
(Roll Deep featuring Alesha Dixon)
201029Winner Stays On, The Entertainer
"Your Love"
(Ashley Walters featuring Alesha Dixon)
2012rowspan="2"
"Higher Love"
(Oovee featuring Alesha Dixon)
2018
"Tongue Tied"[25]
(Boyzone featuring Alesha Dixon)
Thank You & Goodnight
"What Leaving's All About"
(Gary Barlow featuring Alesha Dixon)
2020Music Played by Humans

Promotional singles

SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
"Superficial"2006Fired Up
"Colours of the Rainbow"[26] 2009The Alesha Show
"Do It Our Way (Play)"201253
"Do It for Love"2015Do It for Love

Music videos

SongYearDirector(s)
"Lipstick"2006Paul Gore[27]
"Knockdown"J.T.[28]
"The Boy Does Nothing"2008Michael Gracey and Pete Commins[29]
"Breathe Slow"2009Max & Dania[30] [31]
"Let's Get Excited"
"To Love Again"Big TV[32]
"Drummer Boy"2010Ray Kay
"Take Control"
(Roll Deep featuring Alesha Dixon)
Rock Jacobs[33]
"Radio"Alex Herron[34]
"Every Little Part of Me"
(featuring Jay Sean)
2011Nick Frew
"We'll Meet Again"
(with Vera Lynn)
Rupert Bryan[35]
"Do it Our Way (Play)"[36]
(featuring "Real members of Weight Watchers")
"Your Love"
(Ashley Walters featuring Alesha Dixon)
2012
"We Are the Children United"
(Children United featuring Alesha Dixon)
2015
"The Way We Are"
"Tallest Girl"De La Muerte Films
"People Need Love" (Ash Howes Remix)Alesha Dixon, Thomson
"Do It for Love"
"Stop"
(featuring Wretch 32)
2016Deadbeat Films

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alesha Discussess Label Axe. Digital Spy. 9 March 2009 .
  2. Web site: Fired Up at HMV Japan. HMV Japan. 9 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202010159/http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2671540. 2 February 2009 . live.
  3. Web site: BPI > Certified Awards Search . . 3 October 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040853/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx . 4 June 2011 . dmy .
  4. Web site: UK Charts > Alesha Dixon. Official Charts Company. 30 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Belgium Wallonia Charts > Alesha Dixon. ultratop.be/fr Hung Medien. 12 May 2010.
  6. Web site: Finnish Charts > Alesha Dixon . finnishcharts.com Hung Medien . 2 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209222039/http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alesha+Dixon . 9 February 2010 . live .
  7. Web site: French Charts > Alesha Dixon. French. lescharts.com Hung Medien. 12 May 2010.
  8. Web site: Irish Charts > Alesha Dixon. irishcharts.com Hung Medien. 12 May 2010.
  9. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 -CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック-. ranking.oricon.co.jp.
  10. Web site: Dutch Charts > Alesha Dixon. Dutch. dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. 12 May 2010.
  11. Web site: Spanish Charts > Alesha Dixon. spanishcharts.com Hung Medien. 12 May 2010.
  12. Web site: Swiss Charts > Alesha Dixon. swisscharts.com Hung Medien. 12 May 2010.
  13. Web site: http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A021498/VICP-64062.html. ja:ファイアード・アップ. Victor Entertainment. 12 June 2012. Japanese.
  14. Web site: Certified Awards Search . . 2 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040853/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx . 4 June 2011 . dmy .
  15. Web site: Alesha Dixon's brand new album is on its way . . 6 August 2015.
  16. Web site: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VICP-65039. ja:日本語タイトル: ジ・アルティメイト・アリーシャ・ミックス・ショウ/ アリーシャ. cdjapan.co.jp. 12 April 2012. Japanese.
  17. Web site: http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A021498.html. ja:ジ・アルティメイト・アリーシャ・ミックス・ショウ. Victor Entertainment. 12 June 2012. Japanese. 18 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111118011858/http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A021498.html. dead.
  18. Web site: Australian Charts > Alesha Dixon. australian-charts.com Hung Medien. 16 May 2010.
  19. Web site: ČNS IFPI. ds. www.ifpicr.cz.
  20. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alesha dixon|chart=all}} Chart History Alesha Dixon – European]. billboard.com. 8 March 2009 .
  21. Web site: Steffen Hung . Discography Alesha Dixon . spanishcharts.com . 5 August 2011.
  22. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations . Aria.com.au . 5 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721044303/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm. 21 July 2011 . live.
  23. Web site: Musiikkituottajat – Tilastot – Kulta- ja platinalevyt . Ifpi.fi . 5 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720183450/http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/alesha%2Bdixon . 20 July 2011 . dead .
  24. Web site: TOP 50 CANCIONES w33 2009 . 13 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090823205952/http://www.promusicae.es/listastonos/listas/Top%2050%20Canciones%20w33.pdf . 23 August 2009 .
  25. Web site: Boyzone new single 'Tongue Tied' featuring Alesha Dixon . Music News. 16 November 2018 . 16 February 2020.
  26. Web site: "Colours of the Rainbow" – Single. Apple Inc./iTunes. 7 April 2009 . https://archive.today/20130225233644/http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=307809352&s=143442. 25 February 2013 . live.
  27. Web site: Paul Gore Music Direction – Page 3. flynnproductions.com. 13 March 2009 .
  28. Web site: PRODUCTION NEWS Who shot what, who's shooting what… . PromoNews.tv . 1 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120607185029/http://www.promonews.tv/2008/01/15/production-news-who-shot-what-who%E2%80%99s-shooting-what/ . 7 June 2012 .
  29. Web site: Michael Gracey and Pete Commins Videography. partizan.com. 13 March 2009 .
  30. Web site: Knight, David . Alesha Dixon's "Breathe Slow" by Max & Dania . PromoNews . promonews.tv . 10 March 2009 . 7 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090314023555/http://www.promonews.tv/2009/03/10/alesha-dixon%E2%80%99s-breathe-slow-by-max-dania/ . 14 March 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  31. Web site: Alesha Dixon "Let's Get Excited" Music Video. aleshadixon.net. 8 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090429103334/http://aleshadixon.net/blog/?p=415. 29 April 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  32. Web site: Alesha Dixon's To Love Again by Big TV. PromoNews. promonews.tv. B, Jimmy. 22 October 2009. 24 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091026213225/http://www.promonews.tv/2009/10/22/alesha-dixon%E2%80%99s-to-love-again-by-big-tv/. 26 October 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  33. Web site: Roll Deep's Take Control feat. Alesha Dixon by Rock Jacobs. PromoNews.tv. 1 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110109104238/http://www.promonews.tv/2010/10/19/roll-deep%E2%80%99s-take-control-feat-alesha-dixon-by-rock-jacobs/. 9 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  34. Sugababes – No Can Do . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/MuoG3vqOWZ8 . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube . 24 November 2008 . 12 September 2010.
  35. Web site: Poppy Appeal video.... Motion Picture House. 2011. 12 June 2012.
  36. Web site: Do It Our Way (Play) by Alesha Dixon feat. real members of Weight Watchers. YouTube. 1 January 2012.