Arctic Monkeys discography explained

Artist:Arctic Monkeys
Studio:7
Video:2
Music Videos:24
Ep:5
Singles:23

English rock band Arctic Monkeys have released seven studio albums, five extended plays, two video albums, 24 music videos and 23 singles. Formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist and backing vocalist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, in May 2005, and signed with London-based Domino Recording Company in June.[1]

The band's first two singles on Domino, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", both peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Their debut studio album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, followed in January 2006 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart,[3] the Irish Albums Chart and the Australian Albums Chart.[4] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album seven times platinum.[5] The band released a second EP, Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?, which was their last to be recorded with Nicholson, in April 2006;[1] Nicholson officially departed in June, replaced by Nick O'Malley.[6] Their first single after Nicholson's departure, "Leave Before the Lights Come On", reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Arctic Monkeys released their second studio album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, in April 2007.[7] Favourite Worst Nightmare peaked atop the UK Albums Chart[2] and the Irish Albums Chart. In the United States, the album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200, their first top-ten entry.[8] Two singles from the album, "Brianstorm" and "Fluorescent Adolescent", reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The band followed with their third studio album, Humbug, which was released in August 2009.[1] Peaking atop the UK Albums Chart and the Irish Albums Chart, Humbug was preceded by the lead single "Crying Lightning", which reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Their fourth studio album, Suck It and See (2011), was their fourth UK Albums Chart number one.[2]

Arctic Monkeys' fifth studio album, AM (2013), peaked atop the Irish Albums Chart, the Australian Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart.[9] In the United Kingdom, AM made Arctic Monkeys the first independent label band to earn five number-one albums and was certified four times platinum by the BPI.[10] [11] It earned platinum certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA; double platinum), the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ)[12] and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[13] AM second single, "Do I Wanna Know?", was the band's first to be certified triple platinum by the BPI[14] and platinum by the RIAA.[15] Its third single, "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?", reached the UK Singles Chart top ten.[2] The band's sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), peaked atop the UK Albums Chart.[2] Their seventh album, The Car (2022), peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, behind Taylor Swift's Midnights.[16] [17] In the US, the album landed at number six on the Billboard 200.[18]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
UK
AUS
BEL
[19]
CAN
[20]
FRA
[21]
GER
[22]
IRL
[23]
JPN
[24]
NLD
[25]
US
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 1 1 9 16 17 20 1 9 8 24
  • UK: 2,131,031
  • US: 1,000,000
Favourite Worst Nightmare
  • Released: 23 April 2007
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP, download
1 2 3 4 6 2 1 4 1 7
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold[30]
  • RIAJ: Gold[31]
  • UK: 1,200,000
Humbug
  • Released: 19 August 2009
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP, download
1 2 1 6 2 4 1 4 2 15
  • BPI: Platinum
  • UK: 446,000
Suck It and See
  • Released: 6 June 2011
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP, download
1 4 2 12 7 10 3 12 6 14
  • BPI: Platinum
  • UK: 450,000
AM
  • Released: 6 September 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP, download
1 1 1 3 4 3 1 10 1 6
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
  • Released: 11 May 2018
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP, CS, download
1 1 1 4 1 4 2 9 1 8
  • BPI: Gold
  • UK: 247,000
The Car
  • Released: 21 October 2022
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, streaming
2 2 2 6 2 5 2 18 2 6
  • BPI: Gold

Live albums

Title! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
BEL
FRA
GER
IRL
JPN
NLD
POR
[41]
US
At the Apollo
  • Released: 3 November 2008
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: DVD
  • BPI: Gold
Live at the Royal Albert Hall 3 4 5 67 50 15 66 5 2 151
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Extended play detailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
DEN
[43]
IRL
FRA
GER
JPN
SWE
[44]
Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
  • Released: 24 April 2006
  • Label: Domino
  • Format: CD, LP
37 2 2 52 79 137 58
iTunes Festival: London 2011
  • Released: 22 July 2011
  • Format: Download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
BEL
CAN
[45]
FRA
IRL
JPN
NLD
POR
[46]
US
[47]
Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys2005
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"1 18 100 12 61 99
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
"When the Sun Goes Down"20061 26 11 52 72
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
"Leave Before the Lights Come On"4 81 16 57
  • BPI: Silver
"Brianstorm"20072 67 53 44 7 24 36
  • BPI: Platinum
Favourite Worst Nightmare
"Matador" / "Da Frame 2R"
"Fluorescent Adolescent"5 88 12 61
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
Favourite Worst Nightmare
"Teddy Picker"20 99 32 116 98
  • BPI: Platinum
"Crying Lightning"200912 70 23 44
  • BPI: Gold
Humbug
"Cornerstone"94 99 42
  • BPI: Gold
"My Propeller"201090 56
"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"201128 50 55
  • BPI: Gold
Suck It and See
"The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"167 15
"Suck It and See"149
"Black Treacle"2012173
  • BPI: Silver
"R U Mine?"23 94 147 65 94
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
AM
"Do I Wanna Know?"201311 37 33 48 45 14 62 33 70
  • BPI: 5× Platinum
  • AFP: 4× Platinum[48]
  • ARIA: Platinum[49]
  • BEA: Gold[50]
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum
"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"8 56 31 87 164 24 42 67
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • AFP: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
"One for the Road"112
  • BPI: Gold
"Arabella"201470
  • BPI: Platinum
"Snap Out of It"82 68
  • BPI: Platinum
"Four Out of Five"201818 80 45 30 12
  • BPI: Silver
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"49 22
  • BPI: Silver
"There'd Better Be a Mirrorball"202225 31 68
  • BPI: Silver
The Car
"Body Paint"22 44 54
"I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am"23 30
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
UK
Indie

[51]
BEL
CAN
Rock
[52]
IRL
MEX
Eng.

[53]
POR
SCO
[54]
US
Rock
[55]
"Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts"[56] 2005
  • BPI: Silver
"The View from the Afternoon"2006
  • BPI: Gold
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
"Fake Tales of San Francisco"43
  • BPI: Gold
"This House Is a Circus"[57] 2007132 Favourite Worst Nightmare
"505" (Live)[58] 2020155 Live at the Royal Albert Hall
"Arabella" (Live)[59]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted and certified songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
UK
Indie

[60]
CZ
[61]
GRE
[62]
IRL
NLD
POR
SWE
US
Bub.

WW
[63]
"Dancing Shoes"2006
  • BPI: Gold
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
"You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me"
  • BPI: Silver
"Still Take You Home"
  • BPI: Silver
"Riot Van"
  • BPI: Silver
"Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured"
  • BPI: Silver
"Mardy Bum"1239
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
"From the Ritz to the Rubble"48
  • BPI: Platinum
"A Certain Romance"
  • BPI: Gold
"If You Found This It's Probably Too Late"2007124"Brianstorm" single
"Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend"77
"What If You Were Right the First Time?"114
"D Is for Dangerous"116
  • BPI: Silver
Favourite Worst Nightmare
"Balaclava"104
  • BPI: Silver
"Only Ones Who Know"130
  • BPI: Silver
"Do Me a Favour"127
  • BPI: Silver
"If You Were There, Beware"189
"The Bad Thing"140
"Old Yellow Bricks"122
  • BPI: Silver
"505"7321955294
"The Bakery"161"Fluorescent Adolescent" single
"Plastic Tramp"153
"Too Much to Ask"178
"Catapult"200935"Cornerstone" single
"Sketchead"809
"Fright Lined Dining Room"29
"Joining the Dots"201028"My Propeller" single
"The Afternoon's Hat"27
"Evil Twin"201111416"Suck It and See" single
"Electricity"201212810"R U Mine?" single
"Come Together"2162Isles of Wonder
"2013"201336"Do I Wanna Know?" single
"Stop the World I Wanna Get Off with You"7412
  • BPI: Silver
"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" single
"I Want It All"
  • BPI: Silver
AM
"No. 1 Party Anthem"
  • BPI: Silver
"Fireside"
  • BPI: Silver
"Knee Socks"
  • BPI: Platinum
"Mad Sounds"
  • BPI: Silver
"I Wanna Be Yours"9943967899266655
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • AFP: 5× Platinum
  • IFPI GR: 3× Platinum
"You're So Dark"13517"One for the Road" single
"Star Treatment"20182333314Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
"One Point Perspective"2644820
"American Sports"65628
"Golden Trunks"86239
"The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip"96545
"Science Fiction"118251
"She Looks Like Fun"108352
"Batphone"139155
"The Ultracheese"128756
"Sculptures of Anything Goes"202257532The Car
"Jet Skis on the Moat"7
"The Car"892
"Big Ideas"13
"Hello You"12
"Mr Schwartz"16
"Perfect Sense"15
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)Release
"Fake Tales of San Francisco"2005Chris Commons and Mark BullWhatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"Huse Monfaradi
"When the Sun Goes Down"2006Paul Fraser
"The View from the Afternoon"W.I.Z.
"Leave Before the Lights Come On"John Hardwick"Leave Before the Lights Come On" single
"Brianstorm"2007Huse MonfaradiFavourite Worst Nightmare
"Fluorescent Adolescent"Richard Ayoade
"Teddy Picker"Roman Coppola
"Crying Lightning"2009Richard AyoadeHumbug
"Cornerstone"
"My Propeller"2010Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern
"Brick by Brick"2011Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (Focus Creeps)Suck It and See
"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
"The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"
"Suck It and See"
"Evil Twin""Suck It and See" single
"Black Treacle"2012Suck It and See
"You and I""Black Treacle" single
"R U Mine?"AM
"Do I Wanna Know?"2013David Wilson
"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"Nabil Elderkin
"One for the Road"Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (Focus Creeps)
"Arabella"2014Jake Nava
"Snap Out of It"Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (Focus Creeps)
"Four Out of Five"2018Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"
"Arabella (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)"2020Ben ChappellLive At The Royal Albert Hall
"There'd Better Be a Mirrorball"2022Alex TurnerThe Car
"Body Paint"Brook Linder and Ben Chappell
"I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am"Zachary Michael and Ben Chappell
"Sculptures Of Anything Goes"2023Ben Chappell

Other appearances

!Song!Year!Album!Notes
"Diamonds Are Forever"[65] 2008All the RageCover of a 1971 Shirley Bassey song.
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"2012Isles of WonderSongs recorded during the rehearsal at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony stadium on 23 July.
"Come Together"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arctic Monkeys' Career So Far: From Rubble to the Ritz. Ava. Muir. 21 June 2018. Exclaim!. 17 December 2021.
  2. Peak chart positions in the United Kingdom:
  3. Arctic Monkeys Earn Fastest-Selling U.K. Debut. 30 January 2006. Billboard. 17 December 2021.
  4. Peaks in Australia:
    • All except noted: Web site: Discography Arctic Monkeys . 1 September 2008 . australian-charts.com .
    • "Four Out of Five": Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #473. auspOp. 19 May 2018. 19 May 2018. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327235359/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/5/aria-chart-watch-473/. dead.
  5. United Kingdom. Arctic Monkeys. 9 August 2024.
  6. Arctic Monkeys Bassist Leaves Band . . 19 April 2006 . 1 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012133314/http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/23380. 12 October 2008 . live.
  7. Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007). Entertainment Weekly. Will. Hermes. 22 April 2007. 17 December 2021.
  8. Arctic Monkeys Chart History (Billboard 200) . . 1 November 2022.
  9. Web site: Arctic Monkeys – AM. charts.nz. Hung Medien. 16 December 2021.
  10. Web site: Arctic Monkeys Make History As Fifth Album AM Enters Chart at Number One. The Independent. subscription. Nick. Clark. 16 September 2013. 17 December 2021.
  11. United Kingdom. album. Arctic Monkeys. AM. 19 February 2014. 12575-1053-2.
  12. New Zealand. 2556. album. Arctic Monkeys. AM.
  13. United States. album. Arctic Monkeys. AM. 16 December 2021.
  14. United Kingdom. single. Arctic Monkeys. Do I Wanna Know. 12581-1053-1. 24 September 2020.
  15. United States. single. Arctic Monkeys. 16 December 2021.
  16. News: Paul. Glynn. Taylor Swift breaks Arctic Monkeys chart-topping streak. BBC News. 28 October 2022. 16 January 2023.
  17. Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 100. Official Charts. 16 January 2023.
  18. Andrew. Unterberger. The Contenders: Taylor Swift Leads Billboard 200 Race by a Midnight Mile, Trailed by Arctic Monkeys & YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Billboard. 26 October 2022. 16 January 2023.
  19. Web site: Discografie Arctic Monkeys. ultratop.be. 14 September 2018. nl.
  20. Arctic Monkeys Chart History (Canadian Albums). Billboard. 1 November 2022.
  21. Web site: Discographie Arctic Monkeys. lescharts.com. Hung Medien. 16 December 2021. fr.
  22. Web site: Discographie Arctic Monkeys. GfK Entertainment. 2 November 2022.
  23. Web site: Discography Arctic Monkeys. irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. 16 December 2021.
  24. Peak chart positions on the Japanese charts:
  25. Web site: Discografie Arctic Monkeys. dutchcharts.nl. 19 March 2022. Dutch.
  26. Australia. album. 2009. 4 January 2012.
  27. Canada . Arctic Monkeys . 27 February 2014.
  28. United States. Arctic Monkeys. 31 August 2017.
  29. Japan. album. Arctic Monkeys. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. 2006. 3. 24 October 2010.
  30. Australia. album. 2007.
  31. Japan. album. Arctic Monkeys. Favourite Worst Nightmare. 2007. 5. 24 October 2010.
  32. Australia. album. 2016.
  33. Belgium. 2014. album.
  34. Ireland. 2013. Platinum. 3 February 2014.
  35. Netherlands . Arctic Monkeys . 13 June 2023.
  36. France. Arctic Monkeys. 1 October 2021.
  37. Web site: Arctic Monkeys' Official biggest songs and albums revealed. Griffiths. George . . 25 October 2022 . 22 October 2022.
  38. Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Jimmy Fallon Aids 664% Sales Gain for Neil Young's 'Old Man' . Caulfield . Keith . Billboard . 15 February 2015 . 29 May 2015.
  39. Web site: Taylor Swift breaks more chart records as Midnights tops 200,000 sales. Music Week. 28 October 2022.
  40. Web site: Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years. Caulfield. Keith. Billboard. 30 October 2022. 30 October 2022.
  41. Web site: Discography Arctic Monkeys. portuguesecharts.com. 4 October 2022.
  42. Web site: Monroe. Jazz. Arctic Monkeys Releasing Live Album for Charity. 31 October 2020. Pitchfork. 28 October 2020 . en-us.
  43. Web site: Arctic Monkeys – Danish charts portal. Hung Medien. 19 March 2022.
  44. Web site: Discography Arctic Monkeys . swedishcharts.com . 18 March 2022.
  45. Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100 . . 7 April 2020.
  46. Web site: Song search for Arctic Monkeys. portuguesecharts.com. 23 September 2022.
  47. Arctic Monkeys Chart History: Hot 100 . Billboard . 30 December 2013.
  48. Portugal. single. 2022. file_2022-05-13-15-04-29.pdf. 8 July 2022.
  49. Australia. 2014. single. 28 November 2014.
  50. Belgium. 2021. single. 5 October 2021.
  51. Peak chart positions on UK Independent Singles chart:
  52. Arctic Monkeys Chart History: Canada Rock . Billboard . 15 July 2021.
  53. Arctic Monkeys – Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay . Billboard . 10 November 2022.
  54. Peaks in Scotland:
  55. Arctic Monkeys – Chart History: Hot Rock Songs . Billboard . 31 January 2023.
  56. Web site: CD Singles - Arctic Monkeys - Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts - Domino - UK . 45world . 11 April 2023.
  57. Web site: Arctic Monkeys drop media-shy stance for new CD . Reuters. 23 March 2007 . 10 November 2022.
  58. Web site: Arctic Monkeys share live rendition of '505' from 2018 Royal Albert Hall show. NME. 19 November 2020 . 16 July 2021.
  59. Web site: Arctic Monkeys share Arabella live from The Royal Albert Hall. 16 July 2021. Radio X. en.
  60. Peak chart positions on UK Independent Singles chart:
  61. Web site: CZ - Singles Digital - Top 100 - Arctic Monkeys. IFPI Czech Republic. 10 November 2022. Czech.
  62. Peaks in Greece:
  63. Arctic Monkeys – Chart History: Billboard Global 200 . Billboard . 17 January 2024.
  64. Web site: Various Artists – All The Rage (CD) Domino Mart. Domino Recording Company. en. 21 June 2019.