Mr. Big discography explained

Artist:Mr. Big
Studio:10
Live:14
Compilation:5
Singles:16

The discography of American hard rock band Mr. Big consists of ten studio albums, fourteen live albums, five compilation albums, and sixteen singles.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
JPN
[3]
SWE
[4]
UK
[5] [6]
Mr. Big 46122223460
Lean into It
  • Release date: March 26, 1991
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
151861328
  • US: 1,200,000[8]
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
  • RIAJ: Platinum
Bump Ahead
  • Release date: September 21, 1993
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
8211943661
  • RIAJ: Platinum
Hey Man
  • Release date: March 12, 1996
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
1761
  • RIAJ: Platinum
Get Over It
  • Release date: March 21, 2000
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
5
  • JPN: 200,000[9]
  • RIAJ: Gold
Actual Size
  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
5
  • RIAJ: Gold
What If... 7117
...The Stories We Could Tell
  • Release date: September 30, 2014
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
1586
Defying Gravity
  • Release date: July 7, 2017
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
9
Ten
  • Release date: July 12, 2024
  • Label: Frontiers Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
15
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
JPN
1990Raw Like Sushi32
1992Mr. Big Live (Live in San Francisco)45
Raw Like Sushi II8
1994Japandemonium: Raw Like Sushi 311
1996Channel V at the Hard Rock Live32
1997Live at Budokan20
1999Static
2002In Japan12
2009Back to Budokan50
2012Live from the Living Room
Raw Like Sushi 100: Live in Japan 100th Anniversary
2015Raw Like Sushi 114
R.L.S. 113 Sendai
2018Live from Milan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
JPN
1996Big Bigger Biggest: Greatest Hits2
  • RIAJ: 3× Platinum[13]
2000Deep Cuts: The Best of the Ballads12
2004Greatest Hits70
2009Next Time Around: Best of Mr. Big10
2014The Vault
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
US Main.
JPN
[15]
UK
AUS
[16]
BEL
(Fl)

[17]
CAN
[18]
GERIRE
[19]
NLD
[20]
NZ
[21]
SWE
[22]
SWI
[23]
1989"Addicted to That Rush" 3922Mr. Big
1991"Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)"101Lean into It
"Green-Tinted Sixties Mind"334872
"To Be with You" 11913111121111

Gold[26]

Gold[27]

Silver[28]

1992"Just Take My Heart" 161826272616291817403520
1993"Wild World" 273335953249241139107Bump Ahead
1994"Ain't Seen Love Like That" 839435
"Nothing but Love"
1996"Goin' Where the Wind Blows" 93Hey Man
"Take Cover" 2
"Stay Together" 7Big Bigger Biggest: Greatest Hits
1997"Not One Night"
1999"Superfantastic" 5Get Over It
2000"Static"
"Where Are They Now" Deep Cuts: The Best of the Ballads
2001"Shine" 4Actual Size
"Arrow"
2010"Undertow" What If...
2011"All the Way Up"
2017"Everybody Needs a Little Trouble" Defying Gravity
"Defying Gravity"
2024"Good Luck Trying"Ten
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Notes and References

  1. Billboard chart history. . April 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Mr Big ARIA Chart History (albums) complete to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 26, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  3. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/16693/ranking/cd_album/ Oricon Album Charts for Mr. Big
  4. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mr%2E+Big&titel=Mr%2E+Big&cat=a Swedish Album Charts for Mr. Big
  5. Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 1-904994-10-5 . 371.
  6. Web site: Chart Log UK: New Entries Update 5.02.2011 (wk4) . August 9, 2011.
  7. Web site: ゴールドディスク認定. ja. Recording Industry Association of Japan. April 12, 2020.
  8. Jon Cold. Biggest Metal Sales – The Mr. Big Interview. Zenbu Media. Metal Edge Magazine. 1992. United States.
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=hggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=mr+big+japanese+album+sales&pg=PA114 Sales in Japan
  10. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2024-07-22/p/2/. ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2024年07月08日~2024年07月14日. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking July 8, 2024 – July 14, 2024. Oricon. ja. July 17, 2024. July 17, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240717024822/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2024-07-22/p/2/. dead.
  11. Japan. Mr.Big. ロウ・ライク・スシII. 1995. 3.
  12. Japan. Mr.Big. ロウ・ライク・スシIII. 1994. 10.
  13. Japan. Mr.Big. BIG,BIGGER,BIGGEST/~ザ・ベスト・オブ MR.BIG. 1997. 4.
  14. Japan. Mr.Big. ディープ・カッツ. 2000. 9.
  15. Web site: Song artist 660 - Mr Big. Tsort.
  16. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  17. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=mr%20big&cat=s Belgian peaks
  18. Web site: Search for Canadian peaks . January 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118204539/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=9egkp06vcng0vrvqht2vb2jku1&q1=Mr+Big&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 . January 18, 2015 . dead .
  19. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Search for Irish peaks
  20. http://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/mr-big-usa Dutch Top 40 peaks
  21. https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=mr+big&cat=s New Zealand peaks
  22. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=mr+big&cat=s Swedish peaks
  23. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=mr%20big&cat=s Swiss peaks
  24. Web site: US certifications . July 12, 2024 . Riaa.
  25. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  26. Germany. April 14, 2010. To Be with You.
  27. Web site: Dutch certifications, database . Nvpi . April 14, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090910023734/http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat . September 10, 2009 . dead .
  28. Web site: Mr Big - To Be with You. bpi.co.uk. April 5, 2022.