The Kelly Family discography explained

Studio:22
Live:5
Compilation:7
Singles:57
Music Videos:95
1Option:2
1Option Name:EP

The discography of The Kelly Family, a European pop music group of Irish, American, Spanish and German heritage, consists of 22 studio albums, four of them being holiday albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums, two extended plays and 57 singles, seven of them being Double A-Side singles.[1] Since the late 1970s, the family have released more than 21 studio albums and 43 singles on Universal Music, Polydor, their own record company Kel-Life Records and a number of smaller labels, the most successful being Over the Hump and Almost Heaven and its first singles "An Angel" and "I Can't Help Myself".

Since the late 1990s, the lineup of the band has seen changes during different recording and touring phases, caused by family reasons, solo activities or other side projects. Altogether, The Kelly Family has sold more than 20 million records around the world, including 54 gold and platinum-certified albums.[2]

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
AUT
[3] 		BEL
[4] 		GER
[5] 		NLD
[6] 		NORSWESWI
[7]
1977Kelly Family Tours Europe
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: -
  • Formats: CS
 - - - - - - -
1979The Kelly Family
  • Released: March 5, 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1979Lieder der Welt
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - 4 - - -

Gold

1980Ein Vogel kann im Käfig nicht fliegen
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1981Wonderful World
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1984Une famille c'est une chanson
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Eddy Barclay
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1989Keep on Singing...
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Kel-Life/Dino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1990New World
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Kel-Life/Dino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1991Honest Workers
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Kel-Life/Dino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1993Wow
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Kel-Life/Sattva
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - 38 - - - -
1994Over the Hump
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 - 12426 - 1
1996Almost Heaven
  • Released: October 25, 1996
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
119132 - 1
  • ZPAV: 3× Platinum
  • IFPI Norway: Platinum
  • IFPI Europe: Platinum
  • IFPI Austria: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI Switzerland: 2× Platinum
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum
1997Growin' Up
  • Released: November 3, 1997
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP
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  • LV: Gold [8]
  • ZPAV: Gold
  • IFPI Switzerland: Platinum
  • IFPI Austria: Gold
1998From Their Hearts
  • Released: November 2, 1998
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP
1421317 - - 12
2002 La Patata
  • Released: April 8, 2002
  • Label: Kel-Life/Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD
3532316 - - 63
2004Homerun
  • Released: June 7, 2004
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD
52 - 936 - - -
2017We Got Love
  • Released: March 24, 2017
  • Label: Airforce1, Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
134118 - - 3
  • BMVI: 5× Gold
  • IFPI Austria: Gold
201925 Years Later
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Airforce1, Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
126140 - - 2

Holiday albums

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
AUT
BEL
GER
NLD
NORSWESWI
1980Festliche Stunden bei der Kelly Family
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
  • BMVI: Gold
1980Kelly Family Loves Christmas and You
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1981Christmas All Year
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1994Christmas for All
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 - 2 - - - 2
  • BMVI: Gold
  • ZPAV: Gold
  • IFPI Austria: Platinum
  • IFPI Switzerland: Platinum
2022Christmas Party
  • Released: 4 November 2022
  • Label: Airforce1, Universal
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
449277 - - 5

Live albums

YearAlbumChart positions
AUT
BEL
GER
NLD
NORSWESWI
1988 Live
  • Released: March 12, 1988
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - 36 - - -
1992Streetlife
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1998 Live, Live, Live
  • Released: May 16, 1998
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
21 - 46 - - - 24
2012Stille Nacht - Live-CD 2011
  • Released: September 2012
  • Label: Pink Production, Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD
 - - - - - - -
2013Stille Nacht 2012
  • Label: Pink Production, Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD
 - - - - - - -
2017We Got Love Live
  • Released: October 20, 2017
  • Label: Airforce1 (Universal)
  • Formats: Double CD
 - 61 - 60 - - -
202025 Years Later: Live
  • Released: April 3, 2020
  • Label: Airforce1 (Universal)
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
 - 40 - 59 - - -
2024Tough Road: Live at Westfalenhalle '94
  • Released: May 15, 2024
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
10 - 5 - - - 9

Compilations

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
AUTBEL
GERNLD
NORSWESWI
1980Stargala (unofficial)
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor NL
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1984Unsere schönsten deutschen Lieder (unofficial)
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Allstar
  • Formats: CS, LP
 - - - - - - -
1993The Very Best – Over 10 Years
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 - - - - - - 22
1994Meisterstücke (unofficial)
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
 - - - - - - -
  • BMVI: Gold
1998 The Bonus-Tracks Album
  • Released: July 12, 1998
  • Label: Kel-Life/Ariola
  • Formats: CD, LP
 - - 4631 - - -
1999Best of The Kelly Family
  • Released: October 4, 1999
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
43151435 - - 20
1999Best of The Kelly Family 2
  • Released: November 29, 1999
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
 - 3329 - - - 54
2005Hope
  • Released: November 10, 2005
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD
 - - - - - - -

Extended plays

YearAlbum
1978Familia Kelly Canta La Navidad
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: -
  • Formats: CS
2021One More Happy Christmas
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: -
  • Formats: CD

Box sets

YearAlbum
1996The First Singles
  • Released: 1996
  • Label:
  • Formats: 5-CD box
2011The Complete Story
  • Released: 2011
  • Label:
  • Formats: 4-CD box

Singles

YearSingleChart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUTBELGERIRENLDNORSWI
1978"Danny Boy" - - - - - - -
"Agur Jaunak"
1979"Eagle on the Breeze" - - - - - - -
"Knick-Knack-Song (This Old Man)"
"David's Song (Who'll Come with Me)" - 415 - 1 - -
"The Last Rose of Summer" - 27 - - 44 - -
"Join This Parade (Scotland The Brave)" - - - - - - -
1980"Ein Vogel kann im Käfig nicht fliegen" - - - - - - -
"Alle Kinder brauchen Freunde (Child)" - - - - - - -
"Die Vogelhochzeit"
"Estudiantina Portuguesa" (unofficial) - - - - - - -
1984"Old McDonald" - - - - - - -
"Amazing Grace
"Une Famille c'est une Chanson" - - - - - - -
"Didelidei" (Version One) - - - - - - -
"Eine Familie ist wie Ein Lied" - - - - - - -
"Didelidei" (Version Two) - - - - - - -
1985"Hiroshima, I'm Sorry" - - - - - - -
1986"We Love The Pope" - - - - - - -
"Our Father"
1989"Sean O'Kelley" - - - - - - -
1992"House on the Ocean" - - - - - - -
1993"Key to My Heart" - - - - - - -
"No Lies" - - - - - - -
"When the Last Tree..." - - - - - - -
"One More Freakin' Dollar" - - - - - - -
1994"An Angel"1 - 2540 - 2
  • BMVI: 3× Gold
  • IFPI Austria: Platinum
1995"Why Why Why"16 - 26 - - - 34
"Roses of Red" - - 15 - - - 21
"First Time"16 - 1925 - - 19
1996"I Can't Help Myself"2111 - 111
  • BMVI: Platinum
  • IFPI Norway: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI Austria: Gold
  • IFPI Switzerland: Gold
  • ZPAV: Gold
"Every Baby"9 - 13 - 75185
"Gott Deine Kinder"19 - 26 - - - 14
1997"Fell in Love with an Alien"153015 - 3 - 14
"Nanana"23 - 17 - - - 6
"When the Boys Come into Town"29 - 37 - - - 32
"Because It's Love"2 - 3 - 13 - 3
"Red Shoes" - - - - - - -
1998"One More Song"23 - 19 - 37 - 32
"I Will Be Your Bride"14 - 14 - 17 - 19
1999"Oh, It Hurts" - - 57 - 57 - -
"Hooks"
"I Really Love You" - - - - - - -
"The Children of Kosovo"35 - 8 - 18 - 13
"Saban's Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog" - - 27 - 22 - 47
"Mama"40 - 14 - 27 - 86
2000"I Wanna Kiss You" - - 44 - 37 - 79
2002"I Wanna Be Loved" - - 31 - - - -
"What's a Matter You People" - - 23 - 26 - -
"Mrs. Speechless" - - 31 - 53 - -
2004"Flip a Coin"52 - 24 - 40 - -
"Blood"59 - 24 - 31 - -
"Streets of Love"72 - 52 - - - -
2017"Nanana" - - - - - - -
2019"Over the Hump" - - - - - - -
"Fire" - - - - - - -
2021"One More Happy Christmas" - - 35 - - - -

Promotional singles

The 1994 single An Angel bears a remarkable similarity to Lynne Hamilton's 1979 hit "On The Inside" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Inside_(song)

Solo recordings

See main article: Jimmy Kelly.

See main article: Kathy Kelly.

See main article: Michael Patrick "Paddy" Kelly.

See main article: Patricia Kelly.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discography. www.kellyfamilysite.de. 2017-08-14.
  2. Web site: Kuschel, Sven. September 16, 2008. Kelly-Family-Star singt wieder auf der Straße. Bild.de. October 1, 2008.
  3. Web site: Discographie The Kelly Family. austriancharts.at. 22 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Discografie The Kelly Family. Ultratop. 2 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Discographie von The Kelly Family. GfK Entertainment. 31 October 2019.
  6. Web site: Discografie The Kelly Family. dutchcharts.nl. 2 November 2019.
  7. Web site: Discographie The Kelly Family. hitparade.ch. 22 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Kelliji saņem zelta disku.
  9. Web site: Cassette Sampler. kellyfamilysite.de. 2017-09-01.

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