| Artist: | Boy George |
| Studio: | 9 |
| Soundtrack: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 5 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 48 |
| Option: | 7 |
| Option Name: | DJ albums |
As a solo artist, English singer Boy George has released nine studio albums, five compilation albums and forty-eight singles. The vocalist has also released seven DJ albums, three EPs and a soundtrack album.
Boy George was born as George Alan O'Dowd on 14 June 1961 in Bexley, London, England. The singer was essentially part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae. Between 1989 and 1992, he also founded and was lead singer of Jesus Loves You, which performed house and dance music. In the 1990s and 2000s, Boy George's solo music reveals also glam rock influences such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Being involved in many activities (among them songwriting, DJing, writing books, designing clothes and photography), he has released fewer music recordings in the 21st century.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] [2] | AUT [3] | FRA [4] | GER [5] | ITA [6] | NLD [7] | NOR [8] | SWE [9] | SWI [10] | US [11] | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Sold | 29 | — | — | — | 4 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 145 | |||||||||
| 1988 | Tense Nervous Headache | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | 46 | — | — | |||||||||
| 1989 | Boyfriend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1990 | The Martyr Mantras[13] | 60 | 13 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1995 | Cheapness and Beauty | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1999 | The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2002 | U Can Never B2 Straight | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2010 | Ordinary Alien | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2013 | This Is What I Do | 33 | 61 | 58 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2018 | Life | 12 | — | — | 58 | 66 [14] | — | — | — | 89 | — | |||||||||
| 2020 | This Is What I Dub, Vol.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2021 | Cool Karaoke, Vol.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [15] | AUS [16] | AUT | FRA [17] | US [18] | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | High Hat | — | 126 | — | — | 126 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Spin Dazzle – The Best of Boy George and Culture Club | — | 122 | 36 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | At Worst... The Best of Boy George and Culture Club | 24 | 185 | — | 13 | 169 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Everything I Own | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Classic Masters | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | UK |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Devil in Sister George EP | 26 |
| 2005 | Straight[21] | — |
| 2012 | King of Queens | — |
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released. | ||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [22] | AUT | BEL [23] | GER [24] | IRE [25] | NLD [26] | NOR | SWE | SWI [27] | US | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | "Everything I Own" | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | — | Sold | |||||||||
| "Keep Me in Mind" | 29 | — | — | 55 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Sold" | 24 | — | 26 | — | 8 | 19 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "To Be Reborn" | 13 | — | 22 | — | 8 | 55 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1988 | "Live My Life" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | Hiding Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[28] | |||||||||
| "No Clause 28" | 57 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boyfriend | ||||||||||
| "Don't Cry" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tense Nervous Headache | ||||||||||
| "Something Strange Called Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1989 | "Don't Take My Mind on a Trip" | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boyfriend | |||||||||
| "You Found Another Guy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Whether They Like It or Not" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Whisper" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | High Hat | ||||||||||
| 1990 | "One on One" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Martyr Mantras | |||||||||
| 1991 | "Bow Down Mister" | 27 | 2 | 44 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | ||||||||||
| "Generations of Love" | 35 | 30 | 27 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1992 | "Sweet Toxic Love/Am I Losing Control" | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||
| "The Crying Game" | 22 | — | — | 68 | 26 | — | — | 32 | — | 15 | The Crying Game: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||||||||
| 1995 | "Funtime" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cheapness and Beauty | |||||||||
| "Il Adore" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Same Thing in Reverse" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1996 | "Sad"/"Satan's Butterfly Ball" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Love Is Leaving" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | ||||||||||
| 1998 | "When Will You Learn" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2008 | "Yes We Can" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ordinary Alien | |||||||||
| 2009 | "White Xmas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||
| 2010 | "Amazing Grace" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ordinary Alien | |||||||||
| 2011 | "Turn 2 Dust" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2013 | "King of Everything" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | This Is What I Do | |||||||||
| 2014 | "My God" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Nice and Slow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2018 | "Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Life (with Culture Club) | |||||||||
| 2021 | "Shine On" (with Kim Wilde)[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pop Don't Stop | |||||||||
| 2024 | "Electric Energy" (with Ariana DeBose & Nile Rodgers) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Argylle (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film)[30] | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | BEL | FRA [31] | GER [32] | NLD | SWE | SWI | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | "More Than Likely" (with P.M. Dawn) | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Bliss Album...? | ||||||||||
| 1994 | "Human Beings" (with Gaurangi) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | ||||||||||
| 1997 | "Police and Thieves" (with Dubversive and Mica Paris) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1998 | "I Could Be Someone" (with Dubversive and Mica Paris) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Streetwise | ||||||||||
| 1999 | "Why Go?" (with Faithless) | — | — | — | — | 65 | 52 | — | Sunday 8PM | ||||||||||
| 2002 | "Run" (with Sash!) | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | 98 | S4!Sash! | ||||||||||
| "Auto-Erotic" (with Dark Globe) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||||
| 2003 | "Psychology of the Dreamer" (with Eddie Lock) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Out of Fashion" (with Hi-Gate) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Split Personality | |||||||||||
| 2006 | "You Are My Sister" (with Antony and the Johnsons) | 39 | — | 190 | — | 96 | — | — | I Am a Bird Now | ||||||||||
| 2007 | "You're Not the One" (with Loverush UK | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||
| "Time Machine" (with Amanda Ghost) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Atoms" (with Dark Globe) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nostalgia for the Future | |||||||||||
| 2009 | "American Heart" (with Bliss) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No One Built This Moment | ||||||||||
| 2010 | "Someone Else's Eyes" (with Amanda Lear and Deadstar) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brief Encounters Reloaded | ||||||||||
| "Take Us to the Disco" (with Bylli Crayone) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||||
| "Somebody to Love Me" (with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt) | 55 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Record Collection | |||||||||||
| 2012 | "Happy" (with DJ Yoda) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | ||||||||||
| 2013 | "Coming Home" (with Dharma Protocol) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2014 | "You Cannot Be Saved" (with Marc Vedo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2015 | "Just Another Guy" (with Vanilla Ace & Katerina Themis) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2016 | "Kiss The DJ" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2016 | "The Last Breath Of The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Love Affair"(with Toilet Böys) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2019 | "House Of Truth"(with Jamie Hannah) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2019 | "Symphony Of You" (with Pete Tong & Her-O) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chilled Classics | ||||||||||
| 2020 | "Body Control" (with Jamie Jones) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Recovery | ||||||||||
| 2022 | "London Calling Paris" (Love Rush UK | featuring Boy George) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||