Brooke Fraser discography explained

Artist:Brooke Fraser
Studio:5
Live:1
Compilation:2
Music Videos:13
Singles:19

New Zealand singer and songwriter Brooke Fraser has released five studio albums, two compilation albums, a live album, 19 singles (including two as a featured artist), three promotional singles, and 13 music videos. Fraser grew up musically active and signed to Sony BMG in 2002. In 2003, she released her debut single, "Better", which peaked at number three on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Her debut album, What to Do with Daylight (2003), was released the same year, debuting at number on the New Zealand Albums Chart and was eventually certified seven-times Platinum by the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ). The album also spawned the singles "Lifeline", "Saving the World", "Arithmetic" and "Without You"; all of which reached the top 20 of the NZ Singles Chart.

Fraser's second studio album, Albertine, was released on December 5, 2006 and also debuted atop the NZ Albums Chart. The album, inspired by Fraser's visit to Rwanda,[1] was preceded by the top-five single "Deciphering Me", and followed with "Shadowfeet". The latter single reached number nine on the R&R chart (a chart for plays on American Christian music radio stations) in September 2008. The album also became the first to chart internationally, peaking at number 90 on the US Billboard 200, number three on the US Top Christian Albums chart, and number 26 on the Australian Albums Chart. The album was later certified four-times platinum by the RMNZ, gold in Australia and has since sold over 60,000 copies in North America.[2] From 2005 to 2010, Fraser was involved with the Hillsong Church's worship band Hillsong Worship.

In 2010, Fraser returned to pop music, and debuted atop the NZ Albums Chart for a third time consecutively, with her third studio album Flags. The album was released to critical and commercial success, peaking at number three in Australia, number 80 in Canada, and number 59 in the US. The album spawned the viral single "Something in the Water", which peaked atop the NZ Singles Chart, marking Fraser's first number-one in the country. She became the first New Zealand artist to have a number-one album and single simultaneously since 2004.[3] The album was certified Gold in its first week, and has since been certified three-times Platinum by the RMNZ. Fraser followed this with her fourth studio album, Brutal Romantic (2014), which saw Fraser experiment with electronic music. The album spawned the single "Kings and Queens" which peaked at number 20 in NZ.

In 2016, Fraser returned to making music with Hillsong Worship under her maiden name, Brooke Ligertwood, appearing on the internationally successful album Let There Be Light which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200, and debuted atop the US Top Christian Albums chart. Fraser co-wrote and performed the album's second single, "What a Beautiful Name", which peaked at number seven on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and number one on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, and also topped the latter's end-of-year chart. The song also won Fraser the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was later ranked by Billboard as the 3rd top Christian song of the decade.

In 2016 and 2018, Fraser released two compilation albums, A Sides and B Sides featuring various singles and unreleased demos under her Fraser moniker. The former gained the single "Therapy" which topped the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart. After appearing on several Hillsong Worship songs including "Who You Say I Am" and "King of Kings", Fraser released her first live album, Seven (2022) under the Ligertwood name, which peaked at number 36 in NZ and 15 in the US. She followed this up with Eight (2023).

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
NZ
[4]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[6]
SWI
[7]
US
[8]
US Christ
[9]
US Indie
[10]
What to Do with Daylight
  • Released: 29 October 2003
  • Label: Columbia, Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 85

7× Platinum[11]

Albertine
  • Released: 5 December 2006
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 29 90 3 9
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum
  • ARIA

Gold[12]

Flags 1 3 80 9 59 9
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum
Brutal Romantic
  • Released: 17 November 2014
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6 23 157 9 19
Eight
  • Released as Brooke Ligertwood
  • Released: 20 October 2023
  • Label: Capitol CMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
21
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
NZ
US Christ
Seven
  • Released as Brooke Ligertwood
  • Released: 25 February 2022
  • Label: Capitol CMG
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
36 15
Infinity
  • Released as Brooke Ligertwood
  • Released: 8 August 2024
  • Label: Capitol CMG
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
NZ
A Sides
  • Released: 25 November 2016
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
16
B Sides
  • Released: 16 November 2018[13] [14]
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Singles

As lead artist

Title! rowspan="2"
YearChart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
NZ
AUS
GER
[15]
UK
[16]
US
Christ

[17]
US
Christ Air.

[18]
"Better"20033 What to Do with Daylight
"Lifeline"7 56
"Saving the World"200415
"Arithmetic"8
"Without You"200516
"Deciphering Me"20064 Albertine
"Shadowfeet"200713 13 13
"Albertine"
"Something in the Water"20101 29 8 193

Gold[20]

Flags
"Betty"30
"Coachella"2011
"Kings & Queens"201420 Brutal Romantic
"Therapy"2016A Sides
"A Thousand Hallelujahs"202244 38Seven
"Honey in the Rock"
7 9
"Fear Of God"2023Eight
"Bless God"23
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

As featured artist

Title! rowspan="2"
YearChart positionsAlbum
NZ
"Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)"
20121 rowspan=2"
"Team, Ball, Player, Thing"
20152

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles and peak chart positions
TitleYearChart positionsAlbum
NZ
"C.S. Lewis Song"2007Albertine
"Psychosocial"2014Brutal Romantic
"Nineveh"2022Seven
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Other charted songs

As lead artist

List of charted songs and peak chart positions
TitleYearChart positionsAlbum
NZ
US
Christ

"Agnus Dei / King Of Kings"
202150At Easter
"Ancient Gates"2022Seven
"Communion"
"Every Chance I get"2023Eight
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

As featured artist

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
2003"Better"
"Lifeline"
2004"Saving the World"
"Arithmetic"Tim Groenendaal
2005"Without You"
2006"Deciphering Me"Anthony Rose
"C.S. Lewis Song"
2007"Shadowfeet"
"Albertine"Anthony Rose
2010"Something in the Water"Joel Kefali & Campbell Hooper
"Betty"Joe Kefali & Campbell Hooper
2011"Coachella"Shae Sterling
2014"Psychosocial"
"Kings & Queens"

Notes and References

  1. News: Brooke's worldly vision . . Nui . Te Koha . 2 April 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140516155201/http://www.news.com.au/brookes-worldly-vision/story-e6frfn79-1111113269031 . 16 May 2014 . 26 October 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: Brooke Fraser > Flags . 5 . Fontana North (Fontana Distribution) . October 2010 . 26 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101028202942/http://fontananorth.com/pdfs/FN00113.pdf . 28 October 2010 .
  3. Web site: Chartbitz: by Andrew Miller . . 20 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100717095517/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_bitz.asp . 17 July 2010 . dead .
  4. Web site: Brooke Fraser in New Zealand charts . Hung Medien. charts.nz . 19 July 2010 .
  5. Peaks in Australia:
  6. Web site: ALBUMS : Top 100 . https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . usurped . 26 December 2004 . Jam! (Canadian Online Explorer) . 21 October 2010 . 26 October 2010 .
  7. Web site: Brooke Fraser: Flags . Hung Medien) . 6 November 2011 . 25 December 2011.
  8. Brooke Fraser Chart History: Billboard 200 . . 10 March 2022.
  9. Brooke Fraser . . 10 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013. Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. 19 July 2015.
  11. Australia. Brooke Fraser. album. 2012. 28 December 2021.
  12. Web site: Brooke Fraser on Instagram: "'B Sides' is OUT NOW! A special collection of previously unreleased demos, covers and live recordings Link in bio X". Instagram. 16 November 2018.
  13. Web site: Yap . Timothy . Brooke Fraser Surprises Fans by Dropping 'B Sides' . Hallels . 17 November 2018 . 19 November 2018. Hillsong's songwriter and worship leader Brooke Fraser has surprised fans by dropping a new 2-disc compilation album, simply entitled B Sides. This new record follows last year's A Sides collection with a deeper delve into her catalogue to release B Sides. An album of b-sides and rarities, covers, live and previously unreleased demos..
  14. Web site: Steffen Hung . Deutsche Charts – Singles Top 10 10.06.2011 . germancharts.com . 8 February 2012.
  15. Web site: CHART: CLUK Update 21.05.2011 (wk19) . 11 July 2012.
  16. Web site: Latest Gold / Platinum Singles . RadioScope . 9 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144010/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=63 . 28 July 2011 .
  17. Web site: Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank . Musikindustrie.de . 8 February 2012.