Donny Osmond discography explained

Artist:Donny Osmond
Studio:18
Live:1
Compilation:9
Video:4
Music Videos:4
Ep:3
Singles:25
Option:8
Option Name:Other appearances

The discography of American pop singer Donny Osmond contains 18 studio albums, nine compilation albums, one live album, four video albums, three extended plays, four music videos, 25 singles and eight additional appearances. After several years collaborating with his siblings' band, The Osmonds, he embarked on a solo career in 1971. His debut single, "Sweet and Innocent," reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and made him a teen pop star. Its follow-up entitled "Go Away Little Girl" topped the same chart in 1971.[1] Also in 1971 his debut studio album was released called The Donny Osmond Album. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart.[2] His third studio release, Portrait of Donny, reached number six on the Billboard 200 and is his highest-charting album to date.[3] Its two singles became top ten hits on the pop chart: "Hey Girl" and "Puppy Love."[4] He released his fourth studio effort in 1972, Too Young. The record peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200.[5] It spawned the top 20 pop hits: the title track and "Why."[4] In 1973, Alone Together marked his fifth studio album release and peaked at number 26 in the United States.[6] It spawned his cover of "The Twelfth of Never," which reached number eight on the Hot 100.[4] By the mid-1970s, Osmond reached adulthood and his career began to decline despite collaborations with his sister, Marie Osmond.[1] In 1976, he recorded an album of disco (Disco Train), which only reached number 145 on the Billboard 200.[7]

Although Osmond continued performing his popularity had declined. Yet, in 1989 he returned with the single "Soldier of Love."[1] It became his biggest hit in over a decade on the Hot 100, reaching number two in 1989.[8] His self-titled studio album was also released in 1989 and peaked at number 54 on the Billboard 200.[9] He followed it with 1990's Eyes Don't Lie, which reached number 177 on the all-genre chart.[10] It spawned the single "My Love Is a Fire," which climbed to number 21 on the Hot 100.[4] He worked on various film, television and theater projects during the remainder of the decade. He then released an album of show-tunes entitled This Is the Moment.[1] The project peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 list.[11] He then followed it with a collection of love songs in 2002 called Somewhere in Time.[1]

In 2007, Osmond's studio album, Love Songs of the 70's, was his highest-charting record in many years, peaking at number 27 on the all-genre survey.[12] In 2014, he released a collection of cover tunes in an album called The Soundtrack of My Life. His most recent album release is from 2021 and is called Start Again.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[13]
AUS
[14]
CAN
[15]
NZ
[16]
UK
[17]
The Donny Osmond Album
  • Released: June 5, 1971
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
13 2
To You with Love, Donny
  • Released: October 11, 1971
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
12 31
  • RIAA: Gold
Portrait of Donny
  • Released: May 27, 1972
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
6 55 5 5
  • RIAA: Gold
Too Young
  • Released: July 15, 1972
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
11 30 12 7
  • RIAA: Gold
Alone Together
  • Released: March 17, 1973
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
26 28 22 6
A Time for Us
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
58 64 65 4
  • BPI: Gold
Donny
  • Released: December 7, 1974
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
57 65 32 16
  • BPI: Gold
Disco Train
  • Released: August 21, 1976
  • Label: Kolob/Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette
145 59
Donald Clark Osmond
  • Released: August 6, 1977
  • Label: Kolob/Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette
169
Donny Osmond
  • Released: April 25, 1989
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
54 61
Eyes Don't Lie
  • Released: October 30, 1990
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
177
Christmas at Home
  • Released: October 6, 1997
  • Label: Nightstar
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
This Is the Moment
  • Released: February 6, 2001
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD
64 10
Somewhere in Time
  • Released: October 29, 2002
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
9 12
  • BPI: Platinum
What I Meant to Say
  • Released: December 28, 2004
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD
137 26
  • BPI: Silver
Love Songs of the '70s 27 7
  • BPI: Gold
The Soundtrack of My Life
  • Released: November 10, 2014
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, music download
189 17
Start Again[19]
  • Released: September 10, 2021
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"
Album detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
US
CAN
UK
My Best to You
  • Released: December 9, 1972
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
29
  • RIAA: Gold
Superstar
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: K-tel/Kolob
  • Formats: LP
9
Greatest Hits[20]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Curb
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Donny Osmond[21]
  • Released: May 17, 1994
  • Label: Capitol/Curb
  • Formats: CD
25 Hits Special Collection[22]
  • Released: November 7, 1995
  • Label: Curb
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Donny Osmond[23]
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Capitol/EMI
  • Formats: CD
20th Century Masters: The Millennium
Collection
[24]
  • Released: August 6, 2002
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
From Donny...with Love 8
The Definitive Collection[25]
  • Released: December 15, 2009
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"
Album detailsPeak
chart
positions
UK
One Night Only
  • Released: July 14, 2017
  • Label: Gonzo
  • Formats: CD, music download
80

Extended plays

Title! style="width:17em;"
Album details
Hey Girl[26]
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP
Sweet and Innocent[27]
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: MGM
  • Formats: LP
Four[28]
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Nightstar
  • Formats: CD

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[29]
US
AC

[30]
AUS
[31]
CAN
[32]
IRL
[33]
NLD
[34]
NZ
[35]
UK
"Sweet and Innocent"19717 52 3 The Donny Osmond Album
"Go Away Little Girl"1 14 52 1
  • RIAA: Gold
To You with Love, Donny
"Hey Girl"9 21 82 4
  • RIAA: Gold
Portrait of Donny
"Puppy Love"19723 1 1 2 19 1 1
  • RIAA: Gold
"Too Young"13 23 13 6 2 3 5Too Young
"Why"13 19 25 14 4 3
"The Twelfth of Never"19738 7 4 4 3 12 5 1
  • RIAA: Gold
Alone Together
"Young Love"25 26 10 4 1 7 1
  • BPI: Silver
"A Million to One"23 A Time for Us
"When I Fall in Love"55 31 10 8 4
  • BPI: Silver
"Are You Lonesome Tonight"14 30 8
"Where Did All the Good Times Go"197418Donny
"I Have a Dream"50 45
"C'mon Marianne"197638 25 40 51Disco Train
"You've Got Me Dangling on a String"1977Donald Clark Osmond
"I'm in It for Love"198716 54 70Donny Osmond
"Groove"77
"Soldier of Love"19882 20 3 29
"If It's Love That You Want"70
"Sacred Emotion"198913 4 14
"Hold On"73
"I'll Be Good to You"199010
"My Love Is a Fire"21 27 64Eyes Don't Lie
"Sure Lookin'"199154
"Love Will Survive"24
"Any Dream Will Do"1992Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
"I've Been Looking for Christmas"1997Christmas at Home
"This Is the Moment"2001This Is the Moment
"Seasons of Love"
"Without You"2002Somewhere in Time
"Breeze On By"200437 8What I Meant to Say
"Keep Her in Mind"
"What I Meant to Say"
"Christmas Time"
"I'll Make a Man Out of You"
  • BPI: Gold
Mulan (soundtrack)
"Whenever You're in Trouble"[36] 2011
"Could She Be Mine"[37] 2014The Soundtrack of My Life
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist

Title! Year! Album
"L.A. Street Scene (It's a Jubilee)"
1985
"Know"
[38]
2016

Videography

Title! style="width:17em;"
Album detailsCertifications
This Is the Moment[39]
  • Released: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: VHS
Live[40]
  • Released: October 26, 2004
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: DVD
  • BPI: Platinum
Live at Edinburgh Castle[41]
  • Released: May 10, 2005
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: DVD
  • BPI: Gold
One Night OnlyLive in Birmingham[42]
  • Released: July 14, 2017
  • Label: Gonzo
  • Formats:DVD

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)
"Soldier of Love"1989Michael Bay[43]
"Sacred Emotion"[44]
"My Love Is a Fire"1990[45]
"Sure Lookin'"1991[46]

Other album appearances

Title! scope="col"
YearOther artist(s)Album
"We Can't Stop the Hurtin'"1984ChicagoChicago 17[47]
"Stayin' Alive"1991Dweezil ZappaConfessions[48]
"Magic of Christmas (God Bless Everyone)"1999Rosie O'DonnellA Rosie Christmas[49]
"Back to Love"2000Suzy K. As I Am[50]
"Love of My Life"Jim BrickmanMy Romance: An Evening with Jim Brickman[51]
"The Gift"2005Anne Cochran
Jim Brickman
Tracy Silverman
This Is the Season[52]
"All I Ask of You"2012Susan Boyle[53]
"This Is the Moment"

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deming . Mark . Donny Osmond: Biography & History . Allmusic.
  2. Web site: The Donny Osmond Album chart history . Billboard.
  3. Web site: Portrait of Donny chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  4. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . 2008 . Record Research . 0898201721.
  5. Web site: Too Young chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Alone Together chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Disco Train chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  8. Web site: "Soldier of Love" chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Donny Osmond chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  10. Web site: Eyes Don't Lie chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  11. Web site: This Is the Moment chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  12. Web site: Love Songs of the 70's chart history . . 22 November 2020.
  13. Web site: Donny Osmond chart history (Billboard 200) . . 22 November 2020.
  14. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 226.
  15. Web site: Search results for "Donny Osmond" (Top Albums/CDs) . . 22 November 2020.
  16. Web site: New Zealand charts portal: Donny Osmond . charts.nz.org . 22 November 2020.
  17. Web site: Charts - Donny Osmond. Official Charts Company. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706112621/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18377/donny-osmond/. 6 July 2017. live.
  18. United Kingdom. Donny Osmond . 17 January 2023.
  19. Web site: Start Again: Donny Osmond: Songs, reviews, credits . . 19 September 2021.
  20. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . Greatest Hits: Donny Osmond: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 22 November 2020.
  21. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . The Best of Donny Osmond: Donny Osmond: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 22 November 2020.
  22. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . 25 Hits Special Collection: Donny Osmond: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 22 November 2020.
  23. Web site: The Best of Donny Osmond [EMI]

    Donny Osmond: Songs, Reviews, Credits ]

    . . 22 November 2020.
  24. Web site: Phares . Heather . 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Donny Osmond: Songs, Reviews Credits . . 22 November 2020.
  25. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . The Definitive Collection: Donny Osmond: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 22 November 2020.
  26. Web site: Donny Osmond: Hey Girl (1971, EP) . . 22 November 2020.
  27. Web site: Donny Osmond: Sweet and Innocent (1971, EP) . . 22 November 2020.
  28. Web site: Donny Osmond: Four (1997, EP) . . 22 November 2020.
  29. Web site: Donny Osmond chart history (Hot 100) . . 22 November 2020.
  30. Web site: Donny Osmond chart history (Adult Contemporary) . . 22 November 2020.
  31. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 226.
  32. Web site: Search results for "Donny Osmond" (Top Singles) . . 22 November 2020.
  33. Web site: Irish Charts: Donny Osmond . Irish Charts . 22 November 2020.
  34. Web site: Dutch Charts -- Donny Osmond . Dutch Charts.nl . 22 November 2020.
  35. Web site: New Zealand chart portal: Donny Osmond . charts.org.nz . 22 November 2020.
  36. Web site: Donny Osmond: "Whenever You're in Trouble" (2011, Single) . . 22 November 2020.
  37. Web site: Donny Osmond: "Could She Be Mine" (2015, Single) . . 22 November 2020.
  38. Web site: KC's Twitter Sensation: DJ Many Teams Up with Sprint, Donny Osmond . March 14, 2016 . . Grote . Dora.
  39. Web site: This Is the Moment: Donny Osmond . . 22 November 2020.
  40. Web site: Donny Osmond Live: Donny Osmond . . 22 November 2020.
  41. Web site: Live at Edinburgh Castle: Donny Osmond . . 22 November 2020.
  42. Web site: One Night Only! Live in Birmingham: Donny Osmond . . 22 November 2020.
  43. Web site: Music Videos Directed By Michael Bay . . 22 November 2020.
  44. Web site: Donny Osmond -- "Sacred Emotion" (1989) . Music Video Database . 22 November 2020.
  45. Web site: Donny Osmond -- "My Love Is a Fire" (1990) . Music Video Database . 22 November 2020.
  46. Web site: Donny Osmond -- "Sure Lookin'" (1991) . Music Video Database . 22 November 2020.
  47. Web site: Chicago 17: Chicago: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.
  48. Web site: Confessions: Dweezil Zappa: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.
  49. Web site: A Rosie Christmas: Rosie O'Donnell: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.
  50. Web site: As I Am: Suzy K.: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.
  51. Web site: My Romance: Jim Brickman: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.
  52. Web site: This Is the Season: Anne Cochran: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.
  53. Web site: Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage: Susan Boyle: Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 24 November 2020.