Katharine McPhee discography explained

Artist:Katharine McPhee
Studio:5
Music Videos:10
Singles:10

The discography of Katharine McPhee consists of five studio albums, ten singles, ten music videos, and other miscellaneous songs and albums.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
USUS
Digital
US
Holiday
US
Indie
US
Jazz
Katharine McPhee 22
  • US: 381,000[1]
Unbroken
  • Released: January 5, 2010
  • Label: Verve Forecast
  • Format: CD, digital download
2725
  • US: 45,000[2] <
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Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
  • Released: October 12, 2010
  • Label: Verve Forecast
  • Format: CD, digital download
11
  • US: 23,000
Hysteria
  • Released: September 18, 2015
  • Label: eOne
  • Format: CD, digital download
37
I Fall in Love Too Easily
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, digital download
272
Christmas Songs
  • Released: October 20, 2023
  • Format: digital download

Appearances in other albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionssales
USUS
Soundtracks
CAN
The Music of Smash 9135
  • US: 112,000[3]
Bombshell
  • Released: February 12, 2013 [4]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, digital download
43 3

Extended plays

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Christmas Songs

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions (Billboard)RIAA certSalesAlbum
US
[9]
US PopUS AC
[10]
CAN
[11]
2006"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"1212131,000[12] rowspan="2"
"My Destiny"604298,000
"Think"1219021,000[13]
2007"Over It"292325Gold645,000[14] Katharine McPhee
"Love Story"92,000
2009"Had It All"2229,000[15] Unbroken
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" 3,000[16] I'll Be Home For Christmas - Single
2010"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (featuring Chris Botti)16Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
2015"Lick My Lips" Hysteria
2017"Night and Day"I Fall in Love Too Easily
2022"Jingle Bell Rock"
9Christmas Songs
2023"Carol of the Bells"
10

Promotional singles

These songs charted from unsolicited airplay and/or sales on Billboard charts.

YearSingleSalesAlbum
2009"Say Goodbye"7,000[17] Unbroken
"Lifetime"5,000
"How"9,000
2010"Terrified" (featuring Zachary Levi)Terrified (featuring Zachary Levi) - Single

Miscellaneous songs

Charted songs

YearSongPeak chart positions (Billboard)SalesAlbum
US
CA
NZ
US Dance Club
2010"We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" (Artists for Haiti)2[18] 8[19] 17align=center rowspan="1"580,000[20] Non-album single
2012"Touch Me"418,000[21] The Music of Smash (soundtrack)

Other songs

YearSongSalesAlbum
2006"Can't Help Falling in Love" (with Andrea Bocelli)Under the Desert Sky
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"J.C. Penney Jam: Concert for America's Kids
"Somos Novios" (with Andrea Bocelli)
2007"Better Off Alone"34,000Katharine McPhee
"O Come All Ye Faithful"19,000[22] O Come All Ye Faithful - Single
2008"Real Love" (with Elliott Yamin)8,000Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1
"I Will Be There With You" Promotional song for Japan Airlines
"I Know What Boys Like"9,000[23] I Know What Boys Like - Single
"Connected"5,000Barbie and the Diamond Castle Original Movie Soundtrack
"Let Your Heart Sing"Tinker Bell Original Movie Soundtrack
"The Prayer" (with Andrea Bocelli)Hit Man: David Foster & Friends
"Somewhere"
2009"I've Got You Under My Skin" Chris Botti In Boston
2010"Terrified" (with Jason Reeves)41,000[24] Unbroken
"You Are"UNCF's An Evening of Stars with Lionel Richie
2011"Seems Like Yesterday"Peace, Love & Misunderstanding soundtrack
2012"Beautiful"15,000[25] Smash cast (single)
"Let Me Be Your Star" (with Megan Hilty)48,000[26]
"Call Me"rowspan="22"
"The 20th Century Fox Mambo"
"Redneck Woman"
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
"Cheers (Drink to That)" (with Megan Hilty)
"Never Give All the Heart"
"A Thousand and One Nights" (with Raza Jaffrey)
"Smash!" (with Megan Hilty)
"Don't Forget Me"
"Shake It Out"The Music of Smash
"Brighter Than the Sun"
"Our Day Will Come"
"Run"
"Stand"
2013"Cut, Print...Moving On"Bombshell
"Our Little Secret" (with Julian Ovenden)
"Public Relations" (with Christian Borle)
"On Broadway" (with Jennifer Hudson)Smash cast (single)
"Caught in the Storm"
"Good For You"
"Some Boys"
"This Will Be Our Year" (with Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, and Krysta Rodriguez)
"Heart Shaped Wreckage" (with Jeremy Jordan)11,000[27]
"Rewrite This Story" (with Jeremy Jordan)
"I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" (with Jeremy Jordan)10,000[28]
"Original"unk
"That's Life" (with Megan Hilty)12,000[29]
"Don't Let Me Know" (with Jeremy Jordan)rowspan="8"
"The Goodbye Song" (with Jeremy Jordan and Krysta Rodriguez)
"Pretender"
"I'm Not Sorry" (with Mara Davi)
"Under Pressure" (with Jeremy Jordan, Leslie Odom, Jr, Krysta Rodriguez, Christian Borle, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, Jack Davenport, Anjelica Huston)Smash

The Complete Season 2

"Would I Lie to You?" (with Megan Hilty)
"Broadway, Here I Come!" (with Jeremy Jordan, Leslie Odom, Jr and Krysta Rodriguez)
"Big Finish" (with Megan Hilty)

Songwriter credits

YearSongArtistAlbum
2010"Love's Never Leavin'" (co-written with Richard Marx)Chelsea Fieldnon-album single
2012"Beautiful Stranger" (co-written with David and Shauna Jackson)Maila GibsonYou May Not Kiss the Bride (soundtrack)

Music videos

YearSongDirector
2007"Over It"Liz Friedlander
"Love Story"Marcus Raboy
2008"Connected" (for Barbie and the Diamond Castle)
2009"Had It All"Cyril Guyot
2010"We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" featuring Artists for Haiti Paul Haggis
"Terrified" (featuring Zachary Levi)Judson Pearce Morgan
"Say Goodbye"
"It's Not Christmas Without You"
2012"Beautiful" (for Smash)
2015"Lick My Lips"Diane Martel

References

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  2. Web site: Plenty of room for new Idols on the sales charts. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  3. News: 'Idol' album sales: Underwood, Clarkson, more . Mansfield . Brian . Idol Chatter . USA Today . June 27, 2012 . June 28, 2012.
  4. Web site: Soundtrack Smash 2 - Bombshell Deluxe Exclusive ... : Target . February 16, 2013 . March 4, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130304171349/http://www.target.com/p/soundtrack-smash-2-bombshell-deluxe-exclusive-only-at-target/-/A-14426304#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=Bombshell . dead .
  5. News: 'Idol' sales report: Underwood, Phillips, Clarkson, etc.. Mansfield. Brian. Idol Chatter. USA Today. March 6, 2013. March 7, 2013.
  6. News: 'American Idol' on the Charts: Katharine McPhee Makes 'Smash' Return; Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood See Grammy Bumps. Bronson. Fred. Idol Worship. The Hollywood Reporter. February 2, 2013. February 21, 2013.
  7. Web site: Iahn . Buddy . November 23, 2022 . David Foster, Katharine McPhee releasing Christmas album . November 25, 2022 . The Music Universe.
  8. Web site: How the American Idol coronation singles stack up, part 1. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  9. Katharine McPhee Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard. November 30, 2023.
  10. Katharine McPhee Chart History: Adult Contemporary. Billboard. December 24, 2023.
  11. Katharine McPhee Chart History: Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. November 30, 2023.
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  14. Web site: Bonus SoundScan numbers: Katharine McPhee, Jordin Sparks and more. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  15. Web site: Yahoo Music Blogs, Paul Grein's Chart Watch: Week Ending Aug 8, 2010: Taylor Swift Returns; Comments section, Comment #24 (by Paul Grein). New.music,yahoo.com. November 12, 2021. August 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100816052924/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/61449/week-ending-aug-8-2008-taylor-swift-returns#comments. dead.
  16. Web site: Bonus 'Idol' sales numbers from David Cook, Katharine McPhee, etc.. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  17. Web site: 'Already Gone,' 'Leave This Town' chart high for Idol sales. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  18. 'We Are The World' Returns to the Upper Reaches of the Hot 100. Billboard. November 12, 2021.
  19. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=katharine mcphee|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}} February 27, 2010 ]. . . February 19, 2010.
  20. Web site: Idol track sales: Kris Allen passes a million; Danny Gokey, John Legend see huge gains. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  21. Web site: Kelly Clarkson hits 3 million for 'Stronger' single. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  22. Web site: Archived copy . November 14, 2009 . March 23, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323181319/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2008/07/52173950/1 . dead .
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  24. Web site: Kris Allen's 'Let It Be' debuts with 46K downloads. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  25. Web site: 'Stronger' single gets Kelly Clarkson a million downloads. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  26. Web site: Burlingame . Jon . Building into a 'Smash?' . Variety . October 17, 2021 . April 13, 2012.
  27. Web site: Phillip Phillips' 'Idol' return means big sales boost. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  28. Web site: Colton Dixon's sales soar after 'Idol' performance. Brian. Mansfield. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.
  29. Web site: Fantasia album debuts at No. 1 R&B, No. 2 Billboard 200. Brian. Mansfield. Usatoday.com. November 12, 2021.