| Artist: | Sarah McLachlan |
| Studio: | 9 |
| Singles: | 53 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Compilation: | 7 |
| Live: | 3 |
| Video: | 9 |
| 1Option: | 3 |
| 1Option Name: | Remix albums |
This is the discography of Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and pianist, Sarah McLachlan. Her debut album, Touch was released in 1988 and included first singles: "Vox", "Steaming" and "Ben's Song". The album charted in Canada and the United States and was certified platinum in Canada and gold in the US. The next album, Solace was issued in 1991. It peaked at number 20 in Canada and was certified double platinum there. Solace also charted in the US, where it was certified gold. It featured three singles: "The Path of Thorns (Terms)", "Into the Fire" and "Drawn to the Rhythm". The third studio album, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) became McLachlan's mainstream breakthrough album in Canada and the United States. It peaked at number five in Canada and number 50 on the US Billboard 200, and was certified 5× platinum in Canada and 3× platinum in the US. "Possession" and "Good Enough" became McLachlan's first singles to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Good Enough" also became her first top 10 hit in Canada, reaching number nine. At the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
In 1997, McLachlan released her most successful album to date, Surfacing. It topped the chart in Canada and reached number two in the United States, and also charted in various countries around the world. Surfacing was certified diamond in Canada for selling over one million copies, 8× platinum in the US for selling eight million copies, and gold in other countries. Surfacing featured the hit singles: "Building a Mystery", "Sweet Surrender", "Adia" and "Angel". All singles charted inside top 10 in Canada, including number one for "Building a Mystery". All singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and two of them became McLachlan's first top 10 hits on that chart: "Adia" at number three and "Angel" at number four. At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, "Building a Mystery" won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and "Last Dance" from Surfacing won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Surfacing was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, "Adia" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
McLachlan's 1999 live album, Mirrorball was also very successful. It topped the chart in Canada and reached number three in the US. It was certified 5× platinum in Canada and 3× platinum in the US. McLachlan's 1995 song, "I Will Remember You" now in live version was released as the lead single from Mirrorball. In 1995, the song already reached number 10 in Canada and number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. This new live version reached number 10 in Canada again but achieved a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 14, solely on airplay. At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, "I Will Remember You" (Live) won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Mirrorball was nominated for Best Pop Album and "Possession" (Live) was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. "Silence" by Delerium featuring McLachlan became one of the greatest trance songs of all time. The original version, released as a single in 1999, was remixed many times over the years to a great success on the charts. "Silence" topped the US Dance Club Songs and reached number one in Ireland. It also peaked at number two in Belgium, number three in the United Kingdom, number five in Canada, number six in Australia, number seven in the Netherlands, and charted in many other countries.
In 2003, McLachlan returned to public life with her fifth studio album, Afterglow. It topped the chart in Canada, reached number two in the US and charted in many countries around the world. Afterglow was certified 5× platinum in Canada, 2× platinum in the US, and gold in other countries. At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, "Fallen" from Afterglow was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, Afterglow was nominated for the Best Pop Vocal Album. At the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, Afterglows "World on Fire" music video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. In 2006, McLachlan released her first Christmas album, Wintersong. It peaked at number one in Canada and number seven in the US, and was certified 3× platinum in Canada and platinum in the US. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, Wintersong was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
In 2008, McLachlan issued her first greatest hits album, , which reached number three in Canada and was certified platinum there. It was followed by 2010's Laws of Illusion, 2014's Shine On and 2016's Wonderland. Over the years, McLachlan also released compilations with rare songs like Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff (1996) and Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 (2008), and albums with remixes: Remixed (2001) and (2005). In 1994, she also released The Freedom Sessions with alternative versions of her songs from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. As of 2015, McLachlan has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.[1]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| CAN [2] | AUS [3] [4] | GER [5] | IRE [6] | NLD [7] | NOR [8] | NZ [9] | SWI [10] | UK [11] | US [12] | ||||
| Touch | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 132 | |||
| Solace |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 167 |
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| Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
| 5 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 |
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| Surfacing |
| 1 | 37 | — | — | 52 | — | 13 | — | 47 | 2 | ||
| Afterglow |
| 1 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 33 | 2 |
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| Wintersong |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
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| Laws of Illusion |
| 2 | 12 | 80 | 100 | 73 | — | 9 | 49 | 76 | 3 | ||
| Shine On |
| 1 | 26 | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | 71 | 4 |
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| Wonderland |
| 12 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | NZ | US | ||||
| Mirrorball |
| 1 | 13 | 3 |
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| Afterglow Live |
| — | — | 107 |
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| Mirrorball: The Complete Concert |
| — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | IRE | NOR | NZ | UK | US | ||||
| Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff |
| 6 | 147 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| iTunes Originals – Sarah McLachlan |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2 |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 193 | 44 |
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| 3 | 62 | 47 | 19 | 9 | 192 | 11 |
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| The Essential |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Box Set Series |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Classic Christmas Album |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 199 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | US | ||||
| The Freedom Sessions |
| 36 | — | 78 |
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| Remixed |
| 10 | 138 | 200 |
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| 22 | 147 | 76 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
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| CAN | |||
| Live |
| — | |
| Live Acoustic |
| 23 | |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [19] | CAN AC [20] | AUS [21] | GER [22] | IRE [23] | NLD [24] | UK [25] | US [26] | US AC [27] | US Dance [28] | ||||||
| "Vox" | 1988 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Touch | |||
| "Steaming" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | ||||
| "Ben's Song" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" | 1991 | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Solace | |||
| "Into the Fire" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Drawn to the Rhythm" | 1992 | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Will Not Forget You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Possession" | 1993 | 26 | — | 129 | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | 30 | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | |||
| "Hold On" | 1994 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Good Enough" | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | |||||
| "Circle" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ol' '55" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Freedom Sessions | ||||
| "I Will Remember You" | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 95 | 65 | 20 | — |
| The Brothers McMullen | |||
| "Dear God" | 68 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Full of Grace" | 1996 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff | |||
| "Building a Mystery" | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 97 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 28 | — | Surfacing | |||
| "Sweet Surrender" | 2 | 2 | 196 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 27 | 6 | |||||
| "Adia" | 1998 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 96 | — | 85 | 18 | 3 | 5 | — |
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| "Angel" | 9 | 3 | 153 | 57 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 1 | — |
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| "I Will Remember You" (Live) | 1999 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | — | Mirrorball | |||
| "Ice Cream" (Live) | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Love You" (Remix) | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | Surfacing | |||
| "Fallen" | 2003 | — | 18 | 41 | — | 32 | 89 | 50 | 41 | 12 | 3 |
| Afterglow | ||
| "Stupid" | 2004 | 9 | 3 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "World on Fire" | — | 2 | — | — | 92 | — | 72 | — | — | 2 | |||||
| "Push" (Live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Afterglow Live | ||||
| "Train Wreck" (Remix) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "River" | 2006 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 8 | — | Wintersong | |||
| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||||
| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | |||||
| "The First Noel / Mary Mary" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Wintersong" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ordinary Miracle" | 66 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | Charlotte's Web | ||||
| "U Want Me 2" | 2008 | 11 | 1 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | ||||
| "Don't Give Up on Us" | 2009 | 96 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "One Dream" | 52 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Loving You Is Easy" | 2010 | 59 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | Laws of Illusion | |||
| "Forgiveness" | 71 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Illusions of Bliss" | 2011 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Space on the Couch for Two" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Find Your Voice" | 2012 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "What's It Gonna Take" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | King Kong | |||
| "Prayer of Saint Francis" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "In Your Shoes" | 2014 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | Shine On | |||
| "Monsters" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Long Goodbye" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | GER | IRE | NLD | NOR [29] | UK | US AC | US Dance | ||||||
| "Silence" | 1999 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 33 | — | 73 | — | — |
| Karma | ||
| "Silence (Remixes)" | 2000 | 5 | — | 16 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 6 |
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| "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Barenaked for the Holidays | |||
| "Silence 2004" | 2004 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | 38 | — | 1 | The Best Of | |||
| "Pills" (Live) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Perishers Live | |||
| "Time After Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | The Body Acoustic | ||||
| "Sing" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 161 | 29 | 18 | Songs of Mass Destruction | |||
| "Silence 2008" | 2008 | — | — | 87 | — | 48 | — | 127 | — | — | ||||
| "Silence 2010" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 171 | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "As The End Draws Near" | Manufacture | Terrorvision | |
| 1992 | "Tightrope Walker" | Balloon | Gravity | |
| 1993 | "What Is This Love" | Blue Rodeo | Five Days in July | |
| "Dark Angel" | ||||
| "Tell Me Your Dream" | ||||
| "Expectations" | Stephen Fearing | The Assassin's Apprentice | ||
| 1995 | "Burned Out Car" | Junkhouse | Birthday Boy | |
| (all songs) | Blue Rodeo | Nowhere to Here | ||
| 2000 | "Silence" | Delerium | Karma | |
| 2000 | "Love Is" | Stevie Nicks | Trouble in Shangri-La | |
| 2002 | "Don't Let Go" | Bryan Adams | soundtrack | |
| 2003 | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Barenaked Ladies | Barenaked for the Holidays | |
| 2004 | "Silence 2004" | Delerium | The Best of Delerium | |
| 2005 | "Pills" | The Perishers | The Perishers Live | |
| "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper | The Body Acoustic | ||
| "Water's Edge" | ||||
| "I Would Die for You" | Jann Arden | Jann Arden | ||
| 2006 | "Homeless" | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Long Walk To Freedom | |
| "Go Down Matthew" | Melissa McClelland | Thumbelina's One Night Stand | ||
| "Just Like Me" | DMC | Checks Thugs and Rock N Roll | ||
| "Miss You" | Greg Keelor | Aphrodite Rose | ||
| "Glory Oh" | ||||
| "Aphrodite Rose" | ||||
| "High Meadow" | ||||
| "Dirty Little Secret" | Thievery Corporation | Versions | ||
| 2007 | "Sing" | Annie Lennox | Songs of Mass Destruction | |
| 2008 | "Silence 2008" | Delerium | ||
| 2009 | "Bring on the Wonder" | Susan Enan | Plainsong | |
| 2012 | "Walkin' Good" | Heart | Fanatic | |
| 2013 | "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" | Butterfly Boucher | Happy Birthday Flutterby |
