Kent discography explained

Artist:Kent
Studio:12
Compilation:3
Ep:1
Option:39
Option Name:Singles in Swedish
1Option:6
1Option Name:Singles in English
Music Videos:32

The discography of the Swedish alternative rock band Kent consists of twelve studio albums (with two of them also released in English), three compilation albums, one of whom is a box set, one EP, thirty-nine Swedish and six English singles.The band consists of Joakim Berg (lead vocals and guitar), Martin Sköld (bass and keyboards), Sami Sirviö (lead guitar and keyboards), Markus Mustonen (drums, backing vocals, keyboards and piano) and was founded in Eskilstuna in 1990.

Albums

Swedish studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
SWE
[1]
NOR
[2]
FIN
[3]
DEN
[4]
KOR
[5]
Kent
  • Released: 15 March 1995
  • Label: RCA, BMG
  • Format: CD
22
  • Worldwide: 60,000[6]

Gold[7]

Verkligen
  • Released: 15 March 1996
  • Label: RCA Victor, BMG
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
1
  • Worldwide: 120,000
  • SWE: Platinum
Isola
  • Released: 12 November 1997
  • Label: RCA Victor, BMG
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
13512
  • Worldwide: 240,000
  • SWE: 2× Platinum
  • FIN: Gold[8]
  • NOR: Gold[9]
Hagnesta Hill
  • Released: 6 December 1999
  • Label: RCA Victor, BMG
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
196
  • Worldwide: 250,000
  • SWE: 2× Platinum
  • FIN: Gold
Vapen & ammunition
  • Released: 15 April 2002
  • Label: RCA, BMG
  • Format: LP, CD
1114
  • Worldwide: 600,000
  • SWE: 6× Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum
  • DEN: 2× Platinum[10]
  • NOR: 2× Platinum
Du & jag döden
  • Released: 15 March 2005
  • Label: RCA, Sony BMG
  • Format: LP, CD
1122
  • Worldwide: 220,000
  • SWE: 2× Platinum
  • FIN: Gold
Tillbaka till samtiden
  • Released: 17 October 2007
  • Label: RCA, Sony BMG
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
1235
  • SWE: 3× Platinum
Röd
  • Released: 6 November 2009
  • Label: RCA, Sony
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
1446
  • SWE: 2× Platinum
En plats i solen
  • Released: 30 June 2010
  • Label: RCA
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
1214
  • SWE: Platinum[11]
  • FIN: Gold
Jag är inte rädd för mörkret 1152
Tigerdrottningen
  • Released: 30 April 2014[14]
  • Label: Sonet, Universal
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
1163
Då som nu för alltid
  • Released: 20 May 2016
  • Label: RCA, Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download
1531361
  • SWE: 2× Platinum[16]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

English studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SWE
NLD
[17]
Isola
  • Released: 27 April 1998
  • Label: RCA Victor, BMG
  • Format: CD
20
[18]
93
Hagnesta Hill
  • Released: 28 April 2000
  • Label: RCA Victor, BMG
  • Format: CD
19
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
(sales thresholds)
width=25SWE
width=25NOR
width=25FIN
B-sidor 95–00
  • Released: 29 November 2000
  • Label: RCA Victor, BMG
  • Format: CD
23118
  • Worldwide: 60,000
  • SWE: Platinum
Best Of
  • Released: 16 September 2016
  • Label: RCA, Sony Music
  • Format: LP, CD
1169

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
width=25SWE
width=25NOR
width=25FIN
Box 1991–2008
  • Released: 29 October 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Format: CD
13818
  • SWE: Platinum

Extended plays

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
width=25SWE
width=25NOR
width=25FIN
width=25DEN
The hjärta & smärta EP
  • Released: 2 November 2005
  • Label: RCA, Sony BMG
  • Format: CD
1212
  • SWE: 2× Platinum

Singles

Swedish

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
SWE
NOR
FIN
DEN
1995"När det blåser på månen"Kent
"Som vatten"
"Frank"
"Jag vill inte vara rädd"
1996"Kräm (så nära får ingen gå)"4Verkligen
"Halka"36
"Gravitation"14
1997"Om du var här"3

Gold[19]

Isola
1998"Saker man ser"22
"747"28
1999"Musik non stop"3149Hagnesta Hill
2000"En himmelsk drog"1211
"Kevlarsjäl"23
"Chans"14B-sidor 95–00
"Spökstad"
2002"Dom andra"185 Vapen & Ammunition
"Kärleken väntar"21916
"FF" / "VinterNoll2"2910
  • SWE: Gold
2005"Max 500"1146 Du & jag döden
"Palace & Main"15
"Den döda vinkeln"14
2006"Nålens öga"3
2007"Ingenting"221711 Tillbaka till samtiden
"Columbus"3
2008"Generation Ex"9
"Vy från ett luftslott"31
2009"Töntarna"115 Röd
"2000"1
"Hjärta"30Röd
2010"Idioter"33
"Gamla Ullevi"1En plats i solen
"Skisser för sommaren"2
"Ismael" / "Varje gång du möter min blick"13
2012"999"10Jag är inte rädd för mörkret
"Jag ser dig"33
"Tänd på"37
"Ingen kunde röra oss"
2014"La Belle Epoque"8 Tigerdrottningen
"Var är vi nu?"21
"Mirage"18
2016"Egoist"4Best Of
"Vi är inte längre där"22Då som nu för alltid
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

English

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
NLD
UK
[26]
1998"If You Were Here"90158Isola
"Things She Said"
1999"747"61
"If You Were Here" (reissue)
2000"Music Non Stop"Hagnesta Hill
"Heavenly Junkies"
"More than Hagnesta Hill"
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other charted songs

YearSongPeak chart positionsAlbum
SWE
NOR
2005"Dom som försvann"8The hjärta & smärta EP
2007"Min värld"36non-album single
"Tick Tack"56
2008"Det kanske kommer en förändring"18
"Berlin"39Tillbaka till samtiden
2010"Sverige"46Vapen & ammunition
"Utan dina andetag"48B-sidor 95–00
2012"Petroleum"28Jag är inte rädd för mörkret
"Isis & bast"33
"Beredd på allt"48
"Ruta 1"57
"Färger på natten"53
"Låt dom komma"60
2014"Skogarna"12Tigerdrottningen
"Svart snö"24
"Allt har sin tid"31
"Innan himlen faller ner"28
"Din enda vän"25
"Godhet"26
"Simmaren"42
"Den andra sidan"39
2016"Andromeda"21Då som nu för alltid
"Tennsoldater"27
"Vi är för alltid"28
"Nattpojken & Dagflickan"32
"Förlåtelsen"41
"Den sista sången"42
"Gigi"46
"Skyll inte ifrån dig"49
"Falska profeter"52
"Terapi"60Best Of
"Silver"91
2024"Pärlor"16
[27]
Vapen & ammunition
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Notes

Music videos

YearTitleDirector(s)
1995"När det blåser på månen"Jonas Linell
"Frank"Adam Berg
1996"Kräm (så nära får ingen gå)"
"Gravitation"
1997"Om du var här"
1998"Saker man ser"
"747" (English version)
1999"If You Were Here"
"Things She Said"
"Musik non stop"Johan Renck
2000"En himmelsk drog"
"Music Non Stop"Johan Renck (Europe and Asia) / Adam Berg (USA)
"Heavenly Junkies"Johan Renck
"Chans"Adam Berg
2002"Dom andra"
"Kärleken väntar"Johan Renck
"VinterNoll2"Adam Berg
"FF"
2005"Max 500"Johan Renck
"Palace & Main"Adam Berg
"Den döda vinkeln"Marcus Engstrand
"Dom som försvann"Adam Berg
2007"Ingenting"Adam Berg, Mattias Montero
"Columbus"Popcore
"Generation Ex"
2008"Vy från ett luftslott"Lars Lind, Erik Lind, Kajsa Engdahl
2009"Töntarna"Johan Söderberg
"Hjärta"Robinovich
2010"Idioter"Gustav Johansson
"Idioter" (alternativ version)Leo Josefsson (as Le Monde de Leo)
2012"999"John Boisen, Björn Fävremark, Torbjörn Martin
"Jag ser dig"
"Tänd på"
2014"Var är vi nu?"John Boisen, Björn Fävremark
"Mirage"
2016"Då Som Nu För Alltid"Adam Berg
"Den vänstra stranden"Joanna Nordahl
"Vi är för alltid"
"Den sista sången"
Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Discography Kent . Hung Medien . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518031336/http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kent . 2014-05-18 .
  2. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Discography Kent . Hung Medien . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102124247/http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kent . 2012-11-02 .
  3. Web site: finnishcharts.com - Discography Kent . Hung Medien . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100210001104/http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kent . 2010-02-10 .
  4. Web site: danishcharts.dk - Discography Kent . Hung Medien . Hitlisten.NU .
  5. Web site: Gaon Chart.
  6. Web site: Kent - ett lysande undantag. Affärsvärlden. Swedish. 2007-11-06. 2010-06-17.
  7. Web site: IFPI Svenska Gruppen - Guld & Platina . https://archive.today/20120527032307/http://www.ifpi.se/?page_id=67 . 2012-05-27 . dead .
  8. Web site: IFPI - Tilastot - Kulta- ja platinalevyt. Hung Medien. 6 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172148/http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/kultalevyt/haku/?q=kent&national=0&type=album. 3 March 2016. dead.
  9. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm IFPI Norsk platebransje - Salgstroféer
  10. Web site: Certificeringer. IFPI Denmark. 30 November 2016. Danish. 15 November 2016.
  11. Web site: www.sverigetopplistan.se - Veckolista Album - Vecka 30, 30 juli 2010. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish Recording Industry Association. 30 July 2010.
  12. Web site: Det närmar sig!. Kent.nu. 19 March 2012. Swedish. 19 March 2012.
  13. Web site: Veckolista Album - Vecka 20, 18 maj 2012. Sverigetopplistan. GLF. 2012-05-18. 2012-05-20. Swedish.
  14. Web site: KENT + LA BELLE EPOQUE = NY SINGEL. Kent.nu. 3 March 2014. Swedish. 5 March 2014.
  15. Web site: Veckolista Album - Vecka 23, 5 juni 2014. Sverigetopplistan. GLF. 2014-06-05. 2014-06-09. Swedish.
  16. Web site: www.sverigetopplistan.se - Artikeldata. www.sverigetopplistan.se. 2018-06-16.
  17. Web site: dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Kent. Hung Medien.
  18. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 17. Sverigetopplistan. 29 April 2023.
  19. Web site: Guld & Platina - År 1987-1998 . . 31 July 2011 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145338/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf . 16 June 2011 .
  20. Web site: Guld & Platina - År 2005 . . 31 July 2011 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103164604/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20021.pdf . 3 November 2012 .
  21. Web site: Guld & Platina - År 2005 . . 31 July 2011 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207083337/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20051.pdf . 7 February 2012 .
  22. Web site: Guld & Platina - År 2006 . . 31 July 2011 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305030734/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20061.pdf . 5 March 2012 .
  23. Web site: Guld & Platina - År 2007 . . 31 July 2011 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305004547/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20071.pdf . 5 March 2012 .
  24. Web site: Guld & Platina - År 2009 . . 31 July 2011 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104190743/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/Guld-Platina-2009.pdf . 4 November 2012 .
  25. Web site: Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 19, 9 maj 2014. Sverigetopplistan. GLF. 2014-05-09. 2014-05-09. Swedish.
  26. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Kent. 2010-06-17. Official Charts Company.
  27. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 8. Sverigetopplistan. 24 February 2024.