| The 1st Album | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Modern Talking |
| Cover: | The_1st_albumalbum.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Euro disco |
| Label: | Hansa |
| Producer: | Dieter Bohlen |
| Next Title: | Let's Talk About Love |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
The 1st Album is the debut studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 1 April 1985 by Hansa Records. The album reached number one in Germany on 27 May 1985, spending four weeks atop the chart and 18 weeks within the top 10. It was eventually certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in Germany.
The album spawned two singles. The lead single, "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", topped the charts in Germany (where it spent four weeks at the top), Austria, Switzerland and Belgium, while charting inside the top five in France, Norway and Sweden.[1] The second single, "You Can Win If You Want", reached number one in Germany and Austria, number two in Switzerland and Belgium, and the top 10 in France and the Netherlands.[2] Both singles attained gold sales status in Germany, having each sold over 250,000 units.[3]
| Chart (1985–1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| European Albums (Music & Media)[4] | 9 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 1 |
| Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[6] | 5 |
| Chart (1985) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] | 8 | |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 44 | |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 9 | |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 3 |