No Angels discography explained

Studio:6
Live:2
Compilation:3
Video:4

The discography of German girl group No Angels consists of six studio albums, three compilation albums, two live albums, four video albums and more than twenty singles. The group sold over five million records before breaking up in 2003, making them one of the highest-selling German girl groups of all time.[1]

In February 2001, the band released their debut single, "Daylight in Your Eyes," which reached number one in Germany for six consecutive weeks, and topped the charts in Austria and Switzerland. The group's debut album, Elle'ments, was released the following month and topped the German Albums Chart for three weeks, eventually being certified 7× gold. The album also reached number one in Austria and Switzerland, going platinum in both countries. The album spawned three more top ten singles, including a cover of Eurythmics' "There Must Be an Angel," another number one hit. The band's second album, Now... Us!, debuted and peaked at number one in Germany in June 2002. It produced four singles, two of which reached the top five in Germany, including their third number one single in Germany and Austria, "Something About Us". Preceded by their fourth number-one single, "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)" and top five single "Someday", the group's third album, Pure, was released in August 2003. Their first album as a quartet, it was certified gold. The album spawned one more single, "Feelgood Lies", which reached number three in Germany. In September 2003, the group announced that they were splitting up and released one final album, The Best of No Angels, a greatest hits album with all of their singles, in December 2003.[2] It peaked at number five in Germany for two weeks.

No Angels re-formed in 2007 and released their fourth studio album, Destiny in April of the same year.[2] Less successful than their previous albums, it peaked at number four in Germany, becoming their first studio album not to reach the top spot. Although the singles from Destiny failed to match the success of its preceders, it produced two top five hits with the comeback single "Goodbye to Yesterday" and the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Disappear." The band's second post-reunion album, Welcome to the Dance, was released in September 2009. It peaked at number twenty-six, lasting two weeks in the German albums chart, and became their lowest-charting and selling album up to then. Its first and only single "One Life" peaked at number fifteen in Germany. In September 2010, band member Nadja Benaissa left the band, leaving No Angels as a trio before they went into another hiatus.[3] In early 2021, the band reformed once more as a quartet, commemorating with their 2001 debut. Their sixth studio album 20, a collection of re-recordings and new songs, was released in June 2021 and became their four non-consecutive number-one album on the German Albums Chart.[4]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
GER
[5]
AUT
[6]
SWI
[7]
EU
[8]
Elle'ments
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: Polydor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne
  • Formats: CD
1115

Platinum[9]

7× Gold

Platinum[10]

Platinum[11]

Now... Us!
  • Released: 24 June 2002
  • Label: Polydor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne
  • Formats: CD
1247
  • AUT: Gold
  • GER: Platinum[12]
  • SWI: Gold[13]
Pure
  • Released: 25 August 2003
  • Label: Polydor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12910
  • GER: Gold
Destiny
  • Released: 13 April 2007
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4142214
Welcome to the Dance
  • Released: 11 September 2009
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
26659531
20
  • Released: 4 June 2021
  • Label: BMG Rights
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
1269

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
GER
AUT
SWI
EU
When the Angels Swing
  • Released: 29 November 2002
  • Label: Poyldor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne
  • Formats: CD
922 - -
Acoustic Angels
  • Released: 5 July 2004
  • Label: Poyldor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne
  • Formats: CD, digital download
80 - - -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
GER
AUT
SWI
EU
The Best of No Angels
  • Released: 1 December 2003
  • Label: Polydor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne
  • Formats: CD, digital download
51758 -
Colour Collection
  • Released: 1 October 2007[15]
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
- - - -
Very Best of No Angels
  • Released: 27 May 2008[16]
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
- - - -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Box sets

Title! scope="col" style="width:18em;"
Album details
The Collectors Box
  • Released: 30 June 2003[17]
  • Label: Cheyenne/Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[18]
AUT
SWI
UK
[19]
"Daylight in Your Eyes"200111189

Platinum

Platinum

Gold

Elle'ments
"Rivers of Joy"71110
112
  • GER: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
"When the Angels Sing"/"Atlantis"
(with Donovan)
5516
  • GER: Gold
  • AUT: Gold
"Something About Us"20021111
  • GER: Gold
  • AUT: Gold
Now... Us
"Still in Love with You"2410
"Let's Go to Bed"
(with Mousse T.)
1246
"All Cried Out"182356
"No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)"200311046Pure
"Someday"51636
"Feelgood Lies"31229
"Reason"91228The Best of No Angels
"Goodbye to Yesterday"200742116Destiny
"Maybe"3662
"Amaze Me"/"Teardrops"25
"Disappear"200843796
"One Life"20091529
"Daylight in Your Eyes (Celebration Version)"202120
"Still in Love with You (Celebration Version)"
"Mad Wild"
"When the Angels Sing (Winter Version)"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

As featured artists

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[20]
AUT
[21]
SWI
UK
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
(with TV All Stars)
200332832Ultimate Christmas Album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Notes

Other appearances

List of album appearances
TitleYearAlbum
"Where Is Your Love"
(DJ BoBo featuring No Angels)[22]
2002Celebration
"So Wanna Be with You"[23] 2003Popstars History
"Life Is a Miracle"[24] 2008Kleiner Dodo soundtrack
"A Little Better Everyday"[25] 2009limited digital release

Video albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsNotesCertification
When the Angels Swing
  • Release date: 2 December 2002
  • Label: Polydor/Universal
  • Format: DVD
Contains a recording of the same-titled 2002 Berlin concert as well as interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.
  • GER: Gold
[26]
The Best of No Angels
  • Release date: 1 December 2003
  • Label: Polydor/Universal
  • Format: DVD
Contains fifteen music videos that were produced for the group's singles released between the years of 2001 to 2003.
Acoustic Angels
  • Release date: 4 July 2004
  • Label: Polydor/Universal
  • Format: DVD
Conatins a recording of the 2003 unplugged concert in Munich.[27]

Music videos

List of music videos
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Daylight in Your Eyes" 2001Robert Bröllochs[28]
"Daylight in Your Eyes" (US Version) Stephen Scott
"Rivers of Joy"Robert Bröllochs
"There Must Be an Angel"Jörn Heitmann
"Atlantis"Ben Hartenstein
"When the Angels Sing"Stefan Klotz
"Something About Us"2002Marcus Sternberg
"Still in Love with You"
"Let's Go to Bed"
"All Cried Out" (Big Band Version)Christopher Häring
"All Cried Out" (Pop Version)
"No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)"2003Marcus Sternberg
"Someday"Katja Kuhl
"Feelgood Lies"Marcus Sternberg
"Reason"Hans Hammers Jr. II
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Johannes Grebert
"Goodbye to Yesterday" 2007Marcus Sternberg[29]
"Maybe"
"Amaze Me"
"Teardrops"
"Life Is a Miracle" 2008unknown
"Disappear" Daniel Lwowski
"One Life" 2009Ole Ziesemann[30]
"Daylight in Your Eyes (Celebration Version)" 2021Franz Leibinger[31]
"Still in Love with You (Celebration Version)"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No Angels bio. 5 April 2007 . Presseportal. German. 27 August 2010.
  2. Web site: Prosecutors seek suspended sentence for No Angels singer. thelocal.de. 25 September 2010. 25 August 2010.
  3. Web site: Nadja. Benaissa. Offizielle Bekanntmachung auf meiner Seite.... MySpace. 7 September 2010. de.
  4. Web site: No Angels – 20. . 28 February 2001.
  5. Web site: Discographie von No Angels. GfK Entertainment. 11 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Austrian Charts > No Angels. German. austriancharts.at Hung Medien. 27 March 2010.
  7. Web site: Swiss Charts > No Angels. German. swisscharts.com Hung Medien. 27 March 2010.
  8. Web site: Chart Archive. Billboard.biz. 8 January 2008.
  9. Web site: IFPI Austria Gold & Platin . International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Austria . 27 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608024513/http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin . 8 June 2009 .
  10. Web site: Swiss Certifications 2001. Hung Medien (swisschart.com). 27 March 2010.
  11. Web site: IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 2001 . . 27 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505222445/http://ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2001.html . 5 May 2012 .
  12. Web site: No Angels: Now... Us!. mediabiz.de. de. 2 July 2021.
  13. Web site: Swiss Certifications 2002. Hung Medien (swisschart.com). 27 March 2010.
  14. Web site: No Angels: When the Angels Swing. mediabiz.de. de. 2 July 2021.
  15. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1209537|pure_url=yes}} No Angels > Colour Collection]. Allmusic.Macrovision. 1 October 2010.
  16. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1398652|pure_url=yes}} No Angels > Very Best of No Angels]. Allmusic.Macrovision. 1 October 2010.
  17. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1257177|pure_url=yes}} No Angels > The Collectors Box]. Allmusic.Macrovision. 1 October 2010.
  18. Web site: Chartverfolgung / No Angels / Single. German. musicline.de PhonoNet. 27 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010022911/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/No+Angels/single?sort=entry. 10 October 2012. dead.
  19. Web site: Daylight in your Eyes. MusicVF.com.
  20. Web site: Chartverfolgung / TV All Stars / Single. German. musicline.de PhonoNet. 4 September 2010.
  21. Web site: TV All Stars > Chart Positions. German. 4 September 2010.
  22. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r589341|pure_url=yes}} Celebration Track listing]. Allmusic Macrovision. 25 September 2010.
  23. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1279201|pure_url=yes}} Popstars History Track listing]. Allmusic Macrovision. 25 September 2010.
  24. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1339723|pure_url=yes}} Kleiner Dodo soundtrack track listing]. Allmusic Macrovision. 25 September 2010.
  25. Web site: No Angels singen REWE Song. Sandy.tv. 7 April 2009. 2 October 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081725/http://www.sandymoelling.de/start.php?action=show&id=713. 19 July 2011.
  26. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p484526|pure_url=yes}} No Angels > DVDs and Videos]. Allmusic.Macrovision. 1 October 2010.
  27. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1327557|pure_url=yes}} No Angels > Acoustic Angels]. Allmusic.Macrovision. 1 October 2010.
  28. The Best of No Angels (DVD). Polydor/Universal. 9 October 2010-->.
  29. Destiny Reloaded (CD). Polydor/Universal. 9 October 2010-->.
  30. Web site: Ole Ziesemann > Directed Videos. 25 September 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100327113658/http://www.ole-z.com/work/promos. 27 March 2010.
  31. Web site: Post (Christian Geller). Instagram. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/christiangeller_official/2513439580878430726 . 25 December 2021 . registration. 20 February 2021. 16 March 2021.