Gary Barlow discography

English singer Gary Barlow has released four studio albums, fourteen singles, seventeen music videos, and four featured songs. Barlow has had 16 number 1 UK singles (not including charity single "Everybody hurts")(12 with Take That, 3 Solo, 1 co Written with Robbie Williams "Candy") 8 number 1 albums and has written 14 UK number 1 singles, ( 10 with Take That, 3 Solo , 1 co-written with Robbie Williams "Candy") [1] selling over 50 million records worldwide and over 7 million concert tickets.[2]

For Gary Barlow's group recordings, see Take That discography.

Gary Barlow discography
Studio albums	4
Video albums	3
Music videos	17
Singles	14
Featured songs	4

After Take That split up in 1996 Gary Barlow signed with RCA Records and began to write his first solo material since the band had formed. Prior to Take That forming Barlow had been writing and performing songs across the North of England until he was spotted by Nigel Martin-Smith. He identified Barlow as the foundation to which he could build a new boyband around, using Barlow's voice and songwriting ability to catapult Take That to fame and superstardom. As Barlow began to become recognised throughout the music industry as the songwriting talent behind Take That a number of musicians took notice, with Elton John asking Barlow to provide backing vocals to his hit single "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".[3]

In July 1996, Barlow released his first single as a solo artist, entitled "Forever Love". The single proved a critical and commercial success becoming Barlow's first solo number 1 in the UK, selling over 400,000 copies and being certified as Gold by the BPI.[4] The single remained in the top 75 of the UK charts for 16 weeks[5] whilst also charting in the top 10 of twelve countries across Europe. The second single was announced as "Love Won't Wait", written by Madonna and Shep Pettibone. The single was released in April 1997 and became Barlow's second number 1 hit in the UK, becoming certified as Silver by the BPI[4] and also charting in eleven countries worldwide. Barlow's debut album Open Road was released in May 1997. It went straight to number 1 in the UK and charted across Europe. The album was later certified as Platinum by the BPI and has sold 2 million copies worldwide to date. The third single from the album was "So Help Me Girl", which was released in Europe in July and was Barlow's first release in the US. The single peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Contemporary, number 1 on the Billboard R&R and peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] The single also peaked at number 11 in the UK and charted respectfully inside Europe. The final UK single from the album was "Open Road", which charted at number 7 in the UK, whilst the final single to be released in Germany, "Hang on in There Baby" peaked at 69.[7]

After the success of his debut album, Barlow released his second album Twelve Months, Eleven Days in 1999. The album was preceded by the single "Stronger", however due to an unexpected media backlash towards Barlow and the taunting of him by bandmate Robbie Williams the single received minimal airplay and support and peaked at number 16 in the UK and number 11 in Finland.[8] The second single "For All That You Want" was originally entitled Superhero" and charted in the US, but was rewritten for Barlow's second album. The single was also subjected to minimal airplay and support and charted at number 24 in the UK, and number 6 in Finland.[8] The album followed and peaked at number 34 in the UK, which resulted in Barlow and his label parting ways as he instead began to work behind the scenes of the music industry and write for artists rather than perform himself.

Barlow's first solo release since 1999 was a duet with reconciled Take That bandmate Robbie Williams on a single entitled "Shame". The single was written by both Barlow and Williams after they began working together in Los Angeles on new material for Take That following Williams' return to the band. The single peaked at number 2 in the UK, being certified as Silver by the BPI and Gold by the FIMI, whilst also charting in 19 countries worldwide.[9]

On June 2012, thirteen years after the release of his last solo album Twelve Months, Eleven Days, Gary Barlow released his third solo album Sing, which entered at number 1 in the UK with the single "Sing" also entering the charts at number 11. The following week Sing rose to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart selling 142,000 copies and becoming the highest selling single of 2012.[10] The album of the same name remained at number 1 making Barlow the first artist in 2012 to have the number 1 album and number 1 single in the same week.[10]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		UK [11]	AUS [12]	AUT [13]	BEL [14]	GER [15]	IRE [16]	NL [17]	SCO [18]	SPA [19]	SWI [20]
Open Road	Released: 26 May 1997 Label: BMG, RCA, Arista Formats: CD	1	30	13	7	10	1	13	2	5	6		BPI: Platinum[21]
Twelve Months, Eleven Days	Released: 11 October 1999 Label: BMG, RCA Formats: CD	35	—	—	—	67	19	—	81	—	—
Sing	Released: 28 May 2012 Label: Decca Formats: CD, digital download	1	87	—	—	—	61	—	1	—	—		BPI: Gold[21]
Since I Saw You Last	Released: 25 November 2013 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, digital download	2	—	27	179	10	2	—	1	—	91	UK: 702,587[22]	IRMA: Gold[23] BPI: 2× Platinum[21]
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
		UK [11]	AUS [24]	AUT [25]	FIN [26]	GER [27]	IRE [28][29]	JAP [30][31]	NED [32]	SWE [33]	SWI [34]	US [35]
1996	"Forever Love"	1	7	11	6	5	3	8	6	12	5	—	BPI: Gold[36]	Open Road
1997	"Love Won't Wait"	1	16	20	16	35	5	—	32	53	23	—	BPI: Silver[36]
	"So Help Me Girl"	11	36	—	—	78	14	7	58	—	—	44
	"Open Road"	7	—	—	—	63	29	11	—	—	—	—
1998	"Superhero"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[upper-alpha 1]
	"Hang on in There Baby"	—	—	—	—	69	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	"Stronger"	16	—	—	11	73	—	—	—	—	—	—		Twelve Months, Eleven Days
	"For All That You Want"	24	—	—	6	94	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Lie to Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	"Shame" (with Robbie Williams)	2	62	20	—	11	8	91	4	24	19	—	BPI: Silver[36]	In and Out of Consciousness
2012	"Sing" (and The Commonwealth Band)	1	—	—	—	—	12	—	69	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[36]	Sing
2013	"Let Me Go"	2	—	32	—	25	8	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[36]	Since I Saw You Last
2014	"Face to Face" (with Elton John)	69	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	—	—	—
	"Since I Saw You Last"	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
		UK [11]	AUS [24]	AUT [25]	FRA [38]	GER [27]	IRE [28]	NED [32]	NZ [39]	SWE [33]	SWI [34]	US [35]
1994	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (backing vocals to Elton John)	14	9	4	1	14	9	14	7	2	10	4	GLF: Gold[40] IFPI AUT: Gold[41] RIAA: Gold[42] SNEP: Gold[43]	The Lion King
2010	"Everybody Hurts" (with Helping Haiti)	1	28	23	—	16	1	—	17	21	16	—[upper-alpha 2]	BPI: Platinum[45]	non-album singles
2011	"Teardrop" (with The Collective)	24	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	—	—
2013	"I Should've Followed You Home" (with Agnetha Fältskog)	99	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		A
2014	"Get Ready" (with Smokey Robinson)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Smokey & Friends
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted songs

Year	Song	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK [11]
2012	"Here Comes the Sun"	59	Sing

Video albums

Year	Video details	Details	UK	IRE[46]
1998	Open Book Released: 16 March 1998 Studio: RCA Format: VHS	A set of recorded interviews and performances with Gary Barlow in 1997 and 1998 showing him express his feelings on the Take That split and how he is adjusting to his solo career. Packaged with promo of "Hang on in There Baby"	—	—
2013	Gary Barlow: Live Released: 4 March 2013 Studio: Polydor Format: DVD	Gary Barlow captured live in performance in his home town of Manchester in December 2012. The concert formed part of Barlow's record breaking first UK solo tour in over 12 years and features solo material, Take That classics and appearances from special guests.	1	7
2014	Since You Saw Him Last Released: 15 December 2014 Studio: Polydor Format: DVD	Gary Barlow's sold out arena performance at the O2 in London as part of his Since I Saw You Last tour, his biggest solo tour yet.	1	4

Television

Year	Video details	Details
2012	Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service Released: 3 June 2012 Studio: Decca Format: Digital download, broadcast	A documentary featuring the process of Gary Barlow writing the Queen's Diamond Jubilee official single and travelling across The Commonwealth enlisting the help of singers and musicians to feature in the track.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Details
2012	Keith Lemon: The Film	Himself	Appears as himself in a cameo role Released 24 August 2012

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1996	"Forever Love"	Sophie Muller
1997	"Love Won't Wait"	Rocky Schenck
	"So Help Me Girl"
	"So Help Me Girl" (US version)	Alan Smithee
	"Open Road"	Thom Oliphant
1998	"Superhero"	Alan Smithee
	"Hang on in There Baby"	Tony Campbell
1999	"Stronger"	Dani Jacobs
	"For All That You Want"
2010	"Everybody Hurts"	Joseph Kahn[47]
	"Shame"	Vaughan Arnell
2011	"Teardrop"	Labrinth[48]
2012	"Sing"	Ben Winston
2013	"Forever Autumn"	Jeff Wayne
	"Let Me Go"	Ben Winston
2014	"Face to Face"
	"Since I Saw You Last"
2017	"Mixed Signals"	Harmony Korine

Notes

1. "Superhero" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[37]
2. "Everybody Hurts" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[44]

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