Falco discography

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Falco discography
Falco in 1986
Studio albums10
Live albums5
Compilation albums14
Singles38

Austrian singer Falco released nine studio albums, four live albums, 13 compilation albums, and 38 singles.

In 1981, he released his first single, "That Scene", which did not enter the charts. His second single and the first of his first studio album, "Der Kommissar", peaked at number one on the German and Austrian single charts. Falco's first studio album, Einzelhaft, debuted at number one of the Austrian album charts and 19 of the German album charts. His second studio album, Junge Roemer, peaked at number one of the Austrian album charts.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
NOR
[4]
NLD
[5]
SWE
[6]
NZ
[7]
CAN
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Einzelhaft 1 17 7 45 45 31 64
Junge Roemer
  • Released: 1 June 1984
  • Label: A&M, Sony Music, GiG
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 76
Falco 3
  • Released: 15 October 1985
  • Label: A&M, Teldec, GiG
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 2 1 3 16 2 9 32 3
Emotional 1 1 5 7
Wiener Blut
  • Released: 15 September 1988
  • Label: GiG, Warner Bros., Sire
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
2 9 12
Data de Groove
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: GiG, Warner Bros., Sire
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
5 15 53
Nachtflug
  • Released: 4 October 1992
  • Label: GiG, A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 73
Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
  • Released: 27 February 1998
  • Label: GiG, Electrola
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 3 4
Verdammt wir leben noch
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
3 35
Symphonic
  • Released: 2 February 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP
1 15 34
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[14]
The Spirit Never Dies
  • Released: 4 December 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
1 3 33
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums[edit]

List of live albums, with chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
Live Forever
(recorded on 27 October 1986 in Berlin)
  • Released: 29 November 1999
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, DVD
34
L.I.V.E. Donauinsel
(recorded in Vienna 1993)
  • Released: 14 April 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, DVD
14 92
Symphonic
(recorded in Wiener Neustadt 1994)
  • Released: 2 February 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: DVD
Falco Coming Home
 – The Tribute Donauinselfest 2017
  • Released: 2 February 2018
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, DVD
1 13
Symphonic Live
(reissue)
Live Forever: The Complete Show – Berlin 1986
  • Released: 9 June 2023
  • Label: Warner Music Germany
  • Formats: CD, digital download
19 70
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
NOR
[4]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: December 1996
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
2
Greatest Hits Vol. II
  • Released: March 1997
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
8
Best Of
  • Released: February 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
7
The Remix Hit Collection
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
51
The Hit-Singles
  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
7
The Final Curtain – The Ultimate Best Of
  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 2 6
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[14]
  • BVMI: Platinum[11]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
Hoch wie nie
  • Released: 2 January 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
1 2 5
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
18
So80s presents Falco
  • Released: 7 December 2012
  • Label: Soundcolours
  • Formats: CD
48
Original Album Classics
  • Released: 28 August 2015
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
33
Falco
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Soundcolours
  • Formats: CD
48
Falco 60
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
1 3 3
  • BVMI: Gold[11]
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum[14]
The Sound of Musik
  • Released: 4 February 2022
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 4 44
Falco
  • Released: 11 February 2022
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP
3 13
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Tribute albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
Sterben um zu Leben
  • Released: 25 May 2018
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
12 18 51

Soundtracks[edit]

Title Album details Certifications
Helden von Heute
  • Released: 1984
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

List of singles as lead artist, with chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[15]
NLD
[16]
SWE
[6]
IRE
[17]
NZ
[18]
CAN
[19]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
"Ganz Wien" 1981 72[A] Einzelhaft
"Der Kommissar" 1 1 2 17 4 24 4 11 [B]
"Maschine brennt" 1982 4 10 [C]
"Auf der Flucht"
"Zuviel Hitze"
"Junge Roemer" 1984 8 24 [D] Junge Roemer
"Nur mit dir"
"Kann es Liebe sein?"
(with Désirée Nosbusch)
"Rock Me Amadeus" 1985 1 1 2 46
2[E]
1 1 1 1 1 1 Falco 3
"Vienna Calling" 4 3 7 11 6 10 13 10 18
"Jeanny" 1 1 1 1 7 68
"The Sound of Musik" 1986 4 4 11 29 61 [F] Emotional
"Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)" 4 1 3 11
"Emotional" 1987 50 85
"Body Next to Body"
(with Brigitte Nielsen)
6 22 Non-album single
"Wiener Blut" 1988 4 9 24 Wiener Blut
"Satellite to Satellite"
"Garbo"
"Do It Again"
"Data de Groove" 1990 12 Data de Groove
"Charisma Kommando"
"Nachtflug" 1992 Nachtflug
"Titanic" 3 47
"Dance Mephisto" 17
"Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da" 1996 3 11 30 Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
"Naked" 4 50
"Out of the Dark" 1998 2 2 3
"Der Kommissar"
(Jason Nevins and Club 69 Remixes)
39 Non-album single
"Egoist" 6 4 19 Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
"Push! Push!" 1999 9 50 The Final Curtain – The Ultimate Best Of
"Verdammt wir leben noch" 26 Verdammt wir leben noch
"Europa"
"Männer des Westens"
(T. Börger Version 2007)
2007 14 55 Non-album singles
"Falcos 1."
("Chance to Dance" / "Summer")
"Der Kommissar 2008" 2008 49 Symphonic
"Die Königin von Eschnapur"
"The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)"[27] 2009 3 The Spirit Never Dies
"Kissing in the Kremlin"[28] 2010
"Jeanny"[29]
(with Ali As)
2018 Sterben um zu Leben
"Rock Me Amadeus"[30]
(with Sun Diego)
63 71
"Vienna Calling"[31]
(with Celo & Abdi feat. Niqo Nuevo)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist[edit]

List of singles as featured artist, with chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak Album
AUT
[1]
"Zwischen Zeit und Raum"
(Nazar feat. Falco)
2014 14 Camouflage

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Ganz Wien" debuted at no. 72 in 2017.[20]
  2. ^ "Der Komissar" peaked at no. 74 on the US Cashbox singles chart[21] and at no. 10 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[22]
  3. ^ The double A-side single "On the Run / Maschine Brennt" peaked at no. 9 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[22]
  4. ^ "Junge Roemer" peaked at no. 52 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[22]
  5. ^ "Rock Me Amadeus (Canadian / American '86 Mix)" reached no. 2 in the Netherlands and in Flanders (Francophone Belgium) in 1986.[24]
  6. ^ The Remix of "The Sound of Musik" peaked at no. 19 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Falco in the Austrian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Discographie von Falco". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community – hitparade.ch (Search: Falco's albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Falco in the Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl (Search: Falco's albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Falco in the Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Falco in the New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ^ Falco in the Canadian Album Charts:
  9. ^ a b "Falco | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Falco's Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "GOLD-/PLATIN-DATENBANK". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Gold & Platinum Database". Recording Industry Association of America.
  13. ^ "Gold/Platinum − Falcp". Music Canada.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ergebnisse Ihrer Suche: - Falco". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community – hitparade.ch (Search: Falco's singles)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl (Search: Falco's singles)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Falco in the Irish Charts". IRMA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Falco in the New Zealand Charts (singles)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  19. ^ Falco in the RPM 50/100 Singles chart:
  20. ^ "Falco − Ganz Wien". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 4/23/83". Cash Box Magazine. Cashboxmagazine.com. 23 April 1983. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  22. ^ a b c d "Falco Chart History | Dance Club Songs". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Les Certifications de l'Artiste Choisi".
  24. ^ "Falco – Rock Me Amadeus (Canadian / American '86-Mix) – dutchcharts.nl". Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  25. ^ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (To access, enter the search parameter "Falco") on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  26. ^ "Record Music NZ". Recorded Music NZ.
  27. ^ Pilz, Michael (2 December 2009). "Falcos letzter "Jeanny"-Teil ist ein übler Witz". Die Welt (in German). Welt. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  28. ^ ""Kissing in the Kremlin" vom Album "The Spirit Never Dies"" (in German). Bild. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  29. ^ "Ali As feat. Falco – Jeanny (prod. Van der Toom) [Video]" (in German). Rap.de. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  30. ^ "Falco, SunDiego – Rock Me Amadeus" (in German). 16bars. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  31. ^ "Die Rapper covern Falcos "Vienna Calling"". Laut.de (in German). 16 May 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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