Gary Barlow discography

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

Gary Barlow discography

Gary Barlow performing at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow in 2017

Studio albums| 6
Singles| 18
Video albums| 3
Music videos| 22
Featured songs| 5

English singer Gary Barlow has released six studio albums, eighteen singles, twenty-two music videos and five featured songs. Barlow has had fifteen number-one UK singles (twelve with Take That and three solo), eleven number-one albums (eight with Take That and three solo) and has written thirteen UK number-one singles (10 with Take That, two solo and one as co-writer of Robbie Williams' "Candy"),[1] selling over 50 million records worldwide and over seven million concert tickets.[2]

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]

In 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

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### Studio albums

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Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions  | Sales  | Certifications

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|

[5] | AUS
[11] | AUT
[12] | BEL
[13] | GER
[14] | IRE
[15] | NLD
[16] | SCO
[17] | SPA
[18] | SWI
[19]
Open Road |

* Released: 26 May 1997
* Label: BMG, RCA, Arista
* Formats: CD, digital download

| 1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6  |

* UK: 297,424[20]

* BPI: Platinum[21]

Twelve Months, Eleven Days |

* Released: 11 October 1999
* Label: BMG, RCA
* Formats: CD, digital download

| 35 | — | — | — | 67 | 19 | — | 81 | — | —  |

* UK: 33,120[20]

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: 723,202[20]

* BPI: 2× Platinum[21]
* IRMA: Gold[22]

Music Played by Humans |

* Released: 27 November 2020
* Label: Polydor
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download

| 1 | — | — | — | 64 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 88  |  |

* BPI: Gold[21]

The Dream of Christmas |

* Released: 26 November 2021[23]
* Label: Polydor
* Formats: CD, digital download

| 5 | — | — | — | 90 | 34 | — | 5 | — | 99  |  |

### Compilation albums

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Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions

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|

[5] | SCO
[17]
Open Road: 21st Anniversary Edition |

* Released: 13 April 2018
* Label: Sony Music
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

| 25 | 8

## Singles

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### As lead artist

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications | Album

|
|
|
|

[5] | AUS
[24] | AUT
[25] | FIN
[26] | GER
[27] | IRE
[28][29] | NLD
[16] | SWE
[30] | SWI
[31] | US
[32]
"Forever Love"  | 1996  | 1 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | —  |

* BPI: Gold[21]

| Open Road
"Love Won't Wait"  | 1997  | 1 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 35 | 5 | 32 | 53 | 23 | —  |

* BPI: Silver[21]

"So Help Me Girl"  | 11 | 36 | — | — | 78 | 14 | 58 | — | — | 44  |
"Open Road"  | 7 | — | — | — | 63 | 29 | — | — | — | —  |
"Superhero"  | 1998  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[A] |
"Hang on in There Baby"  | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Stronger"  | 1999  | 16 | — | — | 11 | 73 | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Twelve Months, Eleven Days
"For All That You Want"  | 24 | — | — | 6 | 94 | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Lie to Me"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Shame"
(with Robbie Williams) | 2010  | 2 | 62 | 20 | — | 11 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 19 | —  |

* BPI: Silver[21]

| In and Out of Consciousness
"Sing"
(with the Commonwealth Band) | 2012  | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 69 | — | — | —  |

* BPI: Gold[21]

| Sing
"Let Me Go"  | 2013  | 2 | — | 32 | — | 25 | 8 | — | — | — | —  |

* BPI: Platinum[21]

| Since I Saw You Last
"Face to Face"
(with Elton John) | 2014  | 69 | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | —  |
"Since I Saw You Last"  | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Elita"
(with Michael Bublé and Sebastián Yatra) | 2020  | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Music Played by Humans
"Incredible"  | —[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"This Is My Time"  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Enough Is Enough"
(with Beverley Knight) | 2021  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"How Christmas Is Supposed to Be"
(with Sheridan Smith)[35] | —[D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | The Dream of Christmas

### As featured artist

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications | Album

|
|
|
|

[5] | AUS
[24] | AUT
[25] | FRA
[37] | GER
[27] | IRE
[28] | NZ
[38] | SWE
[30] | SWI
[31] | US
[32]
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
(backing vocals to Elton John) | 1994  | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4  |

* GLF: Gold[39]
* IFPI AUT: Gold[40]
* RIAA: Gold[41]
* SNEP: Gold[42]

| The Lion King
"Everybody Hurts"
(with Helping Haiti) | 2010  | 1 | 28 | 23 | — | 16 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 16 | —[E] |

* BPI: Platinum[44]

| Non-album singles
"Teardrop"
(with The Collective) | 2011  | 24 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | —  |
"I Should've Followed You Home"
(with Agnetha Fältskog) | 2013  | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | A
"Get Ready"
(with Smokey Robinson) | 2014  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Smokey & Friends
"Don't Dream It's Over"
(Alex Christensen and the Berlin Orchestra featuring Gary Barlow) | 2022  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Classical 80s Dance
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

## Other charted songs

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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|
|

[5]
"Here Comes the Sun"  | 2012  | 59  | Sing

## Videography

[edit]

### Albums

[edit]

Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions

|
|

UK | IRE
[45]
Open Book[F][G] |

* Released: 16 March 1998
* Studio: RCA
* Format: VHS

| — | —
Gary Barlow: Live[H] |

* Released: 4 March 2013
* Studio: Polydor
* Format: DVD

| 1 | 7
Since You Saw Him Last[I] |

* Released: 15 December 2014
* Studio: Polydor
* Format: DVD

| 1 | 4

### Television

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Title  | Details

|

Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service[J] |

* Released: 3 June 2012
* Studio: Decca
* Format: Digital download, broadcast

### Film

[edit]

Title  | Details

|

Keith Lemon: The Film[K] |

* Released: 24 August 2012

### Music videos

[edit]

Title  | Year  | Director

|
|

"Forever Love"  | 1996  | Sophie Muller
"Love Won't Wait"  | 1997  | Rocky Schenck
"So Help Me Girl"
"So Help Me Girl" (US version) | Alan Smithee
"Open Road"  | Thom Oliphant
"Superhero"  | 1998  | Alan Smithee
"Hang on in There Baby"  | Tony Campbell
"Stronger"  | 1999  | Dani Jacobs
"For All That You Want"
"Everybody Hurts"  | 2010  | Joseph Kahn
"Shame"  | Vaughan Arnell
"Teardrop"  | 2011  | Labrinth
"Sing"  | 2012  | Ben Winston
"Forever Autumn"  | 2013  | Jeff Wayne
"Let Me Go"  | Ben Winston
"Face to Face"  | 2014
"Since I Saw You Last"
"Mixed Signals"  | 2017  | Harmony Korine
"Forever Love" (Live)  | 2018  |
"Open Road" (Live)  |
"Elita"  | 2020  | Vaughan Arnell
"Incredible"  | Michael Baldwin
"This Is My Time"  |

## Notes

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1. ^ "Superhero" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[33]
2. ^ "Elita" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the UK Download Chart.[34]
3. ^ "Incredible" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the UK Download Chart.[34]
4. ^ "How Christmas Is Supposed to Be" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Download Chart.[36]
5. ^ "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.[43]
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ Packaged with promo of "Hang on in There Baby".
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ Appears as himself in a cameo role.

## References

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1. ^ Jones, Alan. Official Charts Analysis: Gary Barlow tops Album and Singles lists. 11 June 2012.
2. ^ Gary Barlow concert Royal Albert Hall Bio. 45 million with Take That and 5 million as a solo artist. Retrieved 24 October 2012. Archived 2 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Can You Feel The Love Tonight? by Elton John Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
4. ^ a b http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx Archived 1 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine BPI Certification awards and sales
5. ^ a b c d e f "Gary Barlow | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
6. ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/gary-barlow/chart-history/
7. ^ "Profile on Gary Barlow". Famouslikeme.com. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
8. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Finnish charts portal". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
9. ^ "Gary Barlow – Certified Awards". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
10. ^ a b http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/gary-barlow-tops-the-official-singles-and-official-albums-chart-with-sing-1438/ OCC Gary Barlow tops the Official Singles AND Official Albums Chart with Sing 10 June 2012
11. ^ Hung Medien. "australian-charts.com". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
12. ^ Hung Medien. "austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
13. ^ Hung Medien. "www.ultratop.be/nl". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
14. ^ "Discographie von Gary Barlow". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
15. ^ IRMA. "The Irish Charts". Archived from the original (Type "Gary Barlow" in the search bar) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
16. ^ a b Hung Medien. "dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
17. ^ a b Peak positions for the albums in Scotland:
* For Open Road: "Chart Archive > 01 June 1997". Official Charts Company.
* For Twelve Months, Eleven Days: "Chart Archive > 17 October 1999". Official Charts Company.
* For Sing: "Chart Archive > 16 June 2012". Official Charts Company.
* For Since I Saw You Last: "Chart Archive > 01 December 2013". Official Charts Company.
* For Open Road: 21st Anniversary Edition: "Chart Archive > 20 April 2018". Official Charts Company.
* For Music Played by Humans: "Chart Archive > 04 December 2020". Official Charts Company.
* For The Dream of Christmas: "Chart Archive > 03 December 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
18. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 21 June 1997. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
19. ^ Hung Medien. "hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
20. ^ a b c Hanley, James (11 November 2020). "Gary Barlow on his solo career, past and present". Music Week. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
21. ^ a b c d e f g h i "British certifications – Gary Barlow". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 July 2022. Type Gary Barlow in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
22. ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/gold13.htm IRMA 2013 albums award
23. ^ "The Dream of Christmas". Apple Music. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
24. ^ a b "Australian Singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
25. ^ a b "Austrian Singles". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
26. ^ "Finnish Singles". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
27. ^ a b "German Singles" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
28. ^ a b "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
29. ^ "Irish Singles". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
30. ^ a b "Swedish Singles". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
31. ^ a b "Swiss Singles". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
32. ^ a b "Gary Barlow Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
33. ^ "Gary Barlow – Chart Search (Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
34. ^ a b "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 4 December 2020.
35. ^ Griffiths, George (27 October 2021). "Gary Barlow and Sheridan Smith to enter Official Christmas Number 1 race with new song". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
36. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 3 December 2021.
37. ^ "French Singles". lescharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
38. ^ "New Zealand Singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
39. ^ "Swedish Singles Accreditations" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
40. ^ "Austrian Singles Accreditations". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Austria. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
41. ^ "riaa.com Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.
42. ^ "French certifications – Elton John – Can You Feel the Love" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
43. ^ "Helping Haiti – Chart Search (Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
44. ^ ""Certified Awards". Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 2013-05-01.". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 15 February 2014. Note: User needs to enter "Helping Haiti" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
45. ^ week ending 7 March 2013 IRMA music video archive. Archived 30 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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Gary Barlow

Studio albums|

* Open Road
* Twelve Months, Eleven Days
* Sing
* Since I Saw You Last
* Music Played by Humans
* The Dream of Christmas

Singles|

* "Forever Love"
* "Love Won't Wait"
* "So Help Me Girl"
* "Open Road"
* "Superhero"
* "Hang On in There Baby"
* "Stronger"
* "For All That You Want"
* "Lie to Me"
* "Shame"
* "Sing"
* "Let Me Go"
* "I Should've Followed You Home"
* "Face to Face"
* "Since I Saw You Last"
* "Elita"

Concert tours|

* The Open Road Tour
* GB40
* Gary Barlow in Concert (2011)
* Since I Saw You Last Tour
* Gary Barlow in Concert (2018)

Other releases|

* My Take
* Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service
* "Since You Saw Him Last"

Musical theatre|

* Finding Neverland
* Calendar Girls

Related articles|

* Take That
* Take That discography
* Gary Barlow discography
* Future Records
* Songs written by Barlow
* Recorded songs by Barlow
* Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
* Children in Need Rocks Manchester
* Diamond Jubilee Concert
* Children in Need Rocks 2013
* Let It Shine

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