Jones began her recording career in 1975 with a disco song "I Need a Man" which became her first number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart two years later. She has since topped this chart with "Slave to the Rhythm" in 1985, "Love on Top of Love" in 1989 and "Sex Drive" in 1993, scoring four number one club hits in the United States, with a total of 17 entries on this chart. The singer also holds six entries on the US R&B chart, the most successful being "Pull Up to the Bumper" at number five. Internationally, her most successful single in terms of commercial performance is arguably the 1985 "Slave to the Rhythm".
Jones achieved chart prominence with her 1981 breakthrough album Nightclubbing which entered top 10 in five countries and was her first album to receive recording certifications for its sales. Jones' commercially most successful album to date remains her 1985 compilation Island Life, the only album chart-topper of her career.
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 19, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 160. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 19, 1988.
Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
^"Indice per Interprete: J" (in Italian). www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2011-02-10. For "La Vie en rose" chart position see: "Settimana del 18/02/78". hitparadeitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
^Although "Anema e core" is the B-side to "Autumn Leaves", the single's cover art identifies it as the single's title; this song was also included on the Italian version of the Fame album.
^ ab"Love Is the Drug" charted only in 1986 when it was re-released to promote Island Life.
^ abIn Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom "Pull Up to the Bumper" reached its peak position in 1986 when it was rereleased to promote Island Life as a double A-side with La Vie en Rose .
^Jones, Grace; Morley, Paul (24 September 2015). I'll Never Write My Memoirs. Simon & Schuster. pp. 306–311. ISBN978-1-4711-3521-7. Because the track was so personal, I decided I would direct the video for the song, having learned so much, especially from Jean-Paul. [...] I had hired Keith Haring as my assistant director, to help make a more dramatic, and dignified, outfit for the "Perfect" video.
