Melissa Etheridge discography

Melissa Etheridge discography
Etheridge performing in 2011
Studio albums	16
EPs	3
Soundtrack albums	7
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	2
Singles	43
Video albums	3
Music videos	38
Miscellaneous	11

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge. She has released 16 studio albums, 43 singles and 38 music videos on Island Records, Universal Music Group, ME Records, and BMG. Over the course of her career, she has amassed five Platinum albums, three of which are multi-platinum, and two Gold albums. She also has 11 Billboard Hot 100 charting singles, with six of them hitting the Top 40, and 11 Billboard Adult Contemporary charting singles, all peaking in the Top 40. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, she has sold 13 million certified albums in the United States.[1]

Etheridge was signed to Island Records by Chris Blackwell and released her debut album, Melissa Etheridge, in 1988. Her second album, Brave and Crazy, appeared the following year. Etheridge released her third album, Never Enough, in 1992. The following year, she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album: Yes I Am. Its tracks "I'm the Only One", "Come to My Window", and "If I Wanted To" all reached the Top 40 in the United States, while the album spent 138 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 15, and earned a RIAA certification of 6× Platinum, her largest selling album to date. Her fifth album, Your Little Secret, was released in 1995 and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, her highest charting album to date. The album went 2× Platinum, and its tracks "I Want to Come Over" and "Nowhere to Go" both reached the Top 40. Her sixth album, Breakdown, was released in 1999 and reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The album went Gold, and its lead single, "Angels Would Fall", reached No. 51 in the United States.

Her seventh and eighth studio albums, Skin and Lucky, appeared in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Her first compilation album, Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, was released in 2005 and became a great commercial success, going Gold, while it reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200. The Awakening was released in 2007 and her first Christmas album, A New Thought for Christmas, appeared the following year. Her last albums for Island Records, Fearless Love and 4th Street Feeling, appeared in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Etheridge formed her own record label, ME Records, and released her 13th album This Is M.E. in 2014. MEmphis Rock and Soul appeared in 2016, followed by The Medicine Show in 2019. Her most recent studio album is One Way Out (2021).

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected peak chart positions and certifications

Year	Title	Chart positions										Certifications
		US [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BEL [5]	GER [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	SWI [10]	UK [11]
1988	Melissa Etheridge Released: May 2, 1988 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, Cassette	22	3	16	—	36	9	—	48	—	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum[1] ARIA: Platinum[12] BVMI: Gold[13] CRIA: 3× Platinum[14] RMNZ: Platinum[15]
1989	Brave and Crazy Released: September 11, 1989 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, Cassette	22	9	14	—	7	—	—	40	7	63	RIAA: Platinum[1] ARIA: Platinum[12] CRIA: 2× Platinum[14] RMNZ: Gold[16]
1992	Never Enough Released: March 17, 1992 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, Cassette	21	8	7	—	12	38	—	—	12	56	RIAA: Platinum[1] CRIA: Platinum[14]
1993	Yes I Am Released: September 21, 1993 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, Cassette	15	39	22	—	31	2	20	—	17	—	RIAA: 6× Platinum[1] CRIA: 2× Platinum[14]
1995	Your Little Secret Released: November 14, 1995 Label: Island Formats: CD, Cassette	6	17	30	33	26	10	22	—	23	85	RIAA: 2× Platinum[1] ARIA: Gold[12] CRIA: Platinum[14]
1999	Breakdown Released: October 5, 1999 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD	12	15	45	—	14	20	—	—	38	—	RIAA: Gold[1]
2001	Skin Released: July 10, 2001 Label: Island Formats: CD, LP, Cassette	9	30	35	—	10	30	—	—	65	—
2004	Lucky Released: February 10, 2004 Label: Island Format: LP, CD, digital download	15	91	40	—	18	29	—	—	51	—
2007	The Awakening Released: September 25, 2007 Label: Island Format: LP, CD, digital download	13	—	57	—	18	28	—	—	87	—
2008	A New Thought for Christmas Released: September 30, 2008 Label: Island Format: LP, CD	113	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	Fearless Love Released: April 27, 2010 Label: Island Format: LP, CD	7	—	26	—	10	28	—	—	51	—
2012	4th Street Feeling Released: September 4, 2012 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD	18	78	50	—	25	31	—	—	—	—
2014	This Is M.E. Released: September 30, 2014 Label: ME Formats: LP, CD	21	34	61	—	41	—	—	—	96	—
2016	MEmphis Rock and Soul Released: October 7, 2016 Label: Stax Formats: LP, CD	34	40	50	121	52	82	—	—	63	—
2019	The Medicine Show Released: April 12, 2019 Label: Concord, MLE Formats: LP, CD	95 [17]	—[A]	74	168	29	85	—	—	44	—
2021	One Way Out Released: September 17, 2021 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—[B]	—	—	—	30	—	—	—	31	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected peak chart positions and certifications

Year	Title	Chart positions				Certifications
		US [2]	AUS [3]	GER [6]	NLD [7]
2005	Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled Released: October 18, 2005 Label: Island Formats: CD, digital download	14	94	61	73	RIAA: Gold[1]
2011	Icon Released: March 1, 2011[20] Label: Universal Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected details

Year	Title
1989	Live at the Bottom Line Released: 1989 Label: Air Cuts Formats: CD/2 CD
2002	Live and Alone Released: 2002 Label: Island Formats: DVD/2 DVD
2004	Lucky Live Released: October 2004 Label: Island Formats: CD (+ DVD)
2008	Awakening Live Released: March 29, 2008 Label: Island Formats: CD (+ DVD)
2015	A Little Bit of Me: Live in L.A. Released June 9, 2015 Label: Rock Fuel Media Formats: Digital download, CD, DVD, Blu-ray
2023	Beautiful Day (Live Foxboro 93) Released October 13, 2023 Label: Atlas Formats: Digital download
2024	I'm Not Broken (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility) Released July 9, 2024 Label: Sun Formats: Digital download, CD, Vinyl

Extended plays

• Melissa Etheridge Live (1988)
• 5 Live Cuts (1988)
• Live (1990)

Singles

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions

Year	Title	Chart positions										Album
		US Hot 100 [21]	US Main Rock [22]	US AC [23]	US Adult [24]	AUS [3]	CAN	GER [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	UK [11]
1988	"Bring Me Some Water"	—	10	—	—	9	34	—	—	17	100	Melissa Etheridge
	"Don't You Need" (UK only)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Like the Way I Do"	42[C]	28	—	—	16	—	—	16	17	—
	"Similar Features"	94	6	—	—	34	93	—	—	—	—
1989	"Chrome Plated Heart" (US only)	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"No Souvenirs"	95	9	—	—	30	4	—	71	—	—	Brave and Crazy
	"Let Me Go"	—	13	—	—	70	27	—	—	—	—
	"The Angels"	—	34	—	—	116	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"You Can Sleep While I Drive"	—	—	—	—	105	—	—	56	—	—
1992	"Ain't It Heavy"	—	10	—	—	44	9	—	—	—	—	Never Enough
	"2001"	—	—	—	—	71	21	—	—	—	—
	"Dance Without Sleeping"	—	—	24	—	145	46	—	—	—	—
	"Like the Way I Do" (live)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	Melissa Etheridge Live (EP)
1993	"Must Be Crazy for Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	Never Enough
	"I'm the Only One"	8	10	1	9	58	12	—	26	—	—	Yes I Am
1994	"Come to My Window"	25	22	4	27	—	13	—	—	—	—
	"All American Girl"	—	24	—	—	—	24	—	—	—	—
	"I Will Never Be the Same"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"/ "Give Peace a Chance"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	single only
1995	"If I Wanted To"	16	—	17	—	47	19	—	—	—	—	Yes I Am
	"Your Little Secret"	—	4	—	40	40	6	99	25	—	—	Your Little Secret
1996	"I Want to Come Over"	22	22	17	9	29	1	83	—	29	100
	"Nowhere to Go"	40	—	24	9	—	4	—	—	—	—
1999	"Angels Would Fall"	51	—	—	9	59	6	88	61	48	—	Breakdown
	"Scarecrow"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	"Enough of Me"	—	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Stronger Than Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	"I Want to Be in Love"	—	—	—	20	79	—	—	80	—	—	Skin
2004	"Breathe"	—[D]	—	22	9	—	—	—	96	—	—	Lucky
	"This Moment"	—	—	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	"Cry Baby"/ "Piece of My Heart" (with Joss Stone)	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Download-only single
	"Refugee"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
	"I Run for Life"	—[E]	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"I Need to Wake Up"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (enhanced version)
2007	"Message to Myself"	—	—	25	—	—	—	52	—	—	—	The Awakening
2008	"Just Stand Up!" (with 14 other artists)	11	—	17	35	39	10	—	—	19	26	Download-only single
2010	"Fearless Love"	—	—	18	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	Fearless Love
	"The Wanting of You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	"Falling Up"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4th Street Feeling
2014	"Uprising of Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Download-only single
	"Take My Number"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	This Is M.E.
2015	"Monster"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	"Pulse"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Download-only single
	"Respect Yourself"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	MEmphis Rock and Soul
2019	"Faded by Design"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Medicine Show
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Soundtrack contributions

Year	Song	Film
1990	"Don't Look at Me"	Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael
	"In Roxy's Eyes (I Will Never Be the Same)"
1995	"I Take You with Me"	Boys on the Side
1997	"This War Is Over"	The Devil's Own
2006	"Welcome to This Day"	Brother Bear 2
	"Feels Like Home" (with Josh Kelley)
	"It Will Be Me"
	"Welcome to This Day (Reprise)" (with Josh Kelley)

Miscellaneous

These songs have not appeared on a studio album released by Etheridge.

Year	Song	Album
1992	"The Green Grass Grew All Around"	For Our Children – The Concert
1994	"Burning Love"	It's Now or Never: The Tribute to Elvis
	"Bring Me Some Water" (live version)	Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[26]
1995	"The Weakness in Me"	Ain't Nuthin' but a She Thing
1996	"Be My Baby"	The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
	"Love Child"
	"Leader of the Pack"
1997	"Sin tener a donde ir"	Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte
1998	"Apartment #9"	Tammy Wynette Remembered
2001	"The Angels" (Earl Scruggs with Melissa Etheridge)	Earl Scruggs and Friends
	"Born to Run"	The Concert for New York City
2023	"Tried to Rock and Roll Me" (Dolly Parton featuring Melissa Etheridge)	Rockstar

DVDs

Year	Title	Certifications
2001	Live... and Alone (DVD/2DVD)	RIAA: 2× Platinum[1]
2004	Lucky Live (DVD/DVD+CD)
2005	The Road Less Travelled (CD+DVD)
2007	The Awakening Live (DVD+CD)

Music videos

Year	Song	Director(s)
1988	"Bring Me Some Water"	Tony van den Ende Julie Cypher[27]
	"Similar Features"	Meiert Avis[28]
	"Like the Way I Do"	Tony van den Ende
1989	"No Souvenirs"
	"The Angels"	Julie Cypher[29][30][31]
1990	"Let Me Go"
	"You Can Sleep While I Drive"
1992	"Ain't It Heavy"
	"2001"	Julie Cypher[32]
	"Dance Without Sleeping"
1993	"I'm the Only One"	David Hogan[33]
	"Come to My Window"	Samuel Bayer[34]
1994	"All American Girl"	Tim Royes[35]
	"If I Wanted To"	Samuel Bayer[36]
	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	Matt Mahurin[37]
1995	"I'm the Only One" (live)
	"Your Little Secret"	David Hogan[38]
	"The Weakness in Me"	Maria Maggenti[39]
1996	"I Want to Come Over"	Pam Thomas[40]
	"Nowhere to Go"	Julie Cypher[41]
1999	"Angels Would Fall"	Melissa Etheridge[42]
2000	"Enough of Me"	Julie Cypher[43]
2001	"I Want to Be in Love"	David Hogan[44]
2004	"Breathe"	Philip Andelman[45]
2005	"Refugee"	James Frost[46]
2006	"I Run for Life"	Randee St. Nicholas
	"I Need to Wake Up"	Fredrik Bond
2007	"Message to Myself"	Danny Clinch
	"California" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD)
	"Heroes and Friends" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD)
	"Threesome" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD)
	"Map of the Stars" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD)
2010	"Fearless Love"	Jay Martin[47]
	"Nervous"
2012	"Falling Up"	Linda Wallem
2014	"Uprising of Love"
	"Take My Number"	Dale Resteghini
2015	"Monster"	Dale Resteghini Niv Gat

Notes

1. The Medicine Show did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart but peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[18]
2. One Way Out did not enter the US Billboard 200, but did peak at number 73 on the Top Album Sales chart.[19]
3. "Like the Way I Do" did not chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on its initial release. Seven years later it was re-released as the B-side to "If I Wanted To", allowing the track to chart on the Hot 100 for the first time.
4. "Breathe" did not enter the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[25]
5. "I Run for Life" did not enter the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[25]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Melissa Etheridge

References

General

• Live... and Alone, 2001, complete discography
• melissaetheridge.com

Specific

1. "American certifications – Melissa Etheridge". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
2. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
3. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Melissa Etheridge". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
   • Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
   • "The Angels": "Week commencing 18 December 1989". Retrieved February 11, 2022.
   • "Dancing Without Sleeping": "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing November 23, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
   • "I'm the Only One": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Feb 1994". ARIA. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
   • "I Want To Be In Love": "The ARIA Report – Week Commencing 17th September 2001" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original on February 21, 2002. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
   • "4th Street Feeling": "The ARIA Report – Week Commencing: 17th September 2012 – Issue #1177" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
4. "Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
5. "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. December 24, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
6. "Discographie Melissa Etheridge". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
7. "Discografie Melissa Etheridge". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
8. "Discography Melissa Etheridge". charts.nz. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
9. "Sweden charts portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
10. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
11. "The Official Charts Company - Melissa Etheridge". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Melissa+Etheridge)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
14. "Canadian certifications – Melissa+Etheridge". Music Canada.
15. "New Zealand album certifications – Melissa Etheridge – Melissa Etheridge". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
16. "New Zealand album certifications – Melissa Etheridge – Brave and Crazy". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
17. @billboardcharts (April 22, 2019). "On this week's #Billboard200: @metheridge earns her 16th entry with 'The Medicine Show' (debuts at No. 95)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
19. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History: Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
20. "Icon". Melissa Etheridge. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
21. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
22. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
23. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
24. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History: Adult Pop Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
25. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
26. "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
27. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Bring me some water'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
28. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Similar features'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
29. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Let me go'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
30. "Melissa Etheridge - 'The angels'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
31. "Melissa Etheridge - 'You can sleep while I drive'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
32. "Melissa Etheridge - '2001'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
33. "Melissa Etheridge - 'I'm the only one [version 1]'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
34. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Come to my window'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
35. "Melissa Etheridge - 'All American girl'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
36. "Melissa Etheridge - 'If I wanted to'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
37. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Happy X-mas (war is over)'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
38. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Your little secret'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
39. "Melissa Etheridge - 'The weakness in me'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
40. "Melissa Etheridge - 'I want to come over'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
41. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Nowhere to go'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
42. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Angels would fall'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
43. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Enough of me'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
44. "Melissa Etheridge - 'I want to be in love'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
45. "Melissa Etheridge - 'Breathe'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
46. "mvdbase.com - Melissa Etheridge - "Refugee"". mvdbase.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
47. "SHOT: Melissa Etheridge - Jay Martin, director". VideoStatic. Retrieved August 21, 2017.

External links

• Melissa Etheridge's Official Website