Amy Macdonald discography

Amy Macdonald discography
Studio albums6
Live albums4
Compilation albums1
Music videos25
EPs1
Singles27

This is a discography for Scottish singer and songwriter Amy Macdonald. Her debut studio album, This Is the Life, was released in July 2007 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Her second studio album, A Curious Thing, was released in March 2010 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. Her third studio album, Life in a Beautiful Light, was released in June 2012 and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. Her fourth studio album, Under Stars was released in February 2017 and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. Her fifth studio album, The Human Demands, was released in October 2020 and peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart. Her sixth studio album, Is This What You've Been Waiting For?, was released in July 2025 and peaked at number eight on the UK Albums Chart.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
SCO
[1]
UK
[1]
AUT
[2]
BEL
[3]
DEN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
This Is the Life 1 1 3 2 1 3 16 1 5 5 1
A Curious Thing
  • Released: 8 March 2010
  • Label: Melodramatic, Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
2 4 1 2 7 1 26 2 22 5 1
  • BPI: Platinum[12]
  • BEA: Gold[18]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[14]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[16]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[17]
Life in a Beautiful Light
  • Released: 11 June 2012
  • Label: Melodramatic, Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
1 2 1 4 9 1 5 5 15 34 2
Under Stars
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Melodramatic, Mercury, Vertigo
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
2 2 4 21 2 75 18 1
The Human Demands
  • Released: 30 October 2020
  • Label: BMG, Infectious Records
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
2 10 7 44 4 42 2
Is This What You've Been Waiting For?
  • Released: 11 July 2025
  • Label: BMG, Infectious Records
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
1 8 3 17 4 56 [A] 3
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
SCO
[1]
UK
[1]
AUT
[2]
BEL
[3]
GER
[5]
SWI
[10]
Woman of the World (The Best of 2007–2018)
  • Released: 23 November 2018
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
19 46 29 93 22 19

Live albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
SCO
[1]
SWI
[10]
Live from Glasgow
  • Released: 1 October 2007
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download
iTunes Festival: London 2010
  • Released: 21 July 2010
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download
Love Love UK & European Arena Tour LIVE 2010
  • Released: 25 April 2011
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: Digital download, LP, CD
89
Under Stars (Live in Berlin)
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: Digital download, CD
77
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays

Title Details
Don't Tell Me That It's Over
  • Released: 7 July 2022
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUT
[2]
BEL
[3]
DEN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
"Poison Prince" 2007 141 66 58 This Is the Life
"Mr Rock & Roll" 12 19 4 21 7 20 59 3
"L.A." 48
"This Is the Life" 28 1 1 8 2 25 1 1 3 2
"Run" 2008 75 64 36 96
"Don't Tell Me That It's Over" 2010 48 10 7 6 29 4 A Curious Thing
"Spark" 74 44 56 62
"This Pretty Face" 138 56 64 49
"Love Love" 183 63
"Your Time Will Come"
"Slow It Down" 2012 45 43 65 38 57 24 Life in a Beautiful Light
"Pride" 187 89
"4th of July"
"Dream On" 2017 [B] 84 32 Under Stars
"Automatic"
"Down by the Water"
"This Christmas Day" Non-album single
"Woman of the World" 2018 Woman of the World
(The Best of 2007–2018)
"This Time's Everything" 2019
"The Hudson" 2020 [C] The Human Demands
"Crazy Shade of Blue"
"Fire"
"Statues" 2021 [D]
"Bridges"
"Is This What You've Been Waiting For?" 2025 [E] Is This What You've Been Waiting For?
"Forward"
"Can You Hear Me?"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[2]
GER
[5]
SWI
[10]
"Oh My Love"
(Rea Garvey featuring Amy MacDonald)
2014 36 35 24 Pride

Other appearances

Title Year Album
"Tread Lightly" 2013 A Concert for Kirsty MacColl[28]
"Fairytale of New York"
(with Dave Duffy)

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Poison Prince" 2007
"Mr Rock & Roll"
"L.A.
"This Is the Life" Lindy Heyman
"Run" 2008
"Don't Tell Me That It's Over" 2010
"Spark"
"This Pretty Face"
"Love Love"
"Your Time Will Come"
"Slow It Down" 2012 Pip
"Pride"
"4th of July" 2013
"Dream On" 2017
"Automatic"
"Down by the Water"
"This Christmas Day"
"Woman of the World" 2018
"The Hudson" 2020 Rubber
"Crazy Shade of Blue" Jackson Ducasse
"Fire"
"Statues" 2021
"Is This What You've Been Waiting For?" 2025
"Can You Hear Me?"
"I'm Done"

Notes

  1. Is This What You've Been Waiting For? did not enter the Swedish Albums Chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Swedish Physical Albums.[20]
  2. "Dream On" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and UK Singles Sales Chart.[24]
  3. "The Hudson" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and number 60 UK Singles Sales Chart.[25]
  4. "Statues" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and number 59 UK Singles Sales Chart.[26]
  5. "Is This What You've Been Waiting For?" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and number 41 UK Singles Sales Chart.[27]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Peak positions on the Official Charts:
    • For all except where noted: "Amy MacDonald". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
    • For "Poison Prince": "New Chart Entries > 31 May 2008". Zobbel.de. 2008-05-31.
    • For "This Pretty Face": "New Chart Entries > 31 July 2010". Zobbel.de. 2010-07-31.
    • For "Love Love": "New Chart Entries > 16 October 2010". Zobbel.de. 2010-10-16.
    • For "Pride": "New Chart Entries > 25 August 2012". Zobbel.de. 2012-08-25.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Discographie Amy Macdonald". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Discografie Amy Macdonald". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Discography Amy Macdonald". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Discographie Amy Macdonald". GfK Entertainment.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Discography Amy Macdonald". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Discografie Amy Macdonald". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Discography Amy Macdonald". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Discography Amy Macdonald". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "Discographie Amy Macdonald". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Gumble, Daniel (February 6, 2017). "Written in the Stars: The full story of Amy Macdonald's comeback". Music Week. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "BRIT Certified". bpi.co.uk.
  13. "2008 Belgian certifications". Ultratop.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Amy Macdonald)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  15. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft" (in German). Ifpi.at. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "The Official Swiss Chart and Music Community: Awards (Amy Macdonald)". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien.
  18. "2010 Belgian certifications". Ultratop.
  19. "Amy Macdonald erntet Schweizer Gold".
  20. "Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 9" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan.
  21. "Les disques d'or/de platine - 2009" (in French). Ultratop.
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Amy Macdonald)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  23. "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be.
  24. "DREAM ON – AMY MACDONALD". Official Charts Company.
  25. "THE HUDSON – AMY MACDONALD". Official Charts Company.
  26. "STATUES – AMY MACDONALD". Official Charts Company.
  27. "Is This What You've Been Waiting For – Amy Macdonald". Official Charts Company.
  28. "A Concert For Kirsty MacColl". Amazon.co.uk.