Natalie Merchant discography
ArtistNatalie Merchant
Studio9
Compilation2
Singles11

The discography of Natalie Merchant contains nine studio albums, two compilation albums, and seven singles. Merchant's debut album, Tigerlily, produced three top 10 hits, "Carnival", "Wonder", and "Jealousy". The album is certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
and sales
US
[1]
US Rock
[2]
US
Folk

[3]
AUS
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
1995

Tigerlily

  • Released: June 20, 1995
  • Label: Elektra
13181439
1998

Ophelia

  • Released: May 19, 1998
  • Label: Elektra
8562652
2001

Motherland

  • Released: November 13, 2001
  • Label: Elektra
308311102
2003

The House Carpenter's Daughter

  • Released: September 16, 2003
  • Label: Myth America
124
2010

Leave Your Sleep

17511683046
  • Worldwide: 200,000[14]
2014

Natalie Merchant

  • Released: May 6, 2014
  • Label: Nonesuch
20528734
2015

Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

  • Released: November 6, 2015
  • Label: Nonesuch
965
2017

Butterfly

  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Nonesuch
2023

Keep Your Courage

  • Released: April 14, 2023[16]
  • Label: Nonesuch
58
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak positions
US
[1]
1999

Live in Concert

  • Released: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Elektra
82

Compilation albums

YearAlbum details
2005

Retrospective: 1995–2005

  • Released: September 27, 2005
  • Label: Elektra
2017

Rarities (1998–2017)

  • Released: July 14, 2017
  • Label: Nonesuch

Extended plays

YearEP detailsPeak positions
US
[1]
US
Rock
[2]
2010

iTunes Sessions

  • Released: July 27, 2010
  • Label: Myth America
10331

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[17]
US Adult
[18]
US AC
[19]
US Pop
[20]
US Alt
[21]
AUS
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
1995"Carnival"108861224147Tigerlily
"Wonder"202187167196
1996"Jealousy"23517840
1998"Kind & Generous"18315[22]32Ophelia
"Break Your Heart"24124
1999"Life Is Sweet"12
2001"Just Can't Last"30Motherland
2002"Build a Levee"
"Tell Yourself"
2010"Topsyturvey-World"26Leave Your Sleep
2014"Ladybird"Natalie Merchant
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

YearSongAlbum
1993"Photograph" (with R.E.M.)Born to Choose
1996"Come Take a Trip in My Starship"For Our Children Too
1997"Children, Go Where I Send Thee"A Very Special Christmas 3
1998"Birds and Ships"Mermaid Avenue
1998"Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key"Mermaid Avenue
1998"But Not for Me" (featuring Chris Botti)Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove
2000"I Was Born"Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
2011"Child of a Blind Man"Cicada
2011"Learning the Game"Listen to Me: Buddy Holly
2017"The Butcher's Boy" & "Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier"Folk Songs

References

  1. ^ "Natalie Merchant Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "Natalie Merchant Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  3. ^ "Natalie Merchant Chart History - Folk Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  4. ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks: *Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Natalie Merchant in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 24, 2019. *Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. pdf ed. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 185. *The House of Carpenter's Daughter & Leave Your Sleep albums: "Excerpts of ARIA Chart history of Natalie Merchant". ARIA. Retrieved July 26, 2024. – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. *Natalie Merchant album: "The ARIA Report Week Commencing 26 May 2014 - Issue #1265". ARIA. Archived from the original on 2014-06-20. Retrieved February 4, 2016. *"Wonder": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 21 Apr 1996". ARIA). Retrieved August 5, 2017. – via Imgur. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
  5. ^ "charts.nz > Natalie Merchant in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  6. ^ UK chart peaks: *Top 100 peaks: "Official Charts > Natalie Merchant". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 24, 2019. N.B. This site displays compressed (exclusion rules applied) singles chart positions between numbers 76 and 100. *Top 200 peaks to December 2010: "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Retrieved November 10, 2010. N.B. This site contains uncompressed (no exclusions) singles chart peaks between numbers 76 and 200, for the period covering November 1994 to May 2001, so some listed peaks are lower than those appearing on the Official Charts site.
  7. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - November 10, 2010: Tigerlily certified awards". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  9. ^ "Certified Awards Search" Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 October 2014. Note: User must define 'Search by Artist' search parameter as "Natalie Merchant".
  10. ^ "Gold/Platinum - Music Canada". Music Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  11. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - November 10, 2010: Ophelia certified awards". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  12. ^ "Gold/Platinum - Music Canada". Music Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  13. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - November 10, 2010: Motherland certified awards". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  14. ^ "The Official Natalie Merchant Website - Leave Your Sleep". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  15. ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived October 29, 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "Natalie Merchant’s First Album of New Songs in Nearly a Decade, 'Keep Your Courage,' Due April 14 on Nonesuch | Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch Records Official Website. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  17. ^ "Natalie Merchant Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  18. ^ "Natalie Merchant Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  19. ^ "Natalie Merchant Album & Song Chart History - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  20. ^ "Natalie Merchant Album & Song Chart History - Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  21. ^ "Natalie Merchant Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  22. ^ "Natalie Merchant - Charts & Awards - Singles". allmusic. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  23. ^ Whitburn 2004, p. 611
  24. ^ "Natalie Merchant - Adult Alternative Song". Billboard magazine. Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.