Album artist 74 - The Police

This page lists the album chart runs of The Police. A list of songs by The Police can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

Trio of Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Police	Synchronicity	1983	UK 1 - Jun 1983 (48 weeks), Billboard 1 - Jul 1983 (75 weeks) (17 weeks at number 1) (40 weeks in top 10), US num 1 for 17 weeks - Jul 1983, Canada 1 for 23 weeks - 1983, Australia num 1 for 3 weeks - Jul 1983, New Zealand 1 for 3 - Aug 1983, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009 (1983), US 8 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2001), BEA 2 of 1983, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Aug 1983), US CashBox 3 of 1983, US 3 of 1983, US BB 3 of 1983, Norway 3 - Jun 1983 (20 weeks), ODK Germany 4 - Jul 1983 (31 weeks) (16 weeks in top 10), Germany 4 - Jul 1983 (20 weeks), Sweden 4 - Jun 1983 (30 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1983), Hong Kong Gold (certified by IFPI-HK in 1984), Italy 6 of 1983, Melody Maker 8 of 1983, Australia (Kent) 9 of 1983 (peak 1), US sales 8 M (according to RIAA), Austria 11 - Aug 1983 (3 months), Switzerland 15 - Nov 1983 (4 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 18 of 1983 (peak 6, 63 weeks), Holland free40 26 of 1983, Fox101 52, Channel4 65, Global 68 - 14 M claimed, DMDB 71, WXPN 75 (1983), PopVortex 76 (1983), WTMD 83, Virgin 91, Defin200 119 (1983), Billboard200 124, Acclaimed 217 (1983), Rolling Stone 455, RYM 35 of 1983, AVrev 33, KEXP 423, Xgau rating B+ (1983)
2	The Police	Ghost In The Machine	1981	UK 1 - Oct 1981 (27 weeks), Canada 1 for 5 weeks - 1981, Australia num 1 for 1 week - Dec 1981, US 3 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2001), Billboard 2 - Oct 1981 (109 weeks) (24 weeks in top 10), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1981), ODK Germany 4 - Oct 1981 (28 weeks) (5 weeks in top 10), Germany 4 - Oct 1981 (8 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1981), Norway 5 - Oct 1981 (13 weeks), Melody Maker 5 of 1981, Sweden 6 - Oct 1981 (17 weeks), Holland free40 7 of 1981, US BB 8 of 1981, BEA 8 of 1981, Austria 11 - Dec 1981 (1 month), US CashBox 12 of 1982, Italy 12 of 1981, France (InfoDisc) 46 of 1981 (peak 1, 32 weeks), Global 131 - 8 M claimed, WXPN 253 (1981), Rolling Stone 322, WTMD 637, Acclaimed 1255 (1981), RYM 113 of 1981, KEXP 471, Xgau rating B+ (1981)
3	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	1980	UK 1 - Oct 1980 (31 weeks), Canada 1 for 1 week - 1980, Australia num 1 for 1 week - Mar 1981, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2001), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1980), Italy 4 of 1980, Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1980), Billboard 5 - Oct 1980 (152 weeks) (21 weeks in top 10), ODK Germany 5 - Oct 1980 (57 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), Germany 5 - Oct 1980 (27 weeks), D.Marsh 6 of 1980, Sweden 8 - Oct 1980 (23 weeks), US BB 10 of 1981, Australia (Kent) 11 of 1981 (peak 1), Austria 14 - Dec 1980 (4 months), Norway 16 - Oct 1980 (7 weeks), US CashBox 21 of 1981, France (InfoDisc) 26 of 1980 (peak 1, 55 weeks), Holland free40 55 of 1980, US Longest Running Album 98 1980 (153 weeks), WTMD 249, WXPN 270 (1980), Acclaimed 850 (1980), RYM 53 of 1980, Xgau rating B (1980)
4	The Police	Reggatta De Blanc	1979	UK 1 - Oct 1979 (74 weeks), Australia num 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1980, France (InfoDisc) 1 of 1979 (peak 1, 96 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 2002), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1979), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1980), Australia (Kent) 10 of 1980 (peak 1), Holland free40 15 of 1979, ODK Germany 16 - Mar 1980 (80 weeks), Sweden 21 - Nov 1979 (6 weeks), Billboard 25 - Nov 1979 (100 weeks), Italy 28 of 1980, Norway 32 - Nov 1979 (2 weeks), WTMD 193, Rolling Stone 369, Acclaimed 435 (1979), WXPN 453 (1979), RYM 72 of 1979, KEXP 486, Xgau rating B- (1979)
5	The Police	Every Breath You Take - The Singles	1986	UK 1 - Nov 1986 (55 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 1 - Dec 1986, US 5 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 2002), UK 4 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1992), Billboard 7 - Nov 1986 (26 weeks) (4 weeks in top 10), ODK Germany 18 - Nov 1986 (15 weeks), Austria 20 - Dec 1986 (3 months), US sales 5 M (according to RIAA), Switzerland 21 - Nov 1986 (3 weeks), US BB 40 of 1986, France (InfoDisc) 61 of 1990 (peak 1, 14 weeks), Global 131 - 8 M claimed, Xgau rating A- (1986)
6	The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	1978	Holland free40 2 of 1979, US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1984), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Nov 1979), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1981), UK 7 - Apr 1979 (95 weeks), Billboard 23 - Mar 1979 (63 weeks), D.Marsh 25 of 1979, WTMD 114, Radio Caroline 272 (1978), WXPN 375 (1978), Rolling Stone 434, Acclaimed 443 (1978), RYM 87 of 1978, Xgau rating B+ (1978)
7	The Police	The Police	2007	UK 3 - Jun 2007 (24 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jul 2007), Canada Gold (certified by CRIA in Jul 2007), Norway 8 - Jun 2007 (10 weeks), Billboard 11 - Jun 2007 (17 weeks), Switzerland 20 - Jun 2007 (17 weeks), Sweden 29 - Jun 2007 (7 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 58 of 2007 (peak 2, 20 weeks), ODK Germany 78 - Jun 2007 (7 weeks), US BB 182 of 2007, the MusicID revenue site album 95 of 2007
8	The Police	The Police's Greatest Hits	1992	New Zealand 1 for 1 - Mar 1994, France Platinum (certified by SNEP Apr 1994), Norway 4 - May 2001 (11 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1992), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1990), Germany 5 - Nov 1990 (9 weeks), UK 10 - Oct 1992 (22 weeks), ODK Germany 18 - Dec 1992 (21 weeks), Italy 25 of 1990, France (InfoDisc) 38 of 1992 (peak 1, 19 weeks)
9	The Police	Live!	1995	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1996), UK 25 - Jun 1995 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 43 - Jun 1995 (8 weeks), Billboard 86 - Jul 1995 (5 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 87 of 1995 (peak 4, 11 weeks)
10	The Police	Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings	1993	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2001), Billboard 79 - Oct 1993 (5 weeks)
11	The Police	Certifiable	2008	ODK Germany 25 - Nov 2008 (9 weeks), RYM 44 of 2008
12	The Police	Their Greatest Hits	1990	ODK Germany 5 - Oct 1990 (39 weeks) (5 weeks in top 10)

In addition to the above listed albums The Police also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Sting & The Police	The Very Best Of Sting & The Police	1997	UK 1 - Nov 1997 (39 weeks), Europe 2 x Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2001), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1998), Austria 4 - Dec 1997 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 2005), Hong Kong Gold (certified by IFPI-HK in 1997), Switzerland 17 - Nov 1997 (16 weeks), ODK Germany 18 - Nov 1997 (23 weeks), Sweden 26 - Dec 1997 (8 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 41 of 1997 (peak 1, 27 weeks), Billboard 46 - Oct 2002 (7 weeks), Italy 50 of 1997, Australia (ARIA) 78 of 1997

Comments

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22 Mar 2018

Double Listing - Greatest Hits

#8 & #13 are the same.

Data fixed, thanks

23 Sep 2016

(3) Double Listings

#5 & #10 are the same (Every Breath You Take - The Singles). Also #9 & #11 (Live!). Finally #12 & #14 (Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings).

Data fixed, thanks

19 Jan 2015

(1) Triple Listing & (1) Double Listing

Looks like #7 & #10 & #11 are the same (Greatest Hits). Also I'm pretty sure #8 & #12 are the same (The Police) as they are both from the year 2007 and I can find no record of an album titled "Police & Thieves".

Both look good, data changed, thanks