British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has released seven solo studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one remix album, one extended play, one video album, thirty-seven singles (including eight as a featured performer) and twenty-seven music videos. Ellis-Bextor debuted in 1997 as frontwoman of the indie music group theaudience, whose single "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" reached the top 25 on the United Kingdom singles chart. They released a self-titled album. A follow-up was shelved by label Mercury Records, but selected tracks circulate as bootlegs.
| Sophie Ellis-Bextor discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ellis-Bextor performing at Leeds Pride in 2013 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 27 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 37 |
| Remix albums | 1 |
Her debut solo album, Read My Lips, was released in September 2001. It reached number two on the UK Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The record sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It produced four singles, three of which reached the top three in the UK. Ellis-Bextor's second album, Shoot from the Hip, was released in October 2003. The album reached number 19 in the UK and produced two top-ten singles. Trip the Light Fantastic, her third album, was released in May 2007, reaching number seven in the UK. The album produced three singles, one of which reached the top ten in the UK.
In 2009, Ellis-Bextor collaborated with dance music group Freemasons on the single "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)", which reached the top 20 in the UK. Her fourth studio album, Make a Scene, was released in 2011, peaking at number 33 on the UK Albums Chart.
For her fifth studio album, Wanderlust, Ellis-Bextor moved to a different style. Filled with ballads and folk songs, it was released on 20 January 2014 and debuted at number four in the UK and at number one on the UK Indie Albums chart. The lead single, "Young Blood", also made the Top 40 on the Official Singles Chart and top five on the Indie Chart.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | IRL | NLD | NOR | NZ | SWI | ||||
| Read My Lips |
| 2 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 | ||
| Shoot from the Hip |
| 19 | 107 | — | 99 | 84 | — | — | — | 39 | 35 |
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| Trip the Light Fantastic |
| 7 | 108 | — | 81 | 87 | 93 | — | — | — | 28 | ||
| Make a Scene |
| 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Wanderlust |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Familia |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Hana |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Disco – Live at the London Palladium |
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Remix albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Wandermix |
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| Remixes |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | ||
| The Song Diaries |
| 14 | — |
| Songs from the Kitchen Disco |
| 8 | 51 |
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| iTunes Festival: London 2009 |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | FRA | GER | IRL | NLD | NZ | SWI | |||||
| "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (with Spiller) | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
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| Non-album single |
| "Take Me Home" | 2001 | 2 | 106 | — | — | — | 79 | 6 | 79 | 18 | — |
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| Read My Lips |
| "Murder on the Dancefloor" | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
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| "Get Over You" / "Move This Mountain" | 2002 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 15 |
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| "Music Gets the Best of Me" | 14 | 28 | — | 54 | — | — | 25 | 76 | 25 | 53 | ||||
| "Mixed Up World" | 2003 | 7 | 32 | 44 | 58 | — | 69 | 26 | 76 | — | 45 | Shoot from the Hip | ||
| "I Won't Change You" | 9 | — | — | 53 | — | 80 | 40 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Catch You" | 2007 | 8 | 44 | — | 57 | — | — | 29 | 84 | — | 92 | Trip the Light Fantastic | ||
| "Me and My Imagination" | 23 | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Today the Sun's on Us" | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bittersweet" | 2010 | 25 | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Make a Scene | ||
| "Off & On" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Starlight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Young Blood" | 2013 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wanderlust | ||
| "Runaway Daydreamer" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Is a Camera" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Deer & the Wolf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Come with Us" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Familia | ||
| "Crystallise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Wild Forever" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Death of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Love Is You" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Song Diaries | ||
| "Crying at the Discotheque" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs from the Kitchen Disco | ||
| "Hypnotized" (with Wuh Oh) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hana (Deluxe) | ||
| "Breaking the Circle" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hana | ||
| "Everything Is Sweet" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lost in the Sunshine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Immortal" (with Lufthaus) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Visions, Vol. 1 | |||
| "Murder on the Dancefloor" (2024 re-release) | 2024 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | Non-album single | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album(s) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | BEL | FRA | IRL | NLD | SCO | ||||||||
| "Circles (Just My Good Time)" (Busface featuring Mademoiselle E.B.) | 2005 | 96 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | Devils, Sharks & Spaceships | |||||
| "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" (Freemasons featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2009 | 13 | 51 | 33 | — | 38 | 85 | 5 | Shakedown 2 and Make a Scene | |||||
| "Can't Fight This Feeling" (Junior Caldera featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2010 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | Début and Make a Scene | |||||
| "Not Giving Up on Love" (Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 165 | — | 26 | — | — | 8 | — | Mirage and Make a Scene | ||||||
| "Leave Me Out of It" (The Feeling featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Together We Were Made | |||||
| "Fuck with You" (Bob Sinclar featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Gilbere Forte) | — | — | 35 | 144 | — | — | — | Disco Crash | ||||||
| "Beautiful" (Mathieu Bouthier featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "Back 2 Paradise" (Guéna LG & Amir Arfagan featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Momentum | |||||
| "Only Child" (DedRekoning featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "Hummingbird" (LCAW featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meet in the Middle EP | |||||
| "Don't Stop" (The Feeling featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Jamie Cullum & Original West End Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "Shining Star" (Betty Boo featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boomerang | |||||
| "Deep in Vogue" (Rhyme So featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "If I Can't Dance" | 2008 | Trip the Light Fantastic |
| "While You're Still Young" (with The Feeling) | 2022 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie |
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album / Release |
|---|---|---|
| "Black Holes for the Young" (Manic Street Preachers featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 1998 | "The Everlasting" single |
| "Johnny A (Remix)" (Departure Lounge featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2000 | Out of There |
| "One Way or Another" | 2002 | The Guru soundtrack |
| "Want You More" | 2004 | Suzie Gold soundtrack |
| "Dear Jimmy" | 2006 | Popjustice: 100% Solid Pop Music |
| "Jolene" | 2008 | Beautiful People soundtrack |
| "Rebellion (Lies)" | 2011 | Songs to Save a Life: In Aid of Samaritans |
| "Save Myself" (Brian Cross featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2013 | Pop Star: The Album |
| "True Faith" | 2014 | BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the '80s – Unique Covers of Classic Hits |
| "Self Control" (Alex Christensen and the Berlin Orchestra featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2022 | Classical 80s Dance |
| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Alex Christensen and the Berlin Orchestra featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | ||
| "Punch Drunk" (Peter Jöback featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2024 | Atlas |
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Watch My Lips |
Music videos
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Take Me Home" | 2001 | Sophie Muller |
| "Murder on the Dancefloor" | ||
| "Move This Mountain" | 2002 | |
| "Get Over You" | Max & Dania (as "MAD") | |
| "Music Gets the Best of Me" (version 1) | Sophie Muller | |
| "Music Gets the Best of Me" (version 2) | ||
| "Mixed Up World" | 2003 | Rupert Jones |
| "I Won't Change You" | Trudy Bellinger | |
| "Catch You" | 2007 | Sophie Muller |
| "Me and My Imagination" | Nima Nourizadeh | |
| "Today the Sun's on Us" | Sophie Muller | |
| "Bittersweet" | 2010 | Chris Sweeney |
| "Starlight" | 2011 | Robin Bextor |
| "Young Blood" | 2013 | Sophie Muller |
| "Runaway Daydreamer" | 2014 | |
| "Love Is a Camera" | ||
| "The Deer & the Wolf" | Harry Cauty | |
| "Come with Us" | 2016 | Sophie Muller |
| "Crystallise" | ||
| "Wild Forever" | 2017 | |
| "Death of Love" | ||
| "Crying at the Discotheque" | 2020 | |
| "Hypnotized" | 2022 | |
| "Breaking The Circle" | 2023 | Remi Laudat |
| "Lost in the Sunshine" | Sophie Muller |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2000 | Frank Nesemann |
| "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" (Freemasons featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2009 | Chris Sweeney |
| "Can't Fight This Feeling" (Junior Caldera featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2010 | Jelle Posthuma |
| "Not Giving Up on Love" (Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | Sophie Muller | |
| "Back 2 Paradise" (Guena LG & Amir Afargan featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2014 | Svenno Koemans |
| "Beautiful" (Mathieu Bouthier featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2012 | Unknown |
| "Hummingbird" (LCAW featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2018 | Tomek Ducki |
| "Don't Stop" (The Feeling featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Jamie Cullum) | 2021 | Not credited |
| "When You're Still Young" (The Feeling featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) | 2022 | Jordan Rossi |
See also
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor at AllMusic
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor discography at Discogs
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor discography at MusicBrainz