| Björk discography | |
|---|---|
.png) Björk performing in Paris during herBjörk Orkestral show in 2022 | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Remix albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Box sets | 4 |
| Collaboration albums | 3 |
| Singles | 45 |
| Promotional singles | 10 |
| Remixes series | 8 |
| Other recordings | 4 |
The discography ofIcelandic singer-songwriterBjörk consists of tenstudio albums, twosoundtrack albums, onecompilation album, sixremix albums, eightlive albums, fourbox sets, three collaboration albums, forty-fivesingles, tenpromotional singles and eight remixes series. All of her recordings were released underOne Little Independent Records[a].
Björk started her career after a recording of her rendition ofTina Charles' 1976 song "I Love to Love" became popular on Icelandic radio. Herfirst eponymous solo release, consideredjuvenilia,[b] was released underFálkinn label in 1977. Thereafter, Björk ventured into bands, singing as the lead vocalist of groups likeTappi Tíkarrass,Kukl,the Elgar Sisters and, most notably,the Sugarcubes. In 1990 she releasedGling-Gló alongsideTríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, a cover album ofjazz standards.
Björk released her first solo studio album, titledDebut, in 1993. Asleeper hit inUnited Kingdom, the record eventually hit the top three in theOfficial Charts Company and received platinum certifications fromBPI,RIAA andARIA. The album included the singer's debut single "Human Behaviour", which gained chart success onBillboardAlternative andDance charts. The album was later reissued to include the third single "Play Dead", taken from the soundtrack ofThe Young Americans, which became her first top 20 single on BPI charts. Subsequent singles "Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy" also obtained moderate chart success and recurrent rotation onMTV. Her second album,Post, was released in June 1995, and peaked at number two in the UK and was certified platinum by BPI and RIAA. The album spawned three top 10 singles in the UK, including "Army of Me", "Hyperballad" and "It's Oh So Quiet", which became her best-selling single and was certified gold by BPI. The album was followed by a companion remix album, calledTelegram (1996). Björk focused on combiningelectronic beats withstring instruments with her third albumHomogenic (1997), which sold 1 million copies aroundEurope.
In 2000, Björk starred inLars von Trier's feature filmDancer in the Dark, for which she also composed the companion soundtrackSelmasongs. "I've Seen It All", a promotional single from the album, received anAcademy Award nomination forBest Original Song.Vespertine, the singer's fourth studio album, was released in 2001 and was certified Gold in the UK. The following year, Björk released herGreatest Hits compilation, a companion box-set,Family Tree, and a series of live albums, collected in theLive Box box set. In 2004, Björk released her fifth studio album, titledMedúlla, composed almost entirely using human voices and sounds. Its first promotional single, "Oceania", was commissioned by theInternational Olympic Committee for the2004 Summer Olympics and debuted at the2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony inAthens. The next year, Björk starred in and composed the soundtrack forMatthew Barney'sDrawing Restraint 9. Björk released her sixth studio album,Volta, in 2007. The album was her first to reach the top 10 on theBillboard 200 chart, while its first single "Earth Intruders" is Björk highest-charting single on theBillboard Hot 100 chart. The 2009 releaseVoltaïc, is a companion box-set consisting of live and remix recordings. Björk's seventh studio albumBiophilia (2011), was a multimedia project encompassing various apps for each song, a series of educational workshops in four continents, aworldwide tour and adocumentary. After releasing several remixes as a part of "TheCrystalline Series" and the "Biophilia Remix Series", Björk released a remix album titledBastards in 2012. After the end of the tour, the singer released her sixth live album,Björk: Biophilia Live.
Coinciding with aMoMaretrospective on her career, Björk released her eighth studio album,Vulnicura in 2015. The album was followed by the "Vulnicura Remix Series", an acoustic album calledVulnicura Strings, a live album,Vulnicura Live, and an immersive exhibition,Björk Digital, which culminated in the release of avirtual reality video album,Vulnicura VR. Björk's subsequent ninth and tenth studio albums,Utopia andFossora, were released in 2017 and 2022 respectively. Both were promoted through remixes and a theatrical concert tour,Cornucopia. In 2025, the tour was released as aconcert film, and as alive and video album.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE [6] | AUS [7] | CAN [8] | FRA [9] | GER [10] | NOR [11] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | US [15] | ||||
| Debut | 2 | 10 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 61 | |||
| Post |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 32 | ||
| Homogenic |
| 1 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Vespertine |
| 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Medúlla |
| 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Volta |
| 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| |
| Biophilia | 4 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| Vulnicura |
| 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| |
| Utopia |
| 3 | 22 | — | 35 | 26 | — | 28 | 12 | 25 | 75 |
| |
| Fossora |
| 4 | 55 | — | 32 | 10 | — | 37 | 5 | 11 | 100 | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] | AUT [44] | FRA [9] | GER [10] | JPN [45] | NOR [11] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | US [15] | ||||
| Selmasongs |
| 54 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 41 |
| |
| Drawing Restraint 9 |
| — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | 141 | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] | AUT [44] | BEL (WA) [47] | GER [10] | JPN [45] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | US [15] | |||
| Greatest Hits |
| 84 | 64 | 18 | 71 | 20 | 52 | 24 | 53 | 115 | |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] | FRA [49] | JPN [45] | UK [14] | US [15] | US Class. [50] | |||
| The Best Mixes from the Album-Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White-Labels |
| 188 | — | — | — | — | — | Selection of remixes fromDebut. Includes mixes fromUnderworld andthe Sabres of Paradise.[51] |
| Telegram |
| — | — | — | 59 | 66 | — | Compilation of remixes fromPost. It features remixes fromBrodsky Quartet,Graham Massey andEumir Deodato, along with vocals fromRodney P. It also includes the previously released song 'My Spine' withEvelyn Glennie.[52] |
| Army of Me: Remixes and Covers |
| — | 168 | — | — | — | — | A collection of remixes of "Army of Me". Björk selected twenty remixes from fans who put their version on her website. All proceeds went toUNICEF in response to the2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. As of January 2006, the album had raised around £250,000.[53][54] |
| The Volta Mixes |
| — | — | 163 | — | — | — | Remixes from theVolta singles included with theVoltaïc box set.[55] |
| Bastards |
| — | — | 134 | 199 [56] | — | — | The album features remixes fromBiophilia previously released onThe Crystalline Series andBiophilia Remix Series. The songs were remastered by Mandy Parnell.[57] |
| Vulnicura Strings |
| — | — | — | — | — | 9 | Acoustic version of 2015'sVulnicura. Also known asVulnicura Strings – The Acoustic Versions (Strings, Voice And Viola Organista Only)[58] |
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debut Live |
| The live albums previously included inLive Box, released separately in 2004. | [59] |
| Post Live | |||
| Homogenic Live | |||
| Vespertine Live | |||
| Songs from the Volta tour |
| A live album recorded atOlympic Studios inLondon in 2007. A CD/DVD version includes also two live performances recorded during theVolta tour inParis andReykjavík. Both were also included inVoltaïc. | [60] [61] [62] |
| Björk: Biophilia Live |
| The lastBiophilia tour show with "in-the-round" format, performed at theAlexandra Palace in London, was directed and edited byPeter Strickland and Nick Fenton. It was released as aconcert film, debuting at 2014Tribeca Film Festival and then receiving a series of screening around the world. The album also features bonus footage recorded at theMiraikan inTokyo. | [63] [64] [65] [66] |
| Vulnicura Live |
| Initially available exclusively through Rough Trade record shops, limited to 1000 copies per format. It was released in a commercial form in 2016. | [67] |
| Apple Music Live: Björk (Cornucopia) |
| Released exclusively onApple Music alongsideCornucopia, a concert film chronicling theeponymous concert tour. It was also made available inspatial audio. | [68] |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] | US Elec. [69] | US Rock [70] | |||
| Family Tree |
| — | 6 | — | Box set released concurrently withGreatest Hits. It features 5 Mini CDs with different releases, including works withthe Elgar Sisters,Kukl andthe Sugarcubes,B-sides anddemo versions, live unreleased performances with the Brodsky Quartet, and a CD titledGreatest Hits as Chosen by Björk, which features a different track listing from the former release.[71] |
| Live Box |
| — | 12 | — | It includes the live albumsDebut Live,Post Live,Homogenic Live andVespertine Live, along with a DVD with various TV and live performances, and a booklet featuring an interview between Björk and Ásmundur Jónsson. The four CDs were later released separately.[72] |
| Surrounded |
| — | — | — | A limited-release box set which included the then-5 studio albums and 2 soundtrack albums released in DualDisc format. On theCD sides, it includes the original albums, while theDVD sides contain each album remastered inDolby Digital andDTS 96/24 5.1 surround sound. The correspondingmusic videos are also featured on the discs and are inPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1.[73][74] |
| Voltaïc |
| 118 | — | 44 | This box-set includes variousVolta-related materials: a live album recorded at Olympic Studios (Songs from the Volta Tour); a DVD (The Volta Tour live in Paris and Reykjavík) with two different performances: a show in Paris during the Volta tour and an acoustic showcase which took place after the end of the tour in Reykjavík; a DVD with the music videos of the singles released fromVolta and a CD with remixes of the songs. The live CD and DVD were issued as standalone albums.[62][75] |
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gling-Gló (withTríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar) |
| Released under the nameBjörk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar. Along with original songs, it features covers ofJazz standards sung in Icelandic. It was certified Gold in Iceland. | [76][77] |
| Mount Wittenberg Orca (withDirty Projectors) | All digital sales proceeds were donated to theNational Geographic Society Oceans Initiatives, which helps create international marine protected areas. An expanded Edition was released in 2023 as part ofRecord Store Day. | [78] | |
| Country Creatures (withFever Ray andThe Knife) |
| It features Fever Ray's remix of "Features Creatures", The Knife's remix of "Features Creatures" and Björk's remix of Fever Ray's song "This Country Makes It Hard to Fuck". | [79] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE [80][81] | AUS [7] | FRA [9] | GER [10] | IRE [82] | ITA | SWE [12] | SPA [83] | UK [14] | US [84] | |||
| "Human Behaviour" | 1993 | 1 | 63 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 36 | —[c] | Debut |
| "Venus as a Boy" | 1 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 29 | — | ||
| "Play Dead" (featuringDavid Arnold) | 18 | 65 | — | 41 | 18 | — | 7 | — | 12 | — | ||
| "Big Time Sensuality" | 1 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 88 | ||
| "Violently Happy" | 1994 | — | 94 | 31 | 100 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | |
| "Army of Me" | 1995 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 55 | — | — | 12 | — | 10 | — | Post |
| "Isobel" | 2 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | ||
| "It's Oh So Quiet" | 1 | 6 | 57 | — | 7 | — | 29 | — | 4 | —[d] | ||
| "Hyperballad" | 1996 | 13 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 8 | — | |
| "Possibly Maybe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||
| "I Miss You" | 1997 | — | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | |
| "Jóga" | 1 | 70 | — | — | — | 34 | 37 | — | — | — | Homogenic | |
| "Bachelorette" | 6 | 95 | 17 | — | — | 23 | — | — | 21 | — | ||
| "Hunter" | 1998 | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | |
| "Alarm Call" | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | ||
| "All Is Full of Love" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | |
| "Hidden Place" | 2001 | — | 54 | 20 | 70 | 49 | 24 | 47 | 1 | 21 | —[e] | Vespertine |
| "Pagan Poetry" | — | 106 | 49 | — | — | 20 | — | 6 | 38 | — | ||
| "Cocoon" | 2002 | — | 74 | 61 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 35 | — | |
| "It's in Our Hands" | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | Greatest Hits | |
| "Who Is It" | 2004 | — | — | 62 | — | — | 26 | — | 5 | 26 | — | Medúlla |
| "Triumph of a Heart" | 2005 | — | — | 63 | — | — | 33 | — | 6 | 31 | — | |
| "Earth Intruders" | 2007 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | 84 | Volta |
| "Innocence" | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Declare Independence" | 2008 | — | — | 68 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Wanderlust" | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Dull Flame of Desire" (featuringAnohni) | — | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[f] | ||
| "Náttúra"[g] | 26 | — | — | — | — | 42 | 39 | — | 102 | — | Charity singles | |
| "The Comet Song"[h] | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Crystalline" | 2011 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | —[i] | Biophilia |
| "Cosmogony" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Virus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[j] | — | |||
| "Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Gate" | 2017 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[k] | — | Utopia |
| "Blissing Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[l] | — | ||
| "Arisen My Senses" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[m] | — | |
| "Features Creatures" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Atopos" (featuring Kasimyn) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fossora |
| "Ovule" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[n] | — | ||
| "Ancestress" (featuring Sindri Eldon) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fossora" (featuring Kasimyn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Oral" (withRosalía) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[o] | — | Charity single |
| "Berghain" (with Rosalía andYves Tumor) | 2025 | 27 | — | 32 | 12 | 32 [93] | 20 | 44 | 1 | 36 | —[p] | Lux |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [14] | AUS [7] | IRE [82] | ||||||
| "Ooops" (808 State featuring Björk) | 1991 | 42 | 143 | 24 | Ex:el | |||
| "Surrender" (Ólöf Arnalds featuring Björk) | 2011 | — | — | — | Innundir skinni | |||
| "Woe (I See It from Your Side)" (Björk Remix) (Shygirl featuring Björk) | 2023 | — | — | — | Nymph_o | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICE [80] | |||
| "I Love to Love" | 1976 | — | Non-album single |
| "I've Seen It All"(featuringThom Yorke) | 2000 | — | Selmasongs |
| "New World"[94] | — | ||
| "Oceania" | 2004 | — | Medúlla |
| "Where Is the Line" | 2005 | — | |
| "Thunderbolt" | 2011 | — | Biophilia |
| "Mutual Core" | 2012 | — | |
| "Stonemilker" | 2015 | 8 | Vulnicura |
| "Lionsong" | 21 | ||
| "On and Ever Onward" (Live fromHousing Works 2009; with Dirty Projectors) | 2023 | — | Mount Wittenberg Orca (Expanded Edition) |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Björk Cut by the Sabres of Paradise" |
| 4 limited edition vinyls, with remixes of songs fromDebut byThe Sabres of Paradise,Masters at Work,The Black Dog andUnderworld. Some of the remixes were later compiled onThe Best Mixes from the Album-Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White-Labels. | [95] |
| "Björk Meets the Masters at Work" | |||
| "Björk Bitten by Black Dog" | |||
| "Björk in an Underworld Adventure" | |||
| "Enjoy / Possibly Maybe Remix Series" |
| 2 limited edition remix vinyls. They include remixes byTalvin Singh,Dobie,Mark Bell and Dom T. Some of the remixes were later compiled onTelegram. | [96] |
| "Post Remix Series" |
| 5 limited edition remix vinyls. They include remixes byPhotek,Dillinja,Goldie,Plaid andTowa Tei. Some of the remixes were later compiled onTelegram. | [97] |
| "Alarm Call Remix Series" |
| 6 limited edition remix vinyls. They include remixes byBeck,Alan Braxe,Krust,Matmos and Mark Bell. | [98] |
| "The Crystalline Series" |
| A limited edition remix series in 4 parts. They include remixes byOmar Souleyman andMatthew Herbert. Some of the remixes were later compiled onBastards. | [99] |
| "Biophilia Remix Series" |
| A limited edition remix series in 8 parts. They include remixes byCurrent Value,Death Grips,El Guincho,Hudson Mohawke, King Cannibal,Alva Noto, Matthew Herbert,16bit,These New Puritans andThe Slips. Some of the remixes were later compiled onBastards. | [100] |
| "Vulnicura Remix Project" |
| A limited edition remix series in 3 parts. They include remixes byLotic, Kramphaft,Mica Levi,Untold,Katie Gately,Rabit,The Haxan Cloak,Juliana Huxtable, Bloom andPatten. | [101] |
| "The Fossora Remixes" |
| A limited edition remix LP collecting two remixes by Sideproject andSega Bodega featuringShygirl. Released duringRecord Store Day 2023. | [102] |
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Björk |
| In 1977, Björk released an eponymous album under her name Björk Guðmundsdóttir. It includes severalcover songs. It is consideredjuvenilia and it is not included in her official discography.[b] It is reported to have sold 10,000 copies inIceland and to have been certified Platinum. | [103][104] |
| Kórsafn |
| A sound installation developed in collaboration withMicrosoft, audio design firm Listen and architecture office firm Atelier Ace, designed for the lobby of the Sister City Hotel inNew York City,United States. Theevolving music composition elaborated 17 years of choral recording and used anartificial intelligence model that responds to real-time weather data. | [105] |
| Björk: Sonic Symbolism | A podcast hosted by Björk in conversation with philosopher and writerOddný Eir and musicologist Ásmundur Jónsson. The series provides an intimate reflection on the creation of each of Björk's albums, exploring the textures, timbres, and emotional landscapes that characterized their development. | [106] | |
| Nature Manifesto |
| AnImmersive sound piece created alongside art director Aleph Molinari andIRCAM. The installation was showcased at theCentre Pompidou inParis,France as part of the museum's "Biodiversity: Which Culture for Which Future?" forum. It combines natural soundscapes, calls ofextinct animals reconstructed throughartificial intelligence, and Björk's narration to address damages to biodiversity and the collapse of ecosystems. | [107] |
Debut, her first international solo album
Hér á landi hafa verðlaunin einnig orðið til þess að auka áhuga á Björk, þvíPost, sem selst hefur í rúmum 7.000 eintökum er víða uppseld sem stendur.
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