The Kelly Family discography

The discography of The Kelly Family, a European pop music group of Irish, American, Spanish and German heritage, consists of 22 studio albums, four of them being holiday albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums, two extended plays and 57 singles, seven of them being Double A-Side singles.[1] Since the late 1970s, the family have released more than 21 studio albums and 43 singles on Universal Music, Polydor, their own record company Kel-Life Records and a number of smaller labels, the most successful being Over the Hump and Almost Heaven and its first singles "An Angel" and "I Can't Help Myself".

The Kelly Family discography
Studio albums22
Live albums5
Compilation albums7
Music videos95
Singles57
EP2
Some members of The Kelly Family

Since the late 1990s, the lineup of the band has seen changes during different recording and touring phases, caused by family reasons, solo activities or other side projects. Altogether, The Kelly Family has sold more than 20 million records around the world, including 54 gold and platinum-certified albums.[2]

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Year Album Chart positions Certifications
AUT
[3]
BEL
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR SWE SWI
[7]
1977 Kelly Family Tours Europe
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: —
  • Formats: CS
1979 The Kelly Family
  • Released: March 5, 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CS, LP
1979 Lieder der Welt
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
4
1980 Ein Vogel kann im Käfig nicht fliegen
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CS, LP
1981 Wonderful World
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1984 Une famille c'est une chanson
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Eddy Barclay
  • Formats: CS, LP
1989 Keep on Singing...
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Kel-Life/Dino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1990 New World
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Kel-Life/Dino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1991 Honest Workers
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Kel-Life/Dino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1993 Wow
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Kel-Life/Sattva
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
38
1994 Over the Hump
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 1 24 26 1
1996 Almost Heaven
  • Released: October 25, 1996
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 19 1 3 2 1
  • ZPAV: 3× Platinum
  • IFPI Norway: Platinum
  • IFPI Europe: Platinum
  • IFPI Austria: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI Switzerland: 2× Platinum
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum
1997 Growin' Up
  • Released: November 3, 1997
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP
5 10 1 4 27 59 3
  • LV: Gold [8]
  • ZPAV: Gold
  • IFPI Switzerland: Platinum
  • IFPI Austria: Gold
1998 From Their Hearts
  • Released: November 2, 1998
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP
14 21 3 17 12
2002 La Patata
  • Released: April 8, 2002
  • Label: Kel-Life/Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD
35 32 3 16 63
2004 Homerun
  • Released: June 7, 2004
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD
52 9 36
2017 We Got Love 1 34 1 18 3
  • BMVI: 5× Gold
  • IFPI Austria: Gold
2019 25 Years Later
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Airforce1, Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
1 26 1 40 2

Holiday albums edit

Year Album Chart positions Certifications
AUT
[3]
BEL
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR SWE SWI
[7]
1980 Festliche Stunden bei der Kelly Family
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CS, LP
  • BMVI: Gold
1980 Kelly Family Loves Christmas and You
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Kel-life
  • Formats: CS, LP
1981 Christmas All Year
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Kel-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1994 Christmas for All
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Kel-Life/EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 2 2
  • BMVI: Gold
  • ZPAV: Gold
  • IFPI Austria: Platinum
  • IFPI Switzerland: Platinum
2022 Christmas Party
  • Released: 4 November 2022
  • Label: Airforce1, Universal
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
4 49 2 77 5

Live albums edit

Year Album Chart positions
AUT BEL
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR SWE SWI
1988 Live
  • Released: March 12, 1988
  • Label: KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
36
1992 Streetlife
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1998 Live, Live, Live
  • Released: May 16, 1998
  • Label: KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
21 46 24
2012 Stille Nacht - Live-CD 2011
  • Released: September 2012
  • Label: Pink Production Records KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD
2013 Stille Nacht 2012
  • Label: Pink Production Records KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD
2017 We Got Love Live
  • Released: October 20, 2017
  • Label: Airforce1 Records (Universal)
  • Formats: Double CD
61 60
2020 25 Years Later: Live
  • Released: April 3, 2020
  • Label: Airforce1 Records (Universal)
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
40 59

Compilations edit

Year Album Chart positions Certifications
AUT BEL
[4]
GER NLD
[6]
NOR SWE SWI
1980 Stargala (unofficial)
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Polydor NL
  • Formats: CS, LP
1984 Unsere schönsten deutschen Lieder (unofficial)
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Allstar
  • Formats: CS, LP
1993 The Very Best - Over 10 Years
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
22
1994 Meisterstücke (unofficial)
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • BMVI: Gold
1998 The Bonus-Tracks Album
  • Released: July 12, 1998
  • Label: KEL-Life/Ariola
  • Formats: CD, LP
46 31
1999 Best of The Kelly Family
  • Released: October 4, 1999
  • Label: KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
43 15 14 35 20
1999 Best of The Kelly Family 2
  • Released: November 29, 1999
  • Label: KEL-Life
  • Formats: CD, LP
33 29 54
2005 Hope
  • Released: November 10, 2005
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays edit

Year Album
1978 Familia Kelly Canta La Navidad
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: —
  • Formats: CS
2021 One More Happy Christmas
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: —
  • Formats: CD

Box sets edit

Year Album
1996 The First Singles
  • Released: 1996
  • Label:
  • Formats: 5-CD box
2011 The Complete Story
  • Released: 2011
  • Label:
  • Formats: 4-CD box

Singles edit

Year Single Chart positions Certifications Album
AUT BEL GER IRE NLD NOR SWI
1978 "Danny Boy"
Kelly Family
"Agur Jaunak"
1979 "Eagle on the Breeze"
Lieder der Welt
"Knick-Knack-Song (This Old Man)"
"David's Song (Who'll Come with Me)" 4 15 1
"The Last Rose of Summer" 27 44
"Join This Parade (Scotland The Brave)"
1980 "Ein Vogel kann im Käfig nicht fliegen"
Ein Vogel kann im Käfig nicht fliegen
"Alle Kinder brauchen Freunde (Child)"
"Die Vogelhochzeit"
"Estudiantina Portuguesa" (unofficial)
Stargala
1984 "Old McDonald"
Wonderful World
"Amazing Grace
"Une Famille c'est une Chanson"
Une Famille c'est une Chanson
"Didelidei" (Version One)
"Eine Familie ist wie Ein Lied"
Non-album single
"Didelidei" (Version Two)
1985 "Hiroshima, I'm Sorry"
Non-album single
1986 "We Love The Pope"
Wonderful World
"Our Father"
1989 "Sean O'Kelley"
Keep on Singing...
1992 "House on the Ocean"
Streetlife
1993 "Key to My Heart"
"No Lies"
Wow
"When the Last Tree..."
"One More Freakin' Dollar"
1994 "An Angel" 1 2 5 40 2
  • BMVI: 3× Gold
  • IFPI Austria: Platinum
Over the Hump
1995 "Why Why Why" 16 26 34
"Roses of Red" 15 21
"First Time" 16 19 25 19
1996 "I Can't Help Myself" 2 11 1 1 1 1
  • BMVI: Platinum
  • IFPI Norway: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI Austria: Gold
  • IFPI Switzerland: Gold
  • ZPAV: Gold
Almost Heaven
"Every Baby" 9 13 75 18 5
"Gott Deine Kinder" 19 26 14
1997 "Fell in Love with an Alien" 15 30 15 3 14
Almost Heaven
"Nanana" 23 17 6
"When the Boys Come into Town" 29 37 32
"Because It's Love" 2 3 13 3
Growin' Up
"Red Shoes"
1998 "One More Song" 23 19 37 32
"I Will Be Your Bride" 14 14 17 19
From Their Hearts
1999 "Oh, It Hurts" 57 57
"Hooks"
"I Really Love You"
"The Children of Kosovo" 35 8 18 13
Best of The Kelly Family
"Saban's Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog" 27 22 47
Best of The Kelly Family 2
"Mama" 40 14 27 86
2000 "I Wanna Kiss You" 44 37 79
2002 "I Wanna Be Loved" 31
La Patata
"What's a Matter You People" 23 26
"Mrs. Speechless" 31 53
2004 "Flip a Coin" 52 24 40
Homerun
"Blood" 59 24 31
"Streets of Love" 72 52
2017 "Nanana"
We Got Love
2019 "Over the Hump"
25 Years Later
"Fire"
2021 "One More Happy Christmas" 35
One More Happy Christmas

Promotional singles edit

  • 1994: Cassette Sampler (MC)[9]
  • 1995: Quisiera ser un Ángel (MC)
  • 1995: The Kelly Family canta Quisiera ser un Ángel y Santa Maria en Español (MC)
  • 1995: Ares Qui (MC)
  • 1999: Ein Herz Für Kinder Medley (CD, MC)
  • 1999: Mela, Mela Nutella (CD, Vinyl)
  • 2017: Good Neighbor (Digital download)
  • 2017: Brothers and Sisters (Digital download)
  • 2017: Please Don't Go – Live (Digital download)

The 1994 single An Angel bears a remarkable similarity to Lynne Hamilton's 1979 hit "On The Inside" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Inside_(song)

Solo recordings edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Discography". www.kellyfamilysite.de. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Kuschel, Sven (September 16, 2008). "Kelly-Family-Star singt wieder auf der Straße". Bild.de. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Discographie The Kelly Family". austriancharts.at. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Discografie The Kelly Family". Ultratop. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Discographie von The Kelly Family". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "Discografie The Kelly Family". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Discographie The Kelly Family". hitparade.ch. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Kelliji saņem zelta disku".
  9. ^ "Cassette Sampler". kellyfamilysite.de. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

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