Bette Midler discography
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American singer Bette Midler has released 13 studio albums, four soundtrack albums, five live albums, one spoken word album, seven greatest hits compilations, four video albums, 39 official singles, nine promotional singles, and 11 music videos.
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Studio albums14
Soundtrack albums4
Live albums4
Compilation albums7
| Bette Midler discography | |
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Midler performing in 2015 | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Soundtrack albums | 4 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 39 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 11 |
| Box sets | 2 |
| Spoken word albums | 1 |
| Promotional singles | 9 |
| Other appearances | 10 |
| Unreleased songs | 3 |
Midler released her debut single "Do You Want to Dance?" in 1972, which peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her first album was released the same year, and it managed to sell over 1 million copies in United States being certified platinum by RIAA. After that she released 10 studio albums with Warner Records, the most successful is Some People's Lives, which received gold and platinum certifications in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
After nearly three decades of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Music Group in 2001. Following a reported long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces after many years in 2003 to record Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold by RIAA. One of the Clooney Songbook selections, "This Ole House", became Midler's first Christian radio single shipped by Rick Hendrix and his positive music movement. The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year.[1] After that she released two more albums with Columbia Records, and in 2014 returned to Warner to release her fourteenth studio album, It's the Girls!.
As of 2010, Midler has sold over 30 million records worldwide.[2]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||
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| US [3] |
AUS [4] |
AUT [5] |
CAN [6] |
GER [7] |
JPN [8] |
NLD [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
UK [12] | |||||||||
| The Divine Miss M | 9 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Bette Midler |
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6 | 14 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Songs for the New Depression |
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27 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Broken Blossom |
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51 | 47 | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Thighs and Whispers |
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65 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | |||||||
| No Frills |
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60 | 43 | — | 71 | 46 | — | 41 | — | 1 | — | |||||||
| Some People's Lives[A] |
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6 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 66 | — | 10 | — | 5 | |||||||
| Bette of Roses |
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45 | 51 | — | 69 | 74 | 45 | — | — | — | 55 | |||||||
| Bathhouse Betty |
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32 | 55 | — | 88 | 68 | 89 | — | — | — | — |
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| Bette |
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69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook | 14 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | ||||||||
| Cool Yule (holiday album) |
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33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| It's the Girls! |
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3 | 10 | 38 | 24 | 62 | — | 64 | — | — | 6 |
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| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||||||||||||||||
Soundtracks
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||
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| US [3] |
AUS [4] |
AUT [5] |
CAN [6] |
JPN [8] |
NLD [9] |
NZ [10] |
NOR [35] |
SWE [11] |
UK [12] | |||||||||
| The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording |
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12 | 3 | — | — | — | 16 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 68 | |||||||
| Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording |
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2 | 1[B] | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 21 | |||||||
| For the Boys: Music from the Motion Picture |
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22 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 75 | |||||||
| Gypsy |
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175 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
AUS [4] |
NZ [10] | ||
| Live at Last |
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49 | 39 | — |
| Divine Madness |
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34 | 20 | 12 |
Spoken word albums
Compilations
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
AUS [4] |
AUT [5] |
CAN [6] |
GER [7] |
JPN [8] |
NLD [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
UK [12] | |||||||||
| The Best of Bette |
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— | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — |
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| The Best of Bette (1981) |
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— | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Just Hits |
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— | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits[C] | 50 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 67 | 58 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | ||||||||
| Jackpot! The Best Bette[D] | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 6 |
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| Memories of You |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 |
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| A Gift of Love[51] |
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— | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 |
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| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||||||||||||||||
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Notes |
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| Bette Midler: 3 for One |
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| Original Album Series |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [54] |
US AC [55] |
US DC [56] |
AUS [4][57] |
CAN AC [58] |
CAN [59] |
GER [60] |
NLD [61] |
NZ [10] |
UK [12] | ||||||||||
| "Do You Want to Dance?"[E] | 1972 | 17 | 8 | — | 10 | 1 | 18 | — | — | — | — | The Divine Miss M[13] | |||||||
| "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"[F] | 1973 | 8 | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 8 | — | — | 17 | — | ||||||||
| "Friends"[G] | 40 | 9 | — | — | 17 | 57 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "In the Mood"[H] | 51 | 18 | — | 96 | 29 | 28 | — | — | — | — | Bette Midler[17] | ||||||||
| "Strangers in the Night"[I] | 1976 | — | 45 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs for the New Depression[18] | |||||||
| "Old Cape Cod" | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Samedi et vendredi"[J] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "You're Movin' Out Today" | 1977 | 42 | 11 | — | 75 | 10 | 67 | — | — | — | — | Live at Last[42] | |||||||
| "Storybook Children (Daybreak)"[K] | 57 | 37 | — | — | 39 | 56 | — | — | — | — | Broken Blossom[19] | ||||||||
| "Buckets of Rain" (featuring Bob Dylan)[L] | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of Bette[45] | |||||||
| "Married Men" | 1979 | 40 | — | 32 | 37 | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | Thighs and Whispers[20] | |||||||
| "Hang on in There Baby"[M] | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "My Knight in Black Leather"[N] | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 1980 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording[36] | |||||||
| "The Rose"[O] | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 24 | — | |||||||||
| "My Mother's Eyes" (live) | 39 | 8 | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | Divine Madness[43] | ||||||||
| "Chapel of Love" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "All I Need to Know" | 1983 | 77 | 39 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | No Frills[21] | |||||||
| "Favorite Waste of Time" | 78 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Beast of Burden" | 1984 | 71 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 15 | 11 | 4 | — | ||||||||
| "Under the Boardwalk" | 1988 | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording[38] | |||||||
| "Wind Beneath My Wings"[P] | 1989 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| "I Know You by Heart"[Q] | — | — | — | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "From a Distance"[R] | 1990 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Some People's Lives[25] | |||||||
| "Night and Day" | 1991 | 62 | 15 | — | 84 | 6 | 68 | — | — | 50 | — | ||||||||
| "The Gift of Love" | — | 19 | — | — | 3 | 40 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Moonlight Dancing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Every Road Leads Back to You"[S] | 78 | 15 | — | 74 | 10 | 66 | — | — | — | — | For the Boys: Music from the Motion Picture[40] | ||||||||
| "In My Life" | 1992 | — | 20 | — | 107 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "To Deserve You"[T] | 1995 | — | — | 2 | — | 18 | — | — | 7 | — | 173 | Bette of Roses[28] | |||||||
| "In This Life" | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | 146 | |||||||||
| "God Help the Outcasts"[85] | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack[86] | |||||||
| "You Don't Own Me" (with Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The First Wives Club: Music from the Motion Picture...And Then Some[87] | ||||||||
| "My One True Friend" | 1998 | — | 16 | — | — | 49 | — | — | 87 | — | 58 | Bathhouse Betty[29] | |||||||
| "I'm Beautiful" | 1999 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "In These Shoes" | 2001 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bette[30] | |||||||
| "White Christmas" | 2003 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook[31] | |||||||
| "Fever" | 2005 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook[32] | |||||||
| "From a Distance" (Christmas version) | 2006 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cool Yule[33] | |||||||
| "Wind Beneath My Wings" (re-issue) | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | The Best Bette[50] | |||||||
| "Be My Baby" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | It's the Girls![34] | |||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. | |||||||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU [88] |
CAN [89] |
CAN AC [90] |
GER [91] |
NLD 40 [92] |
NLD 100 [93] |
NZ [94] |
UK [95] |
US [96] |
US AC [97] | ||||
| "We Are the World" (as part of USA for Africa) |
1985 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | We Are the World | |
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Notes |
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| US DC [56] | |||
| "Old Cape Cod"[L] | 1976 | — |
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| "Paradise"[L] | 1977 | — |
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| "Big Noise from Winnetka"[Q] | 1979 | 98 |
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| "Small World" (featuring Peter Riegert) | 1993 | — | |
| "That's How Love Moves"[W] | 1996 | — |
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| "La vie en rose" | 1999 | — |
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| "Nobody Else But You"[X] | 2000 | — |
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| "Bless You Child" | — |
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| "Love T.K.O." | 2001 | — |
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Other appearances
| Year | Song | Role | Notes |
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| 1980 | "Blueberry Pie" | Lead vocal |
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| 1988 | "Perfect Isn't Easy" |
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| 1992 | "Somewhere in My Memory" |
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| 1995 | "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" with The Manhattan Transfer |
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| "Up, Up, Up" | |||
| 1997 | "Somewhere Along the Way" featuring Tommy Flanagan |
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| 1998 | "Heaven" |
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| 2004 | "Manhattan" with Rod Stewart |
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| 2005 | "Baby Mine" |
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| 2010 | "The Greatest Ears in Town" featuring Barry Gibb | Lead vocal, co-writer |
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Unreleased songs
| Year | Song | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | "No Jinx" | Lead vocal |
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| 1989 | "One More Cheer" |
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| 1993 | "I Put a Spell on You" |
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Videos
Video albums
| Year | Album details | Notes | Certifications | |||
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| 1984 | The Bette Midler Show |
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| 1986 | Art or Bust
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| 1997 | Diva Las Vegas[V] |
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| 2011 | The Showgirl Must Go On |
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Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
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| 1983 | "Favorite Waste of Time" | Tommy Shalami |
| "Beast of Burden" | Allan Arkush | |
| 1988 | "Under the Boardwalk" | |
| "Wind Beneath My Wings" | ||
| 1990 | "From a Distance" | Tamra Davis |
| "Night and Day" | Meiert Avis | |
| 1991 | "Every Road Leads Back to You" | |
| 1995 | "To Deserve You" | Marcus Nispel |
| "To Deserve You" (Remix) | ||
| 1998 | "My One True Friend" | |
| 2006 | "Cool Yule" |
See also
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
- List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
- List of Top 25 albums for 1989 in Australia
Notes
- Her 2008 greatest hits set was titled Jackpot! The Best Bette in the US; overseas the compilation was released under the name The Best Bette.
- "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was released in Germany and Netherlands as a double A-side SP, along with "Chapel of Love".[63]
- While in the US "Strangers in the Night" was released as a double A-side single together with "Old Cape Cod", in France the single was issued with French-sung track "Samedi et Vendredi.[66]
- In French-speaking regions, "The Rose" was released as a double A-side SP with track "Stay with Me".[73] In Canada, "The Rose" became the 9th most selling in 1980.[74]
- "Wind Beneath My Wings" also scored at number 3 on the Canadian Retail Singles[75] and at No. 4 on Irish Singles Chart.[76] Within End-of-Year charts, the title became the 11th best selling single of 1989 in Australia and the 31st in Canada, respectively.[77]
- In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record charted at number 156 on the Billboard 200 in the US, and the compilation received a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children in 1981.[110]
