Björk discography
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The discography of Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk consists of ten studio albums, two soundtrack albums, one compilation album, six remix albums, nine live albums, four box sets, three collaboration albums, forty-five singles, ten promotional singles and eight remixes series. All of her recordings were released under One Little Independent Records[a].
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| Björk discography | |
|---|---|
Björk performing in Paris during her Björk Orkestral show in 2022 | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Remix albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Box sets | 4 |
| Collaboration albums | 3 |
| Singles | 45 |
| Promotional singles | 10 |
| Remixes series | 8 |
| Other recordings | 4 |
Björk started her career after a recording of her rendition of Tina Charles' 1976 song "I Love to Love" became popular on Icelandic radio. Her first eponymous solo release, considered juvenilia,[b] was released under Fálkinn label in 1977. Thereafter, Björk ventured into bands, singing as the lead vocalist of groups like Tappi Tíkarrass, Kukl, the Elgar Sisters and, most notably, the Sugarcubes. In 1990 she released Gling-Gló alongside Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, a cover album of jazz standards.
Björk released her first solo studio album, titled Debut, in 1993. A sleeper hit in United Kingdom, the record eventually hit the top three in the Official Charts Company and received platinum certifications from BPI, RIAA and ARIA. The album included the singer's debut single "Human Behaviour", which gained chart success on Billboard Alternative and Dance charts. The album was later reissued to include the third single "Play Dead", taken from the soundtrack of The 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 on MTV. 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, called Telegram (1996). Björk focused on combining electronic beats with string instruments with her third album Homogenic (1997), which sold 1 million copies around Europe.
In 2000, Björk starred in Lars von Trier's feature film Dancer in the Dark, for which she also composed the companion soundtrack Selmasongs. "I've Seen It All", a promotional single from the album, received an Academy Award nomination for Best 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 her Greatest Hits compilation, a companion box-set, Family Tree, and a series of live albums, collected in the Live Box box set. In 2004, Björk released her fifth studio album, titled Medúlla, composed almost entirely using human voices and sounds. Its first promotional single, "Oceania", was commissioned by the International Olympic Committee for the 2004 Summer Olympics and debuted at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens. The next year, Björk starred in and composed the soundtrack for Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9. Björk released her sixth studio album, Volta, in 2007. The album was her first to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, while its first single "Earth Intruders" is Björk highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The 2009 release Voltaïc, is a companion box-set consisting of live and remix recordings. Björk's seventh studio album Biophilia (2011), was a multimedia project encompassing various apps for each song, a series of educational workshops in four continents, a worldwide tour and a documentary. After releasing several remixes as a part of "The Crystalline Series" and the "Biophilia Remix Series", Björk released a remix album titled Bastards in 2012. After the end of the tour, the singer released her sixth live album, Björk: Biophilia Live.
Coinciding with a MoMa retrospective on her career, Björk released her eighth studio album, Vulnicura in 2015. The album was followed by the "Vulnicura Remix Series", an acoustic album called Vulnicura Strings, a live album, Vulnicura Live, and an immersive exhibition, Björk Digital, which culminated in the release of a virtual reality video album, Vulnicura VR. Björk's subsequent ninth and tenth studio albums, Utopia and Fossora, 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 a concert film, and as a live and video album.
Albums
Studio albums
| 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 |
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1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 32 | ||
| Homogenic |
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1 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Vespertine |
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1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Medúlla |
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1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Volta |
|
1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
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| Biophilia | 4 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| Vulnicura |
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1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ||
| Utopia |
|
3 | 22 | — | 35 | 26 | — | 28 | 12 | 25 | 75 |
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| Fossora |
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4 | 55 | — | 32 | 10 | — | 37 | 5 | 11 | 100 |
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| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] |
AUT [50] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
JPN [51] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] |
UK [14] |
US [15] | ||||
| Selmasongs |
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54 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 41 |
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| Drawing Restraint 9 |
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— | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | 141 | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
Remix albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] |
FRA [55] |
JPN [51] |
UK [14] |
US [15] |
US Class. [56] | |||
| The Best Mixes from the Album-Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White-Labels |
|
188 | — | — | — | — | — | Selection of remixes from Debut. Includes mixes from Underworld and the Sabres of Paradise.[57] |
| Telegram |
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— | — | — | 59 | 66 | — | Compilation of remixes from Post. It features remixes from Brodsky Quartet, Graham Massey and Eumir Deodato, along with vocals from Rodney P. It also includes the previously released song 'My Spine' with Evelyn Glennie.[58] |
| 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 to UNICEF in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. As of January 2006, the album had raised around £250,000.[59][60] |
| The Volta Mixes |
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— | — | 163 | — | — | — | Remixes from the Volta singles included with the Voltaïc box set.[61] |
| Bastards |
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— | — | 134 | 199 [62] | — | — | The album features remixes from Biophilia previously released on The Crystalline Series and Biophilia Remix Series. The songs were remastered by Mandy Parnell.[63] |
| Vulnicura Strings |
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— | — | — | — | — | 9 | Acoustic version of 2015's Vulnicura. Also known as Vulnicura Strings – The Acoustic Versions (Strings, Voice And Viola Organista Only)[64] |
Live albums
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debut Live |
|
The live albums previously included in Live Box, released separately in 2004. | [65] |
| Post Live | |||
| Homogenic Live | |||
| Vespertine Live | |||
| Songs from the Volta tour |
|
A live album recorded at Olympic Studios in London in 2007. A CD/DVD version includes also two live performances recorded during the Volta tour in Paris and Reykjavík. Both were also included in Voltaïc. |
[66] [67] [68] |
| Björk: Biophilia Live |
|
The last Biophilia tour show with "in-the-round" format, performed at the Alexandra Palace in London, was directed and edited by Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton. It was released as a concert film, debuting at 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and then receiving a series of screening around the world. The album also features bonus footage recorded at the Miraikan in Tokyo. |
[69] [70] [71] [72] |
| 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. | [73] |
| Cornucopia Live |
|
Originally released exclusively on Apple Music alongside Cornucopia, a concert film chronicling the eponymous concert tour. It was also made available in spatial audio. It was later released in commercial form with additional songs and different physical formats. | [74] |
| Björk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir |
|
Includes a selection of live performances from the Björk Orkestral tour. Scheduled to be released exclusively in physical form as a bonus purchase for every ticket sold to Björk's Echolalia Festival to celebrate the 2026 Solar eclipse. | [75] |
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] |
US Elec. [76] |
US Rock [77] | |||
| Family Tree |
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— | 6 | — | Box set released concurrently with Greatest Hits. It features 5 Mini CDs with different releases, including works with the Elgar Sisters, Kukl and the Sugarcubes, B-sides and demo versions, live unreleased performances with the Brodsky Quartet, and a CD titled Greatest Hits as Chosen by Björk, which features a different track listing from the former release.[78] |
| Live Box |
|
— | 12 | — | It includes the live albums Debut Live, Post Live, Homogenic Live and Vespertine 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.[79] |
| Surrounded |
|
— | — | — | A limited-release box set which included the then-5 studio albums and 2 soundtrack albums released in DualDisc format. On the CD sides, it includes the original albums, while the DVD sides contain each album remastered in Dolby Digital and DTS 96/24 5.1 surround sound. The corresponding music videos are also featured on the discs and are in PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1.[80][81] |
| Voltaïc |
|
118 | — | 44 | This box-set includes various Volta-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 from Volta and a CD with remixes of the songs. The live CD and DVD were issued as standalone albums.[68][82] |
Collaboration albums
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gling-Gló (with Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar) |
|
Released under the name Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar. Along with original songs, it features covers of Jazz standards sung in Icelandic. It was certified Gold in Iceland. | [83][84] |
| Mount Wittenberg Orca (with Dirty Projectors) |
All digital sales proceeds were donated to the National Geographic Society Oceans Initiatives, which helps create international marine protected areas. An expanded Edition was released in 2023 as part of Record Store Day. | [85] | |
| Country Creatures (with Fever Ray and The 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". | [86] |
Video albums
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE [87][88] |
AUS [7] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
IRE [89] |
ITA | SWE [12] |
SPA [90] |
UK [14] |
US [91] | |||
| "Human Behaviour" | 1993 | 1 | 63 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 36 | —[c] | Debut |
| "Venus as a Boy" | 1 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 29 | — | ||
| "Play Dead" (featuring David 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" (featuring Anohni) |
— | — | 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" (with Rosalía) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[o] | — | Charity single |
| "Berghain" (with Rosalía and Yves Tumor) |
2025 | 27 | — | 32 | 12 | 32 [100] |
20 | 44 | 1 | 36 | —[p] | Lux |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [14] |
AUS [7] |
IRE [89] | ||||||
| "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 | ||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICE [87] | |||
| "I Love to Love" | 1976 | — | Non-album single |
| "I've Seen It All" (featuring Thom Yorke) | 2000 | — | Selmasongs |
| "New World"[101] | — | ||
| "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 from Housing Works 2009; with Dirty Projectors) |
2023 | — | Mount Wittenberg Orca (Expanded Edition) |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Remixes series
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Björk Cut by the Sabres of Paradise" |
|
4 limited edition vinyls, with remixes of songs from Debut by The Sabres of Paradise, Masters at Work, The Black Dog and Underworld. Some of the remixes were later compiled on The Best Mixes from the Album-Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White-Labels. | [102] |
| "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 by Talvin Singh, Dobie, Mark Bell and Dom T. Some of the remixes were later compiled on Telegram. | [103] |
| "Post Remix Series" |
|
5 limited edition remix vinyls. They include remixes by Photek, Dillinja, Goldie, Plaid and Towa Tei. Some of the remixes were later compiled on Telegram. | [104] |
| "Alarm Call Remix Series" |
|
6 limited edition remix vinyls. They include remixes by Beck, Alan Braxe, Krust, Matmos and Mark Bell. | [105] |
| "The Crystalline Series" |
|
A limited edition remix series in 4 parts. They include remixes by Omar Souleyman and Matthew Herbert. Some of the remixes were later compiled on Bastards. | [106] |
| "Biophilia Remix Series" |
|
A limited edition remix series in 8 parts. They include remixes by Current Value, Death Grips, El Guincho, Hudson Mohawke, King Cannibal, Alva Noto, Matthew Herbert, 16bit, These New Puritans and The Slips. Some of the remixes were later compiled on Bastards. | [107] |
| "Vulnicura Remix Project" |
|
A limited edition remix series in 3 parts. They include remixes by Lotic, Kramphaft, Mica Levi, Untold, Katie Gately, Rabit, The Haxan Cloak, Juliana Huxtable, Bloom and Patten. | [108] |
| "The Fossora Remixes" |
|
A limited edition remix LP collecting two remixes by Sideproject and Sega Bodega featuring Shygirl. Released during Record Store Day 2023. | [109] |
Other recordings
| Title | Production details | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Björk |
|
In 1977, Björk released an eponymous album under her name Björk Guðmundsdóttir. It includes several cover songs. It is considered juvenilia and it is not included in her official discography.[b] It is reported to have sold 10,000 copies in Iceland and to have been certified Platinum. | [110][111] |
| Kórsafn |
|
A sound installation developed in collaboration with Microsoft, audio design firm Listen and architecture office firm Atelier Ace, designed for the lobby of the Sister City Hotel in New York City, United States. The evolving music composition elaborated 17 years of choral recording and used an artificial intelligence model that responds to real-time weather data. | [112] |
| Björk: Sonic Symbolism | A podcast hosted by Björk in conversation with philosopher and writer Oddný 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. | [113] | |
| Nature Manifesto |
|
An Immersive sound piece created alongside art director Aleph Molinari and IRCAM. The installation was showcased at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France as part of the museum's "Biodiversity: Which Culture for Which Future?" forum. It combines natural soundscapes, calls of extinct animals reconstructed through artificial intelligence, and Björk's narration to address damages to biodiversity and the collapse of ecosystems. | [114] |
See also
Notes
- Except Björk, Gling-Gló and Mount Wittenberg Orca, as noted below
- "Human Behaviour" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[92]
- "It's Oh So Quiet" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[92]
- "Hidden Place" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number 50 on the Hot Singles Sales component chart.[93]
- "The Dull Flame of Desire" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number three on the Hot Singles Sales component chart.[93]
- "Náttúra" was included on the Deluxe Edition of Biophilia.
- "The Comet Song" was included on the Japanese Deluxe Edition of Biophilia.
- "Crystalline" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number 20 on the Hot Singles Sales component chart.[93]
- "Berghain" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.