Seth MacFarlane discography
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The American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer Seth MacFarlane has released nine studio albums, one extended play, one soundtrack album, and 13 singles (including two as a featured artist). He has also contributed numerous songs to his projects, such as Family Guy, American Dad!, and Ted. In 2005, he served as a producer for the Family Guy soundtrack Live in Vegas,[1] which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[2]
| Seth MacFarlane discography | |
|---|---|
MacFarlane in 2012 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Singles | 13 |
| Other charted songs | 1 |
MacFarlane signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records in 2010[3] and released his debut studio album Music Is Better Than Words in September of the following year.[4] The album received positive reviews and reached 111 on the US Billboard 200 chart;[5] in addition, it received two Grammy nominations for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.[6] In September 2014, MacFarlane released his second studio album, and first Christmas-themed album, Holiday for Swing,[7][8] which reached 51 on the Billboard 200.[5] MacFarlane released his third studio album, No One Ever Tells You, the following September;[9][10] the album earned a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.[11]
In 2016, he made a guest appearance on Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, a studio album by the actress and singer Barbra Streisand; they performed "Pure Imagination" as a duet.[12] A year later, MacFarlane released his fourth studio album, In Full Swing.[13] The album received two nominations at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals.[14] His fifth studio album, Once in a While, was released in 2019.[15]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, MacFarlane and the actress and singer Elizabeth Gillies collaborated on eight songs on an extended playlist entitled Songs from Home.[16][17] He released his sixth studio album, Great Songs from Stage & Screen in August 2020.[18] Like his previous four albums, he recorded a majority of the songs at Abbey Road Studios, but much of the album's post-production work was done at home due to the pandemic.[19] MacFarlane released his seventh studio album, Blue Skies, in May 2022,[20] and MacFarlane and Gillies released their Christmas album We Wish You the Merriest in November 2023.[21][22] He released his ninth album, Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements, on June 6, 2025.[23]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] |
US Jazz [24] |
US Heatseekers [25] |
US Holiday [26] | |||||
| Music Is Better Than Words |
|
111 | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Holiday for Swing |
|
51 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| No One Ever Tells You |
|
— | 1 | — | — | |||
| In Full Swing |
|
— | 2 | — | — | |||
| Once in a While |
|
— | 5 | — | — | |||
| Great Songs from Stage & Screen |
|
— | – | — | — | |||
| Blue Skies |
|
— | – | — | — | |||
| We Wish You the Merriest (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
|
— | 20 | — | 47 | |||
| Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements |
|
— | 4 | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [27] |
US Com. [27] | ||||
| Family Guy: Live in Vegas |
|
105 | 2 | ||
Extended plays
| Title | Extended play details |
|---|---|
| Songs from Home (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
|
Singles
As main artist
| Title | Year | Peaks | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AC [30] |
CAN AC [31] | ||||
| "The Night They Invented Champagne"[32][33] | 2011 | — | — | Music Is Better Than Words | |
| "Nine O'Clock"[34] | — | — | |||
| "I'll Be Home for Christmas"[35][36] | 2014 | 28 | – | Holiday for Swing | |
| "Baby, It's Cold Outside"[35][37] (featuring Sara Bareilles) |
10 | 10 | |||
| "That Face"[38] | 2017 | — | — | In Full Swing | |
| "Almost Like Being in Love"[39] | — | — | |||
| "Have You Met Miss Jones?"[40] | — | — | |||
| "Half as Lovely (Twice as True)"[41] | 2019 | — | — | Once in a While | |
| "No Moon at All"[42] | 2022 | — | — | Blue Skies | |
| "We Wish You the Merriest"[43] (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
2023 | — | — | We Wish You the Merriest | |
| "Sleigh Ride"[44] (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
— | — | |||
| "Lush Life"[45] | 2025 | — | — | Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements | |
| "Give Me the Simple Life"[46] | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
As featuring artist
| Title | Year | Peak | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AC [30] | ||||
| "Let's Fall in Love"[47] (Calabria Foti featuring Seth MacFarlane) |
2013 | — | Non-album single | |
| "White Christmas"[48] (Meghan Trainor featuring Seth MacFarlane) |
2020 | 1 | A Very Trainor Christmas | |
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "White Christmas"[49] (with Elizabeth Gillies) |
2024 | Non-album single |
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [50] |
US R&B /HH [51] |
NZ Hot [52] | ||||||||||||
| "Self Medication" (Logic featuring Seth MacFarlane, Redman and Statik Selektah) |
2023 | —[A] | 49 | 21 | College Park | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Pure Imagination"[54][55] | 2016 | Barbra Streisand | Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway |
| "Let's Face the Music and Dance"[56] | — | Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "My Way"[57] | |||
| "Pennies from Heaven"[58] |
See also
Notes
- "Self Medication" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[53]