The discography of Estonian singer-songwriter Kerli consists of two studio albums, three extended plays (EPs), sixteen singles and fifteen music videos. Kerli signed a record deal with Island Records in 2006[1] and released in July 2008 her debut album Love Is Dead, which peaked at number 126 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. The album's lead single "Walking on Air" reached the top 40 of European territories such as Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, resulting in its summit at number seventy-five on the European Hot 100 Singles.[2]
Kerli discography | |
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Kerli performing in 2011 | |
Studio albums | 2 |
Music videos | 15 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 16 |
In 2010, Kerli's "Tea Party" was a single from the Alice in Wonderland film inspired soundtrack Almost Alice.[3] After the singles "Army of Love" (2011) and "Zero Gravity" (2012)—which peaked at number one and six on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs, respectively—her second EP, originally intended to be a full studio album, Utopia, was released in March 2013, with "The Lucky Ones" released as its lead single.[4][5] Kerli's second studio album, Shadow Works, was released in 2019.
Studio albums
editTitle | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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BEL (FL) [6] |
BEL (WA) [7] |
ITA [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
Love Is Dead |
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61 | 52 | 64 | 92 | 126 |
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Shadow Works |
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— | — | — | — | —[B] |
Extended plays
editTitle | Details | Peak chart positions |
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US [13] | ||
Kerli |
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— |
Utopia |
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196 |
Deepest Roots |
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— |
OVERSOUL |
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— |
Singles
editAs lead artist
editTitle | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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AUT [14] |
BEL (FL) [6] |
BEL (WA) [7] |
GER [15] |
ITA [16] |
SWI [17] |
US Dance [18] | |||||||
"Let's Go" (with Locatellis)[19] |
2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Walking on Air" | 2008 | 35 | 32 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 37 | — | Love Is Dead | ||||
"The Creationist"[B] (featuring Cesare Cremonini) |
2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Tea Party" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Almost Alice | ||||
"Army of Love" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||||
"Zero Gravity" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |||||
"The Lucky Ones" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | Utopia | |||||
"Love Me or Leave Me"[20][21] | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | -[C] | |||||
"Feral Hearts" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Deepest Roots | ||||
"Blossom" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Diamond Hard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Spirit Animal" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Sound of Walking Away" (with Illenium) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | Awake | ||||
"Savages" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shadow Works | ||||
"Better" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Legends" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"21st Century Kids" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Alchemise" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | OVERSOUL | ||||
"The Witching Hour" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Search + Destroy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"The Art of Being Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
As a featured artist
editTitle | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US EDM & Dance [23] | |||
"Glow in the Dark"[24] (tyDi featuring Kerli) |
2012 | — | — |
"Something About You" (tyDi featuring Kerli) |
2013 | — | |
"Stardust" (tyDi featuring Kerli) |
2014 | — | |
"Worlds Apart" (Seven Lions featuring Kerli) |
— | Worlds Apart | |
"Kaleidoscope" (Benny Benassi featuring Kerli) |
— | — | |
"Back to Life" (Don Diablo featuring Kerli) - (Uncredited) |
— | ||
"Raindrops" (SNBRN featuring Kerli) |
2015 | 25 | |
"Build The Cities" (Karma Fields featuring Kerli) |
— | New Age | Dark Age | |
"Sound of Where'd You Go" (Illenium featuring Kerli, Said The Sky and 1788-L) |
2018 | — | Awake |
"Another Life: Motion Picture Collection" (Motionless in White featuring Kerli) |
2020 | — | Another Life / Eternally Yours: Motion Picture Collection |
Promotional singles
editTitle | Year | Album |
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"Love Is Dead" | 2007 | Love Is Dead |
"Creepshow" | 2008 |
Guest appearances
editTitle | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Beautiful Inside" | 2004 | — | Kevad Hitt 2004[25] |
"When Nobody Loves You" | 2008 | — | 007: Quantum of Solace |
"Strange" | 2010 | Tokio Hotel | Almost Alice |
"Immortal" | 2012 | None | Frankenweenie Unleashed! (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) |
"City / Light / Nintendo / Fuck" | Vespertine | The End of the World Suite | |
"Here and Now" | 2013 | Cash Cash | Overtime |
"Keep It Close" | 2014 | Seven Lions | Worlds Apart |
"Perfect Crush" | tyDi | Redefined | |
"Never Surrender"[26] (Credited as "Tiny Cute One") |
2015 | Hector Fonseca | FT. |
"Never Gone" | 2018 | Said the Sky | Wide-Eyed |
"What’s Wrong With Us" | 2022 | Josh Cumbee | TRUSTFALL |
Music videos
editTitle | Year | Director(s) |
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"Goodbye" | 2007 | Dave Schwep[27] |
"Love Is Dead" | 2008 | Josh Mond[28] |
"Walking on Air" | Aggressive[29] | |
"Creepshow" | Daniel Müntinen and Jaagup Metsalu[30] | |
"Tea Party" | 2010 | Justin Harder[31] |
"Army of Love" | 2011 | Kaimar Kukk[32] |
"Zero Gravity" | 2012 | Alon Isocianu[33] |
"Glow in the Dark" (tyDi featuring Kerli) |
Darren Teale[34] | |
"The Lucky Ones" | Ethan Chancer[35] | |
"Worlds Apart" (Seven Lions featuring Kerli) |
2014 | Bobby Galvan[36] |
"Feral Hearts" | 2016 | CJ Kask[37][38][39][40] |
"Feral Hearts" (The Sacred Forest Sessions) | ||
"Blossom" | ||
"Blossom" (The Halls of Heaven Session) | ||
"Diamond Hard" | Kerli[41] | |
"Savages" | 2019 | Everett Lee Sung[42] |
"21st Century Kids" | 2023 | Kerli[43] |
Songwriting credits
editSong | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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"Ishy" | 2009 | Bad Boy Bill & Alyssa Palmer | The Album |
"Too Much Is Never Enough" | Lisa Lois | Smoke | |
"I Feel Immortal" | 2010 | Tarja Turunen ft. Jason Hook | What Lies Beneath |
"Iialgi" | Violina ft. Birgit Õigemeel | Maagline | |
"Skyscraper" | 2011 | Demi Lovato | Unbroken |
"Is It Worth It" | 2013 | Soraya Arnelas | Universe In Me |
"Pop" | 2014 | Mord Fustang featuring Links | — |
"See Through" | Pentatonix | PTX, Vol. III | |
"Ghost" | 2015 | Conjure One | Holoscenic |
"Immortality" | Cartoon ft. Kristel Aaslaid | — | |
"I Wanna Be" | 2016 | Katy B & Chris Lorenzo | Honey |
"Fade Away" | 2020 | Cartoon & Ewert and The Two Dragons | — |
"La Última" | 2022 | Aitana | La Última |
"Bad Habit" | 2023 | Jéja & Zaug | — |
"I Like It With You" | Daniel Levi | 14/02 |
Footnotes
edit- ^ United States sales figures for Love Is Dead as of May 2011.[11]
- ^ Shadow Works peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States.[12]
- ^ Love Me or Leave Me did not enter the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, but peaked at number 31 on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart.[22]
References
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- ^ "European Hot 100 Singles (2009-05-16)". Billboard.biz. 16 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024.
- ^ Newman, Melinda (23 February 2010). "Listen: 'Almost Alice' soundtrack takes us down the rabbit hole to prepare us for Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland'". HitFix. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
- ^ Goncalves, Julien (15 October 2012). "Kerli revient en force avec le single 'The Lucky Ones'" (in French). Pure Charts by Charts in France. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
- ^ Flitsch, Byron (2 November 2012). "New Song: Kerli, 'The Lucky Ones'". MTV Buzzworthy (MTV Networks). Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Ultratop.be/nl - Kerli". Ultratop.
- ^ a b "Ultratop.be/fr - Kerli". Ultratop.
- ^ "Archivio: Classifica settimanale dal 27/02/2009 al 05/03/2009 (Negozi specializzati). Dal 23/02/2009 al 01/03/2009 (Grande distribuzione)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012.
- ^ "Suche nach interpret: Kerli" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Kerli Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Gray, Jazmine (9 May 2011). "Kerli Lands Atop Dance Charts With Help From Her 'Moon Children'". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Heatseekers Albums (The week of March 9, 2019)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Kerli Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Discographie Kerli - austriancharts.at" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Suche nach "Kerli" - Media Control" (in German). Media Control. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "italiancharts.com - Kerli - Walking On Air". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Suche nach interpret: Kerli" (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Kerli Album & Song Chart History: Dance/Club Play Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Kerli & Locatellis – Let's Go". Discogs. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Kerli Offers Up An Emotional Ultimatum In Song Form! LISTEN To Love Me Or Leave Me HERE!". Paris Hilton. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Kerli "Love Me or Leave Me" Performance at ClevverMusic". ClevverMusic. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Love Me Or Leave Me Chart History - Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs - Week of March 14, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ "tyDi: Glow in the Dark (feat. Kerli) - EP". iTunes Store (AUS). Apple, Inc. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Kevad Hitt 2004 (162966168)". Osta.ee. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "FT". Amazon.
- ^ "Kerli "Goodbye" by Dreamsequences". Dave Schwep. Official Youtube Channel. 19 August 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Watch: The New Alanis Looks Old". Blender. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Kerli: 'Walking on Air'". MTV. 20 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Estonian Animation in Motion: 'Birds of Paradise'" (PDF). Eesti Filmi Sihtasutus. 2009. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Kerli: 'Tea Party'". MTV. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Sciarretto, Amy (9 December 2010). "Kerli Partners With AOL For New Single 'Army of Love'". Artistdirect. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Lamb, Bill (22 March 2012). "Kerli Returns With Dance-Pop Single and Esoteric Video 'Zero Gravity'". About.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "tyDi: 'Glow in the Dark' (featuring Kerli)". MTV. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Kerli: 'The Lucky Ones'". MTV. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Da Premiere Seven Lions Kerli 'Worlds Apart' Official Music Video". About.com. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Kerli – Feral Hearts (Official Music Video). 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Kerli – Feral Hearts (The Sacred Forest Session). 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Kerli – Blossom (Official Music Video). 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Kerli – Blossom (The Halls of Heaven Session). 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Kerli – Diamond Hard (Official Music Video). 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ KERLI – SAVAGES (official music video). 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ KERLI - 21st Century Kids (Official Music Video). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023 – via YouTube.