Barry White discography

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This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American R&B/soul singer Barry White.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
1973 I've Got So Much to Give 16 1 39 64 20th Century
Stone Gon' 20 1 9 28 18
1974 Can't Get Enough 1 1 28 2 4
1975 Just Another Way to Say I Love You 17 1 54 44 12
Let the Music Play 42 8 75 22
1976 Is This Whatcha Wont? 125 25
1977 Barry White Sings for Someone You Love 8 1 5
  • RIAA: Platinum[8]
1978 The Man 36 1 97 30 46
  • RIAA: Platinum[8]
1979 I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing 132 40
The Message Is Love 67 14 Unlimited Gold
1980 Sheet Music 85 19
1981 Barry & Glodean (with Glodean White)
Beware! 40
1982 Change 148 19
1983 Dedicated
1987 The Right Night & Barry White 159 28 45 74 A&M
1989 The Man Is Back! 143 22
1991 Put Me in Your Mix 96 8
1994 The Icon Is Love 20 1 29 40 44
1999 Staying Power 43 13 Private Music
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
AUS
[11][12]
CAN
[4]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
1974 No Limit on Love Supremacy
1975 Barry White's Greatest Hits 23 15 13 18 20th Century
1977 Barry White's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 17
1985 Heart and Soul 34 K-tel
1987 Satin & Soul - 24 of his Greatest Hits Connoisseur Collection
1988 The Collection 91 14 5
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[9]
Mercury
1992 Just for You
1993 Soul Seduction Spectrum Music
1994 All-Time Greatest Hits 70 2 Mercury
2000 The Ultimate Collection 148 98 5 32 18 6 UTV
2002 The Heart & Soul of Barry White Hallmark
2003 Love Songs 21 UMTV
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White 78 54 Island
2005 Gold: The Very Best of Barry White 37 UMTV
2006 Gold Hip-O
2009 Number Ones
Unlimited
2010 Icon 50 Mercury
Icon 2 Hip-O
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[17]
US
R&B

[18]
US A/C
[19]
US
Dan

[20]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
IRE
[21]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
1963 "Strange World"[A]
"Angel of Love"[A]
"Tracy (All I Have Is You)"[B]
1965 "Forty Acres"[C]
1966 "Man Ain't Nothin'"[C]
1967 "All in the Run of a Day"
1970 "In the Ghetto"[D]
1973 "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" 3 1 27 26 10 14 23 I've Got So Much to Give
"Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" 7 2 40 8 36 9 14 Stone Gon'
"I've Got So Much to Give" 32 5 46 I've Got So Much to Give
"Honey Please, Can't Ya See" 44 6 22 53[22] Stone Gon'
1974 "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" 1 1 26 23 5 12 10 8 Can't Get Enough
"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" 2 1 2 60 7 6 13 12 1
  • RIAA: Gold[8]
  • BPI: Platinum[9]
1975 "What Am I Gonna Do with You" 8 1 23 19 6 5 Just Another Way to Say I Love You
"I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To" 40 4 50 20
"Let the Music Play" 32 4 15 87 58 19 23 9 Let the Music Play
1976 "You See the Trouble with Me" 14 23 15 19 2
"Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together" 92 29 15
"Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" 105 20 17 Is This Whatcha Wont?
1977 "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" 25 30 37
"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" 4 1 5 11 40 Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
"Playing Your Game, Baby" 101 8 95
1978 "Oh What a Night for Dancing" 24 13 31
"Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" 60 2 16 58 The Man
"Just the Way You Are" 102 45 15 12
1979 "Sha La La Means I Love You" 55
"I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" 53 I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
"How Did You Know It Was Me?" 64
"Any Fool Could See (You Were Meant for Me)" 37 The Message Is Love
"It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)" 58
1980 "Love Ain't Easy" 75
"Sheet Music" 43 Sheet Music
"Love Makin' Music" 25
"I Believe in Love" 71
1981 "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White) 78 Barry & Glodean
"I Want You" (with Glodean White) 79
"You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White)
"Louie Louie" Beware
"Beware" 49
1982 "Change" 12 Change
"Passion" 65
1983 "America" Dedicated
1984 "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind"
1987 "Sho' You Right" 17 18 41 14 The Right Night & Barry White
"For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)" 27 94
1988 "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (Paul Hardcastle Remix) 63 The Collection
1989 "Super Lover" 34 The Man Is Back!
"Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)"
1990 "I Wanna Do It Good to Ya" 26
"When Will I See You Again" 32
1991 "Put Me in Your Mix" 2 Put Me In Your Mix
1992 "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes) 29
1994 "Practice What You Preach" 18 1 31 36 20 The Icon Is Love
1995 "Love Is the Icon"
"Come On" 87 12 88
"I Only Want to Be with You" 36
"There It Is" 54
1999 "Staying Power" 45 Staying Power
"The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan)
2000 "Let the Music Play" (Funkstar De Luxe Remixes) 91 45
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
  • A Singles credited to Barry White with the Majestics
  • B Single credited to Barry White with the Atlantics
  • C Single credited to Lee Barry
  • D Single credited to Gene West

As featured performer[edit]

Year Title Artist Peak chart positions Album
US
[17]
US
R&B

[18]
US A/C
[19]
US
Dan

[20]
NLD
[5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
1990 "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" Quincy Jones w/
Al B. Sure!
James Ingram
El DeBarge
31 1 26 13 67 Back on the Block
1991 "All of Me" Big Daddy Kane 14 Taste of Chocolate
1996 "Slow Jams" Quincy Jones w/
Babyface
Tamia
Portrait
68 19 2 Q's Jook Joint
"In Your Wildest Dreams" Tina Turner 101 34 38 77 22 32 Wildest Dreams
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances[edit]

Year Song Album
2011 "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (live May 24, 1975) The Best of Soul Train Live[23][24]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b "Barry White Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  5. ^ a b c d "NLD Charts > Barry White". MegaCharts. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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  7. ^ a b c d "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "American certifications – Barry White". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "British certifications – Barry White". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 19, 2024. Type Barry White in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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  11. ^ "Discography Barry White". australian-charts.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 300.
  13. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Barry White – All-Time Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  15. ^ "Dutch certifications – Barry White" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved September 20, 2021. Enter Barry White in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  16. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Barry White – The Ultimate Collection". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Barry White Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  18. ^ a b "Barry White Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Barry White Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Barry White Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  21. ^ "IRE Charts Search > Barry White". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  22. ^ "Top 50 Singles". Music Week. June 1, 1974.
  23. ^ The Best of Soul Train Live at AllMusic
  24. ^ The Best of Soul Train Live (booklet). Time Life. 2011.