The discography of Judy Collins, an American singer and songwriter, consists of 36 studio albums, nine live albums, numerous compilation albums, four holiday albums, and 21 singles. She has two Platinum-certified albums, which includes a greatest hits collection, and four Gold-certified albums. Eleven of her singles have charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with five of them hitting the Top 40, and twelve have charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, with eleven hitting the Top 40.[1]
| Judy Collins discography | |
|---|---|
 Publicity photo of Collins, 1975. | |
| Studio albums | 36 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 24 plus |
| Singles | 21 |
| Tribute albums | 3 |
Collins's debut album, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, was released in 1961 and consisted of traditional folk songs. She had her first charting single with "Hard Lovin' Loser" (No. 97) from her 1966 album In My Life, but it was the lead single from her 1967 album Wildflowers, Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides, Now", that gave Collins international prominence. The single reached No. 8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart[2] and won Collins her first Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance,[3] while Wildflowers went Gold.[4] Collins experienced the biggest success of her career with her recording of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" from her 1975 album Judith. The single peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1975 and then again in 1977 at No. 19, spending 27 non-consecutive weeks on the chart and earning Collins a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female,[3] as well as a Grammy Award for Sondheim for Song of the Year.[5] Judith would also become Collins' best-selling studio album, eventually going Platinum.[4]
In 2017, Collins's rendition of the song "Amazing Grace" was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6] In 2019 at the age of 80, Collins scored her first No. 1 album on an American Billboard Chart with Winter Stories, a duet album with Jonas Fjeld featuring the Chatham County Line.[7]
Her 2022 release, Spellbound, was her first album to feature all original material.[8] Spellbound was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, her first since Silver Skies Blue with Ari Hest in 2016.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [11] |
UK [12] | |||
| A Maid of Constant Sorrow | 1961 | — | — | — | — | |
| Golden Apples of the Sun | 1962 | — | — | — | — | |
| Judy Collins 3 | 1963 | 126 | — | — | — | |
| Fifth Album | 1965 | 69 | — | — | — | |
| In My Life | 1966 | 46 | — | — | — | |
| Wildflowers | 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
|
| Who Knows Where the Time Goes | 1968 | 29 | — | 12 | — |
|
| Whales & Nightingales | 1970 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 16 |
|
| True Stories and Other Dreams | 1973 | 27 | — | 9 | — | |
| Judith | 1975 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 7 |
|
| Bread and Roses | 1976 | 25 | 96 | — | — | |
| Hard Times for Lovers | 1979 | 54 | — | 56 | — | |
| Running for My Life | 1980 | 142 | — | — | — | |
| Times of Our Lives | 1982 | 190 | — | — | — | |
| Home Again | 1984 | — | — | — | — | |
| Amazing Grace | 1985 | — | 85 | — | 34 | |
| Trust Your Heart | 1987 | — | — | — | — | |
| Fires of Eden[13] | 1990 | — | — | — | — | |
| Baby's Bedtime[14] | — | — | — | — | ||
| Baby's Morningtime[15] | — | — | — | — | ||
| Judy Sings Dylan... Just Like a Woman[16] | 1993 | — | — | — | — | |
| Shameless[17] | 1995 | — | — | — | — | |
| Voices[18] | — | — | — | — | ||
| Both Sides Now[19] | 1998 | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic Broadway[20] | 1999 | — | — | — | — | |
| Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy | 2004 | — | — | — | — | |
| Portrait of an American Girl | 2005 | — | — | — | — | |
| Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney | 2007 | — | — | — | — | |
| Paradise[21] | 2010 | —[lower-alpha 1] | — | — | —[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Bohemian[23] | 2011 | — | — | — | — | |
| Strangers Again[24] | 2015 | 77 | — | — | — | |
| Silver Skies Blue | 2016 | — | — | — | — | |
| A Love Letter To Sondheim[25] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | |
| Everybody Knows (with Stephen Stills) | 195 | — | — | — | ||
| Winter Stories (with Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line) | 2019 | —[lower-alpha 3] | — | — | — | |
| Spellbound | 2022 | —[lower-alpha 4] | — | — | —[lower-alpha 5] | |
Live albums
| Album | Year | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
CAN [11] | ||
| The Judy Collins Concert | 1964 | — | — |
| Living | 1971 | 64 | 49 |
| Sanity and Grace[28] | 1989 | — | — |
| Live at Newport (1959–1966)[29] | 1996 | — | — |
| Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap[30] | 2000 | — | — |
| Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art[31] | 2012 | — | — |
| Live in Ireland[32] | 2014 | — | — |
| Winter Stories: Live From The Oslo Opera House | 2020 | — | — |
| Live at the Town Hall, NYC, 2020 | 2021 | — | — |
Compilation albums
| Album | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
CAN [11] | |||
| Recollections[33] | 1969 | 29 | 17 | |
| Colors of the Day | 1972 | 37 | 26 |
|
| So Early in the Spring... The First 15 Years | 1977 | 42 | 59 | |
| Wind Beneath My Wings[34] | 1992 | — | — | |
| Sanity & Grace[35] | 1995 | — | — | |
| Forever: An Anthology | 1997 | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Judy Collins | 2001 | — | — | |
| 36 Greatest Hits![36] | 2002 | — | — | |
| Classic Songs[37] | 2003 | — | — | |
| The Essential Judy Collins[38] | 2004 | — | — | |
| Introducing... Judy Collins[39] | 2006 | — | — | |
| Golden Legends: Judy Collins[40] | — | — | ||
| 20 Classic Songs[41] | 2008 | — | — | |
| Send in the Clowns: The Collection[42] | 2012 | — | — | |
| Original Album Series[43] | 2013 | — | — | |
| Both Sides Now: The Very Best Of[44] | 2014 | — | — | |
| Drop the Needle On the Hits: Best of Judy Collins[45] | 2018 | — | — | |
| The Elektra Albums, Vol. 1 (1961-1968)[46] | 2019 | — | — | |
| The Elektra Albums, Vol. 2 (1970-1984)[47] | — | — | ||
| White Bird - Anthology of Favorites | — | — | ||
Other albums
| Album | Year |
|---|---|
| Innervoices (Richard Stoltzman with Judy Collins)[48] | 1989 |
| Come Rejoice: A Judy Collins Christmas[49] | 1994 |
| Christmas at the Biltmore Estate[50] | 1997 |
| All on a Wintery Night[51] | 2000 |
| Christmas with Judy Collins[52][lower-alpha 6] | 2013 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [53] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [54] |
IRL [55] |
NZ [56] |
UK [12] | |||
| "I'll Keep It with Mine" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Hard Lovin' Loser" | 1966 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | In My Life |
| "Both Sides, Now" | 1968 | 8 | 37 | — | — | — | 14 | Wildflowers |
| "Someday Soon" | 1969 | 55 | — | 37 | — | — | — | Who Knows Where the Time Goes |
| "Chelsea Morning" | 78 | — | 74 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn!"[lower-alpha 7] | 69 | — | 44 | — | — | — | Recollections | |
| "Amazing Grace" | 1970 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | — | 5 | Whales & Nightingales |
| "Open The Door (Song For Judith)" | 1971 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | Living |
| "Cook With Honey" | 1973 | 32 | — | 36 | — | — | — | True Stories and Other Dreams |
| "Send In the Clowns" | 1975 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 6 | Judith |
| "Special Delivery" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bread and Roses |
| "Hard Times For Lovers" | 1979 | 66 | — | 76 | — | — | — | Hard Times For Lovers |
| "Home Again" (with T.G. Sheppard) | 1984 | —[lower-alpha 8] | — | — | — | — | — | Home Again |
| "Fires of Eden" | 1990 | —[lower-alpha 9] | — | — | — | — | — | Fires of Eden |
Notes
- Paradise did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 11 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.[22]
- Paradise did not enter the Official Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 49 on the Official Independent Albums Chart in the UK.[12]
- Winter Stories did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 1 on the Bluegrass Albums chart.[26]
- Spellbound did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 60 on the Top Current Album Sales chart.[27]
- Spellbound did not enter the Official Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 26 on the Official Americana Chart in the UK.[12]
- "Home Again" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but it peaked at number 57 on the Hot Country Songs chart.[57]
- "Fires of Eden" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but it peaked at number 31 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[57]
References
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