Billy Ocean discography

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|Compilation = 15

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This discography documents albums and singles released by British R&B/soul/pop singer Billy Ocean.

Albums

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15645/billy-ocean/|title=Official Charts > Billy Ocean|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=22 November 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|AUS
Australian chart peaks:

  • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location = St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=221|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
  • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean|title=australian-charts.com > Billy Ocean in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 November 2019}}
  • "Licence to Chill" (ARIA Chart) peak: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/q1abuq2.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 May 2017}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=5gtksk1er11s8bda620pobg4f2&q1=Billy+Ocean&q2=&interval=200|title=CAN Charts > Billy Ocean|publisher=RPM|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315104046/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=5gtksk1er11s8bda620pobg4f2&q1=Billy+Ocean&q2=&interval=200|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|FIN
{{cite book | first= Timo | last= Pennanen | year= 2006 | title= Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 | edition= 1st | publisher= Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava | location= Helsinki | isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 227}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Billy+Ocean&do_search=do|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach "Billy Ocean"|language=German|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=22 November 2019}} N.B. Select the 'Album' tab to display albums chart peaks.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NLD
{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean|title=dutchcharts.nl > Billy Ocean in Dutch Charts|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 November 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean|title=charts.org.nz > Billy Ocean in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 November 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWE
{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean|title=swedishcharts.com > Billy Ocean in Swedish Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 November 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWI
Swiss chart peaks:

  • Albums: {{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Billy%20Ocean&cat=a|title=hitparade.ch > Suche nach: Billy Ocean (Alben)|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 November 2019}}
  • Singles: {{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Billy%20Ocean&cat=s|title=hitparade.ch > Suche nach: Billy Ocean (Songs)|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 November 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/billy-ocean/chart-history/tlp/|title=Billboard > Billy Ocean Chart History > Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 November 2019}}

scope="row" | Billy Ocean

|

  • Released: 1976
  • Label: GTO

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row" | City Limit

|

  • Released: 1980
  • Label: GTO

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)

|

  • Released: 1981
  • Label: GTO / Epic

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 152

|

scope="row" | Inner Feelings

|

  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Epic

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Suddenly

|

  • Released: 12 September 1984
  • Label: Jive

| 9 || 13 || 14 || 10 || 43 || 23 || 35 || — || — || 9

|

  • BPI: Gold{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Billy Ocean|access-date=20 March 2025}}
  • MC: 3× Platinum{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Billy%20Ocean&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist|title=CAN Certifications > Billy Ocean|publisher=Music Canada|access-date=18 December 2011|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041920/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=|url-status=dead}}
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22Ocean,%20Billy%22&format=Album&go=Search&perPage=25|title=US Certifications > Billy Ocean|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=21 January 2012}}
scope="row" | Love Zone

|

  • Released: 6 May 1986
  • Label: Jive

| 2 || 8 || 3 || 10 || 33 || 7 || 8 || 7 || 16 || 6

|

  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
scope="row" | Tear Down These Walls

|

  • Released: 7 March 1988
  • Label: Jive

| 3 || 13 || 8 || 24 || 17 || 18 || 7 || 14 || 10 || 18

|

  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesAlbumAccreds2016.htm |title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2016 Albums |publisher=ARIA |access-date=21 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607182200/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesAlbumAccreds2016.htm |archive-date=7 June 2016 }}
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum
scope="row" | Time to Move On

|

  • Released: 1 March 1993
  • Label: Jive

| — || — || — || — || — || 81 || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Because I Love You

|

  • Released: 2 February 2009
  • Label: Aqua Music

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Here You Are

|

  • Released: 26 April 2013
  • Label: Aqua Music

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row" | One World{{cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/226773/9|title=Billy Ocean To Celebrate 70th Birthday With First New Album In Over 10 Years 'One World'|last=Johnson|first=Laura|date=9 January 2020|access-date=10 January 2020|work=Stereoborad}}

|

  • Released: 4 September 2020{{citation|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-world/1491754464|title=One World by Billy Ocean|website=Apple Music|access-date=16 April 2020}}
  • Label: Aqua Music/Sony

| 14 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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=Compilation albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|AUS
{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2025/04/week-commencing-5-april-1993.html| title=Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 5 April 1993 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=6 April 2025}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NLD

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NZ

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US

scope="row" | The Early Years /
Emotions in Motion /
Love Really Hurts Without You

|

  • Released: 1985
  • Label:

| — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Greatest Hits

|

  • Released: 4 October 1989
  • Label: Jive

| 4 || 14 || 59 || 60 || 7 || 77

|

scope="row" | The Collection: 1976–1991
15 Years...The Story Continues

|

  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Arcade

| — || — || — || 30 || — || —

|

scope="row" | The Best of Billy Ocean

|

  • Released: 21 November 1991 (Japan only)
  • Label: Jive / Alfa Records

| — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | L.I.F.E. – Love Is for Ever

|

  • Released: 4 August 1997
  • Label: Jive

| 7 || 123 || — || 70 || 39 || —

|

  • BPI: Gold
scope="row" | The Billy Ocean Collection

|

  • Released: 25 November 2002
  • Label: Epic

| — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Let's Get Back Together: The Love Songs of Billy Ocean

|

  • Released: 3 February 2003
  • Label: Jive / BMG

| 69 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Ultimate Collection

|

  • Released: 5 June 2004
  • Label: Jive

| 28 || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • BPI: Silver
scope="row" | The Best of Billy Ocean

|

  • Released: 26 November 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG

| — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | The Best of Billy Ocean

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  • Released: 6 June 2006
  • Label: Jive

| — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row" | Collections

|

  • Released: 28 May 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG

| — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row" | Super Hits

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  • Released: 4 November 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG

| — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | The Very Best of Billy Ocean

|

| 17 || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • BPI: Platinum
scope="row" | The Real... Billy Ocean (The Ultimate Collection)

|

  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Sony Music / Legacy

| 59 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean

|

  • Released: 29 April 2016
  • Label: Sony Music

| 4 || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • BPI: Silver
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Singles

=1970s=

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

! scope="colw" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|AUS

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NLD

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NZ

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US
R&B

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/billy-ocean/chart-history/bsi/|title=Billboard > Billy Ocean Chart History > Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 November 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/billy-ocean/chart-history/hsi/|title=Billboard > Billy Ocean Chart History > Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 November 2019}}

scope="row"| "Nashville Rain" (as Les Charles)

| 1971

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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| rowspan="3"| single only

scope="row"| "Reach Out a Hand" (as Les Charles)

| 1972

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| "On the Run" (with Scorched Earth)

| 1974

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Love Really Hurts Without You"

|rowspan="3"|1976

| 2 || 3 || 21 || 16 || 11 || 13 || 9 || — || 22

|

  • BPI: 2× Platinum

|rowspan="3"| Billy Ocean

scope="row"| "L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)"

| 19 || 95 || — || 30 || — || 12 || 17 || 55 || 106

|

scope="row"| "Stop Me (If You've Heard
It All Before)"

| 12 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Red Light Spells Danger"

|1977

| 2 || — || — || 15 || 11 || 10 || — || — || —

|

  • BPI: Platinum

| single only

scope="row"| "Let's Put Our Emotions in Motion"

|rowspan="2"|1979

| — || — || — || — || — || 24 || — || — || —

|

|rowspan="2" | City Limit

scope="row"| "American Hearts"

| 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

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=1980s=

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|AUS

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|FIN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NLD

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NZ

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US
R&B

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US

scope="row"| "Are You Ready"

|rowspan="3"|1980

| 42 || — || — || — || 37 || 13 || — || — || — || —

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|rowspan="2"| City Limit

scope="row"| "Stay the Night"

| — || — || — || — || 69 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 7 || 103

|

|rowspan="2"| Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)

scope="row"| "Another Day Won't Matter"

|rowspan="1"|1981

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 66 || —

|

scope="row"| "Calypso Funkin' "

|1982

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 72 || —

|

| Inner Feelings

scope="row"| "European Queen (No More Love on the Run)"

|rowspan="2"|1984

| 82 || — || — || — || 2 || 21 || — || — || — || —

|

|rowspan="6"| Suddenly

scope="row"| "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"

| 6 || 2 || 1 || 13 || — || — || 1 || — || 1 || 1

|

  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
scope="row"| "Loverboy"

|rowspan="4"|1985

| 15 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 12 || 7 || 7 || 7 || 20 || 2

|

  • MC: Gold
scope="row"| "Suddenly"

| 4 || 15 || 7 || — || 50 || 20 || 38 || — || 5 || 4

|

  • BPI: Silver
scope="row"| "Mystery Lady"

| 49 || 79 || 38 || — || — || — || — || — || 10 || 24

|

scope="row"| "The Long and Winding Road"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "When the Going Gets Tough,
the Tough Get Going
"

|rowspan="7"|1986

| 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 2

|

  • BPI: Gold

|rowspan="2"| Love Zone

scope="row"| "There'll Be Sad Songs
(To Make You Cry)
"

| 12 || 10 || 1 || 18 || 36 || 13 || 3 || — || 1 || 1

|

scope="row"| "On the Run (Hold on Brother)"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| Emotions in Motion

scope="row"| "Love Zone"

| 49 || 91 || 18 || — || 73 || — || 31 || — || 1 || 10

|

|rowspan="3"| Love Zone

scope="row"| "Bittersweet"

| 44 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Love Is Forever"

| 34 || — || 35 || — || — || — || — || — || 10 || 16

|

scope="row"| "Love Really Hurts Without You"
(1986 Dance Mix)

| 81 || — || — || — || — || 98 || — || — || — || —

|

| single only

scope="row"| "Get Outta My Dreams,
Get into My Car
"

|rowspan="5"|1988

| 3 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 1

|

  • BPI: Silver
  • ARIA: Platinum{{certification Cite Ref|type=single|region=Australia|certyear=2016|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=40 Licks|access-date=23 November 2023}}
  • MC: Gold

|rowspan="5"| Tear Down These Walls

scope="row"| "Calypso Crazy"

| 35 || — || — || — || — || 38 || 36 || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "The Colour of Love"

| 65 || — || 12 || — || — || — || — || — || 10 || 17

|

scope="row"| "Tear Down These Walls"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 27 || —

|

scope="row"| "Stand and Deliver"

| 97 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Licence to Chill"

|1989

| 81 || 76 || 69 || — || — || 43 || 33 || — || 33 || 32

|

| Greatest Hits

colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

=1990s–2010s=

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

! scope="colw" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NLD

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US
R&B

scope="row"| "I Sleep Much Better
(In Someone Else's Bed)"

|1990

| — || — || 60

| Greatest Hits

scope="row" | "Pressure"

|rowspan="3"|1993

| 55 || 44 || —

|rowspan="3"| Time to Move On

scope="row"| "Pick Up the Pieces (Put It Back)"

| 126 || — || —

scope="row"| "Everything's So Different
Without You"

| — || — || 91

scope="row"| "Baby Can I Hold You?"

|2003

| — || — || —

| Let's Get Back Together:
The Love Songs of Billy Ocean

scope="row"| "Chained"

|2008

| — || — || —

| single only

scope="row"| "Because I Love You"

|rowspan="2"|2009

| — || — || —

|rowspan="3"| Because I Love You

scope="row"| "Can't Take It"

| — || — || —

scope="row"| "Question Is"

|2010

| — || — || —

scope="row"| "Having a Party"

|2013

| — || — || —

|rowspan="2"| Here You Are

scope="row"| "Love Train"

|2014

| — || — || —

scope="row"| "A Simple Game"

|rowspan="2"| 2016

| — || — || —

|rowspan="2"| Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean

scope="row"| "Judge Not"

| — || — || —

colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Ocean-written songs recorded by other artists

References