Rufus Wainwright discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Rufus Wainwright
|Image = Rufus Wainwright Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg
|Caption = Rufus Wainwright
|Studio = 11
|Live = 6
|Compilation = 3
|Option = 81
|Option name = Contributions
|Video = 4
|Singles = 21
|Music videos = 9
|EP = 3
}}
The discography of Rufus Wainwright, a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, consists of eleven studio albums, six live albums, three compilations, three extended plays (EPs), three video albums, twenty-one singles, and nine music videos. Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. Wainwright reached number 24 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, and Rolling Stone named him 1998's Best New Artist.{{cite magazine|access-date=November 11, 2008|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/08/29/singer-rufus-wainwright-aims-mainstream/|title=Singer Rufus Wainwright aims for the mainstream|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc|date=August 28, 2001|first=Adam|last=Vary|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003051412/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,172770,00.html|url-status=live}} Wainwright's second album, Poses, was released through the same label in June 2001, resulting in a number one on the Heatseekers Chart and number 117 on the Billboard 200. With material recorded from the same session,{{cite web|access-date=January 29, 2009|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=648|title=The Reluctant Hedonist: Rufus Wainwright's journey through sex, drugs and rehab|date=September 25, 2003|first=Randy|last=Shulman|work=Metro Weekly|archive-date=February 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202193126/http://metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=648|url-status=live}} Want One was released through DreamWorks in September 2003, and Want Two was released through Geffen Records in November 2004.
Wainwright's first EP, Waiting for a Want, was released through DreamWorks in June 2004, previewing songs that later appear on Want Two. His first music DVD, Live at the Fillmore, accompanied Want Two and features live concert footage from a March 2004 performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California.{{cite web|access-date=January 29, 2009|url=http://www.rufuswainwright.com/discography/detail.aspx?pid=1251|title=Rufus Wainwright Discography : Want Two|website=rufuswainwright.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429013354/http://www.rufuswainwright.com/discography/detail.aspx?pid=1251|archive-date=April 29, 2009}} Wainwright's second EP, Alright, Already: Live in Montréal, was released by Geffen via iTunes in the United States and Canada on March 15, 2005. All I Want, released through Geffen in April 2005, contains various pieces of work, including a documentary (A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright), live performances, and music videos. Want, a repackaging of Want One and Want Two as one album, was released through DreamWorks/Geffen in November 2005, and contains two extra tracks.
Release the Stars, Wainwright's self-produced fifth studio album, was released through Geffen in May 2007. His most successful album to date, Release the Stars charted in 12 countries and was certified gold in both the United Kingdom and Canada.{{cite web|access-date=February 26, 2009|url=http://www.chicagopride.com/news/interview.cfm/articleid/132849|title=Interview: Rufus Wainwright|first=Michael J.|last=Roberts|website=ChicagoPride.com|date=October 8, 2008|archive-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202223827/http://www.chicagopride.com/news/interview.cfm/articleid/132849|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=March 2, 2009|url=http://www.laphil.com/press/press_release/index.cfm?id=2140|title=Press Release – Belinda Carlisle and Rufus Wainwright Celebrate New Year's Eve with International Flair in Paris À Go-Go: New Year's Eve in Paris|publisher=Los Angeles Philharmonic|date=December 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220213624/http://www.laphil.com/press/press_release/index.cfm?id=2140|archive-date=February 20, 2008}} To promote the album, Tiergarten was distributed digitally and in limited vinyl format as Wainwright's third EP. Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall became Wainwright's sixth album, a live recording released through Geffen in December 2007.{{cite web|access-date=November 10, 2008|url=http://rufuswainwright.com/discography/detail.aspx?pid=1264|website=rufuswainwright.com|title=Rufus Wainwright Discography : Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall|date=November 9, 2007|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429042816/http://www.rufuswainwright.com/discography/detail.aspx?pid=1264|url-status=live}} The album earned Wainwright his first Grammy Award nomination, the 2009 award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.{{cite web|access-date=December 3, 2008|url=http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx|title=The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations List|publisher=Grammy Awards|date=December 3, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000233/http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx|archive-date=December 5, 2008}} Coinciding with the album, Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium is a DVD release of Wainwright's tribute concert to Judy Garland recorded in London in February 2007. Wainwright's August 27, 2007, performance at Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was released in September 2009 as a live CD and video album titled Milwaukee at Last!!!. Wainwright's sixth studio album, All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, was first released in Canada through Decca on March 23, 2010. House of Rufus, a career-spanning box set, was released on July 18, 2011.{{cite press release |url=https://www.rufuswainwright.com/news/default.aspx#2b042ae6-9780-44dc-8358-c8e038aa81b6:642474 |title=House Of Rufus Box Set Details Announced, Presale On Now |date=April 11, 2011 |publisher=Rufus Wainwright |access-date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525122120/http://www.rufuswainwright.com/news/default.aspx#2b042ae6-9780-44dc-8358-c8e038aa81b6:642474 |archive-date=May 25, 2011}} Wainwright's seventh studio album, Out of the Game was released in May 2012. In 2014, Wainwright released the compilation album Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright and live album Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den.
Albums
=Studio albums=
=Live albums=
=Compilation albums=
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| scope="row"| Want
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| scope="row"| Yellow Lounge compiled by Rufus Wainwright{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/yellow-lounge-compiled-by-rufus-wainwright-mw0001611428/user-reviews | title=Yellow Lounge: Compiled by Rufus Wainwright - Fauré Quartett, Rufus Wainwright {{pipe}} User Reviews {{pipe}} AllMusic | website=AllMusic | access-date=October 11, 2022 | archive-date=October 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011044815/https://www.allmusic.com/album/yellow-lounge-compiled-by-rufus-wainwright-mw0001611428/user-reviews | url-status=live }}
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| scope="row"| House of Rufus
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| scope="row"| Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright
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Extended plays
Singles
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| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Rock {{cite magazine |url=https://billboard.com/artist/rufus-wainwright/chart-history/ark/ |title=Rufus Wainwright Chart History: Rock Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 26, 2021}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| JPN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK |
| scope="row"| "I Don't Know What It Is"
| rowspan="2"| 2004 | — || — || — || — || 74 | rowspan="2"| Want One |
| scope="row"| "Oh What a World"
| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "The One You Love"
| rowspan="2"| 2005 | — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="2"| Want Two |
| scope="row"| "Crumb by Crumb"
| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Hallelujah"
| rowspan="4"| 2007 | 16 || — || — || — || 97 |
| scope="row"| "Going to a Town"
| — || — || — || — || 54 | rowspan="3"| Release the Stars |
| scope="row"| "Rules and Regulations"
| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Tiergarten"{{ref|Tiergarten|[a]}}
| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Hallelujah" (re-release){{cite web|access-date=January 29, 2009|url=http://rufuswainwright.com/news/default.aspx?nid=20112|title="Hallelujah" to be released digitally on iTunes and Amazon|publisher=rufuswainwright.com|date=January 12, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201165325/http://rufuswainwright.com/news/default.aspx?nid=20112|url-status=live}}
| 2009 | — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Out of the Game"
| rowspan="2"| 2012 | — || 31 || 55 || 99 || 182 | rowspan="2"| Out of the Game |
| scope="row"| "Jericho"
| — || 38 || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Me and Liza"
| 2014 | — || 59 || — || — || — | Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright |
| scope="row"| "A Woman's Face Reprise (Sonnet 20)"
| 2016 | — || — || — || — || — | Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets |
| scope="row"| "Sword of Damocles"
| 2018 | — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Trouble in Paradise"
| 2019 | — || 40 || — || — || — | rowspan="2"|Unfollow the Rules |
| scope="row"| "Damsel in Distress"
| 2020 | — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Dear World"
|rowspan="3"| 2023 | — || — || — || — || — | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Down in the Willow Garden" {{small|(featuring Brandi Carlile)}} | — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="2"| Folkocracy |
| scope="row"| "Heading Home" {{small|(featuring John Legend)}} | — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"|"Dream Requiem: Sequentia V. Confutatis" (with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Chœur de Radio France & Meryl Streep) |rowspan="2"|2024 | — || — || — || — || — |rowspan="2"| Dream Requiem |
| scope="row"|"Dream Requiem: Offertorium" (with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France) | — || — || — || — || — |
| colspan="8" style="font-size: 85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
a{{note|Tiergarten|}} Released in a 12-inch single format, limited to 500 copies; features the "Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" remix{{cite web|access-date=February 12, 2009|url=https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/25123|title=Rufus Wainwright – Tiergarten (Supermayer)|publisher=Phonica Records|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017070215/http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/25123|archive-date=October 17, 2009}}
=As featured performer=
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!scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Album |
| scope="row"| "To America" (Joan as Police Woman duet){{cite web|access-date=February 3, 2009|url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/35030|title=Joan As Policewoman collaborates with Rufus Wainwright on new album|work=NME|publisher=IPC Media|date=March 10, 2008|archive-date=June 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623074652/http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/35030|url-status=live}}
| align="center"|2008 | align="center"| To Survive |
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| scope="row"| "Wolves" {{small|(Martha Wainwright featuring Rufus Wainwright)}} | align="center"| 2020 | align="center" {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Just a Bend" (Crane Like The Bird featuring Rufus Wainwright)
| align="center"| 2021 | {{n/a|TBA}} |
| scope="row"| "A Wanderer in the Sleeping City" {{small|(Wu Qing-feng featuring Rufus Wainwright)}} | rowspan="3"| 2022 | align="center"| L'Après-midi d'un faune |
| scope="row"| "The Loneliest Time" {{small|(Carly Rae Jepsen featuring Rufus Wainwright)}} | align="center"| The Loneliest Time |
Video albums
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!scope="col"|Title !width="220"|Video details !width="400"|Notes !width="130"|Certifications |
| scope="row"| Live at the Fillmore
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| align="center"|8 | |
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| scope="row"| All I Want
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| align="center"|— | |
| scope="row"| Rufus! Does Judy!...
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| align="center"|— | |
| scope="row"| Milwaukee at Last!!!
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| align="center"|— | |
| align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size: 85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Music videos
Note: Promotional music videos consisting of live concert footage exist for "Beautiful Child", "Hallelujah", "Vibrate", and "Want".{{cite web|access-date=February 3, 2009|url=http://www.rufuswainwright.com/player/default.aspx?mid=2061&bhcp=1|website=rufuswainwright.com|title=Rufus Wainwright Media|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721220742/http://www.rufuswainwright.com/player/default.aspx?mid=2061&bhcp=1|archive-date=July 21, 2011}}
Other contributions
=Soundtracks=
=Compilations=
=Guest appearances=
See also
References
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General
- {{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p181528|pure_url=yes}}|title=Rufus Wainwright Discography|access-date=February 18, 2009|publisher=AllMusic}}
- {{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rufus wainwright|chart=all}}|title=Rufus Wainwright Discography|access-date=February 18, 2009|magazine=Billboard}}
Specific
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External links
- [https://www.rufuswainwright.com/ Rufus Wainwright's official site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081115023813/http://www.geffen.com/rufuswainwright Rufus Wainwright] at Geffen Records
- {{MusicBrainz artist|id=78e46ae5-9bfd-433b-be3f-19e993d67ecc|name=Rufus Wainwright}}
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