Depeche Mode Discography

Depeche Mode Discography

The discography of Depeche Mode consists of twelve studio albums, six live albums, ten compilation albums, forty-eight singles, and eight box sets on Mute Records, Sire Records and Reprise Records, as well as fifty-seven music videos (not including remixed and edited versions), twelve music VHS/DVDs (not including re-releases), and six DVD singles.

Depeche Mode ( /dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd/) are an electronic music group formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andrew Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (production, keyboards, drums) who was a band member from 1982 to 1995. Following Wilder's departure, Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher continued as a trio.

Since their debut in 1981, Depeche Mode have had forty-eight songs in the UK Singles Chart, as well as one US and two UK number one albums (Songs of Faith and Devotion and Ultra). According to their record company, Depeche Mode have sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide. The group's concert video Devotional was nominated for "Best Long Form Music Video" at the 37th Grammy Awards in 1995. "Suffer Well", the third single of the album Playing the Angel, was nominated in the category for "Best Dance Recording" at the 49th Grammy Awards in 2007. On 19 December 2006, Depeche Mode's back catalogue was released on the iTunes Store as The Complete Depeche Mode. On 3 December 2009, Sounds of the Universe was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album. They received a second nomination for the video "Wrong": for Best Short Form Music Video at the 52nd Grammy Awards.