Basia discography

Basia discography
Studio albums5
Live albums2
Compilation albums7
Singles32
Video albums1
Music videos16

The discography of Polish-born singer-songwriter Basia consists of five solo studio albums, two live albums, seven compilations, and thirty-one singles. The artist has also released one video album and numerous music videos. Commercially, Basia's most successful period were the years 1987–1994 when she was signed to Epic Records. Her best-selling single reportedly is 1990's "Cruising for Bruising" from London Warsaw New York which in turn is her most successful album. The singer has enjoyed biggest commercial success in the US, Japan, France, and her native Poland.

For Basia's discography with Matt Bianco see Matt Bianco discography.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[1] 		CAN
[2] 		FRA
[3] 		JPN
[4] 		NLD
[5] 		POL
[6] 		UK
[7] 		USA
[8]
Time and Tide 50 — 16 — — — 61 36
London Warsaw New York
  • Released: February 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, download, streaming
 114 56 28 33 60 — 68 20
The Sweetest Illusion
  • Released: 28 April 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, download, streaming
 214 — 39 6 — — — 27
It's That Girl Again
  • Released: 11 March 2009
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
 — — — 148 — 4 — —
Butterflies
  • Released: 18 May 2018
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
 — — — 279 — 15 — —

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[4]
Basia on Broadway 84
From Newport to London:
Greatest Hits Live ... and More
  • Released: 13 September 2011
  • Label: eOne
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
 —

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[4]
The Best Remixes
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
 66
Brave New Hope —
The Best Remixes II
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
 —
Clear Horizon – The Best of Basia 50
Simple Pleasures
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
 —
Superhits
  • Released: July 2004
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
 —
Playlist: The Very Best of Basia
  • Released: 15 October 2013
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
 —

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1] 		CAN
[13] 		FRA
[14] 		GER
[15] 		NLD
[5] 		UK
[7] 		USA
[16] 		USA AC
[17]
"Prime Time TV" 1986 — — — 68 — 88 — — Time and Tide
"Run for Cover" — — — — — — — —
"Promises" 1987 — 78 — — — 48 — 8
"Freeze Thaw" — — — — — — — —
"New Day for You" 69 — — — 74 — 53 5
"Time and Tide" 158 94 — — — 61 26 19
"Baby You're Mine" 1990 161 57 45 — — 84 — 18 London Warsaw New York
"Cruising for Bruising" 161 21 46 — 51 86 29 5
"Copernicus" — — — — — — — —
"Until You Come Back to Me" — — — — — — — 33
"Brave New Hope" — — — — — — — — Brave New Hope
"More Fire Than Flame" 1993 — — — — — — — — The Sweetest Illusion
"Yearning" 1994 — — — — — — — —
"Drunk on Love" 247 — — — — 41 — —
"Third Time Lucky" — — — — — 77 — —
"Half a Minute" (Live) 1995 — — — — — — — — Basia on Broadway
"Time and Tide" (Live) — — — — — — — —
"Angels Blush" — — — — — — — — Clear Horizon – The Best of Basia
"Clear Horizon" 1998 — — — — — — — —
"Go for You" 1999 — — — — — — — —
"A Gift" 2009 — — — — — — — — It's That Girl Again
"Blame It on the Summer" — — — — — — — —
"I Must" — — — — — — — —
"If Not Now Then When" 2010 — — — — — — — —
"From Newport to London" 2011 — — — — — — — — From Newport to London:
Greatest Hits Live ... and More
"Wandering" (with Mietek Szcześniak [pl])[18] 2012 — — — — — — — —
"Matteo" 2018 — — — — — — — — Butterflies
"Bubble" — — — — — — — —
Title Year Album
"Just Another Day" (Peter White featuring Basia) 1996 Caravan of Dreams
"So Nice (Summer Samba)" (Taro Hakase featuring Basia) 1999 Duets
"Save the Best for Last" (Mietek Szcześniak featuring Basia)[19] 2012 Signs
"Fire & Ice" (The Clarisse Sisters featuring Basia)[20] 2021 Fire & Ice

Other appearances

Videography

Video albums

Title Album details
A New Day

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Prime Time TV" (Version 1) 1987 —
"Run for Cover"
"New Day for You" (Version 1)
"Promises" (Version 1) 1988
"Time and Tide" Nick Morris[22][23]
"New Day for You" (Version 2) 1989 Jon Small[23]
"Prime Time TV" (Version 2) Crescenzo G.P. Notarile[23][24]
"Promises" (Version 2)
"Baby You're Mine" 1990 Nick Morris[22][25]
"Cruising for Bruising"
"Until You Come Back to Me"
"Yearning" 1994 Howard Greenhalgh[25]
"Drunk on Love" Nick Morris[22]
"Third Time Lucky"
"So Nice (Summer Samba)" (with Taro Hakase) 1999 —
"Matteo" (Lyric Video) 2018

References

  1. ^ a b Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks: "Discography Basia". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
    • "New Day for You": Scott, Gavin. "This Week In 1989: May 14, 1989". chartbeats.com.au. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
    • Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 25.
    • All ARIA chart peaks to 18 June 2019: "Basia chart history, received from ARIA on 18 June 2019". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
  2. ^ "Item: 954 - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  3. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2018-09-21. (Select "BASIA" from the drop-down menu.)
  4. ^ a b c Peak chart positions for albums in Japan:
  5. ^ a b "Discografie Basia" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  6. ^ Peak chart positions for albums in Poland:
  7. ^ a b "BASIA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  8. ^ "Basia Chart History (Billboard 200)". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  9. ^ a b "InfoDisc : Les Certifications Officielles des Formats Longs ((33 T. / CD / Albums / Téléchargements depuis 1973" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2010-06-22. (Select "BASIA" from the drop-down menu.)
  10. ^ a b c "Basia Trzetrzelewska gościem programu Cała Muzyka! - Radio Złote Przeboje" (in Polish). tuba.pl. 2018-05-17. Event occurs at 9:37. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  11. ^ a b c "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". www.riaa.com. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  12. ^ "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  13. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Canada:
  14. ^ "Discographie Basia" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  15. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  16. ^ "Basia Chart History (Hot 100)". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  17. ^ "Basia Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  18. ^ "Nowości singlowe – tydzień 3" (in Polish). www.polskieradionyc.com. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  19. ^ "Mietek Szcześniak i Basia Trzetrzelewska w duecie" (in Polish). www.bosko.pl. 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  20. ^ "Fire & Ice featuring Basia Single | THE CLARISSE SISTERS". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  21. ^ Ewa Litwin (2014-03-16). "Piosenka tygodnia (17-23.03.2014): Monika Lidke feat. Basia - Tum Tum Song - Polskie Radio PiK" (in Polish). www.radiopik.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  22. ^ a b c Trzetrzelewska, Basia (2009). It's That Girl Again (Media notes). Magic Records. 272 247 3.
  23. ^ a b c A New Day (VHS). CBS. 1990.
  24. ^ Rehbach, Simon (2018). Medienreflexion im Musikvideo: Das Fernsehen als Gegenstand intermedialer Beobachtung (in German). transcript Verlag. pp. 137–138. ISBN 9783839439876. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  25. ^ a b "Basia". MVDBase.com (person). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 2011-06-26.