Album artist 33 - Dire Straits

This page lists the album chart entries of Dire Straits. A list of songs by Dire Straits can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

Members were Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley, Pick Withers. They reformed in 1990 with Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms	1985	UK 1 - May 1985 (228 weeks), US num 1 for 9 weeks - Aug 1985, Canada 1 for 18 weeks - 1985, Germany 1 for 1 week - Jun 1985, Austria 1 - Jun 1985 (22 months), Switzerland 1 - May 1985 (71 weeks), Norway 1 - May 1985 (46 weeks), Sweden 1 - May 1985 (52 weeks), Australia num 1 for 34 weeks - May 1985, France (InfoDisc) 1 of 1985 (peak 1, 76 weeks), US 9 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1996), UK 13 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1997), France Diamond (certified by SNEP Sep 1994), Canada Diamond (certified in Apr 1986), Grammy in 1985 (Nominated), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1985), US BB 3 of 1985, Global 4 - 29 M claimed, UK 4 of all time (4.0 M claimed) (1985), US 5 of 1986, Holland free40 5 of 1985, France Best 6 of 1985, US CashBox 7 of 1985, US sales 9 M (according to RIAA), Radio Caroline 10 (1985), UK Radio2 12, Italy 22 of 1985, Internet 26 - 25 M claimed (1985), Finland 38 of all time (claimed 115,250) (1985), RYM 46 of 1985, Channel4 47, Guiness 68, WTMD 76, Fox101 83, DMDB 84, NARM 89, Defin200 89 (1985), Belgium 92 of all time (1985), WXPN 172 (1985), Rolling Stone 351, Acclaimed 566 (1985)
2	Dire Straits	On Every Street	1991	UK 1 - Sep 1991 (36 weeks), Germany 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1991, Europe num 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1991, Austria 1 - Sep 1991 (6 months), Switzerland 1 - Sep 1991 (26 weeks), Norway 1 - Sep 1991 (21 weeks), Sweden 1 - Sep 1991 (21 weeks), Australia num 1 for 1 week - Sep 1991, UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1991), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Nov 1991), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1991), France (InfoDisc) 5 of 1991 (peak 1, 71 weeks), Italy 10 of 1991, US BB 57 of 1991, Finland 75 of all time (claimed 90,335) (1991), Global 131 - 8 M claimed
3	Dire Straits	Love Over Gold	1982	UK 1 - Oct 1982 (200 weeks), Norway 1 - Sep 1982 (21 weeks), Australia num 1 for 15 weeks - Oct 1982, UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Aug 1985), Sweden 2 - Oct 1982 (21 weeks), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1987), Austria 3 - Nov 1982 (7 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1986), Italy 6 of 1982, France (InfoDisc) 13 of 1982 (peak 2, 65 weeks), RYM 43 of 1982, Holland free40 74 of 1982, UK Radio2 96, WTMD 680, WXPN 776 (1982)
4	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	1978	Australia num 1 for 3 weeks - Dec 1978, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 1987), UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1986), Holland free40 2 of 1978, Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1979), UK 5 - Jul 1978 (132 weeks), Sweden 6 - Sep 1978 (64 weeks), Norway 10 - Jan 1979 (42 weeks), US CashBox 15 of 1979, Austria 17 - May 1979 (7 months), US BB 19 of 1979, France (InfoDisc) 29 of 1978 (peak 1, 62 weeks), RYM 62 of 1978, Global 117 - 9 M claimed, WTMD 293, Radio Caroline 299 (1978), WXPN 339 (1978), Acclaimed 437 (1978)
5	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing	1988	UK 1 - Oct 1988 (64 weeks), Europe num 1 for 13 weeks - Nov 1988, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1988 (26 weeks), UK 4 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1989), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1994), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1989), Austria 3 - Dec 1988 (4 months), Norway 3 - Oct 1988 (15 weeks), Italy 4 of 1989, Sweden 8 - Nov 1988 (20 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 22 of 1988 (peak 1, 22 weeks), Global 103 - 10 M claimed, Internet 119 - 13 M claimed (1988)
6	Dire Straits	Making Movies	1980	Norway 1 - Oct 1980 (20 weeks), Italy 1 of 1981, UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Aug 1985), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 2001), UK 4 - Oct 1980 (252 weeks), Sweden 4 - Oct 1980 (17 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1981), Austria 15 - Dec 1980 (1 month), France (InfoDisc) 66 of 1980 (peak 6, 32 weeks), Holland free40 69 of 1980, RYM 70 of 1980, Radio Caroline 76 (1980), WXPN 77 (1980), WTMD 158, Acclaimed 1231 (1980)
7	Dire Straits	Communique	1979	Germany 1 for 4 weeks - Jul 1979, Sweden 1 - Jun 1979 (40 weeks), Norway 2 - Jun 1979 (43 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1985), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1979), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1979), UK 5 - Jun 1979 (31 weeks), Austria 7 - Jul 1979 (5 months), Italy 51 of 1979, France (InfoDisc) 55 of 1979 (peak 3, 31 weeks), Holland free40 57 of 1979, US BB 60 of 1979, US CashBox 72 of 1979, RYM 158 of 1979
8	Dire Straits	Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits	1998	Europe 3 x Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2001), Norway 2 - Jan 1998 (22 weeks), France Platinum (certified by SNEP Dec 1999), Switzerland 3 - Nov 1998 (14 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1998), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1999), UK 6 - Oct 1998 (14 weeks), Austria 7 - Nov 1998 (4 months), Sweden 7 - Oct 1998 (17 weeks), Italy 28 of 1998, France (InfoDisc) 43 of 1998 (peak 1, 32 weeks)
9	Dire Straits	Alchemy, Dire Straits Live	1984	UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1985), UK 3 - Mar 1984 (163 weeks), Switzerland 3 - Apr 1984 (16 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 2001), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1988), Norway 7 - Apr 1984 (11 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 7 of 1984 (peak 4, 39 weeks), Austria 13 - Apr 1984 (13 months), Sweden 19 - Apr 1984 (10 weeks), RYM 55 of 1984
10	Dire Straits	On The Night	1993	Europe num 1 for 3 weeks - Jun 1993, Austria 2 - Jun 1993 (4 months), UK 4 - May 1993 (7 weeks), Switzerland 5 - May 1993 (15 weeks), Norway 5 - May 1993 (6 weeks), Sweden 14 - May 1993 (6 weeks), Italy 18 of 1993, France (InfoDisc) 33 of 1993 (peak 1, 23 weeks)
11	Dire Straits	Private investigations-The Best of	2005	Europe Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2007), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 2005), Norway 5 - Nov 2005 (15 weeks), Sweden 6 - Nov 2005 (7 weeks), Switzerland 15 - Nov 2005 (15 weeks), UK 20 - Nov 2005 (13 weeks), Italy 95 of 2005
12	Dire Straits	Live At The BBC	1995	UK 71 - Jul 1995 (1 week)