Album artist 101 - Electric Light Orchestra

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

Formed by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan. Known as ELO and E.L.O..

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979	UK 1 - Jun 1979 (45 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1979 (34 weeks), Australia num 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1979, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 1997), Sweden 2 - Jun 1979 (20 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jun 1979), Austria 3 - Jul 1979 (17 months), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1979), Italy 15 of 1979, France (InfoDisc) 16 of 1979 (peak 2, 56 weeks), US CashBox 19 of 1979, US BB 22 of 1979, Holland free40 54 of 1979, RYM 153 of 1979, Radio Caroline 168 (1979)
2	Electric Light Orchestra	Time	1981	UK 1 - Aug 1981 (32 weeks), Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Sep 1981, Sweden 1 - Aug 1981 (38 weeks), Norway 2 - Aug 1981 (17 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1982), Austria 3 - Sep 1981 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 1981), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1981), Holland free40 30 of 1981, RYM 38 of 1981, Italy 66 of 1981, France (InfoDisc) 100 of 1982 (peak 28, 16 weeks)
3	Electric Light Orchestra	Out Of The Blue	1977	Sweden 2 - Nov 1977 (24 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Nov 1977), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1978), Norway 3 - Nov 1977 (29 weeks), UK 4 - Nov 1977 (111 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1979), Holland free40 6 of 1977, US BB 17 of 1978, US CashBox 30 of 1978, RYM 40 of 1977, Italy 80 of 1978, WXPN 689 (1977), WTMD 766, Acclaimed 902 (1977)
4	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	1976	Sweden 1 - Nov 1976 (54 weeks), Australia num 1 for 9 weeks - Apr 1977, US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 1976), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jul 1979), UK 6 - Dec 1976 (99 weeks), Austria 9 - Mar 1977 (4 months), Norway 9 - Dec 1976 (12 weeks), US BB 18 of 1977, US CashBox 21 of 1977, RYM 32 of 1976, Radio Caroline 80 (1976), Acclaimed 2230 (1976)
5	Electric Light Orchestra	ELO's Greatest Hits	1979	Australia num 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1980, US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 2000), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Nov 1979), UK 7 - Dec 1979 (18 weeks), Norway 13 - Dec 1979 (11 weeks), Austria 17 - Mar 1980 (2 months)
6	Electric Light Orchestra	Secret Messages	1983	UK 4 - Jul 1983 (15 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jul 1983), Norway 5 - Jul 1983 (12 weeks), Sweden 11 - Aug 1983 (12 weeks), Austria 16 - Jul 1983 (3 months), France (InfoDisc) 52 of 1983 (peak 15, 40 weeks)
7	Electric Light Orchestra	Balance Of Power	1986	Sweden 3 - Feb 1986 (16 weeks), Norway 4 - Feb 1986 (11 weeks), UK 9 - Mar 1986 (12 weeks), Switzerland 10 - Mar 1986 (10 weeks), Austria 29 - Mar 1986 (1 month), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1986)
8	Electric Light Orchestra	Eldorado	1974	US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1975), RYM 68 of 1974, US CashBox 88 of 1975, WXPN 803 (1974), WTMD 833, Acclaimed 2557 (1974)
9	Electric Light Orchestra	Face the Music	1976	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1976), US BB 51 of 1976, Italy 86 of 1976, RYM 94 of 1975
10	Electric Light Orchestra	Zoom	2001	Norway 18 - Jun 2001 (4 weeks), Switzerland 26 - Jun 2001 (2 weeks), UK 34 - Jun 2001 (1 week), Sweden 35 - Jun 2001 (1 week)
11	Electric Light Orchestra	All Over The World - The Very Best Of ELO	2005	UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 2007), UK 6 - Jun 2005 (28 weeks), Norway 29 - Jul 2005 (2 weeks)
12	Electric Light Orchestra	The Very Best Of The Electric Light Orchestra	1990	UK 4 - Jul 1994 (11 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1989), Sweden 22 - Aug 1990 (4 weeks)
13	Electric Light Orchestra	The Ultimate Collection	2001	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 2001), UK 18 - Nov 2001 (1 week)
14	Electric Light Orchestra	Three Light Years	1978	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Feb 1979), UK 38 - Jan 1979 (9 weeks)
15	Electric Light Orchestra	Ole Elo	1976	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1976), US CashBox 70 of 1976
16	Electric Light Orchestra	Light Years - The Very Best Of	1997	Norway 10 - May 1998 (9 weeks), UK 60 - Nov 1997 (2 weeks)
17	Electric Light Orchestra	Out Of The Blue: Live At Wembley	2006	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jun 2007)
18	Electric Light Orchestra	The Swedish Collection - The Very Best Of	2001	Sweden 7 - Jan 2001 (7 weeks)
19	Electric Light Orchestra	Part Two	1991	Switzerland 22 - Jun 1991 (5 weeks)
20	Electric Light Orchestra	Electric Light Orchestra's Greatest Hits	1989	UK 23 - Dec 1989 (21 weeks)
21	Electric Light Orchestra	Electric Light Orchestra	1972	UK 32 - Aug 1972 (4 weeks)
22	Electric Light Orchestra	Electric Light Orchestra Part II	1991	UK 34 - Jun 1991 (4 weeks)
23	Electric Light Orchestra	Electric Light Orchestra II	1973	UK 35 - Mar 1973 (1 week)
24	Electric Light Orchestra	On the Third Day	1973	RYM 131 of 1973
25	Electric Light Orchestra	The Light Shines On	1977	UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1979)

In addition to the above listed albums Electric Light Orchestra also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra	Xanadu	1980	Germany 1 for 1 week - Sep 1980, Austria 1 - Aug 1980 (6 months), Norway 1 - Jul 1980 (31 weeks), Sweden 1 - Jul 1980 (27 weeks), Australia num 1 for 6 weeks - Aug 1980, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1984), UK 2 - Jul 1980 (17 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1980), US CashBox 20 of 1980, Italy 29 of 1980, France (InfoDisc) 84 of 1980 (peak 18, 27 weeks)
2	Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra	Two Of A Kind	unknown	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 1984)