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Herbie Hancock discography
Hancock performing in concert, 2006
Studio albums	41
Soundtrack albums	5
Live albums	12
Compilation albums	62
Singles	38

The discography of the American jazz artist Herbie Hancock consists of forty-one studio albums, twelve live albums, sixty-two compilation albums, five soundtrack albums, thirty-eight physical singles, nine promo singles and four songs not released as singles, but that charted due to downloads. This article does not include re-issues, unless they are counted separately from the original works in the charts, furthermore because of the enormous amount of material published, this discography omits less notable appearances in compilations and live albums. The discography shows the peak weekly main chart positions of eight selected countries: United States, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Positions also listed on United States are R&B / hip hop, dance / club, jazz and bubbling under charts. The peaks do not refer necessarily to the position that a record reached when it was first released. Also included are certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).

Hancock made his debut as professional musician in the early 1960s as a sideman, quickly earning a good reputation. Blue Note Records noticed his talent and added him to its roster. For the label, he released seven albums, including Takin' Off (1962), his first solo album, supported by the single "Watermelon Man", which is one of the most performed jazz standards; Empyrean Isles (1964) and Maiden Voyage (1965), two influential jazz albums. During these years, Hancock also began a career as composer for film and television soundtracks, beginning with Blow-Up (1966) for MGM Records. In this role, he reached the top in 1986 with the Round Midnight soundtrack (for Columbia Records), that had its best result on the AFYVE Spanish Albums Chart at No. 18 and won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. After his departure from Blue Note, Hancock signed with Warner Bros. Records, publishing three albums in which he experimented with new jazz music directions: the R&B-oriented Fat Albert Rotunda (1969) and the electronic-oriented Mwandishi (1971) and Crossings (1972). These three releases became influential in the jazz rock movement.

Hancock continued to experiment after leaving Warner Bros. for Columbia Records, where he remained until the late 1980s, releasing sixteen studio albums. At Columbia, Hancock had his best commercial results, gaining immediate success with Head Hunters (1973), an R&B-oriented jazz album with strong funk influences. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling jazz album for a period of time. In 1986, it became the first jazz album ever to win a RIAA Platinum Award and is considered very influential in jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop music. Head Hunters also contains Hancock's first mainstream hit, "Chameleon" (1974), which peaked at No. 35 on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart and is a jazz standard. Other albums that followed in the style of Head Hunters with good popular success, especially in the US, were Thrust (1974) and Man-Child (1975), which ranked respectively No. 13 and No. 21 on the Billboard 200. In 1978, Hancock added disco influences to his jazz and established himself as a mainstream hitmaker across Europe with "I Thought It Was You" (1978) and "You Bet Your Love" (1979), which peaked, respectively, at No. 15 and No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Tell Everybody" (1979), which peaked at No. 22 on the Belgian Flemish Singles Chart. Thanks to these singles, his albums Sunlight (1978) and Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979) earned good popular success, especially in Europe. The first album had its best performance peaking on UK Albums Chart at No. 26, and the second peaked on the VG Norwegian Albums Chart at No. 18.

In 1983, Hancock radically refreshed his sound with strong electronic influences and released Future Shock (1983), an influential album in jazz fusion, dance, electronic, techno and hip-hop music. The album had its best results in Europe, where it peaked at No. 7 on the Ö3 Austria Top 75 Longplays chart. Furthermore, it spawned his biggest hit single, "Rockit" (1983), the first jazz hip-hop song, and became a worldwide anthem for breakdancers and the hip-hop culture of the 1980s. It reached the top 10 in several countries (especially in Europe), having its best performance on Swiss Singles Chart and Belgian Flemish Singles Chart, in each case at No. 4. It also won a RIAA Gold Award in 1990. Thanks to this song, Hancock won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, the first Grammy of his career of a total of fourteen. Future Shock was a bigger success than even Head Hunters, winning a RIAA Platinum Award in 1994 faster than the earlier album had. It spawned an additional mainstream hit with "Autodrive" (1983), which had its best performance on UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 33. Sound-System (1984) followed the musical direction of Future Shock and won the Grammy Award in the same category of "Rockit", making Hancock the first solo artist to win in this category for two consecutive years and also the artist with most wins in the category (a record shared with Earth, Wind & Fire and George Benson). After six years of silence in his solo career, Hancock signed with Mercury Records and released Dis Is da Drum (1994) that showed another innovation in his career with an acid jazz-oriented sound and reached No. 40 on the Swedish Albums Chart. After this release, there were several albums of duets, covers and tributes, such as Gershwin's World (1998), Possibilities (2005) and River: The Joni Letters (2007). The last peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and became the second jazz album in history to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year (the first was Getz/Gilberto (1964) by Stan Getz and João Gilberto). As of 2016, Hancock's last original solo project was the electronic-influenced Future 2 Future (2001), released for Transparent Music.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Releases that charted

Releases that did not chart

Compilations

Releases that charted

Releases that did not chart

• Some of these compilations were re-issued many times with different titles. Sometimes the re-issues included the same track list in a different order and/or with small variations with some bonus tracks.

Soundtrack albums

Singles

Physical singles

Physical releases that charted

Physical releases that did not chart

Promo singles

Note: Promo releases do not chart, because they are not sold, they are promotional items

Promo releases that charted

Promo releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Other appearances

See also

• Herbie Hancock other appearances
• The Headhunters
• V.S.O.P.

Notes

• a From 1989, SNEP lists greatest hits and compilation albums of the artists in a compilation chart (already active from 1987 only for the various artists compilations).
  Prior the launch of the SNEP Singles Chart on November 3, 1984, there wasn't a reliable weekly chart for the singles in France. So, in 2000, Fabrice Ferment in collaboration with SNEP compiled monthly charts for the pre-SNEP chart period based on retail sales of the time.
• b Before Oricon launched the albums chart (started in 1987), it published only albums charts classified as follows: LPs (1970-1989), Cassettes (1974-1995) and CDs (1985-1997). For pre-1987 peak positions, the LP chart is used, as that was the main medium.
• c Prior September 8, 1993, the IFPI Swedish charts were bi-weekly.
• d Between October 20, 1984, and December 4, 1993, the Billboard jazz albums charts were bi-weekly. Note that Top Contemporary Jazz Albums was established on February 28, 1987, and before this date, Contemporary jazz albums were charted on the Top Traditional Jazz Albums (at the time known simply as Top Jazz Albums).
• e Between June 1, 1959, and August 24, 1985 Billboard published the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which ranked the songs that failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. In December 1970, a bubbling under chart was created for the albums that failed to enter into the Billboard 200 and was called Bubbling Under Top LPs. This list closed on August 24, 1985. The bubbling under charts came back on December 5, 1992, with Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Bubbling Under R&B / Hip-Hop Singles. The latter lists the singles that failed to enter into the Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs.
• f RIAA certifications are based on shipment sales in the United States and, on request by the label, RIAA certifies albums and singles as Gold (500,000 units), Platinum (every 1 million units) and Diamond (every 10 million units).
• g BVMI certifications are based on retail sales in Germany calculated by GEMA and other societies. For the low sales of the jazz records, BVMI established a jazz division in 1992 only for albums and singles of the genre released from this date; on request by the label, BVMI certifies them as Gold (every 10,000 copies) and Platinum (every 20,000 copies).

References

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4. ^ Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the United States charts:
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7. Head Hunters. University of Michigan Press. 2005. ISBN 9780472034482. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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9. "RPM Top Singles – Volume 21, No. 15, June 01 1974". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
10. ^ Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the United Kingdom charts:
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11. ^ "Herbie Hancock – Belgian Flemish Singles Chart". Ultratop / Hung Medien (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
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15. ^ "Meet – Herbie Hancock". Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
16. "Herbie Hancock – Austrian Longplays Chart" (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
17. Koskoff, Ellen (2005). Music cultures in the United States: an introduction. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 364. ISBN 0-415-96588-8. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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19. Keyes, Cheryl Lynette (2004). Rap music and street consciousness. Illinois: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. p. 109. ISBN 0-252-02761-2. Retrieved July 28, 2012. Herbie Hancock Rockit first jazz hip hop.
20. Hodgkinson, Will (May 10, 2004). "Culture quake: Rockit". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
21. ^ Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the Swiss charts:
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    • "Herbie Hancock – Swiss Singles Chart". Hung Medien. IFPI Switzerland / Media Control GfK International. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
22. ^ "Herbie Hancock". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America.
23. ^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
24. ^ Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the Swedish charts:
    • "Herbie Hancock – Swedish Albums Chart". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
    • "Round Midnight – Swedish Albums Chart". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
    • "Herbie Hancock – Swedish Singles Chart". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
25. "GRAMMYs' Best Albums". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
26. ^ General references for the albums:
    • "Herbie Hancock main albums discography". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock compilations discography". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock discography". Herbie Hancock Official website. Archived from the original on January 24, 2002. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock discography (Cassettes / Tapes)". Amazon.com. Jeff Bezos. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock discography (Cassettes / Tapes)". MusicStack. Dave Stack. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock digital albums discography". Amazon.com. Jeff Bezos. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock digital albums discography". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
27. ^ Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the French charts:
    • "French Albums Charts Archive (from 1968 to 2007)" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
    • "Herbie Hancock – French Albums Charts (from 1996 to date)" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
    • Ferment, Fabrice. "Top – Février 1984" (in French). Retrieved July 28, 2012.
28. ^ "Discographie von Herbie Hancock" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
29. ^ Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Japanese chart:
    • Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
    • "Herbie Hancock – Japanese Albums Charts" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
30. ^ Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the Netherlands charts:
    • "Herbie Hancock – Dutch Albums Chart". Hung Medien (in Dutch). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
    • "Herbie Hancock – Dutch Singles Chart". Hung Medien (in Dutch). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
31. Ginell, Richard S. "Secrets". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
32. Yanow, Scott. "Third Plane". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
33. "The Herbie Hancock Trio (1982)". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
34. ^ "German certifications" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
35. Yanow, Scott. "The New Standard". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
36. Ginell, Richard S. "1+1". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
37. "Corea/Hancock (Cassette)". Tower Records. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
38. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Hear, O Israel > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
39. ^ "Live: Detroit / Chicago > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
40. Collar, Matt. "Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
41. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
42. ^ "Happy the Man > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
43. ^ "Double Rainbow > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
44. "A Jazz Collection > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
45. ^ "The Collection > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
46. ^ "Jamming > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
47. Jurek, Thom. "Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
48. ^ "Jazz Portrait > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
49. ^ "The Takin' Off / Inventions And Dimensions / Empryean Isles > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
50. Yanow, Scott. "Jazz Profile > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
51. Bush, John. "This Is Jazz, Vol. 35 > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
52. ^ "Rare Tracks > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
53. Yanow, Scott. "The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
54. "Dancin' Grooves > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
55. ^ "Riot > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
56. ^ "Backtracks > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
57. ^ "Les Incontournables > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
58. ^ "Sextant / Secrets > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
59. ^ "The Best of Herbie Hancock (EMI) > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
60. ^ Zimmermann, Curtis. "The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Hits > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
61. ^ "Head Hunters / Future Shock / Man-Child > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
62. ^ Jurek, Thom. "The Herbie Hancock Box > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
63. ^ "Head Hunters / Thrust > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
64. ^ "Thrust / Mr Hands / Secrets > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
65. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Blue Note Years, Vol. 20 > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
66. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
67. ^ "Rockit > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
68. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Headhunters / Sextant / Thrust > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
69. ^ "Soul Power > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
70. ^ "Herbie Hancock (Platinum Disc) > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
71. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Great Sessions > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
72. ^ "The Very Best of Herbie Hancock > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
73. ^ "Piano Fiesta > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
74. ^ "Techno Voodu — Astral Black Simulations > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
75. ^ "Finest in Jazz > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
76. ^ "The Herbie Hancock Trio in Concert > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
77. ^ "Soul and Funk > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
78. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Future Shock / Head Hunters > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
79. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Playlist: The Very Best of Herbie Hancock > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
80. ^ "The Best of Herbie Hancock Box Set > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
81. ^ "Complete Columbia Collection Box Set > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
82. ^ General references for the singles:
    • "Herbie Hancock singles discography". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
    • "Herbie Hancock singles discography". Rate Your Music. Hossein Sharifi. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
83. "Chronologie des Différents Classements d'Albums / CD" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
84. "Charts Archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
85. ^ "Billboard Magazine Archives". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
86. "Certification Criteria". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
87. "Richtlinien für die verleihung von Gold/Platin auszeichnungen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.

External links

• Herbie Hancock Official website
• Herbie Hancock on AllMusic
• Herbie Hancock on Discogs

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