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Check out on this section Donna Summer's performance on International Charts along all her career.

Here you'll also find some peace of trivia like the following: How many records Donna has sold worldwide so far? And what are her 3 platinum singles (with over 2 million copies sold each)? See below the answers to those questions and many more. Page built with collaboration of Marcelo Soares.

 

SINGLES 
1974

The Hostage

# 2 (Holland) 

Lady Of The Night

 #4 (Holland) #40 (Germany)

1975

Love To Love You Baby

#1 (France), #2 (US, Canada), #4 (UK), #6 (Switzerland, Germany), #11 (Italy), #17 (Holland)

1976

Could It Be Magic

#2 (Holland), #6 (Italy), #10 (South Africa), #40 (UK), #52 (US)

Try Me I Know We Can Make It 

#12(Italy),  #80 (USA)

Spring Affair
 
#5 (Italy),  #47 (USA)

1977

I Feel Love

#1 (UK, Australia, Norway, Italy, Holland), #2 (Switzerland), #3 (Germany), #6 (US, South Africa), #9 (Canada)  

I Remember Yesterday 

#10 (Italy), #14(UK), #24 (Holland)

Love's Unkind 

#3 (UK), #18 (Germany), #32 (Holland)

Down Deep Inside

#5 (UK), #6 (Holland), #17 (Italy), #45 (US)

I Love You

#10 (UK), #16 (Italy), #37 (US)  

1978
Rumour Has It

 #19 (UK),  #22(Holland), #53(USA)

Heaven Knows

 #4 (USA), #34 (UK)

Last Dance

#3 (US), #8 (Holland), #51 (UK)

MacArthur Park

#1 (US), #1 (Canada), #5 (UK), #9 (Holland), #19 (Italy)  

1979

Hot Stuff

#1 (US, Australia, Switzerland), #2 (Italy, Canada), #5 (Germany), #11 (UK), #14 (Holland)

Bad Girls

#1 (US, Canada), #5 (Switzerland), #7 (Holland), #9 (Germany), #14 (UK), #17 (Italy)

Dim All The Lights

#2 (USA),  #25 (Germany),  #29(uk)

No More Tears

#1 (US), #3 (UK), #6 (Italy), #11 (Switzerland), #20 (Holland), #31 (Germany)

1980

The Wanderer

#3 (US, Italy), #5 (South Africa), #26 (Holland), # 48 (UK)  

1982

Love Is In Control

#2 (Norway), #5 (Switzerland), #6 (Holland), #7(South Africa), #10 (US), #14 (Italy), #18 (UK)

State of Independence

#1 (Holland), #14 (UK), #41 (US)

The Woman In Me

#7 (Holland), #33 (USA), #62(UK)

1983

She Works Hard For The Money

#3 (US), #8 (Norway), #10 (Switzerland), #11 (Germany, South Africa), #17 (Holland), #21 (Italy), #25 (UK)  

Unconditional Love

 #14 (UK), #42 (USA)

1984

There Goes My Baby

#21(USA), #31 (Holland)

1987
Dinner With Gershwin

#13(UK), #24 (Italy), #34 (Holland), #48(USA)

1989

This Time I Know It’s For Real

#2 (Norway), #3 (UK), #5 (Holland), #6 (Sweden), #7 (US), #15 (Germany), #20 (Italy)

I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt

#7 (UK),  #12 (Sweden), #21 (Italy), #30 (Holland)

1994

Melody Of Love

 #21 (UK)

1995

I Feel Love (remix) 

#8 (UK), #26 (Holland)

1996
State Of Independence (remix)

#13 (UK)

1999
I Will Go With You

  #3 (Spain), #44 (UK), #79 (US)

Love Is The Healer

 #14 (Spain), #25(Canada)

 

ALBUMS
1975

Love To Love You Baby

#6 (Italy), #11 (US), #16 (UK)  

1976

A Love Trilogy

#4 (Italy), #21 (US), #41 (UK)

Four Seasons Of Love

#1 (Italy), #29 (US)  

1977

I Remember Yesterday

#1 (Italy), #3 (UK), #18 (US)

Once Upon A Time

#1 (Italy), #24 (UK), #26 (US)

Greatest Hits 

#4 (UK)

1978

Live & More

#1 (US), #8 (Italy), # 16 (UK)  

1979

Bad Girls

#1 (US), #3 (Italy), #23 (UK)

Greatest Hits On The Radio vol. I&II

#1 (US), #10 (Italy), # 24 (UK)  

1980

The Wanderer

#4 (Italy), #13 (US), #55 (UK) 

1981

Walk Away

#50 (US)  

1982

Donna Summer

#3 (Norway, Holland),#13 (UK), #17 (Italy), #20 (US)  

1983

She Works Hard For The Money

#9 (US), #20 (Italy), #23 (Switzerland), #28 (UK) 

1984

Cats Without Claws

#13 (Switzerland), #25 (Italy), #40 (US), #69 (UK) 

1987

All Systems Go

#17 (Italy), #54 (UK), #122 (US)  

1989

Another Place And Time

#4 (Brazil), #17 (UK), #23 (Switzerland), #24 (Italy), #53 (US)

1990

The Best Of Donna Summer

#24 (UK) 

1994
Endless Summer 

#37 (UK)

1999

Live & More Encore

#11 (Spain), # 43 (US), #75 (Germany) 

 

   

US R&B chart

Love To Love You Baby #3

Could It Be Magic #21

Try Me I Know We Can make It #35

Spring Affair #24

Winter Melody #21

Can't We Just Sit Down #20

I Feel Love #9

I Love You #28

Rumour Has It #21

Last Dance #5

MacArthur Park #8

Heaven Knows #10

Hot Stuff #3

Bad Girls #1

Dim All The Lights #13  

On The Radio #9

Walk Away #35

No More Tears #20

The Wanderer #13  

Love Is In Control #4

State Of Independence #31

The Woman In Me #30

She Works Hard For The Money #1

Unconditional Love #9

Love Has A Mind Of Its Own #35

There Goes My Baby #20

Supernatural Love #51

Dinner With Gershwin #10

When Love Cries #18

The Power Of One #50 (sales chart)

Some #1 hits on the US dance/disco chart:

Love to Love You Baby

Try Me I Know We Can Make It

Spring Affair

I Feel Love

Last Dance

MacArthur Park

Bad Girls

Hot Stuff

She Works Hard For The Money

Melody Of Love

I Will Go With You

Love Is The Healer

 

Miscellaneous Stats

Amount of records sold worldwide: 100 million

Number of top 10 hits:

US:14

Holland: 12

UK: 10

Italy: 7

Switzerland: 6

Germany: 4  

 

Gold and platinum certifications in the US (according to RIAA):  

Gold singles (1 million copies sold):

Love to love you baby; i feel love, last dance, macarthur park, heaven knows, dim all the lights, no more tears (12 inch), the wanderer, this time i know it’s for real

 

Platinum singles (2 million copies sold): hot stuff, bad girls, no more tears (7 inch)  

Gold albums (500 thousand copies sold): love to love you baby, a love trilogy, 4 seasons of love, once upon a time, the wanderer, donna summer, she works hard for the money

 

Platinum album (1 million copies): live & more

 

Double platinum albums (2 million copies): bad girls, greatest hits on the radio

 

Note: Singles that reached 1 million copies sold were certified gold  until 1989, from this year on the requirement for a gold certificate was reduced to 500,000 copies only. For a platinum certification, a single had to sell 2 million, but in 1989 this figure was decreased to 1 million only. Therefore, This Time I Know It’s For Real is Donna’s only gold  single that wasn’t a million seller.

There has been no change in the criteria for albums.  

Some achievements in the US:

Donna holds the 6th position on the ranking of female artists with most gold and platinum awards

She was the 1st female artist to score 3 #1 hits within the same year (1979) and to sell nearly 20 million singles and albums within 4 years in the USA alone.

She was also the first black female artist to have 3 albums topping the US chart.

She was the top selling artist of 1979.

 
I'd like to thank my very good friend Marcelo Soares for his hard work in compiling all the data above and gently sending it to me. He's always sending me new information on charts concerned to Donna's records. So, keep checking this section out for constant updates. Check out also Marcelo's profile at Friends Unknown Gallery, as well as his awesome new Donna tribute website: MACDONNA'S.

 


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