This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge. She has released 18 studio albums, 43 singles and 38 music videos on Island Records, Universal Music Group, ME Records, and BMG. Over the course of her career, she has amassed five Platinum albums, three of which are multi-platinum, and two Gold albums. She also has 11 Billboard Hot 100 charting singles, with six of them hitting the Top 40, and 11 Billboard Adult Contemporary charting singles, all peaking in the Top 40. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, she has sold 13 million certified albums in the United States.
Etheridge was signed to Island Records by Chris Blackwell and released her debut album, Melissa Etheridge, in 1988. Her second album, Brave and Crazy, appeared the following year. Etheridge released her third album, Never Enough, in 1992. The following year, she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album: Yes I Am. Its tracks "I'm the Only One", "Come to My Window", and "If I Wanted To" all reached the Top 40 in the United States, while the album spent 138 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 15, and earned a RIAA certification of 6× Platinum, her largest selling album to date. Her fifth album, Your Little Secret, was released in 1995 and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, her highest charting album to date. The album went 2× Platinum, and its tracks "I Want to Come Over" and "Nowhere to Go" both reached the Top 40. Her sixth album, Breakdown, was released in 1999 and reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The album went Gold, and its lead single, "Angels Would Fall", reached No. 51 in the United States.
Her seventh and eighth studio albums, Skin and Lucky, appeared in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Her first compilation album, Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, was released in 2005 and became a great commercial success, going Gold, while it reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200. The Awakening was released in 2007 and her first Christmas album, A New Thought for Christmas, appeared the following year. Her last albums for Island Records, Fearless Love and 4th Street Feeling, appeared in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Etheridge formed her own record label, ME Records, and released her 13th album This Is M.E. in 2014. MEmphis Rock and Soul appeared in 2016, followed by The Medicine Show in 2019. Her most recent studio album is Rise (2026).
Albums Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected peak chart positions and certifications Year Title Chart positions Certifications US AUS AUT BEL GER NLD NZ SWE SWI UK 1988 Melissa Etheridge Released: May 2, 1988 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, cassette 22 3 16 — 36 9 — 48 — —RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BVMI: Gold CRIA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum 1989 Brave and Crazy Released: September 11, 1989 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, cassette 22 9 14 — 7 — — 40 7 63RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum CRIA: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold 1992 Never Enough Released: March 17, 1992 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, cassette 21 8 7 — 12 38 — — 12 56RIAA: Platinum CRIA: Platinum 1993 Yes I Am Released: September 21, 1993 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD, cassette 15 39 22 — 31 2 20 — 17 —RIAA: 6× Platinum CRIA: 2× Platinum 1995 Your Little Secret Released: November 14, 1995 Label: Island Formats: CD, cassette 6 17 30 33 26 10 22 — 23 85RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold CRIA: Platinum 1999 Breakdown Released: October 5, 1999 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD 12 15 45 — 14 20 — — 38 —RIAA: Gold 2001 Skin Released: July 10, 2001 Label: Island Formats: CD, LP, cassette 9 30 35 — 10 30 — — 65 — 2004 Lucky Released: February 10, 2004 Label: Island Format: LP, CD, digital download 15 91 40 — 18 29 — — 51 — 2007 The Awakening Released: September 25, 2007 Label: Island Format: LP, CD, digital download 13 — 57 — 18 28 — — 87 — 2008 A New Thought for Christmas Released: September 30, 2008 Label: Island Format: LP, CD 113 — — — — — — — — — 2010 Fearless Love Released: April 27, 2010 Label: Island Format: LP, CD 7 — 26 — 10 28 — — 51 — 2012 4th Street Feeling Released: September 4, 2012 Label: Island Formats: LP, CD 18 78 50 — 25 31 — — — — 2014 This Is M.E. Released: September 30, 2014 Label: ME Formats: LP, CD 21 34 61 — 41 — — — 96 — 2016 MEmphis Rock and Soul Released: October 7, 2016 Label: Stax Formats: LP, CD 34 40 50 121 52 82 — — 63 — 2019 The Medicine Show Released: April 12, 2019 Label: Concord, MLE Formats: LP, CD 95 — 74 168 29 85 — — 44 — 2021 One Way Out Released: September 17, 2021 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — 30 — — — 31 — 2026 Rise Released: March 27, 2026 Label: Sun Formats: CD, LP, digital download 192 — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Compilation albums +List of compilation albums, with selected peak chart positions and certifications Year Title Chart positions Certifications US AUS GER NLD NZ 2005 Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled Released: October 18, 2005 Label: Island Formats: CD, digital download 14 94 61 73 —RIAA: Gold 2011 Icon Released: March 1, 2011 Label: Universal Formats: CD, digital download — — — — 16
Live albums +List of live albums, with selected details Year Title 1989 Live at the Bottom Line Released: 1989 Label: Air Cuts Formats: CD/2 CD 2002 Live and Alone Released: 2002 Label: Island Formats: DVD/2 DVD 2004 Lucky Live Released: October 2004 Label: Island Formats: CD (+ DVD) 2008 Awakening Live Released: March 29, 2008 Label: Island Formats: CD (+ DVD) 2015 A Little Bit of Me: Live in L.A. Released June 9, 2015 Label: Rock Fuel Media Formats: Digital download, CD, DVD, Blu-ray 2023 Beautiful Day (Live Foxboro 93) Released October 13, 2023 Label: Atlas Formats: Digital download 2024 I'm Not Broken (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility) Released July 9, 2024 Label: Sun Formats: Digital download, CD, Vinyl
Extended plays Melissa Etheridge Live (1988) 5 Live Cuts (1988) Live (1990)
Singles +List of singles, with selected peak chart positions Year Title Chart positions Album US Hot 100 US Main Rock US AC US Adult AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "The Angels": "Dancing Without Sleeping": "I'm the Only One": "I Want To Be In Love": "4th Street Feeling": CAN GER NLD NZ UK1988 "Bring Me Some Water"—10——934——17100Melissa Etheridge "Don't You Need" (UK only)—————————— "Like the Way I Do"4228——16——1617— "Similar Features"946——3493————1989 "Chrome Plated Heart" (US only)—22———————— "No Souvenirs"959——304—71——Brave and Crazy "The Angels"—34——116————— "Let Me Go"—13——7027————1990 "You Can Sleep While I Drive"————105——56——1992 "Ain't It Heavy"—10——449————Never Enough "2001"————7121———— "Dance Without Sleeping"——24—14546———— "Like the Way I Do" (live)———————2—— Melissa Etheridge Live (EP)1993 "Must Be Crazy for Me"———————30—— Never Enough "I'm the Only One"810195812—26——Yes I Am "Come to My Window"2522427—13————1994 "All American Girl"—24———24———— "I Will Never Be the Same"—————————— "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"/"Give Peace a Chance"—————————— single only "If I Wanted To"16—17—4719———— Yes I Am1995 "Your Little Secret"—4—404069925——Your Little Secret1996 "I Want to Come Over"222217929183—29100 "Nowhere to Go"40—249—4———— 1999 "Angels Would Fall"51——9596886148—Breakdown "Scarecrow"——————————2000 "Enough of Me"———19—————— "Stronger Than Me"—————————— 2001 "I Want to Be in Love"———2079——80—— Skin2004 "Breathe"——229———96——Lucky "This Moment"———34——————2005 "Cry Baby"/"Piece of My Heart"(with Joss Stone)32————————— Download-only single "Refugee"——————————Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled "I Run for Life"——10——————— 2006 "I Need to Wake Up"—————————— Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled (enhanced version) 2007 "Message to Myself"——25———52——— The Awakening 2008 "Just Stand Up!" (with 14 other artists)11—17353910——1926 Download-only single 2010 "Fearless Love"——1824——————Fearless Love "The Wanting of You"—————————— 2012 "Falling Up"—————————— 4th Street Feeling2014 "Uprising of Love"—————————— Download-only single "Take My Number"——————————This Is M.E. 2015 "Monster"——————————2016 "Pulse"—————————— Download-only single "Respect Yourself"—————————— MEmphis Rock and Soul 2019 "Faded by Design"—————————— The Medicine Show2026"Bein' Alive"——————————Rise "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Soundtrack contributions Year Song Film1990 "Don't Look at Me" Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael "In Roxy's Eyes (I Will Never Be the Same)" 1995 "I Take You with Me" Boys on the Side 1997 "This War Is Over" The Devil's Own2006 "Welcome to This Day" Brother Bear 2 "Feels Like Home" (with Josh Kelley) "It Will Be Me" "Welcome to This Day (Reprise)" (with Josh Kelley)
Miscellaneous These songs have not appeared on a studio album released by Etheridge.
Year Song Album 1992 "The Green Grass Grew All Around" For Our Children – The Concert 1994 "Burning Love" It's Now or Never: The Tribute to Elvis "Bring Me Some Water" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV 1995 "The Weakness in Me" Ain't Nuthin' but a She Thing1996 "Be My Baby" The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "Love Child" "Leader of the Pack" 1997 "Sin tener a donde ir" Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte 1998 "Apartment #9" Tammy Wynette Remembered2001 "The Angels" (Earl Scruggs with Melissa Etheridge) Earl Scruggs and Friends "Born to Run" The Concert for New York City 2023 "Tried to Rock and Roll Me" Rockstar
DVDs YearTitleCertifications 2001 Live... and Alone (DVD/2DVD)RIAA: 2× Platinum 2004 Lucky Live (DVD/DVD+CD) 2005 The Road Less Travelled (CD+DVD) 2007 The Awakening Live (DVD+CD)
Music videos Year Song Director(s)1988 "Bring Me Some Water" Tony van den EndeJulie Cypher "Similar Features" Meiert Avis "Like the Way I Do" Tony van den Ende1989 "No Souvenirs" "The Angels"Julie Cypher1990 "Let Me Go" "You Can Sleep While I Drive"1992 "Ain't It Heavy" "2001" Julie Cypher "Dance Without Sleeping" 1993 "I'm the Only One" David Hogan "Come to My Window" Samuel Bayer1994 "All American Girl" Tim Royes "If I Wanted To" Samuel Bayer "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" Matt Mahurin1995 "I'm the Only One" (live) "Your Little Secret" David Hogan "The Weakness in Me" Maria Maggenti1996 "I Want to Come Over" Pam Thomas "Nowhere to Go" Julie Cypher 1999 "Angels Would Fall" Melissa Etheridge 2000 "Enough of Me" Julie Cypher 2001 "I Want to Be in Love" David Hogan 2004 "Breathe" Philip Andelman 2005 "Refugee" James Frost2006"I Run for Life"Randee St. Nicholas "I Need to Wake Up" Fredrik Bond2007 "Message to Myself" Danny Clinch "California" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD) "Heroes and Friends" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD) "Threesome" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD) "Map of the Stars" (only available on The Awakening Live DVD)2010 "Fearless Love" Jay Martin "Nervous" 2012 "Falling Up" Linda Wallem2014 "Uprising of Love" "Take My Number" Dale Resteghini 2015 "Monster" Dale ResteghiniNiv Gat
Notes
See also List of awards and nominations received by Melissa Etheridge
References General Live... and Alone, 2001, complete discography melissaetheridge.com
Specific
External links Melissa Etheridge's Official Website