The discography of the English singer Matt Cardle consists of four studio albums, one live album, twenty-foursingles, one EP and eleven music videos.
Cardle signed a joint deal with Syco and Columbia Records after winning the seventh series of The X Factor. His winner's single "When We Collide" topped the UK Singles Chart to become the 2010 Christmas number 1 and remained there for three consecutive weeks. In June 2012 the song reached the one million sale mark, making it the 123rd single to sell a million copies in the UK and the fourth by an X Factor contestant. In Ireland it is the fourth best selling single of all time. His debut album, Letters, was released in the UK on 17 October 2011. The album's first single, "Run For Your Life," written by Gary Barlow, peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Letters debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums chart and spent 16 consecutive weeks in the top 40. Two further singles from the album were released, "Starlight" and "Amazing".
Following his split from Columbia/Syco, Cardle's second album, The Fire was released on 29 October 2012 through So What Recordings, part of the Silva Screen Music Group. The album debuted at number 8 in the UK album chart. Cardle then released his third album, Porcelain, independently in 2013 . It reached number 11 on the UK album chart. The first single, a duet with Melanie C called "Loving You", was released on 18 August 2013 and reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. Two further singles were released, "When You Were My Girl" and "Hit My Heart".
Cardle returned to Sony in 2017 and released his fourth album, Time to Be Alive, with them on 27 April 2018.
Cardle announced the release of "Purple Crayon" on 12 January 2021, ahead of the release of his fifth studio album. The song was released digitally on 15 January 2021. Cardle says, "Purple Crayon is song about my struggles with addiction to Valium and the escape I found through using it. The song's emotions are intertwined with imagery from my favourite children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon."
Cardle's fifth studio album, The Great Escape, is due for release on 3 July 2026, and was released on 3 July 2026; the album was by seven singles. As of 2025, he has sold in excess of three million records.
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications & Sales UKPeak positions in the UK: For all except where noted: For "Heroes": For "Starlight": For "Amazing": For "It's Only Love" & "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face": For "Hit My Heart": IREPeak positions in Ireland: For all except noted: For "Heroes": SCOPeak positions for albums in Scotland: For Letters: For The Fire: For Porcelain: For Time to Be Alive: Letters Released: 17 October 2011 Label: Syco, Sony, Columbia Format: CD, digital download 2 2 2 UK: Platinum IRE: Gold The Fire Released: 29 October 2012 Label: So What Recordings Format: CD, digital download 8 14 8 UK: Silver Porcelain Released: 28 October 2013 Label: Absolute Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 11 75 22 Time to Be Alive Released: 27 April 2018 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 28 — 22 The Great Escape Released: 3 July 2026 Label: London Multimedia Limited Format: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download, streaming — — —
Live albums Title Details Intimate and Live Released: 18 November 2016 Label: Absolute Format: CD
EPs Title Details Purple Crayon Released: 18 June 2021 Label: Matt Cardle; Last Man Music Format: Digital download; streaming
Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album UKUKIndie IRE SCOPeak positions for singles in Scotland: For "Heroes": For "When We Collide": For "Run for Your Life": For "Loving You": "When We Collide" 2010 1 — 1 1 Letters "Run for Your Life" 2011 6 — 12 6 "Starlight" 185 — — — "Amazing" 2012 84 — — — "It's Only Love" 175 18 — — The Fire "Anyone Else" — — — — "Lately" https://www.facebook.com/mattcardlemusic/videos/1052078994803728/ 2013 — — — — "Loving You"(with Melanie C) 14 2 42 11 Porcelain "When You Were My Girl" — 36 — — "Hit My Heart" 2014 171 20 — — "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Live) 2016 — — — —Intimate & Live "Desire" 2018 — — — —Time to Be Alive "Time to Be Alive" — — — — "Blind Faith" — — — — "I'm Not Letting Go" — — — — "Nobody" — — — — "Purple Crayon"2021 — — — — Purple Crayon - EP "We're the Butterflies" — — — — "Drinking Dreams" 2025 — — — — The Great Escape "Fading Lights" 2026 — — — — "Mirrorball" — — — — "You Take The Sun" — — — — "Painkiller" — — — — "Stilettos" — — — — "Broken" — — — — "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.
As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK IRE SCO "Heroes"(as part of The X Factor finalists) 2010 1 1 1
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album UKUKIndie "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 2012 92 9 The Fire
Promotional singles Title Year Album "Nobody" (Matt Cardle with W.LDN.SOUNDSYSTEM & ScoobE) 2019 Non-album single
Other appearances Title Year Album "The Power of Love"(Trevor Horn featuring the Sarm Orchestra and Matt Cardle) 2010 Reimagines the Eighties
Music videos Title Year Director(s) "When We Collide" 2011 Andy Morahan "Run for Your Life" Howard Greenhalgh "Starlight" Sean De Sparengo "Amazing" 2012 Sean De Sparengo "It's Only Love" Nick Spanos "Anyone Else" Chanya Button "Lately" 2013 Nick Spanos "Loving You" Jonny Kight "When You Were My Girl" Nick Spanos "Desire" 2018 Tim Fox "Nobody" Sean Robinson
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