British synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys have released 15 studio albums, five live albums, nine compilation albums, five remix albums, five soundtrack albums, four extended plays and over seventy singles. The duo's debut single, "West End Girls", was first released in 1984 but failed to chart in most regions. However, the song was entirely re-recorded in late 1985, and this newly recorded version became their first number-one single, topping the UK Singles Chart, Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Singles Chart. Parlophone released the duo's debut album, Please, in the United Kingdom in March 1986. It peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The following summer they released "It's a Sin", the lead single from their second album, Actually. The single became another UK number one and also reached number nine in the US. This was followed by "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", with Dusty Springfield, which peaked at number two in both the UK and US. In the summer of 1987, the Pet Shop Boys recorded a cover of Brenda Lee's song "Always on My Mind", which became their third UK number-one single over Christmas 1987. This was followed by another UK number one, "Heart", in spring 1988. The album Actually was released in September 1987, peaked at number two in the UK and was certified three-times platinum by the BPI.
The duo's third album, Introspective, was released in October 1988 and peaked at number two in the UK and Germany and was certified two-times platinum by the BPI. Their next album, Behaviour, arrived in 1990 and became their third album in a row to debut and peak at number two in the UK. The duo then released their first hits compilation, Discography, which included all of their single releases as well as two new tracks. In 1993 they released a cover of the Village People single "Go West", which reached number two in the UK. The duo's fifth album, Very, followed and is the only Pet Shop Boys album, so far, to reach number one in the UK. In 1994 they recorded the Comic Relief charity single, "Absolutely Fabulous", under the pseudonym of Absolutely Fabulous. The duo do not consider it as a Pet Shop Boys single release and it was not included on any of their "best-of" albums. The duo then released a B-side collection album, Alternative, in 1995. "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)", was released in the summer of 1996, a Latin American music-inspired track, featuring a drum sample, which preceded the sixth Pet Shop Boys album, Bilingual.
Nightlife, the duo's seventh album came in 1999, followed by the modestly successful album Release in 2002. In November 2003, Pet Shop Boys released a second greatest hits album, PopArt: The Hits. The ninth Pet Shop Boys studio album, Fundamental, came in May 2006, reaching number five in the UK. Also in 2006, Concrete was released, a live album recorded at the Mermaid Theatre, London. Released in UK in March 2009, Yes, was a critical success and hit number four, their highest album chart peak in more than a decade. The Pet Shop Boys also received the BPI's award for "Outstanding Contribution to British Music", at the 2009 Brit Awards ceremony. In December 2009, they released an EP of covers, remixes, and new material, titled Christmas.
Ultimate, the one-disc compilation, was released on 1 November 2010 to celebrate 25 years since the band's first single release. The special version included a DVD with over three hours of BBC TV performances of 27 singles by Pet Shop Boys, released by arrangement with BBC Music, as well as the complete Glastonbury Festival performance from June 2010. Ultimate peaked at 27 on the UK charts. The second B-side compilation album, Format, was released on 6 February 2012, reaching number 26 in the UK. The duo released their eleventh studio album, Elysium, in late 2012, reaching number 9 in the UK. Elysium spawned the singles "Winner", "Leaving" and "Memory of the Future".
In March 2013, the Pet Shop Boys started a new chapter in their career when they left their long-term label, Parlophone, and signed with Kobalt Label Services. A new album, Electric, was released in July 2013, reaching number three in the UK and number 26 in the United States, their highest-peaking album for nearly 20 years in both countries. The singles from this album were "Axis", "Vocal", "Love is a Bourgeois Construct", "Thursday" (featuring Example) and "Fluorescent". The duo undertook a worldwide tour to support the album. In November 2014, they returned to the studio to begin working on their next album with Electric producer Stuart Price. Super was released on 1 April 2016. The first single was "The Pop Kids", made available on 16 February 2016. Super debuted at number three in the UK and at number 58 on the Billboard 200, and it topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart as the duo's first number one since Disco 3 in 2003. The live album Inner Sanctum was recorded at the Royal Opera House during the Super Tour. The 2020 release Hotspot completed the Berlin trilogy of albums produced by Stuart Price. Like its predecessors, Hotspot reached number three in the UK.
The compilation album Smash: The Singles 1985–2020 was released by Parlophone in 2023 and entered the UK charts at number four. Pet Shop Boys returned to Parlophone in 2024 for their fifteenth album Nonetheless, produced by James Ford. Debuting at number two in the UK, Nonetheless was their highest-charting studio album since Very 31 years earlier and their nineteenth album overall to reach the top ten.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UKPeak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom: All except Closer to Heaven: Closer to Heaven: AUSPeak chart positions in Australia: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) singles and albums peaks to 12 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988. Top 50 (ARIA) peaks since 13 June 1988: N.B. "Always on My Mind" and "Heart" peaked before the commencement of the ARIA-produced chart, archived on this site. "It's Alright" (ARIA) peak: Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "Liberation" (ARIA) peak: N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Jealousy", "DJ Culture", "Was It Worth It?" and "Single-Bilingual" (ARIA) peaks: "Hallo Spaceboy" (ARIA) peak: "New York City Boy" (ARIA) peak: All ARIA-era chart peaks up to 29 May 2018: N.B. The NAT column displays the release's peak on the national chart. The Christmas EP is listed as "All Over the World". AUT CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: Albums through Nightlife (excl. Introspective): Introspective: Subsequent albums: FINPeak chart positions in Finland: Up to 1994: Since 1995: GER NLD SWE SWI US PleaseReleased: 24 March 1986 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 3 10 — 3 4 38 — 21 20 7BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum ActuallyReleased: 7 September 1987 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 2 16 5 16 1 2 5 2 3 25BPI: 3× Platinum BVMI: Platinum GLF: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI FIN: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold IntrospectiveReleased: 10 October 1988 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette, DCC 2 44 8 11 1 2 — 5 2 34BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold GLF: Gold IFPI FIN: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold BehaviourReleased: 22 October 1990 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 2 27 22 34 3 4 51 9 12 45BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold GLF: Gold IFPI FIN: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: Gold VeryReleased: 27 September 1993 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 1 2 6 9 1 1 18 1 1 20BPI: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BVMI: Platinum GLF: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI FIN: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold SNEP: Gold BilingualReleased: 2 September 1996 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 4 3 15 18 14 7 59 4 11 39BPI: Gold NightlifeReleased: 11 October 1999 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MD 7 25 16 11 18 2 61 4 9 84BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold ReleaseReleased: 1 April 2002 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 7 62 15 — 22 3 71 12 13 73BPI: Silver FundamentalReleased: 22 May 2006 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download 5 25 23 — 9 4 42 6 7 150BPI: Silver YesReleased: 23 March 2009 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download 4 32 5 — 28 3 34 12 7 32BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold ElysiumReleased: 10 September 2012 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download 9 50 20 — 21 7 28 12 13 44 ElectricReleased: 15 July 2013 Label: x2 Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 24 13 21 5 3 15 11 6 26 SuperReleased: 1 April 2016 Label: x2 Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 12 8 35 8 3 13 10 4 58 HotspotReleased: 24 January 2020 Label: x2 Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 3 8 7 61 23 3 30 15 6 100 NonethelessReleased: 26 April 2024 Label: x2, Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, Blu-ray 2 3 3 — 20 3 16 39 2 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions UK AUT GER SWE SWI ConcretePerformed: 8 May 2006, Mermaid Theater, with BBC Concert Orchestra Released: 23 October 2006 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 61 — 76 — — PandemoniumPerformed: 21 December 2009, The O2 Arena, London Released: 15 February 2010 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 29 75 22 41 87 Inner SanctumPerformed 27/28 July 2018, Royal Opera House, London Released: 12 April 2019 Label: x2 Formats: CD, digital download — — 11 — 84 Discovery: Live in Rio 1994Performed: December 1994, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Released: 30 April 2021 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download, DVD/2CD, VHS 31 — 42 — — Dreamworld – The Greatest Hits LiveReleased: 27 February 2026 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download, Blu-ray/CD — 39 8 — 17 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS AUT CAN FIN GER NLD SWE SWI US Discography: The Complete Singles CollectionReleased: 4 November 1991 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MD 3 6 33 33 4 8 26 14 27 111BPI: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold GLF: Gold IFPI FIN: Gold MC: 3× Platinum RIAA: Gold SNEP: Gold AlternativeReleased: 7 August 1995 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 2 8 33 29 17 28 27 14 19 103BPI: Silver EssentialReleased: 31 March 1998 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — — — — — — — — MiniReleased: 23 February 2000 Label: EMI Formats: CD — — — — — — — — — — PopArt: The HitsReleased: 24 November 2003 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 18 193 — — — 24 — 20 99 —BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold PartyReleased: 5 November 2009 Label: Som Livre Formats: CD, digital download — — — — — — — — — — UltimateReleased: 1 November 2010 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 27 — — — — 35 — 46 73 —BPI: Gold FormatRelease: 6 February 2012 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 26 — 73 — — 31 82 33 52 — Smash: The Singles 1985–2020Released: 16 June 2023 Label: Parlophone Formats: 3×CD, 6×LP, cassette, digital download 4 — 48 — — 5 38 — 17 —BPI: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Remix albums + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS AUT CAN FIN GER NLD SWE SWI US DiscoReleased: 17 November 1986 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette 15 — 17 83 — 10 16 33 18 95BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold Disco 2Released: 12 September 1994 Label: Parlophone