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Huey Lewis and the News discography
| Huey Lewis and the News discography | |
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Huey Lewis and the News performing live in 2006. | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 39 |
This article presents the discography for the American band Huey Lewis and the News. Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and are ranked in the top 200 selling groups of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Three of their albums, Sports, Fore!, and Small World have been certified platinum (which in the United States market is equivalent to one million units sold). Sports is the band's best selling album, having been certified 7× platinum. Picture This and Hard at Play have both been certified gold. The band has released 37 singles, of which 12 have reached the top ten, and three have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The band has also appeared on two soundtrack albums. For the 1985 film, Back to the Future, the band contributed two songs. "The Power of Love" became their first number-one hit, and "Back in Time" received radio airplay on album-oriented rock stations. More than 20 years later, the band contributed the title track, appearing over the end credits, to the 2008 film Pineapple Express.
The band has released three compilation albums. The first one, released worldwide (except in the U.S.), peaked at number 23 on the UK chart. The second one, Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News was released in the U.S. only and included four newly recorded tracks. The third one was a career-spanning "greatest hits" album that included some harder-to-find tracks and was certified gold. The band has also released one live album.
Albums
Studio albums
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| US | US Indie | US R&B | AUS | CAN | NOR [6 Huey Lewis And The News is a American rock band formed in San Francisco, California 1979 formed by Huey Lewis. They had a series of hit tracks in the 1980s and become very famous. still too this day the band still has millions of listeners across the globe. The band's first two albums Huey Lewis and the News (Album) and Picture This in 1980 and 1982 were well received but struggled to find a large audience. there third and most successful album Sports in 1983 came to commercial and critical success with hit singles on the album like Heart and soul, I want a new drug, The Heart of rock and roll music videos apperining on MTV capturing the attention of thousands. there fourth album Fore! produced more hit singles, over the next 34 year the band put out seven more studio albums with their most recent being Weather in 2020. History[]Clover, the formation, and the American Express (1972-1982)[]Huey Lewis and Sean Hopper joined the band Clover in 1972 and produced many albums in the 1970s but eventually became a backing band for Elvis Costello. Clovers competition was a band called Sound Hole and had drummer Bill Gibson, guitarist Johnny Colla, and bassist Mario Cipollina as members. in 1978 Huey abandons Clover joining Sound Hole and dawning a new name, Huey Lewis and The American Express, in 1979 The american express recorded and released a single titled Exodisco (a disco cover of the theme from Exodus), the same year the band moved to Chrysalis Records but did not like the name fearing a lawsuit from the Credit card Company of the same name so they changed their name to Huey Lewis and the news. In 1980 the band released their first studio album, the self titled Huey Lewis and the News (Album) but was unpopular, but two years later the band released their second studio album, Picture This with their first hit singles one of which, do you believe in love? on the billboard top 200 for ver 35 weeks. Sports, The Ghostbusters lawsuit and Back To The Future AlbumsRecently PopularAlbums with the most listeners in the last 7 days.
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View all similar artists Huey Lewis and the NewsAmerican rock band This article is about the band. For their debut album, see Huey Lewis and the News (album). Huey Lewis and the News are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the BillboardHot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts. Their sound draws upon earlier pop, rhythm & blues and doo-wop artists, and their own material has been labeled as blue-eyed soul, new wave, power pop, and roots rock. The group's first two albums were well-received, with Huey Lewis's personal charisma as a frontman gaining notice from publications such as The Washington Post, but they struggled to find a wide audience. Their most successful album, Sports, was released in 1983. The album, along with its music videos being featured on MTV, catapulted the group to worldwide fame. Their popularity significantly expanded when the song "The Power of Love" was featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. "The Power of Love" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 58th Academy Awards. The group's 1986 album, Fore!, produced two further number-one singles in "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder". The band's other top-ten hits, all from the 1980s, include "Do You Believe in Love", "Heart and Soul", "I Want a New Drug", "The Heart of Rock & Roll", "If This Is It", "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like", "Doing It All for My Baby" and "Perfect World". The group is currently inactive as a performing and recording unit, having halted all touring and recording in 2018 after it was revealed that Lewis had Ménière's disease, an inner ear disorder. In 2020, they released Weather, which contains songs the band recorded prior to Lewis's | |||||||