Lights discography

Canadian singer and songwriter Lights has released five studio albums, two acoustic albums, seven extended plays, 27 singles (including seven as a featured artist and two as part of a supergroup), and 25 music videos. Lights began her career as a songwriter, penning songs for the television series Instant Star.[1] She released a self-titled EP in 2008 on the independent record label Underground Operations. Two singles, "Drive My Soul" and "February Air", were released from the EP: "Drive My Soul" reached number 18 on the Canadian singles chart and was certified gold by Music Canada (MC).[2]

Lights discography
Lights performing at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto in 2011
Studio albums5
Music videos25
EPs7
Singles27
Acoustic albums2

Lights' debut studio album, The Listening, was released in September 2009. It reached number seven on the Canadian albums chart and was certified gold by MC.[3] Three singles were released from the album: "Saviour", "Ice" and "Second Go". In early 2010, Lights collaborated with various Canadian musicians on the charity single "Wavin' Flag" which reached number one in Canada and was certified triple platinum by MC.[4][5]

Siberia, her second studio album, was released in October 2011. Featuring collaborations with Holy Fuck and Shad, it peaked at number three in Canada and was certified gold by MC.[3] The album produced three singles, "Everybody Breaks a Glass", "Toes" and "Where the Fence Is Low". An acoustic album, Siberia Acoustic, followed in April 2013. Preceded by the single "Cactus in the Valley" with Owl City, the album reached number seven in Canada.[3]

Her third studio album, Little Machines, was released in September 2014, and debuted at number five in Canada. It has spawned two official singles, the top-40 peaking lead single "Up We Go" and "Running with the Boys", as well as two promotional singles "Portal" and "Same Sea". In 2017, Lights released her fourth studio album, Skin & Earth, which debuted at number three on the Canadian albums chart. Its lead single, "Giants", became the first song of Lights' career to chart in the United States, peaking in the top 20 of the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart.[6]

On June 11th, 2020, she released a seven track instrumental synthwave album on Bandcamp titled How to Sleep When You're on Fire. Proceeds from this album would be donated to the Black Lives Matter Vancouver branch.[7]

Albums

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
CAN
[3]		 GRC
[8]		 US
[9]
The Listening 734129
Siberia
  • Released: October 4, 2011 (CAN)[12]
  • Labels: Universal, Last Gang (Q201356)
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP
 3—47
Little Machines
  • Released: September 23, 2014 (CAN)[16]
  • Labels: Universal, Warner
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP
 5—34
Skin & Earth
  • Released: September 22, 2017[18]
  • Labels: Universal, Warner
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP
 3—95
How to Sleep When You're on Fire
  • Released: June 11, 2020[19]
  • Labels: self-released
  • Formats: DD
 ———
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Acoustic albums
List of acoustic albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
CAN
[3]		 US
[9]
Siberia Acoustic
  • Released: April 30, 2013 (CAN)[20]
  • Labels: Universal, Last Gang (Q201460)
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
 786
Skin&Earth Acoustic ——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays
List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Extended play details Peak chart positions
CAN
[3]		 US
[9]
Lights
  • Released: April 22, 2008 (CAN)[21]
  • Labels: Underground, Doghouse (UOPJ26)
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
 ——
Acoustic
  • Released: July 20, 2010 (CAN)[22]
  • Labels: Sire, Universal (0252743987)
  • Formats: CD, DD
 7122
Siberia (Remixed)
  • Released: February 28, 2012 (CAN)[23]
  • Label: Last Gang
  • Format: DD
 ——
iTunes Session
  • Released: April 3, 2012 (CAN)[24]
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: DD
 52—
Midnight Machines
  • Released: April 8, 2016 (NZ)[25]
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: DD
 9104
Scorpion Side B (Covers) ——
AM 444
(with i_o)
  • Released: May 29, 2020 (US)[29]
  • Label: 720MAU5
  • Format: DD
 ——
Dead End
(with Myth)
  • Released: August 7, 2020 (US)[30]
  • Label: Fueled by Ramen
  • Format: DD
 ——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist
List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[31]		 CAN AC
[32]		 CAN CHR
[33]		 CAN HAC
[34]		 NLD
[35]		 US
Adult
[6]
"Drive My Soul" 2008 184118—— Lights and The Listening
"February Air" 9035————
"Saviour" 2009 38483415—— The Listening
"Ice" 65—2939——
"Second Go" 2010 54—2812——
"My Boots" 56——30—— Non-album single
"Everybody Breaks a Glass"
(featuring Holy Fuck and Shad)		 2011 79————— Siberia
"Toes" 6249———[upper-alpha 2]—
"Where the Fence Is Low"[37] 2012 ——————
"Cactus in the Valley" (acoustic)[38]
(featuring Owl City)		 2013 —————— Siberia Acoustic
"Up We Go" 2014 31597—— Little Machines
"Running with the Boys" 2015 —[upper-alpha 3]364735——
"Giants" 2017 —18—14—18 Skin&Earth
"We Were Here" 2018 ——2137——
"Love Me"
(with Felix Cartal)		 2019 381665—— Non-album single
"Lost Girls" —————— Skin&Earth Acoustic
"Long Live"
(featuring Travis Barker)		 —————— TBA
"Annihilation"
(with i_o)		 2020 —————— AM 444
"Dead End"
(with Myth)		 —————— Dead End
"Batshit"
(with Myth)		 ——————
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"x" denotes a recording where the peak cannot be verified.
List of singles as a featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[4]		 TWN
[42]		 US Dance
[43]
"Every Day"[44]
(Ten Second Epic featuring Lights)		 2009 ——— Hometown
"Wavin' Flag"
(as part of Young Artists for Haiti)		 2010 1——
  • MC: 3× Platinum[5]
 Non-album singles
"True Colors"
(as part of Artists Against Bullying)		 2012 10——
"No One Knows Who We Are"[45]
(Kaskade and Swanky Tunes featuring Lights)		 2013 ——34 Atmosphere
"Zero Gravity"[46]
(Borgeous featuring Lights)		 2015 ———[upper-alpha 4] Non-album single
"Falling Away"[48]
(Seven Lions featuring Lights)		 ——49 Creation
"Warrior"[49]
(Steve James featuring Lights)		 2017 ——— Non-album single
"Drama Free"[50]
(Deadmau5 featuring Lights)		 2018 ——46 Mau5ville: Level 2
"Amateurs"[51]
(Sleepy Tom featuring Lights)		 2019 ——— Amateurs
"Hearts on Fire"
(Illenium and Dabin featuring Lights)		 2020 —3211 TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles
List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak positions Album
CAN Digi.
[52]
"Portal"[53] 2014 — Little Machines
"Same Sea" (K.Flay Remix)[54] 2015 —
"Meteorites"[55] 2016 — Midnight Machines
"Skydiving"[56] 2017 — Skin&Earth
"Savage"[57] 31
"Fight Club"[58] —
"New Fears"[59] —
"Giants" (Acoustic)[60] —
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"[61] 2019 — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart.

Other charted songs
List of other songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak positions Album
CAN Digi.
[52]
"The Listening" 2009 72 The Listening

Other appearances
List of non-single appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Perfect"[lower-alpha 1][62] 2006 None Songs from Instant Star 4
"Meant for Each Other"[63] 2007 The Februarys All the Time in the World
"Home is Where the Heartache Is"
"I Was Always Thinking of You"
"You Got the Girl"[64] 2009 The Tremulance Polaroids
"The End"[65] Silverstein A Shipwreck in the Sand
"Crucify Me"[66] 2010 Bring Me the Horizon There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret.
"Don't Go"
"Used to Be Sweet" The Secret Handshake Night & Day
"The Yacht Club"[67] 2011 Owl City All Things Bright and Beautiful
"Just to Feel Alive" [68] 2012 Anthony Green Beautiful Things
"Book Club" (Acoustic)[69] Arkells Michigan Left
"Desire"[70] 2013 Maestro Fresh-Wes Orchestrated Noise
"Open Water"[71] blessthefall Hollow Bodies
"Remember to Remember"[72] Shad Flying Colours
"Drama Free"[73] 2018 Deadmau5 Mau5ville Level 2
"Just Here with My Friends" (remix)[74] The Darcys, Leah Fay Non-album single
"Last One to Know"[75] 2020 Steve Aoki, Mike Shinoda Neon Future IV

Music videos
List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Drive My Soul" 2008 Sean Michael Turrell [76]
"February Air" [77]
"Saviour" 2009 Roboshobo [78]
"Every Day"
(Ten Second Epic featuring Lights)		 Sean Michael Turrell [79]
"Ice" (version one) Un­known [80]
"Ice" (version two) Roboshobo [81]
"Wavin' Flag"
(as part of Young Artists for Haiti)		 2010 Un­known [82]
"Second Go" Sean Michael Turrell [83]
"Deer in the Headlights"
(Owl City featuring Lights)		 2011 Un­known [84]
"Toes" Sean Michael Turrell [85]
"Banner" 2012 [86]
"Timing Is Everything" Ken Galloway [87]
"True Colors"
(as part of Artist Against Bullying)		 Un­known [88]
"Cactus in the Valley" (acoustic)
(featuring Owl City)		 2013 Lights [89]
"Portal" 2014 Iota Creative [90][91]
"Up We Go" Alon Isocianu [92]
"Running with the Boys" 2015 Amit Dabrai [93]
"Same Sea" [94]
"Meteorites" 2016 Un­known [95]
"Giants" 2017 Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux [96]
"Skydiving" [97]
"Savage" [98]
"New Fears" [99]
"We Were Here" 2018 [100]
"Lost Girls" 2019 Beau Bokan [101]
"Dead End" 2020 [102]

Notes
  1. Scorpion Side B (Covers) was first released for streaming through Lights' SoundCloud page on July 9, 2018 before being made widely available for download and streaming on August 10, 2018.[26][27] By August 14, 2018, the EP was removed from all services except SoundCloud due to undisclosed issues from label executives.[26] However, on August 17, 2018, Lights posted a Dropbox download link to all the songs from the album through her Twitter account, @lights[28]
  2. "Toes" did not enter the Dutch Top 40, but peaked at number 11 on the Dutch Tipparade chart, which acts as an extension to the Dutch Top 40.[35]
  3. "Running with the Boys" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but did reach number 64 on the Hot Canadian Digital Songs component chart.[40]
  4. "Zero Gravity" did not enter the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, but did peak at number 16 on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay component chart.[47]
  1. "Perfect" is credited to Valerie Poxleitner.[62]

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