Stan Walker discography

New Zealand-Australian singer Stan Walker has released five studio albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays, thirty four singles—including four as a featured artist—and twenty-one music videos. In 2009, Walker won the seventh season of Australian Idol, and signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.[1] Walker's debut studio album Introducing Stan Walker, which contained selected songs he performed on Australian Idol, was released on 11 December 2009. The album debuted at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, and number two on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association, and triple platinum by the Recorded Music NZ. The album's lead single "Black Box" peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart, and number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart, eventually being certified double platinum in both countries.

Stan Walker discography
Walker performing during his Galaxy Tour in 2012
Studio albums	5
Compilation albums	3
Music videos	21
EPs	2
Singles	34

Walker's second studio album From the Inside Out, was released on 20 August 2010. The album debuted at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart, and number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, eventually being certified platinum by the RMNZ. The album's lead single "Unbroken" peaked at number 23 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and number nine on the New Zealand Singles Chart, eventually being certified gold in both countries. "Choose You" and "Homesick" were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively, and each attained moderate chart success. Walker's third studio album Let the Music Play was released on 18 November 2011. Three singles were released from the album: "Loud", "Light It Up" and "Music Won't Break Your Heart". "Take It Easy" was released as a single from the Mt. Zion film soundtrack; it was packaged with Walker's first three studio albums in a box set titled The Complete Collection. His fourth studio album, Inventing Myself, includes the singles "Take It Easy", "Bulletproof", "Inventing Myself" and "Like It's Over". As of October 2013, Walker has sold over 200,000 singles and nearly 100,000 albums.[2]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS [3]	NZ [4]
Introducing Stan Walker	Released: 11 December 2009 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download	3	2	ARIA: Platinum[5] RMNZ: 3× Platinum[6]
From the Inside Out	Released: 20 August 2010 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download	2	1	RMNZ: Platinum[6]
Let the Music Play	Released: 18 November 2011 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download	18	12
Inventing Myself	Released: 25 October 2013 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download	—	3	RMNZ: Gold[7]
Truth & Soul	Released: 17 April 2015[8] Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download	7	3

Live albums

Title	Details
Live with Levites	Released: 30 October 2020[9] Label: Sony Format: digital download, streaming

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Notes
		AUS [3]	NZ [4]
The Complete Collection	Released: 3 May 2013[10] Label: Sony Format: box set	—	12	Comprises four CDs: Introducing Stan Walker, From the Inside Out, Let the Music Play and "Take It Easy"
The Platinum Collection	Released: 27 March 2015[11][12] Label: Sony Format: box set	—	16	Comprises four CDs: Introducing Stan Walker, From the Inside Out, Let the Music Play and Inventing Myself
Impossible (Music by the Book)	Released: 25 September 2020[13] Label: Sony Format: DD, streaming	—	10 [14]

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		NZ [4]
Stan	Released: 26 March 2018 Label: Sony Format: digital download, streaming	17 [15]
Faith Hope Love	Released: 31 May 2019 Label: Grace Promotions Format: digital download, streaming	—

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		AUS [3]	NZ [4][16]
"Black Box"	2009	2	1	ARIA: 2× Platinum[17] RMNZ: 2× Platinum[18]	Introducing Stan Walker
"Unbroken"	2010	23	9	ARIA: Gold[17] RMNZ: Gold[18]	From the Inside Out
"Stand Up"[upper-alpha 1]		—	—		N/A
"Choose You"		16	3	ARIA: Platinum[20] RMNZ: Platinum[18]	From the Inside Out
"Homesick" (featuring Kayo)		—	21	RMNZ: Gold[18]
"Loud"	2011	9	8	ARIA: Platinum[20] RMNZ: Gold[18]	Let the Music Play
"Light It Up" (featuring Static Revenger)		45	23	ARIA: Gold[21] RMNZ: Gold[22]
"Music Won't Break Your Heart"	2012	25	32	ARIA: Gold[21]
"Waltzing Matilda"[upper-alpha 2] (with Jessica Mauboy)		—	—		N/A
"Take It Easy"		—	5	RMNZ: 2× Platinum[25]	Mt. Zion and Inventing Myself
"Bulletproof"	2013	—	2	RMNZ: Platinum[26]	Inventing Myself
"Inventing Myself"		—	27
"Like It's Over" (featuring Ria Hall)		—	19	RMNZ: Gold[27]
"Holding You" (with Ginny Blackmore)	2014	43	1	RMNZ: Platinum[28]	Over the Moon (Ginny Blackmore album)
"Aotearoa" (featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika)		—	2	RMNZ: Gold[29]	N/A
"Start Again"[30] (featuring Samantha Jade)	2015	—	—		Born to Dance[31]
"You Never Know"	2016	86	—[upper-alpha 3]		N/A
"Messages"	2017	—	—[upper-alpha 4]
"Tennessee Whiskey"[34] (with Parson James)		—	—
"New Takeover"[35]		—	—[upper-alpha 5]
"Find You (The Stolen)"[37]		—	—		Stan
"Thank You"[38]	2018	—	—[upper-alpha 6]
"Gimme Your Love"[40]		—	—[upper-alpha 7]		N/A
"Give"[42]	2019	—	—[upper-alpha 8]
"Choose" (featuring Hamo Dell)		—	—[upper-alpha 9]
"Cool Down" (with Seth Haapu)[45]		—	—
"Mexico" (featuring Kings)[46]	2020	—	—[upper-alpha 10]
"Slow Down" (featuring Kaylan)[48]		—	—
"I Don't Want the Fame"[49]		—	—[upper-alpha 11]
"Bigger"[51] (solo or with Parson James)		—	25 [52]	RMNZ: Gold[53]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		AUS [3]	NZ [4]
"Stuck in a Box" (Young Sid featuring Stan Walker)[upper-alpha 12]	2010	—	15		What Doesn't Kill Me...
"Galaxy" (Jessica Mauboy featuring Stan Walker)	2011	13	36	ARIA: Platinum[21] RMNZ: Gold[54]	Get 'Em Girls
"Song for Everyone"[55] (All Star Cast)	2014	—	5		N/A
"Stay"[56] (Tutahi featuring Stan Walker)	2020	—	—		N/A
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		NZ [4]
"Purple Rain"	2009	33	Introducing Stan Walker
"I Can't Make You Love Me" (with Ginny Blackmore)	2014	24	"Holding You"[upper-alpha 13]

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Other artists	Album
"Little Drummer Boy"[57]	2010	N/A	All I Want for Christmas
"What Happened to Us" (Remix)[58]	2011	Jessica Mauboy	N/A
"My Help (Psalm 121)"[59]	2012	N/A	Hope – Songs of Faith and Inspiration
"Tēnā Rā Koe / Thank You"[60]	2019	N/A	Waiata / Anthems
"Dont Dream Its Over" (with Isaiah Firebrace)[61]	2020	various artists	Deadly Hearts: Walking Together
"Poor Boy"[62]	2021	various artists	True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz

Music videos

Title	Year	Director(s)
"Black Box"	2009	Gemma Lee[63]
"Unbroken"	2010	Matthew Chuang[64]
"Stand Up"^[A]
"Stuck in a Box"		Andrew Morton[65]
"Choose You"		Marc Furmie
"Homesick"		Robert Honti
"Stand Up"^[A]
"Loud"[66]	2011
"Light It Up"[67]
"Galaxy"		Melvin J. Montalban[68]
"Music Won't Break Your Heart"	2012	Benn Jae[69]
"Take It Easy"
"Bulletproof"	2013	Shae Sterling[70][71][72]
"Inventing Myself"
"Like It's Over"
"Holding You"	2014	Jessica Sanderson[73]
"Aotearoa"		Shae Sterling[74][75]
"Start Again"	2015
"You Never Know"[76]	2016	Shae Sterling
"Messages"	2017
"Tennessee Whiskey"[77]		Shae Sterling
"New Takeover"[78]		Shae Sterling
"Find You (The Stolen)"[79]
"Thank You"[80]	2018
"Gimme Your Love"[81]
"Give"[82]	2019
"Choose"[83]
"Cool Down"[84]		Shae Sterling
"Bigger"[85]	2020

Notes

1. Walker has recorded two songs titled "Stand Up". The first is a cover of The Feelers' song, and was released in New Zealand only as the official supporter song of the All Whites' campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[19] The second is an original track from From the Inside Out; a music video was filmed to promote The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader soundtrack.
2. "Waltzing Matilda" is a cover that was released to promote the 2012 Summer Olympics in Australia.[23][24]
3. "You Never Know" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[32]
4. "Messages" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[33]
5. "New Takeover" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number eight on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[36]
6. "Thank You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[39]
7. "Gimme Your Love" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[41]
8. "Give" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[43]
9. "Choose" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[44]
10. "Mexico" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 28 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[47]
11. "I Don't Want the Fame" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[50]
12. "Stuck in a Box" was originally recorded for Young Sid's album, What Doesn't Kill Me..., but also appears on From the Inside Out.
13. "I Can't Make You Love Me" is the B-side to "Holding You".

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35. "New Takeover". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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57. "All I Want For Christmas". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
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60. "Waiata / Anthems". iTunes. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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74. "Video premiere: Stan Walker feat. Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika". The Hits (The Radio Network). 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
75. Stan Walker - Start Again ft. Samantha Jade (YouTube). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
76. "Stan Walker - You Never Know". 5 September 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via YouTube.
77. "Stan Walker, Parson James - Tennessee Whiskey". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via YouTube.
78. "Stan Walker - New Takeover". 1 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via YouTube.
79. "Stan Walker - Find You (The Stolen)". 26 October 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via YouTube.
80. "Thank You - Stan Walker". 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via YouTube.
81. "Stan Walker - Gimme Your Love". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via YouTube.
82. "Give - Stan Walker". 4 July 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via YouTube.
83. "Choose - Stan Walker". 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via YouTube.
84. "Seth Haapu & Stan Walker - Cool Down (Official Video)". 22 October 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via YouTube.
85. "Bigger - Stan Walker". 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via YouTube.

External links

• Official website
• Stan Walker at Allmusic.com