Breaking Benjamin discography

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Breaking Benjamin discography
Breaking Benjamin performing on February 14, 2015.
Studio albums6
Compilation albums2
Music videos17
EPs3
Singles23

The American rock band Breaking Benjamin has released six studio albums, two compilation albums, three extended plays, 23 singles and 17 music videos. The group has sold over nineteen million units in the United States alone,[1] with three platinum records, two gold records, three multi-platinum singles, three platinum singles, and six gold singles as designated by the RIAA.[2] The band signed with Hollywood Records in 2002 following the success of their independently released eponymous EP, and began recording their first full-length major-label debut Saturate shortly thereafter. The record peaked at number two on the US Top Heatseekers chart and number 136 on the US Billboard 200. It was eventually certified gold in 2015. The band's sophomore effort, We Are Not Alone, released in 2004, peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard 200, and was later certified platinum in the United States and gold in New Zealand. Breaking Benjamin's third studio album Phobia was released in 2006 and reached number two on the US Billboard 200, number one on the US Digital Albums chart, number one on the US Top Rock Albums chart, and was later certified platinum in the United States and silver in the United Kingdom. Breaking Benjamin released their fourth record in late 2009 titled Dear Agony, reaching number one on the US Top Hard Rock Albums and US Top Alternative Albums charts, number two on the US Top Rock Albums and US Digital Albums charts, and number four on the US Billboard 200. The record was certified gold three months after its release and was later certified platinum.

Near the end of a tour supporting Dear Agony, front man Benjamin Burnley announced that he was ill and thereby no longer able to tour, placing the band on indefinite hiatus. During this time, guitarist Aaron Fink and bassist Mark Klepaski unilaterally permitted the compilation, recording, and release of Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin and a remix of the song "Blow Me Away" featuring Sydnee Duran of Valora. Burnley, asserting that the two had acted without consulting him, fired Fink and Klepaski.[3] Shortly after the legal matters were settled in 2013, drummer Chad Szeliga announced his departure due to "creative differences".[4] Shallow Bay was released in 2011, despite Burnley publicly opposing it, who said content had been altered without his consent and did not meet his standards.[5] It went on to top the US Top Hard Rock Albums chart in three consecutive years, from 2011 to 2013.

In 2014, Burnley announced the band's reformation with a completely new lineup. Later in early 2015, the band announced a fifth full-length studio album titled Dark Before Dawn which was released in the summer of 2015,[6] and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, the first to reach number one on that chart and was later certified gold in the United States. The band later released both the studio album Ember (2018) and their second compilation album Aurora (2020).

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[7] 		US Rock
[8] 		US
Alt.
[9] 		AUS
[10] 		AUT
[11] 		CAN
[12] 		GER
[13] 		NZ
[14] 		SWI
[15] 		UK
[16]
Saturate 136 — — — — — — — — —
We Are Not Alone
  • Release date: June 29, 2004
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD, DI, CS
 20 — — — — — — 14 — —
Phobia
  • Release date: August 8, 2006
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD (+DVD), DI, CS
 2 1 — — — — — 16 — —
Dear Agony
  • Release date: September 29, 2009
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD (+DVD), DI, LP
 4 2 1 — — 13 — 22 — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]
Dark Before Dawn
  • Release date: June 23, 2015
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD, DI, LP
 1 1 1 11 49 1 34 11 66 34
Ember
  • Release date: April 13, 2018
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD, DI, LP
 3 1 1 9 10 4 6 25 16 35
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable.

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[7] 		US Alt.
[19] 		US Hard
[20] 		US Rock
[8] 		US Taste.
[21] 		AUS Dig.
[22] 		CAN
[12] 		GER
[13]
Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
  • Release date: August 16, 2011
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD, DI
 22 4 1 4 12 — — —
Aurora
  • Release date: January 24, 2020
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: CD, DI
 29 3 1 1 4 8 56 73

Extended plays[edit]

List of extended plays
Title Album details
Breaking Benjamin
Live EP
  • Release date: June 29, 2004[24]
  • Label: Hollywood
So Cold EP
  • Release date: November 23, 2004[25]
  • Label: Hollywood
 

Singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
[26] 		US Alt.
[27] 		US Main.
[28] 		US Rock
[29] 		US Hard Rock Digi. CAN
[30] 		CAN
Rock
[31] 		CZE
Rock
[32]
"Polyamorous" 2002 — 31 19 — — — — — Saturate
"Skin" 2003 — 37 24 — — — — —
"So Cold" 2004 76 3 2 24 12 — 16 —
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]
 We Are Not Alone
"Sooner or Later" 99 7 2 — — — 28 —
"Blow Me Away" — — — — 2 — — — Halo 2 Original Soundtrack
"Rain" 2005 — 39 23 — — — — — We Are Not Alone
"The Diary of Jane" 2006 50 4 2 — 12 — 15 14 Phobia
"Breath" 2007 84 3 1 — 19 87 8 —
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[2]
"Until the End" —[A] 21 6 — — — — —
"I Will Not Bow" 2009 40 5 1 1 3 98 37 —
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[2]
 Dear Agony
"Give Me a Sign" 2010 97 10 6 9 — — — —
"Lights Out" — 29 9 21 — — — —
"Blow Me Away" (remix)
(featuring Valora) 		2011 —[B] 37 5 14 — — — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]
 Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
"Failure" 2015 80 28 1 8 1 — 35 15 Dark Before Dawn
"Angels Fall" — 39 1 16 1 — — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]
"Ashes of Eden" 2016 — — 18 36 15 — — —
"Never Again" — — 1 28 — — — —
"Red Cold River" 2018 —[C] — 2 5 1 — — — Ember
"Torn in Two" — — 1 25 15 — — —
"Tourniquet" — — 6 44 — — — —
"Far Away"
(featuring Scooter Ward) 		2019 — — 1 12 — — — — Aurora
"Dear Agony"
(featuring Lacey Sturm) 		2020 — — 13 — — — — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable.

As featured artist[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Main.
[28] 		US Rock
[29] 		US Hard Rock Digi.
"Iris"[35]
(with Diamante) 		2020 — — 1 American Dream
"Waiting on the Sky to Change"
(with Starset) 		2022 2 32 2 —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable.

Notes

Promotional singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Hard Rock Digi.
"Medicate" 2003 — Saturate
"Follow" 2005 — We Are Not Alone
"Forget It" —
"Anthem of the Angels" 2009 — Dear Agony
"Breaking the Silence" 2015 25 Dark Before Dawn
"Failure" (Aurora Version) 2020 — Aurora
"Red Cold River" (Aurora Version) —

Other charted and certified songs[edit]

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
[37] 		US Rock
[29]
"Dance with the Devil" 2006 — — Phobia
"Dear Agony" 2009 —[D] — Dear Agony
"Blow Me Away" 2010 —[E] —
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]
 Non-album single
"Defeated" 2015 — 23 Dark Before Dawn
"Feed the Wolf" 2018 — 12 Ember
"Blood" — 13
"Psycho" — 27
"Save Yourself" — 26
"The Dark of You" — 28
"Down" — 41
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable.

Notes

Music videos[edit]

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title[citation needed] Year Director
"Polyamorous" 2002 Gregory Dark[38]
"So Cold" 2004 Adam Egypt Mortimer[39]
"Sooner or Later" 2005 Micha Dahan[40][41]
"The Diary of Jane" 2006 Ryan Smith[42][43]
"Breath" 2007 from live footage broadcast
"I Will Not Bow" 2009 Rich Lee[44]
"Give Me a Sign" 2010 Nigel Dick[45]
"Blow Me Away" (featuring Valora) 2011 Christopher Mills[46]
"Failure" 2015 from live footage broadcast
"Angels Fall" Joe Dietsch
"Ashes of Eden" 2016 Kyle Cogan
"Never Again" 2017
"Red Cold River" 2018
"Torn in Two"
"Tourniquet"
"Far Away" (featuring Scooter Ward) 2020
"Dear Agony" (Aurora Version) (featuring Lacey Sturm)

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