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American girl group The Supremes has released 29 studio albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, 32 compilation albums, four box sets, 66 singles and three promotional singles. The Supremes are the most successful American group of all time, and the 26th greatest artist of all time on the US Billboard charts;[1] with 12 number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 (the fifth-best total in the chart's history)[2] and three number-one albums on the Billboard 200.[3] The Supremes were the first artist to accumulate five consecutive number-one singles on the US Hot 100[4] and the first female group to top the Billboard 200 albums chart with The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966).[5] In 2017, Billboard ranked The Supremes as the number-one girl group of all time, publishing, 'although there have been many girl group smashes in the decades since the Supremes ruled the Billboard charts, no collective has yet to challenge their, for lack of a better word, supremacy.'[6] In 2019, the UK Official Charts Company placed 7 Supremes songs—"You Can't Hurry Love" (16), "Baby Love" (23), "Stop! In the Name of Love" (56), "Where Did Our Love Go?" (59), "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (78), "Come See About Me" (94) and "Stoned Love" (99)—on The Official Top 100 Motown songs of the Millennium chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all-time UK downloads and streams.[7][8]
| The Supremes discography | |
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| Studio albums | 29 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 32 |
| Singles | 66 |
| US No. 1 Singles | 12 |
| Promotional singles | 3 |
In 2020, Insider.com named The Supremes "the best-selling vocal group to date",[9] after Ebony estimated The Supremes' record sales at 50 million in 1980[10] and Euronews reported total sales exceeding 100 million records in 2014.[11][12] This would make the group one of the best-selling music artists of all time. However, Motown refused to submit their books for industry audit,[13] until the 1980s, years after the group disbanded.[14][15] As such, The Supremes' first certifications include; the Anthology compilation album, which peaked at number 66 on the US Billboard 200[3] and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 21, 1986;[16] and the Love Supreme (1988) compilation, which peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart[17] and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on January 27, 1989.[18] To put this into perspective, the group's first hits compilation, Greatest Hits (1967), topped both the US[3] and UK albums charts upon release.[17] Despite selling over one million copies in the US,[19] with 89 total weeks on the Billboard 200;[3] and being the UK's fourth "longest-reigning Top 40 girl group album ever", with a total of 60 weeks in the top 40;[20] Greatest Hits (1967) is not certified by either the RIAA or BPI.
After several non-charting releases, The Supremes made their first appearance on the US Hot 100 in August, 1962 with "Your Heart Belongs to Me". They released their debut album, Meet The Supremes (1962), featuring the singles, "I Want a Guy", "Buttered Popcorn", "Your Heart Belongs to Me" and "Let Me Go the Right Way".[21] The Supremes' second studio album Where Did Our Love Go (1964) featured their first three consecutive number-ones and million-sellers in the US; "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love" and "Come See About Me"; as well as the international hit, "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes". "Where Did Our Love Go" sold over 1 million copies in the US alone.[22]
This was followed by the albums A Bit of Liverpool (1964), The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop (1965) and We Remember Sam Cooke (1965). Their sixth studio album, More Hits by The Supremes, contained the million-sellers "Stop! In the Name of Love" "Back in My Arms Again", and "Nothing but Heartaches".[23][24] In 1965, they released the live album The Supremes at the Copa alongside their seventh studio album, Merry Christmas. The Supremes' eighth studio album, I Hear a Symphony (1966), features two million-sellers; the title track, and "My World Is Empty Without You". The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966), their ninth studio album, contains the million-seller "You Can't Hurry Love".[25] Their tenth studio album, The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (1967), featured the million-sellers "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone". Included in the Greatest Hits (1967) compilation was the million-selling single "The Happening".
Diana Ross & the Supremes released the million-seller "Reflections" and "In and Out of Love" from their twelfth studio album, Reflections (1968). Their fourteenth studio album, Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations featured the Platinum single, "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me".[26] This was followed by the single "Love Child", which sold 2 million copies by the end of 1968 in the US alone.[27] In 1968, they released their first soundtrack album, TCB. In 1969, they released the albums Let the Sunshine In andTogether, a collaboration with The Temptations. The group's eighteenth studio album, Cream of the Crop, was the last released with Diana Ross. It contains "Someday We'll Be Together"; the single was certified Platinum.[26]
As The Supremes, with Jean Terrell as lead singer, they released three studio albums in 1970: Right On, The Magnificent 7 (a collaboration with the Four Tops), and New Ways but Love Stays.[17] Touch (1971) includes the single, "Nathan Jones"; it became a million-selling single.[28] Floy Joy (1972) was their twenty-fifth studio album; the single of the same name was the twentieth million-selling single by the group.[29] After a two-year hiatus, with original member Mary Wilson, they released their twenty-seventh studio album The Supremes (1975). High Energy (1976), their twenty-eighth studio album, featured the group's last US top 40 hit, "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking".[30] Mary, Scherrie & Susaye (1976) is the twenty-ninth and final studio album by The Supremes, featuring their last single to hit the US Hot 100, "You're My Driving Wheel".[30]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A] | Certifications | ||||||
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| US [3] |
US R&B /HH [31] |
US Record World [32] |
CAN [33] |
GER [34] |
NOR [35] |
UK [17] | ||||
| Meet The Supremes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 [I] |
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| Where Did Our Love Go | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 33 | — | — | |||
| A Bit of Liverpool | 21 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop | 79 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — |
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| We Remember Sam Cooke | 75 | 5 | 37 | — | — | — | — | |||
| More Hits by The Supremes | 6 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | —[B] | |||
| Merry Christmas | —[C] | — | —[D] | — | — | — | — | |||
| I Hear a Symphony | 8 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | —[E] | |||
| The Supremes A' Go-Go | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | |||
| The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 15 | |||
| The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart | 20 | 3 | 19 | 4 | — | — | 25 | |||
| Reflections |
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18 | 3 | 15 | — | — | 20 | 30 | ||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" | 150 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations (with The Temptations) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 1 | |||
| Love Child | 14 | 3 | 7 | 11 | — | 10 | 13 | |||
| Let the Sunshine In | 24 | 7 | 23 | 27 | — | — | —[F] | |||
| Together (with The Temptations) |
28 | 6 | 27 | 29 | — | — | 28 | |||
| Cream of the Crop | 33 | 3 | 45 | 50 | — | — | 34 | |||
| Right On | 25 | 4 | 24 | 41 | — | — | — | |||
| The Magnificent 7 (with the Four Tops) |
113 | 18 | 102 | 73 | — | — | 6 |
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| New Ways but Love Stays | 68 | 12 | 43 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Return of the Magnificent Seven (with the Four Tops) |
154 | 18 | 72 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Touch | 85 | 6 | 66 | — | — | — | 40 | |||
| Dynamite (with the Four Tops) |
160 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Floy Joy | 54 | 12 | 44 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb | 129 | 27 | 104 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Supremes | 152 | 25 | 179 | — | — | — | — | |||
| High Energy | 42 | 24 | 141 | 26 | — | — | — | |||
| Mary, Scherrie & Susaye | — | — | 181 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released | ||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US R&B /HH [31] |
US Record World [103] |
CAN [104] |
UK [17] | |||
| The Supremes at the Copa | 11 | 6 | 10 | — | — | ||
| Live at London's Talk of the Town | 57 | 6 | 89 | — | 6 | ||
| Farewell | 46 | 31 | 25 | 28 | — | ||
| The Supremes Live! In Japan[II] |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released | |||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A] | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US R&B /HH [31] |
US Record World [113] |
CAN [114] |
UK [17] | ||||
| The Bing Crosby Special (with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Miss Stella Stevens, José Feliciano) |
Commercially unreleased | |||||||
| TCB (with The Temptations) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
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| G.I.T. on Broadway (with The Temptations) |
38 | 4 | 30 | 44 | — | |||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US R&B /HH [31] |
CAN [121] |
GER [34] |
JPN [122] |
NLD [123] |
NOR [35] |
NZ [124] |
SCO [17] |
UK [17] | ||||
| Greatest Hits | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 1 |
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| Greatest Hits Vol. 3 | 31 | 5 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | |||
| Super Deluxe | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology (version one) | 66 | 24 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 20 Golden Greats | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 6 | — | 1 |
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| At Their Best | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 20 Greatest Hits | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Their Greatest Hits | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 20 Greatest Hits – Compact Command Performances | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes: 25th Anniversary Collection |
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112 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology (version two) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | |||
| The Never-Before-Released Masters | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Love Supreme |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | ||
| The Supremes ('70s): Greatest Hits and Rare Classics | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes: Anthology (version three) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| You Keep Me Hangin' On |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[K] | ||
| The Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 40 Golden Motown Greats | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 35 | |||
| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes | 200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes, Vol. 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology (version four) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | ||
| The '70s Anthology | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes: The No. 1's | 72 | 63 | — | — | 279 | — | 18 | — | 25 | 15 | |||
| Joined Together: The Complete Studio Duets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| There's a Place for Us |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Supremes: Gold |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Soul Legends | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Story of the Supremes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Definitive Collection | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Love Songs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Super Best |
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— | — | — | — | 254 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Icon: Diana Ross & the Supremes | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Ultimate Merry Christmas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| All Time Greats | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Essential | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 49 | |||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [123] | ||||||||||
| The Supremes | — | |||||||||
| This Is the Story: The '70s Albums, Vol. 1 – 1970–1973: The Jean Terrell Years | — | |||||||||
| Magnificent: The Complete Studio Duets | — | |||||||||
| Let Yourself Go: The '70s Albums, Vol 2 – 1974–1977: The Final Sessions | — | |||||||||
| 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1961–1969 | 95 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released | ||||||||||
| A-side title B-side title |
Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[M][A] | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [30] |
US R&B /HH [21] |
AUS [199] |
BEL (WA) [200] |
CAN [201] |
GER [202] |
ISL [203] |
NLD [204] |
NZ [205] |
SGP [206] |
UK [17] | |||||||||||
| "Tears of Sorrow" "Pretty Baby" |
1960 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "I Want a Guy" "Never Again" |
1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meet the Supremes | ||||||||
| "Buttered Popcorn"[IV] "Who's Lovin' You" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Your Heart Belongs to Me" "(He's) Seventeen" |
1962 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Let Me Go the Right Way" "Time Changes Things" |
90 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "My Heart Can't Take It No More" "You Bring Back Memories" |
1963 | —[N] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop | ||||||||
| "A Breathtaking Guy"[V] "(The Man with the) Rock and Roll Banjo Band" (from The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop) |
75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Where Did Our Love Go | |||||||||
| "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"[VI] "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" |
23 | 2 [O] |
24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Run, Run, Run"[VII] "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" |
1964 | 93 | 22 [O] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Where Did Our Love Go" "He Means the World to Me" |
1 | 1 [O] |
14 | 21 | 1 | 16 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| "Baby Love" "Ask Any Girl" |
1 | 1 [O] |
26 | 18 | 10 | 15 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| "Come See About Me" "(You're Gone But) Always in My Heart" (from The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland) |
1 | 2 [O] |
78 | — | 1 | — | — | 17 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| "Stop! In the Name of Love" "I'm in Love Again" |
1965 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 21 | — | — | 7 | More Hits by The Supremes | ||||||||
| "Back in My Arms Again" "Whisper You Love Me Boy" |
1 | 1 | 95 | — | 1 | 34 | — | — | 12 | — | 40 |
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| "Moonlight and Kisses"[VIII] "Baby, Baby, Wo Ist Unsere Liebe" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Thank You Darling"[VIII] "Jonny und Joe" |
— | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Nothing but Heartaches" "He Holds His Own" |
11 | 6 | 83 | — | 4 | — | 10 | — | — | 3 | —[Y] |
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More Hits by The Supremes | ||||||||
| "I Hear a Symphony" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" (from More Hits by The Supremes) |
1 | 2 | 48 | — | 17 | — | — | 35 | 5 | — | 39 | I Hear a Symphony | |||||||||
| "Children's Christmas Song"[IX] "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Me" |
—[AC] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Merry Christmas | |||||||||
| "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"[223] "Joy to the World" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 167 | ||||||||||
| "My Favorite Things" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | ||||||||||
| "My World Is Empty Without You" "Everything is Good About You" |
5 | 10 | 88 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — |
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I Hear a Symphony | ||||||||
| "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" "He's All I Got" (from I Hear a Symphony) |
1966 | 9 | 7 | 100 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | —[AE] | The Supremes A' Go-Go | ||||||||
| "You Can't Hurry Love" "Put Yourself in My Place" |
1 | 1 | 10 | — | 3 | — | — | 24 | — | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "Remove This Doubt" |
1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 3 | — | 9 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 8 | The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||||||||
| "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "There's No Stopping Us Now" |
1967 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 48 | 1 | — | — | 35 | — | — | 17 |
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| "The Happening" "All I Know About You" (non-album b-side) |
1 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 14 | — | 6 |
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Greatest Hits | ||||||||
| "Reflections" "Going Down for the Third Time" (from The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland) |
1967 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 43 | 3 | — | 10 | 3 | — | — | 5 |
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Reflections | |||||||
| "In and Out of Love"[X] "I Guess I'll Always Love You" (from The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland) |
9 | 16 | 30 | — | 10 | — | — | —[AM] | — | — | 13 | ||||||||||
| "Forever Came Today"[IX] "Time Changes Things" (from Meet The Supremes) |
1968 | 28 | 17 | 68 | — | 20 | — | — | 40 | — | — | 28 | |||||||||
| "Some Things You Never Get Used To"[IX] "You've Been So Wonderful to Me" |
30 | 43 | 98 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | Love Child | |||||||||
| "Love Child"[IX] "Will This Be the Day" (from Let the Sunshine In) |
1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | — | 15 |
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| "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" "A Place in the Sun" (with The Temptations) |
2 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 2 | — | 6 | 27 | 16 | — | 3 |
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Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | ||||||||
| "I'm Livin' in Shame"[IX] "I'm So Glad (I Got Somebody Like You Around)" |
1969 | 10 | 8 | 33 | — | 12 | — | 27 | —[AP] | — | — | 14 | Let the Sunshine In | ||||||||
| "I'll Try Something New" "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (with The Temptations) |
25 | 8 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | |||||||||
| "The Composer"[IX] "The Beginning of the End" (from Cream of the Crop) |
27 | 21 | 87 | — | 14 | — | — | —[AQ] | — | — | — | Let the Sunshine In | |||||||||
| "No Matter What Sign You Are" "The Young Folks" (from Cream of the Crop) |
31 69 |
17 | — | — | 28 91 |
— | — | —[AR] | — | — | 37 | ||||||||||
| "The Weight"[IX] "For Better or Worse" (with The Temptations) |
46 | 33 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Together | |||||||||
| "I Second That Emotion"[VIII] "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (from TCB) (with The Temptations) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 18 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | |||||||||
| "Someday We'll Be Together"[XI] "He's My Sunny Boy" (from Love Child) |
1 | 1 | 52 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 19 | — | — | 13 | Cream of the Crop | |||||||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A-side title B-side title |
Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[M][A] | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [30] |
US R&B /HH [21] |
AUS [238] |
BEL (WA) [200] |
BGK [239] |
CAN [240] |
IRE [241] |
ISL [242] |
NLD [204] |
UK [17] | ||||||||||
| "The Rhythm of Life"[VIII] "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (from Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations) (with The Temptations) |
1970 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | G.I.T. on Broadway | |||||||
| "Why (Must We Fall in Love)"[VIII] "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (with The Temptations) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | Together | ||||||||
| "Up the Ladder to the Roof" "Bill, When Are You Coming Back" |
1970 | 10 | 5 | 43 | — | — | 8 | — | 10 | —[AU] | 6 |
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Right On | ||||||
| "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" "But I Love You More" |
21 | 11 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | —[AW] | — | |||||||||
| "Stoned Love" "Shine on Me" |
7 | 1 | 99 | 37 | — | 9 | 19 | 6 | — | 3 | New Ways but Love Stays | ||||||||
| "River Deep, Mountain High" "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" (with the Four Tops) |
14 | 7 | — | 35 | — | 20 | 12 | — | 25 | 11 | The Magnificent 7 | ||||||||
| "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"[VIII] "Where Would I Be Without You Baby" (with the Four Tops) |
— | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "A Taste of Honey"[XII] "Knock on My Door" (with the Four Tops) |
1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[AZ] | — | ||||||||
| "Nathan Jones" "Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)" |
16 | 8 | — | 42 | — | 15 | — | — | 27 | 5 |
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Touch | |||||||
| "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" "I'm Glad About It" (with the Four Tops) |
55 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | The Return of the Magnificent Seven | ||||||||
| "Touch" "It's So Hard for Me to Say Good-bye" |
71 | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | Touch | ||||||||
| "Floy Joy" "This Is the Story" (from Touch) |
16 | 5 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | 9 |
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Floy Joy | |||||||
| "Automatically Sunshine" "Precious Little Things" |
1972 | 37 | 21 | — | — | 3 | 49 | — | 10 | — | 10 | ||||||||
| "Without the One You Love"[VIII] "Let's Make Love Now" (with the Four Tops) |
— | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | The Magnificent 7 | ||||||||
| "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" "The Wisdom of Time" |
59 | 22 | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | Floy Joy | ||||||||
| "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" "Over and Over" (from Floy Joy) |
85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb | ||||||||
| "Bad Weather" "Oh Be My Love" (from Floy Joy) |
1973 | 87 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | Non-album single | |||||||
| "Tossin' and Turnin'"[VIII] "Oh Be My Love" (from Floy Joy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb | ||||||||
| "He's My Man" "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" |
1975 | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Supremes | |||||||
| "Where Do I Go from Here" "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" |
— | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Early Morning Love"[VIII] "Where Is It I Belong" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "Early Morning Love" |
1976 | 40 | 25 | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | High Energy | |||||||
| "High Energy" "High Energy" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "You're My Driving Wheel" "You're What's Missing in My Life" (from High Energy) |
85 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mary, Scherrie & Susaye | ||||||||
| "Let Yourself Go" "You Are the Heart of Me" |
1977 | —[BC] | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" "This Is Why I Believe in You" (from The Supremes) |
—[BC] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Medley of Hits"[XIII] | 1979 | —[BD] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 [BE] |
Non-album single | |||||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [17] | |||
| "Someday We'll Be Together" (Frankie Knuckles remix)[253] |
1994 | 7 | Diana Extended: The Remixes |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | |||
| A-side title B-side title (Artist) |
Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [17] | |||
| "Stoned Love" (A Tom Moulton Mix)[254] | 2005 | — | Motown Remixed |
| "Honey Bee (Keep On Stinging Me)" (Out on the Floor Mix) "All Day All Night" (Earl Van Dyke) |
2005 | 219 | A Cellarful Of Motown! Volume 2 |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | |||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, October 10, 1965)[255] | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "My World Is Empty Without You" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 20, 1966)[256] | Non-album single | |
| "My Favorite Things" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 4, 1966)[257] | Non-album single | |
| "Up the Ladder to the Roof" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 15, 1970)[258] | Non-album single | |
| "Come See About Me/Stop! In the Name of Love/You Can't Hurry Love" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 4, 1966)[259] | Non-album single | |
| "Come See About Me" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 27, 1964)[260] | Non-album single | |
| "If My Friends Could See Me Now/Nothing Can Stop Us Now/Once In A Lifetime" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 15, 1970)[261] | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "The Happening" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 7, 1967)[262] | Non-album single | |
| "Thoroughly Modern Millie/Second Hand Rose/Mame" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 7, 1967)[263] | Non-album single | |
| "I Hear A Symphony/Stranger In Paradise/Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, September 25, 1966)[264] | Non-album single | |
| "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 1, 1966)[265] | Non-album single | |
| "More" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 1, 1966)[266] | Non-album single | |
| "Somewhere" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 20, 1966)[267] | Non-album single | |
| "Get Ready/Stop! In the Name of Love/My Guy/Baby Love/(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, November 19, 1967)[268] | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, January 5, 1969)[269] | Non-album single | |
| "Love Child" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, September 29, 1968)[270] | Non-album single | |
| "I'm the Greatest Star/Funny Girl/Don't Rain On My Parade" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, September 29, 1968)[271] | Non-album single | |
| "Thou Swell" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, November 19, 1967)[272] | Non-album single | |
| "Forever Came Today" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 24, 1968)[273] | Non-album single | |
| "I'm Livin' in Shame" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, January 5, 1969)[274] | Non-album single | |
| "Forever Came Today" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 24, 1968)[275] | Non-album single | |
| "That Piano Playing Man/Honeysuckle Rose/Ain't Misbehavin'" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 24, 1968)[276] | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Say It with Music/It's A Lovely Day Today/Heat Wave" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 5, 1968)[277] | Non-album single | |
| "Always" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 5, 1968)[278] | Non-album single | |
| "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 11, 1969)[279] | Non-album single | |
| "No Matter What Sign You Are" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 11, 1969)[280] | Non-album single | |
| "The Impossible Dream" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 11, 1969)[281] | Non-album single | |
| "Baby Love/Stop! In The Name Of Love/Come See About Me" (Medley: Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 24, 1968)[282] | Non-album single | |
| "Someday We'll Be Together" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 21, 1969)[283] | Non-album single |
| A-side title B-side title (Artist) |
Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [284] |
US Cashbox [285] |
US R&B /HH [286] | ||||
| "The Return of Stagger Lee"[287] (Don Revel) |
1960 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "I'll Get Along"[287] "All I Need Is You"[287] (Al Garner)[XIV] |
1961 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Bouquet Of Flowers"[287] "When I Needed You"[287] (James Velvet) |
1962 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Let Me Be Your Boy"[287] (Wilson Pickett) |
— | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Lonely Nights"[287] (Gene Martin) |
— | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Love Me"[289] (Pete Hartfield) |
1961 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Small Sad Sam"[289][290] "Tie Me Tight"[289][291] (Bob Kayli) |
— | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Whose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now)"[289][292] "I'll Call You"[293] (Don McKenzie) |
— | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "It Should Have Been Me" (b-side)[294] (Kim Weston) |
1963 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "You Lost the Sweetest Boy"[295] (Mary Wells) |
22 | 22 | 10 | Greatest Hits | ||
| "Can I Get a Witness"[296][297] (Marvin Gaye) |
22 | 18 | 3 [O] |
Greatest Hits | ||
| "You're a Wonderful One"[296][298] (Marvin Gaye) |
1964 | 15 | 18 | 3 [O] | ||
| "The Touch of Time" (b-side)[299] (Barbara McNair) |
1965 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | ||||||
| A-side title B-side title |
Year | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Only Time I'm Happy"[300] Supremes interview (non-album) |
1965 | More Hits by The Supremes | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine"[301][302] | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Things Are Changing"[XV] | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A-side title B-side title |
Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRE [241] |
UK [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Baby Love" "Ask Any Girl" |
1974 | 16 | 12 | Where Did Our Love Go | |||||||||||||||||
| "Where Did Our Love Go" "Nothing but Heartaches" (from More Hits by The Supremes) |
— | 56 [BF] | |||||||||||||||||||
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "Come See About Me" (from Where Did Our Love Go) |
1986 | — | 91 | The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||||||||||||||||
| "Stop! In the Name of Love" "Automatically Sunshine" (from Floy Joy) |
1989 | — | 62 | More Hits by The Supremes | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Stop! in the Name of Love" | 1965 | Motortown Revue in Paris[308] |
| "Baby Love" | ||
| "Somewhere" | ||
| "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | 2001 | A Motown Christmas, Volume 2[309] |
| "Oh Holy Night"[XVI] | ||
| "You've Got To Pay The Price" | 2005 | A Cellarful of Motown! Volume 2[311] |
| "You Didn't Care" [Alternate Version] | 2013 | Motown Unreleased 1963[312] |
| "Lazybones" [Alternate Version] | ||
| "Funny (How Time Slips Away)" [Alternate Version] | ||
| "You're Gonna Come To Me" [Alternate Version]" | ||
| "More" | 2016 | Motown Unreleased 1966[313] |
| "Somewhere" | ||
| "Michelle" | ||
| "Were You There" | ||
| "What Do You Choose" | ||
| "Come See About Me" | 2016 | Motortown Revue in Paris (Super Deluxe Edition)[314] |
| "People" | ||
| "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" | ||
| "Shake" | ||
| "For Once in My Life" | 2019 | Motown Unreleased 1969[315] |
| Title (Artist) |
Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Walk Away"[316] (Udo Jürgens featuring The Supremes) |
1977 | Udo Live 77 |
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Supremes Sing Ballads & Blues[317] | 1963 | The Supremes Sing Ballads & Blues was assigned a catalog number (Motown 610) in late 1963 and given a projected release date. Although it was not released, several of the tracks originally recorded for it appeared on the album The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop in spring 1965. |
| Live, Live, Live![317] | 1965 | Live, Live, Live!, a combination of live concert recordings, was scheduled for release on Motown 625 in early 1965. Although no official track list is available, the live set from the expanded fortieth anniversary edition of the Where Did Our Love Go album features tracks that were slated for inclusion on the album. The Where Did Our Love Go anniversary edition liner notes indicate the possibility of tracks from the Motortown Revue in Paris were also considered. |
| There's a Place for Us[317][318] | There's a Place for Us, an album of pop standards, was originally scheduled to be released in the summer of 1965 to tie into the Supremes' groundbreaking debut appearance at the Copacabana nightclub in New York. It was ultimately shelved in favor for a live album of their Copacabana engagement which included many songs originally on the album. The album eventually saw a release as an expanded volume in 2004, 39 years after it was completed.[318] | |
| A Tribute to the Girls[317] | A Tribute to the Girls was an album Motown planned for the group to record in 1965 featuring songs made famous by girl groups of the time; however it was never completed. Several tracks were featured on the expanded release of There's a Place for Us. | |
| Around The World with The Supremes[317] | Around The World with The Supremes was an album Motown intended to showcase the group singing famous international songs such as "Sukiyaki," "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" and "Nel blu dipinto di blu." 11 instrumental tracks were recorded, but the album was never completed as vocals were never added. | |
| Pure Gold[317] | 1966 | Pure Gold, an album of greatest hits-like material, was planned for release in May 1966, but was cancelled. |
| Live at the Roostertail[319] | Live at the Roostertail, a live concert recorded on September 26, 1966, has a significantly different set list to the earlier The Supremes at the Copa (1965), but was shelved. Motown considered a mix of the album featuring songs from the Roostertail show with songs recorded at the 1965 Copacabana engagement but not included on the live album. The set features a medley of songs from their I Hear a Symphony (1966) album, which was similarly performed on The Ed Sullivan Show in addition to "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)". The set is also notable for containing the last recorded performances of "Make Someone Happy" and "People".[319] Two tracks from the album, "You Can't Hurry Love," and "Group Introductions," were released in 2000 on a bonus disc included with certain copies of The Supremes box set.[320] The complete show was released in 2012 on the expanded edition of the I Hear A Symphony album.[321] | |
| The Supremes and the Motown Sound: From Broadway to Hollywood[322] | 1967 | The Supremes and the Motown Sound: From Broadway to Hollywood was intended for release in early 1967, but no formal track listings for the album were produced despite an album worth of tracks were recorded. It is widely believed that the album would have been based around the group's then-current number one single, "The Happening." Tracks for the album were recorded in Los Angeles and featured songs made popular on Broadway or in Hollywood films. Earlier vaulted material, notably from the featured recordings from the There's a Place for Us, sessions were also considered for inclusion. |
| Live at the Copa[323] | Live at the Copa, a live recording of concerts between May 19–20, 1967 is notable as one of the last to feature Florence Ballard. The set features a rare live recording of "My Favorite Things", in addition to the number-one hit "The Happening" and a medley of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Second Hand Rose” and “Mame” which were previously only available on Live at London's Talk of the Town (1968), featuring Cindy Birdsong in Ballard's place.[324] Three tracks from the album, "Somewhere," "Group Introduction" and "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You," were released on the second disc of The Supremes (2000) box set.[320] The complete set, composed of the best takes from both shows, was released on the 2018 expanded edition of The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland.[324] | |
| Live at the Roostertail[325] | Live at the Roostertail, a live concert recorded on August 27, 1967, remains largely unreleased due to problems with the master tape. It was the first live recording to feature Cindy Birdsong. Two tracks from the album, "You Keep Me Hangin' On," and "Reflections," were released with certain limited copies of The Supremes (2000) box set, on a bonus disc titled In Person - An Evening With The Supremes.[320][326] | |
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing Disney Classics[327] | 1968 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing Disney Classics was an album featuring covers of songs from films produced by Walt Disney Productions. Recordings for the album began in 1967 with Florence Ballard and continued with her replacement, Cindy Birdsong. Songs recorded for the album, have appeared on the 1986 compilation series 25th Anniversary[328] as well as The Never-Before-Released Masters (1987). "Chim Chim Cher-ee", "A Spoonful of Sugar", and "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" still remain unreleased.[327] |
| Some Things You Never Get Used To[329] | Some Things You Never Get Used To was a 1968 album named after the single. The album was shelved when the single failed to make the impact expected. The proposed track list was: Side One: "Some Things You Never Get Used To", "Heaven Must Have Sent You", "He's My Sunny Boy", "Come On and See Me", "Can I Get a Witness" and "You've Been So Wonderful to Me". Side Two: "My Guy", "It's Not Unusual", "Just a Little Misunderstanding", "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Blowin' in the Wind".[329] Several of the songs on side one, including the single, appeared on Love Child (1968),[330] "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" on Let the Sunshine In (1969)[331] and "Blowin' in the Wind" on Cream of the Crop (1969).[332] The remaining unreleased tracks were later included on the compilation albums 25th Anniversary, Vol. 2 (1986)[328] and Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities (2008).[333] | |
| Promises Kept[334] | 1971 | Promises Kept, a 1971 set by the "New Supremes" produced by Clay McMurray, Bobby Taylor, Ashford & Simpson, and others. Despite a wealth of recordings, an official track list was never finalized and the Supremes were instead assigned to work on Floy Joy with Smokey Robinson as producer. Some of the Promises Kept songs appear on the 2000 Supremes box set and the 2002 70s Anthology. Thirteen other tracks from the sessions are also included in The Supremes box set This Is the Story: The '70s Albums, Vol. 1 – 1970–1973: The Jean Terrell Years.[334] |
| Untitled Stevie Wonder Album[335] | 1973 | Stevie Wonder wrote and produced "Bad Weather", described as 'their most innovative single to date', with hopes the song would return the group back to the top of the charts. However, despite positive critical reception, the song only peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100, though it peaked within the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Disappointed, Wonder complained to Motown President Ewart Abner, who promised the company would "get on it" but subsequently Wonder's plans to record an album with The Supremes were scrapped.[335] Including "Bad Weather", Stevie Wonder wrote and produced three songs for The Supremes. Lynda Laurence would later recall the group recorded six songs.[336] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Music Videos |
UK Music Videos | |||
| T.A.M.I. Show | 1964 | — | — | |
| Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | 1983 | 2 | — |
|
| Reflections: The Definitive Performances (1964–1969) | 2006 | 18 | 30 |
|
| Greatest Hits: Live in Amsterdam | — | — | ||
| The Best of The Supremes on The Ed Sullivan Show | 2011 | 11 | — | |
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