Breaking Benjamin discography

Breaking Benjamin discography
Breaking Benjamin performing on February 14, 2015.
Studio albums	5
Compilation albums	1
Music videos	10
EPs	3
Singles	16

American rock band Breaking Benjamin has released five studio albums, one compilation album, three extended plays, sixteen singles and ten music videos. The group has sold over 7 million units in the United States alone,^[1] with two platinum records, two gold records, one multi-platinum single, three platinum singles, and three 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 No. 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 136 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was certified platinum more than thirteen years later. The band's sophomore effort, We Are Not Alone, released in 2004, peaked at No. 20 on the 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 No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 1 on the Digital Albums chart, No. 1 on the Rock Albums chart, and was certified platinum nearly three years after its release. Breaking Benjamin released their fourth record in late 2009 titled Dear Agony, reaching No. 1 on the Hard Rock Albums and Modern Rock/Alternative Albums charts, No. 2 on the Rock Albums and Digital Albums charts, and No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The record was certified gold three months after its release.

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 Hard Rock Albums chart in three consecutive years, from 2011 to 2013.

In 2014, Burnley announced the band's reformation with a wholly 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 Billboard 200, the first to reach No. 1 on that chart.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		US [7]	US Alt. [8]	US Dig. [9][10]	US Hard [11]	US Heat. [12]	US Rock [13]	CAN [14]	NZ [15]
Saturate	Release date: August 20, 2002[12] Label: Hollywood Formats: CD, DI	136	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	US: Gold[2]
We Are Not Alone	Release date: June 8, 2004[16] Label: Hollywood Formats: CD, DI, CS	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	US: Platinum[2] NZ: Gold[17]
Phobia	Release date: August 22, 2006[18] Label: Hollywood Formats: CD (+DVD), DI, CS	2	—	1	18	—	1	—	16	US: Platinum[2]
Dear Agony	Release date: September 29, 2009[19] Label: Hollywood Formats: CD (+DVD), DI, LP	4	1	2	1	—	2	13	22	US: Gold[2]
Dark Before Dawn	Release date: June 23, 2015[6] Label: Hollywood	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	11
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [7]	US Alt. [8]	US Hard [11]	US Rock [13]	US Taste. [20]
Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin	Release date: August 16, 2011[21] Label: Hollywood Formats: CD, DI	22	4	1	4	12

EPs

List of extended plays

Title	Album details
Breaking Benjamin	Release date: 2001[22] Label: Independent
Live EP	Release date: June 29, 2004[23] Label: Hollywood
So Cold EP	Release date: November 23, 2004[24] Label: Hollywood

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Certification	Album
		US [25]	US Alt. [26]	US Main. [27]	US Pop [28]	US Rock [29]	CAN [30]
"Polyamorous"	2002	—	31	19	—	—	—		Saturate
"Skin"	2003	—	37	24	—	—	—
"Medicate"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"So Cold"	2004	76	3	2	—	—	—	US: Platinum[2]	We Are Not Alone
"Sooner or Later"		99	7	2	—	—	—
"Rain"	2005	—	39	23	—	—	—
"The Diary of Jane"	2006	50	4	2	46	—	—	US: 2× Platinum[2]	Phobia
"Breath"	2007	84	3	1	—	—	87	US: Platinum[2]
"Until the End"		—	21	6	—	—	—	US: Gold[2]
"I Will Not Bow"	2009	40	5	1 [31]	—	1	98	US: Platinum[2]	Dear Agony
"Give Me a Sign"	2010	97	10	6 [32]	—	9	—	US: Gold[2]
"Lights Out"		—	29	9 [33]	—	21	—
"Blow Me Away" (feat. Valora)	2011	—	37	5	—	14	—	US: Gold[2]	Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
"Failure"	2015	80	28	1	—	8	—		Dark Before Dawn
"Angels Fall"		—	39	1	—	16	—
"Defeated"		—	—	—	—	23	—
"Ashes of Eden"	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or a value that is not applicable.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors

Title	Year	Director
"Polyamorous"	2002	Gregory Dark[34]
"So Cold"	2004	Adam Egypt Mortimer[35]
"Sooner or Later"	2005	Micha Dahan[36][37]
"The Diary of Jane"	2006	Ryan Smith[38][39]
"Breath"	2007	from live footage broadcast
"I Will Not Bow"	2009	Rich Lee[40]
"Give Me A Sign"	2010	Nigel Dick[41][42]
"Blow Me Away" (feat. Valora)	2011	Christopher Mills[43][44]
"Failure"	2015	from live footage broadcast
"Angels Fall"	2015	Unknown

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