New Zealand-Australian singer Stan Walker has released seven studio albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays, forty-seven singles—including seven 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 | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 21 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 47 |
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]
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| AUS [3] | NZ [4] | ||||||||||||
| Introducing Stan Walker |
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| From the Inside Out |
| 2 | 1 |
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| Let the Music Play |
| 18 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Inventing Myself |
| — | 3 |
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| Truth & Soul |
| 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Te Arohanui |
| — | 16 | ||||||||||
| All In |
| — | 3 |
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| "—" denotes items which failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Live with the Levites |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| NZ [4] | |||
| The Complete Collection[A] | 12 | ||
| The Platinum Collection[B] | 16 | ||
| Impossible (Music by the Book) |
| 9 |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ [4] | |||||||||||||
| Stan |
| 17 | |||||||||||
| Faith Hope Love |
| — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | NZ [4][17] | NZ Artist [18] | US World [19] | |||||||||||
| "Black Box" | 2009 | 2 | 1 | × | — | Introducing Stan Walker | ||||||||
| "Unbroken" | 2010 | 23 | 9 | — | From the Inside Out | |||||||||
| "Choose You" | 16 | 3 | — | |||||||||||
| "Homesick" (featuring Kayo) | — | 21 | — |
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| "Loud" | 2011 | 9 | 8 | 14[C] | — | Let the Music Play | ||||||||
| "Light It Up" (featuring Static Revenger) | 45 | 23 | 5 | — | ||||||||||
| "Music Won't Break Your Heart" | 2012 | 25 | 32 | 3 | — |
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| "Take It Easy" | — | 5 | 1 | — |
| Mt. Zion and Inventing Myself | ||||||||
| "Bulletproof" | 2013 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Inventing Myself | |||||||
| "Inventing Myself" | — | 27 | 5 | — | ||||||||||
| "Like It's Over" (featuring Ria Hall) | — | 19 | 4 | — |
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| "Holding You" (with Ginny Blackmore) | 2014 | 43 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Over the Moon | |||||||
| "Aotearoa" (featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika) | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Start Again"[31] (featuring Samantha Jade) | 2015 | — | — | 10 | — | Born to Dance OST | ||||||||
| "You Never Know" | 2016 | 86 | —[D] | 2 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Messages" | 2017 | — | —[E] | 5 | — | |||||||||
| "Tennessee Whiskey"[34] (with Parson James) | — | — | 15 | — | ||||||||||
| "New Takeover"[35] | — | —[F] | 5 | — | ||||||||||
| "Find You (The Stolen)"[37] | — | — | —[G] | — | Stan | |||||||||
| "Thank You"[39] | 2018 | — | —[H] | 6 | — | |||||||||
| "Gimme Your Love"[41] | — | —[I] | —[J] | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Give"[44] | 2019 | — | —[K] | 5 | — |
| Impossible (Music by the Book) | |||||||
| "Choose" (featuring Hamo Dell) | — | —[L] | 11 | — |
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| "Cool Down" (with Seth Haapu)[49] | — | — | —[M] | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||
| "Mexico" (featuring Kings)[51] | 2020 | — | —[N] | —[O] | — | |||||||||
| "Slow Down" (featuring Kaylan)[54] | — | — | —[P] | — | ||||||||||
| "I Don't Want the Fame"[56] | — | —[Q] | —[R] | — | ||||||||||
| "Bigger" (solo or with Parson James) | — | 25 | 5 | — |
| All In (bonus disc) | ||||||||
| "Don't Worry Baby"[60] (with Celina Sharma) | 2021 | — | —[S] | 8 | — | All In | ||||||||
| "Tau Te Mārire / Take It Easy"[62] | — | —[T] | 19 | — | Te Arohanui | |||||||||
| "Matemateāone" | — | —[U] | 14 | — | Te Arohanui / All In | |||||||||
| "Come Back Home"[65] | — | —[V] | 20 | — | All In | |||||||||
| "Human"[67] (featuring Vince Harder and Louis Baker) | — | —[W] | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Feelings"[69] (featuring Kings) | 2022 | — | —[X] | 18 | — | |||||||||
| "The One You Want (60s Song)"[71] (featuring JessB) | — | —[Y] | 20 | — | ||||||||||
| "Favourite Part About Christmas"[73] | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||
| "I Am" | 2023 | — | 19 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| "Māori ki te Ao"[74] | 2024 | — | —[Z] | 3 | — | TBA | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | NZ [4] | NZ Artist [18] | |||||||||||
| "Stuck in a Box" (Young Sid featuring Stan Walker) | 2010 | — | 15 | × | What Doesn't Kill Me... and From the Inside Out | ||||||||
| "Galaxy" (Jessica Mauboy featuring Stan Walker) | 2011 | 13 | 36 | 5 | Get 'Em Girls | ||||||||
| "Song for Everyone"[76] (All Star Cast) | 2014 | — | — | 5 | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Stay"[77] (Tūtahi featuring Stan Walker) | 2020 | — | —[AA] | 16 | |||||||||
| "Cold Nights"[79] (Pacific Heights featuring Stan Walker and Larissa Lambert) | 2022 | — | —[AB] | — | The Waters Between / All In | ||||||||
| "Pōuri"[81] (Pacific Heights featuring Stan Walker and Crete) | — | —[AC] | — | TBA | |||||||||
| "Father's Eyes" (Kobie Dee featuring Stan Walker)[83] | 2023 | — | — | — | TBA | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [84] | |||||||||||||
| "Stand Up"[AD] | 2010 | × | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Waltzing Matilda"[AE] (with Jessica Mauboy) | 2012 | × | |||||||||||
| "Te Arohanui"[88] | 2021 | 20 | Te Arohanui | ||||||||||
| "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | |||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ [4] | NZ Artist [18] | ||||||||||||
| "Purple Rain" | 2009 | 33 | × | Introducing Stan Walker | |||||||||
| "Bully" (featuring Herbie Crichlow) | 2013 | — | 17 | Inventing Myself | |||||||||
| "I Can't Make You Love Me" (with Ginny Blackmore) | 2014 | 24 | 2 | "Holding You"[AF] | |||||||||
| "I Surrender" | 2018 | — | —[AG] | Stan | |||||||||
| "Whakamoemiti" | — | —[AH] | |||||||||||
| "New Light" | 2019 | — | —[AI] | Faith Hope Love | |||||||||
| "Moemoeā" | — | —[AJ] | |||||||||||
| "Ultralight Beam" | — | —[AK] | |||||||||||
| "Tēnā Rā Koe / Thank You"[92] | — | 8 | Waiata / Anthems | ||||||||||
| "Tua" (featuring Ibanez Maeva) | 2020 | — | —[AL] | "Bigger"[AM] / Te Arohanui | |||||||||
| "He Kākano Āhau" (featuring the Levites) | — | —[AN] | Live with the Levites and Te Arohanui | ||||||||||
| "Poor Boy"[95] | 2021 | — | —[AO] | True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | |||||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [97] | |||
| "Little Drummer Boy"[98] | 2010 | — | All I Want for Christmas |
| "What Happened to Us" (Remix) (with Jessica Mauboy)[99] | 2011 | — | Non-album song |
| "My Help (Psalm 121)"[100] | 2012 | — | Hope – Songs of Faith and Inspiration |
| "Dont Dream Its Over" (with Isaiah Firebrace)[101] | 2020 | — | Deadly Hearts: Walking Together |
| "Tāiri Te Aroha – End Title" | 2022 | 33 | The Lion King Reo Māori (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Black Box" | 2009 | Gemma Lee[102] |
| "Unbroken" | 2010 | Matthew Chuang[103] |
| "Stand Up"[A] | ||
| "Stuck in a Box" | Andrew Morton[104] | |
| "Choose You" | Marc Furmie | |
| "Homesick" | Robert Honti | |
| "Stand Up"[A] | ||
| "Loud"[105] | 2011 | |
| "Light It Up"[106] | ||
| "Galaxy" | Melvin J. Montalban[107] | |
| "Music Won't Break Your Heart" | 2012 | Benn Jae[108] |
| "Take It Easy" | ||
| "Bulletproof" | 2013 | Shae Sterling[109][110][111] |
| "Inventing Myself" | ||
| "Like It's Over" | ||
| "Holding You" | 2014 | Jessica Sanderson[112] |
| "Aotearoa" | Shae Sterling[113][114] | |
| "Start Again" | 2015 | |
| "You Never Know"[115] | 2016 | Shae Sterling |
| "Messages" | 2017 | |
| "Tennessee Whiskey"[116] | Shae Sterling | |
| "New Takeover"[117] | Shae Sterling | |
| "Find You (The Stolen)"[118] | ||
| "Thank You"[119] | 2018 | |
| "Gimme Your Love"[120] | ||
| "Give"[121] | 2019 | |
| "Choose"[122] | ||
| "Cool Down"[123] | Shae Sterling | |
| "Bigger"[124] | 2020 | |
| "Don't Worry Baby" | 2021 | |
| "Matemateāone" | ||
| "Come Back Home" | ||
| "Human" | ||
| "The One You Want (60s Song)" | 2022 | |
| "I Am" | 2023 | |
| "Māori ki te ao" | 2024 | Stan Walker, Shae Sterling |