Kris Allen discography

Kris Allen discography
Kris Allen, June 2010 in Milwaukee, WI
Studio albums	5
Compilation albums	4
Music videos	4
EPs	3
Singles	7

American singer Kris Allen has released five studio albums, three EPs, seven singles and four music videos.

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Sales
		US [1]	US Indie [2]	CAN [3]
Brand New Shoes	Released: 2007 Label: Independent Formats: CD	—	—	—	US: 600[4]
Kris Allen	Released: November 17, 2009 Label: Jive/19 Formats: CD, digital download	11	—	50	US: 346,000[5]
Thank You Camellia	Released: May 22, 2012 Label: RCA/19 Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl	26	—	93	US: 35,000[6]
Horizons	Released: August 12, 2014 Label: DogBear/+180 Formats: CD, digital download	80	10	—	US: 4,000[7]
Letting You In	Released: March 18, 2016 Label: DogBear Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl	—	17	—
Somethin' About Christmas[8]	Released: November 04, 2016 Label: DogBear Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or has not been released

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US [9]	US Indie [2]
Season 8 Favorite Performances[10]	Released: June 30, 2009 Label: RCA Format: Digital download	50	7	US: 16,000[11]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Extended plays

Title	Album details
The Vision of Love (Remixes)[12]	Released: May 28, 2012 Label: RCA/19 Format: CD, digital download
Thank You Camellia (Fan Edition)[13]	Released: May 22, 2012 Label: RCA/19 Formats: Digital download
Waiting for Christmas[14]	Released: December 10, 2012 Label: My T Mouse Formats: Digital download
Acoustic Tapes[15][16]	Released: April 06, 2016 Label: Dogbear Records Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions[17]								Sales	Certifications	Album
		US	US AC	US Adult	US Pop	US Christ	CAN	UK	NZ
"No Boundaries"	2009	11	19	—	—	—	13	92	—	US: 343,000[18]		American Idol Season 8[19]
"Live Like We're Dying"		18	7	3	10	21	41	—	18	US: 1,800,000[18]	US: Platinum[20]	Kris Allen
"The Truth" (featuring Pat Monahan)	2010	—	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	US: 137,000[18]
"Alright with Me"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 39,000[21]
"The Vision of Love"	2012	—	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	US: 25,000[22]		Thank You Camellia
"Prove It To You" (featuring Lenachka)	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—			Horizons
"Waves"[23]	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—			Letting You In
"Love Will Find You"[24]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or wasn't released to that certain country.

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"Baby, It Ain't Christmas Without You"[25]	2014	Non-album single

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[17][18]			Sales	Album	Notes
		US	US Pop 100	CAN
2009	"Heartless"	16	29	39	US: 412,000[26]	Non-album songs	American Idol live performances
	"Ain't No Sunshine"	37	—	68	US: 125,000[18]
	"Apologize"	66	—	—	US: 59,000[27]
	"Falling Slowly"	94	—	—	US: 38,000[27]
	"What's Going On"	107	—	—	US: 21,000[28]
	"To Make You Feel My Love"	113	—	—	US: 26,000[27]
2010	"Let It Be"	63	—	—	US: 86,000[29]		Charity single
"—" denotes a title that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Song	Album	Director
2009	"Live Like We're Dying"	Kris Allen	Marco Puig
2010	"The Truth"		Aaron Platt
	"Alright With Me"		Matthew Leonard
2012	"The Vision of Love"	Thank You Camellia	Lenny Bass
2016	"Waves"	Letting You In	Matt Delisi[30]

Soundtrack

Release Date	Title	Format	Song	Artist(s)	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Award(s)
April 4, 2014	Valley Inn[31]	Feature Film	"Love In A Small Town" [32][33]	Allen	Allen & Mary Steenbergen	Kim Swink, Chris Spencer [34]
April 25, 2015	Fork [35] [36]	Short Film	Fork Theme (Instrumental)	Allen	Allen	David Huffman [37]	Fork Awards [38]

Songwriting

Songs released by others

Year	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Release
2011	"Before We Come Undone"	Allen, Lindy Robbins, Greg Kurstin	Lloyd Cele	One
	"Raise Your Hand"	Allen, Kevin Hughes, Andrew Frampton	Javier Colon	Come Through For You
	"Still Got Tonight"	Allen, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton	Matthew Morrison	Matthew Morrison
	"Blindfolded"	Allen, Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins	Heinz Winckler	24/7/365
2012	"If Only I Could Cry"	Allen, Daniel Powter, Scott Stevens	Daniel Powter	Turn on the Lights
2013	"Never in a Million"	Allen, Sam Farrar, Tony Lucca	Tony Lucca	With The Whole World Watching
2016	"Some Days feat. Kris Allen"	Allen, Bryan Shackle, Mat Sherman, Francesco Rossini	Frank Pole	Some Days - Single [39]
2016	"A Little Bit of Christmas feat. Kris Allen"	Allen, Jim Brickman	Jim Brickman	A Little Bit of Christmas - Single [40]

Demo recordings

Title	Writer(s)	License Registration
"Forget About You"	Allen, Steven Lee Olsen, Matt Serletic	ole[41]
"I Don't Wanna Know"	Allen, Lindy Robbins, Samuel Hollander, David Katz	ASCAP,[42] Harry Fox Agency[43]
"I'm Coming Over"	Allen, Ashley Glenn Gorley, Miller Crowell	Harry Fox Agency,[44] Warner-Chappell
"Love Too Much"	Allen, Kevin Rudolf[45]
"Parachute"	Allen, Steven Lee Olsen, Matt Serletic	ole[41]

Unreleased songs

Title	Writer(s)	License Registration
"100 Reasons"	Allen, Jamie Hartman, Andy Stochansky	BMI,[46] Harry Fox Agency[47]
"Alone with You"	Allen, April Geesbreght	Harry Fox Agency
"All We Need is This Love"	Allen, Ian Kirkpatrick, Tim Pagnotta	BMI[48]
"Beautiful Breakdown"	Allen, Jamie Hartman, Andy Stochansky	ASCAP,[49] BMI,[50] Harry Fox Agency[51]
"Belle Meade Gal"	Allen
"Best Intentions"	Allen, David Hodges, Steve Miller	BMI,[52] Harry Fox Agency[53]
"Breaking in a Broken Heart"	Allen, Josh Kear, Luke Laird	Harry Fox Agency[54]
"Calling Out Your Name"	Allen, Timothy Alan Pagnotta, Matt Bair	Harry Fox Agency[55]
"Concrete"	Allen, Adam Hambrick	Harry Fox Agency
"Day I Did You Wrong"	Allen, Scott Stevens	Harry Fox Agency[56]
"Don't Count on Us"	Allen, Blair Daly	BMI
"Every Mistake"	Allen, Mike Krompass, Shelly Peiken	BMI[57]
"Falling from the Sky"	Allen, Adam Hambrick	Harry Fox Agency
"Everything about You"	Allen, Rusty Varenkamp	ASCAP[58]
"For Better Or Worse"	Allen, Ryan Petersen, Nolan Sipe	ASCAP,[59] BMI,[60] Harry Fox Agency[61]
"For Granted"	Allen, Brian Howes, Toby Gad	ASCAP,[62] Harry Fox Agency[63]
"From the Wreckage"	Allen, Warren Huart, Tebey[64]
"Gold"	Allen, Andrew M. Dorff, Benjamin Curtis Caver
"Good Hold of My Heart"	Allen, Tobias Karlsson	ASCAP,[65] Harry Fox Agency[66]
"Hate That You Love Me This Much"	Allen, Catt Gravitt, Tom Shapiro	Harry Fox Agency[67]
"Headed Toward the Sunrise"	Allen, David Hodges, Steve Miller	BMI,[68] Harry Fox Agency[69]
"I'm Really Cool"	Allen,
"I Forgot Your Number"	Allen, Adam Hambrick	Harry Fox Agency
"I Just Want You"	Allen, Fransisca Hall, Dave Bassett	ASCAP[70]
"I Provide"	Allen, Toby Gad, David Quinories	ASCAP,[71] Harry Fox Agency[72]
"I See Stars"	Allen, Isaac Hasson, John Philip Clark Jr.	BMG Publishing, BMI[73]
"I Won't Be Home"	Allen, Curt Schneider	Harry Fox Agency[74]
"If I Had My Way"	Allen, Andrew DeRoberts, Adam Hambrick	Harry Fox Agency
"If These Walls Could Speak"	Allen, Lindy Robbins, Toby Gad	ASCAP,[75] Harry Fox Agency[76]
"If Only I Could Lie"	Allen, Scott Stevens	Harry Fox Agency[77]
"Keep the Light On"	Allen, Michael James Ryan Busbee, Jon Green	BMI[78]
"Lost Without You"	Allen, Daniel Dodd Wilson, Gary Michael Louris	ASCAP,[79] Harry Fox Agency[80]
"Love in a Small Town"	Allen, Mary Steenburgen	Harry Fox Agency[32][33]
"No"	Allen, Toby Gad, Brian Howes	ASCAP,[81] BMG,[82] BMI,[83] Harry Fox Agency[84]
"Not Too Late to Run"	Allen, David Hodges, Steve McMorran	BMI,[85] Harry Fox Agency[86]
"Oblivion"	Allen, Josh Crosby, Catt Gravitt	Harry Fox Agency[87]
"Polygraphy"	Allen, Adam Hambrick, Kelly Archer	Harry Fox Agency[88]
"Ready or Not"	Allen, Jason Castro, Jon McLaughlin	Harry Fox Agency[89]
"Record High Love"	Allen, Jaren Johnston	Harry Fox Agency[90]
"Released"	Allen, Lindy Robbins, Toby Gad	ASCAP,[91] Harry Fox Agency[92]
"Right to be Loved"	Allen, April Geesbreght, KS Rhoads	Harry Fox Agency
"Should I"	Allen, Ryan Petersen, Nolan Sipe
"Should've Kept It to Myself"	Allen, Francis "Eg" White	ASCAP,[93] Harry Fox Agency[94]
"Slow It Down"	Allen, Andrew DeRoberts, Jesse Jones, Maile Misajon	Harry Fox Agency[95]
"Some Kind of Perfect"	Allen, Rune Westberg	Harry Fox Agency[96]
"Something to Fight For"	Allen, Phillip LaRue	BMI, Harry Fox Agency
"Somewhere I've Never Been"	Allen, David Ryan Harris, Maureen McDonald	ASCAP,[97] BMI[98]
"Tongue Tied"	Allen, Cary Barlowe, Savannah Keyes, Hillary Lindsey, Gordon Sampson, Troy Verges	BMG Publishing
"Touch"	Allen, Daniel Dodd Wilson, Gary Michael Louris	ASCAP,[99] Harry Fox Agency[100]
"Unique"	Allen, Jason Reeves, Rune Westberg	ASCAP,[101] Harry Fox Agency[102]
"Unperfect"	Allen, Jaren Johnston, Zac Maloy	ASCAP,[103] Harry Fox Agency[104]
"We Are"	Allen, Michael James Ryan Busbee, Jon Green	BMI[105]
"Will You be My Moonlight"	Allen, Steenburgen	Harry Fox Agency,[106] ASCAP

Songs in other media

Year	Title	Type	Song
2010	American Idol	TV series episode: "Atlanta Auditions"	"Before We Come Undone"[107]
	The Sims 3	Video game trailer for E3 2010	"Live Like We're Dying"
	The Hills	TV series episode 4: "This Is Goodbye"	"Live Like We're Dying"
	Dancing with the Stars	TV series episode: "Week Four, Dances"	"Live Like We're Dying"[108]
	Ford Motor Company	TV ad	"Written All Over My Face", "Alright With Me"[109]
	The Vampire Diaries	TV series episode 5: "Kill or Be Killed"	"I Need to Know" [110]
	The Hills	TV series episode 4: "This Is Goodbye"	"Live Like We're Dying"
	So You Think You Can Dance	TV series episode: "Las Vegas week"	"Alright With Me"[111]
2012	So You Think You Can Dance	TV series episode 5: "Las Vegas Callbacks"	"Out Alive"
	Rachael Ray (TV series)	TV series Season 7, episode 1	"The Vision of Love" [112]
	Glee (TV series)	TV series Season 2, episode 22: "New York"	"Still Got Tonight" (Composer)[113]
2014	Arrow (TV series)	TV series Season 3, episode 5: "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" [114]	"Lost"[115]
	The Vampire Diaries (TV series)	TV series Season 6, episode 9: "I Alone"	"Lost"[116]

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