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==Discography== Joplin recorded four albums in her four-year career.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/janis-joplin-why-she-still-has-a-piece-of-our-heart/ |title=Janis Joplin: why she still has a piece of our heart |first=Alice |last=Vincent |date=January 19, 2016 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109002320/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/janis-joplin-why-she-still-has-a-piece-of-our-heart/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first two albums were recorded with and credited to [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]; the later two were recorded with different backing bands and released as solo albums.<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books|gA2LAwAAQBAJ |page=PA129|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |page=129 |title=The Emergence of Rock and Roll |first=Mitchell K. |last=Hall |author-link=Mitchell K. Hall |publisher=Routledge |year= 2014 |isbn=978-1135053581}}</ref> Posthumous releases have included previously unreleased studio and live material.<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books|Wvu4TKTboYUC |page=PA112|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |page=112 |title=Blues Music in the Sixties |first=Ulrich |last=Adelt |publisher=Rutgers University Press |date=2010 |isbn=978-0813547503}}</ref> === Studio albums === ==== As lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Album details !Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="Billboard 200 BBHC">Billboard 200 positions for Big Brother and the Holding Company albums: * ''Big Brother & the Holding Company'': {{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 Week of October 14, 1967|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1967-10-14|access-date=August 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603014050/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1967-10-14|url-status=live}} * ''Cheap Thrills'': {{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 Week of October 12, 1968|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1968-10-12|access-date=August 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603080804/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1968-10-12|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Big Brother & the Holding Company (album)|Big Brother & the Holding Company]]'' | * Released: August 23, 1967 * Label: [[Mainstream Records|Mainstream]] | 60 | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)|Cheap Thrills]]'' | * Released: August 12, 1968 * Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | 1 | * [[Recording Industry Association of America|US]]: 2ร Platinum<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum ("Janis Joplin" search)|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=janis+joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811165108/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=janis+joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |} ==== As solo artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Album details ! colspan="9" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="Billboard 200 solo">{{cite magazine|title=Janis Joplin Chart History: Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/tlp/|access-date=August 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128052029/https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Australian Chart">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970โ1992]]|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref name="RPM Album Chart">RPM magazine album chart positions: * ''I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!'': {{Cite magazine|date=November 22, 1969|title=LP Chart|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4836&|magazine=RPM|volume=12|issue=14|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027234008/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4836&|url-status=live}} * ''Pearl'': {{cite magazine|date=March 13, 1971|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5201&type=1|url-status=dead|magazine=RPM|volume=15|issue=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073536/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5201&type=1|archive-date=October 24, 2012|access-date=September 10, 2011}} * ''In Concert:'' {{Cite magazine|date=July 8, 1972|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4537&|magazine=RPM|volume=17|issue=21|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811185845/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4537&|url-status=live}} * ''Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits'': {{Cite magazine|date=October 27, 1973|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3148&|magazine=RPM|volume=20|issue=11|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812012743/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3148&|url-status=live}} * ''Janis (1975)'': {{Cite magazine|date=July 12, 1975|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2410&|magazine=RPM|volume=23|issue=20|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812023631/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2410&|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="German Chart">{{cite web|title=Discographie Von Janis Joplin|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=janis-joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|language=German|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811154151/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=janis-joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br /><ref name="Italian Chart">{{cite web|title=Janis Joplin - Pearl|url=https://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin&titel=Pearl&cat=a|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Italian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811164200/https://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin&titel=Pearl&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Dutch Charts|NL]]<br /><ref name="Dutch Chart">{{cite web|title=Discografie Janis Joplin|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Dutch Charts|language=Dutch|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811164200/https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="Norwegian Chart">{{cite web|title=Discography Janis Joplin|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Norwegian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811165012/https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Associaรงรฃo Fonogrรกfica Portuguesa|POR]]<br /><ref name="Portuguese Chart">{{cite web|title=Discography Janis Joplin|url=https://portuguesecharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Portuguese Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105060345/https://portuguesecharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK Chart">{{cite web|title=Janis Joplin full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2767/janis-joplin/|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Official Charts|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129124734/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2767/janis-joplin/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!]]'' | * Released: September 11, 1969 * Label: Columbia | 5 || โ || 4 || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | * US: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> * CAN: Gold<ref name="Music Canada">{{Cite web|title=Gold/Platinum ("Janis Joplin" search)| work=Music Canada | date=April 1978 |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=janis%20joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=May 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523214003/https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=janis%20joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Pearl (Janis Joplin album)|Pearl]]'' | * Released: January 11, 1971 * Label: Columbia | 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 83 || 1 || 1 || 24 || 20 | * US: 4ร Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> * [[Music Canada|CAN]]: 4ร Platinum<ref name="Music Canada" /> * [[Recording Industry Association of Japan|JPN]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web|title=ใดใผใซใใใฃในใฏ่ชๅฎๆค็ดข|trans-title=Gold Disc Certification Search|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd_search.html|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=Japanese|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106231849/https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd_search.html|url-status=live}} Note: User must enter "ใธใฃใในใปใธใงใใชใณ" into the "ใขใผใใฃในใ" field to produce results.</ref> * [[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Silver<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 1, 2019|title=Janis Joplin - Pearl|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/15440-2823-2|access-date=August 11, 2021|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812011242/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/15440-2823-2|url-status=live}}</ref> |} === Live albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Album details ! colspan="6" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="Billboard 200 solo" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Australian Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref name="RPM Album Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="German Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="Norwegian Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK Chart" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[In Concert (Janis Joplin album)|In Concert]]'' | * Released: 1972 * Label: Columbia | 4 || 9 || 5 || 28 || 7 || 30 | * US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" /> * CAN: Gold<ref name="Music Canada" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Wicked Woman (album)|Wicked Woman]]'' | * Released: 1976 * Label: [[Memory Records|Memory]] | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Cheaper Thrills]]''<br />{{small|(with Big Brother and the Holding Company)}} | * Released: 1984 * Label: Fan Club | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Live at Winterland '68]]''<br />{{small|(with Big Brother and the Holding Company)}} | * Released: 1998 * Label: Columbia/[[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]] | โ{{efn|''Live at Winterland '68'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Tastemakers chart.<ref name="Tastemakers">{{cite magazine|title=Janis Joplin Chart History: Tastemakers|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/tas/|access-date=August 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128052110/https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/tas/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[The Woodstock Experience]]'' | * Released: 2009 * Label: [[Sony BMG]]/Legacy | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968]]''<br />{{small|(with Big Brother and the Holding Company)}} | * Released: 2012 * Label: Columbia/Legacy | โ{{efn|''Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 14 on Billboard's Tastemakers chart and at number 179 on Billboard's Current Albums Sales chart.<ref name="Tastemakers" /><ref name="Current Album Sales">{{cite magazine|title=Janis Joplin Chart History: Current Album Sales|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/tcl/|access-date=August 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128052111/https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/tcl/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''Woodstock: Sunday August 17, 1969'' | * Released: 2019 * Label: Legacy | โ{{efn|''Woodstock: Sunday August 17, 1969'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 62 on Billboard's Current Albums Sales chart.<ref name="Current Album Sales" />}} || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- |} === Compilation albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Album details ! colspan="10" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="Billboard 200 solo" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Australian Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref name="RPM Album Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="German Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br /><ref name="Italian Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Dutch Charts|NL]]<br /><ref name="Dutch Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="Norwegian Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Associaรงรฃo Fonogrรกfica Portuguesa|POR]]<br /><ref name="Portuguese Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="Swedish Chart">{{cite web|title=Discography Janis Joplin|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Swedish Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811165108/https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK Chart" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits]]'' | * Released: 1973 * Label: Columbia | 37 || โ || 35 || โ || 71 || โ || โ || 47 || โ || โ | * US: 9ร Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> *[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|AUT]]: Platinum<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platin ("Janis Joplin" search)|url=https://ifpi.at/auszeichnungen/?fwp_interpret=janis%20joplin|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=IFPI Austria|language=German|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812160941/https://ifpi.at/auszeichnungen/?fwp_interpret=janis%20joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> * CAN: Platinum<ref name="Music Canada" /> *[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|SWI]]: Gold<ref name="Swiss Chart" /> * UK: Gold<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 22, 2013|title=Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2649-2823-2|access-date=August 11, 2021|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812011240/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2649-2823-2|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Janis (1975 album)|Janis]] (1975)'' | * Released: 1975 * Label: Columbia | 54 || 36 || 54 || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | * US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Farewell Song]]'' | * Released: 1982 * Label: Columbia | 104 || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || 31 || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Janis (1993 album)|Janis]] (1993)'' | * Released: 1993 * Label: Columbia/Legacy | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''This Is Janis Joplin'' | * Released: 1995 * Label: no label (bootleg) | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[18 Essential Songs]]'' | * Released: 1995 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || 52 || โ | * US: Gold<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''The Ultimate Collection'' | * Released: 1998 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || 27 || 26 | |- ! scope="row" |''Box of Pearls (The Janis Joplin Collection)'' | * Released: 1999 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''Super Hits'' | * Released: 2000 * Label: Columbia | 113 || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | * US: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Love, Janis]]'' | * Released: 2001 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''The Essential Janis Joplin'' | * Released: 2003 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || 32 || 100 || 15 || โ || 26 || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[The Lost Tapes (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)|The Lost Tapes]]''<br />{{small|(with Big Brother and the Holding Company)}} | * Released: 2008 * Label: Airline | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''Playlist: The Very Best of Janis Joplin'' | * Released: 2010 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Move Over!]]'' | * Released: 2011 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Blow All My Blues Away]]'' | * Released: 2012 * Label: no label (bootleg) | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''[[The Pearl Sessions]]'' | * Released: 2012 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |''Janis: Little Girl Blue''<br />{{small|(Original Soundtrack)}} | * Released: 2016 * Label: Columbia | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- |} === Singles === ==== As lead of Big Brother and the Holding Company ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! rowspan="2" |Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>Billboard Hot 100 positions for Big Brother and the Holding Company singles: * "Down on Me": {{cite magazine|title=The Hot 100 Week of October 12, 1968|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-10-12|access-date=August 12, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216224713/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-10-12|url-status=live}} * "Coo Coo": {{cite magazine|title=The Hot 100 Week of November 30, 1968|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-29|access-date=August 12, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812161638/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-29|url-status=live}} * "Piece of My Heart": {{cite magazine|title=The Hot 100 Week of November 9, 1968|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-09|access-date=August 12, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|archive-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025203757/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref name="RPM Singles Chart">RPM magazine singles chart positions: * "Piece of My Heart: {{Cite magazine|date=October 21, 1968|title=RPM 100 Single Survey|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4329&|magazine=RPM|volume=10|issue=8|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107124003/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4329&|url-status=live}} * "Kozmic Blues": {{Cite magazine|date=December 27, 1969|title=RPM 100 Single Survey|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5015&|magazine=RPM|volume=12|issue=19|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106173636/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5015&|url-status=live}} * "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)": {{Cite magazine|date=February 21, 1970|title=RPM 100 Single Survey|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2235&|magazine=RPM|volume=13|issue=1|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106192708/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2235&|url-status=live}} * "Me and Bobby McGee": {{Cite magazine|date=April 3, 1971|title=RPM 100 Single Survey|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2656&|magazine=RPM|volume=15|issue=7|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811201323/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2656&|url-status=live}} * "Cry Baby": {{Cite magazine|date=June 19, 1971|title=RPM 100 Singles|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3255&|magazine=RPM|volume=15|issue=18|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813034145/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3255&|url-status=live}} * "Get It While You Can": {{Cite magazine|date=October 2, 1971|title=RPM 100 Singles|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4390&|magazine=RPM|volume=16|issue=7|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813034148/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4390&|url-status=live}} * "Down on Me": {{Cite magazine|date=August 5, 1972|title=RPM 100 Singles|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4528&|magazine=RPM|volume=17|issue=25|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813034135/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4528&|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Syndicat National de l'รdition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref name="French Chart" /> |-c ! scope="row" |"Blindman"<br />{{small|(B-side: "All Is Loneliness")}} Mainstream 657 | 1966 | โ || โ || โ | | rowspan="5" |''Big Brother & the Holding Company'' |- ! scope="row" |"[[Down on Me (traditional song)|Down on Me]]"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Call on Me")}} Mainstream 662 | rowspan="3" |1967 | 43 || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"Bye, Bye Baby"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Intruder")}} Mainstream 666 | โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"Women Is Losers"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Light Is Faster Than Sound")}} Mainstream 675 | โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"Coo Coo"<br />{{small|(B-side: "The Last Time")}} Mainstream 678 | rowspan="2" | 1968 | 84 || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"[[Piece of My Heart]]"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Turtle Blues")}} Columbia 4-44626 | 12 || 9 || 50 | * US: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> *[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dati della certificazione richiesta: Titolo: Piece of My Heart|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/certification-form.kl#/certificationform/5507|access-date=August 12, 2021|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=Italian|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108173705/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/certification-form.kl#/certificationform/5507|url-status=live}}</ref> |''Cheap Thrills'' |- |} ==== As solo artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="8" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! rowspan="2" |Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="Billboard Hot 100">{{cite magazine|title=Janis Joplin Chart History: Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/hsi/|access-date=August 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128052006/https://www.billboard.com/artist/janis-joplin/chart-history/hsi/|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Australian Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[ร3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="Austrian Chart">{{cite web|title=Discographie Janis Joplin|url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=Austrian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|language=German|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105060345/https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref name="RPM Singles Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Syndicat National de l'รdition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref name="French Chart">{{cite web|title=Discographie Janis Joplin|url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=Les Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|language=French|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907083829/https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Janis+Joplin|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="German Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Dutch Charts|NL]]<br /><ref name="Dutch Chart" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="Swiss Chart">{{cite web|title=Janis Joplin|url=https://hitparade.ch/artist/Janis_Joplin#charts|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=Swiss Hit Parade|publisher=Hung Medien|language=German|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812160952/https://hitparade.ch/artist/Janis_Joplin#charts|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"[[Kozmic Blues]]"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Little Girl Blue")}} |1969 | 41 || โ || โ || 33 || 136 || โ || โ || โ | | rowspan="3" |''I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!'' |- ! scope="row" |"Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)"<br />{{small|(B-side: "One Good Man")}} | rowspan="2" |1970 | 103* || โ || โ || 89 || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"Maybe"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Work Me, Lord")}} | โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"[[Me and Bobby McGee]]"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Half Moon")}} | rowspan="3" | 1971 | 1|| 1 || 7 || 6 || โ || 8 || 11 || 3 | * US: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> | rowspan="3" |''Pearl'' |- ! scope="row" |"[[Cry Baby (Garnet Mimms song)|Cry Baby]]"<br />{{small|(B-side: "[[Mercedes Benz (song)|Mercedes Benz]]")}}{{efn|"Mercedes Benz" is certified gold in the US.<ref name="RIAA" />}} | 42 || โ || โ || 22 || โ || โ || 12 || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"Get It While You Can"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Move Over")}} | 78 || โ || โ || 51 || โ || โ || โ || โ | |- ! scope="row" |"[[Down on Me (traditional song)|Down on Me]]"<br />{{small|(B-side: "Bye, Bye Baby")}} | 1972 | 91 || โ || โ || 74 || โ || โ || โ || โ | |''In Concert'' |- |}
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