Dire Straits
Dire Straits (1977-1995) was een Britse rockband met als veruit bekendste lid zanger-gitarist-songwriter Mark Knopfler. De band is bekend geworden met nummers als Sultans of Swing, Private Investigations, Brothers in Arms en Money for Nothing.
De band had meteen grote successen met zijn debuutalbum Dire Straits en de single Sultans of Swing. In 1985 verscheen Brothers in Arms, een van de eerste volledig digitaal opgenomen platen.
Na 1995 heeft Dire Straits niets nieuws meer uitgegeven en nog eenmaal opgetreden.
Dire Straits en Mark Knopfler verkochten samen meer dan 120 miljoen albums en singles. In Nederland verkocht de band ruim 2,5 miljoen platen.
Platen
De volgende 17 platen van Dire Straits hebben ooit in de Top 2000 gestaan.
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51.610 punten
Brothers in Arms (1985) -
51.432 punten
Sultans of Swing (1978) -
50.555 punten
Private Investigations (1982) -
46.158 punten
Money for Nothing (1985) -
45.633 punten
Walk of Life (1985) -
40.066 punten
Romeo and Juliet (1980) -
36.771 punten
Telegraph Road (1982) -
33.253 punten
Tunnel of Love (1980) -
21.971 punten
On Every Street (1991) -
19.163 punten
Why Worry (1985) -
11.106 punten
So Far Away (1985) -
9.998 punten
Water of Love (1978) -
8.428 punten
Your Latest Trick (1986) -
4.537 punten
Calling Elvis (1991) -
3.023 punten
Lady Writer (1979) -
330 punten
Twisting by the Pool (1983) -
9 punten
Once Upon a Time in the West (1979)
Posities
| '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | |
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| Brothers in Arms (1985) | 28 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
| Sultans of Swing (1978) | 20 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 |
| Private Investigations (1982) | 57 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 47 | 49 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 80 | 87 | 95 | 93 | 99 | 97 | 75 | 104 |
| Money for Nothing (1985) | 331 | 443 | 325 | 252 | 198 | 306 | 279 | 304 | 303 | 268 | 262 | 255 | 225 | 215 | 195 | 234 | 207 | 193 | 186 | 158 | 173 | 161 | 158 | 153 | 137 | 93 | 122 |
| Walk of Life (1985) | 170 | 213 | 147 | 173 | 164 | 178 | 207 | 210 | 244 | 192 | 329 | 315 | 341 | 309 | 306 | 355 | 353 | 320 | 328 | 265 | 232 | 226 | 199 | 174 | 186 | 255 | 194 |
| Romeo and Juliet (1980) | 432 | - | - | 269 | 203 | 331 | 295 | 316 | 320 | 302 | 358 | 326 | 314 | 306 | 276 | 353 | 340 | 368 | 393 | 372 | 361 | 378 | 369 | 333 | 351 | 291 | 303 |
| Telegraph Road (1982) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 329 | 85 | 371 | 81 | 73 | 97 | 73 | 52 | 52 | 43 | 53 | 53 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 19 |
| Tunnel of Love (1980) | - | 472 | - | 353 | 285 | 473 | 461 | 560 | 543 | 485 | 547 | 473 | 700 | 609 | 540 | 623 | 682 | 763 | 704 | 715 | 730 | 746 | 755 | 730 | 781 | 796 | 730 |
| On Every Street (1991) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1120 | 951 | 973 | 1439 | 931 | 955 | 975 | 836 | 823 | 940 | 960 | 933 | 799 | 1022 | 966 | 940 | 908 | 781 | 799 | 693 | 744 |
| Why Worry (1985) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1323 | 783 | 707 | 1198 | 897 | 826 | 964 | 834 | 947 | 993 | 1031 | 1142 | 1163 | 1220 | 1130 | 1138 | 1031 | 1127 | 1160 | 1256 | 1185 |
| So Far Away (1985) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1307 | 1294 | 1446 | 1307 | 1278 | 1381 | 1456 | 1519 | 1616 | 896 | 1210 | 1379 | 1350 | 1245 | 1330 | 1561 | 1336 |
| Water of Love (1978) | 981 | - | - | 933 | 1001 | 1217 | 1184 | 1224 | 1685 | 1317 | 1634 | 1372 | 1731 | 1596 | 1632 | 1654 | 1749 | 1929 | 1914 | 1866 | 1998 | 1716 | 1776 | 1770 | 1814 | 1649 | - |
| Your Latest Trick (1986) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1176 | 1037 | 1033 | 1023 | 966 | 887 | 847 | 611 |
| Calling Elvis (1991) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 | 1565 | 1967 | 1530 | 1493 | 1808 | 1421 | 1551 | 1708 | 1838 | - | - | - | 1985 | 1948 | 1887 | 1918 | 1857 | 1921 | 1565 |
| Lady Writer (1979) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1952 | 1342 | 948 | 739 |
| Twisting by the Pool (1983) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1748 | 1924 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Once Upon a Time in the West (1979) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 |
