High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The discography of English pop singer-songwriter Rick Astley consists of six studio albums, five compilation albums, a remix album, and seventeen singles. Astley became a global pop sensation in 1987, with his debut single "Never Gonna Give You Up", written by the trio Stock Aitken Waterman. Astley recorded two successful dance-pop albums with the songwriting trio, Whenever You Need Somebody and Hold Me in Your Arms.