Billy Joel / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American pop - rock - singer Billy Joel . According to the sources, he has sold more than 150 million records in his career, over 100.8 million of them in his home country alone, making him one of the most successful artists of all time . Joel's most successful release is the album Greatest Hits Volume I and II, with over 25 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1971 | Cold Spring Harbor | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: November 1, 1971
|
1973 | Piano Man | - | - | - |
UK98 (1 week) UK |
US27 × 4
(40 weeks)US |
First published: November 9, 1973
Sales: + 4,200,000 in UK only placed in 1984 |
1974 | Streetlife Serenade | - | - | - | - |
US35
platinum
(18 weeks)US |
First published: October 11, 1974
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
1976 | Turnstiles | - | - | - | - |
US122
platinum
(12 weeks)US |
First published: May 19, 1976
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
1977 | The Stranger | - | - | - |
UK24
gold
(40 weeks)UK |
US2
diamond
(137 weeks)US |
|
1978 | 52nd Street |
DE19 (10 weeks) DE |
AT4 (12 weeks) AT |
- |
UK10
gold
(43 weeks)UK |
US1 × 7
(76 weeks)US |
First published: October 13, 1978
Sales: + 7,800,000 Grammy (album of the year), number 352 on the Rolling Stone 500 |
1980 | Glass Houses |
DE24 (12 weeks) DE |
AT4 (20 weeks) AT |
- |
UK9
gold
(24 weeks)UK |
US1 × 7
(73 weeks)US |
|
1982 | The nylon curtain |
DE34 (7 weeks) DE |
AT20 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK27 (8 weeks) UK |
US7th × 2
(35 weeks)US |
First published: September 17, 1982
Sales: + 2,150,000 |
1983 | To Innocent Man |
DE36 (23 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK2 × 3
(97 weeks)UK |
US4th × 7
(111 weeks)US |
First published:
Aug 8, 1983 Sales: + 8,225,000 |
1986 | The Bridge |
DE34 (9 weeks) DE |
AT18 (4 weeks) AT |
CH22 (4 weeks) CH |
UK38
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US7th × 2
(47 weeks)US |
First published: July 29, 1986
Sales: + 2,260,000 |
1989 | Storm front |
DE5
platinum
(60 weeks)DE |
AT10
gold
(18 weeks)AT |
CH30 (1 week) CH |
UK5
platinum
(25 weeks)UK |
US1 × 4
(69 weeks)US |
First published: October 4, 1989
Sales: + 5,400,000 |
1993 | River of Dreams |
DE2
platinum
(33 weeks)DE |
AT2
platinum
(26 weeks)AT |
CH2
platinum
(28 weeks)CH |
UK3
platinum
(27 weeks)UK |
US1 × 5
(56 weeks)US |
First published: August 5, 1993
Sales: + 6,725,000 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1981 | Songs in the Attic |
DE51 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK57 (3 weeks) UK |
US8th × 3
(27 weeks)US |
First published: September 10, 1981
Sales: +3,000,000 |
1987 | KOHЦEPT - Live in Leningrad | - | - | - |
UK92 (1 week) UK |
US38
platinum
(18 weeks)US |
First published: October 1987
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
2000 | 2000 Years - The Millennium Concert |
DE64 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK68 (1 week) UK |
US40
gold
(8 weeks)US |
First published: May 2, 2000
Sales: + 500,000 |
2006 | 12 Gardens Live |
DE80 (4 weeks) DE |
AT11 (6 weeks) AT |
- |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
US14 (6 weeks) US |
First published: June 13, 2006
|
2011 | Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert |
DE41 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US35 (2 weeks) US |
First published: March 8, 2011
|
2014 | A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia - The Concert | - | - | - | - |
US59 (1 week) US |
First published: May 2014
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More live albums
- 1994: River of Dreams Tour USA
- 2004: Australian Tour Edition
- 2009: The Piano Men - Live in Tokyo (with Elton John )
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1985 | Greatest Hits Volume I and II |
DE33 (11 weeks) DE |
AT30th
gold
(2 weeks)AT |
- |
UK7th
platinum
(39 weeks)UK |
US6th × 2
× 3
(65 weeks)US |
First published: September 2, 1985
Sales: +25,066,800 |
1997 | Greatest Hits Volume III |
DE23 (10 weeks) DE |
AT7 (16 weeks) AT |
CH36 (6 weeks) CH |
UK23
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
US9
platinum
(28 weeks)US |
First published: August 18, 1997
Sales: + 1,245,000 |
2000 | The Ultimate Collection |
DE58 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK4th
platinum
(28 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: December 20, 2000
Sales: + 635,000 |
2001 | The Essential Billy Joel | - | - | - |
UK-
gold
UK
|
US15th × 4
(… Where.)US |
First published: October 2, 2001
Sales: + 4,525,000 |
2004 | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel |
DE93 (1 week) DE |
AT15 (8 weeks) AT |
- |
UK7th × 3
(69 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 15, 2004
Sales: + 1,100,000 |
2010 | The hits | - | - | - | - |
US34 (26 weeks) US |
First published: November 16, 2010
Sales: + 100,000 |
2012 | Opus Collection | - | - | - | - |
US80 (3 weeks) US |
First published: March 2012
|
More compilations
- 1973: Piano Man / An Innocent Man
- 1976: Piano Man / Streetlife Serenade
- 1977: souvenir
- 1979: Now Playing
- 1985: California Flash
- 1988: Starbox
- 1988: Streetlife Serenader / 52nd Street
- 1989: An Innocent Man / The Stranger
- 1991: 5-CD Aussie Tour Souvenir
- 1997: The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 (US:× 2Double platinum )
- 1998: Bridge / Storm Front / The Nylon Curtain
- 1999: Early Years 1
- 1999: Early Years 2
- 2001: Fantasies & Delusions (Music for Solo Piano) (instrumentals written by Billy Joel, played by Hyung-ki Joo , US # 83)
- 2002: Early Sessions ( Hassles feat. Billy Joel)
- 2002: An Innocent Man / River of Dreams
- 2005: Further Than Heaven
- 2007: Double Best Collection
- 2007: Legendary Icons - Night After Day
- 2008: 52nd Street / An Innocent Man
- 2010: She's Always a Woman - Lovesongs
Remix albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||||
1984 | Cold Spring Harbor | - | - | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
US158 (7 weeks) US |
Remix album of the debut album originally released in 1971
|
|
Number one albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | US4thUS | |||
Top 10 albums | DE2DE | AT5AT | CH1CH | UK8thUK | US11US | |||
Albums in the charts | DE15thDE | AT10AT | CH4thCH | UK19thUK | US24US |
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | A. C. | ||||
1974 |
Piano Man Piano Man |
- | - | - |
UK-
platinum
UK
|
US25th × 3
(14 weeks)US |
A. C.4 (14 weeks) A. C. |
First published: October 1973
Sales: + 3,630,000 |
|
Worse Comes to Worst Piano Man |
- | - | - | - |
US80 (4 weeks) US |
- |
First published: May 1974
|
||
Travelin 'Prayer Piano Man |
- | - | - | - |
US77 (4 weeks) US |
A. C.31 (7 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1974
|
||
The Entertainer Streetlife Serenade |
- | - | - | - |
US34 (10 weeks) US |
A. C.30 (9 weeks) A. C. |
First published: November 1974
|
||
1977 | Just the Way You Are The Stranger |
- | - | - |
UK19 (9 weeks) UK |
US3
platinum
(27 weeks)US |
A. C.1 (23 weeks) A. C. |
First published: October 1977
Sales: +2,000,000 |
|
1978 | Movin 'Out (Anthony's Song) The Stranger |
- | - | - |
UK35 (6 weeks) UK |
US17th
gold
(14 weeks)US |
A. C.40 (4 weeks) A. C. |
First published: September 1977
|
|
Only the Good Die Young The Stranger |
- | - | - | - |
US24
platinum
(13 weeks)US |
- |
First published: May 1978
|
||
She's Always a Woman The Stranger |
- |
AT37 (4 weeks) AT |
- |
UK29
gold
(7 weeks)UK |
US17th
gold
(15 weeks)US |
A. C.2 (23 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1978
in UK only 2010, placed in AT in 2011 |
||
My Life 52nd Street |
- |
AT11 (12 weeks) AT |
CH4 (8 weeks) CH |
UK12
silver
(15 weeks)UK |
US3
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
A. C.2 (18 weeks) A. C. |
First published: October 1978
Sales: + 1,200,000 |
||
1979 | Big Shot 52nd Street |
- | - | - | - |
US14 (11 weeks) US |
- |
First published: January 1979
|
|
Honesty 52nd Street |
- | - | - | - |
US24 (11 weeks) US |
A. C.9 (13 weeks) A. C. |
First published: April 1979
|
||
Until the Night 52nd Street |
- | - | - |
UK50 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1979
|
||
1980 | You May Be Right Glass Houses |
- | - | - | - |
US7th
gold
(15 weeks)US |
A. C.48 (1 week) A. C. |
First published: March 1980
|
|
All for Leyna Glass Houses |
- | - | - |
UK40 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1980
|
||
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Glass Houses |
- | - | - |
UK14 (11 weeks) UK |
US1 × 2
(21 weeks)US |
A. C.45 (5 weeks) A. C. |
First published: May 1980
Sales: +2,000,000 |
||
Don't Ask Me Why Glass Houses |
- | - | - | - |
US19 (15 weeks) US |
A. C.1 (18 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1980
|
||
Sometimes a Fantasy Glass Houses |
- | - | - | - |
US36 (9 weeks) US |
- |
First published: September 1980
|
||
1981 | Say Goodbye to Hollywood (live) Songs in the Attic |
- | - | - | - |
US17 (15 weeks) US |
A. C.35 (5 weeks) A. C. |
First published: September 1981
|
|
She's Got a Way (live) Songs in the Attic |
- | - | - | - |
US23 (14 weeks) US |
A. C.4 (19 weeks) A. C. |
First published: November 1981
|
||
1982 | Pressure The Nylon Curtain |
- | - | - | - |
US20 (17 weeks) US |
- |
First published: September 1982
|
|
Allentown The Nylon Curtain |
- | - | - | - |
US17 (22 weeks) US |
- |
First published: November 1982
|
||
1983 | Goodnight Saigon The Nylon Curtain |
- | - | - |
UK29 (7 weeks) UK |
US56 (7 weeks) US |
- |
First published in February 1983
in the UK in 1984 as a double A-single with Leave a Tender Moment Alone published |
|
Tell Her About It An Innocent Man |
- | - | - |
UK4th
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US1
gold
(18 weeks)US |
A. C.1 (19 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1983
Sales: + 700,000 |
||
Uptown Girl An Innocent Man |
DE18 (13 weeks) DE |
AT18 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK1
platinum
(18 weeks)UK |
US3
platinum
(22 weeks)US |
A. C.2 (19 weeks) A. C. |
First published: September 1983
Sales: + 3,115,000 |
||
To Innocent Man To Innocent Man |
- | - | - |
UK8th
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US10 (18 weeks) US |
A. C.1 (21 weeks) A. C. |
First published: December 1983
Sales: + 200,000 |
||
1984 | The Longest Time An Innocent Man |
- | - | - |
UK25 (9 weeks) UK |
US14th
gold
(18 weeks)US |
A. C.1 (21 weeks) A. C. |
First published: March 1984
|
|
Leave a Tender Moment Alone An Innocent Man |
- | - | - | UK*UK |
US27 (15 weeks) US |
A. C.1 (18 weeks) A. C. |
First publication: June 1984
*: see Goodnight Saigon |
||
This Night An Innocent Man |
- | - | - |
UK78 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 1984
|
||
1985 | Keeping the Faith An Innocent Man |
- | - | - | - |
US18 (16 weeks) US |
A. C.3 (19 weeks) A. C. |
First published: December 1984
|
|
You're Only Human (Second Wind) Greatest Hits Volume I and II |
- | - | - |
UK94 (2 weeks) UK |
US9 (16 weeks) US |
A. C.2 (19 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1985
|
||
The Night Is Still Young single track |
- | - | - | - |
US34 (10 weeks) US |
A. C.13 (8 weeks) A. C. |
First published: September 1985
|
||
1986 | She's Always a Woman / Just the Way You Are | - | - | - |
UK53 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: January 1986
|
|
Modern Woman The Bridge |
- | - | - | - |
US10 (15 weeks) US |
A. C.7 (12 weeks) A. C. |
First published: May 1986
|
||
A Matter of Trust The Bridge |
- | - | - |
UK52 (7 weeks) UK |
US10 (18 weeks) US |
A. C.17 (13 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1986
|
||
This Is the Time The Bridge |
- | - | - | - |
US18 (17 weeks) US |
A. C.1 (20 weeks) A. C. |
First published: November 1986
|
||
1987 | Baby Grand The Bridge |
- | - | - | - |
US75 (7 weeks) US |
A. C.3 (15 weeks) A. C. |
First release: March 1987
feat. Ray Charles |
|
1989 |
We Didn't Start the Fire Storm Front |
DE4 (23 weeks) DE |
AT7 (12 weeks) AT |
- |
UK7th
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
US1
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
A. C.5 (18 weeks) A. C. |
First published: September 1989
Sales: + 1,520,000 |
|
Leningrad Storm Front |
DE14 (22 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK53 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 1989
|
||
1990 | I Go to Extremes Storm Front |
DE36 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK70 (4 weeks) UK |
US6 (16 weeks) US |
A. C.4 (17 weeks) A. C. |
First published: December 1989
|
|
The Downeaster 'Alexa' Storm Front |
- | - | - |
UK76 (4 weeks) UK |
US57 (8 weeks) US |
A. C.18 (11 weeks) A. C. |
First published: April 1990
|
||
That's Not Her Style Storm Front |
- | - | - |
UK97 (1 week) UK |
US77 (6 weeks) US |
- |
First published: July 1990
|
||
And So It Goes Storm Front |
- | - | - | - |
US37 (12 weeks) US |
A. C.5 (25 weeks) A. C. |
First published: October 1990
|
||
1991 | Shameless Storm Front |
- | - | - | - | - |
A. C.40 (6 weeks) A. C. |
First publication: 1991
|
|
1992 | All Shook Up ... but not with my bride (OST) |
DE52 (11 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
US92 (3 weeks) US |
A. C.15 (14 weeks) A. C. |
First published: August 1992
|
|
1993 | The River of Dreams River of Dreams |
DE4th
gold
(34 weeks)DE |
AT2
gold
(17 weeks)AT |
CH2 (23 weeks) CH |
UK3 (14 weeks) UK |
US3 (27 weeks) US |
A. C.1 (40 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1993
|
|
All About Soul River of Dreams |
DE51 (17 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK32 (4 weeks) UK |
US29 (20 weeks) US |
A. C.6 (26 weeks) A. C. |
First published: November 1993
|
||
1994 | No Man's Land River of Dreams |
- | - | - |
UK50 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: February 1994
|
|
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) River of Dreams |
- | - | - | - |
US77 (8 weeks) US |
A. C.18 (20 weeks) A. C. |
First published: March 1994
|
||
1997 | To Make You Feel My Love Greatest Hits Volume III |
- | - | - | - |
US50 (9 weeks) US |
A. C.9 (9 weeks) A. C. |
First published: July 1997
|
|
Hey Girl Greatest Hits Volume III |
- | - | - | - | - |
A. C.13 (18 weeks) A. C. |
First published: 1997
|
||
Number one singles | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK1UK | US3US | A. C.8thA. C. | |||
Top 10 singles | DE2DE | AT2AT | CH2CH | UK5UK | US13US | A. C.23A. C. | |||
Singles in the charts | DE7thDE | AT5AT | CH2CH | UK25thUK | US42US | A. C.36A. C. |
more publishments
- 1976: New York State of Mind
- 1976: Say Goodbye to Hollywood
- 1976: James
- 1978: The Stranger
- 1981: You're My Home (live)
- 1982: Scandinavian Skies
- 1982: A Room of Our Own
- 1987: Back in the USSR (live)
- 2001: New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett )
- 2007: All My Life
- 2007: Christmas in Fallujah (with Cass Dillon )
Video albums
- 1983: Live from Long Island
- 1986: The Video Album I (US:gold, Sales: + 50,000)
- 1986: The Video Album II (US:gold, Sales: + 50,000)
- 1990: Eye of the Storm (US:gold, Sales: + 50,000)
- 1990: Live at Yankee Stadium (US:platinum, Sales: + 100,000)
- 1991: Leningrad
- 1991: A Matter of Trust
- 1991: Russian Collection
- 1993: Shades of Gray
- 1996: Live from the River of Dreams
- 1997: Greatest Hits Volume III (US:gold, Sales: + 50,000)
- 2001: The Essential Video Collection (US:gold, Sales: + 50,000)
- 2003: Rock Masters
- 2004: Australian Tour Edition
- 2004: Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel
- 2007: The Ultimate Collection
- 2008: Broadcasting live
- 2008: The Stranger - 30th Aniversary Edition (Bonus DVD)
- 2011: Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert
- 2011: The Last Play At Shea
Box sets
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1997 | Greatest Hits Volume I, II and III | - | - | - |
UK33 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 13, 1997
|
2005 | My Lives | - | - | - | - |
US171 (2 weeks) US |
First published: November 22, 2005
|
More box sets
- 1980: Billy Joel Box Set
- 1989: Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection
- 1994: A Voyage on the River of Dreams
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||||
Australia (ARIA) | - | 2 × gold2 | 37 × platinum37 | - | 2,247,500 | aria.com.au |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | - | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 1,250,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | 6 × gold6th | - | - | 1,622,700 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | - | 50,000 | ifpihk.org |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | - | 3 × platinum3 | - | 45,000 | Individual evidence |
Japan (RIAJ) | - | 8 × gold8th | 6 × platinum6th | - | 1,950,000 | riaj.or.jp JP2 |
Canada (MC) | - | 5 × gold5 | 30 × platinum30th | - | 3,250,000 | musiccanada.com |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | - | 60,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 4 × gold4th | 8 × platinum8th | - | 150,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 5 × gold5 | platinum1 | - | 400,000 | nvpi.nl |
Norway (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | - | 50,000 | ifpi.no |
Austria (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | - | 125,000 | ifpi.at |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | - | 105,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
South Africa (RISA) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 50,000 | Individual evidence |
United States (RIAA) | - | 14 × gold14th | 65 × platinum65 | 3 × diamond3 | 100,850,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 6 × silver6th | 8 × gold8th | 13 × platinum13 | - | 7,275,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 6 × silver6th | 67 × gold67 | 169 × platinum169 | 3 × diamond3 |
swell
- ↑ Wesley Case: Billy Joel to perform at M&T Bank Stadium in July. In: The Baltomire Sun. January 29, 2015, accessed February 22, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .