ZZ top / discography

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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the US music group ZZ Top . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 50 million records to date, over 25.8 million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release from ZZ Top is the album Eliminator, which has sold over 14 million units.

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US USTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1971 ZZ Top's First Album
London
- - - - -
First published: January 16, 1971
1972 Rio Grande Mud
London
- - - - US104 (10 weeks)
US
First published: April 4, 1972
1973 Tres Hombres
London
- - - - US8th
gold
gold

(81 weeks)US
First published: July 26, 1973
Sales: 550,000
1975 Fandango!
London
- - - UK60 (1 week)
UK
US10
gold
gold

(47 weeks)US
First published: April 18, 1975
Sales: 693,800
1977 Tejas
London
- - - - US17th
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
First published: February 9, 1977
Sales: 500,000
1979 Degüello
Warner Bros.
DE-
gold
gold
DE
- CH19 (2 weeks)
CH
- US24
platinum
platinum

(39 weeks)US
First published: Aug 27, 1979
Sales: 1,250,000
1981 El Loco
Warner Bros.
DE52 (2 weeks)
DE
- - UK88 (2 weeks)
UK
US17th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: August 1981
Sales: 500,000
1983 Eliminator
Warner Bros.
DE25th
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(44 weeks)DE
AT-
gold
gold
AT
CH11 (20 weeks)
CH
UK3
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(139 weeks)UK
US9
diamond
diamond

(185 weeks)US
First published: March 23, 1983
Sales: 14,014,821
1985 Afterburner
Warner Bros.
DE3
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(37 weeks)DE
AT18 (6 weeks)
AT
CH2
platinum
platinum

(18 weeks)CH
UK2
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)UK
US4th
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(70 weeks)US
First published: October 28, 1985
Sales: 6,377,795
1990 Recycler
Warner Bros.
DE4th
platinum
platinum

(44 weeks)DE
AT15 (8 weeks)
AT
CH1
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)CH
UK8th
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK
US6th
platinum
platinum

(37 weeks)US
First published: March 23, 1990
Sales: 2,200,000
1994 Antenna
RCA
DE3
gold
gold

(22 weeks)DE
AT2
gold
gold

(16 weeks)AT
CH3
gold
gold

(18 weeks)CH
UK3 (6 weeks)
UK
US14th
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
First published
: Jan 18, 1994 Sales: 2,163,000
1996 Rhythms
RCA
DE9 (11 weeks)
DE
AT31 (7 weeks)
AT
CH8 (8 weeks)
CH
UK32 (2 weeks)
UK
US29 (11 weeks)
US
First published: September 17, 1996.
Sales: 391,300
1999 XXX
RCA
DE11 (8 weeks)
DE
- CH23 (5 weeks)
CH
- US100 (4 weeks)
US
First published: September 28, 1999
Sales: 148,400
2003 Mescalero
RCA
DE9 (6 weeks)
DE
AT33 (3 weeks)
AT
CH22 (5 weeks)
CH
- US57 (3 weeks)
US
First published: September 2003
Sales: 103,000
2012 La Futura
Sony Music
DE5
gold
gold

(13 weeks)DE
AT7 (9 weeks)
AT
CH4 (11 weeks)
CH
UK29 (3 weeks)
UK
US6 (8 weeks)
US
Initial Publication: September 11, 2012
Sales: 100,000

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Compilations and live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1977 The Best of ZZ Top - - - - US94
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(8 weeks)US
First published: March 21, 1977
Sales: 2,000,000
1992 The Greatest Hits DE4th
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(44 weeks)DE
AT2
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)AT
CH1
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)CH
UK5
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK
US9
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(73 weeks)US
First published: April 10, 1992
Sales: 5,563,629
1994 One foot in the blues DE47 (9 weeks)
DE
- CH23 (7 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: November 11, 1994
2004 Rancho Texicano - The Very Best of ZZ Top - - - UK-
silver
silver
UK
US30 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 8, 2004
Sales: 60,000
2008 Live From Texas DE21st
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)DE
- - - US-
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
US
CD, DVD, first published: October 31, 2008
2009 Double Down Live - Live at Rockpalast 1980 -
On the Road 2008
DE60 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
DVD, first published October 16, 2009
2013 The Complete Studio Albums 1970–1990 DE88 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
Box set with 10 CDs, first published June 7, 2013
2014 Live at Montreux 2013 DE35 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
DVD, first published: July 18, 2014
The Very Baddest Of - - CH100 (1 week)
CH
- US95 (2 weeks)
US
First published: July 2014
2016 Live - Greatest Hits from Around the World DE35 (1 week)
DE
AT50 (1 week)
AT
CH30 (2 weeks)
CH
UK50 (1 week)
UK
US111 (1 week)
US
First published: September 9, 2016
2019 Goin '50 DE28 (2 weeks)
DE
- CH22 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: June 14, 2019

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EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2012 Texicali - - - - US106 (3 weeks)
US
First published: 2012, Universal

More EPs

  • 1985: The ZZ Top Summer Holidays EP (Warner, 1985)

Compilations

  • 1987: The ZZ Top Sixpack (re-release of the first five albums with El Loco)
  • 1998: Viva Las Vegas ( Best of , Sound Design)
  • 1999: Greatest Hits (Best of, Warner)
  • 2002: Greatest Hits (Special Limited Edition)
  • 2003: Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (Boxset, Warner)
  • 2005: Greatest Hits (Best of, Rhino)
  • 2008: The Beginning of ZZ Top (Delta Music) (with material from Warlocks, American Blues and The Moving Sidewalks)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1972 Francine
Rio Grande Mud
- - - - US69 (9 weeks)
US
1974 La Grange
Tres Hombres
- - - - US41 (19 weeks)
US
1975 Tush
fandango!
- - - - US20 (9 weeks)
US
1976 It's Only Love
Tejas
- - - - US44 (11 weeks)
US
1977 Arrested For Driving While Blind
Tejas
- - - - US91 (6 weeks)
US
1980 I Thank You
Degüello
- - - - US34 (11 weeks)
US
Cheap Sunglasses
Degüello
- - - - US89 (2 weeks)
US
1981 Leila
El Loco
- - - - US77 (4 weeks)
US
1983 Gimme All Your Lovin '
Eliminator
- - - UK10
silver
silver

(21 weeks)UK
US37 (12 weeks)
US
Sharp Dressed Man
Eliminator
- - - UK22nd
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK
US56 (9 weeks)
US
TV Dinners
Eliminator
- - - UK67 (3 weeks)
UK
-
1984 Legs
eliminator
- - - UK16 (7 weeks)
UK
US8 (19 weeks)
US
1985 Ziggy Live
- - - UK51 (5 weeks)
UK
-
no album title
Sleeping bag
afterburner
DE40 (11 weeks)
DE
- - UK27 (8 weeks)
UK
US8 (17 weeks)
US
Stages
afterburner
- - - UK43 (3 weeks)
UK
US21 (12 weeks)
US
1986 Rough Boy
Afterburner
- - CH38 (1 week)
CH
UK23 (9 weeks)
UK
US22 (13 weeks)
US
Velcro Fly
Afterburner
DE68 (3 weeks)
DE
- - UK54 (4 weeks)
UK
US35 (12 weeks)
US
1990 Doubleback
recycler
DE33 (10 weeks)
DE
- CH13 (10 weeks)
CH
UK29 (6 weeks)
UK
US50 (11 weeks)
US
Give It Up
Recycler
DE69 (6 weeks)
DE
- - - US79 (5 weeks)
US
My Head's In Mississippi
Recycler
- - - UK37 (5 weeks)
UK
-
1992 Viva Las Vegas
Greatest Hits
DE34 (13 weeks)
DE
AT21 (5 weeks)
AT
CH20 (6 weeks)
CH
UK10 (7 weeks)
UK
-
1994 Pincushion
Antenna
- - CH40 (2 weeks)
CH
UK15 (3 weeks)
UK
-
Breakaway
antenna
- - - UK60 (3 weeks)
UK
-
1996 What's Up With That
Rhythms
- - - UK58 (1 week)
UK
-
1999 Gimme All Your Lovin '2000 DE39 (8 weeks)
DE
- CH33 (8 weeks)
CH
UK28 (2 weeks)
UK
-
feat. Martay , no album title

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More singles

  • 1970: Salt Lick / Miller's Farm
  • 1971: (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree (ZZ Top's First Album)
  • 1973: Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (Tres Hombres)
  • 1977: Enjoy and Get It On (Tejas)
  • 1981: Pearl Necklace (El Loco)
  • 1981: Tube Snake Boogie (El Loco)
  • 1983: Got Me Under Pressure (Eliminator)
  • 1985: Can't Stop Rockin ' (Afterburner)
  • 1986: Delirious (Afterburner)
  • 1986: Woke Up With Wood (Afterburner)
  • 1990: Concrete And Steel (Recycler)
  • 1991: Decision or Collision (Recycler)
  • 1992: Gun Love (Greatest Hits)
  • 1992: Rough Boy (1992)
  • 1994: Fuzzbox Voodoo (Antenna)
  • 1994: Girl In a T-Shirt (Antenna)
  • 1996: Bang Bang (rhythms)
  • 1996: She's Just Killing Me (Rhythms)
  • 1997: Rhythms (Rhythms)
  • 1999: Fearless Boogie (XXX)
  • 2000: 36-22-36 (XXX)
  • 2003: Piece (Mescalero)

Video albums

  • 1992: Greatest Hits (Warner) (UK:goldgold)
  • 2007: Viva ZZ Top - The Video Singles
  • 2008: Ultimate Collection (Cargo)
  • 2009: Wanted - Live In New Jersey (Intercargo)
  • 2011: Greatest Hits Live

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of the chart successes of ZZ Top in the album and single charts.

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH2CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE7thDE AT3AT CH6thCH UK5UK US7thUS
Albums in the charts DE17thDE AT8thAT CH14thCH UK10UK US20thUS
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US2US
Singles in the charts DE6thDE AT1AT CH5CH UK15thUK US17thUS

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9 0! D.- 582,500 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 50,000 ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 3,400,000 musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- (4,000,000) ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 315,815 ifpi.fi
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 2,421,900 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 25,000 fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- 0! G- 0! P- 0! D.- 282,500 Individual evidence
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 1,450,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 47,500 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 80,000 nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 25,000 ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 100,000 ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 200,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 175,000 hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 16 × platinum16 Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 25,895,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 4 × silver4th Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 2,145,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 4 × silver4th Gold record icon.svg 29 × gold29 Platinum record icon.svg 63 × platinum63 Diamond record icon.svg 3 × diamond3

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