| Meat Loaf discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Meat Loaf performing in 2004 | |
| Studio albums | 12 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 39 |
American singer and actorMeat Loaf (1947–2022) released twelve studio albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums, one extended play and thirty-nine singles. In a career that spanned six decades, he sold over 100 million records worldwide.[1][2][3] According toRecording Industry Association of America, he sold 25 million certified records in the US alone.[4]
Bat Out of Hell (1977) has sold 44 million copies worldwide, becoming the fourthbest-selling album in history and is certified 14× platinum in the US.[5]Bat Out of Hell has also sold 3.4 million copies in the UK,[6] making it the UK's 14thbest-selling album of all time.[7] His biggest success after that came withBat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.[8] The album's lead single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" was his biggest hit, reaching number one in 28 countries.[9]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] | AUS [11][12] | GER [13] | IRE [14] | NL [15] | NZ [16] | NOR [17] | SWE [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | |||
| Bat Out of Hell |
| 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | |
| Dead Ringer |
| 45 | 5 | 8 | — | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Midnight at the Lost and Found |
| — | 84 | 26 | — | — | — | 7 | 21 | — | 7 |
|
| Bad Attitude |
| 74 | 42 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 8 |
|
| Blind Before I Stop |
| — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 21 | 28 |
|
| Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | |
| Couldn't Have Said It Better |
| 85 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 17 | — | 26 | 44 | 4 |
|
| Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hang Cool Teddy Bear |
| 27 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 4 |
|
| Hell in a Handbasket |
| 100 | 20 | 29 | 51 | 62 | 39 | — | — | 49 | 5 | |
| Braver Than We Are | 31 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 13 | — | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| NL [15] | ||
| Stoney & Meatloaf (withShaun Murphy) |
| 25 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] | AUS [12] | GER [13] | IRE [14] | UK [20] | |||
| Live at Wembley |
| — | — | — | — | 60 | |
| Live from Hell and More Hell Hits |
| — | 175 | — | — | — | |
| Live Around the World |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| VH1: Storytellers |
| 129 | — | — | — | — | |
| Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
| — | — | 81 | 69 | 14 | BPI: Gold[23] |
| 3 Bats Live |
| — | — | 72 | — | — | |
| Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live from Sydney, Australia |
| — | — | — | — | 177 | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released in that country | |||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [11][12] | GER [13] | IRE [14] | NL [15] | NZ [16] | NOR [17] | SWE [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | |||
| Hits Out of Hell |
| 139 | 53 | 2 [28] | — | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
|
| The Big Ones |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rock 'N' Roll Hero |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Prime Cuts |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Heaven & Hell (withBonnie Tyler) |
| 43 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | 83 | 84 [nb 1] |
|
| Paradise by the Dashboardlight (The Very Best of) |
| — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meat Loaf and Friends |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Back from Hell! The Very Best of Meat Loaf |
| — | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | — | |
| Back from Hell Again! − The Very Best of Meat Loaf Vol. 2 |
| — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Alive in Hell |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | |
| Definitive Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 |
| — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| The Very Best of Meat Loaf |
| 116 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 22 | — | 39 | 24 | 14 | |
| Heaven Can Wait – The Best of Meat Loaf |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Fallen Angel |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Collections |
| 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf | 101 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | 56 |
| |
| Hits Out of Hell |
| — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
|
| Essential |
| 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Meat Loaf |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released in that country | |||||||||||
Note
| Title | Year | Certifications |
|---|---|---|
| Hits Out of Hell | 1985 |
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| Bad Attitude – Live! | 1985 | |
| Live | 1986 | |
| Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show | 1994 |
|
| VH1: Storytellers | 1999 |
|
| Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | 2004 |
|
| 3 Bats Live DVD and Blu-ray (UK only) | 2007 |
|
| Bat Out of Hell: The Original Tour | 2009 | |
| Live in Sydney | 2012 |
