| The Beatles albums discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 12 (UK), 17 (US) |
| EPs | 36 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 49 |
| Mash-ups | 2 |
| Box sets | 37 |
Worldwide, the Englishrock bandthe Beatles released 12studio albums (17 in the US), 5live albums, 49compilation albums, 36extended plays (EPs), and 37box sets. In their native United Kingdom, during their active existence as a band, they released 12 studio albums (including 1 double album), 1 compilation album, and 13 EPs (including 1 double EP). The early albums released from 1962 to March 1968 were originally onParlophone, and their albums from August 1968 to 1970 were on their subsidiary labelApple. Their output also includes vault items, remixed mash-ups and anniversary box-sets.
The Beatles are the biggest selling band of all time, selling over 500 million records.[1] With the first CD releases of their albums in 1987 and 1988, the Beatles' core catalogue was harmonised worldwide to encompass their 12 original UK studio albums, the 1967 USMagical Mystery Tour album and the newly assembledPast Masters: Volumes One and Two compilation albums consisting of all the studio recordings released during 1962 to 1970 that are not present on the UK studio albums orMagical Mystery Tour (mainly non-album singles,B-sides and EP tracks). When the core catalogue was reissued in remastered editions in 2009, the two volumes ofPast Masters were combined into one double album. Since then, other past releases have been reissued in digital formats and on vinyl. The catalogue is currently distributed byUniversal Music Enterprises'Calderstone Productions. This core catalogue contains all 217 tracks[a] intended for commercial release, either as album tracks, EP tracks, or singles, that were put out by the Beatles from 1962 to 1970.[2][3]
The Beatles' international discography is more complicated due to different versions of their albums sometimes being released in other countries, particularly during their early years onCapitol Recordsin North America. Prior to 1967, it was common practice for British releases to be reconfigured for the American market. The first seven British Beatles albums were converted into ten LPs for the American market, adding material from singles and the UK EPs; the band were unhappy with these reconfigurations. With the exception ofMagical Mystery Tour, studio releases fromSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 forward were uniform in both the UK and the US. The band's first eight albums were released on Parlophone. From 1968, in both the UK and the US, starting with the single "Hey Jude" and the albumThe Beatles (better known as "the White Album"), new releases appeared on the Beatles' own Apple record label, although Parlophone and Capitol catalogue numbers continued to be used for contractual reasons.
The Beatles' discography was originally released on thevinyl format, with full-lengthlong plays (LPs), shorter EPs and singles. Over the years, the collection has also been released oncassette,8-track,compact disc (CD), on aUSB flash drive inMP3 and 24-bitFLAC format, and on digital media streaming services. The Beatles' UK discography was first released on CD in 1987 and 1988. Between 1962 and 1968, the Beatles released their songs in bothmono andstereo versions.[4] The band's catalogue was remastered in both mono and stereo in 2009.[5][6]
| Title | Album details[A] | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8][9] | AUS [10] | CAN [11] | FRA [12] | GER [13] | NOR [14] | US [15][16] | ||||
| Please Please Me |
| 1 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 155 | ||
| With the Beatles[B] | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 179 | |||
| A Hard Day's Night |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Beatles for Sale |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| |
| Help! |
| 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Rubber Soul |
| 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Revolver |
| 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 14 | — | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| |
| The Beatles ("The White Album") |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yellow Submarine[C] |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Abbey Road |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Let It Be |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Notes
| Title | Album details[A] | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8][9] | AUS [10] | CAN [11] | FRA [12] | GER [13] | NOR [14] | US [15][16] | USCash Box | ||||
| Introducing... The Beatles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ||
| Meet the Beatles! |
| — | — | 1 | — | 68 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| The Beatles' Second Album |
| — | — | 1 | — | 50 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| A Hard Day's Night |
| — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Something New |
| — | — | 2 | — | 38 | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Beatles '65 |
| — | — | 1 | 80 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Beatles VI |
| — | — | 1 | — | 15 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Help! | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rubber Soul |
| — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yesterday and Today |
| — | — | 1 | — | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Revolver |
| — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Magical Mystery Tour |
| 31 | 48 | — | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| The Beatles ("The White Album") |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yellow Submarine[F] |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Abbey Road |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Let It Be |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Notes
Since the first release of their music onCD during 1987–1988, the Beatles' studio albums have been standardised worldwide to the following albums:[31][32]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8] | AUS [10] | AUT [33] | CAN [34] | GER [13] | NLD [35] | NOR [14] | NZ [36] | SWE [37] | US [15][16] | |||||
| Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 (UK and German title) /First Live Recordings (US title) | — | 24 | 12 | — | 21 | — | 16 | — | — | 111 |
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| The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl[A] |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 10 | — | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | |||
| Live at the BBC |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||
| On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 |
| 12 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 7 | |||
| Get Back – The Rooftop Performance |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [33] | CAN [42] | FRA [12] | GER [13] | NOR [14] | NZ [36] | SWE [37] | US [15][16] | ||||
| The Beatles with Tony Sheridan and Their Guests (with Tony Sheridan and the Titans) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | ||
| Jolly What! (withFrank Ifield) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | ||
| The Beatles' First ! (with Tony Sheridan) |
| — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| The Beatles Beat [de] |
| — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ain't She Sweet (with Tony Sheridan and the Swallows) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Beatles vs the Four Seasons[A] (withthe Four Seasons) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 142 | ||
| The Beatles' Story |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| |
| The Early Beatles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | ||
| The Beatles [de] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Beatles' Greatest [de] |
| — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | |||
| The Beatles in Italy |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Les Beatles dans leurs 14 plus grands succès [fr] |
| — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Los Beatles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits Volume 1 |
| — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| A Collection of Beatles Oldies |
| 7 | 7 | — | — | 5 | — | 12 | — | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits Volume 2 |
| — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Very Together (Canadian title) /In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (US title) (with Tony Sheridan) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 117 | ||
| Hey Jude |
| — | 1 | — | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| From Then to You (UK title) /The Beatles' Christmas Album (US title) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Por Siempre Beatles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Essential Beatles |
| — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–1966 ("The Red Album") |
| 3 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 3 | ||
| 1967–1970 ("The Blue Album") |
| 2 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Rock 'n' Roll Music |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Love Songs |
| 7 | 59 | — | 18 | 11 | — | 20 | 3 | — | 24 | ||
| Rarities |
| 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| 20 Golden Hits |
| — | — | 7 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rarities |
| — | 27 | — | 26 | — | — | — | 43 | — | 21 | ||
| The Beatles Ballads |
| 17 | 1 | — | 69 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Rock 'n' Roll Music, Volume One |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rock 'n' Roll Music, Volume Two |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Beatles 1967–1970 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Beatles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Reel Music |
| 56 | 26 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | ||
| 20 Greatest Hits |
| 10 | 52 | — | 50 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 50 | ||
| The Number Ones | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Early Tapes of the Beatles (with Tony Sheridan) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Past Masters, Volume One[B] |
| 49 | 79 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | 149 | ||
| Past Masters, Volume Two[B] |
| 46 | 75 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | 121 | ||
| Anthology 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Anthology 2 |
| 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Anthology 3[C] |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Yellow Submarine Songtrack |
| 8 | — | 8 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 1 | — | 22 | 15 | ||
| 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Beatles Bop – Hamburg Days (with Tony Sheridan) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Let It Be... Naked |
| 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Past Masters (both volumes combined as one double album) |
| 31 | 34 | 40 | — | — | 61 | — | 33 | 36 | 154 | ||
| Tomorrow Never Knows |
| 44 | 34 | 34 | 15 | — | — | 22 | 37 | — | 24 | ||
| The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 172 | ||
| Mono Masters[D] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Notes
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][53] | AUS [10] | AUT [33] | CAN [42] | FRA [12] | GER [13] | NOR [14] | NZ [36] | SWE [37] | US [15][16] | |||
| Liverpool Sound Collage (withPaul McCartney,Super Furry Animals andYouth) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Love |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [33] | CAN [55][42][56] | FRA [12] | GER [13] | NOR [14] | NZ [36] | SWE [37] | US [15][16] | |||
| Let It Be |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Beatles FRC Box |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Singles Collection 1962-1970 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles Collection[A] |
| — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — |
|
| The Beatles Box |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| The Beatles EP Collection[B] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles: The Collection[A] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles Mono Collection[A] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles Singles Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Platinum Series Beatles Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles Box Set[A] |
| — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Fab Four (CD & Book Set) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles Inside Interviews |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles In Their Own Words - A Rockumentary |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Interviews 1 & 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | 35 |
|
| The Capitol Albums, Volume 2[A] |
| — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 |
|
| Bloomingdale's Limited Edition Ultimate Collector’s Box Set |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles in Mono[C] |
| 57 | — | — | 47 | — | 3 | — | — | 15 | 40 | |
| The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)[A] |
| 24 | 23 | 58 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 22 | 15 | 15 | |
| Magical Mystery Tour |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Help! |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| A Hard Day's Night |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1962–1966 /1967–1970 |
| 59 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 38 | 35 | — | — |
|
| Anthology Box Set[A] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Help! |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Can't Buy Me Love |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hello, Goodbye |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Let It Be |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at the BBC: The Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| The U.S. Albums[A] |
| — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | 48 | |
| The Japan Box |
| — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Christmas Records |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Singles Collection Box |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Abbey Road |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beatles: 1964 Albums in Mono |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Notes
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [10] | US [15][16] | ||
| My Bonnie (with Tony Sheridan) |
| — | — | — |
| Twist and Shout |
| 1 | 5 | — |
| The Beatles' Hits |
| 1 | 52 | — |
| The Beatles (No. 1) |
| 2 | 79 | — |
| All My Loving |
| 1 | 1 | — |
| Souvenir of Their Visit to America |
| — | — | — |
| Four by the Beatles |
| — | — | 92 |
| Requests |
| — | 1 | — |
| Long Tall Sally |
| 1 | — | — |
| The Beatles Again! |
| — | — | — |
| A Hard Day's Night No. 1 |
| — | — | — |
| The Beatles No. 2 |
| — | — | — |
| Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night |
| 1 | — | — |
| Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night |
| 8 | — | — |
| 4 by the Beatles |
| — | — | 68 |
| Beatles for Sale |
| 1 | — | — |
| Beatles for Sale No. 2 |
| 5 | — | — |
| The Beatles' Million Sellers |
| 1 | — | — |
| Yesterday |
| 1 | — | — |
| Nowhere Man |
| 4 | — | — |
| Magical Mystery Tour |
| 2 | 3 | — |
| Yellow Submarine (Cancelled) |
| - | - | - |
| Spooky Songs |
| — | — | — |
| The Beatles for Kids – Morning, Afternoon & Night |
| — | — | — |
| Got to Get You Into My Life |
| — | — | — |
| Meditation Mix |
| — | — | — |
| Study Songs Vol. 1 |
| — | — | — |
| Study Songs Vol. 2 |
| — | — | — |
| At Home with the Beatles |
| — | — | — |
| Getting Better All the Time |
| — | — | — |
| We Can Work It Out |
| — | — | — |
| New Year's Workout |
| — | — | — |
| The Beatles for Kids – Colours |
| — | — | — |
| All About the Girl |
| — | — | — |
| The Beatles (Love Me Do) |
| — | — | — |
| The Beatles for Kids – Animals |
| — | — | — |
| The Beatles – Inspirations |
| — | — | — |
| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
The Beatles released seven consecutiveChristmas records onflexi disc for members of their UK and US fan clubs, from 1963 to 1969, ranging in length between 3:58 and 7:48. These short collections had a mix of spoken and musical messages for their official fan clubs.
The Beatles are the biggest selling band of all time, selling over 500 million records.
Focusing on the 217 tracks that the band released officially through EMI between 1962 and 1970 ...
