Black Sabbath discography
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The discography of Black Sabbath, an English heavy metal band, includes 19 studio albums, eight live albums, 14 compilation albums, three extended plays, 37 singles, nine video albums and 20 music videos. The band was formed in 1968 by John "Ozzy" Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitars), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums). The band has undergone multiple lineup changes.[1] Though the second most recent line-up of the band to work together were Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, Iommi, and Butler, for three new songs for a compilation in 2007, the original line-up was still considered the "current" lineup at the time and had been since their reunion in 1997. The 2007 sessions were deemed a one-off which led to the Heaven & Hell side project, resulting in a new studio album in 2009 titled The Devil You Know. In June 2013, a partial reformation of the original line-up released 13, which was the first album to feature Osbourne on vocals since 1978's Never Say Die!. To conclude their farewell tour, Black Sabbath played their last concert for eight years in their home city in 2017. Occasional partial reunions then occurred, most notably when Osbourne and Iommi performed at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The original line-up reunited for a final show for both the band and Osbourne as a solo artist, titled Back to the Beginning, at Villa Park on 5 July 2025; Osbourne died seventeen days after the performance.
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Studio albums19
EPs3
Live albums8
Compilation albums14
| Black Sabbath discography | |
|---|---|
| |
| Studio albums | 19 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Singles | 37 |
| Video albums | 9 |
| Music videos | 20 |
| Box sets | 13 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3][4][5] |
CAN [6] |
FIN [7][8] |
GER [9] |
NL [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12][13] |
SWI [14] |
US [15] | |||
| Black Sabbath |
|
8 | 8 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | 23 | |
| Paranoid |
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1 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 46[A] | 12 | |
| Master of Reality |
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5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | — | 8 | |
| Vol. 4 |
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8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | — | 7 | 7 | 17[B] | 13 | |
| Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
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4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 13 | — | 6 | 9 | 71[B] | 11 | |
| Sabotage |
|
7 | 1 | 33 | — | 17 | — | 6 | 11 | 25[B] | 28 | |
| Technical Ecstasy |
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13 | — | 38 | — | 27 | — | — | 33 | 81[B] | 51 | |
| Never Say Die! |
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12 | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | 69 |
|
| Heaven and Hell |
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9 | — | 23 | — | 37 | — | 22 | 25 | — | 28 | |
| Mob Rules |
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12 | — | 19 | 18 | 83[C] | 47 | — | 30 | — | 29 | |
| Born Again |
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4 | 53 | 37 | 6 | 37 | — | 14 | 7 | — | 39 |
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| Seventh Star |
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27 | 88 | 66 | 10 | 51 | — | 17 | 11 | — | 78 | |
| The Eternal Idol |
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66 | — | 86 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 168 | |
| Headless Cross |
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31 | 132 | — | 28 | 18 | 71 | — | 22 | 23 | 115 | |
| Tyr |
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24 | 143 | — | 15 | 12 | 77 | — | 24 | 24 | — | |
| Dehumanizer |
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28 | 65 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 63 | — | 12 | 13 | 44 | |
| Cross Purposes |
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41 | 173 | — | 9 | 32 | 85 | — | 9 | 41 | 122 | |
| Forbidden |
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71 | 154 | — | 12 | 35 | 86 | — | 19 | 48 | — | |
| 13 |
|
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
CAN [6] |
FIN [7][8] |
FRA [23] |
GER [9] |
NL [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
US [15] | |||
| Live at Last |
|
5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | |
| Live Evil |
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13 | 22 | 10 | — | 37 | 34 | — | 15 | 91 | 37 | |
| Cross Purposes Live |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Reunion | 41 | 6 | 29 | 65 | 32 | — | — | 11 | 84 | 11 | ||
| Past Lives |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | |
| Live at Hammersmith Odeon |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live... Gathered in Their Masses | — | — | — | 173 | 11 | — | — | — | 92 | — | ||
| The End: Live in Birmingham |
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68 | — | 11 | 153 | 2 | 79 | 20 | 18 | 14 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2][24] |
AUS [4][5] |
CAN [6][25] |
FIN [8] |
GER [9] |
NOR [11] |
NZ [26] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
US [15] | |||
| We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll |
|
35 | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | 48 | |
| Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Sabbath Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Backtrackin' – 20th Anniversary Edition |
|
— | 62[D] | — | — | — | — | 5[D] | — | — | — | |
| The Ultimate in Heavy Metal |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | |
| The Sabbath Stones |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Black Sabbath |
|
24 | 41 | — | 13 | — | 6 | 38 | 12 | — | — | |
| Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits 1970–1978 |
|
— | — | 31 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 96 | |
| Black Sabbath: The Dio Years |
|
151 | 179 | — | — | — | 35 | — | 32 | — | 54 | |
| Greatest Hits |
|
19 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | — | — | |
| Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath |
|
27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Ultimate Collection |
|
14 | 113 | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | 52 | — |
|
| The Legendary Lost Tapes (as Earth) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER [9] |
SWE [13] | ||
| The CD Collection |
|
— | — |
| The Ozzy Osbourne Years |
|
— | — |
| Cross Box |
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— | — |
| Under Wheels of Confusion 1970–1987 |
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— | — |
| The Singles 1970–1978 |
|
— | — |
| The Complete 70's Replica CD Collection |
|
— | — |
| Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 |
|
— | — |
| The Rules of Hell |
|
— | — |
| The Complete Ozzy Years 1970–1978 |
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— | — |
| The Vinyl Collection 1970–1978 |
|
— | — |
| The Complete Albums 1970–1978 |
|
— | — |
| The Ten Year War |
|
60 | 45 |
| Supersonic Years: The Seventies Singles Box Set |
|
23 | — |
| Anno Domini 1989–1995 |
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9 | 43 [30] |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
EPs
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2][32] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [33] |
CAN [34] |
GER [35] |
IRE [36] |
NL [10] |
SWI [37] |
US [15] |
US Main [15] | ||||
| "Evil Woman" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Sabbath | |
| "The Wizard"[E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Paranoid" | 4 | 26 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 61 | — | Paranoid | ||
| "Wicked World"[F] | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Children of the Grave"[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Master of Reality | ||
| "Iron Man"[H] | 48[I] | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | Paranoid | ||
| "Tomorrow's Dream" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Vol. 4 | |
| "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | |
| "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sabotage | |
| "It's Alright" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Technical Ecstasy | ||
| "Gypsy"[J] | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Never Say Die" | 1978 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | Never Say Die! | |
| "Hard Road" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Neon Knights" | 1980 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | Heaven and Hell | |
| "Paranoid" (reissue) | 14 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Lady Evil"[K] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heaven and Hell | ||
| "Die Young" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mob Rules" | 1981 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mob Rules | |
| "Voodoo" (airplay) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | |||
| "Turn Up the Night" | 1982 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | ||
| "Trashed"[L] | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Born Again | |
| "No Stranger to Love"[M] | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Seventh Star | |
| "The Shining"[N] | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Eternal Idol | |
| "Headless Cross" | 1989 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Headless Cross | |
| "Devil and Daughter" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Call of the Wild"[O] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Feels Good to Me" | 1990 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tyr | |
| "TV Crimes" | 1992 | 33 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dehumanizer | |
| "Master of Insanity"[P] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Psycho Man"[Q] | 1998 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | Reunion | |
| "Paranoid" (live)[R] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Selling My Soul" (promo)[S] | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | ||
| "The Devil Cried" (airplay) | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | The Dio Years | |
| "God Is Dead?" | 2013 | 145 | 133 | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 13 | |
| "End of the Beginning" (promo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | |||
| "Loner" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Age of Reason" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Other charted songs
Videography
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [39] |
BEL [40] |
FIN [41] |
NL [42] |
SWE [43] |
SWI [44] |
US [45] | |||
| Never Say Die | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Black and Blue |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1 |
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— | — | — | — | 1 | — | 8 | |
| The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2 |
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— | — | — | — | 5 | — | 16 |
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| Cross Purposes Live |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Last Supper |
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— | — | — | — | 11 | — | 8 |
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| Classic Albums: Paranoid |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live... Gathered in Their Masses |
|
4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | — |
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| The End: Live in Birmingham |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Black Sabbath" | Black Sabbath |
| "Iron Man" | Paranoid | |
| "Paranoid" | ||
| 1973 | "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
| 1976 | "It's Alright" | Technical Ecstasy |
| "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" | ||
| 1978 | "A Hard Road" | Never Say Die! |
| 1980 | "Neon Knights" | Heaven and Hell |
| "Die Young" | ||
| 1983 | "Trashed" | Born Again |
| "Zero the Hero" | ||
| 1986 | "No Stranger to Love" | Seventh Star |
| 1987 | "The Shining" | The Eternal Idol |
| 1989 | "Headless Cross" | Headless Cross |
| 1990 | "Feels Good to Me" | Tyr |
| 1992 | "TV Crimes" | Dehumanizer |
| 1994 | "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" | Cross Purposes |
| 1995 | "Get a Grip" | Forbidden |
| 2013 | "God Is Dead?" | 13 |
| "End of the Beginning" |
Other releases
- 1981 – Heavy Metal (soundtrack) (Contains alternate take of "The Mob Rules")
- 1992 – Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture (Contains alternate take of "Time Machine")
See also
Notes
- Chart peak in 2025.
- Chart peak in 2021.
- Chart peak in 2022.
- Chart peak in 1991.
- "The Wizard" was only released as a single in France.
- "Wicked World" was only released as a single in Japan.
- "Children of the Grave" was only released as a single in Portugal and Mexico.
- "Iron Man" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.
- "Iron Man" charted in 2025 following Osbourne's death.
- "Gypsy" was only released as a single in the Netherlands and Yugoslavia.
- "Lady Evil" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.
- "Trashed" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.
- "No Stranger to Love" was only released as a single in a few EU markets.
- "The Shining" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
- "Call of the Wild" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- "Master of Insanity" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- "Psycho Man" was only released as a single in Europe.
- "Paranoid" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- "Selling My Soul" was only released as a promotional single in the US.