Harry Belafonte discography

Harry Belafonte discography
Harry Belafonte discography
	Harry Belafonte in 1983
Studio albums	27
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	8
Collaborations	6

This article presents the discography of American musician, singer, actor, and social activist, Harry Belafonte (1927â2023).

Studio albums27

Live albums8

Compilation albums8

Collaborations6

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Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	US ^[1]	KOR ^[2]	NLD ^[3]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites	Released: 1954 Label: RCA Victor	3	â	â
Belafonte	Released: 1956 Label: RCA Victor	1	â	â	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Calypso	Released: 1956 Label: RCA Victor	1	â	â	RIAA: Gold^[4]
An Evening with Belafonte	Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor	2	â	â	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean	Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor	3	â	â
To Wish You a Merry Christmas	Released: 1958 Label: RCA Victor	125	â	â
Belafonte Sings the Blues	Released: 1958 Label: RCA Victor	16	â	â
Love Is a Gentle Thing	Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor	18	â	â
My Lord What a Mornin'	Released: 1960 Label: RCA Victor	34	â	â
Swing Dat Hammer	Released: 1960 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â
Jump Up Calypso	Released: 1961 Label: RCA Victor	3	â	â	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Midnight Special	Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor	8	â	â
The Many Moods of Belafonte	Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor	25	â	â
Streets I Have Walked	Released: 1963 Label: RCA Victor	30	96	â
Ballads, Blues and Boasters	Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor	103	â	â
In My Quiet Room	Released: 1966 Label: RCA Victor	82	â	â
Calypso in Brass	Released: 1966 Label: RCA Victor	172	â	â
Belafonte on Campus	Released: 1967 Label: RCA Victor	199	â	â
Belafonte Sings of Love	Released: 1968 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â
Homeward Bound	Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor	192	â	â
Belafonte by Request	Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â
The Warm Touch	Released: 1971 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â
Calypso Carnival	Released: 1971 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â
Play Me	Released: 1973 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â
Turn the World Around	Released: 1977 Label: Columbia	â	â	â
Loving You Is Where I Belong	Released: 1981 Label: Columbia	â	â	â
Paradise in Gazankulu	Released: 1988 Label: EMI	â	â	31
"â" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	US ^[1]	AUT ^[5]	GER ^[6]	NLD ^[3]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall	Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor	3	â	â	â	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall	Released: 1960 Label: RCA Victor	3	â	â	â	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Belafonte at The Greek Theatre	Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor	17	â	â	â
Belafonte...Live!	Released: 1972 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â	â
Belafonte Concert in Japan	Released: 1974 Label: RCA	â	â	â	â
Belafonte '89	Released: 1989 Label: EMI	â	26	11	39
An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends	Released: 1997 Label: Island	â	â	87	â

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US ^[1]
Porgy and Bess	Released: 1959 Label: RCA	13
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba	Released: 1965 Label: RCA	85
An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri	Released: 1966 Label: RCA	124
Harry & Lena, For the Love of Life	Released: 1970 Label: RCA	â
The Tradition Of Christmas	Released: 1991 Label: Hallmark Cards Inc.	â
The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music	Released: 2001 Label: Buddha Records/BMG	â

Harry Belafonte discography

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Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	DEN ^[7]	GER ^[6]	NLD ^[3]	NOR ^[8]	NZ ^[9]
This Is Harry Belafonte	Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor	â	â	â	â	â
Abraham, Martin and John	Released: 1974 Label: RCA Camden	â	â	â	â	â
Harry Belafonte - Pure Gold	Released: 1975 Label: RCA	â	3	3	â	â
Harry Belafonte - A Legendary Performer	Released: 1978 Label: RCA	â	â	â	â	â
Greatest Hits	Released: 2000 Label: BMG	16	â	â	9	4
Island in the Sun: The Complete Recordings 1949 â 1957	Released: 2002 Label: Bear Family	â	â	â	â	â
The Essential Harry Belafonte	Released: 2005 Label: Legacy	â	â	â	â	â
Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte	Released: 2012 Label: Legacy	â	â	â	â	â

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications
Title	Year	US ^[10]	US AC ^[11]	AUT ^[5]	BEL (FL) ^[12]	BEL (WA) ^[13]	FRA ^[14]	GER ^[6]	NLD ^[3]	NZ ^[9]	UK ^[15]	Certifications
"Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)"	1953	19	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Jamaica Farewell"	1956	14	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Mary's Boy Child"		12	â	â	â	â	â	â	20	â	1
"The Blues Is Man"		â	â	â	â	â	171	â	â	â	â
"Banana Boat (Day-O)"		5	â	â	1	1	18	â	1	48	2	RMNZ: Gold^[16]
"Hold 'Em Joe"	1957	84	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Mama Look a Boo Boo"		11	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Don't Ever Love Me"		90	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Coconut Woman"		25	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Island in the Sun"		30	â	â	5	9	â	67	6	â	3
"Scarlet Ribbons" (with Millard Thomas)		â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	18
"The Marching Saints"	1958	â	â	â	13	23	â	â	â	â	â
"Little Bernadette"		â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	16
"The Son of Mary"		â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	18
"Round the Bay of Mexico"	1959	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	11	â	â
"Hole in the Bucket" (with Odetta)	1961	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	32
"A Strange Song"	1967	â	5	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"	1968	â	38	â	â	â	â	â	â	â	â
"Skin to Skin" (with Jennifer Warnes)	1988	â	â	13	14	â	â	73	25	â	â
"â" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.