Led Zeppelin discography | |
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Studio albums | 8 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 10 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 16 |
Singles | 19 |
Charted songs | 3 |
Music downloads | 9 |
The discography of the English rock band Led Zeppelin consists of eight studio albums, four live albums, 10 compilation albums, 19 singles, 16 music videos and nine music downloads. The band is estimated to have sold over 300 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling music artists in history. [1] [2] According to Billboard, they are the 40th Greatest Artist of All Time, as well as the 11th Most Successful Artist on Billboard 200 history. [3] [4] The band has scored 7 number-one albums on Billboard 200 [5] and has sold 112.5 million certified albums in the United States, becoming the 5th best-selling album artist in RIAA history. [6]
Formed in London in 1968, the group consisted of singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock and often refused to release popular songs as singles. [7] Their debut album, Led Zeppelin (1969), released by Atlantic Records, charted at number six on the UK Albums Chart and at number ten on the United States Billboard 200. It received several sales certifications, including an eight-times multi-platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Diamond from the Music Canada. Led Zeppelin's second studio album, Led Zeppelin II , recorded when the band were on tour, was released a few months after the first. It reached number one in several countries, including the UK and the US, where it was certified 12 times multi-platinum. The album produced Led Zeppelin's highest-charting single, "Whole Lotta Love", which peaked at several music charts in the top 10. Led Zeppelin III (1970) was a softer, more folk-based effort compared to the hard rock of the band's previous releases. [8] It also peaked at number one in the UK and in the US.
Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, often called Led Zeppelin IV and released on 8 November 1971, is their most commercially successful album. It received a 24 times multi-platinum certification from RIAA, the fifth-highest of all albums, and fourth-highest exclusive of greatest hits compilations. [9] The band's fifth album, Houses of the Holy , was released in 1973. Again a transatlantic chart-topper, it has received an 11 times multi-platinum certification from RIAA. In 1974, the band set up their own vanity label, Swan Song Records, which would release the rest of Led Zeppelin's studio albums. The first was the 1975 double album Physical Graffiti , which has received a 16 times platinum certification from RIAA. Zeppelin's seventh album, Presence (1976), achieved a triple Platinum certification from RIAA. On 20 October 1976, Led Zeppelin released their first concert film The Song Remains the Same . The recording of the film took place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during the band's 1973 concert tour of the United States. [10] The band's eighth album, In Through the Out Door , received a sextuple platinum certification. This was the last album released by the band before Bonham died of alcohol intoxication in 1980; Led Zeppelin disbanded less than three months later. [11]
In 1982 Led Zeppelin released the album Coda , a compilation of outtakes from the band's previous recordings. Since their break-up, the band have released numerous compilation and live albums from older concerts, including How the West Was Won , which peaked at number one on the Billboard charts, and the compilation album Mothership , which produced seven music downloads and was released on the same day Led Zeppelin's entire catalog became available in digital stores, including in the iTunes Store. [12] "Stairway to Heaven", which had never been released as an official single before, was one of these songs released in digital stores. [13]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||||
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UK [14] | AUS [15] | AUT [16] | CAN [17] | GER [18] | JPN [19] | NLD [20] | NOR [21] | SWE [22] | US [23] | |||||||||||||
Led Zeppelin | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | — | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Led Zeppelin II |
| 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
Led Zeppelin III |
| 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||
Led Zeppelin IV [nb 1] |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||
Houses of the Holy |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
Physical Graffiti |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
Presence |
| 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
In Through the Out Door |
| 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||||
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UK [14] | AUS [15] | AUT [16] | CAN [17] | GER [18] | JPN [19] | NLD [20] | NZ [39] | NOR [21] | US [23] | |||||||||||||
The Song Remains the Same |
| 1 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 2 | |||||||||||
BBC Sessions |
| 23 | 60 | — | 30 | — | 10 | — | 26 | 36 | 12 | |||||||||||
How the West Was Won |
| 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
Celebration Day [nb 2] |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
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UK [14] | AUS [15] | AUT [16] | CAN [17] | GER [18] | JPN [19] | NLD [20] | NZ [39] | NOR [21] | US [23] | |||||||||||
Coda [44] |
| 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 6 | |||||||||
Led Zeppelin Boxed Set |
| 48 | 46 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 18 | |||||||||
Led Zeppelin Remasters |
| 10 | 1 | 19 | 46 | 13 | 32 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 47 | |||||||||
Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 |
| 56 | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | 48 | — | 87 |
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The Complete Studio Recordings |
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Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One |
| 55 | — | 23 | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | 71 | |||||||||
Latter Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two |
| 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | |||||||||
Early Days and Latter Days |
| 11 | — | — | — | 96 | — | — | 17 | — | 114 | |||||||||
Mothership |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
Definitive Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the band unveiled three new digital-only releases on 27 September 2018, available on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and Amazon.
Title | Album details |
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Led Zeppelin x Led Zeppelin [47] |
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An Intro to Led Zeppelin [48] |
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Rock & Roll (Sunset Sound Mix) [49] |
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Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||||||||
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UK [14] | AUS [50] | CAN [51] | DEN [52] | GER [18] | JPN [ citation needed ] | NLD [20] | NZ [53] [39] | SWI [54] | US [55] | |||||||
1969 | "Good Times Bad Times" b/w "Communication Breakdown" | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 80 | Led Zeppelin | ||||
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" b/w "Dazed and Confused" (promotional single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Whole Lotta Love" b/w "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" | 21 [nb 3] | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — 93 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 65 | Led Zeppelin II | |||||
1970 | "Immigrant Song" b/w "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" | 109 [nb 4] | 23 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | — | 4 | 9 | 16 |
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"Gallows Pole" (promotional single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
1971 | "Black Dog" b/w "Misty Mountain Hop" | 119 [nb 5] | 10 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 15 |
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"Stairway to Heaven" (promotional single) | 37 [nb 6] | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 13 | 17 | — |
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1972 | "Rock and Roll" b/w "Four Sticks" | — | 51 | 38 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 47 |
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1973 | "Over the Hills and Far Away" b/w "Dancing Days" | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | Houses of the Holy | ||||
"D'yer Mak'er" b/w "The Crunge" | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | ||||||
"The Ocean" b/w "Over the Hills and Far Away" "Dancing Days" | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
1975 | "Trampled Under Foot" b/w "Black Country Woman" | — | 60 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | Physical Graffiti | ||||
1976 | "Candy Store Rock" b/w "Royal Orleans" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Presence | ||||
1979 | "Fool in the Rain" b/w "Hot Dog" | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | 21 | In Through the Out Door | ||||
1990 | "Travelling Riverside Blues" | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boxed Set | ||||
1993 | "Baby Come On Home" | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boxed Set 2 | ||||
1997 | "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BBC Sessions | ||||
2007 | "Kashmir" | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — |
| Mothership | |||
2018 | "Rock and Roll (Sunset Sound Mix)" b/w "Friends (Olympic Studio Mix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Record Store Day release | ||||
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Main [56] | |||
"Darlene" | 1982 | 4 | Coda |
"Ozone Baby" | 14 | ||
"Poor Tom" | 18 |
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"Whole Lotta Love" | 2007 | — | — | Mothership | |||||||||||||
"Immigrant Song" | 54 | 71 | |||||||||||||||
"Black Dog" | 59 | 66 | |||||||||||||||
"Stairway to Heaven" | 17 | 30 | |||||||||||||||
"Kashmir" | 33 | 42 | |||||||||||||||
"Ramble On" | 66 | — |
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The Song Remains the Same [nb 7] |
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Led Zeppelin DVD |
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Celebration Day |
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Year | Title | Release | Reference |
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1969 | "Communication Breakdown" | Led Zeppelin | [62] |
1976 | "Black Dog" | The Song Remains the Same | [63] |
1979 | "Hot Dog" | In Through the Out Door | [64] |
1990 | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | Led Zeppelin Boxed Set | [65] |
"Travelling Riverside Blues" | [66] | ||
1997 | "Whole Lotta Love" | BBC Sessions | [67] |
2003 | "Immigrant Song" | Led Zeppelin DVD | [68] |
"Going to California" | [69] | ||
"Stairway to Heaven" | [70] | ||
"Rock And Roll" | [71] | ||
"Kashmir" | [72] | ||
2012 | "Black Dog" | Celebration Day | [73] |
"Kashmir" | [74] | ||
2014 | "Whole Lotta Love (Rough Mix With Vocal)" | Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition) | [75] |
"Rock And Roll (Alternate Mix)" | Led Zeppelin IV (Deluxe Edition) | [76] | |
2016 | "What Is And What Should Never Be" | The Complete BBC Sessions | [77] |
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