Paul Simon discography | |
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![]() Simon live in concert in 2007 | |
Studio albums | 15 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 11 |
Singles | 61 |
Video albums | 15 |
Music videos | 14 |
Box sets | 2 |
Paul Simon is an American singer-songwriter who gained widespread recognition as a member of the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, with Art Garfunkel. Simon split from the duo in 1970. Since then, he has performed as a solo artist while also collaborating occasionally with other musicians, including Garfunkel.
Paul Simon started recording music in the 1950s, pursuing his music career over the span of six decades to date. Over the course of his career, he has released numerous singles, along with multiple studio, live, and compilation albums. From 1991 to 2016, Simon sold over 7 million albums in the U.S., according to Nielsen [1] , with his most recent album, Seven Psalms , being released May 19, 2023.
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Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||||
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US [2] | AUS [3] | CAN [4] | FIN [5] | FRA [6] | GER [7] | NLD [8] | NZ [9] | NOR [10] | SWE [11] | SWI [12] | UK [13] | ||||||||
1965 | The Paul Simon Songbook
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1972 | Paul Simon
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 37 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
1973 | There Goes Rhymin' Simon
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | ||||||
1975 | Still Crazy After All These Years
| 1 | 39 | 8 | 29 | — | — | 11 | 24 | 8 | 9 | — | 6 | ||||||
1980 | One-Trick Pony
| 12 | 15 | 23 | — | 11 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 9 | — | 17 | ||||||
1983 | Hearts and Bones
| 35 | 99 | 50 | — | 19 | 51 | 14 | — | 3 | 11 | 25 | 34 | ||||||
1986 | Graceland
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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1990 | The Rhythm of the Saints
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
1997 | Songs from The Capeman
| 42 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 41 | — | 32 | 36 | 49 | 83 | ||||||
2000 | You're the One
| 19 | — | 8 | — | 73 | 17 | 41 | — | 9 | 24 | 40 | 20 |
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2006 | Surprise
| 14 | 73 | — | — | 102 | 36 | 20 | — | 20 | 10 | 55 | 4 |
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2011 | So Beautiful or So What
| 4 | 41 | 7 | 49 | 38 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 6 |
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2016 | Stranger to Stranger
| 3 | 24 | 4 | 37 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
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2018 | In the Blue Light
| 70 | — | 91 | — | — | 36 | 16 | — | — | 33 | 14 | 10 | ||||||
2023 | Seven Psalms [28]
| 153 | — | — | — | — | 69 | 31 | — | — | — | 38 | 28 | ||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [2] | AUS [3] | GER [7] | NLD [8] | NOR [10] | UK [13] | ||||||||
1974 | Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
| 33 | 20 | — | — | 19 | — |
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1991 | Paul Simon's Concert in the Park
| 74 | 91 | — | 25 | — | 60 |
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2012 | Live in New York City
| 95 | — | — | — | — | 150 | ||||||
2017 | Paul Simon – The Concert in Hyde Park
| — | — | 28 | 61 | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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US [2] | AUS [3] | FIN [5] | GER [7] | NLD [8] | NZ [9] | NOR [10] | SWE [11] | SWI [12] | UK [13] | ||||||||||
1977 | Greatest Hits, Etc.
| 18 | 22 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 6 | ||||||||
1988 | Negotiations and Love Songs
| 110 | 27 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 17 | ||||||||
1991 | Born at the Right Time: The Best of Paul Simon
| — | 20 | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1993 | The Paul Simon Anthology
| — | 14 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2000 | Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
| — | 44 | 25 | 59 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 6 | ||||||||
2002 | The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin'
| 57 | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | ||||||||
2006 | Recorded as Jerry Landis
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2007 | The Essential Paul Simon
| 42 | — | — | — | 26 | 29 | — | — | — | 12 |
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2009 | This Better Be Good
| 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2011 | Songwriter
| 141 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2013 | Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964–2011) [32]
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2015 | The Ultimate Collection
| — | 38 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
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1993 | Paul Simon 1964/1993
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2004 | The Studio Recordings, 1972–2000
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | A-side / B-side | Chart positions | Ref(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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US [33] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | "True or False" / "Teenage Fool" [A] | — | [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||
1959 | "Anna Belle" / "Loneliness" [B] | — | [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Don't Take the Stars" / "So Tenderly" [C] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | "Just a Boy" / "Shy" [B] | — | [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Just a Boy" / "I'd Like to Be" [B] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
"All Through the Night" / "(I Begin) To Think Again of You" [C] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
"Swanee" / "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" [B] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | "I Wish I Weren't in Love" / "I'm Lonely" [B] | — | [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Play Me a Sad Song" / "It Means a Lot to Them" [B] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
"Motorcycle" / "I Don't Believe Them" [D] | 99 | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | "Express Train" / "Wildflower" [D] | — | [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Cry, Little Boy, Cry" / "Get Up and Do the Wobble" [D] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
"The Lone Teen Ranger" / "Lisa" [B] | 97 | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
"Cards of Love" / "Noise" [D] | — | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | "He Was My Brother" / "Carlos Dominguez" [E] | — | [35] | ||||||||||||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. |
Year | Title 'A' / Title 'B' | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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US Hot 100 [33] | US Cashbox [36] | US AC [33] | US Main [33] | UK [37] | CAN | AUS [38] [39] | FRA [40] | NLD [41] | NOR [42] | |||
1965 | "I Am a Rock" / "Leaves That Are Green" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Paul Simon Songbook |
1972 | "Mother and Child Reunion" / "Paranoia Blues" | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | 6 | 3 | Paul Simon |
"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" / "Congratulations" | 22 | 7 | 6 | — | 15 | 6 | 40 | — | 26 | — | ||
"Duncan" / "Run That Body Down" | 52 | 58 | 30 | — | — | — | 86 [B] | — | — | — | ||
1973 | "Kodachrome" / "Tenderness" | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 31 | 8 | 15 | — | There Goes Rhymin' Simon |
"Loves Me Like a Rock" / "Learn How to Fall" [C] | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 39 | 5 | 30 | — | 27 | — | ||
"American Tune" / "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" | 35 | 27 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" / "Something So Right" | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Something So Right" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | ||
"St. Judy's Comet" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | ||
1974 | "The Sound of Silence" / "Mother and Child Reunion" | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' |
1975 | "Gone at Last" with Phoebe Snow and The Jessy Dixon Singers / "Tenderness" | 23 | 20 | 9 | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | Still Crazy After All These Years |
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" / "Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 1 | 35 | 2 | — | — | ||
1976 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" / "I Do It for Your Love" | 40 | 45 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
"Have a Good Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | ||
1977 | "Slip Slidin' Away" / "Something So Right" [D] | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | 36 | 2 | 35 | 10 | — | — | Greatest Hits, Etc. |
1978 | "Wonderful World" (with Art Garfunkel and James Taylor) / "Wooden Planes" (Art Garfunkel solo) | 17 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 47 | — | — | — | Watermark |
"Stranded in a Limousine" / "Have a Good Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits, Etc. | |
1980 | "Late in the Evening" / "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns" | 6 | 9 | 7 | — | 58 | 19 | 34 | — | 11 | — | One-Trick Pony |
"One-Trick Pony" / "Long, Long Day" | 40 | 52 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981 | "Oh, Marion" / "God Bless the Absentee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1983 | "The Blues" (with Randy Newman) / "Same Girl" (Randy Newman solo) | 51 | — | 36 | — | — | — | 100 | — | 48 | — | Trouble in Paradise |
"Allergies" / "Think Too Much (B)" | 44 | 48 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | Hearts and Bones | |
1984 | "Think Too Much (A)" / "Song About the Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1986 | "You Can Call Me Al" / "Gumboots" | 23 | 26 | 15 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | Graceland |
"Graceland" / "Hearts and Bones" | 81 | 69 | 34 | 38 | 98 | 71 | 62 | — | 79 | — | ||
1987 | "The Boy in the Bubble" / "Crazy Love, Vol. II" | 86 | — | — | 15 | 26 | — | 46 | — | 16 | — | |
"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" / "All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | 69 | — | 85 | — | ||
"Under African Skies" / "I Know What I Know" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988 | "Mother and Child Reunion" / Train in The Distance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Negotiations and Love Songs |
1990 | "The Obvious Child" [E] "The Rhythm of The Saints" | 92 | – | – | 21 | 15 | 28 | 42 | – | 12 | – | The Rhythm of the Saints |
"Proof" / "The Cool, Cool River" | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | 134 | — | — | — | ||
"Born at the Right Time" / "Further to Fly" | — | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" (live) / The Sound of Silence (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Paul Simon's Concert in the Park |
1995 | "Something So Right" (with Annie Lennox) | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | Medusa |
2000 | "Old" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | You're the One |
"You're the One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002 | "Father and Daughter" / "Father and Daughter (Instrumental)" | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wild Thornberrys Movie |
2006 | "Father and Daughter" / "Another Galaxy" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | Surprise |
"That's Me" | — | — | — | — | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Outrageous" | — | — | — | — | 194 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010 | "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | So Beautiful or So What |
2011 | "The Afterlife" [F] | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2012 | "The Boxer" (with Jerry Douglas feat. Mumford & Sons) | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | Babel |
2016 | "Wristband" [43] [G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stranger to Stranger |
"Cool Papa Bell" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Werewolf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Notes
Year | Song | Album | Notes |
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1997 | "Ten Years" | Carnival! [44] | originally recorded for The Oprah Winfrey Show [45] |
2010 | "Biko" | And I'll Scratch Yours | released as a single in 2010, then featured on I'll Scratch Yours in 2013 |
Year | Song | Album |
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1994 | "Graceland" (live version) | The Unplugged Collection, Volume One [46] |
2010 | "You Can Call Me Al" | The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts [47] |
"The Wanderer" (with Dion DiMucci) | ||
"Here Comes the Sun" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) |
Year | Song | Album |
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1989 | "Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star" [48] (with Dion) | Yo Frankie |
1996 | "Rockabilly Music" and "A Mile Out of Memphis" (with Carl Perkins) | Go Cat Go [49] |
2007 | "Fast Car" | Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant |
2012 | "The Boxer" (with Jerry Douglas and Mumford & Sons) | Traveler [50] and Babel |
2015 | "New York Is My Home" [51] (with Dion) | New York Is My Home |
2020 | "Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)" [52] (with Dion) | Blues with Friends |
2024 | "Um vento passou" | Milton + Esperanza [53] |
Source: [54]
Year | Title | Album |
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1980 | "Late in the Evening" | One-Trick Pony |
1984 | "René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War" | Hearts and Bones |
"Think Too Much (a)" | ||
1986 | "You Can Call Me Al" (2 versions) | Graceland |
"The Boy in the Bubble" | ||
1987 | "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" | |
1988 | "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" | Negotiations and Love Songs |
1990 | "The Obvious Child" | The Rhythm of the Saints |
"Proof" | ||
1993 | "Thelma" | Paul Simon 1964/1993 |
2002 | "Father and Daughter" | The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack and Surprise |
2006 | "Outrageous" | Surprise |
2010 | "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" (2 versions) | So Beautiful or So What |
2016 | "Wristband" | Stranger to Stranger |