Seal discography

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Seal discography
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Seal performing in Frankfurt, Germany (2006)
Studio albums10
Live albums4
Compilation albums2
Singles43
Video albums4
Music videos28

English singer and songwriter Seal has released ten studio albums, four live albums, two compilation albums, forty-three singles and four video albums.

Contents

From 1994 to 2016, Seal has had 13 singles that charted on the US Adult Contemporary chart, two of which peaked at number one. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Seal 1222207465227
Seal
  • Released: 23 May 1994
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
128282534331515
Human Being
  • Released: 16 November 1998
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
4482212425141822
Seal IV 465752721213
  • BPI: Gold [12]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum [14]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum [15]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [16]
  • RIAA: Gold [18]
  • SNEP: Platinum [20]
System
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
37533134237335
Soul
  • Released: 10 November 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
121681156226413
Seal 6: Commitment
  • Released: 20 September 2010
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1147485461929831
Soul 2
  • Released: 4 November 2011
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1742625388
7
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1364187945
Standards
  • Released: 10 November 2017
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
17313618708832 [A]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
SWI
[10]
Live in Paris
  • Released: 6 July 2005
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
364435
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [16]
One Night to Remember
  • Released: 27 March 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
88
Soul: Live
  • Released: 19 June 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4282
Live in Brooklyn
  • Released: 26 June 2009
  • Label: Immortal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Best 1991–2004
  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, DVD-A
272142321710347
Hits
  • Released: 30 November 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3741162043225
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[3]
NZ
[8]
Seal and Seal II
  • Released: 10 September 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette
108
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 11 October 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[32]
NLD
[33]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[34]
"Crazy"19902955218117Seal (1991)
"Future Love Paradise"199112461518161025137
"The Beginning"2482391640
"Killer"8957537100
"Violet"199239
"Love Is Powerful"1993Non-album single
"Prayer for the Dying"199414566240134921Seal (1994)
"Kiss from a Rose"413811316871
"Newborn Friend"4524 [B]
"I'm Alive"1995
"Don't Cry"5133
"Fly Like an Eagle"1997138161293810 Space Jam soundtrack
"Human Beings"1998509629Human Being
"Lost My Faith"1999
"This Could Be Heaven"20018839 The Family Man soundtrack
"Get It Together"20032572384178342322Seal IV
"Love's Divine"681144683443479
"Waiting for You"8089
"Walk On By"200494574946Best 1991–2004
"Killer 2005"2005
"A Father's Way"2006 The Pursuit of Happyness soundtrack
"Amazing"200774606960544System
"The Right Life"200846
"A Change Is Gonna Come"1523873Soul
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"57
"It's Alright"44
"Stand by Me"86
"I Can't Stand the Rain"200967
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
"I Am Your Man"Hits
"Secret"2010828858Commitment
"Weight of My Mistakes"
"Let's Stay Together"201174Soul 2
"Wishing on a Star"168
"Every Time I'm with You" / "Do You Ever"20157
"Life on the Dancefloor"
"Padded Cell"
"This Christmas"Non-album single
"Luck Be a Lady"2017Standards
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
(with Frank Sinatra)
Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[36]
NLD
[37]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
"Manic Depression"
(Jeff Beck featuring Seal)
1993Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
"How Do You Stop"
(Joni Mitchell featuring Seal)
1994100 Turbulent Indigo
"Les Mots"
(Mylène Farmer and Seal)
20012 Les Mots
"You Are My Kind"
(Santana featuring Seal)
2002 Shaman
"My Vision"
(Jakatta featuring Seal)
643Visions
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

YearSongAlbum
1993"Manic Depression"
(Jeff Beck featuring Seal)
Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
1993"Out of the Window" Indecent Proposal
1994"How Do You Stop"
(Joni Mitchell featuring Seal)
Turbulent Indigo
"Crazy" (live version)Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV [38]
1995"Bird of Freedom" Clockers
2001"Les Mots"
(Mylène Farmer and Seal)
Les mots
"History"
(Outlawz and Seal)
Novakane
2002"My Vision"
(Jakatta featuring Seal)
Visions
"You Are My Kind"
(Carlos Santana featuring Seal)
Shaman
2008"I Wish"
(DMX and Seal)
Non-album single
2010"You Get Me"
(Mina with Seal)
Caramella
2011"When a Man Loves a Woman"
(Michael Bolton featuring Seal)
Gems
2011"Lay It on the Line" (Recorded 1989)
(Push featuring Seal)
Retrospective 1987–2004
2012"Like a Rolling Stone"
(Jeff Beck and Seal)
Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan
2013"We Loved It"
(John Legend and Seal)
Love in the Future
2013"Kiss from a Rose"
(Straight No Chaser featuring Seal)
Under the Influence
2014"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
(Band Aid 30)
Do They Know It's Christmas?
2016"Weight in Gold" (Spotify single)
(Gallant featuring Seal)
In the Room
2016"Mad World" The Passion: New Orleans
2016"We Don't Need Another Hero"
(Jencarlos and Seal)
The Passion: New Orleans
2016"Ashley Wednesday"
(The Lonely Island and Seal)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2017"Cry to Me"Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack
2019"Ashes to Ashes"
(Trevor Horn featuring the Sarm Orchestra and Seal)
Reimagines the Eighties
2021"Ain't No Better Love" The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Videography

Video albums

TitleDetail
Live at the Point
  • Concert from 1991
  • Released: 9 October 1992
  • Formats: VHS, DVD (2003)
Videos 1991–2004
  • Music videos
  • Released: 29 November 2004
  • Formats: DVD
Live in Paris
  • Concert
  • Released: 4 April 2005
  • Formats: CD, DVD
One Night to Remember
  • Concert
  • Released: 27 March 2006
  • Formats: CD, DVD

Music videos

YearTitleDirector(s)
1990"Crazy"Andy Delaney, Monty Whitebloom
1991"Future Love Paradise"Michael Geoghegan
"The Beginning"
"Killer"Don Searll
1994"Prayer for the Dying"Paul Boyd
"Kiss from a Rose" (original version)Matthew Rolston
"Newborn Friend" Lol Creme [39]
1995"Kiss from a Rose" ( Batman Forever version)Joel Schumacher
"Don't Cry"Wayne Isham
1996"Fly Like an Eagle"Joe Pytka
1998"Human Beings"Francis Lawrence
1999"Lost My Faith"Liz Friedlander
2000"This Could Be Heaven"Brett Ratner
2003"Get It Together"Noble Jones
"Love's Divine"Sanji Senaka
2004"Waiting for You"Len Chválová
"Walk on By"Meiert Avis
2007"Amazing"Paul R. Brown
2008"The Right Life"Karen Lamond
"A Change Is Gonna Come" Nabil Elderkin
"People Get Ready"
"I Can't Stand the Rain"
"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
2010"Secret"Nabil Elderkin
"Weight of My Mistakes"
2015"Every Time I'm with You" Brett Sullivan
"Do You Ever"

Notes

  1. "Standards" did not enter the Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 97 on the Album Sales chart. [26]
  2. "Newborn Friend" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100. [35]

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