| Artist: | Ben Folds |
| Studio: | 7 |
| Live: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 10 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 23 |
| Video: | 2 |
The discography of Ben Folds, an American singer-songwriter, consists of seven studio albums (including three collaborative albums), two live albums, ten compilation albums, two video albums, eight extended plays, and eighteen singles. See also Ben Folds Five discography.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | JPN [3] | UK [4] | |||
| Rockin' the Suburbs | 42 | 18 | 28 | 73 | ||
| Songs for Silverman |
| 13 | 9 | 20 | 65 | |
| Way to Normal |
| 11 | 25 | 30 | 70 | |
| What Matters Most |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | UK | |||
| [5] (with various artists) |
| — | — | |
| Lonely Avenue (with Nick Hornby) |
| 95 | 89 | |
| So There (with yMusic) |
| — | 63 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | |||
| Ben Folds Live |
| 60 | 109 | |
| Live at Tower Records[6] |
| — | — | |
| Motor City (Live at Detroit, MI 10/9/08)[7] |
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| Live in Dallas (10/23/08)[8] |
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| The Sound of Last Night... This Morning[9] |
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| So Fragile, So Blue (with William Shatner, National Symphony Orchestra and Steven Reineke) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | JPN | UK | |||
| Songs for Goldfish[10] |
| — | 146 | — | |
| iTunes Originals – Ben Folds[11] |
| — | — | — | |
| Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP |
| 114 | — | 174 | |
| Stems and Seeds[12] |
| — | — | — | |
| Ben Folds File: Complete Best of Ben Folds Five and Ben Folds |
| — | 38 | — | |
| — | 179 | 100 | ||
| Fifty-Five Vault[13] |
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| Vault, Vol. 1 (1992–1997)[14] |
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| Vault, Vol. 2 (1998–2003)[15] |
| — | — | — | |
| Vault, Vol. 3 (2004–2011)[16] |
| — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
| Album details | ||
| Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth[17] (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra) |
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| Ben Folds Live at MySpace[18] |
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| EP details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | |||
| Speed Graphic[19] |
| 84 | |
| Sunny 16[20] |
| 52 | |
| Super D[21] |
| 53 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] | US AAA [23] | US Adult [24] | US Alt. [25] | AUS [26] | JPN [27] | UK [28] | ||||
| "Rockin' the Suburbs" | 2001 | — | — | — | 28 | 58 | — | 53 | Rockin' the Suburbs | |
| "Still Fighting It" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | ||
| "Tiny Dancer"[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ben Folds Live | ||
| "Eddie Walker"[30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bizarre Christmas Incident"[31] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ben Folds Live (Japanese Version Only) | ||
| "Adelaide"[32] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Super D | |
| "Bitches Ain't Shit" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP | ||
| "Landed" | 77 | — | 40 | — | 55 | — | — | Songs for Silverman | ||
| "Jesusland"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bastard"[34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | Way to Normal | |
| "You Don't Know Me" (featuring Regina Spektor) | — | 28 | — | — | 84 | — | — | |||
| "Free Coffee"[35] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Sound of Last Night...This Morning | ||
| "Errant Dog"[36] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lovesick Diagnostician"[37] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dr. Yang"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cologne"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces"[40] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "From Above"[41] (with Nick Hornby) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lonely Avenue | |
| "Ass Crack Bandit"[42] (for Community) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Phone in a Pool"[43] (with yMusic) | 2015 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | So There | |
| "Mister Peepers" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="3" | |
| "2020"[44] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown" (for ) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Winslow Gardens" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | What Matters Most | |
| "Exhausting Lover" | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Back to Anonymous" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Want to Be a Tree" (with William Shatner, National Symphony Chorus and Steven Reineke) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | So Fragile, So Blue | |
| "Are You the Bayou?" (with William Shatner, National Symphony Chorus and Steven Reineke) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
| Year | Other artist(s) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Lonely Christmas Eve"[45] | 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack | |
| "Golden Slumbers"[46] | 2002 | I Am Sam soundtrack | |
| "Rockin' the Suburbs" (Live on The Panel version)[47] | The Latest Collection: Music Live from the Panel | ||
| "Doctor My Eyes"[48] | The Banger Sisters soundtrack | ||
| "Red Is Blue"[49] | 2005 | Hoodwinked! soundtrack | |
| "Family of Me"[50] | 2006 | Over the Hedge soundtrack | |
| "Heist" | |||
| "Lost in the Supermarket" | |||
| "Still" | |||
| "Rockin' the Suburbs (Over the Hedge Version)" | William Shatner | ||
| "Still (Reprise)" | |||
| "Such Great Heights"[51] | 2007 | Like a Version: Volume Three | |
| "Astronaut: A Short History of Nearly Nothing"[52] | 2008 | Amanda Palmer, Zoë Keating | Who Killed Amanda Palmer |
| "Blake Says" | |||
| "Strength Through Music" | Amanda Palmer, Strindberg | ||
| "Guitar Hero" | Amanda Palmer, East Bay Ray | ||
| "Oasis" | Amanda Palmer, Jared Reynolds | ||
| "Runs in the Family" | Amanda Palmer | ||
| "Sleazy"[53] | 2011 | Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief | |
| "Kevin"[54] | 2016 | Gracie Folds | Pink Elephant |
| "Dear Theodosia"[55] | Regina Spektor | The Hamilton Mixtape |