| Artist: | Meat Loaf |
| Studio: | 12 |
| Compilation: | 7 |
| Live: | 5 |
| Ep: | 1 |
| Singles: | 39 |
| Image Caption: | Meat Loaf performing in 2004 |
American singer and actor Meat Loaf (1947–2022) released twelve studio albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums, one extended play and thirty-nine singles. In a career that spanned six decades, he sold over 100 million records worldwide.[1] [2] [3] According to Recording Industry Association of America, he sold 25 million certified records in the US alone.[4]
Bat Out of Hell (1977) has sold 44 million copies worldwide, becoming the fourth best-selling album in history and is certified 14× platinum in the US.[5] Bat Out of Hell has also sold 3.4 million copies in the UK,[6] making it the UK's 14th best-selling album of all time.[7] His biggest success after that came with (1993), which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.[8] The album's lead single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" was his biggest hit, reaching number one in 28 countries.[9]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] | AUS [11] [12] | GER [13] | IRE [14] | NL [15] | NZ [16] | NOR [17] | SWE [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | ||||
| Bat Out of Hell |
| 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
Diamond (14× Platinum)[21] 26× Platinum[22] 11× Platinum[23] 2× Diamond[24] | |
| Dead Ringer |
| 45 | 5 | 8 | — | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
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| Midnight at the Lost and Found |
| — | 84 | 26 | — | — | — | 7 | 21 | — | 7 |
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| Bad Attitude |
| 74 | 42 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 8 |
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| Blind Before I Stop |
| — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 21 | 28 |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 |
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| Couldn't Have Said It Better |
| 85 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 17 | — | 26 | 44 | 4 |
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| 8 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
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| Hang Cool Teddy Bear |
| 27 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 4 |
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| Hell in a Handbasket |
| 100 | 20 | 29 | 51 | 62 | 39 | — | — | 49 | 5 | ||
| Braver Than We Are | 31 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 13 | — | — | — | 19 | 4 | |||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NL | |||
| Stoney & Meatloaf (with Shaun Murphy) |
| 25 |
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | GER | IRE | UK | ||||
| Live at Wembley |
| — | — | — | — | 60 | ||
| Live from Hell and More Hell Hits |
| — | 175 | — | — | — | ||
| Live Around the World |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| VH1: Storytellers |
| 129 | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | 81 | 69 | 14 | BPI: Gold | ||
| 3 Bats Live |
| — | — | 72 | — | — | ||
| Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live from Sydney, Australia |
| — | — | — | — | 177 | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released in that country | ||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | ||||
| Hits Out of Hell |
| 139 | 53 | 2 [28] | — | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
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| The Big Ones |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rock 'N' Roll Hero |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Prime Cuts |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Heaven & Hell (with Bonnie Tyler) |
| 43 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | 83 | 84 |
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| Paradise by the Dashboardlight (The Very Best of) |
| — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meat Loaf and Friends |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Back from Hell | The Very Best of Meat Loaf |
| — | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | — | |
| Back from Hell Again | − The Very Best of Meat Loaf Vol. 2 |
| — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Alive in Hell |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||
| Definitive Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 |
| — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Very Best of Meat Loaf |
| 116 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 22 | — | 39 | 24 | 14 |
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| Heaven Can Wait – The Best of Meat Loaf |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Fallen Angel |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Collections |
| 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf |
| 101 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | 56 |
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| Hits Out of Hell |
| — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
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| Essential |
| 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Playlist: The Very Best of Meat Loaf |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released in that country | ||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [29] | AUS | BEL [30] | CAN [31] | GER [32] | IRE [33] | NL | NZ | SWI [34] | UK | |||||||||
| 1971 | "What You See Is What You Get" (Stoney & Meat Loaf) | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stoney & Meat Loaf | ||||||
| "It Takes All Kinds of People" (Stoney & Meat Loaf) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1977 | "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" | 39 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 33 |
| Bat Out of Hell | |||||
| 1978 | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | 11 | 11 | — | 5 | — | 25 | — | 9 | — | 32 |
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| "Bat Out of Hell" | — | 26 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 8 |
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| "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | 39 | 81 | 2 | 11 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Hot Patootie – Bless My Soul" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | |||||||
| 1981 | "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" | 84 | 92 | — | 41 | — | — | — | 40 | — | 62 | Dead Ringer | ||||||
| "Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher) | — | 65 | 33 | — | — | 2 | 32 | — | — | 5 |
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| "Read 'Em and Weep" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1982 | "Peel Out" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1983 | "If You Really Want To" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | Midnight at the Lost and Found | ||||||
| "Razor's Edge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | ||||||||
| "Midnight at the Lost and Found" | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 17 | ||||||||
| 1984 | "Modern Girl" | — | — | — | — | 30 | 16 | — | — | — | 17 | Bad Attitude | ||||||
| "Nowhere Fast" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | ||||||||
| 1985 | "Piece of the Action" | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | |||||||
| "Surf's Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1986 | "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (with John Parr) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | Blind Before I Stop | ||||||
| "Getting Away with Murder" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1987 | "Blind Before I Stop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | |||||||
| "Special Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | ||||||||
| "Bat Out of Hell" [live] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live at Wembley | |||||||
| "A Time for Heroes" (with Brian May) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | |||||||
| 1988 | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (with Ellen Foley) [re-release] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | "Dead Ringer for Love" [re-release] | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 53 | Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped | ||||||
| 1992 | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" [re-release] | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 69 | |||||||
| 1993 | "Bat Out of Hell" [re-release] | — | 79 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 8 | |||||||
| "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (with Ellen Foley) [re-release] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"(featuring Lorraine Crosby) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" [promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1994 | "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" | 13 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 6 | — | 11 | |||||||
| "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" | 38 | 52 | — | 26 | 90 | — | — | 32 | — | 26 | ||||||||
| 1995 | "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (with Patti Russo) | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 2 |
| Welcome to the Neighbourhood | |||||
| 1996 | "Not a Dry Eye in the House" | 82 | 111 | — | — | 93 | 23 | — | — | — | 7 | |||||||
| "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" | — | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | ||||||||
| 1998 | "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (featuring Bonnie Tyler) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | ||||||
| 1999 | "Is Nothing Sacred" (with Patti Russo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | VH1: Storytellers | ||||||
| 2003 | "Did I Say That?" | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | 56 | — | Couldn't Have Said It Better | ||||||
| "Couldn't Have Said It Better" (with Patti Russo) | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | 43 | — | — | 31 | ||||||||
| "Man of Steel" (with Pearl Aday) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | ||||||||
| 2006 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (with Marion Raven) | — | — | — | — | 7 | 34 | 15 | — | 21 | 6 |
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| "Blind As a Bat" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2007 | "Cry Over Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | |||||||
| 2010 | "Los Angeloser" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hang Cool Teddy Bear | ||||||
| "If I Can't Have You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Peace on Earth" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2011 | "All of Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hell in a Handbasket | ||||||
| 2016 | "Going All the Way" (with Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Braver Than We Are | ||||||
| "Speaking in Tongues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released in that country | ||||||||||||||||||
Note
| Title | Year | Certifications | |
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| Hits Out of Hell | 1985 |
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| Bad Attitude – Live! | 1985 | ||
| Live | 1986 | ||
| 1994 |
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| VH1: Storytellers | 1999 |
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| 2004 |
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| 3 Bats Live DVD and Blu-ray (UK only) | 2007 |
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| Bat Out of Hell: The Original Tour | 2009 | ||
| Live in Sydney | 2012 |
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 196. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 19, 1988.
