See also: Art Garfunkel discography.
| Artist: | Paul Simon |
| Studio: | 15 |
| Live: | 4 |
| Compilation: | 11 |
| Singles: | 61 |
| Video: | 15 |
| Option: | 2 |
| Option Name: | Box sets |
Paul Simon is an American singer-songwriter who is possibly best known as a member of the folk-duo Simon & Garfunkel with Art Garfunkel. He has released studio albums, live albums, compilation albums and singles. His music career has spanned over 60 years. He started recording music in the 1950s and his most recent album, Seven Psalms, was released on May 19, 2023.
During the time period 1991 to 2016 Simon sold seven million albums in the U.S., according to Nielsen.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
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| US [1] | AUS [2] | CAN [3] | FIN [4] | FRA [5] | GER [6] | NLD [7] | NZ [8] | NOR [9] | SWE [10] | SWI [11] | UK [12] | |||||||||
| 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 |
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| 1975 | Still Crazy After All These Years
| 1 | 39 | 8 | 29 | — | — | 11 | 24 | 8 | 9 | — | 6 |
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| 1980 | One-Trick Pony
| 12 | 15 | 23 | — | 11 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 9 | — | 17 |
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| 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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8× Platinum[16]
3× Gold[17] Platinum Platinum Platinum[18] | |||||
| 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[24]
| 153 | — | — | — | — | 69 | 31 | — | — | — | 38 | 28 | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1974 |
| 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 | — | — | |||||||
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| US | AUS | FIN | GER | NLD | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | |||||||||||
| 1977 | Greatest Hits, Etc.
| 18 | 22 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 6 |
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| 1988 | Negotiations and Love Songs
| 110 | 27 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 17 |
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| 1991 | Born at the Right Time: The Best of Paul Simon
| — | 20 | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1993 | The Paul Simon Anthology
| — | 14 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
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| 2000 |
| — | 44 | 25 | 59 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 6 |
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| 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 | [27]
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| 2015 | The Ultimate Collection
| — | 38 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
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| 1993 | Paul Simon 1964/1993
| 173 |
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| 2004 | The Studio Recordings, 1972–2000
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| Year | A-side / B-side | Chart positions | Ref(s) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1958 | "True or False" / "Teenage Fool" | — | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | "Anna Belle" / "Loneliness" | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Don't Take the Stars" / "So Tenderly" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | "Just a Boy" / "Shy" | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Just a Boy" / "I'd Like to Be" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "All Through the Night" / "(I Begin) To Think Again of You" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Swanee" / "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | "I Wish I Weren't in Love" / "I'm Lonely" | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Play Me a Sad Song" / "It Means a Lot to Them" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Motorcycle" / "I Don't Believe Them" | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | "Express Train" / "Wildflower" | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Cry, Little Boy, Cry" / "Get Up and Do the Wobble" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Lone Teen Ranger" / "Lisa" | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Cards of Love" / "Noise" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | "He Was My Brother" / "Carlos Dominguez" | — | [30] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Title 'A' / Title 'B' | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | US Cashbox [31] | US AC | US Main | UK [32] | CAN | AUS [33] [34] | FRA [35] | NLD [36] | NOR [37] | |||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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"[38] [G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stranger to Stranger |
| "Cool Papa Bell" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Werewolf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Number one hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Top 10 hits | 6 | 7 | 11 | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
Notes
| Year | Song | Album | Notes | |
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| 1997 | "Ten Years" | Carnival![39] | originally recorded for The Oprah Winfrey Show[40] | |
| 2010 | "Biko" | I'll Scratch Yours | released as a single in 2010, then featured on I'll Scratch Yours in 2013 |
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Graceland" (live version) | The Unplugged Collection, Volume One |
| 2010 | "You Can Call Me Al" | The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts[41] |
| "The Wanderer" (with Dion DiMucci) | ||
| "Here Comes the Sun" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) |
| Year | Song | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star"[42] (with Dion) | Yo Frankie | |
| 1996 | "Rockabilly Music" and "A Mile Out of Memphis" (with Carl Perkins) | Go Cat Go | |
| 2007 | "Fast Car" | ||
| 2012 | "The Boxer" (with Jerry Douglas and Mumford & Sons) | Traveler[43] and Babel | |
| 2015 | "New York Is My Home"[44] (with Dion) | New York Is My Home | |
| 2020 | "Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)"[45] (with Dion) | Blues with Friends |
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