Seal discography explained

Artist:Seal
Studio:10
Compilation:2
Live:4
Singles:43
Video:4
Music Videos:28

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

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

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5] [6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
Seal
  • Released: 20 May 1991
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1 22 2 20 7 4 6 5 2 27

2× Platinum[13]

Gold

Gold[14]

Gold[15]

Platinum[16]

Gold[17]

Platinum[18]

Gold[19]

2× Gold[20]

Seal
  • Released: 23 May 1994
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1 2 8 28 25 3 4 33 15 15
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • NVPI: Gold
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum[21]
Human Being
  • Released: 16 November 1998
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
44 82 21 24 25 14 18 22
  • BPI: Silver
  • RIAA: Gold
  • RMNZ: Gold[22]
Seal IV
  • Released: 9 September 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
4 65 7 5 2 7 21 2 1 3
  • BPI: Gold
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
  • SNEP: Platinum
System
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
37 5 33 13 42 37 3 35
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
Soul
  • Released: 10 November 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12 16 8 1 15 6 22 6 4 13
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF

Gold

  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • SNEP: Diamond
  • Released: 20 September 2010
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11 47 48 5 46 19 29 8 31
  • BPI: Silver
  • SNEP: Platinum[23]
Soul 2
  • Released: 4 November 2011
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
17 42 6 25 38 8
  • BPI: Gold
7
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
13 64 18 7 9 45
  • SNEP: Gold
Standards
  • Released: 10 November 2017
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
17 31 36 18 70 88 32
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUT
FRA
GER
NLD
SWI
Live in Paris
  • Released: 6 July 2005
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
36 44 35
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
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
42 82
Live in Brooklyn
  • Released: 26 June 2009
  • Label: Immortal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
FRA
GER
NLD
NZ
SWE
SWI
US
Best 1991–2004
  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, DVD-A
27 21 4 2 3 21 7 10 3 47
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold[24]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold[25]
  • SNEP: Platinum
Hits
  • Released: 30 November 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
37 4 7 20 4 32 25
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold[26]
  • RMNZ: Gold[27]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
NZ
Seal and Seal II
  • Released: 10 September 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10 8
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 11 October 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positions<--Do not surpass 10 charts.-->CertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
FRA
GER
[29]
NLD
[30]
NZ
SWE
SWI
US
[31]
"Crazy"19902 9 5 5 2 1 8 1 1 7
  • BPI: Silver
Seal (1991)
"Future Love Paradise"199112 46 15 18 16 10 25 13 7
"The Beginning"24 82 39 16 40
"Killer"8 95 75 37 100
"Violet"199239
"Love Is Powerful"1993
"Prayer for the Dying"199414 56 62 40 13 49 21Seal (1994)
"Kiss from a Rose"4 1 3 8 11 3 16 8 7 1
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[32]
  • RIAA: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
"Newborn Friend"45 24
"I'm Alive"1995
"Don't Cry"51 33
"Fly Like an Eagle"199613 81 61 29 38 10Space Jam Soundtrack
"Human Beings"199850 96 29 Human Being
"Lost My Faith"1999
"This Could Be Heaven"200188 39 The Family Man Soundtrack
"Get It Together"200325 72 38 41 78 34 23 22 Seal IV
"Love's Divine"68 11 4 4 68 34 43 4 79
  • BVMI: Gold
"Waiting for You"80 89
"Walk On By"200494 57 49 46 Best 1991–2004
"Killer 2005"2005
"A Father's Way"2006The Pursuit of Happyness Soundtrack
"Amazing"200774 60 6 9 60 54 4
  • BVMI: Gold
System
"The Right Life"200846
"A Change Is Gonna Come"152 38 73 Soul
"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"201082 88 58 Commitment
"Weight of My Mistakes"
"Let's Stay Together"201174 Soul 2
"Wishing on a Star"168
"Every Time I'm with You / Do You Ever"20157
"Life on the Dancefloor"
"Padded Cell"
"This Christmas"
"Luck Be a Lady"2017Standards
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
FRA
GER
[33]
NLD
[34]
NZ
SWE
SWI
"Manic Depression"
1993Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
"How Do You Stop"
1994100 Turbulent Indigo
"Les Mots"
20012
  • SNEP: Gold
Les Mots
"You Are My Kind"
2002Shaman
"My Vision"
6 43
  • BPI: Silver
Visions

Other appearances

YearSongAlbum
1993"Manic Depression"
1993"Out of the Window"Indecent Proposal
1994"How Do You Stop"
Turbulent Indigo
"Crazy" Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[35]
1995"Bird of Freedom"Clockers
2001"Les mots"
Les mots
"History"
Novakane
2002"My Vision"
Visions
"You Are My Kind"
Shaman
2008"I Wish"
2010"You Get Me"
Caramella
2011"When a Man Loves a Woman"
Gems
2011"Lay It on the Line" (Recorded 1989)
Retrospective 1987–2004
2012"Like a Rolling Stone"
Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan
2013"We Loved It"
Love in the Future
2013"Kiss from a Rose"
Under the Influence
2014"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Do They Know It's Christmas?
2016"Weight in Gold" (Spotify single)
In the Room
2016"Mad World"
2016"We Don't Need Another Hero"
2016"Ashley Wednesday"
2017"Cry to Me"Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack
2019"Ashes to Ashes"
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" Matthew Rolston
"Newborn Friend"Lol Creme[36]
1995"Kiss from a Rose" 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 and References

  1. Seal Chart History: Adult Contemporary . . 2020-05-31.
  2. UK chart peaks:
  3. Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  4. Web site: Austrian Charts > Seal. German. austriancharts.at Hung Medien. 2010-04-22.
  5. Web site: French Charts > Seal . French . . 2010-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130506001015/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php . 6 May 2013.
  6. Web site: French Charts > Seal. French. lescharts.com Hung Medien. 2010-04-22.
  7. Web site: German Charts > Seal. German. charts.de Media Control Charts. 2011-11-25.
  8. Web site: Dutch Album Charts > Seal. Dutch. dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. 2011-08-29.
  9. New Zealand chart peaks:
  10. Web site: Swedish Charts > Seal. swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. 2010-09-29.
  11. Web site: Swiss Charts > Seal. German. hitparade.ch Hung Medien. 2010-09-29.
  12. Seal Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 2020-05-31.
  13. United Kingdom. Seal. 15 June 2023.
  14. Germany. seal. 2010-02-11.
  15. Web site: IFPI Austria > Goud & Platin . German . . 2011-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608024513/http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin . 8 June 2009 .
  16. Web site: IFPI Switzerland > Edelmetall. German. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Hung Medien. 2011-08-29.
  17. Web site: NVPI Goud/Platina . Dutch . . 2011-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110818082538/http://ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461 . 18 August 2011 .
  18. Web site: RIAA Gold & Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America. 2020-05-31.
  19. Web site: RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 23 April 1995. Recorded Music NZ. 2016-12-19.
  20. Web site: InfoDisc > Les Certifications > Seal . French . . 2010-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601152354/http://www.infodisc.fr/CD_Certif.php . 1 June 2009 .
  21. Web site: RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 8 October 1995. Recorded Music NZ. 2016-12-19.
  22. Web site: RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 14 February 1999. Recorded Music NZ. 2016-12-19.
  23. Web site: SNEP Searchable database – Gold and Platinum . . 2010-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101224111721/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml?year=&type=15 . 24 December 2010 . dmy-all .
  24. Australia. Seal. album. 2006. 27 December 2021.
  25. Web site: RIANZ Top 40 Albums > 9 May 2005. Recorded Music NZ. 2016-12-19.
  26. Australia. Seal . album. 2012. 28 December 2021.
  27. Web site: RIANZ Top 40 Albums > 24 September 2012. Recorded Music NZ. 2016-12-19.
  28. Web site: RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 6 October 1996. Recorded Music NZ. 2016-12-19.
  29. Web site: German Charts > Seal. German. charts.de Media Control Charts. 2011-11-25.
  30. Web site: Dutch Top 40 > Seal. Dutch. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. 2011-08-30.
  31. Seal Chart History: Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. 2020-05-31.
  32. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 246.
  33. Web site: German Charts > Adamski: Killer. German. charts.de GfK Entertainment. 2011-11-25.
  34. Web site: Dutch Top 40 > Adamski. Dutch. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. 2011-11-25.
  35. Web site: Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV . Amazon.com . 2011-11-23.
  36. Web site: Seal - Seal (II) (CD, Album) at Discogs. [ONLINE] ]. . 20 April 2016.