Album artist 40 - Paul McCartney

This page lists the album chart entries of Paul McCartney. A list of songs by Paul McCartney can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

Having been a member of The Beatles and Wings (with his wife Linda McCartney) and with his own solo career it is not surprising that the Guiness Book of Records has listed him as the most successful individual artist of all time.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Paul McCartney	Tug Of War	1982	UK 1 - May 1982 (26 weeks), US num 1 for 3 weeks - May 1982, Canada 1 for 4 weeks - 1982, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1982, Norway 1 - May 1982 (25 weeks), Sweden 1 - May 1982 (23 weeks), Japan 1 for 1 week - Apr 1982, Austria 2 - May 1982 (7 months), Grammy in 1982 (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 1982), UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1982), France (InfoDisc) 12 of 1982 (peak 2, 68 weeks), Italy 13 of 1982, US CashBox 14 of 1982, US BB 19 of 1982, Holland free40 48 of 1982, RYM 95 of 1982
2	Paul McCartney	McCartney	1970	US num 1 for 3 weeks - May 1970, Australia Goset 1 - Jun 1970 (13 weeks), US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 1991), UK 2 - May 1970 (32 weeks), Norway 2 - May 1970 (21 weeks), US CashBox 9 of 1970, US BB 11 of 1970, France (InfoDisc) 11 of 1970 (peak 4, 52 weeks), Italy 15 of 1970, RYM 106 of 1970, WXPN 883 (1970)
3	Paul McCartney	Ram	1971	UK 1 - Jun 1971 (24 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1971 (30 weeks), Australia Goset 2 - Jul 1971 (36 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1992), US BB 5 of 1971, US CashBox 9 of 1971, France (InfoDisc) 10 of 1971 (peak 8, 32 weeks), Italy 17 of 1971, RYM 39 of 1971, Radio Caroline 230 (1971), WXPN 715 (1971), Acclaimed 1410 (1971)
4	Paul McCartney	Flowers In The Dirt	1989	UK 1 - Jun 1989 (20 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1989 (21 weeks), Sweden 2 - Jun 1989 (22 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1990), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1989), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1990), Switzerland 13 - Jul 1989 (9 weeks), Italy 19 of 1989, Austria 28 - Jul 1989 (2 months), France (InfoDisc) 49 of 1989 (peak 8, 24 weeks), RYM 150 of 1989
5	Paul McCartney	Flaming Pie	1997	UK 2 - May 1997 (15 weeks), Grammy in 1997 (Nominated), Norway 3 - May 1997 (16 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1997), UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1997), Austria 10 - Jun 1997 (2 months), Switzerland 10 - May 1997 (7 weeks), Sweden 11 - May 1997 (7 weeks), Holland free40 18 of 1997, US BB 52 of 1997, Italy 71 of 1997, RYM 135 of 1997
6	Paul McCartney	McCartney II	1980	UK 1 - May 1980 (18 weeks), Austria 4 - Jul 1980 (3 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1980), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jun 1980), Norway 5 - Jun 1980 (14 weeks), Sweden 5 - Jun 1980 (10 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 17 of 1980 (peak 2, 66 weeks), US BB 35 of 1980, US CashBox 36 of 1980, Italy 39 of 1980, Holland free40 44 of 1980
7	Paul McCartney	Pipes Of Peace	1983	Norway 1 - Nov 1983 (18 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1984), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1984), UK 4 - Nov 1983 (23 weeks), Sweden 4 - Nov 1983 (16 weeks), Switzerland 12 - Nov 1983 (10 weeks), Austria 18 - Dec 1983 (2 months), Italy 33 of 1983, France (InfoDisc) 43 of 1983 (peak 13, 46 weeks), US CashBox 63 of 1984
8	Paul McCartney	Chaos & Creation In The Backyard	2005	Grammy in 2005 (Nominated), Sweden 3 - Sep 2005 (5 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 2005), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 2005), France Gold (certified by SNEP Dec 2005), Norway 8 - Sep 2005 (4 weeks), Switzerland 9 - Sep 2005 (3 weeks), UK 10 - Sep 2005 (3 weeks), Austria 39 - Oct 2005 (1 month), RYM 94 of 2005, US BB 125 of 2005
9	Paul McCartney	Off The Ground	1993	Norway 2 - Feb 1993 (8 weeks), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1995), Austria 4 - Feb 1993 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1993), UK 5 - Feb 1993 (4 weeks), Switzerland 5 - Feb 1993 (16 weeks), Sweden 10 - Feb 1993 (8 weeks), Italy 34 of 1993, France (InfoDisc) 68 of 1993 (peak 15, 12 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Feb 1993)
10	Paul McCartney	All The Best	1988	US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 2001), UK 3 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1988), UK 2 - Nov 1987 (23 weeks), Sweden 7 - Sep 1995 (4 weeks), Switzerland 11 - Jan 1988 (9 weeks), Italy 18 of 1988, Austria 23 - Feb 1988 (2 months), Norway 39 - May 2008 (1 week)
11	Paul McCartney	Give My Regards To Broad Street	1984	UK 1 - Nov 1984 (21 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1984), Norway 4 - Nov 1984 (16 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1984), Sweden 9 - Nov 1984 (15 weeks), US CashBox 60 of 1984, Italy 75 of 1984
12	Paul McCartney	Tripping The Live Fantastic	1990	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1991), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1990), UK 17 - Nov 1990 (11 weeks), Norway 18 - Nov 1990 (2 weeks), Italy 22 of 1990, Switzerland 27 - Dec 1990 (5 weeks), Sweden 27 - Nov 1990 (8 weeks), RYM 184 of 1990
13	Paul McCartney	Memory Almost Full	2007	Sweden 3 - Jun 2007 (9 weeks), Norway 4 - Jun 2007 (6 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 2008), UK 5 - Jun 2007 (6 weeks), Austria 17 - Jun 2007 (1 month), Switzerland 20 - Jun 2007 (5 weeks), US BB 42 of 2007
14	Paul McCartney	Unplugged - The Official Bootleg	1991	UK 7 - Jun 1991 (3 weeks), Norway 13 - Jun 1991 (2 weeks), Sweden 20 - Jun 1991 (4 weeks), Switzerland 39 - Jun 1991 (1 week), US BB 59 of 1991, Italy 86 of 1991, RYM 144 of 1991
15	Paul McCartney	Press To Play	1986	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 1986), UK 8 - Sep 1986 (6 weeks), Norway 8 - Sep 1986 (5 weeks), Sweden 17 - Sep 1986 (6 weeks), Switzerland 28 - Oct 1986 (1 week), Italy 52 of 1986
16	Paul McCartney	Run Devil Run	1999	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1999), UK 12 - Oct 1999 (2 weeks), Norway 12 - Oct 1999 (3 weeks), Austria 18 - Oct 1999 (1 month), Sweden 23 - Oct 1999 (1 week), Switzerland 36 - Oct 1999 (1 week)
17	Paul McCartney	Back In The World	2003	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 2003), UK 5 - Mar 2003 (9 weeks), Sweden 12 - Mar 2003 (6 weeks), Austria 33 - Apr 2003 (1 month)
18	Paul McCartney	Driving Rain	2001	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 2002), Norway 18 - Nov 2001 (1 week), Sweden 19 - Nov 2001 (1 week), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 2001)
19	Paul McCartney	Back in the USA	2002	US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 2003), RYM 79 of 2002, US BB 110 of 2002
20	Paul McCartney	Good Evening New York City	2009	RYM 6 of 2009, Sweden 38 - Dec 2009 (2 weeks)
21	Paul McCartney	Paul Is Live	1993	Sweden 23 - Nov 1993 (1 week), UK 34 - Nov 1993 (2 weeks)
22	Paul McCartney	The McCartney Interview	1981	UK 34 - Mar 1981 (4 weeks)
23	Paul McCartney	Choba B CCCP	1991	UK 63 - Oct 1991 (1 week)