Album artist 38 - Billy Joel

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

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1978	US 1 of 1979, US num 1 for 8 weeks - Nov 1978, Canada 1 for 8 weeks - 1978, Australia num 1 for 5 weeks - Dec 1978, Grammy in 1979, US 7 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), US CashBox 4 of 1979, US BB 4 of 1978, Austria 4 - Mar 1979 (3 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 1979), Norway 5 - Jan 1979 (15 weeks), UK 10 - Nov 1978 (43 weeks), US sales 7 M (according to RIAA), Sweden 18 - Jan 1979 (12 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 25 of 1979 (peak 2, 47 weeks), Holland free40 50 of 1978, Italy 54 of 1979, RYM 96 of 1978, Rolling Stone 352, WTMD 809
2	Billy Joel	Glass Houses	1980	US num 1 for 6 weeks - Jun 1980, Canada 1 for 8 weeks - 1980, US 7 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), Norway 2 - Mar 1980 (31 weeks), Grammy in 1980 (Nominated), US CashBox 3 of 1980, US BB 3 of 1980, US 4 of 1980, Austria 4 - Apr 1980 (6 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jun 1980), Sweden 6 - Mar 1980 (18 weeks), UK 9 - Mar 1980 (24 weeks), US sales 7 M (according to RIAA), Holland free40 22 of 1980, France (InfoDisc) 91 of 1980 (peak 21, 24 weeks), RYM 105 of 1980
3	Billy Joel	The Stranger	1977	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1977), US 10 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Sep 2003), US CashBox 2 of 1978, US 4 of 1978, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jan 1979), US BB 6 of 1978, US sales 10 M (according to RIAA), UK 24 - Mar 1978 (40 weeks), Holland free40 27 of 1977, RYM 32 of 1977, Rolling Stone 67, NARM 70, Defin200 70 (1977), Italy 73 of 1978, Global 75 - 13 M claimed, Guiness 79, WTMD 125, WXPN 139 (1977), Radio Caroline 144 (1977), Acclaimed 519 (1977)
4	Billy Joel	River Of Dreams	1993	US num 1 for 3 weeks - Aug 1993, Australia num 1 for 4 weeks - Aug 1993, US 5 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 2001), Switzerland 2 - Aug 1993 (27 weeks), Grammy in 1993 (Nominated), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1993), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1993), UK 3 - Aug 1993 (26 weeks), Austria 3 - Aug 1993 (7 months), Norway 9 - Aug 1993 (6 weeks), US BB 10 of 1993, US sales 5 M (according to RIAA), Sweden 30 - Oct 1993 (7 weeks), Italy 78 of 1993
5	Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	1983	US 7 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), UK 3 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Apr 1985), UK 2 - Sep 1983 (95 weeks), Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), US 4 of 1984, US BB 4 of 1983, Norway 9 - Aug 1983 (6 weeks), US sales 7 M (according to RIAA), US CashBox 12 of 1984, Holland free40 32 of 1983, Sweden 39 - Aug 1983 (2 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 62 of 1983 (peak 11, 36 weeks), RYM 74 of 1983, Global 82 - 12 M claimed, Radio Caroline 179 (1983)
6	Billy Joel	Storm Front	1989	US num 1 for 1 week - Dec 1989, Australia num 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1989, US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1989), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1990), UK 5 - Nov 1989 (25 weeks), Austria 10 - Dec 1989 (4 months), US BB 11 of 1989, US CashBox 19 of 1990, Switzerland 30 - Feb 1990 (1 week)
7	Billy Joel	Billy Joel's Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II	1985	US sales 21 M (according to RIAA), US 21 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 2000), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1985), UK 7 - Jul 1985 (39 weeks), Norway 18 - Oct 1985 (1 week), US BB 19 of 1985, US CashBox 24 of 1985, Global 82 - 12 M claimed, Internet 83 - 15 M claimed (1985)
8	Billy Joel	The Bridge	1986	US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1987), Norway 13 - Aug 1986 (6 weeks), Austria 18 - Sep 1986 (1 month), US BB 21 of 1986, Switzerland 22 - Aug 1986 (4 weeks), Sweden 25 - Aug 1986 (4 weeks), US CashBox 31 of 1986, UK 38 - Aug 1986 (10 weeks), Italy 80 of 1986, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 1986)
9	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain	1982	US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), Grammy in 1982 (Nominated), Norway 9 - Oct 1982 (12 weeks), US BB 17 of 1982, Holland free40 21 of 1982, UK 27 - Oct 1982 (8 weeks), US CashBox 31 of 1983, Sweden 31 - Oct 1982 (4 weeks), RYM 94 of 1982
10	Billy Joel	Songs in the Attic	1981	US 3 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Nov 1999), Norway 12 - Oct 1981 (9 weeks), Sweden 38 - Sep 1981 (4 weeks), US CashBox 41 of 1981, US BB 42 of 1981, Holland free40 47 of 1981, UK 57 - Oct 1981 (3 weeks), RYM 87 of 1981, WXPN 528 (1981), WTMD 744
11	Billy Joel	Piano Man	1973	US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Nov 1999), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 2006), UK 98 - Jun 1984 (1 week), RYM 163 of 1973, WXPN 171 (1973), WTMD 310
12	Billy Joel	The Ultimate Collection	2001	Norway 3 - Feb 2003 (7 weeks), Sweden 3 - Jul 2001 (12 weeks), UK 4 - Mar 2001 (15 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 2001)
13	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits III	1997	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Mar 1998), Austria 15 - Sep 1997 (4 months), Switzerland 36 - Aug 1997 (1 week), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Nov 1997)
14	Billy Joel	Turnstiles	1976	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 1989), RYM 85 of 1976, WXPN 219 (1976), WTMD 543
15	Billy Joel	Souvenir - The Ultimate Collection	1991	Australia num 1 for 1 week - Feb 1991
16	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits	1994	Norway 1 - Jul 1994 (12 weeks)
17	Billy Joel	Kohuept	1987	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1996), UK 92 - Nov 1987 (1 week)
18	Billy Joel	Piano Man - The Very Best Of	2004	UK 9 - Nov 2004 (31 weeks), Austria 15 - Jul 2006 (1 month)
19	Billy Joel	Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume III	1997	Norway 7 - Sep 1997 (7 weeks), US BB 100 of 1997
20	Billy Joel	The Essential Billy Joel	unknown	US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 2005)
21	Billy Joel	12 Gardens Live	2006	Austria 23 - Jul 2006 (1 month), US BB 202 of 2006
22	Billy Joel	Cold Spring Harbor	1972	UK 95 - Feb 1984 (1 week), WXPN 828 (1972)
23	Billy Joel	Streetlife Serenade	unknown	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 1997)
24	Billy Joel	The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997	unknown	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Nov 1999)
25	Billy Joel	2000 Years, Millenium Concert	unknown	US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2000)
26	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits Vol III	1997	UK 23 - Nov 1997 (4 weeks)
27	Billy Joel	Greatest hits vols I II & III	1998	UK 33 - Jun 1998 (4 weeks)
28	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits 1973 - 1980	1992	France (InfoDisc) 75 of 1992 (peak 3, 9 weeks)