Iron Maiden discography

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Iron Maiden discography
Iron Maiden performing in Barcelona.
Iron Maiden performing in Barcelona.
Releases
↙Studio albums 14
↙Live albums 7
↙Compilation albums 9
↙Extended plays 4
↙Singles 40
↙Video albums 15
References and footnotes

The discography for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The country codes shown follow the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 guidelines.

Contents

[edit] Studio albums

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Year of release Title Label Chart positions Certification US sales
1980 Iron Maiden EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #4 (GBR), #36 (SWE) Platinum UK, Gold Germany, Gold Japan, Platinum Canada. 700,000+
1981 Killers EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #11 (SWE), #12 (GBR), #19 (NOR), #20 (AUT),#28 (JPN), #44 (NZL), #78 (USA) Gold US, Gold UK, Platinum Canada, Gold Germany, Gold France. 800,000+
1982 The Number of the Beast EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #1 (GBR), #3 (AUT), #7 (SWE), #13 (NOR), #18 (NZL),#28 (JPN), #33 (USA) Platinum US, Platinum UK, 3xPlatinum Canada, Gold Germany, Gold Austria, Platinum Australia, Gold Switzerland, Gold Netherlands, Gold France, Gold Spain. 1,900,000+
1983 Piece of Mind EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #3 (GBR), #6 (SWE), #8 (NZL), #10 (AUS), #14 (USA), #24 (JPN) Platinum US, Platinum UK, 2x Platinum Canada, Gold Germany, Gold Finland, Gold Spain. 1,800,000+
1984 Powerslave EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #2 (GBR), #5 (SWE), #10 (CHE), #11 (NZL), #13 (JPN), #15 (AUT), #21 (USA) Platinum US, Gold UK, 2x Platinum Canada, Gold Germany, Gold Spain. 1,900,000+
1986 Somewhere in Time EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #3 (GBR), #5 (NZL), #6 (SWE), #10 (AUT), #11 (USA), #16 (JPN), #22 (CHE) 2xPlatinum US, Gold UK, Platinum Canada, Gold Germany. 2,700,000+
1988 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #1 (GBR), #2 (CHE), #3 (SWE), #3 (NZL), #6 (AUT), #12 (USA), #22 (JPN), #66 (AUS) Platinum US, Gold UK, Platinum Canada, Gold Germany, Gold Switzerland, Silver Norway. 1,750,000+
1990 No Prayer for the Dying EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #2 (GBR), #6 (SWE), #11 (CHE), #13 (JPN), #17 (USA), #17 (NZL), #19 (AUT), #23 (AUS) Gold US,Gold UK,Gold Italy, Platinum Canada 850,000+
1992 Fear of the Dark EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #1 (GBR), #5 (GER), #5 (CHE), #8 (AUT), #11 (AUS), #11 (JPN), #12 (USA), #44 (NZL) Gold UK, Gold Canada, Gold France, Gold Italy. 450,000+
1995 The X Factor EMI/
CMC International		 #8 (GBR), #16 (GER), #17 (JPN), #27 (CHE), #64 (AUS), #147 (USA) Gold Italy 115,000+
1998 Virtual XI EMI/
CMC International		 #12 (FRA), #16 (GER), #16 (SWE), #16 (GBR), #19 (JPN), #39 (CHE), #124 (USA) Gold Greece 70,000+
2000 Brave New World EMI/
Columbia Records/
Portrait Records		 #1 (SWE), #1 (GER), #1 (FIN), 1# (GRE), #2 (FIN), #3 (FRA), #4 (NOR), #5 (ITA), #6 (SPA), #7 (GBR), #9 (CHE), #10 (AUT), #13 (JPN), #13 (CAN), #16 (HOL), #33 (AUS), #39 (USA) Gold UK, Gold Brazil, Gold Finland, Gold Sweden, Gold Italy, Gold Greece, Gold Canada, Gold Poland, Gold Spain. 315,000+
2003 Dance of Death EMI/
Columbia Records		 #1 (SWE), #1 (FIN), #1 (ITA), #1 (GRE), #1 (CZE), #2 (GBR), #2 (GER), #2 (CHE), #2 (SLO), #3 (FRA), #3 (SPA), #3 (NOR), #3 (POL), #3 (HUN), #3 (ARG), #3 (AUT), #4 (POR), #4 (BEL), #4 (ICE), #5 (CAN), #6 (IRE), #9 (MEX), #10 (DEN), #10 (HOL), #10 (KSA), #11 (JPN), #12 (AUS), #16 (MAL), #18 (USA), #21 (NZL), #25 (COL) Gold Argentina, Gold UK, Gold Germany, Gold Finland, Gold Sweden, Gold Italy, Gold Greece,Gold Brazil, Silver Portugal. 200,000
2006 A Matter of Life and Death EMI/
Sanctuary		 #1 (FIN), #1 (GER), #1 (ITA), #1 (GRC), #1 (SWE), #1 (CZE), #1 (CRO), #1 (SLO), #1 (POL), #1 (BRA), #2 (CAN), #2 (NOR), #2 (CHE), #2 (HUN), #2 (COL), #3 (CHI), #4 (GBR), #4 (SPA), #4 (AUT),#2(IND)(debut #4), #5 (FRA), #5 (IRE), #5(ARA), #6 (ICE), #6 (BEL), #7 (HOL), #8 (DEN), #9 (USA), #10 (MEX), #11 (JPN),#11 (POR), #12 (AUS), #15 (HKG), #16 (NZL) / #1 European-wide chart, #4 worldwide chart, #3 inthitlists World chart. Platinum Finland, Platinum India, Gold Sweden, Gold Canada, Gold Greece, Gold UK, Gold Italy, Gold Switzerland, Gold Brazil 300,000+[1]

[edit] Live albums

Date of release Title Label Chart positions Certification US Sales
August, 1981 Maiden Japan EMI #43 EP (GBR), #186 (USA Hot 100) Platinum Canada
October 14, 1985 Live After Death EMI/
Capitol Records/
Sanctuary		 #2 (GBR), #8 (SWE), #16 (NZL), #19 (US), #26 (CHE) Platinum US, Gold UK, 2x Platinum Canada, Gold Germany, Gold Austria, Gold Spain. 1,550,578 (Soundscan data from 1991 to Jan, 31 2005).
November 8, 1993 Live at Donington EMI #23 (GBR) 54,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 23 2006).
March 22, 1993 A Real Live One Capitol Records #3 (GBR), #25 (GER), #25 (CHE), #30 (SWE), #48 (AUS), #106 (USA) Gold France 110,173 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 23 2006). 20,621 from 1998 on the new combined format with A Real Dead One.
October 18, 1993 A Real Dead One Capitol Records #12 (GBR), # 37 (CHE), #50 (GER), #140 (USA) 134,002 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 23 2006). 20,621 from 1998 on the new combined format with A Real Live One.
September 22, 1998 A Real Live Dead One EMI
March 26, 2002 Rock In Rio EMI/
Columbia Records/
Portrait Records		 #8 (FIN), #13 (GER), #14 (SWE), #15 (GBR), #17 (CHE), #25 (FRA), #28 (BEL), #186 (USA) Gold Brazil 78,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 23 2006).
August 30th, 2005 Death on the Road EMI/
Columbia Records		 #1 (GRE), #5 (FIN), #7 (SWE), #12 (NOR), #13 (ITA), #14 (FRA), #17 (CHE), #18 (SPA) #22 (GBR), #23 (AUT), #27 (IRE), #32 (BEL), #33 (CZE), #60 (CAN) Silver UK 18,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 30 2006).

[edit] Compilation albums / box sets

Date of release Title Label Chart positions Certification US sales
1987 "Maidenmania"

(Box set containing four 12" vinyl singles and one 12" EP: Women in Uniform, Maiden Japan, Aces High, Run to the Hills and Wasted Years. Released only in Greece.)

 EMI
1990 The First Ten Years

(Containing 10 records/CDs of their first 20 singles, each one including B-sides and a special "Listen with Nicko")

 EMI
1995 The Story So Far (Part One)

(Limited and numbered box set containing the five remastered CDs from 1980 to 1984 [Iron Maiden, Killers, The Number Of The Beast, Piece Of Mind, Powerslave], each with the relevant era's b-sides on a bonus disc)

 EMI
1995 The Story So Far (Part Two)

(Limited and numbered box set containing the five remastered CDs from 1985 to 1992 [Live After Death, Somewhere In Time, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, No Prayer For The Dying, Fear Of The Dark], each with the relevant era's b-sides on a bonus disc)

 EMI
September 24, 1996 Best of the Beast

(Available in three different packaging: one CD, double-CD or four-LPs)

 EMI #16 (GBR), #58 (AUS) Gold(X2) Argentina, Platinum Sweden, Gold UK, Gold Finland, Gold Brazil, Gold Greece. 451,112 (Soundscan data up to Jan, 31 2005)
1998 Eddie's 'Ed

(A large box in the shape of Eddie's head. Containing the first 12 albums remastered, from Iron Maiden to Live at Donington, each with bonus multimedia material, plus a limited In Profile CD)

 EMI
July 1999 Ed Hunter

(CD/PC Game Double-Pack)

 EMI Gold Canada 56,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 23 2006).
November 5, 2002 Edward the Great EMI Gold UK, Gold Finland, Gold Sweden, Gold Canada. 180,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 23 2006).
2002 Eddie's Archive

(Limited and numbered box set -later re-released without the numbering limitation- containing 3 double-albums; Best of the B'Sides, The BBC Archives and Beast over Hammersmith, plus a numbered scroll of the Iron Maiden timeline, and an Eddie crystal shot glass)

 EMI 36,000 (Soundscan data up to May 2003).
July 5, 2005 The Essential Iron Maiden

(North America Only)

 Sanctuary/
Epic Records		 US 60,000 (approx.)
May 12, 2008 Somewhere Back In Time - The Best Of: 1980-1989 EMI #2 (SWE), #81 (AUS) Gold Sweden

[edit] Videos/DVDs

Date of release Title Label Chart positions Certification US sales
1981 Live at the Rainbow EMI/Capitol Records
1983 Video Pieces EMI/Capitol Records
1985 Behind the Iron Curtain EMI/Capitol Records Gold US
1985 Live After Death EMI/Capitol Records Platinum US
1987 12 Wasted Years EMI/Capitol Records Gold US
1989 Maiden England

(re-released in 1994 as a "double pack" version, with CD)

 EMI Gold US, Gold Canada
1990 The First Ten Years - The Videos EMI Gold Canada
1992 From There to Eternity EMI
1993 Donington Live 1992 EMI
1993 Raising Hell EMI/BMG
2001 Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast EMI Gold Australia
June 10, 2002 Rock in Rio EMI/Sony #1 (GBR), #1 (SWE), #1 (Nor) #3 (FIN) Platinum US, Gold Argentina, 2xPlatinum Canada, Gold Australia, Gold Poland. 71,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 30 2006).
June 2, 2003 Visions of the Beast EMI/Sanctuary #1 (GBR), #1 (SWE), #1 (FIN) #1 (Nor), #14 (IND) Platinum Argentina, Platinum Australia, 2xPlatinum US, 3xPlatinum Canada, Platinum UK, Platinum Finland, Gold France. 96,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 30 2006).
November 8, 2004 The Early Days EMI/Sanctuary #1 (GBR), #1 (SWE), #1 (FIN) #1 (Nor) Gold Argentina, Gold Australia, Platinum US, 2xPlatinum Canada, Gold Finland, Gold UK, Platinum France. 68,000 (Soundscan data up to Mar, 30 2006)
February 6, 2006 (US Release Feb 2007) Death on the Road EMI/Sony #1 (GBR), #1 (SWE), #1 (FIN), #1 (Nor) #2 (IRE), #4 (AUS), #6 (POR), #7 (IND), #78 (CHE) Gold Australia, Gold France 4,000 (US Release Feb 2007)
February 4, 2008 (US Release Feb 5 2008) Live After Death (DVD) EMI/Sony BMG/Universal #1 (AUS), #1 (FRA), #1 (SWE), #1 (GBR), #1 (ESP), #1 (NZL), #1 (DNK), #1 (DEU), #1 (ITA), #2 (NOR), #2 (PRT), #2 (IRL), #2 (USA) Platinum US, Gold Australia (First day) 100,000

[edit] Singles and EPs

Date of release Title Label Chart positions
9th Nov 1979 The Soundhouse Tapes EP (GBR)
8th Feb 1980 "Running Free" #34 (GBR)
23rd May 1980 "Sanctuary" #29 (GBR)
27th Oct 1980 "Women in Uniform" #35 (GBR)
1980 Live!! +one EP (GBR)
2nd Mar 1981 "Twilight Zone" / "Wrathchild" #31 (GBR)
15th Jun 1981 "Purgatory" #52 (GBR)
1981 "Wrathchild" #31 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
14th Sep 1981 Maiden Japan #43 EP (GBR), #186 (USA Top 200)
12th Feb 1982 "Run to the Hills" #7 (GBR)
26th Apr 1982 "The Number of the Beast" #18 (GBR)
1982 "Hallowed Be Thy Name" #50 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
11th Apr 1983 "Flight of Icarus" #11 (GBR), #8 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
20th Jun 1983 "The Trooper" #12 (GBR), #28 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
6th Aug 1984 "2 Minutes to Midnight" #11 (GBR), #25 (USA Mainstream Rock)
22nd Oct 1984 "Aces High" #20 (GBR)
23rd Sep 1985 "Running Free" (live) #19 (GBR)
2nd Dec 1985 "Run to the Hills" (live) #26 (GBR)
6th Sep 1986 "Wasted Years" #18 (GBR)
22nd Nov 1986 "Stranger in a Strange Land" #22 (GBR)
20th Mar 1988 "Can I Play with Madness" #3 (GBR), #23 (CHE)
1st Aug 1988 "The Evil That Men Do" #5 (GBR)
7th Nov 1988 "The Clairvoyant" #6 (GBR)
6th Nov 1989 "Infinite Dreams" (live) #6 (GBR)
Feb 1990 Running Free/Sanctuary #10 (GBR)
Mar 1990 Women in Uniform/Twilight Zone #10 (GBR albums chart)
Mar 1990 Purgatory/Maiden Japan #5 (GBR albums chart)
Mar 1990 Run to the Hills/The Number of the Beast #3 (GBR albums chart)
Mar 1990 Flight of Icarus/The Trooper #7 (GBR albums chart)
Mar 1990 2 Minutes to Midnight/Aces High #11 (GBR albums chart)
Apr 1990 Running Free (live)/Run to the Hills (live) #9 (GBR albums chart)
Apr 1990 Wasted Years/Stranger in a Strange Land #9 (GBR albums chart)
Apr 1990 Can I Play with Madness/The Evil That Men Do #10 (GBR albums chart)
Apr 1990 The Clairvoyant/Infinite Dreams (live) #11 (GBR albums chart)
10th Sep 1990 "Holy Smoke" #3 (GBR), #20 (CHE)
24th Dec 1990 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" #1 (GBR), #19 (CHE)
13th Apr 1992 "Be Quick or Be Dead" #2 (GBR), #15 (CHE), #47 (AUS)
29th Jun 1992 "From Here to Eternity" #21 (GBR)
1st Sep 1992 "Wasting Love"
1st Mar 1993 "Fear of the Dark (live)" #8 (GBR)
4th Oct 1993 "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (live) #9 (GBR)
25th Sep 1995 "Man on the Edge" #10 (GBR)
2nd Feb 1996 "Lord of the Flies"
2nd Aug 1996 "Virus" #16 (GBR)
9th Mar 1998 "The Angel and the Gambler" #18 (GBR)
28th Sep 1998 "Futureal"
8th May 2000 "The Wicker Man" #9 (GBR), #19 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks), #83 (CHE)
23rd Oct 2000 "Out of the Silent Planet" #20 (GBR)
11th Mar 2002 "Run to the Hills" (2002 re-release) #9 (GBR), #75 (CHE)
1st Sep 2003 "Wildest Dreams" #6 (GBR), #68 (CHE)
24th Nov 2003 "Rainmaker" #13 (GBR), #94 (CHE)
29th Mar 2004 No More Lies #93 (CHE), EP & non-eligible (GBR)
3rd Jan 2005 "The Number of the Beast" (2005 re-release) #3 (GBR), #42 (CHE)
15th Aug 2005 "The Trooper" (2005 re-release) #5 (GBR), #61 (CHE)
14th Aug 2006 "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" #1 (FIN), #1 (SWE - 3 weeks in a row), #1 (ESP - 2 weeks in a row), #1 (HUN), #5 (DEN - 1st week: #10), # 7 (BRA - albums chart), #9 (NOR), #9 (CAN - 1st week: #10), #18 (IRL), #39 (GER - 1st week: #43), #70 (FRA), #74 (CHE - 1st week: #78), EP & non-eligible (GBR)
14th Nov 2006 "Different World" #1 (FIN) (1st week #6), #3 (GBR), #7 (US Sales Chart), 39#(IRE)

[edit] References

  1. ^ IndieHQ 2.0 » Independent Sales Chart 4-25-07
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