The discography of Iron Maiden, an English heavy metal band founded in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, includes seventeen studio albums, as well as numerous live albums, compilations, EPs, singles, video albums, music videos, and box sets. After several personnel changes, they released their self-titled debut album in 1980 with vocalist Paul Di'Anno, guitarists Dave Murray and Dennis Stratton, and drummer Clive Burr, quickly becoming one of the leading proponents of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.[1]
| Iron Maiden discography | |
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.jpg) Iron Maiden performing "The Trooper" live in Paris during the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour in 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 13 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Video albums | 20 |
| Music videos | 42 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 47 |
| Box sets | 5 |
Guitarist Adrian Smith replaced Stratton, and Killers was released in 1981.[2] Later that year, vocalist Bruce Dickinson replaced Paul Di'Anno, marking the beginning of a series of top-ten high-impact releases.[3] They issued The Number of the Beast,[4] becoming the band's first release to top the UK charts, and received a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Drummer Nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr,[5] and the band released Piece of Mind in 1983, followed by Powerslave (1984).[6] Iron Maiden broadened their sound with the use of guitar synthesisers in Somewhere in Time (1986).[7] Their following concept album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, was released in 1988, and also topped the UK charts.
The line-up remained unchanged until Adrian Smith left the band during the pre-production stage of their last Gold-certified album in the US, No Prayer for the Dying (1990); he was replaced by Janick Gers. Their next UK No. 1 album, Fear of the Dark, was released in 1992, after which Dickinson left the band in the following year.[8] His replacement, Blaze Bayley, debuted in 1995 with The X Factor, an album that marked a decline in the band's career.[9] The diminished fan interest in 1998 with Virtual XI prompted Bayley's departure.[10]
Dickinson and Smith returned to the band in 1999, and a new album, Brave New World, was issued in 2000. Three years later, Dance of Death was released.[11] In 2006 they released A Matter of Life and Death,[12] which received, along with their two previous studio releases, a gold certification by the BPI.[13] In 2010, Iron Maiden issued The Final Frontier, which was positively received by critics,[14] and debuted at No. 1 in over twenty-eight countries,[15] including the United Kingdom.[16] Their sixteenth studio effort, The Book of Souls, was released on 4 September 2015 and became their fifth UK No. 1 album.[17][18] Iron Maiden are considered one of the most influential and successful heavy metal bands in history, with The Sunday Times reporting in 2017 that the band have sold well over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide,[19][20][21][22][23] despite little radio or television support.[23][24][25] As of 2023 Iron Maiden have sold over 130 mln copies of their albums worldwide.[26][27][28][29][30][31] According to MD Daily Record all audio-visual catalogue of the band has sold in over 200 million copies worldwide, including regular albums, singles, VHS', DVDs and all compilations.[32] By 2022 their releases have been certified Silver, Gold and Platinum around 600 times worldwide.[33]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [34] | AUS [35][36][37] | AUT [38] | CAN [39] | GER [40] | NZ [41] | NOR [42] | SWE [43] | SWI [44] | US [45] | ||||||
| Iron Maiden | 4 | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | 27 | 38 | — | |||||
| Killers |
| 12 | — | 20 | — | 10 | 41 | 19 | 10 | — | 78 | ||||
| The Number of the Beast | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 33 | |||||
| Piece of Mind |
| 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Powerslave |
| 2 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| Somewhere in Time |
| 2 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
| 1 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| No Prayer for the Dying |
| 2 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| Fear of the Dark |
| 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| The X Factor |
| 8 | 64 | 19 | — | 16 | — | 25 | 4 | 27 | 147 |
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| Virtual XI |
| 16 | 98 | 24 | 60 | 16 | — | 28 | 16 | 39 | 124 |
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| Brave New World |
| 7 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 9 | 39 | ||||
| Dance of Death |
| 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| A Matter of Life and Death |
| 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| The Final Frontier |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| The Book of Souls |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Senjutsu |
| 2 | 3 [66] | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 [67] | 5 [68] | 1 [69] | 1 | 3 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [34] | AUS [35][36][37] | AUT [38] | FIN [72][73] | GER [40] | NLD [74] | NOR [42] | SWE [43] | SWI [44] | US [45] | |||||
| Live After Death |
| 2 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 19 | |||
| A Real Live One |
| 3 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 45 | — | 30 | 25 | 106 |
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| A Real Dead One |
| 12 | — | — | 12 | 50 | 97 | — | 14 | 37 | 140 |
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| Live at Donington |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Rock in Rio |
| 15 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 186 |
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| BBC Archives |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Beast over Hammersmith |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Death on the Road |
| 22 | — | 23 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 17 | — |
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| Flight 666 |
| 15 | 66 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 50 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 34 | |||
| En Vivo! |
| 19 | — | 17 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 80 | — | ||
| Maiden England '88 |
| 30 | — | 23 | 21 | 14 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 26 | 148 | — | ||
| The Book of Souls: Live Chapter |
| 17 | 17 | 10 | 8 [78] | 5 | 23 | 19 [79] | 8 [80] | 5 | 49 | |||
| Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City |
| 7 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 53 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [34] | AUS [36] | AUT [38] | BEL (FL) [81] | FIN [72][73] | GER [40] | NLD [74] | NZ [82] | SWE [43] | US [45] | ||||
| Best of the Beast |
| 16 | 58 | 41 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 37 | 11 | — | ||
| Ed Hunter |
| — | — | — | — | 27 | 94 | 69 | — | 43 | — |
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| Best of the 'B' Sides |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Edward the Great |
| 57 | — | — | 46 | 34 | — | — | — | 16 | — | ||
| The Essential Iron Maiden |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Somewhere Back in Time The Best of: 1980 – 1989 |
| 14 | 81 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 84 | 74 | 24 | 2 | 58 | ||
| From Fear to Eternity The Best of 1990 – 2010 |
| 19 | — | 22 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 86 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||
Singles
| Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [34] | AUS [35][36] | CAN [85] | GER [40] | IRE [86] [87] | NLD [74] | NZ [41] | NOR [42] | SWE [43] | SWI [44] | US Main [88] | ||||||||
| "Running Free" | 1980 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | Iron Maiden | |||||
| "Sanctuary" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Women in Uniform" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "Twilight Zone" | 1981 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Killers | |||||
| "Purgatory" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Run to the Hills" | 1982 | 7 | 27 | — | 55 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Number of the Beast | |||||
| "The Number of the Beast" | 18 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Flight of Icarus" | 1983 | 11 | 93 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | Piece of Mind | |||||
| "The Trooper" | 12 | — | 5 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 28 |
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| "2 Minutes to Midnight" | 1984 | 11 | — | — | 70 | 10 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 25 | Powerslave | |||||
| "Aces High" | 20 | — | — | — | 29 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Running Free" (Live in 1985) | 1985 | 19 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live After Death | |||||
| "Run to the Hills" (Live in 1985) | 26 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Wasted Years" | 1986 | 18 | — | — | — | 11 | 8 | 24 | — | — | — | — | Somewhere in Time | |||||
| "Stranger in a Strange Land" | 22 | — | — | — | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Can I Play with Madness" | 1988 | 3 | 58 | — | 23 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 47 | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | |||||
| "The Evil That Men Do" | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | 23 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "The Clairvoyant" | 6 | — | — | — | 7 | 70 | 37 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Infinite Dreams" (Live in 1988) | 1989 | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | Maiden England '88 | |||||
| "Holy Smoke" | 1990 | 3 | 93 | — | — | 4 | 25 | 25 | — | — | 20 | — | No Prayer for the Dying | |||||
| "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 17 | 47 | — | — | 19 | — | |||||||
| "Be Quick or Be Dead" | 1992 | 2 | 47 | — | 32 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 15 | — | Fear of the Dark | |||||
| "From Here to Eternity" | 21 | — | — | — | 27 | 70 | 33 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Wasting Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Fear of the Dark" (Live in 1992) | 1993 | 8 | 98 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Real Live One | |||||
| "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Live in 1993) | 9 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | A Real Dead One | ||||||
| "Man on the Edge" | 1995 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 23 | — | — | The X Factor | |||||
| "Lord of the Flies" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Virus" | 16 | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | 31 | — | — | Best of the Beast | ||||||
| "The Angel and the Gambler" | 1998 | 18 | — | — | 61 | — | 52 | — | — | 29 | — | — | Virtual XI | |||||
| "Futureal" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "The Wicker Man" | 2000 | 9 | — | 4 | 38 | 35 | 45 | — | 9 | 5 | 83 | 19 | Brave New World | |||||
| "Out of the Silent Planet" | 20 | — | — | 13 | — | 87 | — | — | 35 | — | — | |||||||
| "Run to the Hills" (Live in 2001) | 2002 | 9 | — | 11 | 55 | 38 | 60 | — | 15 | 28 | 75 | — | Rock in Rio | |||||
| "Wildest Dreams" | 2003 | 6 | — | 26 | 27 | 19 | 45 | — | 5 | 4 | 68 | — | Dance of Death | |||||
| "Rainmaker" | 13 | — | 7 | 36 | 33 | 98 | — | — | 35 | 94 | — | |||||||
| "The Number of the Beast" (2005 Reissue) | 2005 | 3 | — | 12 | 76 | 11 | 98 | — | 13 | 40 | 42 | — | The Number of the Beast | |||||
| "The Trooper" (Live in 2003) | 5 | — | 12 | 78 | 16 | 12 | — | 34 | 5 | 61 | — | Death on the Road | ||||||
| "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" (exceeded the length limit of some charts) | 2006 | — | — | — | 39 | 18 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 74 | — | A Matter of Life and Death | |||||
| "Different World" | 3 | — | — | 40 | 39 | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | |||||||
| "El Dorado" (single released as a free download) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Final Frontier | |||||
| "Satellite 15... The Final Frontier" (single released as a music video) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Coming Home" (single released as promo cd) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Speed of Light" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Book of Souls | |||||
| "Empire of the Clouds" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41[E] | — | — | ||||||
| "The Writing on the Wall" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[A] | — | 16 | Senjutsu | |||||
| "Stratego" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Stratego" (live) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Total Eclipse" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Number of the Beast / Beast over Hammersmith | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||||||
^ E Appeared in the Swedish Albums Chart due to length.
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Charts | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [34] | FIN [72][73] | GER [40] | IRE [86] [87] | US [91] | US Rock [85] | |||
| The Soundhouse Tapes |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Live!! +one |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maiden Japan |
| 43 | — | — | — | 89 | — | |
| No More Lies |
| — | 3 | 36 | 25 | — | 30 | — |
Box sets
| Title | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The First Ten Years |
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| Eddie's Head |
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| Eddie's Archive |
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| Picture Disc Collection |
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| The Complete Albums Collection |
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Videography
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | FIN | GER [40] | NLD | NOR [100] | POR | SPA [101] | SWI [44] | US | |||
| Live at the Rainbow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Video Pieces |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| Behind the Iron Curtain |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| Live After Death |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 Wasted Years |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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| Maiden England |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| The First Ten Years: The Videos |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — |
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| From There to Eternity |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Donington Live 1992 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Raising Hell |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | — | ||
| Rock in Rio |
| 1 [103] | 3 [104] | 3 [105] | 2 [106] | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 [107] | |
| Visions of the Beast |
| — | 9 [109] | 1 [105] | 41 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days |
| 3 [110] | 32 [111] | 1 [112] | 76 | 23 [112] | 2 | 12 [112] | 1 [112] | — | 2 | |
| Death on the Road |
| 1 [113] | 3 [114] | 1 [115] | — | — | 1 | — | 2[116] | 78 | 14 [117] | |
| Live After Death |
| 1 [118] | 1 [119] | 1 [118] | 1 [118] | 1 [118] | 2 [120] | 2 [118] | 1 [118] | 1 [118] | 2 [121] | |
| Iron Maiden: Flight 666 |
| 1 [124] | 1 [124] | 1 [125] | 1 [126] | 3 [127] | 1 [124] | 2 [124] | 2 [124] | 1 [124] | 1 [128] | |
| En Vivo! |
| 1 [130] | 1 [131] | 1 [132] | 1 [133] | 2 [134] | 1 [135] | 3 [136] | 1 [137] | 2 [138] | 1 | |
| Maiden England '88 |
| 2 [141] | 3 [142] | 2 [143] | 2 [144] | 2 [145] | 1 | 8 [146] | 1 [147] | 2 [148] | 1 [149] |
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| The Book of Souls: Live Chapter |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||
Music videos
Notes
References
External links
Media related to Iron Maiden at Wikimedia Commons
- Iron Maiden's official website
- Iron Maiden discography discography at Discogs