Seal discography
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{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Seal
|Image = Seal2.jpg
|Caption = Seal performing in Frankfurt, Germany (2006)
|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.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/seal/chart-history/asi/ |title=Seal Chart History: Adult Contemporary |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=2020-05-31}}
Albums
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK UK chart peaks:
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NZ
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US |
|---|
| scope="row"| Seal
| | 1 || 22 || 2 || 20 || 7 || 4 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 27 |
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| scope="row"| Seal
|
| 1 || 2 || 8 || 28 || 25 || 3 || 4 || 33 || 15 || 15 |
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| scope="row"| Human Being
|
| 44 || 82 || 21 || — || 24 || 25 || 14 || — || 18 || 22 | |
| scope="row"| Seal IV
|
| 4 || 65 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 21 || 2 || 1 || 3 | |
| scope="row"| System
|
| 37 || — || 5 || 33 || 13 || 42 || — || 37 || 3 || 35 | |
| scope="row"| Soul
|
| 12 || 16 || 8 || 1 || 15 || 6 || 22 || 6 || 4 || 13 |
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| scope="row"| Seal 6: Commitment
|
| 11 || 47 || 48 || 5 || 46 || 19 || — || 29 || 8 || 31 | |
| scope="row"| Soul 2
|
| 17 || 42 || — || 6 || — || 25 || — || — || 38 || 8 | |
| scope="row"| 7
|
| 13 || 64 || — || 18 || — || 7 || — || — || 9 || 45 | |
| scope="row"| Standards
|
| 17 || 31 || 36 || 18 || 70 || 88 || — || — || 32 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Standards" did not enter the Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 97 on the Album Sales chart.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/seal/chart-history/tsl/ | title=Seal – Chart History: Album Sales | magazine=Billboard | access-date=19 August 2022}}}} | |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Notes
- There are two different versions of the 1991 debut album; for details see album's article.
- The subsequent 1994 album bears the same title as the debut, not to be confused with the debut's two versions; to avoid confusion, it is sometimes referred to as Seal II.
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
| scope="row"| Live in Paris
|
| 36 || 44 || — || — || 35 | |
| scope="row"| One Night to Remember
|
| — || — || 88 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Soul: Live
|
| — || 42 || — || 82 || — | |
| scope="row"| Live in Brooklyn
|
| — || — || — || — || — | |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Compilation albums=
=Box sets=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NZ |
| scope="row"| Seal and Seal II
|
| 10 || 8 | |
| scope="row" | The Platinum Collection
|
| — || — | |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
=As lead artist=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name ! scope="colw" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Crazy"
| 1990 | 2 || 9 || 5 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 7 | | rowspan="5"| Seal (1991) |
| scope="row"| "Future Love Paradise"
| rowspan="3"| 1991 | 12 || 46 || 15 || 18 || 16 || 10 || 25 || 13 || 7 || — | |
| scope="row"| "The Beginning"
| 24 || 82 || — || — || 39 || 16 || — || 40 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Killer"
| 8 || 95 || — || — || — || 75 || 37 || — || — || 100 | |
| scope="row"| "Violet"
| 1992 | 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Love Is Powerful"
| 1993 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Prayer for the Dying"
| rowspan="3"| 1994 | 14 || 56 || — || — || 62 || 40 || 13 || — || 49 || 21 | | rowspan="5"| Seal (1994) |
| scope="row"| "Kiss from a Rose"
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 3 || 16 || 8 || 7 || 1 |
|
| scope="row"| "Newborn Friend"
| 45 || — || — || — || — || — || 24 || — || — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Newborn Friend" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sieal/chart-history/hbu/ | title=Seal – Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100 | magazine=Billboard | accessdate=18 August 2022}}}} | |
| scope="row"| "I'm Alive"
| rowspan="2"| 1995 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Don't Cry"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 33 | |
| scope="row"| "Fly Like an Eagle"
| 1997 | 13 || 81 || — || — || 61 || — || 29 || — || 38 || 10 | | Space Jam soundtrack |
| scope="row"| "Human Beings"
| 1998 | 50 || — || — || — || 96 || — || 29 || — || — || — | | rowspan="2"| Human Being |
| scope="row"| "Lost My Faith"
| 1999 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "This Could Be Heaven"
| 2001 | — || — || — || — || — || 88 || 39 || — || — || — | | The Family Man soundtrack |
| scope="row"| "Get It Together"
| rowspan="3"| 2003 | 25 || 72 || 38 || — || 41 || 78 || 34 || 23 || 22 || — | | rowspan="3"| Seal IV |
| scope="row"| "Love's Divine"
| 68 || — || 11 || 4 || 4 || 68 || 34 || 43 || 4 || 79 | |
| scope="row"| "Waiting for You"
| 80 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 89 | |
| scope="row"| "Walk On By"
| 2004 | — || 94 || 57 || — || 49 || — || — || — || 46 || — | | rowspan="2"| Best 1991–2004 |
| scope="row"| "Killer 2005"
| 2005 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "A Father's Way"
| 2006 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | The Pursuit of Happyness soundtrack |
| scope="row"| "Amazing"
| 2007 | 74 || 60 || 6 || — || 9 || 60 || — || 54 || 4 || — | | rowspan="2"| System |
| scope="row"| "The Right Life"
| rowspan="5"| 2008 | — || — || — || — || 46 || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "A Change Is Gonna Come"
| 152 || — || — || — || — || 38 || — || — || 73 || — | | rowspan="6"| Soul |
| scope="row"| "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 57 || — | |
| scope="row"| "It's Alright"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 44 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Stand by Me"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 86 || — | |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Stand the Rain"
| rowspan="3"| 2009 | — || — || — || — || 67 || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "I Am Your Man"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Hits |
| scope="row"| "Secret"
| rowspan="2"| 2010 | 82 || — || — || — || 88 || — || — || 58 || — || — | | rowspan="2"| Commitment |
| scope="row"| "Weight of My Mistakes"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Let's Stay Together"
| rowspan="2"| 2011 | — || — || — || 74 || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2"| Soul 2 |
| scope="row"| "Wishing on a Star"
| 168 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Every Time I'm with You" / "Do You Ever"
| rowspan="4"| 2015 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3"| 7 |
| scope="row"| "Life on the Dancefloor"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Padded Cell"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "This Christmas"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Luck Be a Lady"
| rowspan="2"| 2017 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Standards |
| scope="row"| "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" {{small|(with Frank Sinatra)}} | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=As featured artist=
Other appearances
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Song ! scope="col"| Album |
| align="center"|1993
! scope="row"|"Manic Depression" |
| align="center"|1993
! scope="row"|"Out of the Window" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1994
! scope="row"|"How Do You Stop" |
| scope="row"| "Crazy" {{small|(live version)}}
| Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BTMTK4/ |title=Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=2011-11-23}} |
|---|
| align="center"|1995
! scope="row"|"Bird of Freedom" |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|2001
! scope="row"|"Les Mots" |
| scope="row"|"History" {{small|(Outlawz and Seal)}} |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|2002
! scope="row"|"My Vision" |Visions |
| scope="row"|"You Are My Kind" {{small|(Carlos Santana featuring Seal)}} |
| align="center"|2008
! scope="row"|"I Wish" |{{Non-album single}} |
| align="center"|2010
! scope="row"|"You Get Me" |
| align="center"|2011
! scope="row"|"When a Man Loves a Woman" |Gems |
| align="center"|2011
! scope="row"|"Lay It on the Line" (Recorded 1989) |Retrospective 1987–2004 |
| align="center"|2012
! scope="row"|"Like a Rolling Stone" |Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan |
| align="center"|2013
! scope="row"|"We Loved It" |
| align="center"|2013
! scope="row"|"Kiss from a Rose" |
| align="center"|2014
! scope="row"|"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
| align="center"|2016
! scope="row"|"Weight in Gold" (Spotify single) |In the Room |
| align="center"|2016
! scope="row"|"Mad World" |
| align="center"|2016
! scope="row"|"We Don't Need Another Hero" |
| align="center"|2016
! scope="row"|"Ashley Wednesday" |
| align="center"|2017
! scope="row"|"Cry to Me" |Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack |
| align="center"|2019
! scope="row"|"Ashes to Ashes" |
| align="center"|2021
! scope="row"|"Ain't No Better Love" |
Videography
=Video albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Title !Detail |
| scope="row"|Live at the Point
|
|
|---|
| scope="row"|Videos 1991–2004
|
|
| scope="row"|Live in Paris
|
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| scope="row"|One Night to Remember
|
|
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Director(s) |
| 1990
! scope="row"| "Crazy" | Andy Delaney, Monty Whitebloom |
| rowspan="3"| 1991
! scope="row"| "Future Love Paradise" | rowspan="2"| Michael Geoghegan |
| scope="row"| "The Beginning" |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Killer"
| Don Searll |
| rowspan="3"| 1994
! scope="row"| "Prayer for the Dying" | Paul Boyd |
| scope="row"| "Kiss from a Rose" {{small|(original version)}}
| Matthew Rolston |
| scope="row"| "Newborn Friend"
| Lol Creme{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Seal-Seal-II/release/1619197 |title=Seal - Seal (II) (CD, Album) at Discogs. [ONLINE] |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=20 April 2016}} |
| rowspan="2"| 1995
! scope="row"| "Kiss from a Rose" {{small|(Batman Forever version)}} | Joel Schumacher |
| scope="row"| "Don't Cry"
| Wayne Isham |
| 1996
! scope="row"| "Fly Like an Eagle" | Joe Pytka |
| 1998
! scope="row"| "Human Beings" | Francis Lawrence |
| 1999
! scope="row"| "Lost My Faith" | Liz Friedlander |
| 2000
! scope="row"| "This Could Be Heaven" | Brett Ratner |
| rowspan="2"| 2003
! scope="row"| "Get It Together" | Noble Jones |
| scope="row"| "Love's Divine"
| Sanji Senaka |
| rowspan="2"| 2004
! scope="row"| "Waiting for You" | Len Chválová |
| scope="row"| "Walk on By"
| Meiert Avis |
| 2007
! scope="row"| "Amazing" | Paul R. Brown |
| rowspan="6"| 2008
! scope="row"| "The Right Life" | Karen Lamond |
| scope="row"| "A Change Is Gonna Come" |
| scope="row"| "People Get Ready"
| |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Stand the Rain"
| |
| scope="row"| "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
| |
| scope="row"| "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
! scope="row"| "Secret" | Nabil Elderkin |
| scope="row"| "Weight of My Mistakes"
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2015
! scope="row"| "Every Time I'm with You" | rowspan="2"| Brett Sullivan |
| scope="row"| "Do You Ever" |
Notes
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References
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