Joel recorded many popular hits from 1973 (beginning with the single "Piano Man") to his retirement from recording pop music in 1993. He is one of the very few rock or even pop artists to have Top Ten hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he has sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide [1] and is the sixth best selling artist in the United States, according to the RIAA. Joel's induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999) has further solidified his status as one of America's leading music icons. He has continued to tour occasionally (sometimes with Elton John) in addition to writing and recording classical music.
Discography
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Albums
Cold Spring Harbor (1971) #158 US (Columbia Records)
Piano Man (1973) #27 US, US sales: 4,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Streetlife Serenade (1974) #35 US, US sales: 1,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Turnstiles (1976) #122 US, US sales: 1,000,000 (Columbia Records)
The Stranger (1977) #2 US, #25 UK, US sales: 10,000,000 (certified diamond in 2003) (Columbia Records)
52nd Street (1978) #1 US, #10 UK, US sales: 7,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Glass Houses (1980) #1 US, #9 UK, US sales: 7,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Songs in the Attic (Live) (1981) #8 US, US sales: 3,000,000 (Columbia Records)
The Nylon Curtain (1982) #7 US, #27 UK, US sales: 2,000,000 (Columbia Records)
An Innocent Man (1983) #4 US, #2 UK, US sales: 7,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985) (1985) (compilation) #6 US, #7 UK, US sales: 10,500,000(Columbia Records)
The Bridge (1986) #7 US, #38 UK, US sales: 1,000,000 (Columbia Records)
КОНЦЕРТ (Live) (1987) #38 US, US sales: 1,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Storm Front (1989) #1 US, #5 UK, US sales: 4,000,000 (Columbia Records)
River of Dreams (1993) #1 US, #3 UK, US sales: 5,000,000 (Columbia Records)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (1997) (compilation) #9 US, #23 UK, US sales: 1,000,000
The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 (1997) (compilation) US sales: 1,000,000
2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (Live) (2000) #40 US, US sales: 500,000 (Columbia Records)
Fantasies & Delusions (2001) (performed by Richard Joo) #83 US (Columbia Records)
Billy Joel- The Ultimate Collection (2001) (compilation) #4 UK
The Essential Billy Joel (2001) (compilation) #29 US (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings)
3 Pak: Piano Man, 52nd Street, Kohuept (2002)
3 Pak: The Bridge, Storm Front, The Nylon Curtain (2002)
Movin' Out Original Broadway Cast Recording (2002)
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel (2004) (compilation)
The Collection: Piano Man, 52nd Street, Kohuept (2004)
My Lives (2005) (compilation) (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings)
12 Gardens Live (2006) (Live) (Columbia Records)
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Hit singles
from Piano Man
1973 "Piano Man" #25 US
from Streetlife Serenade
1975 "The Entertainer" #34 US
from The Stranger
1978 "Just the Way You Are" #3 US, #19 UK
1978 "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" #17 US, #35 UK
1978 "Only the Good Die Young" #24 US
1978 "She's Always a Woman" #17 US (in 1986, this was released in the UK, coupled with Just The Way You Are, peaking at #53)
from 52nd Street
1978 "My Life" #3 US (1979 release), #12 UK
1979 "Big Shot" #19 US
1979 "Honesty" #24 US
1979 "Until the Night" #50 UK
from Glass Houses
1980 "All for Leyna" #40 UK
1980 "You May Be Right" #7 US
1980 "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" #1 US, #14 UK
1980 "Don't Ask Me Why" #19 US
1980 "Sometimes a Fantasy" #36 US
from Songs in the Attic (LIVE)
1981 "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" #17 US (originally released on Turnstiles May 1976)
1982 "She's Got a Way" #23 US (originally released on Cold Spring Harbor 1971, re-released on Columbia 1983)
from The Nylon Curtain
1982 "Pressure" #20 US
1983 "Allentown" #17 US
1983 "Goodnight Saigon" #66 US
from An Innocent Man
1983 "Uptown Girl" #3 US, #1 UK
1983 "Tell Her About It" #1 US, #4 UK
1983 "An Innocent Man" #10 US, #8 UK (1984 release)
1984 "The Longest Time" #14 US, #25 UK
1984 "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" #27 US, #29 UK (double A-side with Goodnight Saigon in the UK)
1984 "This Night" #78 UK
1985 "Keeping the Faith" #18 US
from Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985)
1985 You're Only Human (Second Wind) #9 US, #94 UK
1985 The Night Is Still Young #34 US
from The Bridge
1986 "Modern Woman" #10 US
1986 "A Matter Of Trust" #10 US #52 UK
1987 "Baby Grand" #75 US
1987 "This Is The Time" #18 US
1987 "A Matter Of Trust" (UK re-release) #100
from Storm Front
1989 "We Didn't Start the Fire" #1 US, #7 UK
1989 "Leningrad" #53 UK
1990 "I Go to Extremes" #6 US #70 UK
1990 "And So It Goes" #37 US
1990 "That's Not Her Style" #77 US
1990 "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" #57 US, #76 UK
from Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack
1992 "All Shook Up" #27 UK
from River of Dreams
1993 "The River of Dreams" #3 US, #3 UK
1993 "All About Soul" #29 US, #32 UK
1993 "No Man's Land" #50 UK
1994 "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" #77 US
from Greatest Hits Vol. 3
1997 "To Make You Feel My Love" #50 US