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Seal discography

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Seal discography
Seal performing in Frankfurt, Germany (2006)
Studio albums10
Live albums4
Compilation albums2
Singles43
Video albums4
Music videos28

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.[1]

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Seal 1 22 2 20 7 4 6 5 2 27
Seal
  • Released: 23 May 1994
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1 2 8 28 25 3 4 33 15 15
Human Being
  • Released: 16 November 1998
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
44 82 21 24 25 14 18 22
Seal IV
  • Released: 9 September 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
4 65 7 5 2 7 21 2 1 3
System
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
37 5 33 13 42 37 3 35
Soul
  • Released: 10 November 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12 16 8 1 15 6 22 6 4 13
Seal 6: Commitment
  • Released: 20 September 2010
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11 47 48 5 46 19 29 8 31
Soul 2
  • Released: 4 November 2011
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
17 42 6 25 38 8
7
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
13 64 18 7 9 45
Standards
  • Released: 10 November 2017
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
17 31 36 18 70 88 32 [A]
"—" 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

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
SWI
[10]
Live in Paris
  • Released: 6 July 2005
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
36 44 35
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[16]
One Night to Remember
  • Released: 27 March 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
88
Soul: Live
  • Released: 19 June 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
42 82
Live in Brooklyn
  • Released: 26 June 2009
  • Label: Immortal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Best 1991–2004
  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, DVD-A
27 21 4 2 3 21 7 10 3 47
Hits
  • Released: 30 November 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
37 4 116 20 4 32 25
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[3]
NZ
[8]
Seal and Seal II
  • Released: 10 September 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10 8
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 11 October 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[32]
NLD
[33]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[34]
"Crazy" 1990 2 9 5 5 2 1 8 1 1 7 Seal (1991)
"Future Love Paradise" 1991 12 46 15 18 16 10 25 13 7
"The Beginning" 24 82 39 16 40
"Killer" 8 95 75 37 100
"Violet" 1992 39
"Love Is Powerful" 1993 Non-album single
"Prayer for the Dying" 1994 14 56 62 40 13 49 21 Seal (1994)
"Kiss from a Rose" 4 1 3 8 11 3 16 8 7 1
"Newborn Friend" 45 24 [B]
"I'm Alive" 1995
"Don't Cry" 51 33
"Fly Like an Eagle" 1997 13 81 61 29 38 10 Space Jam soundtrack
"Human Beings" 1998 50 96 29 Human Being
"Lost My Faith" 1999
"This Could Be Heaven" 2001 88 39 The Family Man soundtrack
"Get It Together" 2003 25 72 38 41 78 34 23 22 Seal IV
"Love's Divine" 68 11 4 4 68 34 43 4 79
"Waiting for You" 80 89
"Walk On By" 2004 94 57 49 46 Best 1991–2004
"Killer 2005" 2005
"A Father's Way" 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness soundtrack
"Amazing" 2007 74 60 6 9 60 54 4 System
"The Right Life" 2008 46
"A Change Is Gonna Come" 152 38 73 Soul
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" 57
"It's Alright" 44
"Stand by Me" 86
"I Can't Stand the Rain" 2009 67
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
"I Am Your Man" Hits
"Secret" 2010 82 88 58 Commitment
"Weight of My Mistakes"
"Let's Stay Together" 2011 74 Soul 2
"Wishing on a Star" 168
"Every Time I'm with You" / "Do You Ever" 2015 7
"Life on the Dancefloor"
"Padded Cell"
"This Christmas" Non-album single
"Luck Be a Lady" 2017 Standards
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
(with Frank Sinatra)
Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[36]
NLD
[37]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
"Manic Depression"
(Jeff Beck featuring Seal)
1993 Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
"How Do You Stop"
(Joni Mitchell featuring Seal)
1994 100 Turbulent Indigo
"Les Mots"
(Mylène Farmer and Seal)
2001 2 Les Mots
"You Are My Kind"
(Santana featuring Seal)
2002 Shaman
"My Vision"
(Jakatta featuring Seal)
6 43 Visions
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

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Year Song Album
1993 "Manic Depression"
(Jeff Beck featuring Seal)
Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
1993 "Out of the Window" Indecent Proposal
1994 "How Do You Stop"
(Joni Mitchell featuring Seal)
Turbulent Indigo
"Crazy" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[38]
1995 "Bird of Freedom" Clockers
2001 "Les Mots"
(Mylène Farmer and Seal)
Les mots
"History"
(Outlawz and Seal)
Novakane
2002 "My Vision"
(Jakatta featuring Seal)
Visions
"You Are My Kind"
(Carlos Santana featuring Seal)
Shaman
2008 "I Wish"
(DMX and Seal)
Non-album single
2010 "You Get Me"
(Mina with Seal)
Caramella
2011 "When a Man Loves a Woman"
(Michael Bolton featuring Seal)
Gems
2011 "Lay It on the Line" (Recorded 1989)
(Push featuring Seal)
Retrospective 1987–2004
2012 "Like a Rolling Stone"
(Jeff Beck and Seal)
Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan
2013 "We Loved It"
(John Legend and Seal)
Love in the Future
2013 "Kiss from a Rose"
(Straight No Chaser featuring Seal)
Under the Influence
2014 "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
(Band Aid 30)
Do They Know It's Christmas?
2016 "Weight in Gold" (Spotify single)
(Gallant featuring Seal)
In the Room
2016 "Mad World" The Passion: New Orleans
2016 "We Don't Need Another Hero"
(Jencarlos and Seal)
The Passion: New Orleans
2016 "Ashley Wednesday"
(The Lonely Island and Seal)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2017 "Cry to Me" Dirty Dancing: Original Television Soundtrack
2019 "Ashes to Ashes"
(Trevor Horn featuring the Sarm Orchestra and Seal)
Reimagines the Eighties
2021 "Ain't No Better Love" The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Videography

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Video albums

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Title Detail
Live at the Point
  • Concert from 1991
  • Released: 9 October 1992
  • Formats: VHS, DVD (2003)
Videos 1991–2004
  • Music videos
  • Released: 29 November 2004
  • Formats: DVD
Live in Paris
  • Concert
  • Released: 4 April 2005
  • Formats: CD, DVD
One Night to Remember
  • Concert
  • Released: 27 March 2006
  • Formats: CD, DVD

Music videos

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Year Title Director(s)
1990 "Crazy" Andy Delaney, Monty Whitebloom
1991 "Future Love Paradise" Michael Geoghegan
"The Beginning"
"Killer" Don Searll
1994 "Prayer for the Dying" Paul Boyd
"Kiss from a Rose" (original version) Matthew Rolston
"Newborn Friend" Lol Creme[39]
1995 "Kiss from a Rose" (Batman Forever version) Joel Schumacher
"Don't Cry" Wayne Isham
1996 "Fly Like an Eagle" Joe Pytka
1998 "Human Beings" Francis Lawrence
1999 "Lost My Faith" Liz Friedlander
2000 "This Could Be Heaven" Brett Ratner
2003 "Get It Together" Noble Jones
"Love's Divine" Sanji Senaka
2004 "Waiting for You" Len Chválová
"Walk on By" Meiert Avis
2007 "Amazing" Paul R. Brown
2008 "The Right Life" Karen Lamond
"A Change Is Gonna Come" Nabil Elderkin
"People Get Ready"
"I Can't Stand the Rain"
"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
2010 "Secret" Nabil Elderkin
"Weight of My Mistakes"
2015 "Every Time I'm with You" Brett Sullivan
"Do You Ever"

Notes

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  1. ^ "Standards" did not enter the Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 97 on the Album Sales chart.[26]
  2. ^ "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.[35]

References

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  1. ^ "Seal Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d UK chart peaks:
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Austrian Charts > Seal" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "French Charts > Seal" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "German Charts > Seal" (in German). charts.de Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2011.[dead link]
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dutch Album Charts > Seal" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e New Zealand chart peaks:
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Swedish Charts > Seal". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Swiss Charts > Seal" (in German). hitparade.ch Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Seal Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "British certifications – Seal". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 June 2023. Type Seal in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 246.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (seal)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "IFPI Austria > Goud & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "IFPI Switzerland > Edelmetall" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b "NVPI Goud/Platina" (in Dutch). NVPI. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  19. ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 23 April 1995". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "French certifications – Seal" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  21. ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 8 October 1995". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  22. ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 14 February 1999". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  23. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  24. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011.
  25. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "French album certifications – Seal" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 6 October 2024. Select SEAL and click OK. 
  26. ^ "Seal – Chart History: Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  27. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  28. ^ "RIANZ Top 40 Albums > 9 May 2005". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  29. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  30. ^ "RIANZ Top 40 Albums > 24 September 2012". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  31. ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 6 October 1996". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  32. ^ "German Charts > Seal" (in German). charts.de Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2011.[dead link]
  33. ^ "Dutch Top 40 > Seal" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  34. ^ "Seal Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  35. ^ "Seal – Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  36. ^ "German Charts > Adamski: Killer" (in German). charts.de GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 25 November 2011.[dead link]
  37. ^ "Dutch Top 40 > Adamski" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  38. ^ "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV". Amazon. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  39. ^ "Seal - Seal (II) (CD, Album) at Discogs. [ONLINE]". Discogs. Retrieved 20 April 2016.