Seal discography
| Seal discography | |
|---|---|
 Seal performing in Frankfurt, Germany (2006) | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 28 |
| Singles | 43 |
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[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FRA [5][6] |
GER [7] |
NLD [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWE [10] |
SWI [11] |
US [12] | |||||
| Seal | 1 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| Seal |
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1 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Human Being |
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44 | 82 | 21 | — | 24 | 25 | 14 | — | 18 | 22 | |||
| Seal IV |
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4 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| System |
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37 | — | 5 | 33 | 13 | 42 | — | 37 | 3 | 35 | |||
| Soul |
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12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Seal 6: Commitment |
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11 | 47 | 48 | 5 | 46 | 19 | — | 29 | 8 | 31 | |||
| Soul 2 |
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17 | 42 | — | 6 | — | 25 | — | — | 38 | 8 |
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| 7 |
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13 | 64 | — | 18 | — | 7 | — | — | 9 | 45 |
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| Standards |
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17 | 31 | 36 | 18 | 70 | 88 | — | — | 32 | — | |||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
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[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [4] |
FRA [6] |
GER [7] |
NLD [8] |
SWI [11] | ||||||||||
| Live in Paris |
|
36 | 44 | — | — | 35 |
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| One Night to Remember |
|
— | — | 88 | — | — | ||||||||
| Soul: Live |
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— | 42 | — | 82 | — | ||||||||
| Live in Brooklyn |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FRA [6] |
GER [7] |
NLD [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWE [10] |
SWI [11] |
US [12] | |||||
| Best 1991–2004 |
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27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 47 | |||
| Hits |
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37 | 4 | — | 7 | — | 20 | 4 | 32 | 25 | — | |||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Box sets[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
NZ [9] | |||
| Seal and Seal II |
|
10 | 8 |
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| The Platinum Collection |
|
— | — | |
Singles[]
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FRA [6] |
GER [30] |
NLD [31] |
NZ [9] |
SWE [10] |
SWI [11] |
US [32] |
US Dance [33] | ||||
| "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 | — | — | 6 | |||
| "Killer" | 8 | 95 | — | — | — | 75 | 37 | — | — | 100 | 9 | |||
| "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 | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| "I'm Alive" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Cry" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | |||
| "Fly Like an Eagle" | 1996 | 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 | — | 1 | Seal IV | |
| "Love's Divine" | 68 | — | 11 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 34 | 43 | 4 | 79 | 1 |
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| "Waiting for You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 1 | |||
| "Walk On By" | 2004 | — | 94 | 57 | — | 49 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | Best 1991–2004 | |
| "Killer 2005" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| "A Father's Way" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Pursuit of Happyness Soundtrack | |
| "Amazing" | 2007 | 74 | 60 | 6 | — | 9 | 60 | — | 54 | 4 | — | 1 |
|
System |
| "The Right Life" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | ||
| "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 single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist[]
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FRA [6] |
GER [34] |
NLD [35] |
NZ [9] |
SWE [10] |
SWI [11] | |||||||||||
| "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 releases that did not chart or were not released in given country. | |||||||||||||||||||
Other appearances[]
| 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[36] | |
| 1995 | "Bird of Freedom" | Clockers |
| 2001 | "Les mots" (Mylène Farmer and Seal) |
Les mots |
| "History" (Outlawz and Seal) |
Novakane | |
| 2002 | "My Visions" (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 |
Videography[]
Video albums[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Videos 1991–2004 |
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| Live in Paris |
|
| Live at the Point |
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| One Night to Remember |
|
Music videos[]
| 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[37] | |
| 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" |
References[]
- ^ "Seal Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d UK chart peaks:
- All except specified: "Official Charts > Seal". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Killer" (Adamski version): "Official Charts > Adamski". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "A Change Is Gonna Come": "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > DJ S – The System of Life". zobbel.de. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Wishing on a Star": "Chart Log UK 2011". zobbel.de. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "Australian Charts > Seal". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 246.
- "Killer" (Adamski version): "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- "Prayer for the Dying": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 31 Jul 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 March 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Fly Like an Eagle": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Apr 1997". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- "Get It Together": "ARIA Charts > ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). 20 October 2003. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2010. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - 7: Ryan, Gavin (14 November 2015). "ARIA Albums: Elvis Presley Has the No. 1 Album in Australia Again". Noise11. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Austrian Charts > Seal" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "French Charts > Seal" (in French). InfoDisc Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
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- ^ a b c d e New Zealand chart peaks:
- All except specified: "New Zealand Charts > Seal". charts.nz Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Killer" (Adamski version): "New Zealand Charts > Adamski". charts.nz Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 246.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (seal)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d "IFPI Austria > Goud & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "IFPI Switzerland > Edelmetall" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ a b "NVPI Goud/Platina" (in Dutch). NVPI. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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- ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 8 October 1995". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 14 February 1999". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "SNEP Searchable database – Gold and Platinum". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "RIANZ Top 40 Albums > 9 May 2005". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "RIANZ Top 40 Albums > 24 September 2012". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums > 6 October 1996". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "German Charts > Seal" (in German). charts.de Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Dutch Top 40 > Seal" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Seal Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Seal Chart History: Dance/Club Play Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "German Charts > Adamski: Killer" (in German). charts.de GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 25 November 2011.[dead link]
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