
US
Black Sabbath
Key
year of US release
riaa shipment
year of last US certification
title
soundscan jan07
Studio Albums
1970 1,000,000 1986 Black Sabbath - 393,000
1971 4,000,000 1995 Paranoid - 1,682,000 mar14
1971 2,000,000 2001 Master Of Reality - 352,000
1972 1,000,000 1986 Vol. 4 - 260,000
1973 1,000,000 1986 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 293,000
1975 500,000 1997 Sabotage - 223,000
1976 500,000 1997 technical Ecstasy - 127,000
1978 500,000 1997 Never Say Die - 148,000
1980 1,000,000 1986 - Heaven And Hell 315,000
1981 500,000 1986 Mob Rules - 138,000
1983 - none Born Again - 37,000
1986 - none Seventh Star - 2,000
1987 - none Eternal Idol - 18,000
1989 - none Headless Cross - 37,000
1990 - none Tyr - 49,000
1992 - none Dehumanizer - 211,000
1994 - none Cross Purposes - 97,000
1995 - none Forbidden - 67,000
2009 - none The Devil You Know* 70,000 aug09
2013 - none 13 360,000 apr14
Compilations
1976 2,000,000 2000 We Sold Our Soul For Rock N' Roll - 1,135,000
1980 - none Greatest Hits 323,000
2000 - none Best Of 88,000
2002 - none Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 (2cd) - 88,000
2004 - none Black Box: Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 (9cd) - 26,000
2006 - none Greatest Hits 1970-1978 392,000 mar09
2007 - none The Dio Years 143,000 may09
Live Albums
1980 - none Live at Last - 33,000
1982 - none Live Evil - 107,000
1998 500,000 1999 Reunion (2cd) 501,000
2002 - none Past Lives - 108,000
2007 - none Live From Radio City Music Hall* (2cd) - 6,000 (first week sales)
*as Heaven And Hell
Total shipment is 14.5M.
Except their Platinum 1998 live album "Reunion" none of their output of the past 25 years has been certifed!
The double Platinum "We Sold Our Soul For Rock N' Roll" was originally a 17-track 2LP. It was cut down to a 14-track CD, but a 2CD is available - maybe not in the US though.
The only three compilations to have charted in the US is the 1976 "We Sold Our Soul For Rock N' Roll", the 2006 "Greatest Hits 1970-1978" and 2007's "The Dio Years".
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