Iron Maiden discography

The discography of Iron Maiden, an English heavy metal band founded in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris. Iron Maiden has produced seventeen studio albums, as well as numerous live albums, compilations, EPs, singles, video albums, music videos, and box sets. After several personnel changes, they released their self-titled debut album in 1980 with vocalist Paul Di'Anno, guitarists Dave Murray and Dennis Stratton, bassist Steve Harris and drummer Clive Burr. The band quickly become one of the leading proponents of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.

Guitarist Adrian Smith replaced Stratton, and Killers was released in 1981. Later that year, vocalist Bruce Dickinson replaced Paul Di'Anno, marking the beginning of a series of top-ten high-impact releases. They issued The Number of the Beast, becoming the band's first release to top the UK charts, and received a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Drummer Nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr, and the band released Piece of Mind in 1983, followed by Powerslave (1984). Iron Maiden broadened their sound with the use of guitar synthesisers in Somewhere in Time (1986). Their following concept album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, was released in 1988, and also topped the UK charts.

The line-up remained unchanged until Adrian Smith left the band during the pre-production stage of their last Gold-certified album in the US, No Prayer for the Dying (1990); he was replaced by Janick Gers. Their next UK No. 1 album, Fear of the Dark, was released in 1992, after which Dickinson left the band in the following year. His replacement, Blaze Bayley, debuted in 1995 with The X Factor, an album that marked a decline in the band's career. The diminished fan interest in 1998 with Virtual XI prompted Bayley's departure.

Dickinson and Smith returned to the band in 1999, and a new album, Brave New World, was issued in 2000. Three years later, Dance of Death was released. In 2006 they released A Matter of Life and Death, which received, along with their two previous studio releases, a gold certification by the BPI. In 2010, Iron Maiden issued The Final Frontier, which was positively received by critics, and debuted at No. 1 in over twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom. Their sixteenth studio effort, The Book of Souls, was released on 4 September 2015 and became their fifth UK No. 1 album. The band’s seventeenth and most recent album Senjutsu was released in 2021 Iron Maiden and topped the charts in multiple countries. Iron Maiden are considered one of the most influential and successful heavy metal bands in history, with The Sunday Times reporting in 2017 that the band have sold well over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide, As of 2023 Iron Maiden have sold over 130 mln copies of their albums worldwide. According to MD Daily Record all audio-visual catalogue of the band has sold in over 200 million copies worldwide, including regular albums, singles, VHS', DVDs and all compilations. By 2022 their releases have been certified Silver, Gold and Platinum around 600 times worldwide.

Albums

Studio albums

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! scope="col" colspan="10" style="width:350px;"|Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Certifications (sales thresholds)

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|AUS

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|AUT

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|CAN

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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWI

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US

! scope="row"|Iron Maiden

Released: 11 April 1980
Label: EMI (EMC–3330)
Format: CD, CS, LP, 8T

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BPI: Platinum
SWE: Gold

! scope="row"|The Number of the Beast

Released: 29 March 1982
Label: EMI (EMC–3400)
Format: CD, CS, LP, 8T

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AUS: Platinum
IFPI AUT: Gold
MC: 3× Platinum
BVMI: Gold
RIAA: Platinum
RMNZ: Gold

! scope="row"|No Prayer for the Dying

Released: 1 October 1990
Label: EMI (EMD–1017)
Format: CD, CS, LP

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BPI: Gold
MC: Gold

! scope="row"|Dance of Death

Released: 8 September 2003
Label: EMI (7243–5–92340–2–1)
Format: CD, CS, LP, DVD-A

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BPI: Gold

! scope="row"|A Matter of Life and Death

Released: 25 August 2006
Label: EMI (0946–3–72331–2–2)
Format: CD, CS, LP

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BPI: Gold
SWI: Gold
Format: CD, LP, Digital download

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BPI: Gold
SWI: Gold
BVMI: Gold

| colspan="16" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:230px;"|Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10" style="width:350px;"|Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:190px;"| Certifications

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NOR

RIAA: Platinum

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! scope="row"| Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City

Released: 20 November 2020
Label: Parlophone
Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

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| colspan="15" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:280px;"|Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10" style="width:350px;"|Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:180px;"|Certifications

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|FIN

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SWE

SWE: Platinum

! scope="row"| Ed Hunter

Released: 17 May 1999
Label: EMI (7243–5–20520–0–4)
Format: CD

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UK: Silver
SWE: Gold

! scope="row"| From Fear to Eternity The Best of 1990 – 2010

Released: 6 June 2011
Label: EMI (50999–0273622–8)
Format: CD, LP, Digital download

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BPI: Silver

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|GER

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|NLD

! scope="row"| "Running Free"

| rowspan="3"| 1980

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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Iron Maiden

! scope="row"| "Sanctuary"

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! scope="row"| "Women in Uniform"

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! scope="row"| "Twilight Zone"

| rowspan="2"| 1981

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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Killers

! scope="row"| "Purgatory"

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! scope="row"| "Run to the Hills"

| rowspan="2"| 1982

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BPI: Gold
RMNZ: Platinum

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| The Number of the Beast

! scope="row"| "The Number of the Beast"

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BPI: Silver
RMNZ: Platinum
ITA: Gold
RMNZ: Gold

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| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Senjutsu

! scope="row"| "Stratego"

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! scope="row"| "Stratego" (live)

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! scope="row"| "Total Eclipse"

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| style="text-align:center;"| The Number of the Beast / Beast over Hammersmith

| colspan="19" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

E Appeared in the Swedish Albums Chart due to length.

Extended plays

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| EP details

! scope="col" colspan="6"| Charts

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:180px;"|Certifications

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US Rock

! scope="row"| No More Lies

Released: 29 March 2004
Label: EMI (7–24354–84170–5)
Format: CD

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Box sets

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! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Details

! scope="col" |Notes

! scope="row"|The First Ten Years

Released: 24 February—28 April 1990
Label: EMI
Format: 12-inch, CD

This ten-disc box set was released to commemorate the band's tenth anniversary.
Each reissue combines two singles (as an EP), and a commentary from the drummer Nicko McBrain, entitled "Listen with Nicko!".
CAN: Gold

! scope="row"|Eddie's Head

Released: 30 November 1998
Label: EMI (7243–4–97999–0–5)
Format: CD

The limited-edition box set contains all 12 of the original band's remastered, enhanced CDs (Complete with full lyrics, artworks, photos, and multimedia sections, plus non-LP singles added as bonus tracks where appropriate).

! scope="row"|Eddie's Archive

Released: 4 November 2002
Label: EMI (7243–5–41277–2–4)
Format: CD

Featuring three double discs, this limited-edition box set contains 77 remastered rare recordings, and most of it previously unreleased on any format.

! scope="row"|Picture Disc Collection

Released: 15 October 2012
Label: EMI (5–099941–648001)
Format: LP

Between October 2012 and February 2013, the band re-issued a boxed set of their first seven studio releases and their first live album, Live After Death (1985), on picture disc vinyl.

! scope="row"|The Complete Albums Collection

Released: 13 October 2014
Label: Parlophone (8–25646–22290–2), BMG/INgrooves (US)
Format: LP

Another box set of the band's first seven studio albums and first live album (Live After Death), this time reissued on heavyweight 180g black vinyl. In addition to the albums, all of the group's 1980s singles were released on 7-inch black vinyl.

Videography

Video albums

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! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:275px;"|Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10" style="width:350px;"|Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:190px;"|Certifications

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUS

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| FIN

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SPA

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

CAN: Platinum

! scope="row"|Rock in Rio

Released: 10 June 2002
Label: Sanctuary (SVE5001)
Format: DVD, VHS, UMD

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AUS: Gold
CAN: 2× Platinum

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AUS: Gold

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AUS: Platinum
CAN: Platinum
FIN: Gold

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AUS: Platinum
CAN: 5× Platinum

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AUS: Gold
CAN: 2× Platinum
FIN: Platinum

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CAN: Gold
US: Gold

| 1980

! scope="row"| "Women in Uniform"

| Brian Grant

| 1981

! scope="row"| "Wrathchild" (Live in 1980)

| Dave Hillier

| rowspan="2"| 1982

! scope="row"| "Run to the Hills"

| rowspan="2"| David Mallet

! scope="row"| "The Number of the Beast"

| rowspan="2"| 1983

! scope="row"| "Flight of Icarus"

| rowspan="2"| Jim Yukich

! scope="row"| "The Trooper"

| rowspan="2"| 1984

! scope="row"| "2 Minutes to Midnight"

| Tony Halton

! scope="row"| "Aces High"

| rowspan="3"| Jim Yukich

| rowspan="1"| 1985

! scope="row"| "Running Free" (Live in 1985)

| rowspan="2"| 1986

! scope="row"| "Wasted Years"

! scope="row"| "Stranger in a Strange Land"

| Julian Caidan

| rowspan="3"| 1988

! scope="row"| "Can I Play with Madness"

| Julian Doyle

! scope="row"| "The Evil That Men Do"

| Toby Philips, Steve Harris

! scope="row"| "The Clairvoyant"

| Julian Caiden, Steve Harris

| 1989

! scope="row"| "Infinite Dreams" (Live in 1988)

| rowspan="4"| Steve Harris

| rowspan="3"| 1990

! scope="row"| "Holy Smoke"

! scope="row"| "Tailgunner"

! scope="row"| "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"

| rowspan="3"| 1992

! scope="row"| "Be Quick or Be Dead"

| Wing Ko

! scope="row"| "From Here to Eternity"

| Ralph Ziman

! scope="row"| "Wasting Love"

| rowspan="3"| Samuel Bayer

| rowspan="2"| 1993

! scope="row"| "Fear of the Dark" (Live in 1992)

! scope="row"| "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Live in 1992)

| 1995

! scope="row"| "Man on the Edge"

| Wing Ko

| rowspan="3"| 1996

! scope="row"| "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (Live in 1995)

| rowspan="3"| Steve Lazarus, Steve Harris

! scope="row"| "Lord of the Flies"

! scope="row"| "Virus"

| rowspan="2"| 1998

! scope="row"| "The Angel and the Gambler"

| Simon Hilton

! scope="row"| "Futureal"

| Steve Lazarus

| rowspan="3"| 2000

! scope="row"| "The Wicker Man"

| Dean Karr

! scope="row"| "Out of the Silent Planet"

| David Pattenden, Trevor Thompson

! scope="row"| "Brave New World" (Live in 2001)

| Dean Karr

| rowspan="2"| 2003

! scope="row"| "Wildest Dreams"

| rowspan="2"| Howard Greenhalgh

! scope="row"| "Rainmaker"

| 2005

! scope="row"| "No More Lies" (Live in 2003)

| rowspan="2"| Mathew Amos

| rowspan="2"| 2006

! scope="row"| "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg"

! scope="row"| "Different World"

| Howard Greenhalgh

| 2010

! scope="row"| "Satellite 15... The Final Frontier"

| Nick Scott Studios

| 2015

! scope="row"| "Speed of Light"

| Llexi Leon

| rowspan="2"| 2021

! scope="row"| "The Writing on the Wall"

| Nicos Livesey

! scope="row"| "Stratego"

| Gustaf Holtenäs

|2022

! scope="row"| "Stratego" (Live in 2022)

| Iron Maiden

Notes

References

External links

Iron Maiden's official website