Worldwide, the English rock band the Beatles have released 12 studio albums (17 in the US), 5 live albums, 52 compilation albums, 36 extended plays (EPs), and 37 box sets. Their output also includes vault items, remixed mash-ups and anniversary box-sets. In their native United Kingdom, during their active existence as a band, they released 12 studio albums (including 1 double album), 1 compilation album, and 13 EPs (including 1 double EP). The band's first eight albums were released on Parlophone, a subsidiary label of EMI. From 1968, in both the UK and the US, starting with the single "Hey Jude" and the album The Beatles (better known as "the White Album"), new releases appeared on the Beatles' own Apple label, although Parlophone and Capitol (in the US) catalogue numbers continued to be used for contractual reasons. The Beatles' international discography is complicated due to different versions of their albums sometimes being released in other countries, particularly during their early years on Capitol in North America. Prior to 1967, it was common practice for British releases to be reconfigured for the American market. The first seven British Beatles albums were converted into ten LPs for the American market, adding material from singles and the UK EPs; the band were unhappy with these reconfigurations. With the exception of Magical Mystery Tour, studio releases from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 forward were uniform in both the UK and the US. Magical Mystery Tour was expanded from an EP to an LP as there was no market for EPs in the US at the time.

With the first CD releases of their albums in 1987 and 1988, the Beatles' core catalogue was harmonised worldwide to encompass their 12 original UK studio albums, the US Magical Mystery Tour album, and the newly assembled Past Masters: Volumes One and Two compilation albums consisting of all the studio recordings released during 1962 to 1970 that are not present on the UK studio albums or Magical Mystery Tour (mainly non-album singles, B-sides and EP tracks). When the core catalogue was reissued in remastered editions in 2009, the two volumes of Past Masters were combined into one double album. This core catalogue contains all 217 tracks intended for commercial release, either as album tracks, EP tracks, or singles, that were put out by the Beatles from 1962 to 1970. Since the standardisation of the catalogue, there have been several significant, fully-authorised, additional releases, such as The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (first issued 1977, issued on CD in 2016), Live at the BBC (1994), the Anthology series, and greatest hits collections 1962–1966, 1967–1970 (both first issued 1973, issued on CD 1993) and 1 (2000). The catalogue is currently distributed by Universal Music Enterprises' Calderstone Productions. The Beatles are the biggest selling musical act of all time, selling over 500 million records.

The Beatles' discography was originally released on the vinyl format, with full-length long plays (LPs), shorter EPs and singles. Over the years, the collection has also been released on cassette, 8-track, compact disc (CD), on a USB flash drive in MP3 and 24-bit FLAC format, and on digital media streaming services. The Beatles' UK discography was first released on CD in 1987 and 1988. Between 1962 and 1968, the Beatles released their songs in both mono and stereo versions. The band's catalogue was remastered in both mono and stereo in 2009.

Albums

Original UK studio albums

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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certification

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album details

! colspan="7" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Certifications

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! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | UK<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | AUS<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | CAN<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | FRA<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | GER<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | NOR<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;" | US<br />

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! scope="row" | Please Please Me

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  • Released: 22 March 1963
  • Label: Parlophone

| 1 || — || 19 || 5 || 5 || 2 || 155

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  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Platinum

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! scope="row" | With the Beatles

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  • Released: 22 November 1963
  • Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (Canada), Odeon (France)

| 1 || — || 1 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 179

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  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold

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! scope="row" | Help!

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  • Released: 6 August 1965
  • Label: Parlophone

| 1 || 1 || — || 5 || 1 || 1 || —

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  • BPI: Platinum
  • Label: Parlophone

| 1 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 1

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  • BPI: 18× Platinum

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  • UK: 5,340,000

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! scope="row" | The Beatles ("The White Album")

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  • Released: 22 November 1968
  • Label: Apple

| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1

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  • BPI: 2× Platinum

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  • UK: 2,240,608

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! scope="row" | Let It Be

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  • Released: 8 May 1970
  • Label: Apple

| 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 1

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  • BPI: Platinum
  • Label: Capitol

| — || — || 1 || — || 13 || — || 1 || 1

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  • MC: Platinum
  • Please Please Me (original UK album)
  • With the Beatles (original UK album)
  • A Hard Day's Night (original UK album)
  • Beatles for Sale (original UK album)
  • Help! (original UK album)
  • Rubber Soul (original UK album)
  • Revolver (original UK album)
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (original UK and US album)
  • Magical Mystery Tour (original US album)
  • The Beatles (original UK and US album)
  • Yellow Submarine (original UK and US album)
  • Abbey Road (original UK and US album)
  • Let It Be (original UK and US album)

Standardised compilation album

  • Past Masters (see Compilation albums; compiles all studio recordings the Beatles commercially released during 1962–1970 that do not appear on the thirteen previously listed albums)

Live albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Sales

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Certifications

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! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| UK<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| CAN<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| GER<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| NOR<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| SWE<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| US<br />

  • Label: Lingasong (UK), Bellaphon (Germany), Pickwick (US)

| — || 24 || 12 || — || 21 || — || 16 || — || — || 111

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  • GER: 300,000

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! scope="row"| The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl

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  • Released: 4 May 1977
  • Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US)

| 1 || 8 || 3 || — || 10 || — || 4 || 18 || 17 || 2

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  • BPI: Gold
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • MC: 8× Platinum
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| FRA<br /> (Australia)

  • Label: Parlophone

| — || 9 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Very Together / In the Beginning (Circa 1960) <br />

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  • Released: 4 November 1969 (Canada), 4 May 1970 (US)
  • Label: Polydor

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 117

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! scope="row"| Hey Jude

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  • Released: 26 February 1970 (US), 11 May 1979 (UK)
  • Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US)

| — || 1 || — || 2 || 11 || — || 8 || — || — || 2

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  • MC: 4× Platinum (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Label: Apple

| — || 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| 1962–1966

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  • Released: 2 April 1973
  • Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US)

| 3 || 9 || 1 || 38 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 22 || 3

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  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • MC: Diamond
  • Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US), Axis (New Zealand)
  • first half of the original album from 1976

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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  • MC: 2× Platinum (Australia)
  • Label: EMI

| — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| The Early Tapes of the Beatles<br />

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  • Released: 10 December 1984 (UK)
  • Label: Polydor

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Past Masters, Volume One

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  • Released: 7 March 1988
  • Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US)

| 49 || 79 || — || — || 21 || — || — || — || — || 149

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  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: Platinum

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! scope="row"| Past Masters, Volume Two

  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold || 10 || 83 || — || — || — || 33<br /> || 10<br /> || 48

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! scope="row"| Anthology: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Series (Episodes 1-3)

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  • Released: 26 November 2025
  • Label: Apple
  • Digital release only

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! scope="row"| Anthology: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Series (Episodes 4-6)

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  • Released: 27 November 2025
  • Label: Apple
  • Digital release only

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! scope="row"| Anthology: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Series (Episodes 7-9)

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  • Released: 28 November 2025
  • Label: Apple
  • Digital release only

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| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Notes

Mash-up albums

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Certifications

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! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| UK<br />

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| AUS<br />

  • BVMI: 3× Gold

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| FRA<br />

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! scope="row"| The Beatles EP Collection

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  • Released: 7 December 1981
  • Label: Parlophone <span style="font-size:85%;">(UK)</span>

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| The Beatles: The Collection

  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Got to Get You Into My Life

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  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Meditation Mix

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  • Released: 4 December 2020
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Study Songs Vol. 1

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  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Study Songs Vol. 2

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  • Released: 18 December 2020
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| At Home with the Beatles

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  • Released: 25 December 2020
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| Getting Better All the Time

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  • Released: 1 January 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| We Can Work It Out

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  • Released: 8 January 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| New Year's Workout

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  • Released: 22 January 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| The Beatles for Kids – Colours

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  • Released: 29 January 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| All About the Girl

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  • Released: 5 February 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| The Beatles (Love Me Do)

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  • Released: 12 February 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| The Beatles for Kids – Animals

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  • Released: 19 February 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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! scope="row"| The Beatles – Inspirations

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  • Released: 12 March 2021
  • Label: UMG Recordings
  • Digital release only

| — || — || —

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| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory.

|}

Flexi discs

The Beatles released seven consecutive Christmas records on flexi disc for members of their UK and US fan clubs, from 1963 to 1969, ranging in length between 3:58 and 7:48. These short collections had a mix of spoken and musical messages for their official fan clubs.

See also

  • The Beatles singles discography
  • The Beatles videography
  • Outline of the Beatles
  • The Beatles timeline
  • Apple Records discography, the albums and singles of the Beatles' record label, many of which had involvement by members of the Beatles
  • The Beatles bootleg recordings
  • The Beatles' recording sessions
  • List of songs recorded by the Beatles
  • The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews, a collection of interviews with the band

Notes

References

Sources

  • Discography on the Beatles' official website
  • A UK discography, including details on bootleg releases
  • The Beatles in Canada, includes Canada-only discography
  • The Beatles on Vee-Jay Records
  • The Beatles album discography timeline on Histropedia
  • The Beatles discography on the Beatles Bible