Album artist 105 - Meat Loaf

This page lists the album chart runs of Meat Loaf. A list of songs by Meat Loaf can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell	1978	Canada 1 for 2 weeks - 1978, Australia num 1 for 7 weeks - Jun 1978, New Zealand 1 for 1 - Sep 1978, 2 x Diamond in Canada (certified in Aug 1995), US 14 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 2001), UK 7 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Nov 1993), Australia (Kent) 2 of 1978 (peak 1), US sales 14 M (according to RIAA), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1983), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Apr 2013 (39 weeks), New Zealand 5 of all time (1977, 17 X Platinum), Internet 5 - 37 M claimed (1977), UK 9 - Mar 1978 (468 weeks), BEA 10 of 1977, ODK Germany 11 - Aug 1978 (69 weeks), Germany 11 - Sep 1978 (43 weeks), Australia (ARIA) 12 of 1993, US Albums 2014-23 peak 13 - Feb 2022 (1 week), Sweden 13 - Dec 1978 (20 weeks), Billboard 14 - Oct 1977 (82 weeks), Radio Caroline 14 (1977), UK all time album 19 (1977), Worldwide 19 - 21 M, UK 21 of all time (2.8 M claimed) (1977), Global 24 - 22 M claimed, Holland free40 27 of 1978, Fox101 31, NARM 66, Defin200 66 (1977), DMDB 67, US BB 80 of 1978, US CashBox 85 of 1978, Channel4 86, Guiness 90, WXPN 134 (1977), Rolling Stone 343, Acclaimed 412 (1977), WTMD 437, RYM 49 of 1977, WFUV 66, Xgau rating C- (1978)
2	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II, Back Into Hell	1993	UK 1 - Sep 1993 (59 weeks), Billboard 1 - Oct 1993 (55 weeks) (1 week at number 1) (19 weeks in top 10), US num 1 for 1 week - Oct 1993, Canada 1 for 5 weeks - 1993, ODK Germany 1 - Sep 1993 (49 weeks) (2 weeks at number 1) (32 weeks in top 10), Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1993, Germany 1 - Oct 1993 (35 weeks), Europe num 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1993, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1993 (35 weeks), Sweden 1 - Sep 1993 (27 weeks), Australia num 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1993, New Zealand 1 for 4 - Oct 1993, US 5 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1995), UK 6 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1994), Germany 2 x Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1994), Norway 2 - Apr 1982 (27 weeks), Austria 3 - Oct 1993 (7 months), Australia (ARIA) 3 of 1993, US BB 8 of 1993, US sales 5 M (according to RIAA), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 24 - Jan 2022 (1 week), US CashBox 25 of 1994, Internet 83 - 15 M claimed (1993), France (InfoDisc) 95 of 1994 (peak 19, 8 weeks), Global 96 - 11 M claimed
3	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell 3 - The Monster Is Loose	2006	ODK Germany 2 - Nov 2006 (18 weeks) (5 weeks in top 10), Germany 2 - Nov 2006 (6 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 2006), UK 3 - Nov 2006 (10 weeks), Switzerland 3 - Nov 2006 (13 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 2006), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 2006), Canada Gold (certified by CRIA in Dec 2006), Austria 5 - Nov 2006 (2 months), Norway 6 - Oct 2006 (10 weeks), Billboard 8 - Nov 2006 (11 weeks) (1 week in top 10), Sweden 10 - Nov 2006 (3 weeks), US BB 154 of 2006
4	Meat Loaf	Welcome To The Neighbourhood	1995	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 1996), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1995), Europe Platinum (certified by IFIP in 1996), UK 3 - Nov 1995 (27 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1995), ODK Germany 10 - Nov 1995 (23 weeks) (2 weeks in top 10), Germany 10 - Nov 1995 (5 weeks), Switzerland 10 - Nov 1995 (12 weeks), Norway 12 - Nov 1995 (6 weeks), Billboard 17 - Dec 1995 (14 weeks), Sweden 22 - Nov 1995 (4 weeks)
5	Meat Loaf	Dead Ringer	1981	UK 1 - Sep 1981 (46 weeks), Sweden 1 - Sep 1981 (32 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Feb 1982), ODK Germany 8 - Sep 1981 (31 weeks) (2 weeks in top 10), Germany 8 - Sep 1981 (4 weeks), Norway 10 - Sep 1981 (11 weeks), Billboard 45 - Sep 1981 (11 weeks), Holland free40 83 of 1981
6	Meat Loaf	Back From Hell! The Very Best Of	1994	UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1998), Norway 3 - Feb 1994 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2000), ODK Germany 5 - Dec 1993 (31 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), Germany 5 - Jan 1994 (13 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Jan 1994 (14 weeks), Austria 10 - Feb 1994 (4 months), UK 14 - Nov 1998 (23 weeks), Sweden 39 - Nov 1998 (1 week)
7	Meat Loaf	Hang Cool Teddy Bear	2010	UK 4 - May 2010 (7 weeks), ODK Germany 4 - May 2010 (7 weeks) (2 weeks in top 10), Germany 4 - May 2010 (3 weeks), Billboard 27 - May 2010 (3 weeks)
8	Meat Loaf	Couldn't Have Said It Better	2003	UK 4 - May 2003 (14 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jun 2003), ODK Germany 8 - Apr 2003 (9 weeks) (1 week in top 10), Germany 8 - Apr 2003 (1 week), Sweden 26 - May 2003 (1 week), Billboard 85 - Oct 2003 (4 weeks)
9	Meat Loaf	Bad Attitude	1984	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1984), UK 8 - Nov 1984 (16 weeks), ODK Germany 24 - Dec 1984 (19 weeks), Sweden 36 - Dec 1984 (2 weeks), Billboard 74 - May 1985 (10 weeks)
10	Meat Loaf	Hits Out Of Hell	1985	UK 2 - Jan 1985 (87 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Mar 1994), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Jan 2022 (4 weeks), ODK Germany 53 - Feb 1985 (5 weeks)
11	Meat Loaf	Midnight At The Lost & Found	1983	UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1983), UK 7 - May 1983 (23 weeks), Norway 7 - May 1983 (7 weeks), Sweden 21 - May 1983 (12 weeks), ODK Germany 26 - May 1983 (9 weeks)
12	Meat Loaf	Blind Before I Stop	1986	Switzerland 21 - Oct 1986 (3 weeks), UK 28 - Oct 1986 (6 weeks), Sweden 36 - Oct 1986 (2 weeks), ODK Germany 51 - Oct 1986 (5 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1986)
13	Meat Loaf	Braver Than We Are	2016	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Sep 2016 (5 weeks), ODK Germany 7 - Sep 2016 (3 weeks) (1 week in top 10), US Albums 2014-23 peak 31 - Oct 2016 (1 week)
14	Meat Loaf	Hell In A Handbasket	2011	ODK Germany 29 - Dec 2011 (3 weeks), Billboard 100 - Mar 2012 (1 week)
15	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell - Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	2004	UK 14 - Oct 2004 (4 weeks), ODK Germany 81 - Dec 2004 (1 week), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 2004)
16	Meat Loaf	VH1 Storytellers	1999	Billboard 129 - Oct 1999 (5 weeks)
17	Meat Loaf	Piece Of The Action - The Best Of	2009	UK 56 - Jun 2009 (57 weeks)
18	Meat Loaf	Live at Wembley	1987	UK 60 - Nov 1987 (2 weeks)
19	Meat Loaf	Alive in hell	1994	UK 33 - Oct 1994 (4 weeks)
20	Meat Loaf	Playlist: The Very Best Of Meat Loaf	2012	Billboard 116 - Dec 2012 (1 week)
21	Meat Loaf	Best Of	2003	UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 2004)
22	Meat Loaf	3 Bats Live	2007	ODK Germany 72 - Oct 2007 (3 weeks)
23	Meat Loaf	Heaven Can Wait - The Best Ballads Of Meat Loaf Vol 1	1996	ODK Germany 30 - Feb 1996 (10 weeks)
24	Meat Loaf	Back From Hell Again! - The Very Best Of Meat Loaf Vol 2	1994	ODK Germany 59 - Sep 1994 (8 weeks)
25	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell	2022	US Albums 2014-23 peak 91 - Feb 2022 (1 week)

Comments

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23 Mar 2018

(2) Double Listings

#6 & #20 are the same (Back From Hell! The Very Best Of). Also #14 & #1 (under Duets w/The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Bat Out Of Hell - Live).

Data fixed, thanks

22 Jan 2015

Double Listing - The Very Best Of

Looks like #7 & #12 are the same. Chart entries from 1994 in both listings.

Data fixed, thanks