The albums discography of
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
began in 1956 with the release of his self-titled debut album,
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
.
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 1 billion records globally. ''
Billboard
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'' ranks Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian
Joel Whitburn
Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings.
Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wau ...
ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US.
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Elvis' Christmas Album'' remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...
(RIAA), Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country.
Albums
Studio albums
Soundtrack albums
Live albums
Spoken word albums
Compilation albums
Budget albums Budget albums (also known as unofficially by some collectors as either drugstore records or junk records) were low-priced vinyl LPs of popular and classical music released during the 1950s to 1970s consisting either of previously released material ...
Extended plays
Box set albums
Posthumous compilation albums
Remix albums
Follow That Dream Records
FTD (Follow That Dream), Sony Music's Official Elvis Presley Collectors label, was established in 1999 to serve the dedicated Elvis collector and to complement the commercial and artistic level of RCA's retail release schedule by issuing repertoire that is considered of interest to serious Elvis fans and collectors, material that is generally not part of mainstream RCA label releases to the public at large.
There are the original Collectors CDs with CDs ranging from soundboard-recorded concerts (recorded from the mixing desk in mono) to full RCA professionally recorded concerts in stereo and CDs consisting of unreleased material from recording sessions, such as ''The Jungle Room Sessions'', ''Memphis Sessions'', etc. Later FTD introduced the Elvis Classic Album Series, releases of the original albums in deluxe 7" size packaging with a booklet and usually a second CD of outtakes from the same period as the recordings on the album. There is also the Movie Soundtrack Series, usually released as a single CD but again in deluxe 7" packaging with booklet.
Notes
See also
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List of songs recorded by Elvis Presley
This is a list of the songs recorded by Elvis Presley between his first demos at the Sun Studios in 1953 and his final concert on June 26, 1977, at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. Total 786 songs are listed here.
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Elvis Presley singles discography
The singles discography of Elvis Presley began in 1954 with the release of his first commercial single, "That's All Right". Following his regional success with Sun Records, Presley was signed to RCA Victor on November 20, 1955. Presley's first si ...
References
Further reading
*Guralnick, Peter and Jorgensen, Ernst (1999). ''Elvis: Day By Day - The Definitive Record of His Life and Music.'' New York: Ballantine Books.
*Jorgensen, Ernst (1998). ''Elvis Presley: A Life In Music - The Complete Recording Sessions.'' New York: St. Martin's Press.
External links
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Elvis The Musicofficial music label site
ElvisRecords.usThe Elvis Presley Record Research Database
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