BLACK SABBATH albums and sales

Updated: January 10, 2025

BLACK SABBATH sold over 18.4 million albums. The best-selling album by BLACK SABBATH is PARANOID, which sold over 4.69 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, BLACK SABBATH is the 250th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of BLACK SABBATH have sold over 232,500 units, led by THE BLACK SABBATH STORY, VOL. 1: 1970-1978 with over 112,500 units sold.

BLACK SABBATH albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	PARANOID BLACK SABBATH 1970	1970	4,693,000	Rank in 1970 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 7 90 780
2	MASTER OF REALITY BLACK SABBATH 1971	1971	2,280,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 19 219 2,000
3	WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL BLACK SABBATH 1975	1975	2,100,000	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 23 255 2,385
4	VOL 4 BLACK SABBATH 1972	1972	1,236,530	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 24 413 3,941
5	SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH BLACK SABBATH 1973	1973	1,206,200	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 36 423 4,024
6	BLACK SABBATH BLACK SABBATH 1970	1970	1,205,000	Rank in 1970 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 33 425 4,028
7	HEAVEN AND HELL BLACK SABBATH 1980	1980	1,155,760	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 63 785 4,358
8	MOB RULES BLACK SABBATH 1981	1981	672,025	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 107 1,402 8,091
9	REUNION BLACK SABBATH 1998	1998	625,160	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 309 2,611 8,402
10	SABOTAGE BLACK SABBATH 1975	1975	560,000	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 103 1,003 9,320
11	БЛЭК САББАТ [BLACK SABBATH] BLACK SABBATH 1990	1990	516,520	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 226 3,000 9,950
12	NEVER SAY DIE BLACK SABBATH 1979	1979	500,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 157 1,165 12,683
13	TECHNICAL ECSTASY BLACK SABBATH 1976	1976	500,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 132 1,339 12,857
14	13 BLACK SABBATH 2013	2013	447,500	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 148 1,521 13,988
15	GREATEST HITS BLACK SABBATH 2009	2009	191,000	Rank in 2009 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 322 5,174 20,931
16	THE BEST OF BLACK SABBATH BLACK SABBATH 2000	2000	170,000	Rank in 2000 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 707 5,298 21,259
17	THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION BLACK SABBATH 2016	2016	100,000	Rank in 2016 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 297 3,533 24,633
18	THE COLLECTION BLACK SABBATH 1985	1985	100,000	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 345 4,158 31,556
19	BORN AGAIN BLACK SABBATH 1983	1983	70,290	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 397 4,921 34,790
20	DEHUMANIZER BLACK SABBATH 1992	1992	19,680	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,073 13,555 54,479
21	CROSS PURPOSES BLACK SABBATH 1994	1994	18,870	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,346 13,564 54,592
22	FORBIDDEN BLACK SABBATH 1995	1995	12,800	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,469 13,712 57,002
23	THE END BLACK SABBATH 2016	2016	10,000	Rank in 2016 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 952 10,620 57,707
24	LIVE EVIL BLACK SABBATH 1982	1982	6,080	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 679 7,329 60,469
25	TYR BLACK SABBATH 1990	1990	5,060	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,053 14,032 60,817
26	HEADLESS CROSS BLACK SABBATH 1989	1989	3,070	Rank in 1989 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 1,056 7,372 62,066
27	PAST LIVES BLACK SABBATH 2002	2002	1,103	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,939 19,121 64,228

BLACK SABBATH videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	THE BLACK SABBATH STORY, VOL. 1: 1970-1978 BLACK SABBATH 1992	1992	112,500	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 13 139 696
2	THE BLACK SABBATH STORY, VOL. 2: 1978-1992 BLACK SABBATH 1992	1992	50,000	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 35 436 2,241
3	LIVE: GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES BLACK SABBATH 2013	2013	45,000	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 57 478 2,429
4	THE LAST SUPPER BLACK SABBATH 1999	1999	25,000	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 72 536 3,222
5	THE END BLACK SABBATH 2017	2017	N/A	Rank in 2017 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 99 1,146 4,772
6	INSIDE BLACK SABBATH 1970 - 1992 BLACK SABBATH 2003	2003	N/A	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 358 3,091 5,953

BLACK SABBATH sales by country

BLACK SABBATH album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by BLACK SABBATH are the United States (14.5 million), the United Kingdom (1.68 million) and Canada (1.06 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	70,000	1
2	Austria	7,500	1
3	Brazil	40,000	1
4	Canada	1,064,000	10
5	Germany	300,000	2
6	Italy	50,000	1
7	Japan	120,453	13
8	Poland	30,000	2
9	Russia	10,000	1
10	United Kingdom	1,680,000	16
11	United States	14,500,000	12
12	USSR	516,520	1
13	Yugoslavia	17,175	1

BLACK SABBATH video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by BLACK SABBATH are the United States (200,000), Brazil (45,000) and the United Kingdom (25,000).