Paul Simon is an American singer-songwriter who gained international recognition as a member of the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with Art Garfunkel. Simon split from the duo in 1970. Since then, he has performed as a solo artist while also collaborating with other musicians, including Garfunkel.
Simon started recording music in the 1950s. Over the course of his career, he has released numerous singles, along with multiple studio, live, and compilation albums. According to Nielsen, Simon sold over 7 million albums in the U.S. from 1991 to 2016. His most recent album, Seven Psalms, was released on May 19, 2023.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUSPeak chart positions for albums in Australia: All except Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years, Hearts and Bones, and Graceland: Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years, Hearts and Bones, and Graceland: Concert in the Park and Surprise: All ARIA to July 2025: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: All except noted: Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin' Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years: Hearts and Bones: Graceland: The Rhythm of the Saints: You're the One: Surprise: GER NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK 1965 The Paul Simon Songbook Released: August 1965 Label: CBS — — — — — — — — — — 1972 Paul Simon Released: January 24, 1972 Label: Columbia 4 5 2 37 2 — 1 1 — 1 RIAA: Platinum 1973 There Goes Rhymin' Simon Released: May 5, 1973 Label: Columbia 2 7 3 — — — 6 1 — 4RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold 1975 Still Crazy After All These Years Released: October 6, 1975 Label: Columbia 1 39 8 — 11 24 8 9 — 6RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Platinum 1980 One-Trick Pony Released: August 12, 1980 Label: Warner Bros.121523 — —629 —17 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver 1983 Hearts and Bones Released: November 4, 1983 Label: Warner Bros. 35 99 50 51 14 — 3 11 25 34 1986 Graceland Released: August 25, 1986 Label: Warner Bros. 3 1 1 2 1 1 6 4 1 1WW: 16,000,000RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: 8× Platinum BPI: 9× Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold NVPI: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: Platinum 1990 The Rhythm of the Saints Released: October 16, 1990 Label: Warner Bros. 4 3 1 11 2 6 6 8 3 1RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum 1997 Songs from The Capeman Released: November 18, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. 42 171 — 26 41 — 32 36 49 83 2000 You're the One Released: October 3, 2000 Label: Warner Bros. 19 134 8 17 41 — 9 24 40 20 US: 505,000RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver 2006 Surprise Released: May 9, 2006 Label: Warner Bros. 14 73 31 36 20 — 20 10 55 4US: 296,000BPI: Gold 2011 So Beautiful or So What Released: April 8, 2011 Label: Hear Music 4 41 7 20 6 23 2 4 21 6US: 375,000BPI: Silver 2016 Stranger to Stranger Released: June 3, 2016 Label: Concord 3 24 4 14 8 8 9 9 9 1 US: 143,000BPI: Silver 2018 In the Blue Light Released: September 7, 2018 Label: Legacy 70 173 91 36 16 — — 33 14 10 2023 Seven Psalms Released: May 19, 2023 Label: Owl/Legacy 153 — — 69 31 — — — 38 28 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS GER NLD NOR UK 1974 Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Released: March 1974 Label: Columbia 33 20 — — 19 —RIAA: Gold 1991 Paul Simon's Concert in the Park Released: November 5, 1991 Label: Warner Bros. 74 91 — 25 — 60BPI: Silver 2012 Live in New York City Released: September 18, 2012 Label: Hear Music/Concord 95 — — — — 150 2017 Paul Simon – The Concert in Hyde Park Released: June 9, 2017 Label: Sony Legacy — — 28 61 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilations + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS FINPeak chart positions for albums in Finland:
All except for Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar and So Beautiful or So What: Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar and So Beautiful or So What: GER NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK 1977 Greatest Hits, Etc. Released: November 1977 Label: Columbia 18 22 — — — 16 — — — 6RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Platinum 1988 Negotiations and Love Songs Released: October 18, 1988 Label: Warner Bros. 110 27 — — — 5 — — — 17RIAA: Platinum BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum 1991 Born at the Right Time: The Best of Paul Simon Released: 1991 Label: Warner Bros. — 20 — — — 47 — — — — 1993 The Paul Simon Anthology Released: 1993 Label: Warner Bros. — 14 — — — 6 — — — —ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver 2000 Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar Released: May 8, 2000 Label: Warner Bros. — 44 25 59 12 30 5 14 23 6BPI: Gold ARIA: Platinum MC: Gold 2002 The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' Released: November 5, 2002 Label: Warner Bros. 57 134 — 71 — — — 22 — — 2006 Recorded as Jerry Landis Released: July 20, 2006 Label: Laserlight — — — — — — — — — — 2007 The Essential Paul Simon Released: June 26, 2007 Label: Warner Bros. 42 — — — 26 29 — — — 12BPI: Gold 2009 This Better Be Good Released: June 1, 2009 Label: Rhino Custom Products/Starbucks Entertainment 60 — — — — — — — — — 2011 Songwriter Released: October 24, 2011 Label: Sony 141 — — — — — — — — — 2013 Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964–2011) Released: October 15, 2013 Label: Legacy Recordings ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2015 The Ultimate Collection Released: April 12, 2015 Label: Sony — 38 — — — 9 — — — 1BPI: Platinum "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Box sets + List of box sets, with selected chart positions and certifications Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US 1993 Paul Simon 1964/1993 Released: September 28, 1993 Label: Warner Bros. 173RIAA: Gold 2004 The Studio Recordings, 1972–2000 Released: June 29, 2004 Label: Rhino — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles NB: This discography does not include singles released under the pseudonym "Tom & Jerry" with Art Garfunkel, or singles released by Simon & Garfunkel
Singles recorded under pseudonyms Year A-side / B-side Chart positions Ref(s)US 1958 "True or False" / "Teenage Fool"— 1959 "Anna Belle" / "Loneliness"— "Don't Take the Stars" / "So Tenderly"— 1960 "Just a Boy" / "Shy"— "Just a Boy" / "I'd Like to Be"— "All Through the Night" / "(I Begin) To Think Again of You"— "Swanee" / "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye"— 1961 "I Wish I Weren't in Love" / "I'm Lonely"— "Play Me a Sad Song" / "It Means a Lot to Them"— "Motorcycle" / "I Don't Believe Them"99 1962 "Express Train" / "Wildflower"— "Cry, Little Boy, Cry" / "Get Up and Do the Wobble"— "The Lone Teen Ranger" / "Lisa"97 "Cards of Love" / "Noise"— 1963 "He Was My Brother" / "Carlos Dominguez"— "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.
Notes A as True Taylor B as Jerry Landis C as a member of The Mystics D as a member of Tico & The Triumphs E as Paul Kane
Solo singles Year Title 'A' / Title 'B' Chart positions AlbumUS Hot 100US CashboxUS ACUS MainUKCANAUS After 1989: FRANLDNOR 1965 "I Am a Rock" / "Leaves That Are Green" [A] — — — — — — — — — — The Paul Simon Songbook 1972 "Mother and Child Reunion" / "Paranoia Blues" 4 4 4 — 5 4 5 — 6 3 Paul Simon "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" / "Congratulations" 22 7 6 — 15 6 40 — 26 — "Duncan" / "Run That Body Down" 52 58 30 — — — 86[B] — — — 1973 "Kodachrome" / "Tenderness" 2 2 2 — — 2 31 8 15 — There Goes Rhymin' Simon "Loves Me Like a Rock" / "Learn How to Fall" [C] 2 1 1 — 39 5 30 — 27 — "American Tune" / "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" 35 27 8 — — — — — - — "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" / "Something So Right" — — — — 7 — — — - — "Something So Right" — — — — — — 10 10 — — "St. Judy's Comet" — — — — — — — 9 — — 1974 "The Sound of Silence" / "Mother and Child Reunion" — 97 — — — — — — — — Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' 1975 "Gone at Last" with Phoebe Snow and The Jessy Dixon Singers / "Tenderness" 23 20 9 — — — 95 — - — Still Crazy After All These Years "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" / "Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy" 1 1 1 — 23 1 35 2 - — 1976 "Still Crazy After All These Years" / "I Do It for Your Love" 40 45 5 — — — — 10 — — "Have a Good Time" — — — — — — — 9 — —1977 "Slip Slidin' Away" / "Something So Right" [D] 5 6 4 — 36 2 35 10 — —Greatest Hits, Etc. 1978 "Wonderful World" (with Art Garfunkel and James Taylor) / "Wooden Planes" (Art Garfunkel solo) 17 15 1 — — 5 47 — — — Watermark "Stranded in a Limousine" / "Have a Good Time" — — — — — — — — — — Greatest Hits, Etc. 1980 "Late in the Evening" / "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns" 6 9 7 — 58 19 34 — 11 — One-Trick Pony "One-Trick Pony" / "Long, Long Day" 40 52 17 — — — — — — — 1981 "Oh, Marion" / "God Bless the Absentee" — — — — — — — — — — 1983 "The Blues" (with Randy Newman) / "Same Girl" (Randy Newman solo) 51 — 36 — — — 100 — 48 — Trouble in Paradise "Allergies" / "Think Too Much (B)" 44 48 26 — — — — — 47 — Hearts and Bones 1984 "Think Too Much (A)" / "Song About the Moon" — — — — — — — — — — 1986 "You Can Call Me Al" / "Gumboots" 23 26 15 42 4 11 2 16 5 — Graceland "Graceland" / "Hearts and Bones" 81 69 34 38 98 71 62 — 79 — 1987 "The Boy in the Bubble" / "Crazy Love, Vol. II" 86 — — 15 26 — 46 — 16 — "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" / "All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" — — — — 77 — 69 — 85 — "Under African Skies" / "I Know What I Know" — — — — — — — — — —1988 "Mother and Child Reunion" / Train in The Distance" — — — — — — — — — —Negotiations and Love Songs 1990 "The Obvious Child" [E] "The Rhythm of The Saints" 92 – – 21 15 28 42 – 12 – The Rhythm of the Saints "Proof" / "The Cool, Cool River" — — — — 89 — 134 — — — "Born at the Right Time" / "Further to Fly" — — — — 107 — — — — — 1991 "Still Crazy After All These Years" (live) / The Sound of Silence (live) — — — — — — — — — — Paul Simon's Concert in the Park 1995 "Something So Right" (with Annie Lennox) — — — — 44 — — — — — Medusa 2000 "Old" — — — — — — — — — — You're the One "You're the One" — — — — — — — — — — 2002"Father and Daughter" / "Father and Daughter (Instrumental)" — — 20 — — — — — — — The Wild Thornberrys Movie 2006"Father and Daughter" / "Another Galaxy" — — — — 31 — — — — — Surprise "That's Me" — — — — 156 — — — — — "Outrageous" — — — — 194 — — — — — 2010 "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" — — — — — — — — — — So Beautiful or So What 2011 "The Afterlife"[F] — — — 50 — — — — — — 2012 "The Boxer" (with Jerry Douglas feat. Mumford & Sons) — — — — 97 — — — — — Babel 2016 "Wristband"[G] — — — — — — — — — — Stranger to Stranger "Cool Papa Bell" — — — — — — — — — — "The Werewolf" — — — — — — — — — —
Notes A ^ Released only in the UK as CBS 201797 B ^ Only the B-Side 'Run That Body Down' charted in Australia. C ^ A-side with the Dixie Hummingbirds D ^ A-side with the Oak Ridge Boys E ^ Also charted at No. 24 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. F ^ Charted at No. 4 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart. G ^ Charted at No. 14 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart.
Other appearances
Studio YearSongAlbumNotes1997"Ten Years"Carnival!Originally recorded for The Oprah Winfrey Show2010"Biko"And I'll Scratch YoursReleased as a single in 2010, then featured on I'll Scratch Yours in 2013
Live Year Song Album 1994 "Graceland" (live version)The Unplugged Collection, Volume One2010 "You Can Call Me Al"The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts"The Wanderer" (with Dion DiMucci)"Here Comes the Sun" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)