# Harry Belafonte discography

This article presents the discography of American musician, singer, actor, and social activist, Harry Belafonte (1927–2023).

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US | KOR | NLD | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites | Released: 1954 Label: RCA Victor | 3 | — | — | |
| Belafonte | Released: 1956 Label: RCA Victor | 1 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Calypso | Released: 1956 Label: RCA Victor | 1 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| An Evening with Belafonte | Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor | 2 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean | Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor | 3 | — | — | |
| To Wish You a Merry Christmas | Released: 1958 Label: RCA Victor | 125 | — | — | |
| Belafonte Sings the Blues | Released: 1958 Label: RCA Victor | 16 | — | — | |
| Love Is a Gentle Thing | Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor | 18 | — | — | |
| My Lord What a Mornin' | Released: 1960 Label: RCA Victor | 34 | — | — | |
| Swing Dat Hammer | Released: 1960 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | |
| Jump Up Calypso | Released: 1961 Label: RCA Victor | 3 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Midnight Special | Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor | 8 | — | — | |
| The Many Moods of Belafonte | Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor | 25 | — | — | |
| Streets I Have Walked | Released: 1963 Label: RCA Victor | 30 | 96 | — | |
| Ballads, Blues and Boasters | Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor | 103 | — | — | |
| In My Quiet Room | Released: 1966 Label: RCA Victor | 82 | — | — | |
| Calypso in Brass | Released: 1966 Label: RCA Victor | 172 | — | — | |
| Belafonte on Campus | Released: 1967 Label: RCA Victor | 199 | — | — | |
| Belafonte Sings of Love | Released: 1968 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | |
| Homeward Bound | Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor | 192 | — | — | |
| Belafonte by Request | Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | |
| The Warm Touch | Released: 1971 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | |
| Calypso Carnival | Released: 1971 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | |
| Play Me | Released: 1973 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | |
| Turn the World Around | Released: 1977 Label: Columbia | — | — | — | |
| Loving You Is Where I Belong | Released: 1981 Label: Columbia | — | — | — | |
| Paradise in Gazankulu | Released: 1988 Label: EMI | — | — | 31 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US | AUT | GER | NLD | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Belafonte at Carnegie Hall | Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor | 3 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall | Released: 1960 Label: RCA Victor | 3 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Belafonte at The Greek Theatre | Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor | 17 | — | — | — | |
| Belafonte...Live! | Released: 1972 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | — | |
| Belafonte Concert in Japan | Released: 1974 Label: RCA | — | — | — | — | |
| Belafonte '89 | Released: 1989 Label: EMI | — | 26 | 11 | 39 | |
| An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends | Released: 1997 Label: Island | — | — | 87 | — | |

### Select compilations

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | DEN | GER | NLD | NOR | NZ |
| This Is Harry Belafonte | Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abraham, Martin and John | Released: 1974 Label: RCA Camden | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harry Belafonte - Pure Gold | Released: 1975 Label: RCA | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Harry Belafonte - A Legendary Performer | Released: 1978 Label: RCA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greatest Hits | Released: 2000 Label: BMG | 16 | — | — | 9 | 4 |
| Island in the Sun: The Complete Recordings 1949 – 1957 | Released: 2002 Label: Bear Family | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Essential Harry Belafonte | Released: 2005 Label: Legacy | — | — | — | — | — |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte | Released: 2012 Label: Legacy | — | — | — | — | — |

### Collaborations

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| Porgy and Bess | Released: 1959 Label: RCA | 13 |
| An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba | Released: 1965 Label: RCA | 85 |
| An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri | Released: 1966 Label: RCA | 124 |
| Harry & Lena, For the Love of Life | Released: 1970 Label: RCA | — |
| The Tradition Of Christmas | Released: 1991 Label: Hallmark Cards Inc. | — |
| The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music | Released: 2001 Label: Buddha Records/BMG | — |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Year | US | US AC | AUT | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | FRA | GER | NLD | NZ | UK |
| "Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)" | 1953 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Jamaica Farewell" | 1956 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Mary's Boy Child" | 1956 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 1 |
| "The Blues Is Man" | 1956 | — | — | — | — | — | 171 | — | — | — | — |
| "Banana Boat (Day-O)" | 1956 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 18 | — | 1 | 48 | 2 |
| "Hold 'Em Joe" | 1957 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Mama Look a Boo Boo" | 1957 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Don't Ever Love Me" | 1957 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Coconut Woman" | 1957 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Island in the Sun" | 1957 | 30 | — | — | 5 | 9 | — | 67 | 6 | — | 3 |
| "Scarlet Ribbons" (with Millard Thomas) | 1957 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| "The Marching Saints" | 1958 | — | — | — | 13 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Little Bernadette" | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| "The Son of Mary" | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| "Round the Bay of Mexico" | 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — |
| "Hole in the Bucket" (with Odetta) | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 |
| "A Strange Song" | 1967 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" | 1968 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Skin to Skin" (with Jennifer Warnes) | 1988 | — | — | 13 | 14 | — | — | 73 | 25 | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

## Concert videos

* Global Carnival (VHS, 1988)
* Don't Stop the Carnival (VHS, 1991)
* An Evening With Harry Belafonte & Friends (VHS/DVD, 1997)
* Listen to the Man (DVD)