American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has released 40 studio albums, 21 live albums, 18 volumes of The Bootleg Series, 44 compilation albums, seven soundtracks as main contributor, 24 notable extended plays, 105 singles, 61 music videos, 17 music home videos, and two non-music home videos. His albums were released by Columbia Records, except for Planet Waves and Before the Flood, which were released on Asylum Records and later reissued by Columbia. Much of his music has been bootlegged; see Bob Dylan bootleg recordings. Dylan has posted many recordings and videos to his YouTube channel.
Dylan has been the subject of 11 documentaries, starred in three theatrical films; appeared in other 36 films, documentaries, and home videos; and is the subject of the semi-biographical tribute films I'm Not There and A Complete Unknown. He has written and published lyrics, artwork, and memoirs in 11 books; three of his songs have been made into children's books. He has done numerous concert and media appearances, joined collaborative projects, and contributed to tribute albums.
Dylan has won many awards for his songwriting and performances, including the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for his entire body of work.
Albums
Studio albums
<small>â : With The Band</small>
Live albums
<small>â : With The Band</small>
The Bootleg Series
<small>â : With The Band</small>
Compilation albums
Singles
Notes
Billboard Year-End performances
Extended plays
These are notable EP releases, mostly containing exclusive non-album tracks. See discogs.com for more foreign EPs that mostly contain just album version tracks or are just domestic promotional album samplers.
Live EPs
Compilation EPs
Other appearances
Studio appearances as primary artist
Live appearances and remixes as primary artist
Contributions
Releases with The Traveling Wilburys
Albums
Other appearances
Compilations
Videography
Concert videos
Music videos
Concert appearances
TV performances
TV and video documentary appearances
Film
Director
Actor
Feature documentaries
Short documentaries
Television documentaries
Video documentaries
- Dylan Speaks: The Legendary Press Conference in San Francisco (1965)
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- 65 Revisited
- Odds and Ends
Documentary appearances
Unofficial video releases
Note: All these titles are notable for including official Dylan collaborators and are direct-to-video DVD and streaming releases.
- World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003)
- World Tours 1966-1974: Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein (2004)
- 1975âÂÂ1981: Rolling Thunder and the Gospel Years (2006)
- Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again! (2008)
- Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey (2009)
- Bob Dylan Revealed (2011)
Chrome Dreams
- 1941-1966: Tales from a Golden Age (2004)
- 1966-1978: After the Crash (2006)
- 1978-1989: Both Ends of the Rainbow (2008)
- 1990-2006: The Never Ending Narrative (2011)
- Down in the Flood: Bob Dylan, The Band & The Basement Tapes (2012)
- Roads Rapidly Changing: In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961-1965 (2015)
- The Best of Bob Dylan (2005)
Edgehill Publishing/Sandbeach Holdings
- Music in Review (2007)
- Change on the Tracks (2008)
- Rock Milestones: Bob Dylan - The Folk Years (2008)
Vision Films
- The Bob Dylan Phenomenon (2008)
- Bob Dylan's New York (2008)
- Bob Dylan's Amerika (2018)
Entertain Me Productions
Notes
References
Bibliography
- [ "Album Chart History: Bob Dylan"] Billboard 200
- Björner, Olof, "Bob Dylan: Still on the Road: Recording SESSIONS"
- Heylin, Clinton, Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions 1960âÂÂ94. Penguin. UK; St Martin's Press, US, 1995. .
- Krogsgaard, Michael. Positively Bob Dylan: A Thirty Year Discography, Concert, and Recording Session Guide, 1960âÂÂ1991. Ann Arbor: Popular Culture, Ink., 1991. (previously published in Europe by Scandinavian Society for Rock Research).
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