Top 10 Music Artists that Released Two or More Albums in One Year

From 1963 to 1965, the Beatles released two albums each year. There's an argument to be made for each Beatles album being a classic in its own right, but the band released two unimpeachable classics in 1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in June and the weirdest Beatles album of all, the Magical Mystery Tour movie soundtrack, just five months later.

They're basically one giant double album, which makes them even better.

Nice to see them at the top. It's amazing that they had three solid albums in a year - I don't think I would be capable of doing that.

Unfortunately, I think the workload is one of the factors that contributed to their downfall.

I put them at #1 because they released three classic LPs consisting of 26 songs, 22 of which were written by John Fogerty.

After the release of Willy and the Poor Boys in November 1969, CCR wouldn't release another album for a whopping eight months - 1970's also-classic Cosmo's Factory.

My mum probably did cartwheels of joy when this happened.

Yep, yep. Two of the most classic and iconic heavy metal albums released by the same artist and in the same year. How rare is that?

Both are albums.

For me, Queen II is far superior to Sheer Heart Attack. They're both good, but Queen II is the best of the two.

1965 saw the release of Dylan's first two "electric" albums and arguably the best albums of his career: Bringing It All Back Home in March, and Highway 61 Revisited in August.

These albums were all amazing and unique in their own way. I especially like Flying Microtonal Banana, an uncommon example of microtones in rock.

The Beatles and David Bowie deserve to be on this list, but 5 albums! Each with a different character and style. Purely untouchable.

Revolutionary band! I mean, they released five albums in one year, and they even put out an album that is owned by the fans (Polygondwanaland).

This was just one year after their formation.

Hands down, best artists of all time. No competition.

Demons and Wizards is regarded by many fans and critics alike as Uriah Heep's best album. According to AllMusic, the album "solidified Uriah Heep's reputation as a master of gothic-inflected heavy metal."

Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian named his second band after this album. He also did a cover of a song from this album ("Blind Guardian - The Wizard").

In 1977, he also co-wrote and produced Iggy Pop's first two solo albums - The Idiot and Lust for Life. That's a total of 4 albums between January and October of 1977.

Guys, this is a very interesting case - 117 albums in 2015! Most of them are EPs and are for download only.

RecklessGreed, thanks for adding it.

Both are albums. Shades of Deep Purple is their debut studio album.

Deep Purple were very quick: they formed in 1968 and released two albums in the year of their formation.

They released two good albums in the same year they were formed. It's pretty hard to form a band and release two albums in the same year.

This is THREE albums in one year, and they were amazing. How is this not higher?

I love this band so much. They saved my life.

Both are albums, and some of my favorite songs are on them. However, their best album came out later in the '70s.

Poseidon still features Greg Lake on vocals, who also sang on their debut.

In just 5 months, they released 3 albums, consisting of 49 tracks and totaling 3 and a half hours of music.

Like Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Brian Jonestown Massacre somehow managed to release 3 albums in a single year, but BJM outdid CCR in two ways:

1. All three of BJM's 1996 albums are over an hour long, while CCR's didn't break 40 minutes.

2. While CCR released its first 1969 album in January, BJM didn't release its first 1996 album until May. This means that in just 5 months, the BJM released 3 albums with 49 tracks in 3 and a half hours.