Billy Joel
Active: 1978–2024
27
Releases
47
Active Years
About Billy Joel
Broad, earnest, and unreservedly sentimental, Billy Joel remains the quintessential showman of pop music.
Born in 1949 in New York City and raised on Long Island during the postwar boom era, Joel spent his early career in Los Angeles, working briefly as the singer in a bar on Wilshire Boulevard—an experience commemorated in his signature song, “Piano Man.” He went on to become one of the most successful artists in pop, bridging reflective singer-songwriter material (1982’s The Nylon Curtain) with sock-hop nostalgia like “The Longest Time” and “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” for a theatrical, particularly American sound whose resonances can be heard not only in piano balladeers but in pop omnivores like Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
In the ’90s, Joel shifted his energy to touring; he sold out stadiums and arenas around the world well into the 21st century and helmed a 150-show run at New York’s Madison Square Garden until the summer of 2024.
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Complete Discography
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
Documented across 9 weeks
MOVIN' OUT (ANTHONY'S SONG)
Documented across 6 weeks
MY LIFE
Documented across 15 weeks
UNTIL THE NIGHT
Documented across 3 weeks
ALL FOR LEYNA
Documented across 4 weeks
IT'S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME
Documented across 11 weeks
UPTOWN GIRL
Documented across 18 weeks
TELL HER ABOUT IT
Documented across 12 weeks
AN INNOCENT MAN
Documented across 10 weeks
THE LONGEST TIME
Documented across 9 weeks
GOODNIGHT SAIGON/LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE
Documented across 7 weeks
THIS NIGHT
Documented across 4 weeks
YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN (SECOND WIND)
Documented across 2 weeks
SHE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN/JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
Documented across 3 weeks
A MATTER OF TRUST
Documented across 6 weeks
A MATTER OF TRUST {1987}
Documented across 1 week
WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE
Documented across 10 weeks
LENINGRAD
Documented across 5 weeks
I GO TO EXTREMES
Documented across 4 weeks
THE DOWNEASTER 'ALEXA'
Documented across 4 weeks
THAT'S NOT HER STYLE
Documented across 1 week
ALL SHOOK UP
Documented across 4 weeks
THE RIVER OF DREAMS
Documented across 14 weeks
ALL ABOUT SOUL
Documented across 4 weeks
NO MAN`S LAND
Documented across 4 weeks
SHE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN
Documented across 7 weeks
Turn the Lights Back On
Documented across 2 weeks