Billy Joel Albums Ranked
Every Billy Joel album ranked worst to best by the fans who voted, one head-to-head matchup at a time. Their #1: The Stranger.
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Rank Billy Joel's albums
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START RANKINGA different ranking, from a different crowd: Billy Joel's albums and songs by lifetime Spotify streams. Figures move daily. Nothing here feeds the fan ranking.
Most streamed Billy Joel albums
Every play of every song on the album, as of 27 October 2026. Where an album has several editions, the biggest figure counts. No Spotify total for And So It Goes: Songs of Folk & Lore.
Most streamed Billy Joel songs
- 1Uptown Girl1.52bn536k/day
- 2Piano Man1.47bn852k/day
- 3Vienna1.16bn611k/day
- 4We Didn't Start the Fire765m256k/day
- 5She's Always a Woman645m206k/day
- 6My Life441m200k/day
- 7Just the Way You Are397m121k/day
- 8It's Still Rock and Roll to Me337m78k/day
- 9Only the Good Die Young269m55k/day
- 10Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)247m115k/day
Source: Spotify lifetime totals via kworb.net. Albums as of 27 October 2026, songs as of 27 October 2026. Stream counts are not votes and are never mixed into the fan ranking.
Billy Joel albums: your questions
- What is Billy Joel's best album?
- The Stranger (1977) is Billy Joel's #1 album on TakeRank, winning 84% of its 31 head-to-head matchups.
- What is Billy Joel's most underrated album?
- Piano Man (1973) sits at #5 but wins 71% of its matchups, the best record of any Billy Joel album outside their top three.
- How many albums has Billy Joel released?
- Billy Joel has released 14 studio albums, from Cold Spring Harbor (1971) to And So It Goes: Songs of Folk & Lore (2018).
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