Black Sabbath Albums Ranked
Every Black Sabbath album ranked worst to best by the fans who voted, one head-to-head matchup at a time. Their #1: Cross Purposes.
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- 19albums
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Rank Black Sabbath's albums
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START RANKINGA different ranking, from a different crowd: Black Sabbath's albums and songs by lifetime Spotify streams. Figures move daily. Nothing here feeds the fan ranking.
Most streamed Black Sabbath albums
Every play of every song on the album, as of 13 October 2026. Where an album has several editions, the biggest figure counts.
Most streamed Black Sabbath songs
- 1Paranoid1.75bn706k/day
- 2Iron Man762m355k/day
- 3War Pigs528m288k/day
- 4N.I.B.221m94k/day
- 5Children of the Grave - 2014 Remaster219m70k/day
- 6Heaven and Hell - 2021 Remaster212m84k/day
- 7Planet Caravan - 2012 - Remaster150m62k/day
- 8Changes131m69k/day
- 9Sweet Leaf - 2014 Remaster112m38k/day
- 10Sabbath Bloody Sabbath110m38k/day
Source: Spotify lifetime totals via kworb.net. Albums as of 13 October 2026, songs as of 13 October 2026. Stream counts are not votes and are never mixed into the fan ranking.
Black Sabbath albums: your questions
- What is Black Sabbath's best album?
- Cross Purposes (1994) is Black Sabbath's #1 album on TakeRank, winning 67% of its 18 head-to-head matchups.
- What is Black Sabbath's most underrated album?
- Black Sabbath (1970) sits at #5 but wins 67% of its matchups, the best record of any Black Sabbath album outside their top three.
- How many albums has Black Sabbath released?
- Black Sabbath has released 19 studio albums, from Black Sabbath (1970) to 13 (2013).
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