Ranked by fans
Zooropa
1993
105067% won
The Joshua Tree
1987
105461% won
Achtung Baby
1991
104856% won
- 15
We Will Follow
2025
- 16
Denver 117
2017
- 17
Elevation 32: Toronto
2001
- 18
World Ballads Collection
1999
- 19
Street Mission
1995
- 20
Classic In Concert: Live at the Hammersmith Palais 1982
1994
- 21
Two Hearts and Other Strange Things
1994
- 22
Wanted
1993
- 23
Zooropa '93
1993
- 24
Live, Vol. 3
1993
- 25
Rubber Ball And Liquor
1992
- 26
Pride
1990
- 27
Tear Down the Walls
1987
- 28
Who Is the Devil?
- 29
1993‐08‐08: Celtic Park, Glasgow, UK (DAT source)
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Rank U2's albums
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START RANKINGA different ranking, from a different crowd: U2's songs by lifetime Spotify streams. Figures move daily and are correct as of 3 July 2026. Nothing here feeds the fan ranking.
Most streamed U2 songs
- 1Beautiful Day718m228k/day
U2 albums in a year's most-streamed five
Album totals come from the year-by-year most-streamed albums data, so only albums that made their release year's top five appear here. Not a full discography ranking.
- 3.18bn
The Joshua Tree
1987 - #3 most streamed album of 1987
Source: Spotify lifetime totals via kworb.net, verified 3 July 2026. Stream counts are not votes and are never mixed into the fan ranking.
U2 albums: your questions
- What is U2's best album?
- The Joshua Tree (1987) is U2's #1 album on TakeRank, winning 61% of its 18 head-to-head matchups.
- What is U2's most underrated album?
- The Unforgettable Fire (1984) sits at #4 but wins 61% of its matchups, the best record of any U2 album outside their top three.
- How many albums has U2 released?
- U2 has released 29 studio albums, from Boy (1980) to We Will Follow (2025).