A vast number of recordings have been issued under Presley's name. The total number of his original master recordings has been variously calculated as 665 and 711. His career began and he was most successful during an era when singles were the primary commercial medium for pop music. In the case of his albums, the distinction between "official" studio records and other forms is often blurred. In addition, for most of the 1960s, his recording career focused on soundtrack albums. In the 1970s, his most heavily promoted and best-selling LP releases tended to be concert albums. This summary discography lists only the albums and singles that reached the top of one or more of the following charts: the main U.S.
Billboard pop chart; the
Billboard country chart, the genre chart with which he was most identified (there was no country album chart before 1964); and the official British pop chart.
g In the United States, Presley also had five or six number one R&B singles and seven number one adult contemporary singles;
h in 1964, his "
Blue Christmas" topped the Christmas singles chart during a period when
Billboard did not rank holiday singles in its primary pop chart. He had number one hits in many countries beside the United States and United Kingdom, as well.
Number one albums
Number one singles
