What band in music history has released the most albums?

Answer 1

I figured it out.

The band is from Russia and it's a one-man project called Senmuth that is in the style of industrial/electronic folk doom metal.

Total releases: 88

• Full Length Releases:82
• EP releases: 3
• Single releases: 3

This does not include compilation releases, of which he has 7, which would make the total including those 95.

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Answer 2

It depends on whether you are considering published albums, studio albums, collaborations, and re-releases. And whether you count albums by individual members or parts of the group.

Some Examples

-- The Grateful Dead has issued 319 albums (142 separately released), but their discography as a group is only 22 albums (9 arranged and 13 live). There are various remixes, compilations, box sets, and retrospectives that may have previously unreleased material.

-- The Beatles (including UK-only releases) have as many as 31 albums but more than 57 compilation albums.

-- Rush: 18 studio albums + 6 live + 9 video albums = 33.

-- Queen: 15 + 6 + 11 + 3 = 35.

-- AC/DC : 20 studio albums

-- Rolling Stones: 55 albums

-- Tangerine Dream: over 100 albums excluding remixes

-- The Ventures: over 100 including foreign releases

It also comes down to whether to include individual performers, or singles:

-- Elvis Presley: 55 albums and 21 singles

-- Johnny Cash: 96 albums altogether

-- Dolly Parton: 57 or 58 studio albums

Perhaps the greatest number by a single artist is by the American solo rock guitarist Denis Taaffe who has completed and released 176 full length albums since his debut album in 1999.He also completed 76 albums in one year (2006) and continues to release an average of 10 to 20 albums a year

Australia's Slim Dusty (1927-2003) who has more than 109 albums over a period of 47 years, including collaborations and live albums.