As of 2013, Black Sabbath had sold over how many records?

As of 2013, Black Sabbath had sold over 70 million records worldwide.

That figure places the Birmingham band among the most commercially successful heavy metal acts in history. Their sales were built across a career beginning in the early 1970s, when albums such as Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality and Vol. 4 helped establish heavy metal’s sound and audience.

The number is a reported worldwide estimate, not a single certification total. It includes sales across the band’s international catalogue, while country-specific figures can be tracked separately through organizations such as the RIAA. The band’s U.S. sales alone were reported at more than 15 million certified units.

Readers sometimes confuse Black Sabbath’s total record sales with the sales of one album. Paranoid was a major breakthrough, but the 70-million figure covers the group’s broader catalogue over decades. The estimate also predates the release of 13, their final studio album, which became a number-one album in both the United Kingdom and United States.