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Piano Man is een album van Billy Joel uit 1973.

Het is Joels tweede album en het album waarmee hij doorgebroken is. Het album behaalde een 27e positie in de Amerikaanse albumlijst en de derde plek in Australië. Van het album zijn vier singles verschenen: titeltrack Piano Man, Worse Comes to Worst, Travellin' Prayer en The Ballad of Billy the Kid.

Piano Man is the second studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on November 14, 1973, by Columbia Records. The album emerged from legal difficulties with Joel's former label, Family Productions, and ultimately became his first breakthrough album.

The title track, a fictionalized retelling of Joel's experiences with people he met as a lounge singer in Los Angeles, peaked at No. 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. "Travelin' Prayer" and "Worse Comes to Worst" peaked at No. 77 and 80 on the Hot 100, respectively, while the album itself peaked at No. 27 on the US Billboard 200. The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1975, but Joel received only $8,000 in royalties (US$46,748 in 2024 dollars).