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Erykah Badu discography
Badu in 2002
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Singles31
Music videos20
Mixtapes1
Promotional singles3

American singer Erykah Badu has released five studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, one mixtape, 31 singles (including 13 as a featured artist), three promotional singles and 20 music videos. Badu's career began after opening a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in her hometown; record label executive Kedar Massenburg was highly impressed with her performance and signed her to Kedar Records. Her debut album, Baduizm, was released on February 11, 1997. It spawned three singles: "On & On", "Next Lifetime", and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Badu's first live album, Live, was released on November 18, 1997, and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA.

Badu's second studio album, Mama's Gun, was released on October 31, 2000. It spawned three singles: "Bag Lady", "Didn't Cha Know?", and "Cleva". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. Badu's third album, Worldwide Underground, was released on September 16, 2003. It generated two singles: "Danger" and "Back in the Day (Puff)". The album was certified gold by the RIAA. Badu's fourth studio album, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), was released on February 26, 2008. It spawned two singles: "Honey" and "Soldier". New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was released in 2010 and fared well both critically and commercially.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
 US R&B
/HH
 AUT
 FRA
 GER
 NL
 NOR
 SWE
 SWI
 UK
Baduizm 2 1 — — — 32 26 7 — 17
  • US: 2,800,000
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
Mama's Gun
  • Released: November 21, 2000
  • Label: Motown
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
 11 3 56 42 42 7 20 19 33 76
  • US: 1,400,000
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • NVPI: Gold
Worldwide Underground
  • Released: September 16, 2003
  • Label: Motown
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 3 2 64 — 57 42 9 7 32 93
  • US: 609,000
  • RIAA: Gold
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
  • Released: February 26, 2008
  • Label: Universal Motown
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 2 2 39 49 44 25 13 5 10 55
  • US: 359,000
New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
  • Released: March 30, 2010
  • Label: Universal Motown
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 4 2 38 77 61 66 14 21 18 56
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
 US R&B
/HH
 NL
 UK
Live
  • Released: November 18, 1997
  • Label: Kedar
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
 4 1 5 195
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • NVPI: Platinum

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peaks
US R&B
/HH
Icon
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
 32

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
 US R&B
/HH
 BEL (FL)
 CAN
But You Caint Use My Phone
  • Released: November 27, 2015
  • Label: Motown, Control Freaq
  • Formats: LP, digital download
 14 2 153 96

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
 US
R&B
/HH
 US
R&B/HH
Airplay
 US
Adult
R&B
 CAN
 NL
 NZ
 UK
"On & On" 1996 12 1 1 2 — — 44 12
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
 Baduizm
"Next Lifetime" 1997 — — 1 1 — 100 40 30
"Otherside of the Game" — — 14 2 — — — —
"Appletree" — — 30 23 — — — 47
"Tyrone" — — 1 1 — 19 — — Live
"Southern Gul"
(featuring Rahzel) 		1999 76 24 40 — — — — — Make the Music 2000
"Bag Lady" 2000 6 1 2 2 6 93 — — Mama's Gun
"Didn't Cha Know?" — 28 26 6 — 99 — —
"Cleva" 2001 — 77 71 20 — — — —
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
(featuring Common) 		2002 9 1 1 4 — — — — Worldwide Underground
"Danger" 2003 82 27 28 — — — — —
"Back in the Day (Puff)" 2004 — 62 62 13 — — — —
"Honey" 2007 88 22 22 5 — — — — New Amerykah Part One
(4th World War)
"Soldier" 2008 — — — 31 — — — —
"Healer" — — — — — — — —
"Window Seat" 2010 95 16 16 1 — — — — New Amerykah Part Two
(Return of the Ankh)
"Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)" — 87 — 22 — — — —
"Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" 2011 — — — — — — — —
"Tempted"
(with James Poyser) 		2019 — — — — — — — — The Photograph (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
 US R&B
/HH
 CAN
 FRA
 GER
 NL
 NZ
 SWI
 UK
"All Night Long"
(Common featuring Erykah Badu) 		1998 — — — — — — — — — One Day It'll All Make Sense
"One"
(Busta Rhymes featuring Erykah Badu) 		— — — — — — 17 — 23 When Disaster Strikes...
"You Got Me"
(The Roots featuring Erykah Badu) 		1999 39 11 — 28 25 46 37 15 31 Things Fall Apart
"The Light" (Remix)
(Common featuring Erykah Badu) 		2000 — — — — — — — — — Bamboozled: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Sweet Baby"
(Macy Gray featuring Erykah Badu) 		2001 — — 16 — — 80 12 36 23 The Id
"Come Close Remix (Closer)"
(Common featuring Erykah Badu, Pharrell and Q-Tip) 		2003 — 86 — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"I C U (Doin' It)"
(Violator featuring A Tribe Called Quest and Erykah Badu) 		— 89 — — — — — — —
"Poetry"
(The RH Factor featuring Q-Tip and Erykah Badu) 		— — — — — — — — — Hard Groove
"Bandy Bandy"
(Zap Mama featuring Erykah Badu) 		2004 — — — — — — — — — Ancestry in Progress
"That Heat"
(Sérgio Mendes featuring Erykah Badu and will.i.am) 		2006 — — — — — — — — — Timeless
"Get Live"
(Strange Fruit Project featuring Erykah Badu) 		— — — — — — — — — The Healing
"The Heart Gently Weeps"
(Wu-Tang Clan featuring Erykah Badu, Dhani Harrison and John Frusciante) 		2007 — — — — — — — — — 8 Diagrams
"See Thru to U"
(Flying Lotus featuring Erykah Badu) 		2012 — — — — — — — — — Until the Quiet Comes
"Q.U.E.E.N."
(Janelle Monáe featuring Erykah Badu) 		2013 — 47 — — — — — — — The Electric Lady
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peaks Album
US R&B
/HH
"Your Precious Love"
(with D'Angelo) 		1996 83 High School High: The Soundtrack
"The Blast" (Remix)
(Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek featuring Erykah Badu) 		2001 — Non-album single
"Poetry"
(The RH Factor featuring Erykah Badu and Q-Tip) 		2003 — Hard Groove
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Adult
R&B
 BEL
(FL)
Tip
"Phone Down" 2016 10 91 But You Caint Use My Phone

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"A Child with the Blues" 1997 Terence Blanchard Eve's Bayou: The Collection
"A Child with the Blues" (Izm Mix) None
"Funky Nassau" 1998 Joe Morton, Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Paul Shaffer, The Blues Brothers Band Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Liberation" Outkast Aquemini
"Ye Yo" None Hav Plenty
"No More Trouble" 1999 Bob Marley Chant Down Babylon
"Hollywood" 2000 None Bamboozled: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Plenty" Guru Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul
"Humble Mumble" Outkast Stankonia
"Be Thankful" 2001 Omar Best by Far
"Today (Earth Song)" None Red Star Sounds Volume One: Soul Searching
"Aquarius" 2002 Common, Bilal Electric Circus
"Jimi Was a Rock Star" Common
"Heaven Somewhere" Common, Omar, Cee-Lo, Bilal, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, Lonnie "Pops" Lynn
"Akai Inochi" 2004 Misia Mars & Roses
"Searching" Roy Ayers Mahogany Vibe
"Searching" (Extended Version)
"Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
"Ain't No Mistaken (Danger Part II)" 2006 Big Tuck Tha Absolute Truth
"Fly Away" 2007 Sa-Ra, Georgia Anne Muldrow The Hollywood Recordings
"Hold On" Pharoahe Monch Desire
"Foreword" Jay Electronica, Just Blaze Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
"Vibrate On" 2009 None Girlfriends: The Soundtrack
"Dirty Beauty" Sa-Ra Creative Partners Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
"Maybach Music III" 2010 Rick Ross, T.I., Jadakiss Teflon Don
"Silly" David Banner, 9th Wonder Death of a Pop Star
"20 Feet Tall" (Remix) 2011 9th Wonder, Rapsody The Wonder Years
"Afro Blue" 2012 Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio
"Hey Shooter" Rocket Juice & the Moon Rocket Juice & the Moon
Dam(n) Rocket Juice & the Moon, M.anifest
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
"Drivin Round" Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Masta Killa, GZA Wu Block
"Heaven for the Sinner" 2013 Bonobo The North Borders
"Cure" Papoose The Nacirema Dream
"Treehome95" Tyler, The Creator, Coco O Wolf
"Rememory" 2015 Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment Surf
"Maiysha (So Long)" 2016 Miles Davis, Robert Glasper Everything's Beautiful
"WiFi" DRAM Big Baby D.R.A.M.
"Lowkey" 2020 Teyana Taylor The Album
"Yun" 2022 RM Indigo
"F U" 2024 Jamie xx In Waves (Deluxe)

Other credits

Title Year Artist Album Credit
"The 'Notic" 1997 The Roots featuring D'Angelo Men in Black: The Album Vocals
"Liberation" 1998 Outkast Aquemini Additional vocals

Music videos

As lead artist

List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)
"On & On" 1997 Paul Hunter
"Next Lifetime" Erykah Badu and Troy Montgomery
"Other Side of the Game" Erykah Badu
"Tyrone (live) 1998 Erykah Badu and J. Kevin Swain
"Bag Lady" 2000 Erykah Badu
"Didn't Cha Know" 2001
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)"
(featuring Common) 		2002 Erykah Badu and Chris Robinson
"Honey" 2008
"Jump Up in the Air and Stay There"
(featuring Lil Wayne and Bilal) 		2010 Erykah Badu
"Window Seat" Coodie & Chike
"Window Seat Part II"
(featuring Rick Ross) 		Erykah Badu
"Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" 2011 Flying Lotus
"Fall in Love (Your Funeral)" (in-studio performance) Unknown
"Out My Mind, Just in Time (Movement I)" Erykah Badu
"Out My Mind, Just in Time (Movement II)"

As featured artist

List of music videos as featured artist, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)
"You Got Me"
(The Roots featuring Erykah Badu) 		1999 Charles Stone III
"Bandy Bandy"
(Zap Mama featuring Erykah Badu) 		2005 Bill Fishman
"That Heat"
(Sérgio Mendes featuring Erykah Badu and will.i.am) 		2006 Syndrome and Nabil Elderkin
"Western Esotericism"
(The Flaming Lips featuring Erykah Badu) 		2012 George Salisbury
"Q.U.E.E.N."
(Janelle Monáe featuring Erykah Badu) 		2013 Alan Ferguson

Notes

  1. "Next Lifetime" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 61 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
  2. "Tyrone" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 62 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
  3. "Didn't Cha Know?" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  4. "Soldier" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
  5. "The Heart Gently Weeps" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 71 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.

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