Jay-Z discography | |
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Studio albums | 13 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Collaborative albums | 5 |
Mixtapes | 1 |
American rapper Jay-Z has released thirteen solo studio albums, four collaboration albums, one live album, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, two extended plays, one hundred and fifteen singles (including forty-five as a featured artist), nine promotional singles and eighty-two music videos. As of December 2014, Jay-Z has sold 29,179,000 studio albums in United States. [1]
Jay-Z began his music career in the 1980s, building a reputation as a fledgling rapper in his hometown of Brooklyn and collaborating with his mentor and fellow rapper Jaz-O. [2] Jay-Z later founded Roc-A-Fella Records with close friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in June 1996. [2] The album peaked at number twenty-three on the United States Billboard 200 record chart and has since been recognized as a seminal work of the hip hop genre. [3] [4] Its singles included "Dead Presidents", "Ain't No Nigga" and "Can't Knock the Hustle", all of which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. [5] In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997), which saw Jay-Z collaborating with producers such as Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and Teddy Riley, [6] peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [3] [7] Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life was released in September 1998 and became his first number-one album in the United States. [8] The album featured the international hits "Can I Get A..." and "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", which both reached top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100. [8] Vol. 2 was certified five times platinum by the RIAA and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 1999. [9] Two more chart-topping albums – Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter and The Dynasty: Roc La Familia – followed in December 1999 and October 2000 respectively. The albums included hit singles such as "Big Pimpin'" and "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" and featured several guest appearances from artists signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. [2]
Jay-Z's fourth studio album The Blueprint , released in September 2001, topped the Billboard 200 and produced Jay-Z's first Billboard Hot 100 top ten single, "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)". [3] [8] The Blueprint is critically reviewed as his best album. The Best of Both Worlds , a collaboration with American R&B singer R. Kelly, and The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse were both released the following year. The latter album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and featured the top ten singles "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" and "Excuse Me Miss". [3] [8] The Black Album , released in November 2003, was intended by Jay-Z to be his final studio album and features his impending retirement as a recurring theme. [2] [10] The album performed well commercially and was later certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. [7]
Following a period of dormancy, Jay-Z became president of Def Jam Recordings in December 2004 and resumed his rap career two years later with the release of Kingdom Come , which peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. [3] [7] [11] The concept album American Gangster followed in 2007 and continued his streak of number-one albums in the United States. [3] With the release of The Blueprint 3 in September 2009, Jay-Z surpassed Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most number-one albums on the Billboard 200. [12] The album included the international hits "Run This Town", "Empire State of Mind" and "Young Forever". [8] Watch the Throne , a collaborative album with American rapper Kanye West, followed in August 2011 and became Jay-Z's eleventh number-one album in the United States. [8] His album Magna Carta Holy Grail was released in July 2013 to great commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 and having the second-biggest sales week for 2013 at the time of its release. [13]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [3] | US R&B [14] | CAN [15] | FRA [16] | GER [17] | NLD [18] | NOR [19] | SWE [20] | SWI [21] | UK [22] | ||||
Reasonable Doubt |
| 23 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 |
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In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 | 3 | 2 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 |
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Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life |
| 1 | 1 | 13 | — | 76 | — | — | 34 | 49 | 109 |
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Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | 155 |
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The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 98 | — | — | — | 89 | 86 |
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The Blueprint |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 55 | 51 | 36 | 30 | 59 | 30 | ||
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 79 | 61 | 66 | — | — | 52 | 23 |
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The Black Album |
| 1 | 1 | 12 | 66 | 47 | 66 | 18 | 41 | 29 | 34 |
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Kingdom Come |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | 79 | 76 | 71 | — | 45 | 17 | 35 |
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American Gangster |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 99 | 64 | 29 | — | 17 | 30 |
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The Blueprint 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 12 | 4 |
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Magna Carta... Holy Grail |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
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4:44 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [3] | US R&B [14] | CAN [15] | FRA [16] | GER [17] | NLD [18] | NOR [19] | SWE [20] | SWI [21] | UK [22] | ||||
The Best of Both Worlds (with R. Kelly) | 2 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 12 | — | 42 | 18 | 37 |
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Unfinished Business (with R. Kelly) |
| 1 | 1 | — | 68 | 77 | 60 | — | — | 65 | 61 |
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Collision Course (with Linkin Park) |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | ||
Watch the Throne (with Kanye West) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | ||
Everything Is Love (with Beyoncé as The Carters) | 2 [55] | 1 | 4 [56] | 44 | 23 | 4 | 11 [57] | 14 [58] | 5 | 5 |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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US [3] | US R&B [14] | AUS [59] | GER [17] | NOR [19] | SWI [21] | UK [22] | |||
The Hits Collection, Volume One |
| 43 | 11 | 83 | 89 | 16 | 98 | 20 |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US [3] | US R&B [14] | ||
Streets Is Watching |
| 27 | 3 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [3] | US R&B [14] | UK [22] | |||||||||||
Jay-Z: Unplugged |
| 31 | 8 | 153 | |||||||||
Live in Brooklyn |
| 35 | 6 | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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S. Carter Collection |
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S. Carter: The Re-Mix |
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