| Jin discography | |
|---|---|
 Jin in the earlier days of his rapping career | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 11 |
| Music videos | 23 |
| Collaborative albums | 1 |
This is the discography of Jin (also known as Jin the Emcee, 100 Grand Jin and MC Jin), a Chinese-American rapper who makes English and Cantonese songs.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US | US R&B/Hip-Hop | |||||
| The Rest Is History |
| 54 | 12 | |||
| The Emcee's Properganda |
| — | — | |||
| 100 Grand Jin |
| — | — | |||
| I Promise |
| — | — | |||
| ABC |
| — | — | |||
| 回香靖 |
| — | — | |||
| XIV:LIX |
| — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| 買一送一 (With 陳奐仁 aka Hanjin) |
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| Title | EP details |
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| Sincerely Yours |
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| Brand New Me |
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| Hypocrite [1] |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | UK [2] | |||
| "Learn Chinese" (featuring Wyclef Jean) | 2003 | — | 40 | 59 | The Rest Is History |
| "Senorita" | — | — | — | ||
| "So Afraid" | — | — | — | ||
| "Get Your Handz Off" (featuring Swizz Beatz) | — | — | — | ||
| "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" | 2005 | — | — | — | The Emcee's Properganda |
| "ABC" | 2007 | — | — | — | ABC |
| "人氣急升" | 2011 | — | — | — | 回香靖 |
| "Charlie Sheen" (with Dumbfoundead & Traphik) | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Aiya!" (featuring Toestah) | — | — | — | ||
| "Shoot for the Moon" | — | — | — | ||
| "When the Lights Come On" (featuring Joseph Vincent) | — | — | — | ||
| Year | Video | Director | Video Link(YouTube) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Learn Chinese" (featuring Wyclef Jean) [3] | Jin – Learn Chinese emimusic | ||
| "Senorita" [4] | Jin – Senorita emimusic | |||
| 2005 | "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" | Todd Angkasuwan | Jin - Top 5 (Dead or Alive) (Music Video) joemsyt | Uses a collection of people voting for their top 5 rappers. |
| "Come Closer (Kohl Aaja)" (with Juggy D) | Juggy D feat Jin – Come Closer (Kohl Aaja) 2Point9Records | |||
| 2006 | "FYI" (featuring Young Mac) | Todd Angkasuwan | ||
| 2007 | "Yo Yo Ma" (with Sphere) | JIN Yo Yo Ma CarlChoi | Contains a mix of languages including English, Japanese and Cantonese. | |
| "ABC" | Todd Angkasuwan | Jin 歐陽靖 'ABC' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese. Contains a short appearance of the producers of the song, Far East Movement. | |
| 2008 | "搵兩餐"(featuring Ken Oak) | Daniel Wu / Jason Tobin | Jin 歐陽靖 '搵兩餐' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese |
| "飲啖茶" | Evan Jackson Leong | Jin 歐陽靖 '飲啖茶' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | |
| "香港Superstar" | Jason Tobin | Jin 歐陽靖 '香港Superstar' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | |
| "上堂時間" | Jin 歐陽靖 '上堂時間' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | ||
| "喂喂搵邊位" | Kim Chan | Jin 歐陽靖 '喂喂搵邊位' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | |
| 2010 | "Angels" [5] | Hosanna Wong | JIN "Angels" Official Music Video (2010) AyoJinTV | |
| "The A List" [6] | Carl Choi& Jin Au-Yeung | Deleted from YouTube. | ||
| "711" (featuring KT) | "711" – MC Jin feat. KT ayojinhk | Cantonese. Filmed in 7-Eleven. | ||
| "It's About Time" | Romago Presents: MC Jin "It's About Time" ayojinhk | Cantonese | ||
| 2011 | "Charlie Sheen" (with Traphik & Dumbfoundead) [7] | Kevin Boston | "CHARLIE SHEEN" (Official Music Video) Jin x Dumbfoundead x Traphik AyoJinTV | |
| "人氣急升" | Kevin Boston | MC Jin人氣急升MV ayojinhk | Cantonese | |
| "Aiya!" (featuring Toestah) | AIYA – Jin feat. Toestah AyoJinTV | Song repeated twice to fit all pictures in. | ||
| "Shoot for the Moon" | Carl Choi | JIN "Shoot for the Moon" Official Music Video (2011) AyoJinTV | Song edited for video. Uses various images and video from his life and career. | |
| "發咗達" | Benny Lou | MC Jin發咗達MV ayojinhk | Cantonese | |
| "立立亂" | Evan Leong | MC Jin立立亂MV ayojinhk | Cantonese | |
| "紅館見" | MCJin紅館見MV ayojinhk | Cantonese | ||
| "When The Lights Come On" (featuring Joseph Vincent) | Duno Tran | "When The Lights Come On" (Official Music Video) - Jin feat. Joseph Vincent AyoJinTV | ||
| 2012 | "率性" (with KT & Kiki Tam) | MCJin/KT/KikiTam率性MV ayojinhk | Cantonese |
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