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| k-os discography | |
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| Studio albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 19 |
| Collaborations | 17 |
| Mixtapes | 1 |
| DVDs | 1 |
This is the discography of k-os , a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer. He has released six studio albums, three compilations, nineteen singles, one mixtape, and one DVD.
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| CAN | US | U.S. Heat | ||||||
| 2002 | Exit
| 75 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | Joyful Rebellion
| 7 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
| 5 | 152 | 5 |
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| 2009 | Yes!
| 9 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | Black on Blonde
| 16 | — | 44 | ||||
| 2015 | Can't Fly Without Gravity
| — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Year | Album |
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| 2007 | Collected
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| 2009 | The Trill: A Journey so Far
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| 2011 | MuchMusic Presents: k-os Live
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| Year | Album |
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| 2020 | Boshido
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| Year | Album |
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| 2010 | The Anchorman Mixtape
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| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [2] | CAN CHR [3] | CAN Hot AC [4] | CAN Rock [5] | AUS [6] | ||||
| 1993 | "Musical Essence" | — | × | × | × | — | Non-album single | |
| 1996 | "Rise Like the Sun" | — | × | × | — | — | ||
| "Take You There" | — | × | × | — | — | |||
| 2002 | "Heaven Only Knows" | — | × | × | × | — | Exit | |
| "Superstarr Pt. Zero" | — | × | × | × | — | |||
| "Exit (Call Me)" | — | × | × | × | — | |||
| 2003 | "Follow Me" (feat. Red 1) | — | × | × | × | — | ||
| 2004 | "B-Boy Stance" | — | — | — | — | — | Joyful Rebellion | |
| "Crabbuckit" | — | 3 | 5 | — | — |
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| 2005 | "Man I Used to Be" | — | 4 | 12 | — | — |
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| "The Love Song" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Crucial" | — | 6 | 21 | — | — | |||
| "Dirty Water" (feat. Sam Roberts) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2006 | "ELEctrik HeaT - the seekwiLL" | — | — | — | — | — | Atlantis: Hymns for Disco | |
| "Sunday Morning" | 19 | 9 | 12 | 33 | — |
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| "Flypaper" | — | 30 | 21 | — | — | |||
| 2007 | "Born to Run" | — | 32 | — | 48 | — | ||
| "Equalizer" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "4, 3, 2, 1" | 98 | — | — | — | — | Yes! | |
| "Burning Bridges" | — | — | — | 49 | — | |||
| "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman" (feat. Saukrates & Nelly Furtado) | — | 43 | — | — | 56 |
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| 2012 | "The Dog Is Mine" | — | — | — | 18 | — | Black on Blonde | |
| "Nyce 2 Know Ya" | 47 | 12 | 17 | — | — | |||
| 2013 | "C.L.A." (feat. Travie McCoy) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Spaceship" | — | — | — | — | — | Can't Fly Without Gravity | |
| 2018 | "No Bucks" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2020 | "Supernovas" | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | ||||||||
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | |||||
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| CAN | CAN Rock [9] | |||||||
| 2011 | "Holy Cow" | — | 29 | MuchMusic Presents: k-os Live | ||||
| 2014 | "WiLD4TheNight (EgoLand)" | — | — | Can't Fly Without Gravity | ||||
| "Turn Me Loose" | — | 40 | ||||||
| 2015 | "Steel Sharpens Steel" | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
These songs have not appeared on a studio album released by k-os.
| Year | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "K-os Freestyle" | Various artists | Planet Mars EP |
| "Global Warning" | Citizen Kane | ||
| "Hang On Here We Go! (Theme To EC)" | Jet Fuel | ||
| 1999 | "Love Is in the Air" | 2Rude | Rudimental 2k |
| "Eternal" | Da Grassroots, Thrust | Passage Through Time | |
| "Fallen" | Rascalz | Global Warning | |
| "Top of the World" | Rascalz, Barrington Levy | ||
| 2000 | "Cobwebz" | Marvel | No Streets EP |
| 2002 | "One Shot" | Rascalz | Reloaded |
| "Fooling You" | DJ Mehdi | The Story of Espion | |
| "The Bed's Too Big Without You" | Master T | Master T's Reggae Vibes Session One | |
| 2003 | "Get Yourself High" | The Chemical Brothers | Singles 93–03 |
| "Livin' In A World Corrupt" | Various Artists | Peace Songs | |
| 2004 | "Wonderful" | The Pangea Project | The Pangea Project |
| "Blindspot" | DJ Kemo | Kemomatic | |
| 2005 | "Calling Out" | Moka Only | The Desired Effect |
| "Windsurfing Nation" | Broken Social Scene | Broken Social Scene | |
| "Love Song Remix" | Leeroy | Le 1er Coup De Massure | |
| 2006 | "Mushaboom (K-os mix)" | Feist | Open Season |
| 2007 | "Follow Me-Flip" | Marvel | No Streets (Just the World) |
| 2008 | "Them Kids (K-OS Remix)" | Sam Roberts | Love at the End of the World |
| "Blinded By The Sun" | Gym Class Heroes | The Quilt | |
| 2009 | "Ice (K-OS Remix)" | Lights | The Ice Pack EP |
| 2010 | "Robot Kid" | Rich Kidd | We on Some Rich Kidd Shiiiit Volume 4: The Boiling Point |
| 2012 | "Doorite" | Saukrates, Nickelus F | Season One |
| 2013 | "Pyramids in the Sand" | Maestro Fresh Wes | Orchestrated Noise |
| "Intro: Lost" | Shad | Flying Colours | |
| 2014 | "Jessica" | Tre Mission | Stigmata |
| Year | DVD | CRIA certifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Publicity Stunt
| Platinum [10] |
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