Ledisi discography | |
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Studio albums | 11 |
EPs | 1 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Live albums | 3 |
Singles | 36 |
Box sets | 1 |
American singer-songwriter Ledisi has released eleven studio albums, three live albums, one soundtrack album, one extended play, and thirty-six singles, including four as a featured artist.
In 2000, she formed her own record label LeSun Music and released her first album Soulsinger (2000), followed by Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue . In 2003, her first album was reissued as Soulsinger: The Revival on Tommy Boy Records. In the same year, she released a live extended play Ledisi and Anibade Live Recordings Vol. 1 .
In 2007, Ledisi released her third album Lost & Found on Verve Forecast; marking her first album release on a major label. The album became Ledisi's first Billboard chart entry, peaking at number seventy-eight on the US Billboard 200 and number ten on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [1] It featured the singles "Alright", "In the Morning", and "Joy"; all of which have peaked in the top-40 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs chart. [1] She released six more albums on Verve: It's Christmas (2008), Turn Me Loose (2009), Pieces of Me (2011), The Truth (2014), The Intimate Truth (2015), and Let Love Rule (2017).
In August 2020, Ledisi released The Wild Card on her own record label Listen Back Entertainment. She released her second live album Ledisi Live at The Troubadour on April 30, 2021. In July 2021, she released her tenth album Ledisi Sings Nina , followed by a live album titled Ledisi: A Night of Nina (2022). In March 2024, Ledisi released her eleventh album Good Life .
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
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US [1] | US R&B/Hip-Hop [1] | US Jazz [1] | US R&B [1] | ||
Soulsinger |
| — | — | — | — |
Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue |
| — | — | — | — |
Lost & Found |
| 78 | 10 | — | — |
It's Christmas |
| — | 28 | — | — |
Turn Me Loose |
| 14 | 1 | — | — |
Pieces of Me |
| 8 | 2 | — | — |
The Truth |
| 14 | 6 | — | 4 |
Let Love Rule [2] |
| 100 | — | — | 12 |
The Wild Card |
| — | — | — | — |
Ledisi Sings Nina [3] |
| — | — | 13 | — |
Good Life [4] |
| — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US R&B/Hip-Hop [1] | US R&B [1] | ||
Ledisi and Anibade Live Recordings Vol. 1 |
| — | — |
The Intimate Truth |
| 26 | 12 |
Ledisi Live at The Troubadour | — | — | |
Ledisi: A Night of Nina | — | — | |
Title | Album details |
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The Mahalia Jackson Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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Title | Album details |
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Turn Me Loose / It's Christmas |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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US [1] | US R&B/HH [1] | US Adult R&B [1] | ||||
"Take Time" | 2000 | — | — | — | Soulsinger | |
"Get Outta My Kitchen" | — | — | — | |||
"Good Lovin'" | — | — | — | |||
"Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue" | 2002 | — | — | — | Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue | |
"Autumn Leaves" | — | — | — | |||
"Alright" | 2007 | — | 45 | 11 | Lost & Found | |
"In the Morning" | 2008 | — | 49 | 15 | ||
"Joy" | — | 103 | 29 | |||
"Give Love on Christmas Day" | — | 113 | — | It's Christmas | ||
"Goin' Thru Changes" | 2009 | — | 43 | 15 | Turn Me Loose | |
"Higher Than This" | — | 63 | 22 | |||
"Everything Changes" | — | — | — | |||
"Pieces of Me" | 2011 | — [upper-alpha 1] | 19 | 2 | Pieces of Me | |
"So Into You" | — | — | — | |||
"Stay Together" (featuring Jaheim) | — | 23 | 4 | |||
"Bravo" | 2012 | — | 55 | 14 | ||
"I Blame You" | 2013 | — | 50 | 3 | The Truth | |
"Like This" | 2014 | — | — | 9 | ||
"Lose Control" | 2015 | — | — | 21 | ||
"High" | 2017 | — | — | 7 | Let Love Rule | |
"Add to Me" | — | — | 19 | |||
"If You Don't Mind" (featuring Kirk Franklin) | — | — | — | |||
"All the Way" | 2018 | — | — | 8 | ||
"Anything for You" | 2020 | — | — | 1 | The Wild Card | |
"Wake Up" (featuring Sa-Roc) | — | — | — | |||
"Same Love" | 2021 | — | — | 23 | ||
"Feeling Good" (featuring Metropole Orkest) | — | — | — | Ledisi Sings Nina | ||
"Home On Christmas" | 2022 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"I Need to Know" | 2023 | — | 20 | 1 | Good Life | |
"The Knowing" | — | — | — | Rustin | ||
"Sell Me No Dreams" | — | 47 | 18 | Good Life | ||
"Perfect Stranger" (featuring Kenny Lattimore) | 2024 | — | — | 17 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US Adult R&B [1] | US Dance [1] | US Jazz [1] | |||
"Breakin' It Down" (PetalPusher featuring Ledisi) | 1999 | — | — | — | Colorful You |
"Waters of March" (Sérgio Mendes featuring Ledisi) | 2008 | — | 50 | — | Encanto |
"Be Mine for Christmas" (Kem featuring Ledisi) | 2013 | 35 | — | — | What Christmas Means |
"Say Something" (Clint Holmes featuring Ledisi) | 2017 | — | — | 29 | Rendezvous |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US R&B/HH [1] | |||
"Think of You" | 2008 | 74 | Lost & Found |
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 113 | It's Christmas | |
"This Christmas (Could Be the One)" | 112 |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Negros" | 2000 | Omar Sosa | Bembon |
"Going Back to New Orleans" | 2001 | Poncho Sanchez | Latin Spirits |
"Better Than Nothing" | 2002 | Braxton Brothers, Monet | Both Sides |
"Whatcha Gonna Do" | 2003 | Frank McComb | The Truth |
"Different Times" | Raphael Saadiq, Goapele | All Hits at the House of Blues | |
"Don't Stop" | 2004 | Lateef and the Chief | Maroons: Ambush |
"Scat World" | Maysa Leak | Smooth Sailing | |
"World of Vibrations" "Black Diamonds and Pearls" | 2005 | Blackalicious | The Craft |
"White Boys" | Brandi Chavonne Massey, Shayna Steele | Hair — Actor's Fund of America Benefit Recording | |
"My Sensitivity" | Boney James | Forever, for Always, for Luther | |
"The Rain" | Oran "Juice" Jones | Def Jazz | |
"I Can't Let You Go" | 2006 | Steve Hartsman Harvey | Everyday People Project |
"To Love Again" | 2007 | Gordon Chambers | Love Stories |
"Devotion" | — | Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire | |
"Blues in the Night" | — | We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song | |
"Alright" | 2008 | — | Meet the Browns |
"The World Keeps Going Around" | Brian Culbertson | Bringing Back the Funk | |
"Then There Was You" | 2011 | Trombone Shorty | For True |
"Gonna Be Alright" | 2012 | Robert Glasper | Black Radio |
"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" | 2014 | Dr. John | Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch |
"The Christmas Song" | 2015 | Count Basie Orchestra | A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas! |
"The Sharecropper's Daughter" | 2020 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper's Daughter |
"American Heartbreak" | Black Thought | Music from the HBO Original Series Between the World and Me | |
"Be Real Black for Me" | 2021 | Brian Courtney Wilson | Still |
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It's Christmas is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi, and her first Christmas album. Released by Verve Forecast on September 23, 2008, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas songs in addition to original material. Ledisi worked with George Duke, Rex Rideout, and Luther "Mano" Hanes, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Ledisi's interpretations of the covered material. "Give Love on Christmas Day" was released as a radio single from the album.
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Let Love Rule is the eighth studio album by American musician Ledisi. It was released in September 2017 under Verve Records. The album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 60th Grammy Awards in January 2018.
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Good Life is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Ledisi. It was released on March 15, 2024, by Listen Back Entertainment, and distributed by BMG Rights Management.
The Nina and Me Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer Ledisi. After the release of Ledisi's tenth album Ledisi Sings Nina (2021), the tour was revived as the Ledisi Sings Nina Tour in July 2021. The Ledisi Sings Nina Tour also coincided with The Wild Card Tour (2021). A concert special, Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone, aired on PBS on November 28, 2020, featuring the performance recorded at Myron's Jazz Cabaret in the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 1, 2020.
The Wild Card Tour was the eighth concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her ninth studio album The Wild Card (2020).
The Intimate Truth is a live album by American singer Ledisi. It was released on January 20, 2015, by Verve Records. Recorded in July 2014, the album contains acoustic versions of songs from her seventh album The Truth (2014).
"Alright" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Ledisi for her third studio album Lost & Found (2007). It was written by Ledisi, and produced by Rex Rideout with guitar played by musician Jubu Smith. Ledisi decided that she wanted a deeper and more personal song as the third single; the song was sent by Verve Forecast to contemporary hit radio in the United States on July 3, 2007. "Alright" is a soul song about dealing with personal and financial issues as well as acceptance. The single reached the top twenty on the US Adult R&B Songs chart.
"Pieces of Me" is a song by American singer and songwriter Ledisi for her sixth studio album, Pieces of Me (2011). The song was written by Ledisi, Chuck Harmony, Claude Kelly, with the latter two producing the song. The song's lyrics are about the meaning of being a woman.
"In the Morning" is a song by American singer and songwriter Ledisi for her third studio album, Lost & Found (2007). The song was written by Ledisi and Rex Rideout, with the latter producing the song. "In the Morning" was released the second single from Lost & Found on March 18, 2008, by Verve Forecast.
"I Blame You" is a song by American singer and songwriter Ledisi for her seventh studio album, The Truth (2014). The song was written by Ledisi, Chuck Harmony, and Claude Kelly, with the latter two producing the song. The song's lyrics are about "blaming" their partner for the happiness in their life.
"Goin' Thru Changes" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Ledisi for her fifth studio album Turn Me Loose (2009). The song was released as lead single from Turn Me Loose on July 7, 2009, by Verve Forecast.