Mavis Staples discography

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Mavis Staples discography
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Mavis Staples performs at the Chicago Annual Blues Festival on June 10, 2012.
Studio albums13
Live albums3
Compilation albums3
EPs1
Singles51
Soundtrack albums1
Tribute albums1

American singer Mavis Staples was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, 1939. Her initial recordings were as a member of her family group, the Staple Singers. Led by her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples the Staple Singers were major artists in gospel and soul music from 1957 to 1969. Commencing releasing albums as a solo artist in 1969, Mavis Staples has released 13 studio albums, two live albums, three compilations, one soundtrack, one EP, and 51 singles over a career spanning five decades.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
US
Gospel

[3]
US
Blues

[4]
US
Indie

[5]
BE
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
Heat
Mavis Staples
  • Released: June 16, 1969
  • Label: Volt
Only for the Lonely
  • Released: October 12, 1970
  • Label: Volt
18845
Oh What a Feeling
Time Waits for No One 79
The Voice
  • Released: August 24, 1993
  • Label: Paisley Park
Spirituals & Gospel: Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson
(with Lucky Peterson)
  • Released: November 5, 1996
  • Label: Verve
Have a Little Faith
  • Released: August 17, 2004
  • Label: ANTI-
5
We'll Never Turn Back
  • Released: April 24, 2007
  • Label: ANTI-
180992205640
You Are Not Alone
  • Released: September 14, 2010
  • Label: ANTI-
6913186478
One True Vine
  • Released: June 25, 2013
  • Label: ANTI-
671521313047
Livin' on a High Note
  • Released: February 19, 2016
  • Label: ANTI-
[upper-alpha 1] 1721410589
If All I Was Was Black
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: ANTI-
[upper-alpha 2] 1510610810
[10]
We Get By
  • Released: May 24, 2019
  • Label: ANTI-
[upper-alpha 3] 110114

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US
Gospel

[3]
US
Blues

[4]
US
Indie

[5]
Live: Hope at the Hideout
  • Released: November 4, 2008
  • Label: ANTI-
17
Live in London
  • Released: February 8, 2019
  • Label: ANTI-
232
Carry Me Home
  • Released: March 20, 2022
  • Label: ANTI-

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US
R&B

[2]
A Piece of the Action
  • Released: October 10, 1977
  • Label: Curtom
51

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Don't Change Me Now
  • Released: August 25, 1988
  • Label: Stax, Volt
Mavis Staples / Only for the Lonely
  • Released: May 3, 1993
  • Label: Stax, Volt
Mavis Staples
  • Released: December 20, 1995
  • Label: HDH

Tribute albums

TitleAlbum details
I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
  • Released: June 2, 2017
  • Label: Blackbird Presents

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US
Gospel

[3]
Your Good Fortune
  • Released: April 21, 2015
  • Label: ANTI-
10

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
[11]
US
R&B

[12]
US
Gospel

[13]
US
AAA

[14]
"Crying in the Chapel" (with the Staple Singers)1968Non-album single
"Soul-A-Lujah" (with Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas and Cleotha Staples)1969Boy Meets Girl
"Never, Never Let You Go" (with Eddie Floyd)
"Love's Sweet Sensation" (with William Bell)
"You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)" Mavis Staples
"I Have Learned to Do Without You"19708713 Only for the Lonely
"Endlessly"197230
"A Piece of the Action"197747 A Piece of the Action (Soundtrack)
"Tonight I Feel Like Dancing"197991Oh What a Feeling
"Oh What a Feeling"
"Love Gone Bad"1983Mavis Staples
"Show Me How It Works"198668 Wildcats (Soundtrack)
"Oh Happy Day" (with Aretha Franklin)1987 [upper-alpha 4] One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
"20th Century Express"1989 Time Waits for No One
"Jaguar"
"Time Waits for No One"63
"Christmas Vacation" [upper-alpha 5] Non-album single
"Melody Cool"199036 Graffiti Bridge
"The Voice"1993 The Voice
"Blood Is Thicker Than Time"
"Holding on to Your Love"1994Mavis Staples
"Step Into the Light"2004 Have a Little Faith
"Have a Little Faith"
"God Is Not Sleeping"25
"I'll Be Rested"2007 We'll Never Turn Back
"On My Way"
"Down in Mississippi"
"Waiting for My Child" (Live)2008 Live: Hope at the Hideout
"Freedom Highway" (Live)
"Wrote a Song for Everyone"2010 You Are Not Alone
"I Belong to the Band"
"Black Stars (Come Back Home)"2011Willie Henderson & Friends Again
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (with Sean Lennon, Jeff Tweedy, and the Harlem Gospel Choir)2012 [upper-alpha 6] Non-album single
"Can You Get to That"2013 One True Vine
"I Like the Things About Me"
"Your Good Fortune"2015Your Good Fortune
"Fight"
"High Note"2016 Livin' on a High Note
"Love and Trust"
"If All I Was Was Black"2017 If All I Was Was Black
"Little Bit"
"Build a Bridge"
"Ain't No Doubt About It" (featuring Jeff Tweedy)
"No Time for Cryin'" (Live)2018Live in London
"Love and Trust" (Live)2019
"Slippery People" (Live)
"Change"27 We Get By
"Anytime"
"We Get By" (featuring Ben Harper)
"I'll Be Gone" (with Norah Jones)Non-album singles
"All In It Together"2020
TitleYearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
[11]
US
Rock

[17]
US
AAA

[14]
US
Rap
Dig.

[18]
CAN
Dig.

[19]
CAN
Rock

[20]
"I'll Take You There" (Bebe & Cece Winans featuring Mavis Staples)199290 Different Lifestyles
"Build a Levee" (Natalie Merchant featuring Mavis Staples)200217 Motherland
"I Give You Power" (Arcade Fire featuring Mavis Staples)201733183940Non-album single
"Witness" (Benjamin Booker featuring Mavis Staples)29 Witness
"Let Me Out" (Gorillaz featuring Pusha T and Mavis Staples) [upper-alpha 7] 71450 Humanz
"Nina Cried Power" (Hozier featuring Mavis Staples)201813127 Wasteland, Baby!

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Gospel
Dig.

[15]
"Wrote a Song for Everyone"201014You Are Not Alone
"You Are Not Alone"2
"Every Step"201520One True Vine
"I'll Take You There (Encore)"20179Live: Hope at the Hideout

Other appearances

TitleYearAlbum
"I Ain't Particular" (William Bell and Mavis Staples)1969Girl Meets Boy
"Ain't That Good" (Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples)
"I Thank You" (William Bell and Mavis Staples)
"Hold on This Time" (William Bell and Mavis Staples)
"That's the Way Love Is" (Johnnie Taylor and Mavis Staples)
"Piece of My Heart" (Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples)
"Leave the Girl Alone" (William Bell and Mavis Staples)
"Strung Out" (William Bell and Mavis Staples)
"We Need Power" (Live) (Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples)1987 One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
"Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go" (Live) (Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, Joe Ligon and the Franklin Sisters)
"A Song for You"1991Music Of Quality And Distinction, Vol. 2
"We Will" (David Robertson featuring Mavis Staples)1994Soul Embrace
"Turn It Around"1996In Harmony with the Homeless
"Gotta Serve Somebody"1996Tangled Up in Blues:
Songs of Bob Dylan - This Ain't No Tribute
"Gonna Change My Way of Thinking" (Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples)2003Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
"When the Saints Go Marching In" (Dr. John featuring Mavis Staples)2004N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or D'Udda
"Lay My Burden Down" (Dr. John featuring Mavis Staples and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"Lightning in a Bottle: A One Night History of the Blues
"Men Are Just Like Street Cars" (Natalie Cole, Mavis Staples and Ruth Brown)
"Hard Times Come Again No More"Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
"Touch My Heart"Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck
"You Must Have That True Religion"2005I Believe to My Soul
"Keep on Pushing"
"That's Enough" (Mavis Staples and Billy Preston)
"God Is Not Sleeping" (Live)Broadcasts. Vol. 13
"Take a Look at Yourself"2006Willie Henderson & Friends Again
"Waiting for My Child to Come Home" (Mavis Staples and Patty Griffin)2009Oh Happy Day
"Respect Yourself" (Aaron Neville featuring Mavis Staples)2013Bring It on Home...The Soul Classics
"Move Along Train" (Live) (Mavis Staples and the Levon Helm Band)Love for Levon: A Benefit to Save the Barn
"Wish I Had Answered" (Mavis Staples with North Mississippi Allstars)2014Take Me to the River (Music from the Motion Picture)
"I've Been Buked" (Mavis Staples with North Mississippi Allstars)
"Lay My Burden Down" (Live)2016The Musical Mojo of Dr. John
Celebrating Mac and His Music
"The Root" (Greenleaf Main Title Theme)Greenleaf: The Gospel Companion Soundtrack, Vol. 1
"The Root" (Main Title) (Remix)2017Greenleaf: Soundtrack, Vol. 2
"Why" (Dolly Parton and Mavis Staples)2018 Dumplin' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Pulling the Pin" (Run the Jewels featuring Mavis Staples and Josh Homme)2020 Run the Jewels 4

Music videos

TitleYear
"Oh Happy Day" (Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples)1987
"Time Waits for No One"1989
"The Voice"1993
"I Like the Things About Me"2013
"If All I Was Was Black"2017
"Nina Cried Power" (Hozier featuring Mavis Staples)2018
"No Time for Cryin'" (Live)
"Love and Trust" (Live)2019
"Slippery People" (Live)

Notes

  1. Livin' on a High Note did not enter the US Billboard 200, but it did peak at number 89 on the Current Album Sales chart. [8]
  2. If All I Was Was Black did not enter the US Billboard 200, but it did peak at number 94 on the Top Album Sales chart. [9]
  3. We Get By did not enter the US Billboard 200, but it did peak at number 43 on the Top Album Sales chart. [9]
  4. "Oh Happy Day" did not enter the Hot Gospel Songs chart, but did peak at number 14 on the Gospel Digital Song Sales chart. [15]
  5. "Christmas Vacation" did not enter the Hot Gospel Songs chart, but did peak at number 19 on the Gospel Streaming Songs chart. [16]
  6. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" did not enter the Hot Gospel Songs chart, but did peak at number three on the Gospel Digital Song Sales chart. [15]
  7. "Let Me Out" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart. [21]

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