Queen Latifah discography

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Queen Latifah discography
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Studio albums7
Compilation albums3
Singles23

Queen Latifah is an American rapper, jazz/blues singer, and actress. Born Dana Owens, she has released seven studio albums, six of which were hip hop-influenced albums and two that were all-singing jazz-influenced albums. She has released a total of twenty-three singles as well. She has been given the title the "Queen of Jazz Rap". [1]

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Latifah released two albums, All Hail the Queen and Nature of a Sista , before breaking through with her 1993 album Black Reign . Black Reign received a gold certification in the United States, reaching number 60 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and number 15 on the US R&B chart. The album has sold 491,000 copies in the United States. [2] After a five-year hiatus, she released Order in the Court on June 16, 1998. The album was a disappointment, selling only 100,000 copies in the United States. [3] After, Latifah released a greatest hits compilation entitled She's the Queen: A Collection of Hits.

Latifah once again found success in 2004 with her fifth studio album, The Dana Owens Album . The album was a success, charting at number 16 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. In 2007, Latifah released her sixth studio album, Trav'lin' Light through Flavor Unit/Verve Records. In 2009, Latifah released her seventh album, Persona through Flavor Unit/Universal Records.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
US
[4]
US
R&B
/HH

[5]
US
Jazz

[5]
All Hail the Queen 1246
Nature of a Sista
  • Released: September 3, 1991
  • Label: Tommy Boy
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
11732
  • US: 273,000 [3]
Black Reign
  • Released: November 16, 1993
  • Label: Flavor Unit, Motown
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
6015
  • US: 491,000 [2]
Order in the Court
  • Released: June 16, 1998
  • Label: Flavor Unit, Motown
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9516
  • US: 100,000 [3]
The Dana Owens Album
  • Released: September 28, 2004
  • Label: Flavor Unit, A&M, Universal, Vector
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette, digital download
1611
  • US: 730,000 [7]
  • RIAA: Gold [6]
Trav'lin' Light
  • Released: September 25, 2007
  • Label: Flavor Unit, Verve
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette, digital download
1161
  • US: 263,000 [7]
Persona
  • Released: August 25, 2009
  • Label: Flavor Unit/Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
253
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums
TitleAlbum detailsSales
She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits
  • Released: December 10, 2002
  • Label: Flavor Unit, Motown
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • US: 10,000 [3]
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Queen Latifah
  • Released: March 22, 2005 [8]
  • Label: Hip-O, Motown, Chronicles, UMe
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hip-Hop Hits

Group albums

List of group albums
TitleAlbum details
The 45 King Presents The Flavor Unit
(compilation – as part of Flavor Unit)
  • Released: July 1, 1991 [10]
  • Label: Tuff City
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Roll wit tha Flava
(compilation – as part of Flavor Unit)
  • Released: May 4, 1993 [11]
  • Label: Epic/Flavor Unit
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Flavor Unit 10th Anniversary, Vol. 1
(compilation – as part of Flavor Unit)
  • Released: March 7, 2000 [12]
  • Label: Flavor Unit
  • Formats: CD
100% Hater Proof
(as part of The Unit)
  • Released: October 8, 2002 [13]
  • Label: EMI/Flavor Unit
  • Formats: CD

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative albums
TitleAlbum details
Queen Latifah and the Original Flavor Unit
(compilation — with the Original Flavor Unit)
  • Released: June 18, 1996 [14]
  • Label: Ol' Skool Flava
  • Formats: CD (re-issue), LP

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles and selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[15]
US Dance
[16]
US R&B
[17]
US Rap
[18]
US AC
[19]
EUR
[20]
NZ
[21]
UK
[22]
UK Dance
[22]
UK R&B
[22]
"Wrath of My Madness/Princess of the Posse"1988All Hail the Queen
"Dance for Me/Inside Out"198914
"Ladies First"
(featuring Monie Love)
38645
"Come Into My House/Ladies First"199078121
"Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"
(featuring De La Soul)
283714
"Fly Girl/Nature of a Sista'"1991 [a] 16193767Nature of a Sista'
"Latifah's Had It Up 2 Here/That's the Way We Flow" [b] 138
"How Do I Love Thee"19921932
"U.N.I.T.Y."199323 [c] 721574Black Reign
"Just Another Day..."199454 [d] 3711
"Black Hand Side" [e] 2920
"Weekend Love"7038
"I Can't Understand"
"Mr. Big Stuff"
(with Shades and Free)
199731 The Associate Soundtrack
"It's Alright"
(featuring Lil' Mo)
77 [f] 31862527 Nothing to Lose Soundtrack and Order in the Court
"Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)"
(featuring Apache)
19982Order in the Court'
"Paper"
(featuring Pras)
5023
"Everywhere You Go"
(featuring Sara Jane) [g] [24]
2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen? Soundtrack
"Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children" (re-issue)
(featuring De La Soul) [25]
2006Non-album single
"Poetry Man"2007 [h] 23Trav'lin' Light
"I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" [27]
"Champion" [28] 2008 AT&T Team USA Soundtrack
"Ting-A-Ling (Refix)"
(with Alborosie and Shabba Ranks) [29]
Non-album single
"Cue the Rain" [30] 2009Persona
"Walk the Dinosaur"
(from Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ) [31]
Non-album singles
"The Star-Spangled Banner" [32] 2015
"Ladies First" (re-issue)
(featuring Monie Love) [33]
2019
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[15]
US Dance
[16]
US R&B
[17]
US Rap
[18]
AUS
[34]
GER
[35]
IRE
[36]
NLD
[37]
NZ
[21]
UK
[22]
"Buddy"
(De La Soul featuring Q-Tip, Queen Latifah, Monie Love and Jungle Brothers)
1989271827 3 Feet High and Rising
"Woman for the Job"
(Sly and Robbie featuring Queen Latifah) [38]
Silent Assassin
"Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa)"
(as part of Hip-Hop Against Apartheid) [39]
1990Non-album single
"Fame '90"
(David Bowie featuring Queen Latifah)
612853611163228Non-album single
"Find a Way"
(Coldcut featuring Queen Latifah)
8552Some Like It Cold
"Doin' Our Own Dang"
(Jungle Brothers featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, Monie Love & De La Soul)
4033 Done by the Forces of Nature
"Miss My Love"
(Gwen Guthrie featuring Queen Latifah)
27Hot Times
"Heal Yourself"
(as part of H.E.A.L. Human Education Against Lies) [40]
1991Civilization Vs. Technology
"For the Love of Money/Living for the City"
(Troop and LeVert featuring Queen Latifah)
12 New Jack City Soundtrack
"What'cha Gonna Do?"
(Shabba Ranks featuring Queen Latifah)
1992 [i] 621421 X-tra Naked
"Roll wit tha Flava"
(as part of Flavor Unit MC's)
199386513Roll wit tha Flava
"So Tough"
(Freddie Foxxx featuring Queen Latifah)
199432Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other collaborations

In 2009, Latifah, along with the Jubilation Choir, recorded the title track on the album Oh Happy Day , covering the song the Edwin Hawkins Singers made popular in 1969. [41]

In 2011, Latifah was featured on the track "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" on Tony Bennett's Duets II . The song won a Grammy for arrangement.

Soundtrack album contributions

Notes

  1. "Fly Girl" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 28 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]
  2. "Latifah's Had It Up 2 Here" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 21 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]
  3. "U.N.I.T.Y." did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 1 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]
  4. "Just Another Day..." did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 9 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]
  5. "Black Hand Side/Weekend Love" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 18 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]
  6. "It's Alright" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 26 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]
  7. "Everywhere You Go" was released as a split single with "**** What They Say" by Snoop Dogg.
  8. "Poetry Man" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 36 on the Adult R&B Airplay. [26]
  9. "What'cha Gonna Do?" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 9 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales. [23]

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