The discography of American rapper and record producer Sean Combs, known professionally as Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy), consists of five studio albums, two collaborative albums, one remix album and 72 singles (including 33 as a lead artist and 39 as a featured artist).
Combs began his musical career as an intern at the New York City-based record label Uptown Records. During this time, Combs served as executive producer for Mary J. Blige's first and second albums—What's the 411? (1992) and My Life (1994)—and was assigned artists and repertoire duties for R&B act Jodeci. In 1993, he was fired from Uptown Records and promptly launched his own label, Bad Boy Records shortly after. He also took a then-unknown Uptown signee, the Notorious B.I.G., along with him to Bad Boy. In August 1994, the Notorious B.I.G. released the song "Juicy"; produced by Combs and one of the label's first releases, it became one of the most influential songs in hip hop music. Combs served as the primary producer of B.I.G.'s debut studio album and the label's first LP release: Ready to Die (1994). Its critical and commercial success brought Bad Boy to the forefront of mainstream hip-hop, with Combs also producing the album's signature hits "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance".
Following B.I.G.'s success during his lifetime, Combs become widely known as his manager and hype man, leading Combs himself to debut as a lead performer with his 1996 single "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down". Prior, he made recording appearances on Super Cat's 1993 single "Dolly My Baby" and TLC's 1994 album CrazySexyCool, but predominantly acted as a record producer or backing vocalist. "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"—which also introduced Combs' next protégé Mase—proved to be commercially successful, peaking atop the Billboard Hot 100 by August of the following year, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. By this time, the Bad Boy label had signed other acts, including Faith Evans, Total, the Lox, 112, Black Rob, Craig Mack, and Carl Thomas.
In March 1997, the Notorious B.I.G. was fatally shot by an unknown assailant, prompting Combs to make his second commercial single a tribute song titled "I'll Be Missing You". Featuring guest appearances from Bad Boy acts Faith Evans and R&B group 112, the song became the first ever hip hop song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, while also peaking 15 international charts. Furthermore, it won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards and remains one of the best selling singles of all time. The song and its parent album of which it preceded, No Way Out in July 1997, have yielded Combs' furthest critical and commercial success. The album was credited to "Puff Daddy & the Family", which referred to Combs and other Bad Boy signees, who were showcased extensively.
In 1997, Combs spent the most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 of any musical act that year, with 19 weeks, and 26 when including the Combs-produced songs "Hypnotize" by B.I.G. and "Honey" by Mariah Carey. Furthermore, he became the first hip hop artist to replace himself at the position, with "Mo Money Mo Problems" replacing "I'll Be Missing You" the following week. In 1998, Combs released the singles "Victory" (featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes) and "Come with Me" (featuring Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page) for the Godzilla soundtrack, while also cultivating acts on the Bad Boy label and producing material for other artists.
Combs' second and third studio albums, Forever (1999) and The Saga Continues... (2001) were met with commercial success, albeit less than his previous work, and generally mixed reviews. By this point and onward, Combs and Bad Boy Records received criticism for being seen as the leading exploiter of the dumbing down and over-commercialization of hip hop, as well as over-reliance on guest appearances and samples of older hits. Critics would often praise the production value and catchiness, but become weary of Combs' public figure and character, citing the remarkably shallow nature of his lyrical persona, along with an overall lack of originality; many gave credence to a style over substance argument.
Combs' fourth studio album, Press Play (2006), peaked atop Billboard 200, becoming his second and final release to do so. In 2009, he formed the musical group Diddy – Dirty Money with R&B singers Kalenna Harper and Dawn Richard. They signed with Bad Boy, which was an imprint of Interscope Records at the time, as a collaborative act and released four singles—"Love Come Down", "Angels", "Hello Good Morning" (featuring T.I.), "Loving You No More" (featuring Drake)—to moderate success. Their fifth single, "Coming Home" (featuring Skylar Grey) was released in November 2010 and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The following month, their debut studio album, Last Train to Paris (2010) was released to critical and commercial success—peaking at number seven on the Billboard 200. Despite this, the trio disbanded two years later, and Combs has since admitted that the album's reception, which he deemed to be disappointing, dampened his musical inspiration for several years.https://www.billboard.com/music/features/sean-diddy-combs-love-album-cover-story-1235411304/
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUS CANPeak position for Press Play on Canadian Albums Chart: FRA GER NLD NZ SWE SWI UKPeak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom: All except The Saga Continues...: The Saga Continues...: No Way Out Released: July 22, 1997 (US) Label: Bad Boy, Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 1 17 1 18 2 6 12 6 1 8 US: 7,000,000 RIAA: 7× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: 6× Platinum NVPI: Gold SNEP: Gold Forever Released: August 24, 1999 (US) Labels: Bad Boy, Arista Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 2 17 4 14 4 26 — 40 7 9 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Gold The Saga Continues... Released: June 19, 2001 (US) Labels: Bad Boy, Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 2 — 19 14 14 85 — — 43 89 BPI: Silver MC: Gold Press Play Released: October 17, 2006 (US) Labels: Bad Boy, Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, digital download 1 41 17 31 32 58 — 46 9 11 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold The Love Album: Off the Grid Released: September 15, 2023 Labels: Love Formats: LP, digital download, streaming 19 — 56 — — — — — 57 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Collaboration albums + List of collaboration albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US CAN FRA GER SWI UK Last Train to Paris Released: December 14, 2010 (US) Labels: Bad Boy, Interscope Formats: CD, LP, digital download 7 67 194 52 61 24 US: 270,000 11 11(with Guy Gerber) Released: August 20, 2014 (worldwide) Label: Rumors Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Remix albums + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS CAN FRA NLD NZ SWI UK We Invented the Remix Released: May 14, 2002 (US) Labels: Bad Boy, Arista Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 1 36 8 42 50 37 56 17 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US R&B US RapMMM (Money Making Mitch) Released: November 4, 2015 Label: Bad Boy, Epic Formats: CD, LP, digital download 45 23
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US "Gotta Move On": AUSPeak chart positions for singles in Australia: All except noted: "Hello Good Morning": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)": "Hate Me Now", "P.E. 2000", "Notorious B.I.G.", "Last Night" and "Hello Good Morning": CANPeak chart positions for singles in Canada: "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", "I'll Be Missing You", "Been Around the World" and "Come with Me": "Shake Ya Tailfeather": "Last Night", "Hello Good Morning", "Coming Home" and "Another One of Me": FRA GERPeak chart positions for singles in Germany: All except "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", "I'll Be Missing You", "Been Around the World", "Victory", "Come with Me", "P.E. 2000", "Satisfy You", "Best Friend", "Mo Money Mo Problems", "Notorious B.I.G.", "Hate Me Now" and "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", "I'll Be Missing You", "Been Around the World", "Victory", "Come with Me", "P.E. 2000", "Satisfy You", "Best Friend", "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "Notorious B.I.G.": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "Hate Me Now": NLDPeak chart positions for singles in The Netherlands: "I'll Be Missing You", "It's All About the Benjamins (Remix)", "Been Around the World", "Come with Me", "Satisfy You", "Bad Boy for Life" and "I Need a Girl (Part One)/I Need a Girl (Part Two)", "Tell Me" and "Last Night": "Shake Ya Tailfeather": "Coming Home": "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "Nasty Girl": "Bump, Bump, Bump": "I Don't Wanna Know": "Hate Me Now": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": NZPeak chart positions for singles in New Zealand: All except "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)" and "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": SWEPeak chart positions for singles in Sweden: All except "Hate Me Now" and "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "Hate Me Now": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": SWIPeak chart positions for singles in Switzerland: All except "Hate Me Now" and "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "Hate Me Now": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": UKPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: All except "Ass on the Floor", "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" and "Breathe, Stretch, Shake": "Ass on the Floor": "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)": "Breathe, Stretch, Shake": "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"(featuring Mase) 1997 1 27 1 — 23 59 11 — 37 19 RIAA: 2× Platinum No Way Out "I'll Be Missing You"(with Faith Evans, featuring 112) 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum BVMI: 3× Platinum IFPI SWE: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum NVPI: 2× Platinum RMNZ: 3× Platinum SNEP: Gold "It's All About the Benjamins" (Remix)(featuring The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim and The LOX) — — — — — 25 — 51 — 18 "Been Around the World"(featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase) 2 48 2 — 41 22 3 22 39 20 RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Victory"(featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes) 1998 19 — — — 67 — 19 — — — RIAA: Gold "Come with Me"(featuring Jimmy Page) 4 10 7 8 3 8 3 12 2 2 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver BVMI: Platinum IFPI SWE: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold RMNZ: Gold SNEP: Silver Godzilla: The Album "P.E. 2000"(featuring Hurricane G) 1999 — 79 — — 14 42 27 — 24 13 Forever "Satisfy You"(featuring R. Kelly) 2 31 — 19 2 4 — 38 6 8 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold "Best Friend"(featuring Mario Winans) 2000 59 — — 50 35 52 — — 44 24 "Let's Get It"(with G. Dep, featuring Black Rob) 2001 80 — — — — — — — — — The Saga Continues... and Child of the Ghetto "Bad Boy for Life"(featuring Black Rob and Mark Curry) 33 20 — — 6 17 — 32 20 13 BPI: Silver