American singer Erykah Badu has released five studio albums, one collaborative album, one live album, one compilation album, one mixtape, 31 singles (including 13 as a featured artist), three promotional singles and 20 music videos. Badu's career began after opening a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in her hometown; record label executive Kedar Massenburg was highly impressed with her performance and signed her to Kedar Records. Her debut album, Baduizm, was released on February 11, 1997. It spawned three singles: "On & On", "Next Lifetime", and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Badu's first live album, Live, was released on November 18, 1997, and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA.

Badu's second studio album, Mama's Gun, was released on October 31, 2000. It spawned three singles: "Bag Lady", "Didn't Cha Know", and "Cleva". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. Badu's third album, Worldwide Underground, was released on September 16, 2003. It generated two singles: "Danger" and "Back in the Day (Puff)". The album was certified gold by the RIAA. Badu's fourth studio album, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), was released on February 26, 2008. It spawned two singles: "Honey" and "Soldier". New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was released in 2010 and fared well both critically and commercially.

Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US US R&B/HH AUT FRA GER NL NOR SWE SWI UK Baduizm Released: February 11, 1997 Label: Kedar, Universal Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 2 1 — — — 32 26 7 — 17 US: 2,800,000 RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum Mama's Gun Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Motown Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 11 3 56 42 42 7 20 19 33 76 US: 1,400,000 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Gold NVPI: Gold Worldwide Underground Released: September 16, 2003 Label: Motown Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 2 64 — 57 42 9 7 32 93 US: 609,000 RIAA: Gold New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) Released: February 26, 2008 Label: Universal Motown Formats: CD, LP, digital download 2 2 39 49 44 25 13 5 10 55 US: 359,000New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) Released: March 30, 2010 Label: Universal Motown Formats: CD, LP, digital download 4 2 38 77 61 66 14 21 18 56 Before the World Blows Released: August 28, 2026 Label: Control Freaq, Young Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — 50 —

Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B/HH NL UK Live Released: November 18, 1997 Label: Kedar Formats: CD, LP, Cassette 4 1 5 195 RIAA: 2× Platinum NVPI: Platinum

Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peaks US R&B/HH Icon Released: August 31, 2010 Label: Universal Format: CD 32

Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US US R&B/HH BEL (FL) CAN But You Caint Use My Phone Released: November 27, 2015 Label: Motown, Control Freaq Formats: LP, digital download 14 2 153 96

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 USR&B/HH USR&B/HHAirplay USAdultR&B CAN NL NZ UK "On & On" 1996 12 1 1 2 — — 44 12 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold Baduizm "Next Lifetime" 1997 — — 1 1 — 100 40 30 "Otherside of the Game" — — 14 2 — — — — "Appletree" — — 30 23 — — — 47 "Tyrone" — — 1 1 — 19 — — Live "Southern Gul" 1999 76 24 40 — — — — — Make the Music 2000 "Bag Lady" 2000 6 1 2 2 6 93 — — Mama's Gun "Didn't Cha Know" — 28 26 6 — 99 — — BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum "Cleva" 2001 — 77 71 20 — — — — "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" 2002 9 1 1 4 — — — — Brown Sugar and Worldwide Underground "Danger" 2003 82 27 28 — — — — — Worldwide Underground "Back in the Day (Puff)" — 62 62 13 — — — — "Honey" 2007 88 22 22 5 — — — — New Amerykah Part One(4th World War) "Soldier" 2008 — — — 31 — — — — "The Healer" — — — — — — — — "Window Seat" 2010 95 16 16 1 — — — — New Amerykah Part Two(Return of the Ankh) "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)" — 87 — 22 — — — — "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" 2011 — — — — — — — — "Tempted" 2019 — — — — — — — — The Photograph (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) "3:AM" 2024 — — — — — — — — Please Don't Cry "Next to You" 2025 — — — — — — — — "Witch Doctor" 2026 — — — — — — — — Before the World Blows "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USPeak chart positions for singles as featured artist in the United States: "You Got Me": US R&B/HHPeak chart positions for singles as featured artist on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the United States: "You Got Me": "Q.U.E.E.N.": CANPeak chart positions for singles as featured artist in Canada: "Sweet Baby": FRA GER NL NZ SWI UK "All Night Long" 1998 — — — — — — — — — One Day It'll All Make Sense "One" — — — — — — 17 — 23 When Disaster Strikes... "You Got Me" 1999 39 11 — 28 25 46 37 15 31 BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold Things Fall Apart "The Light" (Remix) 2000 — — — — — — — — — Bamboozled: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Sweet Baby" 2001 — — 16 — — 80 12 36 23 The Id "Come Close Remix (Closer)" 2003 — 86 — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "I C U (Doin' It)" — 89 — — — — — — — "Poetry" — — — — — — — — — Hard Groove "Bandy Bandy" 2004 — — — — — — — — — Ancestry in Progress "That Heat" 2006 — — — — — — — — — Timeless "Get Live" — — — — — — — — — The Healing "The Heart Gently Weeps" 2007 — — — — — — — — — 8 Diagrams "See Thru to U" 2012 — — — — — — — — — Until the Quiet Comes "Q.U.E.E.N." 2013 — 47 — — — — — — — The Electric Lady "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peaks Album US R&B/HH "Your Precious Love" 1996 83 High School High: The Soundtrack "The Blast" (Remix) 2001 — "Poetry" 2003 — Hard Groove "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album USAdultR&B BEL(FL)Tip JPN For "Afro Blue": KOR Int. For "Fall in Love (Your Funeral)": "Fall in Love (Your Funeral)" 2010 — — — 79 New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) "Afro Blue"() 2012 — — 42 — Black Radio "Phone Down" 2015 10 91 — — But You Caint Use My Phone

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "A Child with the Blues" 1997 Terence Blanchard Eve's Bayou: The Collection "A Child with the Blues" (Izm Mix) "Funky Nassau" 1998 Joe Morton, Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Paul Shaffer, The Blues Brothers Band Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Liberation" Outkast Aquemini "Ye Yo" Hav Plenty "No More Trouble" 1999 Bob Marley Chant Down Babylon "Hollywood" 2000 Bamboozled: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Plenty" Guru Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul "Humble Mumble" Outkast Stankonia "Be Thankful" 2001 Omar Best by Far "Today (Earth Song)" Red Star Sounds Volume One: Soul Searching "Aquarius" 2002 Common, Bilal Electric Circus "Jimi Was a Rock Star" Common "Heaven Somewhere" Common, Omar, Cee-Lo, Bilal, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, Lonnie "Pops" Lynn "Akai Inochi" 2004 Misia Mars & Roses "Searching" Roy Ayers Mahogany Vibe "Searching" (Extended Version) "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" "Ain't No Mistaken (Danger Part II)" 2006 Big Tuck Tha Absolute Truth "Fly Away" 2007 Sa-Ra, Georgia Anne Muldrow The Hollywood Recordings "Hold On" Pharoahe Monch Desire "Foreword" Jay Electronica, Just Blaze Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) "Vibrate On" 2009 Girlfriends: The Soundtrack "Dirty Beauty" Sa-Ra Creative Partners Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love "Maybach Music III" 2010 Rick Ross, T.I., Jadakiss Teflon Don "Silly" David Banner, 9th Wonder Death of a Pop Star "20 Feet Tall" (Remix) 2011 9th Wonder, Rapsody The Wonder Years "Afro Blue" 2012 Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio "Hey Shooter" Rocket Juice & the Moon Rocket Juice & the Moon Dam(n) Rocket Juice & the Moon, M.anifest "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends "Drivin Round" Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Masta Killa, GZA Wu Block "Heaven for the Sinner" 2013 Bonobo The North Borders "Cure" Papoose The Nacirema Dream "Treehome95" Tyler, The Creator, Coco O Wolf "Rememory" 2015 Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment Surf "Maiysha (So Long)" 2016 Miles Davis, Robert Glasper Everything's Beautiful "WiFi" DRAM Big Baby D.R.A.M. "Lowkey" 2020 Teyana Taylor The Album "Yun" 2022 RM Indigo "F.U." 2024 Jamie xx In Waves (Deluxe) "On Me" Lekan So You Know

Other credits Title Year Artist Album Credit "The 'Notic" 1997 The Roots featuring D'Angelo Men in Black: The Album Vocals "Liberation" 1998 Outkast Aquemini Additional vocals

Music videos

As lead artist + List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "On & On" 1997 Paul Hunter "Next Lifetime" Erykah Badu and Troy Montgomery "Other Side of the Game" Erykah Badu "Tyrone (live) 1998 Erykah Badu and J. Kevin Swain "Bag Lady" 2000 Erykah Badu "Didn't Cha Know" 2001 "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)" 2002 Erykah Badu and Chris Robinson "Honey" 2008 "Jump Up in the Air and Stay There" 2010 Erykah Badu "Window Seat" Coodie & Chike "Window Seat Part II" Erykah Badu "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" 2011 Flying Lotus "Fall in Love (Your Funeral)" (in-studio performance) "Out My Mind, Just in Time (Movement I)" Erykah Badu "Out My Mind, Just in Time (Movement II)" "Witch Doctor" 2026Ayinde Anderson

As featured artist + List of music videos as featured artist, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "You Got Me" 1999 Charles Stone III "Bandy Bandy" 2005 Bill Fishman "That Heat" 2006 Syndrome and Nabil Elderkin "Western Esotericism" 2012 George Salisbury "Q.U.E.E.N." 2013 Alan Ferguson

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