The following is the discography of American musician Babyface.
Albums Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B AUS N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: The Day: JPNPeak chart positions for albums in Japan: All releases except as noted below: Love, Marriage & Divorce: NLD NZ UK UK R&B Lovers Released: October 7, 1986 Label: SOLAR — 28 — — — — — — — Tender Lover Released: July 7, 1989 Label: SOLAR/Epic 14 1 143 — — — — — — RIAA: 3× Platinum For the Cool in You Released: August 24, 1993 Label: Epic 16 2 46 — — — 49 — — RIAA: 3× Platinum MC: Gold The Day Released: October 29, 1996 Label: Epic 6 4 14 24 17 10 12 34 — RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold MC: Platinum RIAJ: Gold BPI: Silver Christmas with Babyface Released: October 27, 1998 Label: Epic 101 34 — — 41 — — — — RIAJ: Gold Face2Face Released: September 11, 2001 Label: Arista 25 8 — — 13 — — — — RIAJ: Platinum Grown & Sexy Released: July 26, 2005 Label: Arista 10 3 — — 18 — — — — Playlist Released: September 18, 2007 Label: Island/Mercury 48 7 — — 49 — — — — Love, Marriage & Divorce Released: February 4, 2014 Label: Motown 4 1 — — 73 45 — 75 7 Return of the Tender Lover Released: December 4, 2015Wilson, Angela. (2015). Exclusive: Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds Gets Candid About New Album, Regrets and Craziest Thing He's Done for Love. thesource.com. Retrieved from http://thesource.com/2016/02/13/exclusive-kenny-babyface-edmonds-gets-candid-about-new-album-regrets-and-craziest-thing-hes-done-for-love/ Label: Def Jam 39 5 — — — — — — — Girls Night Out Released: October 29, 2022 Label: Capitol 166 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes the album failed to chart.
Live albums Title Album details Chart positions Certifications US US R&B AUS JPN MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 Released: November 25, 1997 Label: Epic 106 33 141 24 RIAA: Gold MC: Gold RIAJ: Platinum
Remix albums Title Album details A Closer Look Released: November 19, 1991 Label: SOLAR/Epic The Other Side of Cool Released: October 25, 2005 Label: Sony BMG
Compilation albums Title Album details Chart positions Certifications JPN A Collection of His Greatest Hits Released: November 14, 2000 Label: Sony Music 12 RIAJ: Gold Love Songs Released: August 7, 2001 Label: Epic 93 The Essential Babyface Released: June 10, 2003 Label: Sony Music — "—" denotes the album failed to chart.
Singles Year Single Chart positions Certifications Album US USR&B* "Love Saw It" - "Love Makes Things Happen" - USAC USAdultR&B AUS NZ GER NLD SWE UK 1986 "I Love You Babe" — 8 — — — — — — — — Lovers 1987 "Lovers" — 42 — — — — — — — — "Mary Mack" — 29 — — — — — — — — 1988 "If We Try" — 65 — — — — — — — — 1989 "Love Saw It" — 1 — — — — — — — — Karyn White "It's No Crime" 7 1 — — 153 24 — — — — Tender Lover "Tender Lover" 14 1 — — 143 32 — — — 86 1990 "Whip Appeal" 6 2 36 — — — — — — — "My Kinda Girl" 30 3 — — — 41 — — — — "Love Makes Things Happen" 13 1 24 — — — — — — — Always 1992 "Give U My Heart" 29 2 — — 110 41 — — — — Boomerang 1993 "For the Cool in You" 81 10 — 2 171 23 — — — — For the Cool in You "Never Keeping Secrets" 15 3 — 1 — — — — — — 1994 "And Our Feelings" 21 8 38 4 — — — — — — "Rock Bottom" — — — — 151 — — — — 50 "When Can I See You" 4 6 10 1 31 9 — — — 35 RIAA: Gold "Where Is My Love?" — 19 — 8 — — — — — — Heart, Mind and Soul "Dream Away" — 80 — — — — — — — — The Pagemaster 1995 "Someone to Love" 10 7 32 1 50 17 — — — — Bonafide 1996 "Slow Jams" 68 19 — 6 — 2 — — — — Q's Jook Joint "This Is for the Lover in You" 6 2 — 21 50 12 — 19 34 12 RIAA: Platinum The Day 1997 "Every Time I Close My Eyes" 6 5 17 1 40 8 87 93 — 13 RIAA: Platinum "How Come, How Long" — — — 15 5 9 17 2 9 10 ARIA: Platinum "Talk to Me" — — — — 155 50 — 75 — — "(Always Be My) Sunshine" 95 37 — — — 22 18 66 42 25 In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 1998 "Gone Too Soon" — — — — — — — 98 — — MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 "Fire" — — — — — — — — — — Hav Plenty "You Were There" — — — 39 — — — — — — Simon Birch 2000 "Reason for Breathing" — 59 — 5 — — — 99 — — A Collection of His Greatest Hits 2001 "There She Goes" 31 10 — 12 — — 93 — — — Face2Face "What If" 80 28 — 3 — — — — — — 2002 "I Keep Callin'" — — — 16 — — — — — — 2004 "The Loneliness" — 49 — 6 — — — — — — Grown & Sexy 2005 "Sorry for the Stupid Things" — 65 — 8 — — — — — — "Grown & Sexy" — 51 — 8 — — — — — — 2007 "Fire and Rain" — — 10 — — — — — — — Playlist "Not Going Nowhere" — — — 39 — — — — — — 2008 "Comfortable" — 76 — — — — — — — — Tha Carter III "I Need a Love Song" — 53 — 16 — — — — — — 2013 "Hurt You" — 33 — 1 — — — — — — Love, Marriage & Divorce "Where Did We Go Wrong" — — — 11 — — — — — — 2014 "Roller Coaster" — — — 17 — — — — — — 2015 "We've Got Love" — — — 15 — — — — — — Return of the Tender Lover "Exceptional" — — — 11 — — — — — — 2020 "Shoulda" — — — 16 — — — — — —Painted "He Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout It" — — — 4 — — — — — —Jam & Lewis: Volume One 2022 "No Stoppin' Us" — — — 1 — — — — — — "Keeps on Fallin'" — — — 2 — — — — — —Girls Night Out 2023 "As A Matter of Fact" — — — 1 — — — — — — 2024 "I Got You" — — — 21 — — — — — —The World Changed On Me "—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released in that country
Other appearances
Album appearances Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Slow Jams" 1995 Tamia, Portrait and Barry White Q's Jook Joint "(Always Be My) Sunshine" 1997 Jay-Z and Foxy Brown In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 "Fire" 1998 Des'ree Supernatural "Not A Game" 2004Raphael SaadiqRay Ray "If Only for One Night" 2006 So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross "Comfortable" 2008Lil WayneTha Carter III "No Place Like Home" 2010Kenny GHeart and Soul "Evergreen" 2014 Barbra Streisand Partners "Solid" 2015 Ty Dolla $ign Free TC "The Christmas Song" 2018Jessie JThis Christmas Day "Runaway" 2019Tiffany YoungLips on Lips "Kim Porter" 2023 Diddy, John Legend The Love Album: Off the Grid
Soundtrack appearances Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Well Alright" 1993 N/A Poetic Justice "Someone to Love" 1995 Jon B. Bad Boys "Sorry for the Stupid Things" 2007 N/A Why Did I Get Married?
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