This is the discography for American singer Lalah Hathaway.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positionsUSUSR&BUSJazzUSIndie Lalah Hathaway Released: October 20, 1990 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, cassette19118—— A Moment Released: May 31, 1994 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, cassette—40—— Outrun the Sky Released: September 24, 2004 Label: Mesa/Bluemoon Formats: CD, digital download—34—— Self Portrait Released: June 3, 2008 Label: Stax Formats: CD, digital download636—— Where It All Begins Released: October 18, 2011 Label: Stax Formats: CD, digital download327—— Honestly Released: October 20, 2017 Label: Hathaway, eOne Music Formats: CD, digital download———9 VANTABLACK Released: June 14, 2024 Label: Hathaway, SoNo Recording Group Formats: CD, digital download————
Collaborative albums + List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positionsUSUSR&B USJazzUSIndie The Song Lives On (with Joe Sample) Released: April 20, 1999 Label: PRA, GRP Formats: CD, LP196532—
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positionsUSUSR&B USJazzUSIndie Lalah Hathaway Live Released: October 30, 2015 Label: Hathaway, eOne Music Formats: CD, digital download332—3
Remix albums + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions Title Details VANTABLACK: EXPANSION PACK Released: July 18, 2025 Label: Hathaway, SoNo Recording Group Formats: digital download Compilations albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Details It's Somethin' – The Virgin Years Released: September 13, 2019 Label: 90/90, Cherry Red Formats: CD, digital download
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUS US R&B US Adult R&B US DanceUK "Inside the Beat" 1987————— "Heaven Knows"1990893—3566Lalah Hathaway"Baby Don't Cry"—18——54"It's Somethin'"1991—21———"I'm Coming Back"—54———"Night & Day"—————Night & Day EP"Let Me Love You"1994—3713——A Moment"Separate Ways"—————"These Are the Things"—————"Anyone Can Be A Hero"—————Blankman OST"When Your Life Was Low"1999——20——The Song Lives On"Fever"—————"Forever, for Always, for Love"2004112371——Outrun the Sky"Better and Better"——21——"Let Go"2008—511624—Self Portrait"That Was Then"——32——"If You Want To"2011—7224——Where It All Begins"You Were Meant for Me"—8429——"Shine" (featuring DivaGeek)2013—————"Little Ghetto Boy" (solo or featuring Snoop Dogg)2015—————Live"Angel" ——1——"I Can't Wait"2017——20——Honestly"Call on Me (Remix)" (featuring Redman)2018—————"Show Me Your Soul" (with Robert Glasper)2021——26——rowspan="4" "Canvas" (with Ariza)2022—————"Now" (with Juan Winans)—————"This Christmas"(with Donny Hathaway)—————"The Energy"2023—————Vantablack"So In Love"2024——11——
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUS Gosp. US R&B US Adult R&BUS Jazz UK"Family Affair" (B.E.F. featuring Lalah Hathaway)1991————37Music of Quality and Distinction Volume Two"Love Like This" (Grover Washington featuring Lalah Hathaway)1992—31———Next Exit"One More Chance" (Art Porter featuring Lalah Hathaway)1996——36——Lay Your Hands on Me"Waiting in Vain" (Kirk Whalum featuring Lalah Hathaway)201021————Everything is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway"Every Promise" (Earnest Pugh featuring Lalah Hathaway)201223————Best of – The E Factor"Waiting in Vain" (Dianne Reeves featuring Lalah Hathaway)2014———25—Beautiful Life"Insanity" (Gregory Porter featuring Lalah Hathaway)2016——15——Take Me to the Alley"Coastin'" (Boney James featuring Lalah Hathaway)2021——17——Detour
Album appearances Year Song Album 1992 "Love Like This" Grover Washington Jr. feat. Lalah Hathaway Next Exit 1993 "It's Not Heaven If You're Not There" The Winans feat. Lalah Hathaway All Out "Round Midnight" Marcus Miller feat. Lalah Hathaway The Sun Don't Lie 1994 "I Surrender" Gerald Albright feat. Lalah Hathaway Smooth1995"Flying Easy" Pete Escovedo feat. Lalah HathawayFlying South1996"One More Chance" Art Porter feat. Lalah HathawayLay Your Hands on Me "Summer Breeze" Wayman Tisdale feat. Lalah HathawayIn The Zone 1998 "My Only" Wayman Tisdale feat. Lalah Hathaway Decisions "I Just Wanna Stop" Chris Minh Doky feat. Lalah HathawayMinh "24/7" Bread and Butter feat. Lalah Hathaway & Roy HargroveThe Adventures of Bread and Butter, Vol. 1 "Summertime" Marcus Miller feat. Lalah HathawayLive & More 1999 "All I Ask of You" Ricky Peterson feat. Lalah Hathaway Souvenir "When I'm with You" David Sanborn feat. Lalah Hathaway & Eric BenetInside "I Want You" John Tropea feat. Lalah HathawayA Simple Way to Say.. I Love You 2000 "A Simple Song" Alex Bugnon feat. Lalah Hathaway As Promised 2001 "Ghetto Heaven" Hiram Bullock feat. Lalah Hathaway Color Me 2002 "Earth" Me'shell NdegeOcello feat. Lalah Hathaway Cookie: The Anthropological "Someday We'll All Be Free" Take 6 feat. Lalah Hathaway Beautiful World 2003 "You've Got a Friend" Ken Hirai feat. Lalah Hathaway Ken's Bar "I Loves You Porgy," "Burning Down the House," "When Your Life Was Low," "People Make the World Go Round," "Killing Me Softly" (Marcus Miller feat. Lalah Hathaway) The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg 2004 "Don't Forget to Remember" Donald Lawrence feat. Lalah Hathaway & Ramsey Lewis I Speak Life 2005 "La Villette" Marcus Miller feat. Lalah Hathaway Silver Rain "Heaven" Me'Shell NdegeOcello feat. Lalah Hathaway The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel 2006 "Silent Nocturne"/"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"(Israel & New Breed feat. Lalah Hathaway A Timeless Christmas "Brazilian Rhyme" Marcus Miller feat. Lalah Hathaway Another Side Of Me: Selections Of Marcus Miller 2007 "Heaven" Mike City feat. Lalah Hathaway We Are Family 2007: Artists & Friends for Hurricane Relief "Love's Holiday" feat. Lalah Hathaway Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire "Thought You Should Know" Carl Thomas feat. Lalah Hathaway So Much Better 2008 "Ooh" Marcus Miller feat. Lalah Hathaway Marcus "Lost Without You (Spoken Words)" Marcus Miller feat. Taraji P. Henson and Lalah Hathaway Marcus 2009 "Dealing" Eric Roberson feat. Lalah Hathaway Music Fan First "A Telephone Call Away" George Benson feat. Lalah Hathaway Songs and Stories 2010 "He's Been Just That Good" Kirk Whalum feat. Lalah Hathaway The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter 3 "It's What I Do" Kirk Whalum feat. Lalah Hathaway The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter 3 "The Thrill is Gone" Kirk Whalum feat. Lalah Hathaway The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter 3 "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" Mindi Abair feat. Lalah Hathaway In Hi-Fi Stereo "You Had to Know" Kirk Whalum feat. Lalah Hathaway Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway "Come Over" Natalie Stewart feat. Lalah Hathaway Floetic Soul 2012 "Endangered Species" Esperanza Spalding feat. Lalah Hathaway Radio Music Society "My Worship" John P. Kee feat. Frank McComb, PJ Morton, Lalah Hathaway, Patrick Dopson, Maranda Curtis Willis, Lil' Mo, Le'Andria Johnson, Dathan Thigpen, Zacardi Cortez, Kim Burrell, Lowell Pye, Glenn Jones & Shelia Lakin Life and Favor "Cherish the Day" Robert Glasper feat. Lalah Hathaway Black Radio "Every Promise" Earnest Pugh feat. Lalah Hathaway The Very Best of Earnest Pugh: The E Factor "Pick Up" L.A. Players feat. Lalah Hathaway Sweet & Sexy Soul 2013 "Something" Snarky Puppy feat. Lalah Hathaway Family Dinner - Volume One "Ultimate Relationship" Donald Lawrence feat. Lalah Hathaway 20 Year Celebration, Vol. 1: Best for Last "Jesus Children" Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm-Jamal Warner Black Radio 2 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" John Stoddart feat. Lalah Hathaway Only on Christmas Day 2014 "Waiting in Vain" Dianne Reeves feat. Lalah Hathaway Beautiful Life "Sweet Baby" Al Jarreau feat. Lalah Hathaway My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke"If This World Were Mine" Ruben Studdard feat. Lalah HathawayUnconditional Love 2015 "We Are Young, Gifted & Black" Common feat. Lalah Hathaway Nina Revisited...A Tribute to Nina Simone"Nothing Like You" Kenny Lattimore feat. Lalah HathawayAnatomy of A Love Song "Momma" Kendrick Lamar (backing vocals by and sample of Lalah Hathaway) To Pimp A Butterfly "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" Kendrick Lamar (backing vocals by Lalah Hathaway) To Pimp A Butterfly "The Blacker the Berry" Kendrick Lamar (backing vocals by Lalah Hathaway) To Pimp A Butterfly "This Too Will Pass" Terri Lyne Carrington feat. Lalah Hathaway The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul "When" Kirk Franklin feat. Kim Burrell and Lalah Hathaway Losing My Religion "Spark & Tingle" Malcolm-Jamal Warner feat. feat. Lalah Hathaway Selfless 2016 "Oakland" Terrace Martin feat. Lalah Hathaway Velvet Portraits "Insanity" Gregory Porter feat. Lalah Hathaway Take Me to the Alley2017 "Made for Love" Charlie Wilson feat. Lalah Hathaway In It to Win It "Coming to Life" Esperanza Spalding feat. Lalah Hathaway Exposure2018 "Lovely Day" José James feat. Lalah Hathaway Lean On Me2019 "Reachin' 2 Much" Anderson .Paak feat. Lalah Hathaway Ventura
Soundtrack appearances Year Song Album 1994 "Anyone Can Be a Hero" Blankman Soundtrack 1996 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller, Joshua Redman) World Christmas (Special Olympics) 1998 "On My Own" (Lalah Hathaway feat. Warren Wiebe) Burt Bacharach... Applause "The Look of Love" 1999 "Looking Back on Your Love" ELT Songs from L.A. (VA) 2000 "All This Time" (Lalah Hathaway feat. Marcus Miller) Ladies Man 2003 "My Love (Holy Night)" Cover Morning Musume: Hello Project in International 2010 "Sun" For Colored Girls Soundtrack 2016 "Surrender" Hidden Figures
Music videos "Heaven Knows" "Baby Don't Cry" "Something" "Love Like This" (Grover Washington feat. Lalah Hathaway) "Let Me Love You" "Family Affair" "Let Go" "Dealing" (Eric Roberson feat. Lalah Hathaway) "Little Ghetto Boy" "Mirror" "Ghetto Boy" (Remix feat. Snoop Dogg & Robert Glasper) "I Can't Wait" "Honestly" "So In Love"
Concert DVDs The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter 3 DVD (Kirk Whalum feat. Lalah Hathaway et al.) includes the 2011 Grammy winning song "It's What I Do"
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