Global InformationChris Brown discography information
| Chris Brown discography | |
|---|---|
 Brown performing in 2024 | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Collaborative albums | 1 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Mixtapes | 9 |
| Singles | 63 |
American R&B singer-songwriter Chris Brown has released 11 studio albums, 1 collaborative album, 1 extended play, 9 mixtapes, 63 singles (including 373 as a featured artist and guest appearances) and 29 promotional singles.
According to Billboard, Brown has the ninth most Hot 100 entries on the chart with 117.[1][2] As of December 2022, he has achieved 52 top 40 entries on the Hot 100 and 17 top 10 entries.[3] Brown is the singer with the ninth-most consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 chart (161 weeks).[4] According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), he is the 15th-best selling digital singles artist in the United States with sales of 94.5 million.[5]
Brown's self-titled debut album, Chris Brown was released on November 29, 2005; which reached at number 2 on the US Billboard 200, while charting into the top 10 on the several other music markets. It was later certified triple platinum in the United States, platinum in Australia, and gold Canada and the United Kingdom. The album's lead single, "Run It!" featuring Juelz Santana, peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending a month atop the chart. Internationally, the single charted at the top or in the top ten of several charts. Chris Brown also included the US top ten singles: "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" and "Say Goodbye"; as well as the US R&B top 5 singles: "Gimme That" featuring Lil Wayne, and "Poppin'".
Brown released his second album, Exclusive on November 6, 2007. It followed in the steps of its predecessor, reaching the top ten into the several countries. Exclusive was certified quadruple platinum in the United States, double platinum in Australia, and platinum in the United Kingdom. The album also generated the singles "Kiss Kiss" featuring T-Pain, "With You" and "Forever". In addition, it contained the top five US R&B singles: "Take You Down", and "Superhuman" featuring Keri Hilson;, which this song has reached the top 30 into several countries. The album also included the single "Wall to Wall". On December 8, 2009, Brown released his third album Graffiti; which peaked into the top 10 on the US Billboard 200. It preceded the album with the release of the lead single, "I Can Transform Ya" featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz; which the song peaked within the top 20 on several countries. "Crawl" was also released as the second single from the album.
Brown released his fourth studio album F.A.M.E. on March 22, 2011; which became his first album to reach the number one on the US Billboard 200. It was certified triple platinum in the United States, platinum in Australia and gold in Ireland. Its lead single, "Yeah 3x" has reached the top 10 into several countries. The album's second single, "Look at Me Now" featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes; which became Brown's first top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2008. F.A.M.E. has also spawned four other singles: "Beautiful People" featuring Benny Benassi, "She Ain't You", "Next to You" featuring Justin Bieber, and "Wet the Bed" featuring Ludacris. With only a mixtape cut of the single, "Deuces" featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall; has charted the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became Brown's first number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart since 2006. Brown released his fifth studio album, Fortune on July 3, 2012; which became his second number one album on the US Billboard 200. The album also spawned the US top 10 singles: "Turn Up the Music" and "Don't Wake Me Up".
Brown's sixth studio album, X was released on September 16, 2014, and was preceded by five singles: The lead single, "Fine China", reached the top ten in Australia, and was later certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). "Don't Think They Know" was released as the second single from the album, featuring the previously-unreleased vocals from a late Aaliyah. The third single, "Love More" featuring Nicki Minaj; which reached the top 10 in Australia, being certified platinum by the ARIA. "Loyal" featuring Lil Wayne was the highest-charting single from the album, giving Brown his first top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 since "Don't Wake Me Up". "Loyal" has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA. The fifth and final single from X, was titled "New Flame" featuring Usher and Rick Ross.
After releasing the mixtape Fan of a Fan together in 2010, Brown and rapper Tyga released a collaborative album in 2015, each artist's first, titled Fan of a Fan: The Album. The album reached number 7 on the Billboard 200, becoming his joint-lowest charting album since Graffiti. Fan of a Fan: The Album has spawned the single "Ayo"; which was a commercial success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, and later being certified 2× Platinum by the BPI. On October 7, 2021 Fan of a Fan: The Album was certified gold by the RIAA.
Brown's seventh studio album, Royalty was released on December 18, 2015, and was preceded by four singles: "Liquor", which subsequently peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was followed by two more singles: "Zero" and "Back to Sleep". The former peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the latter debuted at number 20. "Fine by Me", was released as the album's fourth and final single on November 27, 2015. In 2016, Royalty was certified gold by the RIAA.
In 2017, Brown released his eighth studio album, Heartbreak on a Full Moon. One week after its release Heartbreak on a Full Moon was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States, and Brown became the first R&B male artist that went gold in a week since Usher's Confessions in 2004.[6] The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
His ninth studio album Indigo was released in 2019 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 108,000 album-equivalent units, which included 28,000 pure album sales in its first week. The album is his third number-one album in the country, and included five singles: "Undecided", "Back to Love", "Wobble Up", featuring Nicki Minaj and G-Eazy, "No Guidance", featuring Drake, "Heat", featuring Gunna. On December 9, 2019 Indigo was certified platinum by the RIAA. [7] His single "Go Crazy" released the following year, alongside Young Thug as part of their collaborative mixtape Slime & B, reached number 3 on the Hot 100.[8][9][10][11][12][13] In 2022, his Indigo album spawned a sleeper hit with its song "Under the Influence", which was re-released as a single.[14]
In June 2022, Brown released his tenth studio album Breezy. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200.[15] He then released his eleventh studio album 11:11 in November 2023, and it debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 making it his 12th consecutive top-ten album in the country.[16][17][18]
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- ^ "RIAA Top Artists (Digital Singles)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "Chris Brown Scores His Seventh No. 1 Debut on Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B Charts With "HOAFM"". November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (July 8, 2019). "Chris Brown Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Indigo'". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Tops Hot 100 for 7th Week, Chris Brown & Young Thug's 'Go Crazy' Jumps to No. 3". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ @billboardcharts (May 3, 2021). "@HERMusicx's "Come Through," featuring @chrisbrown, debuts at No. 64 on this week's #Hot100" (Tweet). Retrieved May 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @billboardcharts (January 24, 2022). "@chrisbrown's "Iffy" debuts at No. 71 on this week's #Hot100" (Tweet). Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Chris Brown Announces New Single 'Iffy'". Rap-up.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ Zidel, Alex (July 9, 2020). "Chris Brown Announces New Album "Breezy"". Hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Anderson, Trevor (April 7, 2021). "Chris Brown's 'Go Crazy' Breaks 'No Guidance' No. 1 Record on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Bad Bunny Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Un Verano Sin Ti'". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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- ^ "He Did It! Chris Brown Keeps Nearly 20-Year Billboard 200 Top 10 Streak Intact with Debut of '11:11′". thatgrapejuice.net. Retrieved November 20, 2023.