Common discography

Common discography
Common performing at Tufts University Spring Fling, April 2008
Studio albums	10
Compilation albums	2
Music videos	21
Singles	49

The discography of Common, an American hip hop recording artist, consists of 11 studio albums, two compilation albums, 49 singles (including 15 as a featured artist) and 29 music videos. An alphabetical list of all songs with Common can be found at List of Common songs. Common has sold more than 2.8 million albums in the US.

Common's first album Can I Borrow a Dollar? was released in 1992 and then it was followed by Resurrection which was met with critical acclaim and many call the album as a classic of the 90s. His third album One Day It'll All Make Sense had a little commercial succes, and was followed by Common's 4th studio album Like Water for Chocolate which was met with critical acclaim from music critics many calling it the best rap album of that year. The album also had commercial succes certifying Gold by the RIAA. His fifth studio album Electric Circus was met with acclaim from music critics but failed to meet the commercial succes Like Water for Chocolate had, only peaking at number 47 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2005 he was helped by Kanye West to release his 6th album Be. Kanye produced the whole album and was featured on it a few times. The album helped Common to get back into the spotlight and sold 185,000 copies in its first week debuting at number 2 on the charts and also it was Common's first album to have commercial succes outside the US, peaking in several territories. The album was met with unniversal acclaim and it was described to be Common's best album. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. His next album Finding Forever peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 being his first chart-topper. His next album Universal Mind Controll sold 81,663 in its first week debuting only at number 12. The album was promoted by the successful single "Universal Mind Control" which peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was met with mixed reviews. His next album The Dreamer/The Believer was met with positive reviews from music critics and debuted at number 18 on the charts, selling 70,000 copies in its first week and was promoted by five singles. In 2014 Common released his 10th album Nobody's Smiling which peaked at number 6 on the charts and had features from Big Sean and Vince Staples and others. In 2015 he collaborated with John Legend on the single "Glory" which peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was from the film Selma.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US [1]	US R&B [2]	US Rap [3]	CAN [4]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	IRE [7]	NL [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]
Can I Borrow a Dollar?	Released: October 6, 1992 Label: Relativity Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Resurrection	Released: October 25, 1994 Label: Relativity Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	178	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
One Day It'll All Make Sense	Released: September 30, 1997 Label: Relativity Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	61	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Like Water for Chocolate	Released: March 28, 2000 Label: MCA, Universal Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	16	5	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	165	RIAA: Gold[11]
Electric Circus	Released: December 10, 2002 Label: MCA, Universal Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	47	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Be	Released: May 24, 2005 Label: GOOD Music, Geffen Format: CD, LP, digital download	2	1	1	10	102	93	61	73	26	38	RIAA: Gold[11]
Finding Forever	Released: July 31, 2007 Label: GOOD Music, Geffen Format: CD, LP, digital download	1	1	1	10	82	92	57	58	23	35	RIAA: Gold[11]
Universal Mind Control	Released: December 9, 2008 Label: GOOD Music, Geffen Format: CD, LP, digital download	12	4	1	79	172	—	—	—	82	—
The Dreamer/The Believer	Released: December 20, 2011 Label: Think Common, Warner Bros Format: CD, LP, digital download	18	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	196
Nobody's Smiling	Released: July 22, 2014 Label: ARTium, Def Jam Format: CD, LP, digital download	6	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	138
Black America Again	Released: November 4, 2016 Label: ARTium, Def Jam Format: CD, LP, digital download	25	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	US R&B [2]
Thisisme Then: The Best of Common	Released: November 17, 2007 Label: Relativity, Legacy Format: CD, digital download	—	62
Go! - Common Classics	Released: May 11, 2010 Label: Geffen Format: CD, digital download	—	—

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Album
		US [12]	US R&B [13]	US Rap [14]	FRA [5]	NL [8]	UK [15]
"Take It EZ"	1992	—	—	5	—	—	—	Can I Borrow a Dollar?
"Breaker 1/9"		—	—^[A]	10	—	—	—
"Soul by the Pound"	1993	—	—^[B]	7	—	—	—
"I Used to Love H.E.R."	1994	—	91	31	—	—	—	Resurrection
"Resurrection"	1995	—^[C]	88	22	—	—	—
"The Bitch in Yoo"	1996	—	—	—	—	—	—	Relativity Urban Assault
"Retrospect for Life" (featuring Lauryn Hill)	1997	—	—	—	—	—	—	One Day It'll All Make Sense
"Reminding Me (Of Sef)" (featuring Chantay Savage)		—^[D]	57	9	—	—	59
"All Night Long" (featuring Erykah Badu)	1998	—	—	—	—	—	—
"One-Nine-Nine-Nine" (featuring Sadat X)	1999	—^[E]	41	4	—	—	—	Soundbombing II
"Car Horn" (featuring DJ Mark the 45 King)		—	—	—	—	—	—	N/A
"The 6th Sense"^[F] (featuring Bilal)	2000	—	87	14	—	—	56	Like Water for Chocolate
"The Light"^[F]		44	12	13	97	83
"Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)" (featuring Macy Gray)	2001	—	61	—	—	—	48
"While I'm Dancin'" (with Prime)	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	Ground Original Presents: Clambake
"Come Close"^[G] (featuring Mary J. Blige, or Erykah Badu, Pharrell and Q-Tip)		65	21	18	—	—	—	Electric Circus
"Panthers" (with Dead Prez and The Last Poets)	2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	N/A
"The Food" (featuring Kanye West and DJ Dummy)		—	—	—	—	—	—	Be
"The Corner" (featuring Kanye West and The Last Poets)	2005	—^[H]	42	—	—	—	134
"Go!"		79	31	21	—	—	79
"Testify"		—^[I]	44	—	—	—	—
"Faithful" (featuring Bilal and John Legend)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"A Dream" (featuring will.i.am)	2007	—	—^[J]	—	—	—	108	Freedom Writers soundtrack
"The People" (featuring Dwele)		—^[K]	55	—	—	—	—	Finding Forever
"The Game" (featuring DJ Premier)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Drivin' Me Wild" (featuring Lily Allen)		—	—	—	—	—	56
"I Want You" (featuring will.i.am)		—^[L]	32	21	—	—	—
"Universal Mind Control" (featuring Pharrell)	2008	62	60	13	—	—	—	Universal Mind Control
"Announcement" (featuring Pharrell)		—	94	—	—	—	—
"Ghetto Dreams" (featuring Nas)	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Dreamer / The Believer
"Blue Sky" (featuring Makeba Riddick)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sweet"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Celebrate"		—	95	—	—	—	—
"Raw (How You Like It)"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Kingdom"[16] (featuring Vince Staples)	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	Nobody's Smiling
"Speak My Piece"[17]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Diamonds"[18] (featuring Big Sean)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Glory"[19] (with John Legend)		49	18	11	—	—	62	Selma
"Real People" (with Ice Cube)	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	Barbershop: The Next Cut soundtrack
"Love Star"[20] (featuring Marsha Ambrosius and PJ)		—	—	—	—	—	—	Black America Again
"Black America Again"[21] (featuring Stevie Wonder)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Letter To the Free" (featuring Bilal)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Home" (featuring Bilal)		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Pyramids"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		US [22]	US R&B [23]	US Rap [24]	UK
"Confusion" (Just Ro featuring Common)	1996	—	—	—	—	Whatever It Takes
"The Bizness" (De La Soul featuring Common)		—^[M]	—	—	—	Stakes Is High
"Respiration" (Black Star featuring Common)	1999	—	54	6	—	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
"Full Moon" (Armand Van Helden featuring Common)	2000	—	—	—	133	Killing Puritans
"The Sun God" (Hi-Tek featuring Common and Vinia Mojica)	2001	—	77	—	—	Hi-Teknology
"In the Sun" (Shaquille O'Neal featuring Common, Black Thought and Joi)		—	—^[N]	—	—	Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1
"Dance for Me" (Mary J. Blige featuring Common)		—	—	—	13	No More Drama
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (Erykah Badu featuring Common)	2002	9	1	—	—	Brown Sugar soundtrack
"Where I'm Goin'" (Melanie Durrant featuring Common)	2003	—	—	—	—	N/A
"Wouldn't You Like to Ride" (Malik Yusef featuring Kanye West and Common)	2005	—	—	—	—	The Great Chicago Fire; A Cold Day in Hell
"SupaStar" (Floetry featuring Common)		—	55	—	—	Flo'Ology
"Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (Joss Stone featuring Common)	2007	—	64	—	—	Introducing Joss Stone
"Make Her Say" (Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West and Common)	2009	43	39	11	67	Man on the Moon: The End of Day
"Wake Up Everybody" (John Legend and The Roots featuring Common and Melanie Fiona)	2010	—	53	—	179	Wake Up!
"Favorite Song" (Colbie Caillat featuring Common)	2012	—	—	—	—	All of You
"Switch Up" (Big Sean featuring Common)	2013	—	50	—	—	Hall of Fame
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US	US R&B [25]
"The Light" (Remix) (featuring Erykah Badu)	2000	—	—^[O]	Bamboozled soundtrack
"Decision" (Busta Rhymes featuring Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common)	2009	—	—^[P]	Back on My B.S.
"The Morning" (with Raekwon, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Cyhi the Prynce, Kid Cudi and D'banj)	2012	—^[Q]	49	Cruel Summer
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other performer(s)	Album
"90 in the Red (Interlude)"[26]	1995	Chantay Savage	I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
"Interlude"[27]	1996	DJ Honda	DJ Honda
"State to State"[28]	1997	No I.D., Dug Infinite	Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album)
"Live from the DJ Stretch Armstrong Show with Your Host Bobbito the Barber"[29]	1998	Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Absolute	Lyricist Lounge, Volume One
"Maybe One Day"[30]		Brand Nubian	Foundation
"Interview 1"[31]		Kid Capri, Joe Clair	Soundtrack to the Streets
"Act Too (The Love of My Life)"[32]	1999	The Roots	Things Fall Apart
"8 Minutes to Sunrise"[33]		Jill Scott	Wild Wild West soundtrack
"Don't Come My Way"[34]		Slick Rick, Renee Neufville	Whiteboys soundtrack
"Slam Pit"[35]		The Beatnuts, Cuban Link	A Musical Massacre
"The Truth"[36]		Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli	Internal Affairs
"Thelonius"[37]	2000	Slum Village	Fantastic, Vol. 2
"The Light" (Remix)[38]		Erykah Badu	Bamboozled soundtrack
"No Competition"[39]		DJ Skribble	Traffic Jams 2000
"Reminisce"[40]	2001	Bilal, Mos Def	1st Born Second
"Embrace the Chaos"[41]		Ozomatli	Embrace the Chaos
"Missing Link"[42]		Femi Kuti	Fight to Win
"Common Free Style"[43]	2003	The RH Factor	Hard Groove
"Real Compared to What"[44]		Mýa	Moodring
"A Freestyle Song"[45]		KRS-One	D.I.G.I.T.A.L.
"Get Em High"[46]	2004	Kanye West, Talib Kweli	The College Dropout
"Revelations 3:8 Introduction"[47]		Teena Marie	La Doña
"Ghetto Show"[48]		Talib Kweli, Anthony Hamilton	The Beautiful Struggle
"Enough Beef"[49]	2005	Sway & King Tech, Royce da 5'9", Chino XL	Back 2 Basics
"My Way Home"[50]		Kanye West	Late Registration
"We Can Make It Better"[51]		Kanye West, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Rhymefest
"Back Home"[52]		Fort Minor, Styles of Beyond	The Rising Tied
"U Still Got It (Interlude)"[53]		Jamie Foxx	Unpredictable
"Nostalgia"[54]		Abstract Mindstate	Chicago's Hardest Working Mixtape Vol.2 (Project Soul)
"The Corner" (Remix)[55]	2006	Scarface, Kanye West, The Last Poets, Mos Def	My Homies Part 2
"Goodlife"[56]		T.I., Pharrell	King
"E=MC²"[57]		J Dilla	The Shining
"So Far to Go"[57]		J Dilla, D'Angelo
"The Show"[58]	2008	The Roots, Dice Raw	Rising Down
"Angel"[59]		The Game	LAX
"Do the Right Thang"[60]		Ludacris, Spike Lee	Theater of the Mind
"Decision"[61]	2009	Busta Rhymes, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend	Back on My B.S.
"Don't Charge Me for the Crime"[62]		Jonas Brothers	Lines, Vines and Trying Times
"Good Friday"[63]	2010	Kanye West, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Charlie Wilson	GOOD Fridays release
"The Morning"[64]	2012	Raekwon, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Cyhi the Prynce, Kid Cudi, D'banj	Cruel Summer
"My Way"[65]		DJ Drama, Lloyd, Kendrick Lamar	Quality Street Music
"Jesus Piece"[66]		Game, Kanye West	Jesus Piece
"XOX"[67]		Elijah Blake	Bijoux 22
"Fly Ass Pisces"[68]	2013	Cocaine 80s, Jhené Aiko	Flower of Life
"Make Something"[69]		Hit-Boy, Kent M$ney, K. Roosevelt	All I've Ever Dreamed Of
"Feel Like (Love Love)"[70]		Rapsody	She Got Game
"Quicksand"[71]		Yancey Boys, Dezi Paige	Sunset Blvd.
"Sunshine" (Remix)	2014	Wale, Rick Ross	N/A
"Wishin'"		PRhyme (Royce da 5'9" & DJ Premier)	PRhyme
"Fight or Flight" (Remix)		Lil Herb, Chance the Rapper	N/A
"Speak To Em"	2015	Lil Bibby	Free Crack 3

Videography

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)[72][73]
1992	"Take It EZ"
1993	"Breaker 1/9"
	"Soul by the Pound"	Rolando Hudson
1994	"I Used to Love H.E.R."	Chris Halliburton
1995	"Resurrection"	Nick Quested
1997	"Retrospect for Life"	Lauryn Hill
	"Reminding Me (of Sef)"	Darren Grant
1999	"One-Nine-Nine-Nine"	Betsy Blakemore
2000	"The 6th Sense"	Andrew Dosunmu
	"Heat"	Brian Meehan
	"The Light"	Nzingha Stewart
	"Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I."	Nzingha Stewart
2002	"Come Close"	Sanaa Hamri & ?uestlove
2005	"The Corner"	Kanye West
	"Go!"	Kanye West, MK12, Convert
	"Be"	Paul Hunter
	"Testify"	Anthony Mandler
2006	"A Dream"	Nabil Elderkin
2007	"The Game"	NEON
	"The People"	NEON
	"Drivin' Me Wild"	Chris Robinson
	"I Want You"	Kerry Washington, Sanji
2008	"Universal Mind Control"	Hype Williams
2009	"Universal Mind Control" (Version 2)	Katt Brown
	"Make My Day"	Josh Milowe
2011	"Ghetto Dreams"	Matt Alonzo
	"Blue Sky"	Paris
	"Sweet"	Phil the God
	"Celebrate"	Phil the God
2012	"Raw (How You Like It)"	Phil the God
2014	"Kingdom"	Hype Williams
	"Diamonds"	Jerome D
2015	"Glory"	Paramount Pictures
2016	"Real People"	Marc Wood
	"Black America Again"

Notes

A ^ "Breaker 1/9" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[74] B ^ "Soul by the Pound" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[75] C ^ "Resurrection" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[76] D ^ "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[77] E ^ "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[78] F ^ ^ "The 6th Sense" and "The Light" charted as a double A-side single in the United Kingdom. G ^ Two single versions of "Come Close" were released: the first features Mary. J Blige, and the second features Erykah Badu, Pharrell and Q-Tip. H ^ "The Corner" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[79] I ^ "Testify" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[80] J ^ "A Dream" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[81]

K ^ "The People" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[82] L ^ "I Want You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[83] M ^ "The Bizness" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[84] N ^ "In the Sun" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[85] O ^ "The Light" (Remix) did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[86] P ^ "Decision" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[87] Q ^ "The Morning" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[88]

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