Esthero discography
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Canadian singer/songwriter Esthero has released three studio albums, two extended plays, and seven singles as a lead artist. Her debut album, Breath from Another, was released with Doc McKinney in 1998.[1] The album initially unsuccessful, though it eventually managed to sell more than 110,000 copies in the US and more than 50,000 in Canada.[2] The record spawned three singles: "Breath from Another", "Heaven Sent", and "That Girl". "Heaven Sent" went into moderate rotation on MTV and peaked in the top 5 on the Hot Dance Breakouts Single Sales chart.[3][4] Breath from Another received a nomination at the 1999 Juno Awards, in the category of "Best Alternative Album."[5] However, it lost to Rufus Wainwright's eponymous debut album.[6]
| Esthero discography | |
|---|---|
Esthero in 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 3 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 7 |
| Music videos | 7 |
After her label, Work Group, was consumed by a larger label, Esthero was released from her contract;[2] in the years between her dropping from the label and the release of her next EP, she provided guest vocals for songs by a variety of artists, including Ian Pooley, Nelly Furtado, and Black Eyed Peas.[7][8][9] Her Black Eyed Peas collaboration, "Weekends," gave her her first chart entry in the US; it peaked at number 64 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart.[9] Her Ian Pooley collaboration, "Balmes (A Better Life)", was a top 75 hit on the UK Singles Chart;[7] it also gave her her first top 40 hit on the US Dance Club Songs chart.[9] She also recorded a solo song, "O.G. Bitch", which was released in 2004 and topped the US Dance Club Songs chart.[10]
In 2004, she released an EP titled We R In Need of a Musical Revolution. The EP was met with praise from critics[11][12][13] and spawned a single of the same name; the video went into rotation on MuchMusic Canada. The following year, she released her sophomore album, Wikked Lil' Grrrls, which spawned the hit single "Fastlane", which earned Esthero a second top 5 hit on the Dance Club Songs chart. After the release of the album, Esthero continued to provide guest vocals, and wrote music for other artists, including Kanye West[14] and Kidz in the Hall.[15] She finally returned with solo material in 2012 with Everything Is Expensive, which she funded using pledges from PledgeMusic.[16] The album spawned one single, "Never Gonna Let You Go", which was a minor hit in Canada, earning her her first chart entry there.[9]
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales/Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. | |||
| Breath from Another | — | ||
| Wikked Lil' Grrrls | 24 | ||
| Everything Is Expensive | 13 | ||
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Short of Breath | |
| We R in Need of a Musical Revolution! |
|
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [21] |
US Dance [21] | |||
| "Breath from Another" | 1998 | — | — | Breath from Another |
| "Heaven Sent" | — | — | ||
| "That Girl" | — | — | ||
| "O.G. Bitch"[10][22][23] | 2003 | — | 1 | Non-album single |
| "We R in Need of a Musical Revolution" | 2004 | — | — | Wikked Lil' Grrrls |
| "Fastlane" (featuring Jemeni and Jelleestone) |
2005 | — | 5 | |
| "Never Gonna Let You Go"[9] | 2012 | 72 | — | Everything Is Expensive |
| "You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch"[24] | 2017 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Baby Steps"[25] | 2019 | — | — | |
| "Gimme Some Time"[26] | — | — | ||
| "Emotional Animal"[27] | 2020 | — | — | |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [28] |
UK [7] |
US Dance [21] | |||
| "Weekends" (The Black Eyed Peas featuring Esthero) |
2000 | 93 | — | — | Bridging the Gap |
| "Balmes (A Better Life)" (Ian Pooley featuring Esthero) |
2001 | — | 65 | 35 | Since Then |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [21] | |||
| "Undertow" (Timbaland featuring The Fray and Esthero) |
2009 | 100 | Shock Value II |
| "Can You Feel It" (Timbaland featuring Sebastian (rapper) and Esthero) |
2009 | - | Shock Value II |
Other guest appearances
| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Country Livin' (The World I Know)"[29] | 1998 | Goodie Mob | Slam |
| "Final Home (vocal version)"[30] | DJ Krush | Kakusei | |
| "Song for Holly"[31] | 1999 | Esthero featuring Danny Saber | Go |
| "The Hero" | 2000 | j. englishman | Poor Lil' Rockstar |
| "Don't Wanna Be Your Slave"[32] | Michie Mee | The First Cut Is the Deepest | |
| "Priceless"[33] | Rascalz | Global Warning | |
| "Tao of Now"[34] | 2001 | Saul Williams | Amethyst Rock Star |
| "I Feel You"[8] | Nelly Furtado | Whoa, Nelly! | |
| "The Universal Quest"[35] | Lisa Lopes | Supernova | |
| "How Could I?"[36][37] | 2002 | John Forté | I, John |
| "Run for Your Life"[38] | Jarvis Church | Shake It Off | |
| "Keep the Beat"[39] | WarChild Canada | Much Dance 2003 | |
| "The Streets Where You Live"[40] | The Buried Heart Project | Women & Songs 6 | |
| "White Rabbit"[41] | 2003 | Blue Man Group | The Complex |
| "Heaven"[42] | Sugar Ray | In Pursuit of Leisure | |
| "Coming Down" | The Oddities | The Scenic Route | |
| "One Life" | Last Emperor and Poetic | Music, Magic, Myth | |
| "Summertime"[43] | 2004 | Mos Def | Mos Def Presents Medina Green |
| "Life" | Artists for WarChild Canada | Much Dance 2004 | |
| "Summer Breeze" | Onda | The Isley Brothers - Taken to the Next Phase | |
| "Too Rude"[44] | 2005 | Carmen Rizzo | The Lost Art of the Idle Moment |
| "Shine"[45] | 2006 | Boney James | Shine |
| "Another Great Love Gone By"[46] | Vikter Duplaix | Bold and Beautiful | |
| "Make U Fly"[47] | Zion I & The Grouch | Heroes in the City of Dope | |
| "Yes We Can"[48] | 2008 | will.i.am | — |
| "Street Lights"[14] | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreaks | |
| "Can You Feel It?"[49] | 2009 | Timbaland | Shock Value II |
| "Wavin' Flag" (K'naan cover)[50] | 2010 | Young Artists for Haiti | — |
| "Spaceship"[51] | Stat Quo | Statlanta | |
| "That Good"[15] | 2011 | Kidz in the Hall | Occasion |
| "Don't Pass Me By"[52]' | Spree Wilson | The Never Ending Now | |
| "21 Jump Street"[53] | 2012 | Rye Rye | — |
| "Firecracker"[54] | 2017 | Michael Bernard Fitzgerald | Yes |
| "Me & U"[55] | 2018 | Parker Lane | REPLAY |
| "Falling (Acoustic)"[56] | 2020 | Chin Injeti | — |
| "Get It"[57] | 2022 | Phlake | Phine |
| "Famous (Esthero's Version)"[58] | Michael Bernard Fitzgerald | Love Valley Rearranged (Deluxe) |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Heaven Sent" | 1998 | Philip Harder | [59] |
| "That Girl" | Patrick Hoelck | [60] | |
| "Weekends" | 2000 | Brian Beletic | [61] |
| "Balmes (A Better Life)" | 2001 | Max Zimmerman | [61] |
| "We R in Need of a Musical Revolution" | 2004 | Noble Jones | [61] |
| "Never Gonna Let You Go" | 2012 | Sean Michael Turrell | [62] |
| "Emotional Animal" | 2020 | Giovanni & Niccolo Cerretelli | [63] |