K'naan discography
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The discography of K'naan, a Somali Canadian rapper and singer, consists of five studio albums, one live album, one extended play and 22 singles (including eight as a featured performer and seven promotional releases).
Studio albums5
EPs1
Live albums1
Singles22
| K'naan discography | |
|---|---|
| |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Singles | 22 |
| Mixtapes | 4 |
| Other appearances | 1 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Album title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [1] |
AUT [2] |
FRA [3] |
MEX [4] |
SWI [5] |
UK [6] |
US [7] |
US R&B/HH [8] |
US Rap [9] | |||||||||
| What Next? (as Keinaan) |
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| My Life Is a Movie |
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| The Dusty Foot Philosopher |
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| Troubadour |
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7 | 15 | 163 | 67 | 9 | 147 | 32 | 33 | 12 | |||||||
| Country, God or the Girl |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | — | 13 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Album title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Dusty Foot on the Road | |
| iTunes Live from Montreal |
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Mixtapes
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [13] |
AUT [14] |
GER [15] |
IRL [15] |
ITA [16] |
NLD [17] |
NZ [18] |
SWI [19] |
UK [20] |
US [21] | |||||||
| 2008 | "ABCs" (featuring Chubb Rock) |
75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Troubadour | ||||
| 2009 | "Wavin' Flag" | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | |||||
| 2010 | "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)" | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 82 | |||||
| "Take a Minute" | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Bang Bang" (featuring Adam Levine) |
71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 [6] | — | ||||||
| 2012 | "Is Anybody Out There?" (featuring Nelly Furtado) |
14 | 7 | 11 | — | — | 15 | 1 | 20 | — | 92 | More Beautiful Than Silence | ||||
| "Nothing to Lose" (with Nas or with Nas and will.i.am) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Country, God or the Girl | |||||
| "Hurt Me Tomorrow" | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — |
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| 2023 | "Refugee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | NLD | UK | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | "Til We Get There" (M-1 featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | Confidential | |||||||||||
| 2008 | "Africa" (Amadou & Mariam featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | Welcome to Mali | |||||||||||
| 2009 | "L'Arme de Paix" (Oxmo Puccino featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | L'Arme de Paix | |||||||||||
| "Think of All the Things" (KRS-One & Buckshot featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | Survival Skills | ||||||||||||
| "TV in the Radio" (Wale featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | Attention Deficit | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | "In Jamaica" (Beatnick & K-Salaam featuring K'naan and Buckshot) |
— | — | — | — | Beatnick & K-Salaam Present - Where The Streets Have No Name | |||||||||||
| "Wavin' Flag" (with Young Artists for Haiti) |
1 | — | — | 89 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "Stop for a Minute" (Keane featuring K'naan) |
— | — | 35 | 40 | Night Train | ||||||||||||
| "Looking Back" (Keane featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "Tribes at War" / "Africa Must Wake Up" (Nas and Damian Marley featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | Distant Relatives | ||||||||||||
| "Tamatant Tilay / Exodus" (Herbie Hancock, Tinariwen, K'naan and Los Lobos) |
— | — | — | — | The Imagine Project | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Hip Hop Nation" (KRS-One featuring K'naan, Lina and Frank Fitzpatrick) |
— | — | — | — | Beat the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |||||||||||
| "Summer Paradise" (Simple Plan featuring K'naan) |
8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | Get Your Heart On! | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | "Mecca" (Howard Shore, Metric and K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | Cosmopolis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||||||
| "We OK" (The Very Best featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | MTMTMK | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Earth From Outer Space" (Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | All People | |||||||||||
| 2016 | "Give It up Today (If We Ruled the World)" (Tara MaQ featuring K'naan, Tink and Yasiin Bey) |
— | — | — | — | Chi-Star | |||||||||||
| 2021 | "Waayo Waayo" (Sharma Boy featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | N/a | |||||||||||
| "Somalia Somali Baa Leh" (Sharma Boy featuring K'naan) |
— | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Soobax" | The Dusty Foot Philosopher |
| "Strugglin'" | ||
| 2008 | "Dreamer" | Troubadour |
| "Somalia" | ||
| 2009 | "I Come Prepared" (featuring Damian Marley) | |
| "If Rap Gets Jealous" (featuring Kirk Hammett) | ||
| 2016 | "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" (with Snow tha Product, Riz MC and Resīdεntә) |
The Hamilton Mixtape |
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Other Artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "World Cry" | 2011 | Lloyd, R.Kelly, Keri Hilson | King of Hearts | [29] |
| "With God On Our Side" | 2012 | Chimes of Freedom | [30] | |
| "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" | 2016 | Snow tha Product, Riz MC, Resīdεntә | The Hamilton Mixtape | |
| "Belly Full" (J.PERIOD Remix) | 2020 | J.PERIOD, Kardinal Offishall, Steele, Bajah | BEST OF J.PERIOD [VOL.2] | [31] |