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Michelle Williams discography
Williams performing during J&R's Musicfest in New York City, in 2008.
Studio albums4
Soundtrack albums1
Compilation albums1
Singles10
Music videos16

American recording artist Michelle Williams has released four studio albums, one compilation album and ten singles.

Williams' began her career in 1999 as a backing vocalist for Grammy Award-winning R&B recording artist Monica and in 2000 a member of one of the best-selling American bands of all time, Destiny's Child, who have sold approximately 60 million records worldwide.[1] She released her first solo album Heart to Yours (2002), during the hiatus of Destiny's Child, making her the first member of the band to do so. The album topped the US Gospel Albums chart, and peaked at number eleven on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and fifty seven on the Billboard 200.[2][3][4] The album won Williams an award for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2002 MOBO Awards and spawned the single "Heard a Word" which was featured on the platinum-certified WOW Gospel 2003 compilation album.[5][6] As of 2004, Heart to Yours has sold over 203,000 copies in the US.[7]

In 2004, after making her on-stage acting debut the previous year in the Broadway musical Aida, Williams released her second studio album Do You Know which peaked at number two on the Gospel Albums chart, number three on the Christian Albums chart and number twenty-eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[8][9] Do You Know gained Williams a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards and spawned a same-titled single which was included on Destiny's Child: Live in Atlanta.[10][11] As of 2008, Do You Know has sold over 78,000 copies in the US.[9]

Williams' third album and pop debut Unexpected (2008) debuted at number forty-two and eleven on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively.[3][4] Unexpected also spawned the singles "We Break the Dawn", which topped the US Hot Dance Airplay chart and was a moderate top 50 success in the UK and Hungary;[12] "The Greatest", which topped the US Dance chart; and "Hello Heartbreak". "The Greatest" is ranked number thirty-nine on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs decade-end (2000-2009) chart.[13][14] As of 2013, Unexpected has sold over 34,000 copies in the US.[15] In 2011, Williams gained her third top 20 hit on the US Dance chart when Ultra Naté released a joint collaboration with her titled "Waiting on You", which peaked at number eleven.[16]

In 2014, Williams released her fourth studio album Journey to Freedom which debuted at number twenty-nine on the Billboard 200 and became her second number two debut on US Gospel Albums; featuring the singles "If We Had Your Eyes", which reached the top 20 of the US Adult R&B Songs chart; "Fire" and ""Say Yes", which topped the US Hot Gospel Songs chart for seven weeks.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] "Say Yes" also appeared on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs year-end charts for two consecutive years, at number seven and twenty-three in 2014 and 2015, respectively.[24][25] In 2019, Billboard ranked "Say Yes" number fifty on the decade-end (2010-2019) Hot Gospel Songs chart.[26]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[4] 		US
R&B
/HH
[3] 		US
Gospel
[2] 		US
Christ.
[27] 		US
Indie
[28] 		UK
Christ.
[29] 		UK
R&B
[30]
Heart to Yours 57 17 1 3 — — —
  • World: 500,000[32]
  • US: 203,000 (as of 2004)[7]
Do You Know
  • Released: January 26, 2004
  • Labels: Sanctuary, Columbia (#5151152000)[33]
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 120 28 2 3 — — —
  • US: 72,000 (as of 2008)[9]
Unexpected
  • Released: October 7, 2008
  • Labels: Music World, Columbia (#88697357022)[34]
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 42 11 — — — — 38
  • US: 34,000 (as of 2013)[15]
Journey to Freedom
  • Released: September 9, 2014
  • Labels: Light, E1 Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 29 — 2 — 7 6 —

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title[35] Album details[36]
Heart to Yours /
Do You Know
  • Released: October 31, 2006
  • Labels: Sanctuary, Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

As a lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Bub.
[37] 		US
Dance
[16] 		US
Gospel
[38] 		US
Adult R&B
[39] 		FRA
[40] 		HUN
[12] 		NLD
[41] 		UK
[42] 		UK
Indie
[43] 		UK
R&B
[44]
"Heard a Word" 2002 — — — — — — — — — — Heart to Yours
"Do You Know" 2004 — — — — — — — — — — Do You Know
"We Break the Dawn" 2008 — 4 — — — 38 — 47 — — Unexpected
"The Greatest" — 1 — — — — — — — —
"Hello Heartbreak" — —[A] — — — — — — — —
"Waiting On You"
(with Ultra Naté) 		2011 — 11 — — — — — — — — Hero Worship
"If We Had Your Eyes" 2013 — — 22 19 — — — — — — Journey to Freedom
"Fire" — — — — — — — — — —
"Say Yes"
(featuring Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland) 		2014 9 — 1 — 90 — 114 106 8 15
"Believe in Me" 2015 — — — — — — — — — —
"Fearless"[46][47] 2018 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Prayer Song"
(Kim Burrell featuring Michelle Williams, Musiq Soulchild, Krishnar Lewis, James Hall, Lil' Mo & Tye Tribbett)[48] 		2010 Non-album single
"Simply Amazing"
(Todd Dulaney featuring Michelle Williams)[49] 		2011 Non-album single
"On the Run"
(Electric Giant Beatz featuring Michelle Williams)[50][51] 		Non-album single

Soundtrack and promotional singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Sun Will Shine Again"[52] 2002 Heart to Yours
"Let's Stay Together" 2005 Roll Bounce
"Love Gun"[53][54] 2011 Non-album single

Other charted songs

List of non-single songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Albums
KR
Gaon
[55] 		US
R&B Digital Songs
[56]
"You Changed"
(Kelly Rowland featuring Beyoncé & Michelle Williams) 		2013 20 16 Talk a Good Game

Album appearances

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Will You Still Love Me?"[57] 2003 Urban Knights
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Urban Knights 5
"Interlude (Spoken)"[58][59] 2004 Ramiyah
(with Michelle Williams) 		Ramiyah
"Let's Stay Together (The Remix King Soul Mix)"[60] 2005 Michelle Williams Boogie Oogie Oogie
(single by Brooke Valentine)
"Do You Know (Live in Atlanta)"[61][62] 2007 Michelle Williams Spirits Rising Vol. 1 & 2
"New Song"[63] 2009 Jeannette Bayardelle
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Transferable
"By Your Side"[64] Kanye West & Malik Yusef
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night
"Katya"[65] 2011 Idle Warship
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Habits of the Heart
"Ocean Blue"[66] 2016 Papa San
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Journey
"Southern Belle"[67][68] 2017 Sir the Baptist
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Saint or Sinner

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Artist(s) Movie
"More Like You"[69] 2010 Deitrick Haddon & Voices of Unity
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Blessed & Cursed
"I'll Never Be the Same"[70] 2020 Michelle Williams Revival!

Songwriting discography

List of releases by other artists where Michelle Williams is a credited songwriter
Title Year Artist(s) Album
"You Will Win"[71] 2007 Kelly Rowland Spirits Rising Vol. 1 & 2
"Katya"[65] 2011 Idle Warship
(featuring Michelle Williams) 		Habits of the Heart
"Nuclear" 2013 Destiny's Child Love Songs

Videography

Music videos

Title Year Director(s) Artist
"Heard a Word"[72] 2002 Sylvain White Michelle Williams
"Do You Know"[73] 2004 Matthew Rolston
"Boogie Oogie Oogie"[74] 2005 Kevin Hunter Brooke Valentine
(guest appearance)
"Get Me Bodied"[75] 2007 Anthony Mandler and Beyoncé[76] Beyoncé
(guest appearance)
"We Break the Dawn"[77] 2008 Phil Griffin[78] Michelle Williams
"We Break the Dawn, Part 2" Michelle Williams
(featuring Flo Rida)
"We Break the Dawn"
(Karmatronic Remix Radio Edit) 		Michelle Williams
"The Greatest"[79] Thomas Kloss[80]
"On the Run" 2011 Eduard Schneider[81] Electric Giant Beatz
(featuring Michelle Williams)
"Waiting on You" 2012 Karl Giant[82] Ultra Naté & Michelle Williams
"If We Had Your Eyes" 2013 Derek Blanks[83] Michelle Williams
"Superpower" Jonas Akerlund[84] Beyoncé
(featuring Frank Ocean)
"Fire" 2014 Derek Blanks[85] Michelle Williams
"Say Yes" Matthew A. Cherry[86] Michelle Williams
(featuring Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland)
"Rather Be"[87] Tyler Ward, Fresh Big Mouf
(featuring Michelle Williams and Deitrick Haddon)
"Believe in Me" 2015 Matthew A. Cherry[88] Michelle Williams

Notes

  1. ^ "Hello Heartbreak" did not enter Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 8 on the US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales chart.[45]

See also

References

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  48. ^ "Amazon.com: Prayer Song for Haiti Featuring Kim Burrell & All-star Cast of Singers: Music Soulchild, Michelle Williams, Ty Tribbett, Krishnar Lewis, Lil Mo, James Hall, and More.: Mp3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  49. ^ "iTunes – Music – Simply Amazing (feat. Michelle Williams) – Single by Todd Dulaney". iTunes. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  50. ^ "iTunes – Music – On the Run (Remixes) [feat. Michelle Williams] by Electric Giant Beatz". iTunes. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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  66. ^ "Ocean Blue Papa San feat. Michelle Williams". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  67. ^ "Saint or Sinner". iTunes. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  68. ^ Hamm, Ken (May 11, 2017). "Sir The Baptist Duets With Brandy On 'Deliver Me' & Michelle Williams On 'Southern Belle'". Soul Bounce. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  69. ^ "Amazon.com: Blessed & Cursed: Deitrick Haddon Presents Voices of Unity: Mp3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  70. ^ "Revival! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Various Artists - TIDAL". TIDAL. March 3, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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  88. ^ "Video: Michelle Williams-Believe In Me". 1-800 Gospel.com. April 29, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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