K'naan discography

K'naan discography
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Studio albums4
EPs1
Live albums1
Singles22
Mixtapes4
Other appearances1

The discography of K'naan, a Somali Canadian rapper and singer, consists of four studio albums, one live album, one extended play and 22 singles (including eight as a featured performer and seven promotional releases).

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)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Cuffnone Music
 — — — — — — — — —
My Life Is a Movie
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Self-released
 — — — — — — — — —
The Dusty Foot Philosopher
  • Released: June 7, 2005
  • Label: BMG
 — — — — — — — — —
Troubadour 7 15 163 67 9 147 32 33 12
Country, God or the Girl
  • Released: October 3, 2012
  • Label: A&M/Octone
 — — — — — — 129 — 13
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Album title Album details
The Dusty Foot on the Road
iTunes Live from Montreal

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions
CAN
[10] 		US
R&B/HH
[11] 		US
Rap
[12]
More Beautiful Than Silence
  • Released: January 24, 2012
  • Label: A&M/Octone
 37 32 19

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 — — —
2023 "Refugee" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
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) 		— — — — —
"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]

References

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