Common performing at Tufts University Spring Fling, April 2008 |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 8 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 2 | |
| ↙Singles | 29 | |
| ↙Music videos | 21 | |
| ↙Features singles | 9 | |
This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by rapper Common. An alphabetical list of all songs with Common can be found at List of Common songs. To date, he has sold more than 2.8 million albums in the U.S.
Contents |
| Year | Title | Chart positions[1][2] | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | UK | FRA | CAN | SWI | SWE | NOR | IRE | DUT | |||
| 1992 | Can I Borrow a Dollar?
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— | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | Resurrection
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179 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | One Day It'll All Make Sense
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62 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | Like Water for Chocolate
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16 | 5 | — | — | 24[3] | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Electric Circus
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47 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | Be
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2 | 1 | 38 | 102 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 61 | 73 |
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| 2007 | Finding Forever
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1 | 1 | 35 | 82 | 10 | 23 | — | 27 | 57 | 58 |
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| 2008 | Universal Mind Control
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12 | 4 | — | — | 79 | 82 | — | — | — | 96 | |
| 2011 | The Dreamer/The Believer
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18 | 5 | 196 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Year | Title | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. R&B | ||
| 2012 | Nas.Com (with Nas) [5]
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TBR |
| Year | Title | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. R&B | ||
| 2007 | Thisisme Then: The Best of Common
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62 |
| 2010 | Go! - Common Classics
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| Year | Song | Chart positions[6] | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | UK | |||
| 1992 | "Take It EZ" | – | – | 5 | – | Can I Borrow a Dollar? |
| "Breaker 1/9" | – | 107 | 10 | – | ||
| 1993 | "Soul by the Pound" | – | 108 | 7 | – | |
| 1994 | "I Used to Love H.E.R." | – | 91 | 31 | – | Resurrection |
| 1995 | "Resurrection" | 102 | 88 | 22 | – | |
| 1996 | "The Bitch in Yoo" | – | – | – | – | Relativity Urban Assault |
| 1997 | "Retrospect for Life" (feat. Lauryn Hill) | – | – | – | – | One Day It'll All Make Sense |
| "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" (feat. Chantay Savage) | 101 | 57 | 9 | 59 | ||
| 1998 | "All Night Long" (feat. Erykah Badu) | – | – | – | – | |
| 1999 | "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" (feat. Sadat X) | – | – | – | – | Soundbombing 2 |
| "Car Horn" (feat. DJ Mark the 45 King) | – | – | – | – | non-album single | |
| 2000 | "The 6th Sense" (feat. Bilal) | – | 87 | 14 | 56 | Like Water for Chocolate |
| "The Light" | 44 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 2001 | "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)" (feat. Macy Gray) | – | 61 | – | 48 | |
| 2002 | "While I'm Dancin'" (with Prime) | – | – | – | – | Ground Original Presents: Clambake |
| "Come Close" (feat. Mary J. Blige) | 65 | 21 | 18 | – | Electric Circus | |
| 2004 | "Panthers" (with Dead Prez & The Last Poets) | – | – | – | – | non-album single |
| "The Food" (feat. Kanye West & DJ Dummy) | – | – | – | – | Be | |
| 2005 | "The Corner" (feat. Kanye West & The Last Poets) | 110 | 42 | – | 134 | |
| "Go!" (feat. Kanye West & John Mayer) | 79 | 31 | 21 | – | ||
| "Testify" | 109 | 44 | – | – | ||
| "Faithful" (feat. Bilal & John Legend) | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2007 | "A Dream" (feat. will.i.am) | – | 116 | – | 108 | Freedom Writers soundtrack |
| "The People" (feat. Dwele) | 111 | 55 | – | – | Finding Forever | |
| "The Game" (feat. DJ Premier) | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Drivin' Me Wild" (feat. Lily Allen) | – | – | – | 56 | ||
| "I Want You" (feat. will.i.am) | 112 | 32 | 21 | – | ||
| 2008 | "Universal Mind Control" (feat. Pharrell) | 62 | 60 | 13 | – | Universal Mind Control |
| "Announcement" (feat. Pharrell) | – | 94 | – | – | ||
| 2011 | "Ghetto Dreams" (feat. Nas)[7] | – | – | – | – | The Dreamer/The Believer |
| "Blue Sky" (feat. Makeba Riddick)[8] | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Sweet" | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Celebrate" | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Raw (How You Like It)" | – | – | – | – | ||
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | |||
| 1996 | "Confusion" (Just Ro feat. Common) | — | — | Whatever It Takes |
| 1996 | "The Bizness" (De La Soul feat. Common) | — | — | Stakes Is High |
| 1998 | "Respiration" (Black Star feat. Common) | — | — | Black Star |
| 1999 | "Jam" (Alliance Ethnik feat. Common Sense and Rahzel) | — | — | Fat Come Back |
| "Hurricane" | — | — | The Hurricane (Soundtrack) | |
| 2000 | "Full Moon (Armand Van Helden feat. Common)" | — | — | Killing Puritans |
| 2002 | "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (Erykah Badu feat. Common) | 9 | 1 | Brown Sugar (Soundtrack) |
| 2003 | "Where I'm Goin'" (Melanie Durrant feat. Common) | — | — | Non-album Single |
| 2004 | "CpH Claimin' Respect #2 (Album Version)'" (The Boulevard Connection feat. Common, Ed O.G and Masta Ace) | — | — | Non-album Single |
| 2005 | "Wouldn't You Like To Ride" (Malik Yusef feat. Kanye West and Common) | — | — | The Great Chicago Fire; A Cold Day in Hell |
| "SupaStar" (Floetry feat. Common) | — | 55 | Flo'Ology | |
| 2007 | "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (Joss Stone feat. Common) | — | 64 | Introducing Joss Stone |
| 2009 | "Make Her Say" (Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West and Common) | 43 | 39 | Man on the Moon: The End of Day |
| 2010 | "Wake Up Everybody" (The Roots and John Legend feat. Common and Melanie Fiona) | — | 53 | Wake Up! |
| Year | Title | Director(s)[9][10] |
|---|---|---|
| 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" (2. version) | Katt Brown |
| "Make My Day" | Josh Milowe |
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | Himself |
| 2006 | Dave Chapelle's Block Party | Himself |
| 2007 | Smokin' Aces | Sir Ivy |
| American Gangster | Turner Lucas | |
| 2008 | Street Kings | Coates |
| Wanted | The Gunsmith | |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Barnes |
| Wanted: Weapons of Fate | Brummel | |
| 2010 | Date Night | Collins |
| Just Wright | Scott McKnight |
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