| |
| Studio albums | 4 |
|---|---|
| Extended plays | 4 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Music videos | 23 |
The discography of Janelle Monáe consists of four studio albums, four extended plays, and twenty-three singles.
Studio albums[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The ArchAndroid |
|
| The Electric Lady |
|
| Dirty Computer |
|
| The Age of Pleasure |
|
Demos[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Audition |
|
Extended plays[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) |
|
| iTunes Festival: London 2013 |
|
| Wondaland Presents: The Eephus |
|
| Spotify Singles |
|
Singles[]
As lead artist[]
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Lettin' Go" | 2006 | Got Purp? Vol. 2 |
| "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!" | 2007 | Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) |
| "Many Moons" | 2008 | |
| "Open Happiness" (with Brendon Urie, CeeLo Green, Patrick Stump and Travis McCoy) |
2009 | Non-album single |
| "Tightrope" (featuring Big Boi) |
2010 | The ArchAndroid |
| "Cold War" | ||
| "Q.U.E.E.N." (featuring Erykah Badu) |
2013 | The Electric Lady |
| "Dance Apocalyptic" | ||
| "PrimeTime" (featuring Miguel) | ||
| "What Is Love" | 2014 | Rio 2 (Music From the Motion Picture) |
| "Heroes" | Pepsi Beats of the Beautiful Game | |
| "Electric Lady" (featuring Solange) |
The Electric Lady | |
| "Yoga" (with Jidenna) |
2015 | Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP) |
| "Make Me Feel" | 2018 | Dirty Computer |
| "Django Jane" | ||
| "Pynk" (featuring Grimes) | ||
| "I Like That" | ||
| "That's Enough" | 2019 | Lady and the Tramp (Original Soundtrack) |
| "Turntables" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Stronger" (from the Netflix series We the People) |
2021 | |
| "Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout)" (featuring various artists) | ||
| "Float" (featuring Seun Kuti and Egypt 80) |
2023 | The Age of Pleasure |
| "Lipstick Lover" |
As featured artist[]
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "We Are Young" (fun. featuring Janelle Monáe) |
2011 | Some Nights |
| "Special Education" (Goodie Mob featuring Janelle Monáe) |
2013 | Age Against the Machine |
| "Pressure Off" (Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monáe and Nile Rodgers) |
2015 | Paper Gods |
| "Sweet Life" (Jeezy featuring Janelle Monáe) |
Church in These Streets | |
| "This Is for My Girls" (among Artists for Let Girls Learn) |
2016 | Non-album single |
Promotional singles[]
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Come Alive (The War of the Roses)" | 2009 | The ArchAndroid |
| "Shape of Things to Come" | 2010 | — |
| "We Were Rock & Roll" | 2013 | The Electric Lady |
Guest appearances[]
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "My First Love" | 2005 | Jaspects | In "House" Sessions |
| "Time Will Reveal" | Purple Ribbon All-Stars | Got Purp? Vol. 2 | |
| "Lettin' Go" | |||
| "Peachtree Blues" | 2006 | Jaspects | Broadcasting the Definition |
| "Call the Law" | Outkast | Idlewild | |
| "In Your Dreams" | |||
| "Nerd Girl" | 2009 | Chester French | Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance (mixtape) |
| "2012" | Jaspects | The Polkadotted Stripe | |
| "The Kids" | 2010 | B.o.B | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray |
| "Be Still" | Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty | |
| "Our Riotous Defects" | of Montreal | False Priest | |
| "Enemy Gene" | |||
| "Without a Fight" | None | For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "Dance" | 2011 | Saul Williams | Volcanic Sunlight |
| "Do My Thing" | 2012 | Estelle | All of Me |
| "Fashion" | 2014 | Paolo Nutini | Caustic Love |
| "Visions of You" | Sérgio Mendes | Magic | |
| "Slip Slide" | 2015 | Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment | Surf |
| "Gabby" | The Internet | Ego Death | |
| "Venus Fly" | Grimes | Art Angels | |
| "Hum Along and Dance (Gotta Get Down)" | 2016 | None | The Get Down (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series) |
| "Isn't this the World" | Hidden Figures: The Album | ||
| "Jalapeño" | Pharrell Williams | ||
| "Safari" | 2017 | Jidenna, St. Beauty, Nana Kwabena | The Chief |
| "Whatthegirlmuthafuckinwannadoo" | 2018 | The Coup | The Soundtrack to Sorry to Bother You |
| "All Dolled Up"
“Unbreakable” |
2019 | Kelly Clarkson | UglyDolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| "He's a Tramp (2019)" | None | Lady and the Tramp (Original Soundtrack) | |
| "That's Enough" |
Songwriting credits[]
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "What a Shame" | 2019 | Nate "Rocket" Wonder, Roman GianArthur | Lady and the Tramp (Original Soundtrack) |
Music videos[]
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Morris Brown" (Outkast featuring Scar, Sleepy Brown) |
2006 | Bryan Barber |
| "Many Moons" | 2008 | Alan Ferguson |
| "Tightrope" (featuring Big Boi) |
2010 | Wendy Morgan |
| "Tightrope (Wondamix)" (featuring B.o.B and Lupe Fiasco) | ||
| "Cold War" | ||
| "Be Still" (Big Boi featuring Janelle Monáe) |
2011 | — |
| "We Are Young" (fun. featuring Janelle Monáe) |
Marc Klasfeld | |
| "Q.U.E.E.N." (featuring Erykah Badu) |
2013 | Alan Ferguson |
| "Dance Apocalyptic" | Wendy Morgan | |
| "Special Education" (Goodie Mob featuring Janelle Monáe) |
John Colombo | |
| "PrimeTime" (featuring Miguel) |
Alan Ferguson | |
| "Heroes" | 2014 | The Young Astronauts |
| "Electric Lady" | Alan Ferguson | |
| "Yoga" (featuring Jidenna) |
2015 | Dave Meyers |
| "Pressure Off" (Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monáe) |
— | |
| "Venus Fly" (Grimes featuring Janelle Monáe) |
2017 | Grimes |
| "Make Me Feel" | 2018 | Alan Ferguson |
| "Django Jane" | Andrew Donaho | |
| "Pynk" | Emma Westenberg | |
| "I Like That" | Lacey Duke | |
| "Crazy, Classic, Life" | Alan Ferguson | |
| "Screwed" | 2019 | Emma Westenberg |
| "Lipstick Lover" | 2023 | Janelle Monáe and Alan Ferguson |
| |||||||||||||||
| Studio albums |
| ||||||||||||||
| EPs |
| ||||||||||||||
| Demos |
| ||||||||||||||
| Singles |
| ||||||||||||||
| Category | |||||||||||||||
