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(Redirected from Essential, Vol. 2) Discography of American drag queen RuPaul
RuPaul discography
RuPaul at a party for the launch of the Starrbooty DVD
Studio albums15
EPs4
Soundtrack albums4
Compilation albums6
Singles68
Music videos42
Remix albums5
Promotional singles13

American drag queen and singer RuPaul has released fifteen studio albums, four soundtrack albums, six compilation albums, five remix albums, and four extended plays. RuPaul has also released 68 singles, forty-two music videos and thirteen promotional singles.

RuPaul reached commercial success in the United States with his debut album, Supermodel of the World, which reached number 109 on the US Billboard 200. The album contained RuPaul's signature song, "Supermodel (You Better Work)". The song reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top 5 single on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1993. Since then, RuPaul has released seven more studio albums, although none featured a single that charted as high as "Supermodel (You Better Work)". In 2014, coinciding with the release of season six of his show RuPaul's Drag Race, his album Born Naked reached number 85 on Billboard 200, making it his current highest-charting album.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
US
Elec

US
Heat

US Indie
UK
DL

UK
Indie

Supermodel of the World 109 1
Foxy Lady
  • Release date: October 29, 1996
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
15
Ho Ho Ho
  • Release date: October 28, 1997
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
27
Red Hot
  • Release date: September 21, 2004
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9
Champion
  • Release date: February 24, 2009
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12 26
Glamazon
  • Release date: May 3, 2011
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11 8
Born Naked
  • Release date: February 24, 2014
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
85 4 18
Realness
  • Release date: March 2, 2015
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
6 38 41
Slay Belles
  • Release date: October 23, 2015
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
21
Butch Queen
  • Release date: March 4, 2016
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
3 46
American
  • Release date: March 24, 2017
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: LP, Digital download
12 30 58 46
Christmas Party
  • Release date: November 1, 2018
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
You're a Winner, Baby
  • Release date: January 10, 2020
  • Label: RuCo Inc., The Orchard
  • Formats: Digital download
36
Mamaru
  • Release date: January 7, 2022
  • Label: RuCo Inc., The Orchard
  • Formats: Digital download
35
Black Butta
  • Release date: January 6, 2023
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
73
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title Details
RuPaul Is Star Booty
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: Funtone Records, Every Records
  • Formats: LP, CD
Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • Release date: Jun 19, 2007
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
AJ and The Queen (Original Television Soundtrack) (with Lior Rosner)
  • Release date: January 24, 2020
  • Label: WaterTower
  • Formats: Digital download
RuPaul's Drag Race Live: The Official Vegas Soundtrack
  • Release date: January 27, 2020
  • Label: RuCo, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital Download

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Dance
Sales

US Indie
RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics
  • Release date: March 17, 1998
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz
  • Release date: January 28, 2014
  • Label: World of Wonder
  • Formats: Digital download
RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz 2
  • Release date: February 3, 2015
  • Label: World of Wonder
  • Formats: Digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: May 16, 2015
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Vinyl
Essential, Vol. 2
  • Release date: June 9, 2017
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
9
Essential Christmas
  • Release date: October 20, 2023
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
Essential, Vol. 3
  • Release date: January 5, 2024
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download

Remix albums

Title Details
ReWorked
  • Release date: June 13, 2006
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Drag Race
  • Release date: March 30, 2010
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
SuperGlam DQ
  • Release date: July 16, 2011
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Butch Queen: Remixes
  • Release date: April 15, 2016
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
Remember Me: Essential, Vol. 1
  • Release date: February 3, 2017
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
Queen of Queens
  • Release date: April 29, 2019
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

Title Details
Sex Freak
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Funtone Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette
Say My Name
(with Discobrothers)
  • Release date: May 12, 2008
  • Label: UCA
  • Formats: Digital download
Hey Sis, It's Christmas!
  • Release date: October 23, 2020
  • Label: RuCo, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital Download
RuPaul in London
  • Release date: January 22, 2021
  • Label: RuCo, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital Download
New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold
  • Release date: March 8, 2021
  • Label: RuCo, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital Download

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
US Dance/
Elec.

US Dance
Club

AUS
UK
"I've Got That Feelin'" 1991 Non-album single
"Supermodel (You Better Work)" 1992 45 2 39 Supermodel of the World
"Back to My Roots" 1993 1 90 40
"A Shade Shady (Now Prance)" 1
"House of Love" 40
"Everybody Dance"
"Little Drummer Boy" Non-album single
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(with Elton John)
1994 92 3 45 7 Duets
"Snapshot" 1996 95 4 Foxy Lady
"A Little Bit of Love" 1997 28
"Celebrate" 31
"Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous" 2004 2 Red Hot
"WorkOut" 2005 5
"People Are People"
(featuring Tom Trujillo)
2006 10
"Supermodel (Remixes)"
(featuring Shirley Q. Liquor)
21 ReWorked
"Call Me Starrbooty" 2007 Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Cover Girl" 2009 16 Champion
"Jealous of My Boogie" 55
"Devil Made Me Do It" 2010
"Tranny Chaser"
"Champion" 2011
"Superstar" Glamazon
"Glamazon"
"Peanut Butter"
(featuring Big Freedia)
2012 Non-album singles
"Sexy Drag Queen"
"Responsitrannity" Glamazon
"Theme from Drag U" Non-album single
"Live Forever" Glamazon
"Here It Comes (Around Again)"
"If I Dream"
"Lick It Lollipop"
(featuring Lady Bunny)
2013 Non-album single
"I Bring the Beat" Glamazon
"The Beginning"
"Geronimo" 2014 Born Naked
"Sissy That Walk" 27 55
"Modern Love" 2015
"Born Naked"
"Born Naked (Stadium Remix)
(featuring Clairy Browne)
Realness
"U Wear It Well" 2016 Butch Queen
"Be Someone"
"The Realness" Realness
"Read U Wrote U"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 2)
29 Non-album single
"Snapshot" (Remix) 2017 Remember Me: Essential, Vol. 1
"Category Is" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 9)
Non-album single
"Call Me Mother" 47 American
"Kitty Girl" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 3)
2018 18 Non-album singles
"American" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10)
"Super Queen (Cast Version)"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 4)
2019
"Queens Everywhere (Cast Version)"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 11)
"To the Moon (Cast Version)"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 1)
"I'm That Bitch"
(solo or with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12)
2020 49
"Bring Back My Girls" You're a Winner, Baby
"Clap Back"
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5)
Non-album singles
"U Wear It Well" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of Canada's Drag Race, Season 1)
"A Little Bit of Love" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 2)
2021
"Lucky"
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 13)
"I'm a Winner, Baby" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Season 1)
"This Is Our Country"
(with Tanya Tucker and the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6)
-
"Blame It on the Edit"
(solo or with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 15)
- Mamaru
"Just What They Want"
"Hey Sis, It's Christmas" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 3)
Non-album single
"Catwalk"
(featuring Skeltal Ki or the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14)
42 Mamaru
"Smile" 2022
"Living My Life in London" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World, season 1)
Non-album singles
"Champion (Ru x Blu)"
(with Blu Hydrangea)
"Legends" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)
"Who Is She?" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, season 2)
Mamaru
"Star Baby" Black Butta
"Show Me That You Festive"
"UK Grand Finale Megamix"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 4)
Non-album single
"A.S.M.R Lover"
(featuring Skeltal Ki)
Black Butta
"Cake & Candy" 2023
"Hustle That Cat" 2024 Essential, Vol. 3
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Single Year Album
"Can I Get an Amen?"
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5)
2013 Non-album singles
"Oh No She Better Don't"
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6)
2014
"Divas Live" 2018 Non-album singles
"Sitting on a Secret"
(featuring Chi Chi DeVayne, Morgan McMichaels, Thorgy Thor, Aja, & Milk)
"Drag Up Your Life"
(featuring Trixie Mattel, Kennedy Davenport, BenDeLaCreme, Shangela, & BeBe Zahara Benet)
"PharmaRusical"
"Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10)
"The Shady Bunch"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12)
2020 The Shady Bunch / Bring Back My Girls
"New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold (Matt Pop)" 2021 New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold

Featured singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US Elec.
US Dance
AUS
UK
1997 "It's Raining Men... The Sequel"
(with Martha Wash)
22 64 21 The Collection
2017 "Low (Remix)"
(with Todrick Hall)
35 Straight Outta Oz (Deluxe Edition)
2018 "Dem Beats"
(with Todrick Hall)
55 Forbidden

Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Gagging on the Lovely Extravaganza" 1992 The Fabulous Pop Tarts Gagging on the Lovely Extravaganza
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" 1993 Elton John Duets
"Everybody Say Love" Mitsou Tempted
"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" 1994 None Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture
"I Will Survive" 1995 Diana Ross Take Me Higher
"Free to Be" None Wigstock: The Movie, Music From The Original Motion Picture
"It's Raining Men... The Sequel" Martha Wash The Collection
"Come" 1997
"Do the Right Thing (Don't Do Me Wrong)" 1999 Ev-Va None
"Queer Duck" None Queer Duck
"Super" South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (soundtrack)
"Bad Girl" 2000 Lil' Kim None
"Say My Name" 2001 The Disco Brothers
"You're No Lady" 2002 Gitta
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" 2003 Siedah Garrett Siedah
"Electric Ecstacy" 2004 Eklektica Outside the Box
"Come 2 Me" 2006 Lucy Lawless Come 2 Me
"Computer Love" 2007 NSA None
"This Club Is A Haunted House" 2013 Sharon Needles PG-13
"Fashion!" 2013 Lady Gaga Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
"Hands" 2016 Various Artists
"Low" 2017 Todrick Hall Straight Outta Oz
"Dem Beatz" 2018 Forbidden
“Cattitude” 2019 Miley Cyrus She Is Coming

Music videos

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As lead artist

Year Music video Artist(s) Director(s)
1993 "Supermodel (You Better Work)" RuPaul Randy Barbato
"Back to My Roots"
"A Shady Shade (Now Prance)"
"Little Drummer Boy" Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
1994 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" RuPaul with Elton John
1995 "Free to Be" RuPaul
1996 "Snapshot"
1997 "A Little Bit of Love" Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
2004 "Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous" Mike Ruiz
2005 "Workout" RuPaul and Danny Morris
2007 "Call Me Starrbooty"
2009 "Cover Girl" (Version 1)
"Cover Girl" (Version 2 with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 1) RuPaul feat. BeBe Zahara Benet
"Jealous of My Boogie" (Version 1 with archive footage of Tommy Gunn) RuPaul Justin Hurvitz and Steven Corfe
"Jealous of My Boogie" (Version 2 starring Chi Chi LaRue)
"Devil Made Me Do It" Mathu Andersen and Andrew Schneider
"Tranny Chaser"
2010 "Jealous of My Boogie" (Version 3 with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 2) Mathu Andersen
2011 "Champion" (with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 3)
2012 "Glamazon" (with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 4)
"Responsitrannity" (feat. the cast of Drag Race All Stars Season 1) Nick Murray
2013 "Peanut Butter" RuPaul feat. Big Freedia Steven Corfe
"Can I Get an Amen?" RuPaul feat. The top 8 of Drag Race Season 5
"The Beginning" (with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 5) RuPaul Mathu Andersen
"Lick It Lollipop" RuPaul feat. Lady Bunny Steven Corfe
2014 "Geronimo" RuPaul feat. Lucian Piane
"Oh No She Better Don't" RuPaul & DJ Shy Boy feat. the cast of Drag Race Season 6
"Sissy That Walk" (with appearances by the top 4 of Drag Race Season 6) RuPaul
2015 "Modern Love"
"Born Naked (Stadium Remix)" (with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 7) Rupaul feat. Clairy Browne
"Merry Christmas" (with appearances by The Pit Crew) RuPaul
"You're the Star"
"Deck the Halls" RuPaul feat. Todrick Hall
"Jingle Dem Bells" Rupaul feat. Big Freedia
2016 "From Your Heart"

Rupaul feat. Michelle Visage

"Be Someone (Jrob Club)" RuPaul feat. Taylor Dayne
"The Realness" (with appearances by the top 3 of Drag Race Season 8) RuPaul feat. Eric Kupper Jayson Whitmore
"Cha Cha Bitch (Ralphi Rosario Edit)" RuPaul feat. AB Soto
2019 "Mighty Love"

RuPaul

2021 "Blame It on the Edit"

RuPaul

Weston Allen
"Just Want They Want" RuPaul
"Catwalk" RuPaul feat. Skeltal Ki Weston Allen
2022 "Smile" RuPaul

Chang Fuerte

As featured performer

Year Music video Artist(s) Director(s)
1989 "Love Shack" The B-52's Adam Bernstein
1998 "It's Raining Men... The Sequel" Martha Wash feat. RuPaul
2008 "Say My Name" (Re-release) Disco Brothers feat. RuPaul
2017 "Low" Todrick Hall feat. RuPaul Todrick Hall and Moorhead&Benson
2018 "Dem Beats" Todrick Hall feat. Rupaul
2019 "You Need to Calm Down" Taylor Swift Drew Kirsch and Taylor Swift

Notes

  1. Christmas Party did not enter the Billboard Dance/Electronic Album Chart, but did peak at number 2 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Album Sales Chart
  2. "Supermodel (You Better Work)" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 4 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart.
  3. "Back to My Roots" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  4. "Back to my Roots" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 1 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart.
  5. "A Shade Shady (Now Prance)" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 18 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
  6. "Little Drummer Boy" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart
  7. "Little Drummer Boy" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 5 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
  8. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 10 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
  9. "Snapshot" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 10 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
  10. "A Little Bit of Love" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  11. "A Little Bit of Love" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 41 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
  12. "Cover Girl" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 7 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart.
  13. "Jealous of My Boogie" did not enter the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Songs chart, but peaked at number 26 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs Sales chart
  14. "Superstar" did not enter the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Songs chart, but peaked at number 49 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs Sales chart
  15. "Superstar" did not enter the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Songs chart, but peaked at number 48 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs Sales chart
  16. "Here It Comes (Around Again)" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 2 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart.
  17. "American (Season 10 RuMix)" did not enter the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart
  18. "Queens Everywhere (Cast Version)" did not enter the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart
  19. "Snapshot" did not chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, but did peak at number 1 on the Dance Singles Sales Chart, a component chart that was later discontinued and merged into the Dance/Electronic Songs Chart

References

  1. "RuPaul Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  2. "RuPaul Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  3. "RuPaul Album & Song Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "RuPaul – Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  5. Peak positions:
  6. Peak positions:
  7. "RuPaul Gets Into the Holiday Spirit With 'Christmas Party' Album: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  8. "Dance Electronic Album Sales - Billboard". Billboared Biz. December 22, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  9. "Black Butta by RuPaul". Apple Music. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. "RuPaul Is Star Booty". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  11. "AJ and The Queen (Original Television Soundtrack)". Amazon Music. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  12. "Dance/Electronic Album Sales Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  13. "RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics". Amazon. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  14. "RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  15. RuPaul (14 May 2015). "Greatest Hits Vinyl only at DragCon! TICKETS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. "'RuPaul's Dragcon' Packs Los Angeles Convention Center". HuffPost. 18 May 2015. Almost 14,000 people packed the Los Angeles Convention Center for 'RuPaul's Dragcon,' which RuPaul and World of Wonder Productions collaboratively put on May 16-17.
  17. "RuPaul Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  18. ^ "RuPaul Chart History – Hot Dance/Electronic Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  19. ^ "RuPaul Chart History – Dance/Club Play Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  20. ^ Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > RuPaul in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 240.
  21. ^ "Official Charts > RuPaul". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  22. "Can I Get An Amen? (feat. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5) – Single". iTunes. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  23. "Oh No She Better Don't (feat. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6) – Single". iTunes. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
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