| Artist: | Esthero |
| Studio: | 3 |
| Singles: | 7 |
| Ep: | 2 |
| Music Videos: | 7 |
Canadian singer/songwriter Esthero has released three studio albums, two extended plays, and seven singles as a lead artist. Her debut album, Breath from Another, was released with Doc McKinney in 1998. The album initially unsuccessful, though it eventually managed to sell more than 110,000 copies in the US and more than 50,000 in Canada. The record spawned three singles: "Breath from Another", "Heaven Sent", and "That Girl". "Heaven Sent" went into moderate rotation on MTV and peaked in the top 5 on the Hot Dance Breakouts Single Sales chart.[1] [2] Breath from Another received a nomination at the 1999 Juno Awards, in the category of "Best Alternative Album."[3] However, it lost to Rufus Wainwright's eponymous debut album.[4]
After her label, Work Group, was consumed by a larger label, Esthero was released from her contract; in the years between her dropping from the label and the release of her next EP, she provided guest vocals for songs by a variety of artists, including Ian Pooley, Nelly Furtado, and Black Eyed Peas. Her Black Eyed Peas collaboration, "Weekends," gave her her first chart entry in the US; it peaked at number 64 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart. Her Ian Pooley collaboration, "Balmes (A Better Life)", was a top 75 hit on the UK Singles Chart; it also gave her her first top 40 hit on the US Dance Club Songs chart. She also recorded a solo song, "O.G. Bitch", which was released in 2004 and topped the US Dance Club Songs chart.
In 2004, she released an EP titled We R In Need of a Musical Revolution. The EP was met with praise from critics[5] [6] [7] and spawned a single of the same name; the video went into rotation on MuchMusic Canada. The following year, she released her sophomore album, Wikked Lil' Grrrls, which spawned the hit single "Fastlane", which earned Esthero a second top 5 hit on the Dance Club Songs chart. After the release of the album, Esthero continued to provide guest vocals, and wrote music for other artists, including Kanye West and Kidz in the Hall. She finally returned with solo material in 2012 with Everything Is Expensive, which she funded using pledges from PledgeMusic.[8] The album spawned one single, "Never Gonna Let You Go", which was a minor hit in Canada, earning her her first chart entry there.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales/Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. | ||||
| Breath from Another |
| — |
| |
| Wikked Lil' Grrrls | 24 | |||
| Everything Is Expensive | 13 | |||
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Short of Breath | ||
| We R in Need of a Musical Revolution! |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | US Dance [15] | |||
| "Breath from Another" | 1998 | — | — | Breath from Another |
| "Heaven Sent" | — | — | ||
| "That Girl" | — | — | ||
| "O.G. Bitch"[16] [17] [18] | 2003 | — | 1 | |
| "We R in Need of a Musical Revolution" | 2004 | — | — | Wikked Lil' Grrrls |
| "Fastlane" (featuring Jemeni and Jelleestone) | 2005 | — | 5 | |
| "Never Gonna Let You Go"[19] | 2012 | 72 | — | Everything Is Expensive |
| "You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch"[20] | 2017 | — | — | rowspan="4" |
| "Baby Steps"[21] | 2019 | — | — | |
| "Gimme Some Time"[22] | — | — | ||
| "Emotional Animal"[23] | 2020 | — | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [24] | UK [25] | US Dance | ||||
| "Weekends" (The Black Eyed Peas featuring Esthero) | 2000 | 93 | — | — | Bridging the Gap | |
| "Balmes (A Better Life)" (Ian Pooley featuring Esthero) | 2001 | — | 65 | 35 | Since Then | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Year | Peak | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | ||||
| "Undertow" (Timbaland featuring The Fray and Esthero) | 2009 | 100 | Shock Value II | |
| "Can You Feel It" (Timbaland featuring Sebastian (rapper) and Esthero) | 2009 | - | Shock Value II |
| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Country Livin' (The World I Know)"[26] | 1998 | Goodie Mob | Slam |
| "Final Home (vocal version)"[27] | DJ Krush | Kakusei | |
| "Song for Holly"[28] | 1999 | Esthero featuring Danny Saber | Go |
| "The Hero" | 2000 | j. englishman | Poor Lil' Rockstar |
| "Don't Wanna Be Your Slave"[29] | Michie Mee | The First Cut Is the Deepest | |
| "Priceless"[30] | Rascalz | Global Warning | |
| "Tao of Now"[31] | 2001 | Saul Williams | Amethyst Rock Star |
| "I Feel You"[32] | Nelly Furtado | Whoa, Nelly! | |
| "The Universal Quest"[33] | Lisa Lopes | Supernova | |
| "How Could I?"[34] [35] | 2002 | John Forté | I, John |
| "Run for Your Life"[36] | Jarvis Church | Shake It Off | |
| "Keep the Beat"[37] | WarChild Canada | Much Dance 2003 | |
| "The Streets Where You Live"[38] | The Buried Heart Project | Women & Songs 6 | |
| "White Rabbit"[39] | 2003 | Blue Man Group | The Complex |
| "Heaven"[40] | Sugar Ray | In Pursuit of Leisure | |
| "Coming Down" | The Oddities | The Scenic Route | |
| "One Life" | Last Emperor and Poetic | Music, Magic, Myth | |
| "Summertime"[41] | 2004 | Mos Def | Mos Def Presents Medina Green |
| "Life" | Artists for WarChild Canada | Much Dance 2004 | |
| "Summer Breeze" | Onda | The Isley Brothers - Taken to the Next Phase | |
| "Too Rude"[42] | 2005 | Carmen Rizzo | The Lost Art of the Idle Moment |
| "Shine"[43] | 2006 | Boney James | Shine |
| "Another Great Love Gone By"[44] | Vikter Duplaix | Bold and Beautiful | |
| "Make U Fly"[45] | Zion I & The Grouch | Heroes in the City of Dope | |
| "Yes We Can"[46] | 2008 | will.i.am | — |
| "Street Lights"[47] | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreaks | |
| "Can You Feel It?"[48] | 2009 | Timbaland | Shock Value II |
| "Wavin' Flag" (K'naan cover)[49] | 2010 | Young Artists for Haiti | — |
| "Spaceship"[50] | Stat Quo | Statlanta | |
| "That Good"[51] | 2011 | Kidz in the Hall | Occasion |
| "Don't Pass Me By"[52] ' | Spree Wilson | The Never Ending Now | |
| "21 Jump Street"[53] | 2012 | Rye Rye | — |
| "Firecracker"[54] | 2017 | Michael Bernard Fitzgerald | Yes |
| "Me & U"[55] | 2018 | Parker Lane | REPLAY |
| "Falling (Acoustic)"[56] | 2020 | Chin Injeti | — |
| "Get It"[57] | 2022 | Phlake | Phine |
| "Famous (Esthero's Version)"[58] | Michael Bernard Fitzgerald | Love Valley Rearranged (Deluxe) |
| Title | Year | Director | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Heaven Sent" | 1998 | Philip Harder | ||
| "That Girl" | Patrick Hoelck | [59] | ||
| "Weekends" | 2000 | Brian Beletic | [60] | |
| "Balmes (A Better Life)" | 2001 | Max Zimmerman | ||
| "We R in Need of a Musical Revolution" | 2004 | Noble Jones | ||
| "Never Gonna Let You Go" | 2012 | Sean Michael Turrell | [61] | |
| "Emotional Animal" | 2020 | Giovanni & Niccolo Cerretelli | [62] |