RuPaul discography explained

Artist:RuPaul
Studio:15
Soundtrack:4
Compilation:6
Ep:4
Music Videos:42
Singles:68
Option:5
Option Name:Remix albums
1Option:13
1Option Name:Promotional singles

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

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US
Elec

[2]
US
Heat

[3]
US Indie
[4]
UK
DL

[5]
UK
Indie

[6]
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[7]
  • 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[8]
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
73
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

TitleDetails
RuPaul Is Star Booty
  • Release date: 1986[9]
  • 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)[10]
  • 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

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US
Dance
Sales

[11]
US Indie
RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics
  • Release date: March 17, 1998[12] [13]
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
  • Release date: January 28, 2014
  • Label: World of Wonder
  • Formats: Digital download
  • Release date: February 3, 2015
  • Label: World of Wonder
  • Formats: Digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: May 16, 2015[14] [15]
  • 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

TitleDetails
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
  • 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

TitleDetails
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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[16]
US Dance/
Elec.

[17]
US Dance
Club

[18]
AUS
[19]
UK
[20]
"I've Got That Feelin'"1991
"Supermodel (You Better Work)"199245 2 39 Supermodel of the World
"Back to My Roots"19931 90 40
"A Shade Shady (Now Prance)"1
"House of Love"40
"Everybody Dance"
"Little Drummer Boy"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(with Elton John)
199492 3 45 7Duets
"Snapshot"199695 4 Foxy Lady
"A Little Bit of Love"199728
"Celebrate"31
"Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous"20042 Red Hot
"WorkOut"20055
"People Are People"
(featuring Tom Trujillo)
200610
"Supermodel (Remixes)"
(featuring Shirley Q. Liquor)
21 ReWorked
"Call Me Starrbooty"2007Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Cover Girl"200916 Champion
"Jealous of My Boogie"55
"Devil Made Me Do It"2010
"Tranny Chaser"
"Champion"2011
"Superstar"Glamazon
"Glamazon"
"Peanut Butter"
(featuring Big Freedia)
2012rowspan="2"
"Sexy Drag Queen"
"Responsitrannity"Glamazon
"Theme from Drag U"
"Live Forever"Glamazon
"Here It Comes (Around Again)"
"If I Dream"
"Lick It Lollipop"
(featuring Lady Bunny)
2013
"I Bring the Beat"Glamazon
"The Beginning"
"Geronimo"2014Born Naked
"Sissy That Walk"27 55
"Modern Love"2015
"Born Naked"
"Born Naked (Stadium Remix)
(featuring Clairy Browne)
Realness
"U Wear It Well"2016Butch Queen
"Be Someone"
"The Realness"Realness
"Read U Wrote U"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 2)
29
"Snapshot" (Remix)2017
"Category Is" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 9)
"Call Me Mother"47 American
"Kitty Girl" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 3)
201818 rowspan="6"
"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)
202049
"Bring Back My Girls"You're a Winner, Baby
"Clap Back"
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5)
rowspan="6"
"U Wear It Well" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of Canada's Drag Race, Season 1) [Queens of the North Ru-Mix]
"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"
-Mamaru
"Just What They Want"
"Hey Sis, It's Christmas" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 3)
"Catwalk"
42 Mamaru
"Smile"2022
"Living My Life in London" (Cast Version)
rowspan="3"
"Champion (Ru x Blu)"
"Legends" (Cast Version)
"Who Is She?" (Cast Version)
Mamaru
"Star Baby"Black Butta
"Show Me That You Festive"
"UK Grand Finale Megamix"
"A.S.M.R Lover"
Black Butta
"Cake & Candy"2023
"Hustle That Cat"2024Essential, Vol. 3
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

SingleYearAlbum
"Can I Get an Amen?"[21]
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5)
2013align="left" rowspan="2"
"Oh No She Better Don't"[22]
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6)
2014
"Divas Live"2018align="left" rowspan="5"
"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)
2020The Shady Bunch / Bring Back My Girls
"New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold (Matt Pop)"2021New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold

Featured singles

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

Guest appearances

TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Gagging on the Lovely Extravaganza"1992The Fabulous Pop TartsGagging on the Lovely Extravaganza
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"1993Elton JohnDuets
"Everybody Say Love" MitsouTempted
"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get"1994
"I Will Survive"1995Diana RossTake Me Higher
"Free to Be"Wigstock: The Movie, Music From The Original Motion Picture
"It's Raining Men... The Sequel"Martha WashThe Collection
"Come"1997
"Do the Right Thing (Don't Do Me Wrong)"1999Ev-Va
"Queer Duck"Queer Duck
"Super"
"Bad Girl"2000Lil' Kimrowspan="3"
"Say My Name"2001The Disco Brothers
"You're No Lady"2002Gitta
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"2003Siedah GarrettSiedah
"Electric Ecstacy"2004EklekticaOutside the Box
"Come 2 Me"2006Lucy LawlessCome 2 Me
"Computer Love"2007NSA
"This Club Is A Haunted House"2013Sharon NeedlesPG-13
"Fashion!"2013Lady GagaLady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
"Hands"2016Various Artists
"Low"2017Todrick HallStraight Outta Oz
"Dem Beatz"2018Forbidden
“Cattitude”2019Miley CyrusShe Is Coming

Music videos

As lead artist

width=3%YearMusic videoArtist(s)Director(s)
1993"Supermodel (You Better Work)"RuPaulRandy 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)RuPaulJustin 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 FreediaSteven 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 BunnySteven 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 KupperJayson Whitmore
"Cha Cha Bitch (Ralphi Rosario Edit)"RuPaul feat. AB Soto
2019"Mighty Love"RuPaul
2021"Blame It on the Edit"RuPaulWeston Allen
"Just Want They Want"RuPaul
"Catwalk"RuPaul feat. Skeltal KiWeston Allen
2022"Smile"RuPaulChang Fuerte

As featured performer

width=3%YearMusic videoArtist(s)Director(s)
1989"Love Shack"The B-52'sAdam 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. RuPaulTodrick Hall and Moorhead&Benson
2018"Dem Beats"Todrick Hall feat. Rupaul
2019"You Need to Calm Down"Taylor SwiftDrew Kirsch and Taylor Swift

Notes and References

  1. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rupaul|chart=Billboard 200}} RuPaul Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200]. Billboard. February 3, 2011.
  2. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rupaul|chart=Dance/Electronic Albums C}} RuPaul Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Electronic Albums]. Billboard. February 3, 2011.
  3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rupaul|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} RuPaul Album & Song Chart History – Heatseekers Albums]. Billboard. February 3, 2011.
  4. RuPaul – Chart History – Independent Albums. Billboard. May 19, 2014.
  5. Peak positions:
  6. Peak positions:
  7. RuPaul Gets Into the Holiday Spirit With 'Christmas Party' Album: Listen. 2021-08-09. Billboard. en.
  8. Web site: Black Butta by RuPaul. Apple Music. November 4, 2022.
  9. Web site: RuPaul Is Star Booty . May 26, 2014 . Allmusic.
  10. Web site: AJ and The Queen (Original Television Soundtrack). Amazon Music. January 24, 2020.
  11. Dance/Electronic Album Sales Chart. Billboard. April 15, 2019.
  12. Web site: RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics . Amazon . May 26, 2014 .
  13. Web site: RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics . May 26, 2014 . Allmusic.
  14. RuPaul. RuPaul. 598994428376649728. 14 May 2015. Greatest Hits Vinyl only at DragCon! TICKETS:.
  15. Web site: 'RuPaul's Dragcon' Packs Los Angeles Convention Center. . 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..
  16. RuPaul Chart History – Hot 100. Billboard. March 30, 2018.
  17. RuPaul Chart History – Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. Billboard. April 19, 2022.
  18. RuPaul Chart History – Dance/Club Play Songs. Billboard. March 10, 2020.
  19. Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  20. Web site: Official Charts > RuPaul. Official Charts Company. March 23, 2017.
  21. Web site: Can I Get An Amen? (feat. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5) – Single. 5 March 2013. iTunes. 2014-04-23.
  22. Web site: Oh No She Better Don't (feat. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6) – Single. 31 March 2014. iTunes. 2014-04-23.