| Artist: | Tamia |
| Studio: | 7 |
| Ep: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 1 |
| Singles: | 25 |
Canadian singer and songwriter Tamia has released nine albums (including seven studio albums, one extended play, and one compilation albums), and twenty-six singles (including four as a featured artist and one charity singles). She began her career in 1995 as a protégé of musician Quincy Jones, who offered her the chance to appear on his album Q's Jook Joint (1995).[1] Selected as the album's first single, their collaboration "You Put a Move on My Heart" became a top 20 success on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[2] The song, along with their second collaboration "Slow Jams" and "Missing You", a song she recorded with Brandy, Gladys Knight, and Chaka Khan for the soundtrack of the 1996 motion picture Set It Off, was later nominated for a Grammy Award.[3]
Signed to Jones's Qwest Records, Tamia's self-titled debut album was released in 1998. The album took her work further into the contemporary R&B and hip hop genres but became a moderate commercial success, peaking at number sixty-seven on the US Billboard 200 chart and entered the top twenty of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[4] From the five singles that were released from the album, "Imagination" and "So into You" reached the top forty of Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified gold in Japan in June 1998 for 100,000 copies shipped to stores.[5] In the United States, Tamia sold 416,000 copies in total.[6] After a transition to Elektra Records, Tamia released her second album A Nu Day in 2000. Chiefly produced by Shep Crawford and Missy Elliott, the album entered the top ten on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[4] It included the singles "Can't Go for That" and "Stranger in My House," the latter of which reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it her highest-charting single to date.[4] Her strongest seller yet, A Nu Day sold over 665,000 copies in the United States and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[6]
Tamia released her long-delayed third album, More, following her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis in mid-2004. Pushed by the top five success of "Into You", an updated version of her 1998 single "So into You", which rapper Fabolous recorded for his album Street Dreams, More became her highest-charting album yet, debuting and peaking at number 17 on Billboard 200.[4] The album spawned three singles.[4] Feeling restricted by record label obligations, Tamia later split from Elektra to go independent with her own company, Plus One Music Group. Her first project with the label was Between Friends.[7] Her second album with the rooster, Beautiful Surprise, was released in 2012 after a nearly six-year absence in which she had devoted herself to the education of her two children with retired basketball player Grant Hill.[7] It debuted at number six on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and also garnered two Grammy Award nominations. In 2014, Tamia entered a joint venture with Def Jam Recordings to release her sixth album Love Life. Released in June 2015, it debuted at number 24 on the US Billboard 200, while reaching the top of Billboards Top R&B Albums chart and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming her highest-charting album ever on both charts.[8] Passion Like Fire, her seventh studio album, was released in September 2018.[9]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] | US R&B | JPN [11] | ||||
| Tamia |
| 67 | 18 | 25 | ||
| A Nu Day |
| 46 | 8 | — | ||
| More |
| 17 | 4 | 106 | ||
| Between Friends |
| 66 | 9 | 81 | ||
| Beautiful Surprise |
| 23 | 6 | — | ||
| Love Life |
| 24 | 2 | — | ||
| Passion Like Fire |
| 145 | — | — | ||
| Album details | ||
| Greatest Hits |
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| Details | ||
| A Gift Between Friends |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Albums | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] | US R&B [14] | US Dance [15] | NZ [16] | NL [17] | UK [18] | |||||||||
| "Missing You" (with Brandy, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan) | 1996 | 25 | 10 | — | 2 | — | — | Set It Off soundtrack | ||||||
| "Imagination" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) | 1998 | 37 | 12 | — | 30 | 90 | — | Tamia | ||||||
| "So Into You" | 30 | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Falling for You" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Loving You Still" | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Careless Whisper" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Can't Go for That" | 2000 | 84 | 23 | — | — | — | — | A Nu Day | ||||||
| "Stranger in My House" | 2001 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 128 | |||||||
| "Tell Me Who" | — | 63 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Officially Missing You" | 2003 | 83 | 31 | 4 | — | — | — | More | ||||||
| "Questions" | 2004 | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Still" | — | 83 | 34 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Can't Get Enough" | 2006 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | Between Friends | ||||||
| "Me" | 2007 | — | 29 | 11 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Almost" | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Beautiful Surprise" | 2012 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | Beautiful Surprise | ||||||
| "Give Me You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Sandwich and a Soda" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Life | ||||||
| "Stuck with Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Love Falls Over Me" | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Leave It Smokin'" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Passion Like Fire | ||||||
| "Today I Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "It's Yours" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Albums | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | AUS [19] | NZ | NL | UK | |||
| "You Put a Move on My Heart" (with Quincy Jones) | 1994 | 98 | 16 | — | — | — | — | Q's Jook Joint |
| "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Portrait & Barry White) | 1995 | 68 | 19 | — | 2 | — | — | |
| "Love Shouldn't Hurt" (with All-Star Group) | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Shouldn't Hurt |
| "Spend My Life with You" (with Eric Benét) | 1999 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — | A Day in the Life |
| "Into You" (Fabolous featuring Tamia or Ashanti) | 2003 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | 37 | 18 | Street Dreams |
| "Three Little Words" (Louis York featuring Tamia) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Title | Year | Albums |
|---|---|---|
| "Make Tonight Beautiful" | 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control |
| "Tomorrow"[20] | 2004 | More |
| "Questions"[21] | ||
| Song | Year | Artist(s) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Don't Be Late, Don't Come Too Soon" | 1997 | LL Cool J featuring Tamia | Phenomenon | |
| "The Christmas Song" | 1998 | Tamia, Jermaine Dupri | 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas | |
| "Into You" | 2003 | Fabolous featuring Tamia | Street Dreams | |
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | 2003 | Gerald Levert featuring Tamia | Stroke of Genius | |
| "Sunshine (Remix)" | 2016 | Eric Benét featuring Tamia | Eric Benét |
| Song | Year | Artist(s) | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Missing You"[22] | 1995 | Tamia, Brandy, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight | Set It Off |
| "Keep Hope Alive"[23] | 1996 | Tamia | The Associate |
| "Make Tonight Beautiful"[24] | 1998 | ||
| "Careless Whisper"[25] | A Night at the Roxbury | ||
| "Be Alright"[26] | 2002 | The Transporter | |
| "It's a Party"[27] | 2003 | Honey | |
| "Officially Missing You"[28] | A Man Apart | ||
| "Dance My Dream"[29] | 2004 | First Daughter | |
| "Things I Collected"[30] | 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Artist(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "You Put a Move on My Heart" | 1995 | Matthew Rolston[31] | Quincy Jones feat. Tamia | |
| "Slow Jams" | 1995 | Matthew Rolston | Quincy Jones feat. Tamia, Babyface, Portrait & Barry White | |
| "Missing You" | 1996 | F. Gary Gray | ||
| "Keep Hope Alive" | 1996 | Tamia | ||
| "Make Tonight Beautiful" | 1997 | Paul Hunter | Tamia | |
| "Imagination" | 1998 | Paul Hunter | Tamia feat. Jermaine Dupri | |
| "So into You" | 1998 | Harvey White | Tamia | |
| "Spend My Life with You" | 1999 | Jesse Vaughn | Eric Benét feat. Tamia | |
| "Can't Go for That" | 2000 | Chris Hafner | Tamia | |
| "Can't Go for That" (Remix) | 2000 | Chris Hafner | Tamia feat. 213 | |
| "Stranger in My House" | 2000 | Paul Hunter | Tamia | |
| "Into You" | 2003 | Erik White | Fabolous feat. Tamia | |
| "Officially Missing You" | 2003 | Paul Hunter | Tamia | |
| "Questions" | 2004 | Darren Grant[32] | Tamia | |
| "Can't Get Enough" | 2006 | Darren Grant[33] | Tamia | |
| "Me" | 2007 | Margaret Malandruccolo[34] | Tamia | |
| "Almost" | 2007 | Margaret Malandruccolo | Tamia | |
| "Beautiful Surprise" | 2012 | Ryan Pallotta[35] | Tamia | |
| "Sandwich and a Soda" | 2015 | Ryan Pallotta[36] | Tamia | |
| "Leave It Smokin'" | 2018 | Aaron A[37] | Tamia | |
| "Today I Do" | 2018 | [38] | Tamia |