Cameo (band) / discography

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of American radio - and R & B - band Cameo . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 5.5 million records to date, over five million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release from Cameo is the album Word Up! with over 1.1 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1977	Cardiac Arrest Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US116 (15 weeks) US	R&B16 (25 weeks) R&B	First published: June 29, 1977 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1978	We All Know Who We Are Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US58 (23 weeks) US	R&B15 (25 weeks) R&B	First published: January 2nd, 1978 Producer: Larry Blackmon
	Ugly Ego Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US83 (15 weeks) US	R&B16 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: September 25, 1978 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1979	Secret Omen Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US46 gold (21 weeks)US	R&B4 (34 weeks) R&B	First published: June 25, 1979 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1980	Cameosis Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US25th gold (26 weeks)US	R&B1 (29 weeks) R&B	First published: April 24, 1980 Producer: Larry Blackmon
	Feel Me Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US44 gold (17 weeks)US	R&B6 (37 weeks) R&B	First published: October 6, 1980 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1981	Knights of the Sound Table Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US44 gold (13 weeks)US	R&B2 (24 weeks) R&B	First published: May 18, 1981 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1982	Alligator Woman Chocolate City Records	-	-	-	-	US23 gold (24 weeks)US	R&B6 (32 weeks) R&B	First published: March 22nd, 1982 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1983	Style Atlanta Artists	-	-	-	-	US53 (12 weeks) US	R&B14 (22 weeks) R&B	First published: April 11, 1983 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1984	She's Strange Atlanta Artists	-	-	-	-	US27 gold (24 weeks)US	R&B1 (32 weeks) R&B	First published: January 16, 1984 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1985	Single Life Atlanta Artists	-	-	-	UK66 (12 weeks) UK	US58 gold (27 weeks)US	R&B2 (33 weeks) R&B	First published: June 17, 1985 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1986	Word Up! Atlanta Artists	DE34 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH30 (1 week) CH	UK7th gold (34 weeks)UK	US8th platinum (54 weeks)US	R&B1 (52 weeks) R&B	First published: September 9, 1986 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1988	Machismo Atlanta Artists	-	-	-	UK86 (1 week) UK	US56 gold (19 weeks)US	R&B10 (35 weeks) R&B	First released October 17, 1988 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1990	Real Men ... Wear Black Atlanta Artists	-	-	-	-	US84 (8 weeks) US	R&B18 (18 weeks) R&B	First published: February 11, 1990 Producer: Larry Blackmon
1994	In the Face of Funk Way Too Funky / Raging Bull Records	-	-	-	-	-	R&B83 (4 weeks) R&B	First released October 18, 1994 Producer: Larry Blackmon
2000	Sexy Sweet Thing Private I Records / Universal	-	-	-	-	-	R&B64 (12 weeks) R&B	First published: April 18, 2000 Producer: Larry Blackmon

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• 1991: Emotional Violence (Release: August 14th; Reprise Records )

Live albums

• 1996: Nasty (release: July 5th; Intersound)
• 1998: Live: Word Up (release April 10; Universal)
• 2003: Original Artist Hit List (release: January 28th; Intersound)
• 2007: Nasty, Live & Funky (Release: February 26th; Prestige Records )
• 2007: Word Up! Greatest Hits - Live (release June 1st; Silver Star)
• 2007: Keep It Hot (released October 9; Sheridan Square)

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1993	Best of Cameo Mercury Records	-	-	-	-	-	R&B44 (19 weeks) R&B	First published: May 18, 1993 Producers: Larry Blackmon, Harry Weinger

More compilations

1992: Shake Your Pants (released January 15; Polygram ) 1996: The Best of Cameo, Volume 2 (Release: May 21; Mercury Records) 1998: Best of Cameo (release: April 8th; PolyGram ) 1998: The Ballads Collection (May 19; Mercury Records) 1998: Greatest Hits (released September 15; Mercury Records) 1998: The Hits Collection 1999: 12 "Collection and More (release: May 18th; Mercury Records)

2000: The Hits Collection (released June 27; Mercury Records) 2002: Anthology (released June 18; Mercury Records) 2003: Classic Cameo (release: March 3rd; Mercury Records) 2004: The Best of Cameo (release: November 23rd; Collectables Records) 2006: The Definitive Collection (March 14th; Mercury Records) 2013: Word Up! The Ultimate Collection (January 28th; Spectrum Music )

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1977	Rigor Mortis Cardiac Arrest	-	-	-	-	-	R&B33 (18 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1977 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Arnett Leftenant, Nathan Leftenant
	Post Mortem Cardiac Arrest	-	-	-	-	-	R&B70 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1977 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson
	Funk Funk Cardiac Arrest	-	-	-	-	-	R&B20 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1977 Author: Larry Blackmon
1978	It's Serious We All Know Who We Are	-	-	-	-	-	R&B21 (15 weeks) R&B	Dance29 (5 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1978 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson
	It's Over We All Know Who We Are	-	-	-	-	-	R&B60 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1978 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins
	Insane Ugly Ego	-	-	-	-	-	R&B17 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1978 Author: Larry Blackmon
1979	Give Love a Chance Ugly Ego	-	-	-	-	-	R&B76 (5 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1979 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett
	I Just Want to Be Secret Omen	-	-	-	-	-	R&B3 (22 weeks) R&B	Dance52 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1979 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson
	Sparkle Secret Omen	-	-	-	-	-	R&B10 (20 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1979 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett
1980	We're Goin 'Out Tonight Cameosis	-	-	-	-	-	R&B11 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1980 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins
	Cameosis cameosis	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance57 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1980 B-side of On the One Authors: Larry Blackmon, Aaron Mills
	Shake Your Pants Cameosis	-	-	-	-	-	R&B8 (14 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: July 1980 Author: Larry Blackmon
	Keep It Hot Feel Me	-	-	-	-	-	R&B4 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance77 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1980 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett
1981	Feel Me Feel Me	-	-	-	-	-	R&B27 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1981 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett
	Freaky Dancin ' Knights of the Sound Table	-	-	-	-	-	R&B3 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance45 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1981 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
	I Like It Knights of the Sound Table	-	-	-	-	-	R&B25 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1981 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Thomas Campbell, Aaron Mills, Anthony Lockett
1982	Just Be Yourself Alligator Woman	-	-	-	-	-	R&B12 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1982 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins
	Flirt alligator woman	-	-	-	-	-	R&B10 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1982 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
	Alligator Woman Alligator Woman	-	-	-	-	-	R&B54 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1982 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins
1983	Style style	-	-	-	-	-	R&B14 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1983 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
	Slow moving style	-	-	-	-	-	R&B47 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1983 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
1984	She's Strange She's Strange	DE46 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (17 weeks) UK	US47 (11 weeks) US	R&B1 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance25 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: February 1984 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
	Talkin 'Out the Side of Your Neck She’s Strange	-	-	-	-	-	R&B21 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1984 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
	Hangin Downtown She’s Strange	-	-	-	-	-	R&B45 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1984 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
1985	Attack Me with Your Love Single Life	-	-	-	UK65 (2 weeks) UK	-	R&B3 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance39 (3 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1985 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Kevin Kendricks
	Single Life Single Life	-	-	-	UK15 (10 weeks) UK	-	R&B2 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance26 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1985 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
	A good-bye single life	-	-	-	UK65 (3 weeks) UK	-	R&B76 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1985 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant
1986	Word Up! Word Up!	DE3 (18 weeks) DE	AT10 (16 weeks) AT	CH13 (9 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (17 weeks)UK	US6 (21 weeks) US	R&B1 (24 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1986 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
	Candy Word Up!	-	-	-	UK27 silver (9 weeks)UK	US21 (17 weeks) US	R&B1 (16 weeks) R&B	Dance10 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: November 1986 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
1987	Back and Forth Word Up!	-	-	-	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	US50 (8 weeks) US	R&B3 (15 weeks) R&B	Dance6 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1987 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant
	She's Mine Word Up!	-	-	-	UK35 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: September 1987 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Antonio Matthews, Nathan Leftenant
1988	You Make Me Work Machismo	-	-	-	UK74 (2 weeks) UK	US85 (5 weeks) US	R&B4 (15 weeks) R&B	Dance45 (2 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1988 Author: Larry Blackmon
	Skin I'm In Machismo	-	-	-	UK79 (1 week) UK	-	R&B5 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1988 Author: Larry Blackmon
1989	Pretty Girls Machismo	-	-	-	-	-	R&B52 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1989 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Gregory Mangus
1990	I Want It Now Real Men… Wear Black	-	-	-	-	-	R&B5 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1990 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith, William Seth Allen
	Close Quarters Real Men… Wear Black	-	-	-	-	-	R&B38 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1990 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith, William Seth Allen
1992	Emotional Violence Emotional Violence	-	-	-	-	-	R&B47 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1992 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
	That Kind of Guy Emotional Violence	-	-	-	-	-	R&B53 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1992 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Kevin Kendricks
	Money Emotional Violence	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance4 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1992 Authors: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton
1994	Slyde In the Face of Funk	-	-	-	-	-	R&B57 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1994 Authors: Slave, Larry Blackmon
1995	You Are My Love In the Face of Funk	-	-	-	-	-	R&B99 (3 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1995 Author: Larry Blackmon
2001	Loverboy glitter	DE57 (4 weeks) DE	AT65 (3 weeks) AT	CH66 (4 weeks) CH	UK12 (11 weeks) UK	US2 (14 weeks) US	R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B	Dance45 (5 weeks) Dance	First publication: June 2001 Mariah Carey feat. Cameo contains samples from Cameos Candy Authors: Mariah Carey, Mary Ann Tatum, Larry Blackmon, Thomas Jenkins

More singles

1975: Find My Way (release: November) 1980: On the One (release: June) 1980: Is This the Way (released December) 1981: Don't Be so Cool (release: August) 1983: Can't Help Falling in Love 1985: Cameo Megamix

1986: A Goodbye (release: March) 1987: The Cameo Megamix Two 1988: In the Night 1992: Raw but Tasty 2002: Love Junkee (Dilla Vocal Remix) (DJ Cam feat.Cameo) 2003: Back n 'Forth (with Dirti Byrd)

Video albums

• 1984: The Video Singles
• 1984: Came
• 1986: video singles
• 1987: Candy
• 1994: Word Up: Video
• 2004: The Best of Cameo

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  CH  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B3R&B Top 10 albums DE-DE CH-CH UK1UK US1US R&B9R&B Albums in the charts DE1DE CH1CH UK3UK US14thUS R&B17thR&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B4thR&B Dance1Dance Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH-CH UK1UK US2US R&B16R&B Dance4thDance Singles in the charts DE3DE AT2AT CH2CH UK11UK US6thUS R&B39R&B Dance14thDance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1986: for the single Word Up!

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	8 × gold8th	platinum1	5,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	-	500,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	10 × gold10	platinum1

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US
2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Cameo at Allmusic (English)
• Cameo at Discogs (English)