The Notorious BIG / discography
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The Notorious BIG - discography
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Graffiti by The Notorious BIG
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 Studio albums
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Collab albums
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Compilations
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Singles
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Music videos
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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rapper The Notorious BIG. It comprises four studio albums , two compilation albums , four collaboration albums as well as 27 singles and 21 music videos . According to record awards, the rapper has sold over 29.1 million records worldwide, including more than 25 million in the United States alone. The most successful recordings from The Notorious BIG are his debut album to Ready to that sold in the United States more than six million times, and the double album Life After Death , which in the US for more than 5.5 million copies sold with eleven times platinum award has been. All records after the rapper's death on March 9, 1997 were published posthumously .
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
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| 1994 | Ready to Die | - | - | - |
UK-  |
US15th × 6
(61 weeks)US |
First published: September 13, 1994
Sales: + 6,300,000 |
| 1997 | Life after death |
DE63 (21 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK23 (26 weeks)UK |
US1  (87 weeks)US |
First published: March 25, 1997
Sales: + 6,000,000 |
| Posthumously released studio albums | |||||||
| 1999 | Born again |
DE47 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK70  (1 week)UK |
US1 × 2
(22 weeks)US |
First published: December 7th, 1999
Sales: + 2,100,000 |
| 2005 | Duets: The Final Chapter |
DE55 (9 weeks) DE |
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CH29 (11 weeks) CH |
UK13 (15 weeks)UK |
US3 (20 weeks)US |
First published: December 20, 2005
Sales: + 1,100,000 |
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2007 | Greatest hits | - | - | - |
UK58 (10 weeks)UK |
US1 (… Where.)US |
First published: March 6, 2007
Sales: + 1,370,000 |
| 2009 | Notorious | - | - | - | - |
US4 (9 weeks) US |
First published: January 9, 2009
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Collab albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1995 |
Conspiracy (with Junior MAFIA ) |
- | - | - | - |
US8th (31 weeks)US |
First published: August 29, 1995
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 1997 | Stop the Gunfight with Trapp & Tupac Shakur |
- | - | - | - |
US123 (5 weeks) US |
First published: 1997
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| 2017 | The King & I with Faith Evans |
- | - | - | - |
US65 (1 week) US |
First published: May 19, 2017
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More collab albums
- 1998: Pac & Biggie You Never Heard (with Trapp & Tupac Shakur)
Singles
Chart placements as lead musician
| year | Title album |
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| 1994 |
Juicy Ready to Die |
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UK72 (2 weeks)UK |
US27 (20 weeks)US |
First published: August 8, 1994
Sales: + 1,100,000 |
| 1995 | Big Poppa Ready to Die |
- | - | - |
UK63 (2 weeks)UK |
US6th (24 weeks)US |
First published: February 20, 1995
Sales: +1,400,000 |
| One More Chance Ready to Die |
- | - | - |
UK34 (2 weeks) UK |
US2 (20 weeks)US |
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| 1997 |
Hypnotize Life After Death |
DE15 (16 weeks) DE |
AT27 (6 weeks) AT |
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UK10 (7 weeks)UK |
US1 (20 weeks)US |
First published: March 1, 1997
Sales: + 1,600,000 |
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Mo Money Mo Problems Life After Death |
DE11 (17 weeks) DE |
AT31 (5 weeks) AT |
CH8 (13 weeks) CH |
UK6th (11 weeks)UK |
US1 (30 weeks)US |
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| Sky's the Limit Life After Death |
DE93 (3 weeks) DE |
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UK35 (2 weeks) UK |
US26th (18 weeks)US |
First published: November 25, 1997
Sales: + 500,000; feat. 112 |
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| 1999 | Notorious BIG Born Again |
DE56 (8 weeks) DE |
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CH68 (8 weeks) CH |
UK16 (7 weeks) UK |
US82 (7 weeks) US |
First release: October 24, 1999
feat. Puff Daddy & Lil 'Kim |
| 2005 | Nasty Girl Duets: The Final Chapter |
DE8 (15 weeks) DE |
AT23 (13 weeks) AT |
CH14 (19 weeks) CH |
UK1 (22 weeks)UK |
US44 (15 weeks)US |
First published: October 11, 2005
Sales: + 1,100,000 feat. Diddy , Nelly , Jagged Edge & Avery Storm |
| 2006 | Spit Your Game Duets: The Final Chapter |
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CH76 (2 weeks) CH |
UK64 (1 week) UK |
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More singles
- 1993: Party and Bullshit
- 1999: Dead Wrong (feat. Eminem )
- 2017: NYC (with Faith Evans feat. Jadakiss )
- 2017: When We Party (with Faith Evans feat.Snoop Dogg )
- 2017: Legacy (with Faith Evans)
Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
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| 1994 | Can't You See Total |
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UK43 (2 weeks) UK |
US13 (20 weeks)US |
First published: December 18, 1994
Sales: + 500,000; Total feat. The Notorious BIG |
| 1995 | Player's Anthem Conspiracy |
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US13 (20 weeks)US |
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| 1996 | Get Money Conspiracy |
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UK63 (2 weeks) UK |
US17th (20 weeks)US |
First published: May 7, 1996
Sales: + 1,000,000 Junior MAFIA feat. The Notorious BIG |
| Only You 112 |
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US13 (11 weeks)US |
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| You Can't Stop the Reign You Can't Stop the Reign |
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UK40 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: October 20, 1996
Shaquille O'Neal feat. The Notorious BIG |
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| 1997 | Crush on you hard core |
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UK23 (5 weeks) UK |
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| Runnin 'from tha Police One Million Strong |
DE84 (5 weeks) DE |
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UK15 (3 weeks) UK |
US81 (14 weeks) US |
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| Stop the Gunfight Stop the Gunfight |
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US77 (7 weeks) US |
First publication: 1997
Trapp feat. 2Pac & The Notorious BIG |
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| Been Around the World No Way Out |
DE41 (9 weeks) DE |
AT26 (8 weeks) AT |
CH39 (4 weeks) CH |
UK20 (9 weeks) UK |
US2 (20 weeks) US |
First published: August 12, 1997
Puff Daddy feat. Mase & The Notorious BIG |
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| It's All About the Benjamin's No Way Out |
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UK18 (3 weeks) UK |
US42 (1 week) US |
First release: 1997
Puff Daddy feat. Lil 'Kim, The LOX & The Notorious BIG |
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| 1998 | Victory No Way Out |
DE67 (3 weeks) DE |
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UK97 (1 week) UK |
US19 (20 weeks) US |
First published: March 17th, 1998
Puff Daddy feat. The Notorious BIG & Busta Rhymes |
| 2003 | Runnin '(Dying to Live) Tupac: Resurrection |
DE12 (14 weeks) DE |
AT19 (18 weeks) AT |
CH9 (19 weeks) CH |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
US19 (20 weeks) US |
First published: September 6, 2003
2Pac feat. The Notorious BIG |
| 2015 | Old Thing Back Hakuna Matoma |
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First published: February 24, 2015
Sales: + 700,000 Matoma feat. The Notorious BIG, Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant |
Guest Posts
| year | Involved songs | album | Artist |
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| 1992 | Why You Tryin 'to Play Me? | The Projects Presents: Balhers Forever | Aaron Hall |
| 1993 | A buncha niggas | Blue funk | Heavy D |
| What's the 411? (Remix), Real Love (Remix) and Leave a Message | What's the 411? (Remix) | Mary J. Blige | |
| House of Pain | Ready 2 Die | 2Pac | |
| 1994 | Let's get it on | Eddie F & The Untouchables Present: Let's Get It On - The Album | Eddie F |
| Who's the Man? | Back Up Off Me! | Ed Lover | |
| 1995 | 4 My Peeps | # 1 player | Trackmasters |
| This time around | HIStory - Past, Present and Future Book I. | Michael Jackson | |
| (You to Be) Happy | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | |
| 1996 | Bust a nut | Uncle Luke | hatch |
| Bad boy freestyle | The Mix Tape, Vol. II | Funkmaster Flex | |
| Brooklyn's Finest | Reasonable doubt | Jay-Z | |
| Drugs | Hard core | Lil 'Kim | |
| You'll see | Bad Boy Promotional Tape | Bad Boy Records | |
| Young G's Perspective | Addicted to drama | Blackjack | |
| 1997 | Keep your hands high | Many Facez | Tracey Lee |
| Young Gs | No way out | Puff daddy | |
| Be the realist | Stop the gunfight | Trapp feat. 2Pac | |
| 1999 | Real niggas | Forever | Puff daddy |
| Live freestyle | The tunnel | Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap | |
| 2000 | Sports, drugs & entertainment | SDE | Cam'ron |
| Unbreakable | Invincible | Michael Jackson | |
| 16 bars | Lyricist Lounge 2 | Rawkus | |
| The Wickedest | The Mix Tape, Vol. IV | Mister Cee & Funkmaster Flex | |
| 2002 | A dream | The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse | Jay-Z |
| Unfoolish, Notorious BIG (Remix) and Woke Up in the Morning (Remix) |
We Invented the Remix | P. Diddy | |
| 2003 | Y'all Know Who Killed Him | The Black Rob Report | Black Rob |
| 2004 | Victory 2004 and Flava in Ya Ear (Remix) | Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary ... The Hits | Bad Boy Records |
| 2005 | What's goin 'on? | Hood Politics III: Unsigned Hype | Termanology |
| 2006 | The grind | The Empire Strikes Back | 50 cents |
| Duck Down | Back by Thug Demand | Trick daddy | |
| Deadly combination | The Archives 1996-2000 | Big L | |
| Three bricks | FishScale | Ghostface Killah | |
| 2007 | Relax and Take Notes | Ridin high | 8Ball & MJG |
| 2009 | Bone Thugs (Bone, Bone, Bone Remix) | Uni5 the Prequel: The Untold Story | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
| Cunt renaissance | Legendary Classics Volume 1 | RA The Rugged Man | |
| Angels | Last train to Paris | Diddy - Dirty Money feat. Rick ross | |
| 2010 | Belize | Gangland | Shyne |
| 1000 stacks | 5.0 | Nelly | |
| Live 4 the Funk | Pancake & Syrup | Redman | |
| Living Better Now | Best Night of My Life | Jamie Foxx | |
| 2011 | I knock you out | Respect the conglomerate | Busta Rhymes |
| 2012 | Let's talk | Self Made Vol. 2 | Maybach Music Group |
| Flip Dat Shit | Cold Case Files Vol. 2 | onyx |
Others (selection)
| year | song | participating artists | Remarks |
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| 1993 | Dolly My Baby (Extended Bad Boy Remix) | Super Cat , 3rd Eye, Puffy , Mary J. Blige | |
| Party and bullshit | Contribution to the soundtrack for the film Who's the Man? | ||
| Buddy X (Falcon & Fabian Remix) | Neneh Cherry | Remix on the single Buddy X | |
| 1994 | Think big | Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard, Lord Tariq | |
| Jam session | Heavy D , Troo Kula | Contribution to the soundtrack for the video game NBA Jam | |
| Stop the breaks | Ron G, Raekwon , KRS-One , Killa Sin, OC | ||
| 1995 | All Men Are Dogs (Nine Dog MC's Mix)? | bandit | Remix on the single All Men Are Dogs? |
| It's All I Had (Live) and Me and My Bitch (Live from Philly) |
Contribution to the soundtrack for The Show | ||
| Dom Perignon | Little Shawn | Contribution to the soundtrack for the New York Undercover series | |
| The Points | Easy Mo Bee , Coolio , Doodlebug, Big Mike, Buckshot , Redman , Ill Al Skratch, Rock, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony , Busta Rhymes , Menace Clan, Jamal | Contribution to the soundtrack for the film Panther | |
| Because B Side | Da Brat , Jermaine Dupri | Contribution to the soundtrack for the film Bad Boys | |
| 2003 | Realest niggas | 50 cents | Contribution to the soundtrack to the film Bad Boys II |
| 2010 | Everything to Me (Remix) | Monica | |
| Jah Army | Stephen Marley , Damian Marley |
Music videos
Own songs
| year | song | Director |
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| 1994 | Juicy | Sean Combs |
| 1995 | Big Poppa | Hype Williams and Sean Combs |
| Warning | Hype Williams | |
| One more chance | Hype Williams and Sean Combs | |
| 1997 | Hypnotize | Paul Hunter and Sean Combs |
| Mo Money Mo Problems | Hype Williams | |
| Sky's the limit | Spike Jonze | |
| 1999 | Dead Wrong | Marion Alston, Brian Kushner, Harve Pierre and GD Hampton |
| 2000 | Notorious BIG | Sean Combs and Matt X |
| Biggie | Marcus Raboy | |
| 2005 | Hold ya head | Bobby O'Neill |
| Nasty girl | Sanaa Hamri | |
| 2006 | Spit your game | Dr. Teeth |
As a guest musician
| year | song | Artist | Director |
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| 1995 | Player's Anthem | Junior MAFIA | Lance Rivera |
| 1996 | Only you | 112 | Alan Ferguson and Sean Combs |
| Get money | Junior MAFIA | Lance Rivera | |
| 1997 | Crush on you | Lil 'Kim | Lance Rivera |
| It's All About the Benjamin | Puff daddy | Spike Jonze | |
| Been around the world | Puff daddy | Paul Hunter | |
| 1998 | Victory | Puff daddy | Marcus Nispel |
| 2004 | Runnin '(Dying to Live) | 2Pac | Philip G. Atwell |
statistics
Chart evaluation
The following list contains an overview of The Notorious BIG's chart successes in the album and single charts.
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Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
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platinum |
diamond
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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gold1
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platinum1
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- | 105,000 | aria.com.au |
 Canada (MC)
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gold1
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2 × platinum2
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- | 240,000 | musiccanada.com |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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platinum1
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- | 10,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
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United States (RIAA)
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8 × gold8th
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16 × platinum16
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diamond1
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25,000,000 | riaa.com |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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silver1
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4 × gold4th
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7 × platinum7th
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- | 3,950,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
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14 × gold14th
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27 × platinum27
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diamond1
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- ↑ a b Music Video Directors On mvdbase.com, English. Retrieved April 28, 2013.