German recording artist Joy Denalane has released five studio albums, two live albums, and 17 singles, plus six singles as a featured artist. Denalane scored her first chart entry in 1999, when she was featured on hip hop group Freundeskreis's single "Mit dir", a duet with future husband Max Herre, that became a top ten hit in Germany.[1] Its success led to a recording deal with the Four Music label, which released her debut album Mamani in 2001. A soul album with elements of neo soul, jazz, and afro pop, it reached number eight on the German Albums Chart and earned a gold certification from the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).[1] It produced five singles and spawned the live album Mamani Live, which was released in 2004.[1]
| Joy Denalane discography | |
|---|---|
 Denalane live in Düsseldorf in 2014. | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Singles | 17 |
Following a longer hiatus in which she recorded collaborations with others musicians such as Herre, Afrob, and Common, Denalane released her second album Born & Raised in 2006. A breakaway form her previous album, it was entirely recorded in English language and took Denalane's work further into the rhythm and blues and hip hop genres. Upon its released, it debuted at number two in Germany and at number five on the Swiss Albums Chart.[1][2] Both, the album and its lead single "Let Go", the latter of which entered the top thirty on the German Singles Chart, remain her highest-charting solo releases to date.[1]
Maureen, Denalane's third studio album, was released in 2011. The album reached the top ten and top twenty in Germany and Switzerland respectively, but failed to produce a charting single.[1][2] In 2014, she became part of the German Band Aid 30 project; their rendition of which "Do They Know It's Christmas?" reached number-one on the German Singles Chart.[1] In 2015, she released "Keine Religion", the theme song of the romantic comedy Traumfrauen (2015) as a single.[1]
Albums edit
Studio albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] |
AUT [3] |
SWI [2] | |||
| Mamani |
|
8 | 44 | 54 | |
| Born & Raised |
|
2 | 42 | 5 | |
| Maureen |
|
8 | 36 | 11 | |
| Gleisdreieck |
|
8 | 36 | 25 | |
| Let Yourself Be Loved |
|
5 | — | 22 | |
| Willpower[5] |
|
33 | — | — | |
Live albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] |
AUT [3] |
SWI [2] | |||||||||||
| Mamani Live |
|
44 | — | — | |||||||||
| The Dresden Soul Symphony (with Bilal, Dwele, Tweet, and MDR Symphony Orchestra) |
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
Singles edit
As a main artist edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT [3] |
SWI [2] | |||
| "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (featuring Scorpio) |
1999 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Time Heals the Pain" | — | — | — | ||
| "Sag's Mir" | 2001 | — | — | — | Mamani |
| "Geh Jetzt" | 2002 | 64 | — | — | |
| "Was Auch Immer" | 86 | — | — | ||
| "Im Ghetto von Soweto" | 2003 | — | — | — | |
| "Kinderlied" | — | — | — | ||
| "Höchste Zeit" | 2004 | — | — | — | Mamani Live |
| "Let Go" | 2006 | 26 | — | 46 | Born & Raised |
| "Heaven or Hell" (featuring Raekwon) |
— | — | — | ||
| "Sometimes Love" | 2007 | — | — | — | |
| "Change" (featuring Lupe Fiasco) |
— | — | — | ||
| "Niemand (Was wir nicht tun)" | 2011 | — | — | — | Maureen |
| "Nie wieder, nie mehr" (featuring Julian Williams) |
2012 | — | — | — | |
| "Keine Religion" | 2015 | 97 | — | — | Traumfrauen soundtrack |
| "Alles leuchtet"[7] | 2017 | — | — | — | Gleisdreieck |
| "Wieder Kind" (with BRKN) |
2018 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "I Believe" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) |
2020 | — | — | — | Let Yourself Be Loved |
| "Top of My Love" | — | — | — | ||
| "I Gotta Know" | — | — | — | ||
| "Use Me" | 2021 | — | — | — | Let Yourself Be Loved (deluxe edition) |
| "The Show" | — | — | — | ||
| "Forever" | — | — | — | ||
| "An meiner Seite" | 2022 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Christmas Will Really Be Christmas" | — | — | — | ||
| "Hideaway" | 2023 | — | — | — | Willpower |
| "Happy" (featuring Ghostface Killah) |
— | — | — | ||
| "Fly By" | — | — | — | ||
As a featured artist edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT [3] |
SWI [2] | |||
| "Mit Dir" (Freundeskreis with Joy Denalane) |
1999 | 9 | 30 | 12 | Esperanto |
| "So Many Men" (Youssou N'Dour featuring Joy Denalane) |
2003 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Torch of Freedom" ([Re:Jazz] featuring Joy Denalane) |
2003 | — | — | — | |
| "1ste Liebe" (Max Herre with Joy Denalane) |
2004 | 33 | — | — | Max Herre |
| "GO! (Remix)" (Common featuring Joy Denalane) |
2005 | — | — | — | Be |
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (with Band Aid 30 Germany) |
2014 | 1 | 10 | 21 | Non-album single |
| "Bathele" (Mafikizolo featuring Joy Denalane) |
2019 | — | — | — | African Legends |
| "Das Wenigste" (Max Herre featuring Joy Denalane) |
— | — | — | Athen | |
| "What You Give" (Web Web featuring Joy Denalane) |
2020 | — | — | — | Worshippers |
| "Golden" (Noah Slee featuring Joy Denalane) |
2022 | — | — | — | It Takes a Village |
Album appearances edit
| Song | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Whats Up with That" | 1999 | DJ Thomilla, Joy Denalane | Genuine Draft |
| "Mit Dir" | 1999 | Freundeskreis (with Joy Denalane) | Esperanto |
| "Tabula Rasa, Pt. II" | 1999 | Freundeskreis (featuring FK Allstars) | Esperanto |
| "Nicht Allein (Absolut Nicht Remix)" | 2000 | Absolute Beginner (featuring Joy Denalane) | Boombule (Bambule Remixed) |
| "Kuck ma' wer da rollt" | 2001 | Afrob (featuring Joy Denalane & Max Herre) | Made In Germany |
| "In Due Time" | 2001 | Sékou (featuring Joy Denalane & Max Herre) | D.I.a.S.P.O.R.a |
| "Music" | 2001 | Tiefschwarz (feat. Joy Denalane) | RAL9005 |
| "Torch of Freedom" | 2002 | [RE:Jazz], Joy Denalane | Infracom! Presents [Re:Jazz] |
| "Men's World" | 2003 | ASD (featuring Brooke Russell & Joy Denalane) | "Hey Du" |
| "1ste Liebe" | 2004 | Max Herre (with Joy Denalane) | Max Herre |
| "Soulmate" | 2005 | Afrob (featuring Joy Denalane) | Hammer |
| "Schlaflied für die Sehnsucht" | 2005 | Joy Denalane | Selma – in Sehnsucht eingehüllt |
| "Arouna" | 2007 | Angélique Kidjo (featuring Joy Denalane) | Djin Djin |
| "Ich geh für dich" | 2007 | Azad (featuring Joy Denalane) | Blockschrift |
| "À 2 contre tous" | 2007 | Passi (featuring Joy Denalane) | Évolution |
| "How Long Will It Last?" | 2010 | Nottz (featuring Joy Denalane) | You Need This Music |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Discographie von Joy Denalane". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Joy Denalane Discography". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Hitparade.ch Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ a b c d "Joy Denalane Discography". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. AustrianCharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original (To access, enter the search parameter Joy Denaane and select "Suchen") on November 24, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Willpower by Joy Denalane". Apple Music. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "Chartverfolgung / Joy Denalane / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ "Cover - Alles Leuchtet (Single)" (in German). joydenalane.com. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
External links edit
- JoyDenalane.com — official site
- Joy Denalane discography at AllMusic
- Joy Denalane at IMDb