RuPaul discography

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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 discography
RuPaul at a party for the launch of the Starrbooty DVD
Studio albums15
Compilation albums6
Music videos42
EPs4
Singles68
Soundtrack albums4
Remix albums5
Promotional singles13

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 World1091
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
1226
Glamazon
  • Release date: May 3, 2011
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
118
Born Naked
  • Release date: February 24, 2014
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
85418
Realness
  • Release date: March 2, 2015
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
63841
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
346
American
  • Release date: March 24, 2017
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: LP, Digital download
12305846
Christmas Party[7]
  • Release date: November 1, 2018
  • Label: RuCo Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
[A]
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[9]
  • 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[10]
  • 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)[11]
  • 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

[12]
US Indie
[4]
RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics
  • Release date: March 17, 1998[13][14]
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz
  • Release date: January 28, 2014
  • Label: World of Wonder
  • Formats: Digital download
RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz 2
  • Release date: February 3, 2015
  • Label: World of Wonder
  • Formats: Digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: May 16, 2015[15][16]
  • 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
Remember Me: Essential, Vol. 1
  • 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
[17]
US Dance/
Elec.

[18]
US Dance
Club

[19]
AUS
[20]
UK
[21]
"I've Got That Feelin'"1991Non-album single
"Supermodel (You Better Work)"199245[B]239Supermodel of the World
"Back to My Roots"1993[C][D]19040
"A Shade Shady (Now Prance)"[E]1
"House of Love"40
"Everybody Dance"
"Little Drummer Boy"[F][G]Non-album single
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(with Elton John)
199492[H]3457Duets
"Snapshot"199695[I]4Foxy Lady
"A Little Bit of Love"1997[J][K]28
"Celebrate"31
"Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous"20042Red Hot
"WorkOut"20055
"People Are People"
(featuring Tom Trujillo)
200610
"Supermodel (Remixes)"
(featuring Shirley Q. Liquor)
21ReWorked
"Call Me Starrbooty"2007Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Cover Girl"2009[L]16Champion
"Jealous of My Boogie"[M]55
"Devil Made Me Do It"2010
"Tranny Chaser"
"Champion"2011[N]
"Superstar"[O]Glamazon
"Glamazon"
"Peanut Butter"
(featuring Big Freedia)
2012Non-album singles
"Sexy Drag Queen"
"Responsitrannity"Glamazon
"Theme from Drag U"Non-album single
"Live Forever"Glamazon
"Here It Comes (Around Again)"[P]
"If I Dream"
"Lick It Lollipop"
(featuring Lady Bunny)
2013Non-album single
"I Bring the Beat"Glamazon
"The Beginning"
"Geronimo"2014Born Naked
"Sissy That Walk"2755
"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)
29Non-album single
"Snapshot" (Remix)2017Remember Me: Essential, Vol. 1
"Category Is" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 9)
Non-album single
"Call Me Mother"47American
"Kitty Girl" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 3)
201818Non-album singles
"American" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10)
[Q]
"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)
[R]
"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)
Non-album singles
"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"
(solo or with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 15)
-Mamaru
"Just What They Want"
"Hey Sis, It's Christmas" (Cast Version)
(featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 3)
Non-album single
"Catwalk"
(featuring Skeltal Ki or the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14)
42Mamaru
"Smile"2022
"Living My Life in London" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World, season 1)
Non-album singles
"Champion (Ru x Blu)"
(with Blu Hydrangea)
"Legends" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)
"Who Is She?" (Cast Version)
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, season 2)
Mamaru
"Star Baby"Black Butta
"Show Me That You Festive"
"UK Grand Finale Megamix"
(featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 4)
Non-album single
"A.S.M.R Lover"
(featuring Skeltal Ki)
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?"[22]
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5)
2013Non-album singles
"Oh No She Better Don't"[23]
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6)
2014
"Divas Live"2018Non-album singles
"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.
[18]
US Dance
[19]
AUS
[20]
UK
[21]
1997"It's Raining Men... The Sequel"
(with Martha Wash)
[S]226421The Collection
2017"Low (Remix)"
(with Todrick Hall)
35Straight Outta Oz (Deluxe Edition)
2018"Dem Beats"
(with Todrick Hall)
55Forbidden

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"1994NoneAddams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture
"I Will Survive"1995Diana RossTake Me Higher
"Free to Be"NoneWigstock: 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-VaNone
"Queer Duck"NoneQueer Duck
"Super"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (soundtrack)
"Bad Girl"2000Lil' KimNone
"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"2007NSANone
"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

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)RuPaulMathu 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"

RuPaul

Weston Allen
"Just Want They Want"RuPaul
"Catwalk"RuPaul feat. Skeltal KiWeston Allen
2022"Smile"RuPaul

Chang Fuerte

As featured performer

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

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