The discography of British musician and producer
Labrinth
Timothy Lee McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record lab ...
consists of two
studio albums
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, one
soundtrack album, two
extended play
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singles and fourteen
music video
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s.
The musician released his debut single, "
Let the Sun Shine
"Let the Sun Shine" is the debut single from English musician, Labrinth. It was produced and written by Labrinth and Da Digglar, and was released on 27 September 2010 on Simco Ltd and Sony Records. The single is available on iTunes as an exten ...
", in September 2010 where it peaked at number three on the
UK Singles Chart
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; also reaching number thirty-two on the
Irish Singles Chart
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. A second single, "
Earthquake
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", was released in November 2011 debuting at number two in the UK; with first week sales of over 115,000 copies. The track attained international chart success, reaching number twelve in Ireland, number five in New Zealand and number four in Australia; also attaining double platinum and platinum statuses from the
Australian Recording Industry Association
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and the
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
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respectively. Labrinth's debut studio album, ''
Electronic Earth
''Electronic Earth'' is the debut studio album by English recording artist Labrinth released 2 April 2012, via Syco Music. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
Background
The album was released on 2 April 2012, by Simon Cowell ...
'', was released on 2 April 2012 peaking at number two behind
Nicki Minaj
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's ''
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded''. The release was preceded by "
Last Time", which became the artist's third consecutive top five hit in the UK; peaking at number four. A further three singles were released from the album, "
Express Yourself", "
Treatment", which peaked at number twelve and number fifty respectively– and "
Beneath Your Beautiful
"Beneath Your Beautiful" is a song by British musicians Labrinth and Emeli Sandé. Written by Labrinth, Mike Posner and Sandé, it was promoted as the sixth single from Labrinth's debut album, '' Electronic Earth'' (2012), and is included as a ...
" featuring
Emeli Sandé
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(November 2012) which became Labrinth's first number-one single in both the UK and Ireland.
Labrinth has also appeared as a featuring artist on several occasions, notably alongside rapper Tinie Tempah. The pair first collaborated on the track "
Pass Out" which having been released in February 2010 topped the UK chart; also reaching number six in Ireland. A second collaboration, "
Frisky", was released several months later peaking at number two in the UK and number three in Ireland. The musician has also appeared as a featuring artist on
Devlin's single "
Let It Go
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" and as part of 'The Collective' on the
Children in Need record "
Teardrop" which peaked at number fifty-nine and number twenty-four in the UK respectively.
In 2019, Labrinth composed the score to the
HBO
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teen drama
In film and television
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''
Euphoria
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''. The season 1 score album became his first charting album on the US
''Billboard'' 200 and entered the top 50 in several countries including Australia, Canada, and Ireland. Album track "Still Don't Know My Name" became a
sleeper hit
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in 2020 and earned Labrinth his first
Platinum
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Pla ...
single in the US. Later in the year he released his second studio album ''
Imagination & the Misfit Kid
''Imagination & the Misfit Kid'' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Labrinth, released on 22 November 2019. The album was recorded in London and New York City and features vocals by singers Sia and Zendaya. While the album di ...
''.
Albums
Studio albums
Soundtrack albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Charity singles
Other charted songs
Guest appearances
Music videos
Songwriting and production credits
Remixes
* 2010:
Gorillaz
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featuring
Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guit ...
,
Mos Def
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and
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (born 7 November 1988), better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He has been signed to Parlophone Records since 2009, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He created his own entertainment compa ...
– "
Stylo (Labrinth SNES Remix)"
* 2010:
Jessie J
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– "
Do It like a Dude"
* 2011:
Loick Essien
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– "
Love Drunk
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second album by the American
pop rock band Boys Like Girls, released on September 8, 2009 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded in New York City and Vancouver because there are "two different producers/production te ...
"
* 2012:
Birdy Nam Nam
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– "Written in the Sand"
* 2013:
Conor Maynard
Conor Paul Maynard (born 21 November 1992) is an English singer. Born and raised in Brighton, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Group in 2011. Maynard rose to fame in 2012 when he was nominated for, and subsequently won, MTV's '' ...
– "
R U Crazy
"R U Crazy" a single by English singer-songwriter, Conor Maynard. It was released on 4 October 2013. The song was written by Maynard, Eagle Eye, and Labrinth, who also produced the song. Labrinth also provided a remix of the song, which premier ...
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References
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