Michelle Williams discography#Singles
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Michelle Williams
|Image = Michelle Williams at Super Bowl XLVII halftime show.jpg
|Caption = Williams performing at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show.
|Studio = 4
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|Compilation = 1
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|Singles = 10
|Music videos = 16
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|Soundtrack = 1
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American gospel and R&B singer-songwriter Michelle Williams has released four studio albums, one compilation album and ten singles.
Williams' began her career in 1999 as a backing vocalist for Grammy Award-winning R&B recording artist Monica and in 2000 a member of one of the best-selling American bands of all time, Destiny's Child, who have sold approximately 60 million records worldwide.{{cite magazine|title=Beyoncé and Destiny's Child to Release Original Track for First Time in Eight Years|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/11/beyonce-and-destinys-child-to-release-original-track-for-first-time-in-eight-years/|magazine=TIME|access-date=March 24, 2013|date=January 11, 2013}} She released her first solo album Heart to Yours (2002), during the hiatus of Destiny's Child, making her the first member of the band to do so. The album topped the US Gospel Albums chart, and peaked at number eleven on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and fifty seven on the Billboard 200. The album won Williams an award for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2002 MOBO Awards and spawned the single "Heard a Word" which was featured on the platinum-certified WOW Gospel 2003 compilation album.{{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r625658|pure_url=yes}} | website=AllMusic | accessdate=December 22, 2008 | year=2003 | first=Andy | last=Kellman | title=(review) WOW Gospel 2003}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database|title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=October 3, 2014}} As of 2008, Heart to Yours has sold over 220,000 copies in the US.
In 2004, after making her on-stage acting debut the previous year in the Broadway musical Aida, Williams released her second studio album Do You Know which peaked at number two on the Gospel Albums chart, number three on the Christian Albums chart and number twenty-eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.{{Cite web |title=Do You Know – Michelle Williams|url=http://www.billboard.com/album/michelle-williams/do-you-know/618477/|work=Billboard.com|accessdate=January 15, 2011}} Do You Know gained Williams a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards and spawned a same-titled single which was included on Live in Atlanta.{{Cite web |title=Amazon.com: Live in Atlanta – Destiny's Child (2006)|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EHQ8B4|work=Amazon.com|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Live in Atlanta [Blu-ray] (2007)|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MM1GJU|work=Amazon.com|accessdate=January 31, 2011}} As of 2008, Do You Know has sold over 78,000 copies in the US.
Williams' third album and pop debut Unexpected (2008) debuted at number forty-two and eleven on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively. Unexpected also spawned the singles "We Break the Dawn", which topped the US Hot Dance Airplay chart and was a moderate top 50 success in the UK and Hungary; "The Greatest", which topped the US Dance chart; and "Hello Heartbreak". "The Greatest" is ranked number thirty-nine on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs decade-end (2000-2009) chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.michellewilliamsonline.com/news/michelle-makes-billboards-best-2000s-list|title=MICHELLE MAKES BILLBOARD'S BEST OF 2000S LIST|date=December 11, 2009|publisher=Michelle Williams Online|accessdate=January 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100113153657/http://www.michellewilliamsonline.com/news/michelle-makes-billboards-best-2000s-list|archivedate=January 13, 2010|df=mdy-all}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/dance-club-play-songs?year=2009#/charts-decade-end/dance-club-play-songs?year=2009&begin=31&order=position |title=United States Hot Dance Club Songs Best of the Decade |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |accessdate=August 14, 2010}} As of 2013, Unexpected has sold over 34,000 copies in the US. In 2011, Williams gained her third top 20 hit on the US Dance chart when Ultra Naté released a joint collaboration with her titled "Waiting on You", which peaked at number eleven.
In 2014, Williams released her fourth studio album Journey to Freedom which debuted at number twenty-nine on the Billboard 200 and became her second number two debut on US Gospel Albums; featuring the singles "If We Had Your Eyes", which reached the top 20 of the US Adult R&B Songs chart; "Fire" and ""Say Yes", which topped the US Hot Gospel Songs chart for seven weeks.{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009235336/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-07-05/gospel-songs|archivedate=October 9, 2014|via=Wayback Machine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-07-05/gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=July 5, 2014|accessdate=August 13, 2014}}{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009235336/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-07-05/gospel-songs|archivedate=October 9, 2014|via=Wayback Machine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-07-12/gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=July 12, 2014|accessdate=October 3, 2014}}{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308154133/https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-songs/2014-07-12|archivedate=March 8, 2021|via=Wayback Machine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-11-22/gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=November 22, 2014|accessdate=December 2, 2014}}{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308150329/https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-songs/2014-11-29|archivedate=March 8, 2021|via=Wayback Machine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-11-29/gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=November 29, 2014|accessdate=December 2, 2014}}{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309061256/https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-songs/2014-12-06|archivedate=March 9, 2021|via=Wayback Machine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-12-06/gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=December 6, 2014|accessdate=December 2, 2014}}{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308233240/https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-songs/2014-12-13|archivedate=March 8, 2021|via=Wayback Machine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-12-13/gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=December 13, 2014|accessdate=December 7, 2014}}{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328061753/https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-songs/2014-12-20|archivedate=March 28, 2018|via=Wayback Machine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-songs/2014-12-20|title=Hot Gospel Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=December 20, 2014|accessdate=December 12, 2014}} "Say Yes" also appeared on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs year-end charts for two consecutive years, at number seven and twenty-three in 2014 and 2015, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs Year End 2014|work=Billboard.com|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=12 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/hot-gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs Year End 2015|work=Billboard.com|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=11 November 2017}} In 2019, Billboard ranked "Say Yes" number fifty on the decade-end (2010-2019) Hot Gospel Songs chart.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-gospel-songs|title=Hot Gospel Songs|work=Billboard.com|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}
Albums
= Studio albums =
= Compilation albums =
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|+ List of albums, with selected details ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title{{cite web |title=Michelle Williams – Allmusic|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/michelle-williams-p350914/discography/compilations|website=AllMusic|accessdate=May 15, 2011}} ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details{{Cite web |title=Amazon.com: Heart to Yours / Do You Know: Master Series: Michelle Williams: Music|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IFRQTU|accessdate=May 15, 2011}} |
| scope="row"| Heart to Yours / Do You Know |
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= Karaoke albums =
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| scope="row"| Do You Know{{Cite web |title=Do You Know (Karoake)|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0QAajcM0nxH9HTtJ1zeCT3?si=C7aACG6vRimgtwnUuerq-w|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=February 6, 2022}}
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Singles
=As a lead artist=
=As a featured artist=
=Soundtrack and promotional singles=
Other charted and certified songs
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|+ List of non-single songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" style="width:3em;"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"| Albums |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US R&B Digital {{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412205615/https://www.billboard.com/music/kelly-rowland/chart-history/RDT/song/786305|archivedate=April 12, 2020|via=Wayback Machine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kelly-rowland/chart-history/rdt/ |title=Kelly Rowland – You Changed – R&B Digital Songs Chart history |magazine=Billboard}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Gaon Digital Chart ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
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| scope="row"|"Rock With Me"
|! scope="col" rowspan="2"|2002 | — || — || — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Rock With Me" was ranked number 21 on the Cross Rhythms year-end Top 100 Chart for 2002.{{cite web |url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/chart/?year=2002|title=Cross Rhythms Annual Chart: Top 100 Chart for 2002|magazine=Cross Rhythms|publisher=Cross Rhythms|accessdate=February 3, 2024}}}} | | |! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Heart to Yours |
| scope="row"|"Heart to Yours"
| — || 6 || — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Heart To Yours" was ranked number 26 on the Cross Rhythms year-end Top 100 Chart for 2002.}} | | |
| scope="row"|"Purpose In Your Storm"
|! scope="col"|2004 | — || — || — || 1 | | |! scope="col"|Do You Know |
| scope="row"|"You Changed" (Kelly Rowland featuring Beyoncé and Michelle Williams) |! scope="col" rowspan="1"|2013 | 16 || — || 20 || — | |
|! scope="col" rowspan="1"|Talk a Good Game |
| scope="row"|"Need Your Help" {{small|(featuring Eric Dawkins)}} |! scope="col"|2014 | — || — || — || 1 | | |! scope="col"|Journey To Freedom |
| scope="row"| "Say My Name" {{small|(Beyoncé featuring Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)}} | rowspan="2"| 2019 | — || — || — || — |
| | rowspan="3"| Homecoming: The Live Album |
| scope="row"| "Lose My Breath" {{small|(Beyoncé featuring Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)}} | — || — || — || — | | |
Guest appearances
Songwriting discography
Videography
=Music videos=
Notes
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See also
References
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External links
- {{discogs artist|artist=Michelle Williams|name=Michelle Williams}}
- [https://myspace.com/michellewilliams Michelle Williams] on Myspace
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