# Thelma Houston discography

This is the discography of American singer Thelma Houston.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | GER | CAN | SWE |
| Sunshower | Released: June 1969 Label: ABC/Dunhill Formats: LP, 8-track, reel-to-reel | — | 50 | — | — | — | — |
| Thelma Houston | Released: July 1972 Label: MoWest Formats: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| I've Got the Music in Me | Released: December 1975 Label: Sheffield Lab Formats: LP With Pressure Cooker | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Any Way You Like It | Released: October 28, 1976 Label: Tamla Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 11 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 21 |
| Thelma & Jerry | Released: June 1977 Label: Motown Formats: LP, MC, 8-track With Jerry Butler | 53 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| The Devil in Me | Released: October 18, 1977 Label: Tamla Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 64 | 29 | — | — | 64 | — |
| Two to One | Released: June 1978 Label: Motown Formats: LP, MC With Jerry Butler | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ready to Roll | Released: October 20, 1978 Label: Tamla Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | — | 74 | — | — | — | — |
| Ride to the Rainbow | Released: May 22, 1979 Label: Tamla Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Breakwater Cat | Released: January 1980 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Never Gonna Be Another One | Released: May 1981 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 144 | 51 | — | — | — | — |
| Reachin' All Around | Released: 1982 Label: Motown Formats: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thelma Houston | Released: March 1983 Label: MCA Formats: LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Qualifying Heat | Released: December 1984 Label: MCA Formats: LP, MC | — | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| Throw You Down | Released: October 1990 Label: Reprise Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thelma Houston | Released: 1994 Label: Fonit Cetra Formats: CD, MC Italy-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A Woman's Touch | Released: August 14, 2007 Label: Shout! Factory Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Divas of Disco: Live | Released: February 26, 2010 Label: Pegasus Entertainment Formats: CD With CeCe Peniston, Linda Clifford, A Taste of Honey and France Joli |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Thelma Houston | Released: 1981 Label: Motown Formats: LP, MC |
| Best of Thelma Houston | Released: May 1991 Label: Motown Formats: CD, MC |
| Don't Leave Me This Way | Released: 1995 Label: Spectrum Formats: CD |
| The Best of Thelma Houston | Released: August 1998 Label: Spectrum Music Formats: CD |
| The Best of Thelma Houston | Released: June 2007 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Dance | US R&B | AUS | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | CAN | NL | NZ | UK | Album |
| "Baby Mine" | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Cry My Soldier Boy" | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "If This Was the Last Song" | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sunshower |
| "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sunshower |
| "Save the Country" | 1969 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Just Wanna Be Me" (UK-only release) | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ride, Louie, Ride" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Want to Go Back There Again" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Me and Bobby McGee" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Thelma Houston |
| "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | Thelma Houston |
| "Piano Man" | 1973 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Do You Know Where You're Going To" (New Zealand-only release) | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long" | 1974 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Bingo Long Song (Steal on Home)" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "One Out of Every Six" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | Any Way You Like It |
| "If It's the Last Thing I Do" | 1977 | 47 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | Any Way You Like It |
| "Anyway You Like It" (Netherlands and France-only release) | 1977 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Any Way You Like It |
| "It's a Lifetime Thing" (with Jerry Butler) | 1977 | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Thelma & Jerry |
| "I'm Here Again" | 1977 | — | 18 | 21 | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | The Devil in Me |
| "I Can't Go On Living Without Your Love" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Devil in Me |
| "Don't Know Why I Love You" (Netherlands and Germany-only release) | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Any Way You Like It |
| "I'm Not Strong Enough to Love You Again" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Two to One |
| "Don't Pity Me" (UK-only release) | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Two to One |
| "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" | 1979 | 34 | 33 | 19 | — | — | — | 38 | — | 14 | — | Ride to the Rainbow |
| "Suspicious Minds" | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Breakwater Cat |
| "If You Feel It" | 1981 | — | 6 | 35 | — | 19 | — | — | 42 | — | 48 | Never Gonna Be Another One |
| "96 Tears" | 1981 | — | 22 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Never Gonna Be Another One |
| "Working Girl" | 1983 | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Thelma Houston |
| "Just Like All the Rest" | 1983 | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Thelma Houston |
| "(I Guess) It Must Be Love" | 1984 | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | Qualifying Heat |
| "You Used to Hold Me So Tight" | 1984 | — | 7 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | Qualifying Heat |
| "I'd Rather Spend the Bad Times with You Than Spend the Good Times with Someone New" | 1985 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Qualifying Heat |
| "Fantasy and Heartbreak" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Qualifying Heat |
| "Lean on Me" (with the Winans) | 1989 | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lean on Me (soundtrack) |
| "High" | 1990 | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Throw You Down |
| "Out of My Hands" | 1990 | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Throw You Down |
| "Throw You Down" | 1990 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Throw You Down |
| "Hold On" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Keep the Candle Burning" (Mathou featuring Thelma Houston) | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" (remix) | 1994 | — | 19 | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Thelma Houston |
| "I Need Somebody Tonight" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 195 | Non-album singles |
| "All of That" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" (Soultans featuring Thelma Houston) | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Need Somebody" (Sessomatto featuring Thelma Houston) | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Brand New Day" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Woman's Touch |
| "Regrets" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Summer Nights |
| "Slippin' Up Slippin' Around" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Summer Nights |
| "Gliding on Love" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Enemy" (with Janitor) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Leave My Baby" (Joe T. Vannelli featuring Thelma Houston) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Still Love You" (featuring Rodney Houston) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Oh Happy Day" (with CeCe Peniston & Phoebe Snow) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Turn Your World Around" (with Bimbo Jones) | 2020 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Someone Is Standing Outside" (featuring Jimmy Webb) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Still Love You" (featuring E. White) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||