# Serj Tankian discography

The following is the discography of Serj Tankian, an Armenian-American singer and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, keyboardist, and occasionally rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down.
This discography consists of five studio albums, one collaboration album, four EPs, three live album/DVD, thirty-three singles, twenty-three music videos, and all other known appearances by Tankian on other artists' albums, soundtracks, and in video games. This article also contains the production credits by Tankian. The list does not include anything performed or recorded with System of a Down. To see recordings by System of a Down, see System of a Down discography.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Album details | 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 |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | ITA | NLD | NZ | SWI | UK |
| Elect the Dead | Released: October 23, 2007 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 4 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 26 |
| Imperfect Harmonies | Released: September 21, 2010 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 35 | 56 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 94 | 26 | 12 | 86 |
| Harakiri | Released: July 10, 2012 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: CD, digital download | 29 | 86 | 10 | 37 | 12 | 36 | — | 27 | 13 | 87 |
| Orca | Released: June 25, 2013 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album details | AUT | FRA | GER | GRC | NZ | SWI |
| 2010 | Elect the Dead Symphony Released: March 9, 2010 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 38 | 118 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 64 |
| 2021 | Live in Edmonton (with The F.C.C.) Released: November 29, 2021 Label: Serjical Strike Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | Live at Leeds (with The F.C.C.) Released: April 8, 2022 Label: Serjical Strike Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | Invocations Released: November 10, 2023 Label: Serjical Strike Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Collaborative albums

| Year | Album details |
| 2003 | Serart (with Arto Tunçboyacıyan) Released: May 6, 2003 Label: Serjical Strike, Columbia Formats: CD/DVD, LP, digital download |
| 2020 | Fuktronic (with Jimmy Urine) Released: May 8, 2020 Label: Formats: LP, digital download |

### Soundtracks

* Prometheus Bound (2011)
* The Last Inhabitant (2016)
* 1915 (2016)
* Intent to Destroy (2017)
* Furious (2017)
* Spitak (2018)
* Midnight Star (2019)
* Truth to Power (2021)
* I Am Not Alone (2021)
* Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (2023)

## EPs

| Year | EP details |
| 2008 | Lie Lie Live Released: July 1, 2008 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: Digital download |
| 2011 | Imperfect Remixes Released: March 1, 2011 Label: Serjical Strike, Reprise Formats: Digital download |
| 2021 | Elasticity Released: March 19, 2021 Label: United Trust of Sonic Preservation, Alchemy, BMG Formats: CD digital download, streaming vinyl |
| 2022 | Perplex Cities Released: October 21, 2022 Label: United Trust of Sonic Preservation, Alchemy, BMG Formats: Digital download |
| 2024 | Foundations Released: September 27, 2024 |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Song | US | US Alt. | US Main. | US Rock | CAN | POL | UK | Album |
| 2007 | "The Unthinking Majority" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elect the Dead |
| 2007 | "Empty Walls" | 97 | 3 | 4 | — | 75 | — | 78 | Elect the Dead |
| 2007 | "Lie Lie Lie" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elect the Dead |
| 2008 | "Sky Is Over" | — | 22 | 23 | — | — | 46 | — | Elect the Dead |
| 2008 | "Fears" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2010 | "The Charade" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elect the Dead Symphony |
| 2010 | "Bird's Eye" (with Marc Streitenfeld & Mike Patton) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Body of Lies |
| 2010 | "Left of Center" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Imperfect Harmonies |
| 2010 | "Reconstructive Demonstrations" | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | Imperfect Harmonies |
| 2011 | "The Hunger" (with Shirley Manson) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Prometheus Bound |
| 2012 | "Figure It Out" | — | — | 17 | 44 | — | — | — | Harakiri |
| 2012 | "Cornucopia" | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | Harakiri |
| 2012 | "Harakiri" | — | — | 40 | — | — | 78 | — | Harakiri |
| 2012 | "We Are the 99 Percent" (with Tom Morello & Tim McIlrath) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2014 | "Hali" (with Pedro Meirelles & Eugene Hütz) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2016 | "Artsakh" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2016 | "Aurora's Dream" (featuring Veronika Stalder) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "Industrialized Overload" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "The Rough Dog" (with Ara Malikian) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Royal Garage |
| 2019 | "Black Blooms" (with O.R.k.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ramagehead |
| 2020 | "Introvert (Call Me Crazy)" (with Sebu, mISHØ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Hayastane" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2021 | "Disarming Time: A Modern Piano Concerto" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cool Gardens Poetry Suite |
| 2022 | "Amber" (with Sevak Amroyan) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2024 | "A.F. Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Foundations |
| 2024 | "Justice Will Shine On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Foundations |

### Promotional singles

| Year | Song | Album |
| 2008 | "Honking Antelope" | Elect the Dead |
| 2010 | "Borders Are..." | Imperfect Harmonies |
| 2010 | "Yes, It's Genocide" | Imperfect Harmonies |
| 2011 | "Deserving?" | Imperfect Harmonies |
| 2011 | "Goodbye – Gate 21" (featuring Tom Morello) | Imperfect Remixes |

#### As featured artist

| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Song | US Main. | Album |
| 2007 | "Mein" (Deftones featuring Serj Tankian) | 40 | Saturday Night Wrist |
| 2013 | "We Are" (Ray Harmony featuring Serj Tankian, Ihsahn, Devin Townsend & Abbie Johnson) | — | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Shooting Helicopters" (Benny Benassi featuring Serj Tankian) | — | Danceaholic |
| 2019 | "A Higher Frequency" (Tom Morello featuring Serj Tankian & Attlas) | — | 10 Years of Mom+Pop |
| 2021 | "Moonhearts in Space" (Tina Guo featuring Serj Tankian) | — | Dies Irae |
| 2023 | "Black Thunder" (The Hu featuring Serj Tankian & Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz) | 11 | Rumble of Thunder |

## Music videos

| Year | Song | Director(s) |
| 2005 | "We Are One" (with Buckethead) | Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon |
| 2007 | "The Unthinking Majority" | Tawd B. Dorenfeld |
| 2007 | "Empty Walls" | Tony Petrossian |
| 2007 | "Saving Us" | Kevin Estrada |
| 2007 | "Feed Us" | Sevag Vrej |
| 2007 | "Lie Lie Lie" | Martha Colburn |
| 2007 | "Honking Antelope" | Roger Kupelian |
| 2007 | "Elect the Dead" | Gariné Torossian |
| 2007 | "Baby" | Isaac "Eye-Sack" Flores |
| 2007 | "Sky Is Over" | José Rivera |
| 2007 | "Beethoven's Cunt" | Adam Egypt Mortimer |
| 2007 | "Money" | Ara Soudjian |
| 2007 | "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" | Greg Watermann |
| 2008 | "Sky Is Over" (Alt Video) | Jose Rivera |
| 2010 | "Left of Center" | Tawd B. Dorenfeld |
| 2011 | "Reconstructive Demonstrations" | Roger Kupelian |
| 2011 | "Goodbye – Gate 21" (Rock Remix; feat. The FCC & Tom Morello) | Ara Soudjian and George Tonikian |
| 2012 | "Figure It Out" | Ara Soudjian |
| 2012 | "Harakiri" | Nico Sabenorio |
| 2012 | "Occupied Tears" | Eric Nazarian |
| 2012 | "Uneducated Democracy" | Narek Minasyan and Nareh Hovhannissyan |
| 2013 | "Orca Act I – Victorious Orcinus" (Truncated Studio Version) | Aaron Faulls |
| 2013 | "Orca Act II – Oceanic Subterfuge" | Aaron Faulls |
| 2016 | "Ari Im Sokhag" (feat. Larisa Hovannisian) | Garin Hovannisian |
| 2016 | "Artsakh" | Rand Courtney |
| 2017 | "A Fine Morning To Die" (with Iowa) | — |
| 2020 | "Hayastane - Հայաստանը" | Armen Soudjian |
| 2021 | "Elasticity" | Vlad Kaptur |
| 2021 | "Electric Yerevan" | Garin Hovannisian |
| 2021 | "Your Mom" | D.S. Bradford |
| 2021 | "Rumi" | Craig Ray |
| 2021 | "How Many Times?" | Roger Kupelian |
| 2021 | "Disarming Time: A Modern Piano Concerto" | Serj Tankian |
| 2022 | "Amber" (with Sevak Amroyan) | Hrag Yedalian |
| 2024 | "A.F. Day" | Ara Soudjian |
| 2024 | "Justice Will Shine On" | Ara Soudjian and Todd Harapiak |
| 2024 | "Cartoon Buyer" | Ara Soudjian and Todd Harapiak |
| 2024 | "Appropriations" | Ara Soudjian and Todd Harapiak |
| 2024 | "Life's Revengeful Son" | Ara Soudjian and Todd Harapiak |

## Other appearances

| Year | Artist | Song | Release and/or explanation |
| Albums, soundtracks, and video games ||||
| 1999 | Limp Bizkit feat. Serj Tankian | "Don't Go Off Wandering" (Demo) | Demo for Significant Other |
| 2000 | Hed PE feat. Serj Tankian and Morgan Lander | "Feel Good" | Broke |
| 2000 | Tony Iommi feat. Serj Tankian | "Patterns" | Iommi |
| 2000 | Snot feat. Serj Tankian | "Starlit Eyes" | Strait Up |
| 2001 | Dog Fashion Disco feat. Serj Tankian | "Mushroom Cult" | Anarchists of Good Taste |
| 2003 | Serj Tankian | "Bird of Paradise" | Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project |
| 2003 | Kittens for Christian feat. Serj Tankian | "Had a Plan" | Privilege of Your Company |
| 2004 | Saul Williams feat. Serj Tankian | "Talk to Strangers" | Saul Williams |
| 2004 | Flea, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello, Pete Yorn, Tim Walker, Serj Tankian, Maynard James Keenan, and Jonny Polonsky | "Where the Streets Have No Name" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Flea, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello, Pete Yorn, and Serj Tankian | "Alice in My Fantasies" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Serj Tankian | "Piano Improvization" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Serj Tankian | "Charades" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Wayne Kramer, Flea, and John Dolmayan | "Get Up, Stand Up" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Flea, Brad Wilk, and Serj Tankian | "(Free Jam)" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Knowledge and Serj Tankian | "Speak on It" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Tom Morello, Serj Tankian, Pete Yorn, Flea, and Brad Wilk | "Chimes of Freedom" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Brian O'Conner | "Jeffrey Are You Listening?" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | The Nightwatchman, Serj Tankian, Pete Yorn, Brad Wilk, and Jonny Polonsky | "The Road I Must Travel" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Serj Tankian | "Improvizational Noise" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 |
| 2005 | Buckethead feat. Serj Tankian | "We Are One" | Enter the Chicken, Masters of Horror soundtrack |
| 2005 | Buckethead feat. Azam Ali and Serj Tankian | "Coma" | Enter the Chicken |
| 2005 | Buckethead feat. Shana Halligan and Serj Tankian | "Waiting Hare" | Enter the Chicken |
| 2006 | Deftones feat. Serj Tankian | "Mein" | Saturday Night Wrist |
| 2007 | Les Rita Mitsouko feat. Serj Tankian | "Terminal Beauty" | Variéty |
| 2007 | Serj Tankian | "Bug Theme" | Bug soundtrack |
| 2007 | Serj Tankian and Petra Jolly | "Innermission" | Bug soundtrack |
| 2007 | Serj Tankian | "The Essence of Tequila" | Stranglehold |
| 2007 | Serj Tankian | "Chicakong" | Stranglehold |
| 2007 | Wyclef Jean feat. Serj Tankian and Sizzla | "Riot (Trouble Again)" | Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant |
| 2008 | Praxis feat. Serj Tankian | "Sulfur and Cheese" | Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) |
| 2008 | Serj Tankian | "Beethoven's Cunt" | Downloadable track for Rock Band |
| 2008 | Bitter:Sweet feat. Serj Tankian | "Drama" (Serj Tankian version) | Drama |
| 2008 | The Nightwatchman feat. Serj Tankian | "Lazarus on Down" | The Fabled City |
| 2008 | Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, and Marc Streitenfeld | "Bird's Eye" | Body of Lies |
| 2008 | Serj Tankian | "Fears" | Written exclusively in support of Amnesty International's Global Write-A-Thon |
| 2009 | Khatchadour Tankian feat. Serj Tankian | "Bari Arakeel" | Inchbes Moranank |
| 2009 | Khatchadour Tankian feat. Serj Tankian | "Martigi Yerke" | Inchbes Moranank |
| 2010 | Viza feat. Serj Tankian | "Viktor" | Made in Chernobyl |
| 2010 | Serj Tankian | "Empty Walls" | Downloadable tracks for Rock Band |
| 2010 | Serj Tankian | "Sky Is Over" | Downloadable tracks for Rock Band |
| 2011 | Serj Tankian | "Total Paranoia" | Batman: Arkham City – The Album |
| 2011 | Serj Tankian | "Yellow Snow" | The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011 |
| 2011 | Jonathan Elias feat. Jim Morrison, Joanne Shenandoah, Leah Shenandoah, Robert Downey Jr., Serj Tankian, Sinéad O'Connor | "Path to Zero" | Prayer Cycle: Path to Zero |
| 2012 | Tom Morello, Serj Tankian, Tim McIlrath | "We Are The 99 Percent" | Occupy Anthem |
| 2013 | Serj Tankian | Soundtrack of "Morning Star" (Upcoming video game) | Industrial Toys |
| 2013 | Device feat. Serj Tankian and Geezer Butler | "Out of Line" | Device |
| 2013 | Serj Tankian, Ihsahn, Devin Townsend | "We Are" | Revolution Harmony |
| 2013 | Tech N9ne featuring Krizz Kaliko & Serj Tankian | "Straight Out The Gate" | Something Else |
| 2014 | Benny Benassi featuring Serj Tankian | "Shooting Helicopters" | Shooting Helicopters – Single |
| 2014 | Pedro Meirelles featuring Serj Tankian & Eugene Hütz | "Hali" | Hali – Single |
| 2014 | Alla Levonyan, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Serj Tankian, Gor Sujian, Tigran Petrosyan, Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Little Singers of Armenia | "Imagine" | IMAGINE Armenia song |
| 2015 | Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, Vinny Appice | "Crazy Train" | Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute |
| 2022 | Two Feathers, Serj Tankian. | No Tomorrow | Metal: Hellsinger |
| 2019 | Ramin Djawadi, Serj Tankian. | The Rains of Castamere | Game of Thrones: Season 8 |
| 2019 | Bear McCreary, Serj Tankian | "Godzilla" | Godzilla: King of the Monsters |
| Live performances ||||
| 1999 | Fear Factory feat. Serj Tankian | "Cars" |
| 2000 | Incubus feat. Serj Tankian | Live Improvisation on "Redefine" |
| 2000 | Metallica feat. Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian | "Mastertarium" ("Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" part) |
| 2003 | Metallica feat. Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian | "Creeping Death" | Reading Festival 2003 |
| 2006 | Buckethead feat. Shana Halligan and Serj Tankian | "Waiting Hare" |
| 2007 | Tool feat. Serj Tankian | "Sober" (improvisational version) | Big Day Out 2007 (Auckland only) |
| 2007 | Fair to Midland feat. Serj Tankian | "Walls of Jericho" (improvisational version) | Coachella 2007 |
| 2007 | Foo Fighters feat. Serj Tankian | "Holiday in Cambodia" | 2007 MTV Video Music Awards (released on Foo Fighters' single for "Long Road to Ruin") |
| 2008 | The Nightwatchman feat. Serj Tankian | "Lazarus on Down" | Big Day Out 2008 (Auckland only) |
| 2009 | Visa feat. Serj Tankian | "Viktor" | Feed the Need Event |
| 2011 | Tom Morello and Serj Tankian | "Ghost of Tom Joad" | Dimebash 2011 |
| 2011 | Serj Tankian, Stewart Copeland, Omar Fadel | "Qakastan – Hymn of the Republic" and "Sunday Nuts" | Sacred Grove |
| 2012 | Deftones feat. Serj Tankian | "Root" | Knotfest 2012 |
| 2017 | Prophets of Rage feat. Serj Tankian | "Like a Stone" | Rock am Ring 2017 |
| 2024 | The Cost feat. Serj Tankian | "Her Eyes" |
| Remixes ||||
| 2005 | MIA | "Galang" (Serj Tankian Remix) | Galang '05 |
| 2006 | Dredg | "Ode to the Sun" (Serj Tankian Remix) | Unreleased |
| 2006 | The Notorious B.I.G. | "Who Shot Ya?" (Serj Tankian Remix) | Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure |

## Production discography

Tankian has also produced a number of albums.
| Year | Album | Artist | Credit(s) |
| 1998 | System of a Down | System of a Down | Producer, credited as System of a Down |
| 2001 | Toxicity | System of a Down | Co-Producer |
| 2003 | Serart Sampler | Serart | Producer, executive producer, and A&R |
| 2003 | Serart | Serart | Producer, executive producer, and A&R |
| 2004 | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 | Various artists | Producer and executive producer |
| 2005 | Enter the Chicken | Buckethead & Friends | Producer |
| 2006 | Slow Motion Reign | Slow Motion Reign | Producer |
| 2006 | The Drawn and Quartered EP | Fair to Midland | Producer |
| 2007 | Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True | Fair to Midland | Executive producer |
| 2007 | Elect the Dead | Serj Tankian | Producer |
| 2010 | Elect the Dead Symphony | Serj Tankian | Producer |
| 2010 | Imperfect Harmonies | Serj Tankian | Producer |
| 2012 | Harakiri | Serj Tankian | Producer |
| 2013 | Orca | Serj Tankian | Producer |
| 2013 | Jazz-Iz-Christ | Serj Tankian | Producer |