# K'naan discography

The discography of K'naan, a Somali Canadian rapper and singer, consists of four studio albums, one live album, one extended play and 22 singles (including eight as a featured performer and seven promotional releases).

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Album 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 |
| Album title | Album details | CAN | AUT | FRA | MEX | SWI | UK | US | US R&B/HH | US Rap |
| What Next? (as Keinaan) | Released: 2000 Label: Cuffnone Music | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| My Life Is a Movie | Released: 2004 Label: Self-released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Dusty Foot Philosopher | Released: June 7, 2005 Label: BMG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Troubadour | Released: February 24, 2009 Label: A&M/Octone | 7 | 15 | 163 | 67 | 9 | 147 | 32 | 33 | 12 |
| Country, God or the Girl | Released: October 3, 2012 Label: A&M/Octone | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | — | 13 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||||||||

### Live albums

| Album title | Album details |
| The Dusty Foot on the Road | Released: July 17, 2007 Label: EMI / Virgin |
| iTunes Live from Montreal | Released: January 1, 2010 Label: Interscope Records |

### Mixtapes

* K'naan : You Can't Buy This (Mixed By K-Salaam & Beatnick)
* K'naan & J.Period: The Messengers 1 (Fela Kuti)
* K'naan & J.Period: The Messengers 2 (Bob Marley)
* K'naan & J.Period: The Messengers 3 (Bob Dylan)

## Extended plays

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | CAN | US R&B/HH | US Rap |
| More Beautiful Than Silence | Released: January 24, 2012 Label: A&M/Octone | 37 | 32 | 19 |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Year | Title | 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 | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | CAN | AUT | GER | IRL | ITA | NLD | NZ | SWI | UK | US | Certifications | Album |
| 2008 | "ABCs" (featuring Chubb Rock) | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Troubadour |
| 2009 | "Wavin' Flag" | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | | Troubadour |
| 2010 | "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)" | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 82 | MC: 3× Platinum BPI: Platinum FIMI: Gold IFPI: Platinum | Troubadour |
| 2010 | "Take a Minute" | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Troubadour |
| 2010 | "Bang Bang" (featuring Adam Levine) | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 | — | | Troubadour |
| 2012 | "Is Anybody Out There?" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | 14 | 7 | 11 | — | — | 15 | 1 | 20 | — | 92 | MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold | More Beautiful Than Silence |
| 2012 | "Nothing to Lose" (with Nas or with Nas and will.i.am) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Country, God or the Girl |
| 2012 | "Hurt Me Tomorrow" | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | MC: Platinum | Country, God or the Girl |
| 2023 | "Refugee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||||||||||||

### As featured artist

| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| Year | Song | CAN | AUS | NLD | UK | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| 2006 | "Til We Get There" (M-1 featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Confidential |
| 2008 | "Africa" (Amadou & Mariam featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Welcome to Mali |
| 2009 | "L'Arme de Paix" (Oxmo Puccino featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | L'Arme de Paix |
| 2009 | "Think of All the Things" (KRS-One & Buckshot featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Survival Skills |
| 2009 | "TV in the Radio" (Wale featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Attention Deficit |
| 2010 | "In Jamaica" (Beatnick & K-Salaam featuring K'naan and Buckshot) | — | — | — | — | | Beatnick & K-Salaam Present - Where The Streets Have No Name |
| 2010 | "Wavin' Flag" (with Young Artists for Haiti) | 1 | — | — | 89 | | Non-album single |
| 2010 | "Stop for a Minute" (Keane featuring K'naan) | — | — | 35 | 40 | | Night Train |
| 2010 | "Looking Back" (Keane featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Night Train |
| 2010 | "Tribes at War" / "Africa Must Wake Up" (Nas and Damian Marley featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Distant Relatives |
| 2010 | "Tamatant Tilay / Exodus" (Herbie Hancock, Tinariwen, K'naan and Los Lobos) | — | — | — | — | | The Imagine Project |
| 2011 | "Hip Hop Nation" (KRS-One featuring K'naan, Lina and Frank Fitzpatrick) | — | — | — | — | | Beat the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| 2011 | "Summer Paradise" (Simple Plan featuring K'naan) | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ARIA: 2× Platinum MC: 3× Platinum | Get Your Heart On! |
| 2012 | "Mecca" (Howard Shore, Metric and K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | Cosmopolis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2012 | "We OK" (The Very Best featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | MTMTMK |
| 2013 | "Earth From Outer Space" (Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | All People |
| 2016 | "Give It up Today (If We Ruled the World)" (Tara MaQ featuring K'naan, Tink and Yasiin Bey) | — | — | — | — | | Chi-Star |
| 2021 | "Waayo Waayo" (Sharma Boy featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | — |
| 2021 | "Somalia Somali Baa Leh" (Sharma Boy featuring K'naan) | — | — | — | — | | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||||||

### Promotional singles

| Year | Song | Album |
| 2005 | "Soobax" | The Dusty Foot Philosopher |
| 2005 | "Strugglin'" | The Dusty Foot Philosopher |
| 2008 | "Dreamer" | Troubadour |
| 2008 | "Somalia" | Troubadour |
| 2009 | "I Come Prepared" (featuring Damian Marley) | Troubadour |
| 2009 | "If Rap Gets Jealous" (featuring Kirk Hammett) | Troubadour |
| 2016 | "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" (with Snow tha Product, Riz MC and Resīdεntә) | The Hamilton Mixtape |

## Other appearances

| Title | Year | Other Artist(s) | Album |
| "World Cry" | 2011 | Lloyd, R.Kelly, Keri Hilson | King of Hearts |
| "With God On Our Side" | 2012 | | Chimes of Freedom |
| "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" | 2016 | Snow tha Product, Riz MC, Resīdεntә | The Hamilton Mixtape |
| "Belly Full" (J.PERIOD Remix) | 2020 | J.PERIOD, Kardinal Offishall, Steele, Bajah | BEST OF J.PERIOD [VOL.2] |