MC Hammer discography
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rapper, M.C. Hammer. Hammer has sold about 30 million albums in the U.S. alone. He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide, breaking down numerous doors for rap music and demonstrating that hip-hop had the potential for blockbuster
success.
Additional singles and/or videos released were:
Oakland, California
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rapper, M.C. Hammer. Hammer has sold about 30 million albums in the U.S. alone. He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide, breaking down numerous doors for rap music and demonstrating that hip-hop had the potential for blockbuster
Blockbuster (entertainment)
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success.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SWE Swedish Recording Industry Association Grammofonleverantörernas förening , or the Swedish Recording Industry Association in English, is an organization representing the music recording industry of Sweden... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1987 | Feel My Power Feel My Power Feel My Power is an EP by M.C. Hammer, produced by Felton Pilate and released in 1987. This album sold over 60,000 copies, which led to several offers from major labels.-Album history:...
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| 1988 | Let's Get It Started Let's Get It Started (album) Let's Get It Started is the second album released by pop rap emcee M.C. Hammer. The album went double platinum with "Pump It Up", "Let's Get It Started", "Turn This Mutha Out" and "They Put Me in the Mix" as the most popular tracks from this album. Music videos were also produced for all of these... EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... /Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : 2× Platinum |
| 1990 | Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
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British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... : 2× Platinum Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : 8× Platinum |
| 1991 | Too Legit to Quit Too Legit to Quit The cassette tape version of this album is considerably longer, with the addition of four songs . After "Find Yourself a Friend" there follows "Rollin' On " . After "Gaining Momentum" is "Burn It Up" . The last two songs on the album are then "Addams Groove" and "Street Soldiers "... |
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| 1994 | The Funky Headhunter The Funky Headhunter The Funky Headhunter was the fifth official album by Hammer, released in 1994.In 1993, Hammer began recording this album. To adapt to the changing landscape of hip-hop, the album was a more aggressive sounding album. He co-produced this record with funky rapper and producer, Stefan Adamek... Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
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| 1995 | Inside Out Inside Out (MC Hammer album) V Inside Out or Inside Out was the fifth studio album commercially released by M.C. Hammer in 1995, but technically/officially his sixth album in total since his debut effort was re-released with additional tracks as his second album .After the decrease in popularity and sales of his previous... |
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| 1998 | Family Affair Family Affair Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional... EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... /Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| 2001 | Active Duty
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| 2004 | Full Blast
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| 2006 | Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look is the tenth album by M.C. Hammer, released 2006 by Hammer's own label, Full Blast Digital Music Group. The album contains singles such as "Look 3x", produced by Scott Storch) and "Get 2 No U," featuring J.D. Greer and Pleasure Ellis.... |
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Compilation albums
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| 1995 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (MC Hammer album) Greatest Hits is a pop album from M.C. Hammer in 1996 which features his most successful singles from his first four albums. There are currently two versions/covers of his "Greatest Hits" album, the other titled The Hits in 2000.-Track listing:... |
| 1998 | Back 2 Back Hits Back 2 Back Hits Back 2 Back Hits is a compilation album by rappers M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice. The album was originally released in 1998 for CEMA Special Markets and was re-released in 2006 for Capitol Records. The first five songs on the album are by M.C. Hammer, and the last five are by Vanilla Ice... |
| 2000 | The Hits The Hits (MC Hammer album) The Hits is a 2000 compilation album by rap artist M.C. Hammer. It contains tracks from his first four albums.-Track listing:# "U Can't Touch This"# "Addams Groove"# "Too Legit to Quit"# "This Is The Way We Roll"# "Pray"# "Turn This Mutha Out"... |
| 2008 | Platinum MC Hammer |
Singles
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Rap Hot Rap Songs Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single... |
US Dan | CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
NL MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| 1988 | "Let's Get It Started" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Feel My Power |
| "Pump It Up" | — | 46 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Let's Get It Started | |
| 1989 | "Turn This Mutha Out" | — | 12 | 3 | 34 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "They Put Me in the Mix" | — | 40 | 5 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You've Got Me Dancing" (with Glen Goldsmith Glen Goldsmith Glen Goldsmith is a UK based singer and songwriter. His own hit songs have included "I Won't Cry", "Dreaming", "Save A Little Bit" and "What You See Is What You Get"; the latter of which was featured on his album of the same name... ) |
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| 1990 | "U Can't Touch This U Can't Touch This "U Can't Touch This" is MC Hammer's 1990 super hit signature song, from his album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. The album sold more than 10 million copies, due primarily to this single, and gaining multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA, and other Recording Industries.Rick James sued Hammer... " |
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| "Have You Seen Her Have You Seen Her "Have You Seen Her" is a song recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites, and released on Brunswick Records in 1971. Composed by the lead singer Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin, the song was included on the group's 1971 album Give More Power to the People.-Song:The Chi-Lites recorded "Have... " |
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| "Pray Pray (MC Hammer song) "Pray" was the third single released from MC Hammer's third album, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. Produced by MC Hammer himself, the song heavily sampled Prince's hit song, "When Doves Cry", the first and one of the few songs legally sanctioned by Prince to incorporate samples of one of his... " |
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| "Here Comes the Hammer" | 54 | 15 | 17 | 29 | — | 15 | 37 | 6 | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Yo!! Sweetness" | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "(Hammer Hammer) They Put Me in the Mix" | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | |
| "Too Legit to Quit Too Legit to Quit (song) "Too Legit to Quit" is a song by rap artist MC Hammer released in 1991 as the title track and first single of his third album of the same name. It proved to be successful in the U.S., peaking at the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, at #5. The single also peaked at #60 on the UK Singles Chart... " |
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| "Addams Groove" | 7 | 15 | — | 10 | — | 4 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "Do Not Pass Me By Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" is a 19th-century American hymn written by Francis J. Crosby in 1868 and William H. Doane in 1870 . The hymn has been recorded by number of artists, including Reggie Houston, Cyrus Chestnut, Bill Gaither, and Lyle Lovett... " (with Tramaine Hawkins) |
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| "This Is the Way We Roll This Is The Way We Roll "This Is the Way We Roll" is a single by MC Hammer from the album Too Legit to Quit.The song was featured in The Addams Family film and was performed by Hammer on Saturday Night Live... " |
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| 1994 | "Pumps and a Bump" | 26 | 21 | 3 | 34 | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | The Funky Headhunter |
| "It's All Good" | 46 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 52 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Stop" | — | 63 | 33 | 41 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Straight to My Feet" (with Deion Sanders Deion Sanders Deion Luwynn Sanders , nicknamed "Prime Time" and "Neon Deion", is a former National Football League cornerback and Major League Baseball outfielder who currently works as an NFL Network analyst... ) |
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| 1996 | "Too Late Playa" (with Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world... , Big Daddy Kane Big Daddy Kane Antonio Hardy better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MC's in Hip Hop... , Nuttso & Danny Boy) |
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| 2001 | "No Stoppin' Us (USA)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Active Duty |
| "Pop Yo Collar Pop Ya Collar "Pop Ya Collar" is the first single from Usher's unofficial Internet-leak album All About U, and later officially released on some editions of his third studio album 8701.... " |
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| 2006 | "LOOK" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Look Look Look |
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| 2008 | "Getting Back to Hetton" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DanceJamtheMusic |
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Additional singles and/or videos released were:
- "Sultry Funk", "Keep On" and "Going Up Yonder" from V Inside OutInside Out (MC Hammer album)V Inside Out or Inside Out was the fifth studio album commercially released by M.C. Hammer in 1995, but technically/officially his sixth album in total since his debut effort was re-released with additional tracks as his second album .After the decrease in popularity and sales of his previous...
(1995); - "Unconditional Love" from Family Affair (1998);
- "Full Blast" from Full Blast (2004);
- "I Got It from the Town", "What Happened to Our Hood?" (featuring Sam Logan and originally from Active Duty),
- "Hyphy, Dumb, Buck, Krump" and "YAY" (produced by Lil JonLil JonJonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...
) from Look Look LookLook Look LookLook Look Look is the tenth album by M.C. Hammer, released 2006 by Hammer's own label, Full Blast Digital Music Group. The album contains singles such as "Look 3x", produced by Scott Storch) and "Get 2 No U," featuring J.D. Greer and Pleasure Ellis....
(released digitally and via web in 2006); - "Bring Our Brothers Home" (non-album single with video released sometime between 2006–2007);
- "I Go" (produced by Lil Jon), "Keep It In Vegas", "Lookin' Out The Window", "Dem Jeans" (by DASIT), "Stooge Karma Sutra" (by The Stooge Playaz) and "Tried to Luv U" (by DASIT featuring Pleasure Ellis) from DanceJamtheMusic (released digitally and via web between 2008–2009);
- "Better Run Run" (non-album single with video released in 2010)