Joy Denalane discography

German recording artist Joy Denalane has released six studio albums, two live albums and more than two dozen singles. Denalane scored her first chart entry in 1999, when she was featured on hip hop group Freundeskreis's single "Mit dir", a duet with future husband Max Herre, that became a top ten hit in Germany. Its success led to a recording deal with the Four Music label, which released her debut album Mamani in 2001. A soul album with elements of neo soul, jazz, and afro pop, it reached number eight on the German Albums Chart and earned a gold certification from the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). It produced five singles and spawned the live album Mamani Live, which was released in 2004.

Following a longer hiatus in which she recorded collaborations with others musicians such as Herre, Afrob, and Common, Denalane released her second album Born & Raised in 2006. A breakaway form her previous album, it was entirely recorded in English language and took Denalane's work further into the rhythm and blues and hip hop genres. Upon its released, it debuted at number two in Germany and at number five on the Swiss Albums Chart. Both, the album and its lead single "Let Go", the latter of which entered the top thirty on the German Singles Chart, remain her highest-charting solo releases to date. In 2017, it reached Gold status in Germany.

Maureen, Denalane's first German-language album since Mamani, was released in 2011. It reached the top ten and top twenty in Germany and Switzerland respectively, but failed to produce a charting single. An English language version of the album was issued in 2012. In 2014, she became part of the German Band Aid 30 project; their rendition of which "Do They Know It's Christmas?" reached number-one on the German Singles Chart. In 2015, she released "Keine Religion", the theme song of the romantic comedy Traumfrauen (2015) as a single. It was followed by her fourth studio album Gleisdreieck, released in March 2017, which became her fourth top ten album in Germany, reaching number eight.

Following another hiatus, Denalane signed with Motown Records to released her fifth studio album Let Yourself Be Loved in 2020. Produced by Roberto Di Gioia, it marked the first project by a German artist to be released by the label as well as her third English language album. Let Yourself Be Loved debuted and peaked at number five on the German Albums Chart, becoming her highest-charting album in 14 years. In 2023, Lesedi Records released Willpower, Denalane's sixth studio album. Taking her work further into late 1970s-R&B, it was produced by Di Gioia and Herre and marked her lowest-charting album yet, when it debuted and peaked at number 33 on the German Album Chart. Alles Liebe, a collaborative album with husband Max Herre, is expected to be released on November 1, 2024.