Esthero discography

Canadian singer/songwriter Esthero has released three studio albums, two extended plays, and seven singles as a lead artist. Her debut album, Breath from Another, was released with Doc McKinney in 1998.[1] The album initially unsuccessful, though it eventually managed to sell more than 110,000 copies in the US and more than 50,000 in Canada.[2] The record spawned three singles: "Breath from Another", "Heaven Sent", and "That Girl". "Heaven Sent" went into moderate rotation on MTV and peaked in the top 5 on the Hot Dance Breakouts Single Sales chart.[3][4] Breath from Another received a nomination at the 1999 Juno Awards, in the category of "Best Alternative Album."[5] However, it lost to Rufus Wainwright's eponymous debut album.[6]

Esthero discography
Esthero in 2008
Studio albums	3
Music videos	7
EPs	2
Singles	7

After her label, Work Group, was consumed by a larger label, Esthero was released from her contract;[2] in the years between her dropping from the label and the release of her next EP, she provided guest vocals for songs by a variety of artists, including Ian Pooley, Nelly Furtado, and Black Eyed Peas.[7][8][9] Her Black Eyed Peas collaboration, "Weekends," gave her her first chart entry in the US; it peaked at number 64 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart.[9] Her Ian Pooley collaboration, "Balmes (A Better Life)", was a top 75 hit on the UK Singles Chart;[7] it also gave her her first top 40 hit on the US Dance Club Songs chart.[9] She also recorded a solo song, "O.G. Bitch", which was released in 2004 and topped the US Dance Club Songs chart.[10]

In 2004, she released an EP titled We R In Need of a Musical Revolution. The EP was met with praise from critics[11][12][13] and spawned a single of the same name; the video went into rotation on MuchMusic Canada. The following year, she released her sophomore album, Wikked Lil' Grrrls, which spawned the hit single "Fastlane", which earned Esthero a second top 5 hit on the Dance Club Songs chart. After the release of the album, Esthero continued to provide guest vocals, and wrote music for other artists, including Kanye West[14] and Kidz in the Hall.[15] She finally returned with solo material in 2012 with Everything Is Expensive, which she funded using pledges from PledgeMusic.[16] The album spawned one single, "Never Gonna Let You Go", which was a minor hit in Canada, earning her her first chart entry there.[9]

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Sales/Certifications
		US Heat
Breath from Another[1]	Released: 28 April 1998 Label: Work, Columbia, Sony Music Formats: CD, Cassette	—	US: 118,000[2] CAN: 50,000[2]
Wikked Lil' Grrrls[9]	Released: 28 June 2005 Label: Reprise[17] Formats: CD	24
Everything Is Expensive[18]	Released: 30 October 2012 Label: XL, Columbia Formats: Digital download, CD, LP	13
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title	Details
Short of Breath	Released: 1998[19] Label: Work Format: CD
We R in Need of a Musical Revolution!	Released: 23 November 2004[20] Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD[20]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		CAN [21]	US Dance [21]
"Breath from Another"	1998	—	—	Breath from Another
"Heaven Sent"		—	—
"That Girl"		—	—
"O.G. Bitch"[10][22][23]	2003	—	1	Non-album single
"We R in Need of a Musical Revolution"	2004	—	—	Wikked Lil' Grrrls
"Fastlane" (featuring Jemeni and Jelleestone)	2005	—	5
"Never Gonna Let You Go"[9]	2012	72	—	Everything Is Expensive
"You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch"	2017	—	—	Non-album single

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		AUS [24]	UK [7]	US Dance [21]
"Weekends" (The Black Eyed Peas featuring Esthero)	2000	93	—	—	Bridging the Gap
"Balmes (A Better Life)" (Ian Pooley featuring Esthero)	2001	—	65	35	Since Then
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak	Album
		US [21]
"Undertow" (Timbaland featuring The Fray and Esthero)	2009	100	Shock Value II
"Can You Feel It" (Timbaland featuring Sebastian (rapper) and Esthero)	2009	-	Shock Value II

Other guest appearances

Title	Year	Lead artist	Album
"Country Livin' (The World I Know)"[25]	1998	Goodie Mob	Slam
"Final Home (vocal version)"[26]		DJ Krush	Kakusei
"Song for Holly"[27]	1999	Esthero featuring Danny Saber	Go
"The Hero"	2000	Jason Englishman	Poor Lil' Rockstar
"Don't Wanna Be Your Slave"[28]		Michie Mee	The First Cut Is the Deepest
"Priceless"[29]		Rascalz	Global Warning
"Tao of Now"[30]	2001	Saul Williams	Amethyst Rock Star
"I Feel You"[8]		Nelly Furtado	Whoa, Nelly!
"The Universal Quest"[31]		Lisa Lopes	Supernova
"How Could I?"[32][33]	2002	John Forté	I, John
"Run for Your Life"[34]		Jarvis Church	Shake It Off
"Keep the Beat"[35]		WarChild Canada	Much Dance 2003
"The Streets Where You Live"[36]		The Buried Heart Project	Women & Songs 6
"White Rabbit"[37]	2003	Blue Man Group	The Complex
"Heaven"[38]		Sugar Ray	In Pursuit of Leisure
"Coming Down"		The Oddities	The Scenic Route
"One Life"		Last Emperor and Poetic	Music, Magic, Myth
"Summertime"[39]	2004	Mos Def	Mos Def Presents Medina Green
"Life"		Artists for WarChild Canada	Much Dance 2004
"Summer Breeze"		Onda	The Isley Brothers - Taken to the Next Phase
"Too Rude"[40]	2005	Carmen Rizzo	The Lost Art of the Idle Moment
"Shine"[41]	2006	Boney James	Shine
"Yes We Can"[42]	2008	will.i.am	—
"Street Lights"[14]		Kanye West	808s & Heartbreaks
"Wavin' Flag" (K'naan cover)[43]	2010	Young Artists for Haiti	—
"Spaceship"[44]		Stat Quo	Statlanta
"That Good"[15]	2011	Kidz in the Hall	Occasion
"Don't Pass Me By"[45]'		Spree Wilson	The Never Ending Now
"21 Jump Street"[46]	2012	Rye Rye	—
"4ever"	2018	The Black Eyed Peas	Masters of the Sun Vol. 1

Music videos

Title	Year	Director	Ref.
"Heaven Sent"	1998	Philip Harder	[47]
"That Girl"		Patrick Hoelck	[48]
"Weekends"	2000	Brian Beletic	[49]
"Balmes (A Better Life)"	2001	Max Zimmerman	[49]
"We R in Need of a Musical Revolution"	2004	Noble Jones	[49]
"Never Gonna Let You Go"	2012	Sean Michael Turrell	[50]

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