T.I.

The discography of American rapper and record producer T.I. (formerly Tip), consists of nine studio albums, one remix album, two extended plays (EPs), 10 mixtapes, 110 singles (including 61 as a featured artist) and 10 promotional singles. He has also released over 60 music videos, which is included in his videography. Throughout his career, T.I.'s music has been released on a several record labels, including Artista and Atlantic, as well as his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records. T.I. has also served as an executive producer for several projects other than his own, including Big Kuntry King's debut album My Turn to Eat (2008), B.G.'s tenth album Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (2009), B.o.B's debut album The Adventures of Bobby Ray (2010) and Iggy Azalea's debut EP Glory (2012), as well as her debut album The New Classic (2014). In 2005, T.I. had executive produced the soundtrack to the film Hustle & Flow and released the collection through his record label. T.I. is also a noted record producer, having produced several song recordings, a few under the pseudonym T.I.P.. He has also severed as a ghostwriter and assisting songwriter, for several artists, such as Bow Wow, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Dr. Dre, Bun B and Keyshia Cole.

In 2001, T.I. released his debut album, I'm Serious. In 2003, T.I. launched Grand Hustle Entertainment (now Grand Hustle Records) with his longtime business partner Jason Geter and signed a new deal with Atlantic Records. He then collaborated with fellow Atlanta rapper Bone Crusher for the song "Never Scared" which also featured fellow Atlanta rapper Killer Mike. The song became a hit for the summer of 2003, peaking at number 26 in the US, marking T.I.'s first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100.

T.I. released Trap Muzik, his first album under Grand Hustle/Atlantic, in 2003. It contained the lead single "24's", which had peaked at number 78 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, his first solo entry there. Trap Muzik later debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making it much more successful than his previous effort. The following singles, "Rubberband Man" and "Let's Get Away", also impacted the Hot 100 chart, while "Be Easy" only charted Billboard??'?s R&B chart. His third album, Urban Legend, was released in 2004 and included the hit single "Bring 'Em Out", which peaked at number nine in the US and was certified platinum. The album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and was also certified platinum in the US. Urban Legend also spawned the singles "U Don't Know Me" and "ASAP". In 2006, his fourth album King, debuted at number one and was certified gold in its first week of release. The lead single, "What You Know" peaked at number three in the US, and was certified double-platinum. King, which also serves as the official soundtrack for T.I.'s first feature film ATL, was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada, and silver in the UK. King also included "Why You Wanna", "Live in the Sky" and "Top Back". Later that year, he earned his first number-one US single with "My Love", his collaboration with American pop singer Justin Timberlake.

T.I. released his fifth album T.I. vs. T.I.P., in 2007, which went on to become his second consecutive number-one album. The lead single "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)", peaked at number nine in the US. The album was certified platinum in the US and gold in Canada. The other singles from the album included "You Know What It Is" and "Hurt". In 2008, before T.I.'s prison sentence, he released Paper Trail, his third number-one album in the United States, which was certified gold in its first week of release. The album included two US number-one singles with four top-five singles overall: "Whatever You Like", Swagga Like Us" (featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Jay-Z), "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna), and "Dead and Gone" (featuring Justin Timberlake). The album, was certified double-platinum in the US, platinum in Canada, and gold in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In 2009, Paper Trail was re-released entitled Paper Trail: Case Closed, as an EP in the UK and included two new singles and three songs off the original album. In 2010, while serving eleven months in prison for probation violation, he released his seventh studio album No Mercy, on December 7, 2010. No Mercy included lead single "Get Back Up, which featured American singer Chris Brown, and which peaked at number seventy in the US; the second single was "That's All She Wrote", which featured rapper Eminem, and which peaked at number eighteen in the US. The album debuted at number four in America and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

In 2012, T.I. released Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, on December 18. The album peaked at number two in the US and was certified gold by the RIAA. The album was supported by several singles, namely "Love This Life", "Like That", "Go Get It", "Ball" (featuring Lil Wayne), "Trap Back Jumpin", "Sorry" (featuring André 3000) and "Hello" (featuring CeeLo Green). In November 2013, T.I. revealed he signed a record deal with Columbia Records, to release his ninth album, then-titled Trouble Man II: He Who Wears the Crown. He would later announced he postponed Trouble Man II, after recording with longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams (who was influential in his move to Columbia) and would now release a new project titled Paperwork. The album produced two successful singles, About the Money and No Mediocre.

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