American rapper Lil' Kim has released five studio albums, one compilation album, one remix album, four mixtapes, forty-two singles (including twenty-five as a featured artist), and thirteen promotional singles. In 1994, Kim was a member of the hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A. Their first album, Conspiracy, was released in August 1995, and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It spawned the gold and platinum-certified top-twenty singles, "Player's Anthem", "Get Money", and "I Need You Tonight".
Originally signed to Big Beat Records, an Atlantic subsidiary, Kim's debut studio album, Hard Core, was released in November 1996, and sold two million copies in the United States. It produced three singles, of which two were certified gold and platinum by the RIAA. Her second album The Notorious K.I.M. was released in June 2000. It spawned two singles, "No Matter What They Say" and "How Many Licks?". In 2001, Kim collaborated alongside Christina Aguilera, Mýa, and Pink on the Grammy Award-winning number-one song "Lady Marmalade", a cover version recorded for the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).
After a musical hiatus, Kim released La Bella Mafia in 2003. Its spawned two singles "The Jump Off" and "Magic Stick". Her fourth studio album, The Naked Truth, released in 2005, reach number six in the US. It spawned the singles "Lighters Up", which reached the top forty in the United States, and "Whoa".
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US US R&B/HH USRap CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: Hard Core: The Notorious K.I.M.: La Bella Mafia: FRA GER JPN NLD SWI UKPeak chart positions in the United Kingdom: All except noted: Hard Core: "It's All About the Benjamins": "Hit Em wit da Hee": "Notorious B.I.G.": "What's Going On": "Get Down on It": "Sugar (Gimme Some)": Hard Core Released: November 12, 1996 Label: Undeas, Big Beat, Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming 11 3 — 62 — — — — — 116 : 5,000,000 US: 1,500,000 RIAA: 2× Platinum The Notorious K.I.M. Released: June 27, 2000 Label: Queen Bee, Undeas, Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming 4 1 — 11 70 76 — 85 100 67 WW: 5,100,000 US: 1,416,000 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold La Bella Mafia Released: March 4, 2003 Label: Queen Bee, Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming 5 4 — 47 105 82 33 — 81 80 WW: 2,020,558 US: 1,100,000 RIAA: Platinum The Naked Truth Released: September 27, 2005 Label: Queen Bee, Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, digital download 6 3 2 — — — 46 — — — WW: 2,700,000 US: 394,000 9 Released: October 11, 2019 Label: Queen Bee, eOne Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums
Title Details Now Playing Released: June 20, 2024 Label: Rhino Format: Vinyl
Remix albums Title Details Dance Remixes Released: June 6, 2006 Label: Atlantic, Queen Bee Format: CD
Mixtapes Title Details Ms. G.O.A.T. Released: June 3, 2008 Label: Money Maker Formats: CD, digital download Black Friday Released: February 14, 2011 Label: IRS Formats: CD via PayPal Hard Core 2K14 Released: September 11, 2014Smith, Trevor. "Lil Kim Reveals New "Hard Core" Mixtape Release Date [Update: Artwork Revealed]", HotNewHipHop, September 10, 2014. Label: Grimey Records Format: Digital download Lil Kim Season Released: March 28, 2016 Label: IRS Format: Digital download
Singles
As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USR&B/HH USRap AUSPeak chart positions for singles in Australia: All except noted: "How Many Licks?": "In the Air Tonite": "The Jump Off": "What's Going On": FRA GER NLD NZ SWI UK "No Time" 1996 18 9 1 — — — — — — 45 RIAA: Gold Hard Core "Crush on You" 1997 — — — — — — — — — 23 "Not Tonight (Ladies' Night Remix)" 6 3 2 — — 99 31 4 — 11 RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: Gold Hard Core / Nothing to Lose (soundtrack) "Call Me" 90 30 39 — — — — — — — Booty Call (soundtrack) "No Matter What They Say" 2000 60 15 6 — — — — — — 35 The Notorious K.I.M. "How Many Licks?" 75 36 11 57 — 58 6 — — — "Lady Marmalade" 2001 1 1 — 1 12 1 2 1 1 1RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold NVPI: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: Gold Moulin Rouge! (soundtrack) "In the Air Tonite" — — — 91 — 3 30 — 11 26 BVMI: Gold Urban Renewal "The Jump Off" 2003 17 8 7 59 — 78 83 — — 16 La Bella Mafia "Magic Stick" 2 2 1 — — — — 47 — — RMNZ: Platinum "Thug Luv" — 60 14 — — — — — — — "Lighters Up" 2005 31 9 8 — — 67 — — — 12 The Naked Truth "Whoa" 2006 — 30 — — — — — — — 43 "Download" 2009 — 21 15 — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Nasty One" 2018 — — — — — — — — — — "Go Awff" 2019 — — — — — — — — — — 9"Found You" — — — — — — — — — — "Love for Ya" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USR&B/HH USRap AUS FRA GER NLD NZ SWI UK "No More Games" 1996 92 39 — — — — — — — — Get U Open "It's All About the Benjamins" 1997 2 7 1 — — — 25 — — 18 No Way Out "I Can Love You" 28 2 — — — — — — — — Share My World "Hit Em wit da Hee" 1998 — 61 — — — 63 — 27 — 24 Supa Dupa Fly "Money, Power & Respect" 17 8 1 — — — — — — —RIAA: Gold Money, Power & Respect "Quiet Storm (Remix)" 1999 — 35 17 — — — — — — — Murda Muzik "Play Around" — 52 9 — — — — — — — Wonderful World of Cease "Get Naked" — — — — — — 64 — — — Methods of Mayhem "Notorious B.I.G." 82 30 — — 95 56 78 — 68 16 RMNZ: Gold Born Again "Espacio" 2000 — — — — — — — — — — Life Story "Wait a Minute" 2001 30 8 — — — 72 75 — 80 54 This Ain't a Game"What's Going On" 27 76 — 38 — — 26 — — 6 What's Going On: All-Star Tribute "Kimnotyze" 2002 — — — — — 6 — — 43 — Beat of Life Vol. 1"Fresh From Yard" — 85 21 — — — — — — — Tropical Storm "Can't Hold Us Down" 2003 12 — — 9 27 5 14 2 11 6ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver Stripped "Get Down on It" 2004 20 — — 3 — — 96 — 35 29 The Hits: Reloaded and Best of Blue "Sugar (Gimme Some)" 2005 20 36 12 31 — — — — — 61RIAA: Gold Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets "Let It Go" 2007 7 1 — — — 72 — — — —RIAA: Platinum Just like You "Girls" 2009 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Standing on Couches" 2010 — — — — — — — — — — "1Hunnit" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — "I Did It for Brooklyn" 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Lil Kim Season "I Got a Feeling" — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="4" "I'm Better (Remix)" 2017 — — — — — — — — — — "Wake Me Up" — — — — — — — — — — "Curious (Remix)" 2023 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chartpositions Album USR&B/HH "Suck My Dick" 2000 — The Notorious K.I.M. "What's the Word" 2002 — La Bella Mafia "Shut Up Bitch" 2005 72 The Naked Truth "Spell Check" — "I Am Not the One" 2011 — rowspan="4" "If You Love Me" 2012 — "Keys to the City" — "Looks Like Money" 2013 — "Haterz" 2014 — Hard Core 2K14 "#Mine" 2016 — Lil Kim Season "Took Us a Break" 2017 — rowspan="4" "Spicy"2018 — "Nasty One (Remix)" — "Left Eye (Remix)" 2025 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted songs + List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chartpositions Album US USR&B/HH "Would You Die for Me" 1999 — — Born Again "Hold On" 2000 — — The Notorious K.I.M. "Shake Ya Body" 2002 72 66 The Best of Both Worlds "Ten Commandments" 2003 — — Meet the Girl Next Door "Shake Ya Bum Bum" — — La Bella Mafia "(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now?" — — "Do That Thing" 2004 63 39 You Got Served "Do the Damn Thing" 2005 — 86 "Hey Ho" 2010 — — Battle of the Sexes "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Guest appearances
+ List of non-single album appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Intro" (uncredited) 1994 The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die "F*** Me" (uncredited) "Friend of Mine" (uncredited) "No One Else" (Puff Daddy Remix) 1996 Total, Foxy Brown, Da Brat, Puff Daddy Total "Don't Stop What You're Doing" 1997 Puff Daddy No Way Out "Freestyle" The Mix Tape, Vol. II "Will They Die 4 You" Mase, Puff Daddy Harlem World "Just Like Me"Usher My Way "Give It Up" SWV Release Some Tension "I Know What Girls Like" Jay-Z, Puff Daddy In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 "Another" The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death "The Only One" 1998 112 Room 112 "You Get Dealt Wit" Jermaine Dupri, Mase Life in 1472 "Checkin' for You" 1999 Missy Elliott Da Real World "Throw Your Hands Up (Interlude)" "Da Butta" Will Smith Willennium "K.I.M." The Tunnel "Would You Die for Me?" The Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy Born Again "What You Want" Puff Daddy Forever "Gangsta Shit" Puff Daddy, Mark Curry "Real Niggas" Puff Daddy, Notorious B.I.G. "Journey Through the Life" Puff Daddy, Joe Hooker, Beanie Sigel, Nas "Rockin'" 2000 The Mix Tape, Vol. IV "Get Fucked Up" (Remix) Iconz Street Money Vol. 1 "Freak Freak" 2001 The Product G&B Ghetto Blues "Fresh from Yard" 2002 Beenie Man Tropical Storm "Shake Ya Body" Jay-Z, R. Kelly Best of Both Worlds "Notorious B.I.G." (Remix) P. Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G. We Invented the Remix "10 Commandments" Lil' Mo Meet the Girl Next Door "I Need That (I Want That)" 3LW A Girl Can Mack "Impatient" Blu Cantrell Bittersweet "Gone Delirious" Swizz Beatz Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories "Body Kiss" 2003 The Isley Brothers Body Kiss "Rock the Party" (Young Heff Remix)Benzino, Petey Pablo, Mario Winans Redemption "Get Ya Shit Together" 2004 T.I. Urban Legend "Naughty Girl" (Remix) Beyoncé Live at Wembley "Do Wrong" 2005 Twista The Day After "Stomp" 2006 Maino King of the City "Get Touched" Touch the Sky "Notorious B.I.G." 2007 Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy Greatest Hits "Brooklyn 4 Life" 2008 Maino, Papoose The One and Only! "Where You At" (uncredited) Ray J, Game All I Feel "Get Up on It" Mams Taylor, Game King Amongst Men: The Lost Album "New Jack City Bitch" Uncle Murda Back on My Bullshit "Get Money Bitchez" Shawty Lo I'm da Man 2K9 "5 Boroughs" LL Cool J, KRS-One, Method Man, Jim Jones Exit 13 "Cover Girl" Jamie Foxx Intuition "Porn Star" 2009 Fat Joe Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2) "Grindin Makin Money" Birdman, Nicki Minaj Priceless "Gangsta Girl" Wyclef Jean From the Hut, To the Projects, To the Mansion "Hey Ho" 2010 Ludacris, Lil' Fate Battle of the Sexes "Knock Off" 2011 Angelica Salem Voice of an Angel "OD" Mook, Ron Browz 401k "Unstoppable" Yolanda Renee Girl From The Hood "Everywhere We Go" D-Dot, Nicki Minaj It's About to Be Crazy, Vol. 2 "I Go" 2012 Fred the Godson Gordo Frederico "Number One Man" Joi Rocks All or Nothing "Jay-Z" Tiffany Foxx Yellow Tape "Red Diamonds" 2013 Phendi Label Whore "Auction" 2015 Puff Daddy, King Los, Styles P MMM (Money Making Mitch) "Still Rich" 2016 Berner, Wiz Khalifa Hempire "Lovin' You for Life" 2017 Faith Evans The King & I "Funeral" 2018 DreamDoll Life in Plastic 2 "Bitches" Tiffany Foxx Bad Bitch Commandments "Put Dat Pressure on Em" 2019 Big Lew Xerxes
Soundtrack appearances