Sampha discography
Studio albums2
EPs2
Singles6

English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer Sampha has released two studio albums, two extended plays, and six singles. He joined label Young in 2009 as an intern, which led to his signing. He released his EPs Sundanza and Dual in 2010 and 2013, respectively. He released his debut album Process in 2017 and was met with critical acclaim, eventually winning the 2017 Mercury Prize.

Sampha is also known for his collaborative work with other artists, as a producer, vocalist and musician. He has appeared on recordings by Beyoncé, Drake, Florence + the Machine, Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Robyn, Solange, and among many others. He is also known for frequently collaborating with English musician and producer Sbtrkt.

Albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWI
[8]
US
[4]
Process
  • Released: 3 February 2017[9]
  • Label: Young
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
7 28 28 35 46 38 40 34 51
Lahai
  • Released: 20 October 2023
  • Label: Young
21 60 98 98 40
[11]
67

Extended plays

Title Details
Sundanza
  • Released: 21 June 2010[12]
  • Label: Young
  • Format: CD-R
Dual
  • Released: 29 July 2013[13]
  • Label: Young
  • Format: CD, 12", digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[14]
FRA
[15]
"Valentine"
(with Jessie Ware)
2011 Non-album singles
"Too Much / Happens" 2013
"Timmy's Prayer" 2016 Process
"Blood on Me" 36
"(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" 2017 92 7 182
"Spirit 2.0" 2023 Lahai
"Only"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[16]
US
Rap

[16]
UK
[1]
UK
R&B

[17]
"On Your Own"
(Lil Silva featuring Sampha)
2011 The Patience EP
"Hold On"
(Sbtrkt featuring Sampha)
2012 Sbtrkt
"Too Much"
(Drake featuring Sampha)
2013 64 16 86 19 Nothing Was the Same
"Temporary View"
(Sbtrkt feat. Sampha)
2014 Wonder Where We Land
"Mountains of Gold"
(Everything is Recorded featuring Sampha, Ibeyi, Wiki and Kamasi Washington)
2017 Everything is Recorded by Richard Russell
"Show Love"
(Everything is Recorded featuring Syd and Sampha)
"Illusions"
(Roses Gabor featuring Sampha)
2018 Fantasy & Facts
"Soldiers"
(Headie One & Fred Again featuring Sampha)
2020 Gang
"Walking Flames"
(Actress featuring Sampha)
Karma & Desire
"Backwards"
(Lil Silva featuring Sampha)
2022 Yesterday Is Heavy
"What If?"
(Lil Silva featuring Skiifall & Sampha)
"Can We Do This?"
(Speakers Corner Quartet featuring Sampha)
2023 Further Out Than the Edge
"L.F.O."
(Sbtrkt featuring Sampha & George Riley)
The Rat Road
"Open Up"
(Kwes featuring Sampha & Tirzah)
Rye Lane (Original Score)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
Indie

[14]
"Plastic 100°C" 2017 37 Process
"Under" 44
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
US US
R&B/HH
CAN
"Don't Touch My Hair"
(Solange featuring Sampha)
2016 91 A Seat at the Table
"4422"
(Drake featuring Sampha)
2017 50 50 28 27 More Life
"Father Time"
(Kendrick Lamar featuring Sampha)
2022 39[19] 11 9 10 Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Neon Blue" 2009 251109 EP
"Break Off" 2010 SBTRKT Break Off EP
"Evening Glow"
"Evening Glow (reprise)"
"Living Like I Do" 2011 Non-album single
"Sanctuary" SBTRKT, Jessie Ware SBTRKT
"Trials of the Past" SBTRKT
"Something Goes Right"
"Never Never"
"Salient Sarah" 2013 Lil Silva The Distance EP
"The Motion" Drake Nothing Was the Same
"Play" 2014 Katy B Little Red
"Wonder Where We Land" SBTRKT Wonder Where We Land
"If It Happens"
"Gon Stay"
"Maybe" SBTRKT, Andrew Ashong
"Answer Young Turks 2014
"A Kiss Goodbye" 2015 Emile Haynie, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dev Hynes We Fall
"Dolphy" CKtrl Forest EP
"Saint Pablo" 2016 Kanye West The Life of Pablo
"TBD" SBTRKT SAVE YOURSELF
"Close But Not Quite" 2017 Everything Is Recorded Close But Not Quite EP and Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell
"All These Words (A Close But Not Quite Reprise)" Close But Not Quite EP
"Mountains of Dub" Everything Is Recorded, Kamasi Washington Non-album single
"Everything Is Recorded" 2018 Everything Is Recorded, Owen Pallett Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell
"Treasure" Beautiful Boy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Desoleil (Brilliant Corners)" 2019 Loyle Carner Not Waving, but Drowning
"3 Hour Drive" 2020 Alicia Keys ALICIA
"VVY" Actress Karma & Desire
"Many Seas, Many Rivers"
"Capo" 2021 Mustafa When Smoke Rises
"Father Time" 2022 Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"Still" Lil Silva, Ghetts Yesterday Was Heavy
"Limitless" 2023 SBTRKT, LEILAH The Rat Road

Remixes

Title Year Artist(s)
"Spoiled by Sampha" 2008 Palmstruck
"Basic Space" 2009 The xx
"Sick Tonight" 2010 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
"Doorstep" Othello Wolf
"Sidewalk Safari" 2011 Chairlift
"Minata Waraba" 2018 Oumou Sangare
"Midnight Sun" 2022 Nilüfer Yanya

Other appearances

List of songs co-written, featuring production involvement, instrumentation, vocals, arrangement, engineering, and/or mixing for other artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Lead artist Album Credit(s)
Writing Production Instrumentation Vocals Arrangement Engineering Mixing
"Break Off" 2010 SBTRKT Break Off EP Yes Co Yes Yes
"Evening Glow" Yes Co Yes Yes
"Evening Glow (reprise)" Yes Co Yes Yes
"Wonderland" H.A.S The Unconscious State EP Yes
"Impossible" Yes
"Nervous" Jessie Ware & SBTRKT Non-album single Yes
"Look At Stars" 2011 SBTRKT Step In Shadows EP Yes Yes
"Living Like I Do" Non-album single Yes Yes
"On Your Own"
(feat. Sampha)
Lil Silva The Patience EP Yes Co Featured
"Heatwave" SBTRKT SBTRKT Yes Co Yes
"Never Never"
(feat. Sampha)
Yes Co Featured
"On The Way" 2013 Short Stories Non-album single Yes Co Yes
"Let It Go" Yes Co Yes
"Too Much"
(feat. Sampha)
Drake Nothing Was the Same Yes Yes Featured
"The Motion"
(feat. Sampha)
Yes Featured
"Mine"
(feat. Drake)
Beyoncé BEYONCÉ Additional
"Find U" 2014 Jean Deaux Non-album single Yes
"Play"
(feat. Sampha)
Katy B Little Red Yes Yes Featured
"Freedom of the Floor" Nautic Navy Blue EP Additional playing
"Numbers" FKA twigs LP1 Yes Co Drums, synths, piano
"For You" Fabiana Palladino Non-album single Co
"Look Away" SBTRKT Wonder Where We Land Additional programming Yes
"Problem (Solved)"
(feat. Jessie Ware)
Yes Piano
"You & I (Forever)" Jessie Ware Tough Love Backing
"A Kiss Goodbye"
(feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sampha & Dev Hynes)
2015 Emile Haynie We Fall Yes Piano Featured
"Alabama" 2016 Frank Ocean Endless Additional
"Don't You Wait" Solange A Seat at the Table Co
"Interlude: Tina Taught Me" Co
"Don't Touch My Hair"
(feat. Sampha)
Yes Co Featured
"Interlude: This Moment" Yes
"Don't Wish Me Well" Co
"Everybody's Coming to My House" 2018 David Byrne American Utopia Piano
"Darth Vader" Chip TEN10 Co Yes
"Grace" Florence + the Machine High as Hope Yes Piano
"Send to Robin Immediately" Robyn Honey Bass synthesizer
"Softness As A Weapon" Kindness Something Like a War Synth
"Hard To Believe"
(feat. Jazmine Sullivan)
Yes Synth Backing
"Something Like a War"
(feat. Bahamadia)
Backing
"Time (is)" 2019 Solange When I Get Home Yes Additional
"05:10 AM / Dream I Never Had"
(feat. A. K. Paul)
2020 Everything Is Recorded FRIDAY FOREVER Synths, piano
"Soldiers"
(feat. Sampha)
Headie One & Fred again.. GANG Yes Piano, programming Featured Vocal
"3 Hour Drive"
(feat. Sampha)
Alicia Keys ALICIA Yes Co Keyboards, piano Featured
"Amir" 2021 serpentwithfeet DEACON Yes Co
"Wood Boy" Yes Co
"Fellowship" Yes Co Additional
"Stay Alive" Mustafa When Smoke Rises Backing
"Capo"
(feat. Sampha)
Yes Piano Featured
"What About Heaven" Bongos Backing
"Amir (Reprise)" serpentwithfeet DEACON's Grove Yes Co
"Fellowship (Remix)"
(feat. Ambré and Alex Isley)
Yes Co Additional
"Rich (Interlude)" 2022 Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Additional
"dvd"
(feat. Choker)
Mount Kimbie MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning Yes Piano
"Fire + Water" Stormzy This Is What I Mean Additional
"Firebabe" Additional
"Sampha's Plea" Yes
"My Eyes" 2023 Travis Scott Utopia Yes Yes

References

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  11. "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  12. "Sampha – Sundanza". Young Turks. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  13. "Sampha – Dual". Young Turks. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  14. 1 2 Peak chart positions on the UK Independent Singles Chart:
  15. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 6, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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  17. Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
  18. "American certifications – Drake – Too Much". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  19. "Official Audio Streaming Chart Top 100 (27 May 2022 – 02 June 2022)". Official Charts Company. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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