Willow Smith discography: History and Key Facts

American singer Willow Smith, known mononymously as Willow, has released seven solo studio albums, one collaborative studio album, four extended plays, nineteen singles (including four as a featured artist), two promotional singles and ten music videos. In 2010, Willow released her debut single "Whip My Hair", which peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was certified Platinum in the US, Gold in Canada and Silver in the United Kingdom. After the follow-up singles "21st Century Girl" and "Fireball" failed to reach the same level of success as "Whip My Hair", Willow took a hiatus from music.

On December 11, 2015, Willow released her first full-length album, Ardipithecus, through Roc Nation; it peaked on the Heatseekers Albums chart at number 15. The album saw her depart from her earlier pop-oriented sound to embrace experimental neo soul and alternative R&B. She followed it up with the folk-influenced The 1st (2017), and the psychedelic-inspired Willow (2019). In 2020 she released the collaborative album The Anxiety with Tyler Cole.

Willow experienced a commercial and critical resurgence in 2021 following her fourth album Lately I Feel Everything, produced by Willow and Cole, which saw her delve into a heavier punk rock and emo sound, received critical acclaim, and debuted at number 45 on the Billboard 200, her first entry on the chart. It spawned the single "Transparent Soul", which peaked at number 76 on the Hot 100, becoming her first charting song in a decade. The same year, "Meet Me at Our Spot", an album track from The Anxiety went viral on TikTok. The song peaked at number 21, her first Top 40 hit since "Whip My Hair".

Willow moved further toward jazz fusion styles with the 2022 album Coping Mechanism, and the 2024 album Empathogen received two Grammy Award nominations, one for the single "Big Feelings". Empathogen topped the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart in May 2024. Chris Greatti produced Coping Mechanism and helped produce Empathogen. Willow teamed with Jon Batiste to produce Petal Rock Black which hit number 3 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart in February 2026. She returned to Greatti to co-produce the album The Thread which debuted at number 8 on the U.S. Top Jazz Albums chart in August 2026.

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