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class="fn">Meshell Ndegeocello</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_(222557)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ndegeocello playing a bass guitar onstage"><img alt="Ndegeocello playing a bass guitar onstage" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222557%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222557%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222557%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="473" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ndegeocello performing in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Michelle Lynn Johnson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur<br />Me'Shell Ndegéocello</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-08-29</span>) </span>August 29, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, guitar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1992–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maverick_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Maverick Records">Maverick</a>/<a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise</a>/<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanachie_Records" title="Shanachie Records">Shanachie</a>, <a href="/wiki/EmArcy_Records" title="EmArcy Records">EmArcy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>/<a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Records" title="Downtown Records">Mercer Street/Downtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_(Na%C3%AFve_Records)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naïve (Naïve Records)">Naïve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meshell.com">www<wbr />.meshell<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Meshell Ndegeocello</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">mish-<span style="font-size:90%">EL</span> ən-<span style="font-size:90%">DAY</span>-gay-oh-<span style="font-size:90%">CHEL</span>-oh</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born <b>Michelle Lynn Johnson</b> on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name <b>Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur</b> which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being nominated for eleven <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a>, and winning two.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also has been credited for helping to "spark the <a href="/wiki/Neo_soul" title="Neo soul">neo-soul</a> movement".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ndegeocello was born Michelle Lynn Johnson in <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a>, Germany, to US Army <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergeant Major">Sergeant Major</a> and saxophonist father Jacques Johnson and health care worker mother Helen. She was raised in Washington, D.C., where she attended <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_School_of_the_Arts" title="Duke Ellington School of the Arts">Duke Ellington School of the Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oxon_Hill_High_School" title="Oxon Hill High School">Oxon Hill High School</a>. </p><p>Ndegeocello adopted her surname, which she says means "free like a bird" in <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a>. Early pressings of <i><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Lullabies" title="Plantation Lullabies">Plantation Lullabies</a></i> were affixed with stickers to help pronounce her name. The spelling has changed in the hands of record labels a few times during her career; the correct spelling of her stage name as of 2001 is <i>Meshell Ndegeocello</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_(222747).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222747%29.jpg/220px-MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222747%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222747%29.jpg/330px-MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222747%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222747%29.jpg/440px-MeShell_Ndege%C3%B2Cello_%28222747%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>In 2016 at Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo</figcaption></figure> <p>Ndegeocello honed her skills on the D.C. <a href="/wiki/Go-go" title="Go-go">go-go</a> circuit in the late 1980s with the bands Prophecy, Little Benny and the Masters, and <a href="/wiki/Rare_Essence" title="Rare Essence">Rare Essence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Going solo, she was one of the first artists to sign with <a href="/wiki/Maverick_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Maverick Records">Maverick Records</a>, where she released her debut album, <i><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Lullabies" title="Plantation Lullabies">Plantation Lullabies</a></i>. This recording presented a distinctly <a href="/wiki/Androgynous" class="mw-redirect" title="Androgynous">androgynous</a> persona. </p><p>Her biggest hit is a <a href="/wiki/Duet" title="Duet">duet</a> with <a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp">John Mellencamp</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover version</a> of <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Night" title="Wild Night">Wild Night</a>", which reached No. 3 on the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> charts. Her only other <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> hit besides "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Night" title="Wild Night">Wild Night</a>" has been her self-penned "<a href="/wiki/If_That%27s_Your_Boyfriend_(He_Wasn%27t_Last_Night)" title="If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)">If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)</a>", which peaked at No. 73 in 1994. Also in 1994, Ndegeocello collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> on "Nocturnal Sunshine," a track for the <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Organization" title="Red Hot Organization">Red Hot Organization</a>'s compilation album, <i><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Moments:_Red_Hot_%2B_Cool" title="Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool">Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool</a></i>. The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African American community, was heralded as "Album of the Year" by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine. </p><p>She had a No. 1 dance hit in 1996 with a <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a> <a href="/wiki/Cover_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Cover song">cover song</a> called "<a href="/wiki/Who_Is_He_(And_What_Is_He_to_You)%3F" title="Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?">Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?</a>" (briefly featured in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Maguire" title="Jerry Maguire">Jerry Maguire</a></i>) as well as Dance Top 20 hits with "Earth", "<a href="/wiki/Leviticus:_Faggot" title="Leviticus: Faggot">Leviticus: Faggot</a>", "Stay" and the aforementioned "If That's Your Boyfriend.. Last Night)". Ndegeocello played bass on the song "I'd Rather be Your Lover" for <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> on her album <i><a href="/wiki/Bedtime_Stories_(Madonna_album)" title="Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)">Bedtime Stories</a></i>. Ndegeocello was also tapped, at the last minute, to perform spoken word on the same song. This came after Madonna and producers decided to remove <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a>'s rap (which he did while he and Madonna were dating in 1994), after he had criminal charges filed against him. Ndegeocello also performed spoken word on <a href="/wiki/Chaka_Khan" title="Chaka Khan">Chaka Khan</a>'s single "<a href="/wiki/Never_Miss_the_Water" title="Never Miss the Water">Never Miss the Water</a>", from the album <i><a href="/wiki/Epiphany:_The_Best_of_Chaka_Khan,_Vol._1" title="Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1">Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1</a></i>, released in 1996. The song reached #1 on Billboard's Dance Club Play Chart and #36 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart. </p><p>Her music has been featured in a number of film soundtracks including <i><a href="/wiki/How_Stella_Got_Her_Groove_Back" title="How Stella Got Her Groove Back">How Stella Got Her Groove Back</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_%26_Delirious" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost & Delirious">Lost & Delirious</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_%26_Robin_(film)" title="Batman & Robin (film)">Batman & Robin</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Jones_(film)" title="Love Jones (film)">Love Jones</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Basketball_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Love & Basketball (film)">Love & Basketball</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Talk_to_Me_(1996_film)" title="Talk to Me (1996 film)">Talk to Me</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Perry%27s_Daddy%27s_Little_Girls" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls">Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Man_(1999_film)" title="The Best Man (1999 film)">The Best Man</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Higher_Learning" title="Higher Learning">Higher Learning</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Down_in_the_Delta" title="Down in the Delta">Down in the Delta</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hurricane_(1999_film)" title="The Hurricane (1999 film)">The Hurricane</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc:_Jumping_the_Broom" title="Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom">Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Men" title="Soul Men">Soul Men</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Biker_Boyz" title="Biker Boyz">Biker Boyz</a></i>. </p><p>She has appeared on recordings by <a href="/wiki/Basement_Jaxx" title="Basement Jaxx">Basement Jaxx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indigo_Girls" title="Indigo Girls">Indigo Girls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scritti_Politti" title="Scritti Politti">Scritti Politti</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama" title="The Blind Boys of Alabama">The Blind Boys of Alabama</a>. On <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>' 1997 album <i><a href="/wiki/Bridges_to_Babylon" title="Bridges to Babylon">Bridges to Babylon</a></i> she plays bass on the song "<a href="/wiki/Saint_of_Me" title="Saint of Me">Saint of Me</a>". On <a href="/wiki/Alanis_Morissette" title="Alanis Morissette">Alanis Morissette</a>'s 2002 album <i><a href="/wiki/Under_Rug_Swept" title="Under Rug Swept">Under Rug Swept</a></i>, she plays bass on the songs "<a href="/wiki/So_Unsexy" title="So Unsexy">So Unsexy</a>" and "You Owe Me Nothing in Return". Also that year, she appeared on <a href="/wiki/Gov%E2%80%99t_Mule" class="mw-redirect" title="Gov’t Mule">Gov’t Mule</a>’s record <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deep_End,_Volume_2" title="The Deep End, Volume 2">The Deep End, Volume 2</a></i>, playing on a cover of The <a href="/wiki/Staple_Singers" class="mw-redirect" title="Staple Singers">Staple Singers</a>’ song "Hammer and Nails". And in 2009, she appeared on <a href="/wiki/Zap_Mama" title="Zap Mama">Zap Mama</a>'s album <i>ReCreation</i>, playing bass on the song "African Diamond". </p><p>She can also be seen in the documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Standing_in_the_Shadows_of_Motown_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing in the Shadows of Motown (film)">Standing in the Shadows of Motown</a></i>, singing <a href="/wiki/The_Miracles" title="The Miracles">The Miracles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Really_Got_a_Hold_on_Me" title="You've Really Got a Hold on Me">You've Really Got a Hold on Me</a>" and <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Cloud_Nine_(The_Temptations_song)" title="Cloud Nine (The Temptations song)">Cloud Nine</a>". In the late 1990s, she toured with <a href="/wiki/Lilith_Fair" title="Lilith Fair">Lilith Fair</a>. She also did a remake of the song "<a href="/wiki/Two_Doors_Down_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Two Doors Down (Dolly Parton song)">Two Doors Down</a>" on the 2003 release <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Because_I%27m_a_Woman:_Songs_of_Dolly_Parton" title="Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton">Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton</a></i>. </p><p>Ndegeocello was also a judge for The 2nd, 12th, 13 and the 2015 14th Annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her song "Tie One On" was chosen as the <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> Pick of the Week on February 23, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, she provided the theme song, "Nova", for the <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a>-produced show <i><a href="/wiki/Queen_Sugar" title="Queen Sugar">Queen Sugar</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also collaborated with French-Cuban duo <a href="/wiki/Ibeyi" title="Ibeyi">Ibeyi</a> in the song "Transmission/Michaelion" for the album <i><a href="/wiki/Ash_(album)" title="Ash (album)">Ash</a></i> reciting a poem by <a href="/wiki/Frida_Kahlo" title="Frida Kahlo">Frida Kahlo</a>. </p><p>In December 2016, the world premiere of Ndegeocello's <i><a href="/wiki/Can_I_Get_a_Witness%3F_The_Gospel_of_James_Baldwin" title="Can I Get a Witness? The Gospel of James Baldwin">Can I Get a Witness? The Gospel of James Baldwin</a></i>, a new theatrical music and art work, was held in Harlem, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021, <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles_Channel" title="The Beatles Channel">The Beatles Channel</a> on <a href="/wiki/Sirius_XM_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius XM Radio">Sirius XM Radio</a> began broadcasting <i>A Shot of Rhythm and Blues: Exploring The Beatles and Black Music</i>, a four-part series hosted by Ndegeocello.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2021_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_2021-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheBeatles.com_2021_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBeatles.com_2021-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SiriusXM_2021_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiriusXM_2021-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series explores the relationship between the English rock band <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> and the black musicians that inspired them.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2021_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_2021-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheBeatles.com_2021_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBeatles.com_2021-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SiriusXM_2021_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiriusXM_2021-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ndegeocello joined the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a> label with the debut release of her 13th studio album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Omnichord_Real_Book" title="The Omnichord Real Book">The Omnichord Real Book</a></i> (2023). The title refers to a set of lead sheets from songs from funk, soul, gospel and more influenced by her father as if a compilation of standards like a <a href="/wiki/Real_Book" title="Real Book">real book</a> in jazz repertoire.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activism">Activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, Ndegeocello collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Yerba_Buena_(band)" title="Yerba Buena (band)">Yerba Buena</a> on a track featuring Ron Black for the <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Organization" title="Red Hot Organization">Red Hot Organization</a>'s tribute album to <a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_and_Riot" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Hot and Riot">Red Hot and Riot</a></i>. Proceeds from the album went to various <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">AIDS</a> charities, per the Red Hot Organization's mission. </p><p>In June 2010, she contributed a cover of <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/40_(song)" title="40 (song)">40</a>" to the <a href="/wiki/Enough_Project" title="Enough Project">Enough Project</a> and <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Records" title="Downtown Records">Downtown Records</a>' <i>Raise Hope for Congo</i> compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo's women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo. </p><p>In 2010, Ndegeocello contributed to the essay anthology <i><a href="/wiki/It_Gets_Better:_Coming_Out,_Overcoming_Bullying,_and_Creating_a_Life_Worth_Living" class="mw-redirect" title="It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living">It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living</a></i>, edited by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Savage" title="Dan Savage">Dan Savage</a> and Terry Miller in the vein of the <a href="/wiki/It_Gets_Better_Project" title="It Gets Better Project">It Gets Better Project</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ndegeocello is <a href="/wiki/Bisexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisexual">bisexual</a> and previously had a relationship with feminist author <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Walker" title="Rebecca Walker">Rebecca Walker</a>. Ndegeocello's first son, Solomon, was born in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2005, she has been married to Alison Riley, with whom she has a second son.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee(s) </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="References">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Music_Awards" title="Billboard Music Awards">Billboard Music Video Awards</a> </th> <td>1994 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/If_That%27s_Your_Boyfriend_(He_Wasn%27t_Last_Night)" title="If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)">If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)</a>" </td> <td>Best R&B/Urban Clip New Artist </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box Year-End Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">1994 </td> <td rowspan="2">Herself </td> <td>Urban Singles: Top Rap Female Artist </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3"><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Urban Singles: Top New Rap Female Artist </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Night" title="Wild Night">Wild Night</a>" </td> <td>Top Pop Single </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="GLAAD Media Awards">GLAAD Media Awards</a> </th> <td>1997 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Leviticus:_Faggot" title="Leviticus: Faggot">Leviticus: Faggot</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Artist" title="GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist">Outstanding Music Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bitter_(Meshell_Ndegeocello_album)" title="Bitter (Meshell Ndegeocello album)">Bitter</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Artist" title="GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist">Outstanding Music Artist</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_GLAAD_Media_Awards" title="14th GLAAD Media Awards">2003</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cookie:_The_Anthropological_Mixtape" title="Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape">Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_GLAAD_Media_Awards" title="15th GLAAD Media Awards">2004</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Comfort_Woman_(album)" title="Comfort Woman (album)">Comfort Woman</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="13"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/1995_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 Grammy Awards">1995</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Lullabies" title="Plantation Lullabies">Plantation Lullabies</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_R%26B_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best R&B Album">Best R&B Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="11"><sup id="cite_ref-meshell-grammies_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meshell-grammies-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/If_That%27s_Your_Boyfriend_(He_Wasn%27t_Last_Night)" title="If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)">If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_R%26B_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="Best R&B Song">Best R&B Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Female_R%26B_Vocal_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Female R&B Vocal Performance">Best Female R&B Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Night" title="Wild Night">Wild Night</a>" <small>(with <a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp">John Mellencamp</a>)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Collaboration_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals">Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1997_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Grammy Awards">1997</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Peace_Beyond_Passion" title="Peace Beyond Passion">Peace Beyond Passion</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_R%26B_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best R&B Album">Best R&B Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Never Miss the Water" <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Chaka_Khan" title="Chaka Khan">Chaka Khan</a>)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals">Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Grammy Awards">2003</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cookie:_The_Anthropological_Mixtape" title="Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape">Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Contemporary_R%26B_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Contemporary R&B Album">Best Contemporary R&B Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Grammy Awards">2006</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spirit_Music_Jamia:_Dance_of_the_Infidel" title="The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel">The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Contemporary_Jazz_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Contemporary Jazz Album">Best Contemporary Jazz Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Grammy Awards">2008</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Fantasy_(Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire_song)" title="Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)">Fantasy</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Urban/Alternative_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Urban/Alternative Performance">Best Urban/Alternative Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Grammy Awards">2019</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ventriloquism_(album)" title="Ventriloquism (album)">Ventriloquism</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Urban_Contemporary_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Urban Contemporary Album">Best Urban Contemporary Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Grammy Awards">2021</a> </td> <td>"Better Than I Imagined"<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_R%26B_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="Best R&B Song">Best R&B Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Grammy Awards">2024</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Omnichord_Real_Book" title="The Omnichord Real Book">The Omnichord Real Book</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Alternative_Jazz_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Alternative Jazz Album">Best Alternative Jazz Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Grammy Awards">2025</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_More_Water:_The_Gospel_of_James_Baldwin" title="No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin">No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Alternative_Jazz_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Alternative Jazz Album">Best Alternative Jazz Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-meshell-grammies_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meshell-grammies-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="MTV Video Music Awards">MTV Video Music Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1994_MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="1994 MTV Video Music Awards">1994</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/If_That%27s_Your_Boyfriend_(He_Wasn%27t_Last_Night)" title="If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)">If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_Female_Video" title="MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video">Best Female Video</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_New_Artist" title="MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Soul_Train_Music_Awards" title="Soul Train Music Awards">Soul Train Music Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Soul_Train_Music_Awards" title="1995 Soul Train Music Awards">1995</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Lullabies" title="Plantation Lullabies">Plantation Lullabies</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Soul_Train_Music_Award_for_Best_R%26B/Soul_Album_%E2%80%93_Female" title="Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female">Best R&B/Soul Album – Female</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Soul_Train_Music_Awards" title="1997 Soul Train Music Awards">1997</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Peace_Beyond_Passion" title="Peace Beyond Passion">Peace Beyond Passion</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Album </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="8">Chart positions </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:smaller;"> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">US<br />R&B</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts">US<br />Jazz</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">AUS</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-australian_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-australian-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">BEL</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-BEL_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEL-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">FRA</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-FRA_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FRA-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">SWI</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-UK_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Lullabies" title="Plantation Lullabies">Plantation Lullabies</a></i> </th> <td>166 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>— </td> <td>100 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Peace_Beyond_Passion" title="Peace Beyond Passion">Peace Beyond Passion</a></i> </th> <td>63 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>— </td> <td>30 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>46 </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Bitter_(Meshell_Ndegeocello_album)" title="Bitter (Meshell Ndegeocello album)">Bitter</a></i> </th> <td>105 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Cookie:_The_Anthropological_Mixtape" title="Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape">Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape</a></i> </th> <td>67 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Comfort_Woman_(album)" title="Comfort Woman (album)">Comfort Woman</a></i> </th> <td>150 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spirit_Music_Jamia:_Dance_of_the_Infidel" title="The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel">The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel</a></i> </th> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>9 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>127 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Has_Made_Me_the_Man_of_My_Dreams" title="The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams">The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams</a></i> </th> <td>186 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>92 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Halo" title="Devil's Halo">Devil's Halo</a></i> </th> <td>185 </td> <td>64 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Weather_(Meshell_Ndegeocello_album)" title="Weather (Meshell Ndegeocello album)">Weather</a></i> </th> <td>— </td> <td>37 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Pour_une_%C3%82me_Souveraine:_A_Dedication_to_Nina_Simone" title="Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone">Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone</a></i> </th> <td>— </td> <td>46 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>190 </td> <td>117 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Comet,_Come_to_Me" title="Comet, Come to Me">Comet, Come to Me</a></i> </th> <td>161 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>194 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/Ventriloquism_(album)" title="Ventriloquism (album)">Ventriloquism</a></i> </th> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>86 </td> <td>— </td> <td>62 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Omnichord_Real_Book" title="The Omnichord Real Book">The Omnichord Real Book</a></i> </th> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <th scope="row" align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/No_More_Water:_The_Gospel_of_James_Baldwin" title="No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin">No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin</a></i> </th> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>67 </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th colspan="5">Chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2">Album </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:smaller;"> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Bubbling_Under_Hot_100" title="Bubbling Under Hot 100">US</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">US<br />R&B</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Dance_Club_Songs" title="Dance Club Songs">US<br />Dance</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">AUS</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-australian_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-australian-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-UK_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1993 </td> <td align="left">"Dred Loc" </td> <td>— </td> <td>86 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="4"><i>Plantation Lullabies</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/If_That%27s_Your_Boyfriend_(He_Wasn%27t_Last_Night)" title="If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)">If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)</a>" </td> <td>73 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>79 </td> <td>74 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Outside Your Door" </td> <td>113 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1994 </td> <td align="left">"Call Me" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Night" title="Wild Night">Wild Night</a>"<br /> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp">John Mellencamp</a>)</small> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>18 </td> <td>34 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_Naked" title="Dance Naked">Dance Naked</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp_discography" title="John Mellencamp discography">John Mellencamp</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1996 </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Who_Is_He_(And_What_Is_He_to_You)%3F" title="Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?">Who Is He and What Is He to You</a>" </td> <td>— </td> <td>34 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>80 </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Peace Beyond Passion</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Leviticus:_Faggot" title="Leviticus: Faggot">Leviticus: Faggot</a>" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>15 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Never Miss the Water" <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Chaka_Khan" title="Chaka Khan">Chaka Khan</a>)</small> </td> <td>102 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>59 </td> <td>non-album single </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td align="left">"Stay" </td> <td>— </td> <td>67 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><i>Peace Beyond Passion</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td align="left">"Grace" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><i>Bitter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2002 </td> <td align="left">"Pocketbook"<br /><small>(featuring <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tweet_(singer)" title="Tweet (singer)">Tweet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redman_(rapper)" title="Redman (rapper)">Redman</a>)</small> </td> <td>— </td> <td>116 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Earth" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>29 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2006 </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Article_3" class="mw-redirect" title="The Article 3">The Article 3</a>" (EP) </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Non-album singles </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Exit Music – Songs with Raido Heads EP 2" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td align="left">"Lovely Lovely" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><i>The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td align="left">"Conviction" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><i>Comet, Come to Me</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2018 </td> <td align="left">"Tender Love" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="3"><i>Ventriloquism</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Sometimes It Snows in April" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Waterfalls </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td align="left">"True Vine"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring Justin Hicks and Kenita Miller)</span> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2023 </td> <td align="left">"Virgo" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="4"><i>The Omnichord Real Book</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Vuma"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring Thandiswa and <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ross_(vibraphonist)" title="Joel Ross (vibraphonist)">Joel Ross</a>)</span> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"The 5th Dimension"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring The HawtPlates)</span> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Clear Water"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring <a href="/wiki/Deantoni_Parks" title="Deantoni Parks">Deantoni Parks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Parker_(musician)" title="Jeff Parker (musician)">Jeff Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanford_Biggers" title="Sanford Biggers">Sanford Biggers</a>)</span> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 8pt" colspan="12">"—" denotes a release that did not chart. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1994 – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bedtime_Stories_(Madonna_album)" title="Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)">Bedtime Stories</a></i>: "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" (<a href="/wiki/Maverick_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Maverick Records">Maverick</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire</a>/<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a>)</li> <li>1994 – <i><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Moments:_Red_Hot_%2B_Cool" title="Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool">Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool</a></i>: "Nocturnal Sunshine" with <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a></li> <li>1995 – <i><a href="/wiki/Higher_Learning_(soundtrack)" title="Higher Learning (soundtrack)">Higher Learning (soundtrack)</a></i>: "Soul Searchin' (I Wanna Know If It's Mine)" (<a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a>)</li> <li>1995 – <i><a href="/wiki/Jazzmatazz,_Vol._2:_The_New_Reality" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality">Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality</a></i>: "For You" with <a href="/wiki/Guru_(rapper)" title="Guru (rapper)">Guru</a> (Chrysalis)</li> <li>1995 – <i><a href="/wiki/White_Man%27s_Burden_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Man's Burden (soundtrack)">White Man's Burden</a></i>: "Time Has Come Today" (Chrysalis)</li> <li>1995 – <i><a href="/wiki/Panther_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panther (soundtrack)">Panther (soundtrack)</a></i>: "<a href="/wiki/Freedom_(Theme_from_Panther)" title="Freedom (Theme from Panther)">Freedom (Theme)</a>" (Mercury)</li> <li>1997 – <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Jones_(soundtrack)" title="Love Jones (soundtrack)">Love Jones (soundtrack)</a></i>: "Rush Over" with <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Miller" title="Marcus Miller">Marcus Miller</a> (Columbia)</li> <li>1997 – <i><a href="/wiki/Money_Talks_(soundtrack)" title="Money Talks (soundtrack)">Money Talks (soundtrack)</a></i>: "The Teaching" (Arista)</li> <li>1997 – <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_%26_Robin_(soundtrack)" title="Batman & Robin (soundtrack)">Batman & Robin (soundtrack)</a></i>: "Poison Ivy" (Warner Bros.)</li> <li>1997 – <a href="/wiki/Queen_Pen" title="Queen Pen">Queen Pen</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/My_Melody_(Queen_Pen_album)" title="My Melody (Queen Pen album)">My Melody</a></i>: "Girlfriend" (Interscope)</li> <li>1998 – <i><a href="/wiki/How_Stella_Got_Her_Groove_Back_(soundtrack)" title="How Stella Got Her Groove Back (soundtrack)">How Stella Got Her Groove Back (soundtrack)</a></i>: "Let Me Have You" (Flyte Tyme/MCA)</li> <li>1998 – <i><a href="/wiki/Down_in_the_Delta#Soundtrack" title="Down in the Delta">Down in the Delta (soundtrack)</a></i>: "My Soul Don't Dream" (Virgin)</li> <li>1999 – <a href="/wiki/Scritti_Politti" title="Scritti Politti">Scritti Politti</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Anomie_%26_Bonhomie" title="Anomie & Bonhomie">Anomie & Bonhomie</a></i>: "Die Alone" (Virgin)</li> <li>1999 – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Man_(1999_film)#Soundtrack" title="The Best Man (1999 film)">The Best Man (soundtrack)</a></i>: "Untitled" (Sony)</li> <li>1999 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ben%C3%A9t" title="Eric Benét">Eric Benét</a>, <i>A Day in the Life</i>: "Ghetto Girl" (Warner Bros.)</li> <li>2000 – <i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Basketball_(soundtrack)" title="Love & Basketball (soundtrack)">Love & Basketball (soundtrack)</a></i>: "Fool of Me" (New Line)</li> <li>2002 – <a href="/wiki/Gov%E2%80%99t_Mule" class="mw-redirect" title="Gov’t Mule">Gov’t Mule</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Deep_End,_Volume_2" title="The Deep End, Volume 2">The Deep End, Volume 2</a></i>: "Hammer & Nails" (Ato)</li> <li>2003 – <a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama" title="The Blind Boys of Alabama">The Blind Boys of Alabama</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(album)" title="Go Tell It on the Mountain (album)">Go Tell It on the Mountain</a></i>: "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", vocals and piano (Real World)</li> <li>2005 – <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Redman" title="Joshua Redman">Joshua Redman</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Momentum_(Joshua_Redman_album)" title="Momentum (Joshua Redman album)">Momentum</a></i>: "Greasy G", bass (Nonesuch)</li> <li>2007 – <i><a href="/wiki/Instant_Karma:_The_Amnesty_International_Campaign_to_Save_Darfur" title="Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur">Instant 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href="https://grammy.com/artists/meshell-ndegeocello/5220">"Me'shell Ndegeocello | Artist"</a>. <i>Grammy.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Grammy.com&rft.atitle=Me%27shell+Ndegeocello+%26%23124%3B+Artist&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgrammy.com%2Fartists%2Fmeshell-ndegeocello%2F5220&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeshell+Ndegeocello" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From <a href="/wiki/Robert_Glasper" title="Robert Glasper">Robert Glasper</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Radio_III" title="Black Radio III">Black Radio III</a></i> featuring <a href="/wiki/H.E.R." title="H.E.R.">H.E.R.</a> alongside Ndegeocello.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IMDb&rft.atitle=Soul+Train+Awards+%281995%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fevent%2Fev0005174%2F1995%2F1%2F%3Fref_%3Dev_eh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeshell+Ndegeocello" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0005174/1997/1/?ref_=ev_eh">"Soul Train Awards (1997)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></i>.</cite><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 6,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Meshell+Ndegeocello%3A+US+Jazz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fmeshell-ndegeocello-2%2Fchart-history%2Fjls%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeshell+Ndegeocello" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-australian-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-australian_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-australian_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Peaks in Australia: <ul><li><i>Peace Beyond Passion</i> and "Wild Night": <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Me%27Shell+Ndeg%E9Ocello&titel=Peace+Beyond+Passion&cat=a">"Me'shell Ndegéocello – Peace Beyond Passion (Album)"</a>. <i>Australiancharts.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 10,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australiancharts.com&rft.atitle=Me%27shell+Ndeg%C3%A9ocello+%E2%80%93+Peace+Beyond+Passion+%28Album%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faustralian-charts.com%2Fshowitem.asp%3Finterpret%3DMe%2527Shell%2BNdeg%25E9Ocello%26titel%3DPeace%2BBeyond%2BPassion%26cat%3Da&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeshell+Ndegeocello" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Plantation Lullabies</i> and "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)": <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRyan2011" class="citation book cs1">Ryan, Gavin (2011). <i>Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010</i> (PDF ed.). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 6,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Meshell+Ndegeocello%3A+US&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fmeshell-ndegeocello-2%2Fchart-history%2Fhsi%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeshell+Ndegeocello" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/meshell-ndegeocello-2/chart-history/bsi/">"Meshell Ndegeocello: US R&B"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 6,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Meshell+Ndegeocello%3A+US+Dance&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fmeshell-ndegeocello-2%2Fchart-history%2Fdsi%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeshell+Ndegeocello" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meshell_Ndegeocello&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris2024" class="citation news cs1">Morris, Wesley (August 1, 2024). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/arts/music/meshell-ndegeocello-james-baldwin.html">"Meshell Ndegeocello Could Have Had Stardom but Chose Music Instead"</a></span>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Comfort_Woman_(album)" title="Comfort Woman (album)">Comfort Woman</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spirit_Music_Jamia:_Dance_of_the_Infidel" title="The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel">The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Has_Made_Me_the_Man_of_My_Dreams" title="The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams">The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Halo" title="Devil's Halo">Devil's Halo</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weather_(Meshell_Ndegeocello_album)" title="Weather (Meshell Ndegeocello album)">Weather</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pour_une_%C3%82me_Souveraine:_A_Dedication_to_Nina_Simone" title="Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone">Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comet,_Come_to_Me" title="Comet, Come to Me">Comet, Come to Me</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ventriloquism_(album)" title="Ventriloquism (album)">Ventriloquism</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Omnichord_Real_Book" title="The Omnichord Real Book">The Omnichord Real Book</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_More_Water:_The_Gospel_of_James_Baldwin" title="No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin">No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/If_That%27s_Your_Boyfriend_(He_Wasn%27t_Last_Night)" title="If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)">If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Is_He_(And_What_Is_He_to_You)%3F" title="Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?">Who Is He and What Is He to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leviticus:_Faggot" title="Leviticus: Faggot">Leviticus: Faggot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Miss_the_Water" title="Never Miss the Water">Never Miss the Water</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_R&amp;B_Song69" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/(Sittin%27_On)_The_Dock_of_the_Bay" title="(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay">(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a> & <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cropper" title="Steve Cropper">Steve Cropper</a> (songwriters) (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Color_Him_Father" title="Color Him Father">Color Him Father</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lewis_Spencer" title="Richard Lewis Spencer">Richard Lewis Spencer</a> (songwriter) (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Patches_(Chairmen_of_the_Board_song)" title="Patches (Chairmen of the Board song)">Patches</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dunbar" title="Ron Dunbar">Ronald Dunbar</a> & <a href="/wiki/General_Johnson_(musician)" title="General Johnson (musician)">General Johnson</a> (songwriters) (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Sunshine" title="Ain't No Sunshine">Ain't No Sunshine</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a> (songwriter) (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone" title="Papa Was a Rollin' Stone">Papa Was a Rollin' Stone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Barrett_Strong" title="Barrett Strong">Barrett Strong</a> & <a href="/wiki/Norman_Whitfield" title="Norman Whitfield">Norman Whitfield</a> (songwriters) (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superstition_(song)" title="Superstition (song)">Superstition</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (songwriter) (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_for_the_City" title="Living for the City">Living for the City</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (songwriter) (1974)</li> <li>"Where Is the Love" – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Wayne_Casey" title="Harry Wayne Casey">Harry Wayne Casey</a>, Willie Clarke, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Finch_(musician)" title="Richard Finch (musician)">Richard Finch</a> & <a href="/wiki/Betty_Wright" title="Betty Wright">Betty Wright</a> (songwriters) (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lowdown_(Boz_Scaggs_song)" title="Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song)">Lowdown</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Boz_Scaggs" title="Boz Scaggs">Boz Scaggs</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Paich" title="David Paich">David Paich</a> (songwriters) (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Make_Me_Feel_Like_Dancing" title="You Make Me Feel Like Dancing">You Make Me Feel Like Dancing</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Sayer" title="Leo Sayer">Leo Sayer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Vini_Poncia" title="Vini Poncia">Vini Poncia</a> (songwriters) (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Dance_(Donna_Summer_song)" title="Last Dance (Donna Summer song)">Last Dance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Jabara" title="Paul Jabara">Paul Jabara</a> (songwriter) (1978)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/After_the_Love_Has_Gone" title="After the Love Has Gone">After the Love Has Gone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/David_Foster" title="David Foster">David Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Graydon" title="Jay Graydon">Jay Graydon</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Champlin" title="Bill Champlin">Bill Champlin</a> (songwriters) (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Knew_Love_Like_This_Before" title="Never Knew Love Like This Before">Never Knew Love Like This Before</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Lucas" title="Reggie Lucas">Reggie Lucas</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_Mtume" title="James Mtume">James Mtume</a> (songwriters) (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_the_Two_of_Us_(Grover_Washington_Jr._song)" title="Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr. song)">Just the Two of Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a>, William Salter & <a href="/wiki/Ralph_MacDonald" title="Ralph MacDonald">Ralph MacDonald</a> (songwriters) (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Your_Love_Around" title="Turn Your Love Around">Turn Your Love Around</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay_Graydon" title="Jay Graydon">Jay Graydon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lukather" title="Steve Lukather">Steve Lukather</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Champlin" title="Bill Champlin">Bill Champlin</a> (songwriters) (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (songwriter) (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Feel_for_You" title="I Feel for You">I Feel for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> (songwriter) (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Freeway_of_Love" title="Freeway of Love">Freeway of Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_E._Cohen" title="Jeffrey E. Cohen">Jeffrey E. Cohen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Narada_Michael_Walden" title="Narada Michael Walden">Narada Michael Walden</a> (songwriters) (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Love_(Anita_Baker_song)" title="Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)">Sweet Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anita_Baker" title="Anita Baker">Anita Baker</a>, Louis A. Johnson & <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bias" title="Gary Bias">Gary Bias</a> (songwriters) (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lean_on_Me_(song)" title="Lean on Me (song)">Lean on Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a> (songwriter) (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Giving_You_the_Best_That_I_Got_(song)" title="Giving You the Best That I Got (song)">Giving You the Best That I Got</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anita_Baker" title="Anita Baker">Anita Baker</a>, Randy Holland & <a href="/wiki/Skip_Scarborough" title="Skip Scarborough">Skip Scarborough</a> (songwriters) (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Don%27t_Know_Me_by_Now" title="If You Don't Know Me by Now">If You Don't Know Me by Now</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff" title="Gamble and Huff">Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff</a> (songwriters) (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/U_Can%27t_Touch_This" title="U Can't Touch This">U Can't Touch This</a>" – <a href="/wiki/MC_Hammer" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_James" title="Rick James">Rick James</a> & Alonzo Miller (songwriters) (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Power_of_Love/Love_Power" title="Power of Love/Love Power">Power of Love/Love Power</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Miller" title="Marcus Miller">Marcus Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> & Teddy Vann (songwriters) (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/End_of_the_Road_(Boyz_II_Men_song)" title="End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)">End of the Road</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a>, <a href="/wiki/L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">L.A. Reid</a> & <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Simmons" title="Daryl Simmons">Daryl Simmons</a> (songwriters) (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)">That's the Way Love Goes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jam_and_Terry_Lewis" title="Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis"> Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis</a> (songwriters) (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Make_Love_to_You" title="I'll Make Love to You">I'll Make Love to You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a> (songwriter) (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Your_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)">For Your Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (songwriter) (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exhale_(Shoop_Shoop)" title="Exhale (Shoop Shoop)">Exhale (Shoop Shoop)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a> (songwriter) (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a> (songwriter) (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Doo_Wop_(That_Thing)" title="Doo Wop (That Thing)">Doo Wop (That Thing)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a> (songwriter) (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Scrubs" title="No Scrubs">No Scrubs</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kandi_Burruss" title="Kandi Burruss">Kandi Burruss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Briggs_(music_producer)" title="Kevin Briggs (music producer)">Kevin Briggs</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tameka_Cottle" title="Tameka Cottle">Tameka Cottle</a> (songwriters) (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_My_Name" title="Say My Name">Say My Name</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins" title="Rodney Jerkins">Rodney Jerkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/LaShawn_Daniels" title="LaShawn Daniels">LaShawn Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Jerkins_III" title="Fred Jerkins III">Fred Jerkins III</a>, <a href="/wiki/LeToya_Luckett" title="LeToya Luckett">LeToya Luckett</a>, <a href="/wiki/LaTavia_Roberson" title="LaTavia Roberson">LaTavia Roberson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a> (songwriters) (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fallin%27_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)">Fallin'</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (songwriter) (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_of_My_Life_(An_Ode_to_Hip-Hop)" title="Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)">Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Erykah_Badu" title="Erykah Badu">Erykah Badu</a>, Glenn Standridge, <a href="/wiki/James_Poyser" title="James Poyser">James Poyser</a>, Madukwu Chinwah, <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Saadiq" title="Raphael Saadiq">Raphael Saadiq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Lonnie Lynn</a> & Robert Ozuna (songwriters) (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_in_Love" title="Crazy in Love">Crazy in Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rich_Harrison" title="Rich Harrison">Rich Harrison</a> (songwriters) (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_My_Name" title="You Don't Know My Name">You Don't Know My Name</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Lilly_(songwriter)" title="Harold Lilly (songwriter)">Harold Lilly</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> (songwriters) (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Belong_Together" title="We Belong Together">We Belong Together</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnt%C3%A1_Austin" title="Johntá Austin">Johntá Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Seal" title="Manuel Seal">Manuel Seal Jr.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Dupri" title="Jermaine Dupri">Jermaine Dupri</a> (songwriters) (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_Without_You" title="Be Without You">Be Without You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bryan-Michael_Cox" title="Bryan-Michael Cox">Bryan-Michael Cox</a>, Jason Perry, <a href="/wiki/Johnt%C3%A1_Austin" title="Johntá Austin">Johntá Austin</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a> (songwriters) (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_One_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="No One (Alicia Keys song)">No One</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/DJ_Dirty_Harry" title="DJ Dirty Harry">George M. Harry</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Brothers_Jr." title="Kerry Brothers Jr.">Kerry "Krucial" Brothers</a> (songwriters) (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Miss_Independent_(Ne-Yo_song)" title="Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)">Miss Independent</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stargate_(record_producers)" title="Stargate (record producers)">Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> (songwriters) (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Single_Ladies_(Put_a_Ring_on_It)" title="Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)">Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kuk_Harrell" title="Kuk Harrell">Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé Knowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/The-Dream" title="The-Dream">Terius Nash</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tricky_Stewart" title="Tricky Stewart">Christopher Stewart</a> (songwriters) (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Shine" – <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> (songwriter) (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_for_You" title="Fool for You">Fool for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/CeeLo_Green" title="CeeLo Green">CeeLo Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Fiona" title="Melanie Fiona">Melanie Fiona</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Splash" title="Jack Splash">Jack Splash</a> (songwriters) (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adorn_(song)" title="Adorn (song)">Adorn</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_(singer)" title="Miguel (singer)">Miguel Pimentel</a> (songwriter) (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pusher_Love_Girl" title="Pusher Love Girl">Pusher Love Girl</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Fauntleroy" title="James Fauntleroy">James Fauntleroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/J-Roc" title="J-Roc">Jerome Harmon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbaland" title="Timbaland">Timothy Mosley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> (songwriters) (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drunk_in_Love" title="Drunk in Love">Drunk in Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasool_Diaz" title="Rasool Diaz">Rasool Diaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detail_(record_producer)" title="Detail (record producer)">Noel Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/J-Roc" title="J-Roc">Jerome Harmon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé Knowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbaland" title="Timbaland">Timothy Mosley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andre_Eric_Proctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre Eric Proctor">Andre Eric Proctor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brian_Soko" title="Brian Soko">Brian Soko</a> (songwriters) (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Really_Love_(D%27Angelo_song)" title="Really Love (D'Angelo song)">Really Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/D%27Angelo" title="D'Angelo">D'Angelo</a>, Gina Figueroa & Kendra Foster (songwriters) (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lake_by_the_Ocean" title="Lake by the Ocean">Lake by the Ocean</a>" – Hod David & <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Musze</a> (songwriters) (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_I_Like_(Bruno_Mars_song)" title="That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)">That's What I Like</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Brody_Brown" title="Brody Brown">Christopher Brody Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Fauntleroy" title="James Fauntleroy">James Fauntleroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Lawrence_(songwriter)" title="Philip Lawrence (songwriter)">Philip Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stereotypes" title="The Stereotypes">Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip</a> (songwriters) (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boo%27d_Up" title="Boo'd Up">Boo'd Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/1500_or_Nothin%27" title="1500 or Nothin'">Larrance Dopson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joelle_James" title="Joelle James">Joelle James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ella_Mai" title="Ella Mai">Ella Mai</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mustard_(record_producer)" title="Mustard (record producer)">Dijon McFarlane</a> (songwriters) (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_So_(PJ_Morton_and_JoJo_song)" title="Say So (PJ Morton and JoJo song)">Say So</a>" – <a href="/wiki/PJ_Morton" title="PJ Morton">PJ Morton</a> (songwriter) (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Better Than I Imagined" – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Glasper" title="Robert Glasper">Robert Glasper</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meshell Ndegeocello</a> & <a href="/wiki/H.E.R." title="H.E.R.">Gabriella Wilson</a> (songwriters) (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_the_Door_Open" title="Leave the Door Open">Leave the Door Open</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anderson_.Paak" title="Anderson .Paak">Brandon Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brody_Brown" title="Brody Brown">Christopher Brody Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">Dernst Emile II</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (songwriters) (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cuff_It" title="Cuff It">Cuff It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Nova_Wav" title="Nova Wav">Denisia "Blu June" Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Wav" title="Nova Wav">Brittany "Chi" Coney</a>, <a href="/wiki/The-Dream" title="The-Dream">Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morten_Ristorp" title="Morten Ristorp">Morten Ristorp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a> & <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Saadiq" title="Raphael Saadiq">Raphael Saadiq</a> (songwriters) (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Snooze_(SZA_song)" title="Snooze (SZA song)">Snooze</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Kenny B. Edmonds</a>, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, <a href="/wiki/SZA" title="SZA">Solána Rowe</a> & <a href="/wiki/Leon_Thomas_III" title="Leon Thomas III">Leon Thomas III</a> (songwriters) (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Saturn_(SZA_song)" title="Saturn (SZA song)">Saturn</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Bisel" title="Rob Bisel">Rob Bisel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carter_Lang" title="Carter Lang">Carter Lang</a>, <a href="/wiki/SZA" title="SZA">Solána Rowe</a>, Jared Solomon & <a href="/wiki/Monsune" title="Monsune">Scott Zhang</a> (songwriters) (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" 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