The discography of

Tinchy Stryder Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian British, Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo (music), solo studio al ...

, a recording artist whose real name is Kwasi Danquah, consists of four studio albums, one

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(with Roll Deep), one

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album, five

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s, four

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s (including one with Roll Deep), 17

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s (including one promotional single, and one other charted single), five singles as a featured artist (including two charity singles), and ten

s. Danquah has sold over 22.2 million digital singles worldwide. Danquah performed under the stage name Stryder from 1997 to 2006, and has performed under the stage name Tinchy Stryder since 2006. Danquah is a recording artist who throughout his music career mainly practiced the

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music genre from 2002 to 2007, and was a member of the grime group Roll Deep. In 2002, the grime group Roll Deep was formed, and included Danquah and

Dizzee Rascal Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a British MC and rapper. A pioneer of grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. Dizze ...

. They were making music that was a derivative of garage. For a while, there was not even a name for it. The label "grime" was the one that stuck. In 2007, Danquah released his debut

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studio album, '' Star in the Hood'', on the independent record label Takeover Entertainment—a

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—in August 2007. This album spawned two main singles, "Breakaway", which was released on 9 April 2007 and " Something About Your Smile", released on 6 August 2007. Bonus track "

Mainstream Money "Mainstream Money" is the third and final single from grime vocalist Tinchy Stryder's debut album, '' Star in the Hood''. The single was released in November 2007. The song was written and produced by renowned grime music producer Maniac, who has ...

" was also released as an underground single in November 2007. In 2009, Danquah released his second solo studio album, '' Catch 22'', which was mainly influenced by the electronic and

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genres. He released his second single from the album, ''Catch 22'', entitled " Take Me Back" with English singer Taio Cruz, which peaked at number 3 on the

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in January 2009. He then released the song " Number 1" (a collaboration with English band

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), which entered the

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at number 6, on 26 April 2009. Danquah later released "

Never Leave You "Never Leave You" is a song by Tinchy Stryder, released as the fourth single from his second studio album, '' Catch 22'' as a digital download on 2 August 2009 and then as a CD single on 3 August 2009. The song was written by Stryder with lyric ...

" with English singer Amelle Berrabah, which entered the

at number 5, on 9 August 2009. In 2010, Danquah released his third solo studio album, '' Third Strike'', an electronic dance music

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. On

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's ''Chart Show'', it was revealed that the song "Number 1" is the first song in chart history anywhere in the world entitled "Number 1" ever to actually reach number one.

Albums

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Charity singles

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Collaborations

See also

Notes

References

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