The following is the discography of Serj Tankian, an Armenian-American singer and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, keyboardist, and occasionally rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down.
| Serj Tankian discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Singles | 36 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 23 |
| Collaborative albums | 2 |
This discography consists of five studio albums, one collaboration album, four EPs, three live album/DVD, thirty-three singles, twenty-three music videos, and all other known appearances by Tankian on other artists' albums, soundtracks, and in video games. This article also contains the production credits by Tankian. The list does not include anything performed or recorded with System of a Down. To see recordings by System of a Down, see System of a Down discography.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
ITA [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | ||||||
| Elect the Dead |
|
4 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| Imperfect Harmonies |
|
35 | 56 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 94 | 26 | 12 | 86 | ||||
| Harakiri |
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29 | 86 | 10 | 37 | 12 | 36 | — | 27 | 13 | 87 | ||||
| Orca |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
GRC [11] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] | ||
| 2010 | Elect the Dead Symphony
|
38 | 118 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 64 |
| 2021 | Live in Edmonton (with The F.C.C.)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | Live at Leeds (with The F.C.C.)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | Invocations
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Collaborative albums
edit| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Serart (with Arto Tunçboyacıyan)
|
| 2020 | Fuktronic (with Jimmy Urine)
|
Soundtracks
edit- Prometheus Bound (2011)
- The Last Inhabitant (2016)
- 1915 (2016)
- Intent to Destroy (2017)
- Furious (2017)
- Spitak (2018)
- Midnight Star (2019)
- Truth to Power (2021)
- I Am Not Alone (2021)
- Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (2023)
EPs
edit| Year | EP details |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Lie Lie Live
|
| 2011 | Imperfect Remixes
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| 2021 | Elasticity
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| 2022 | Perplex Cities
|
| 2024 | Foundations
|
Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Alt. [1] |
US Main. [1] |
US Rock |
CAN [12] |
POL | UK [10] | |||
| 2007 | "The Unthinking Majority"[13] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elect the Dead |
| "Empty Walls" | 97 | 3 | 4 | — | 75 | — | 78 | ||
| "Lie Lie Lie" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "Sky Is Over" | — | 22 | 23 | — | — | 46 | — | |
| "Fears" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2010 | "The Charade" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elect the Dead Symphony |
| "Bird's Eye" (with Marc Streitenfeld & Mike Patton) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Body of Lies | |
| "Left of Center" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Imperfect Harmonies | |
| "Reconstructive Demonstrations" | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | ||
| 2011 | "The Hunger" (with Shirley Manson) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Prometheus Bound |
| 2012 | "Figure It Out" | — | — | 17 | 44[14] | — | — | — | Harakiri |
| "Cornucopia" | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | ||
| "Harakiri" | — | — | 40 | — | — | 78 | — | ||
| "We Are the 99 Percent" (with Tom Morello & Tim McIlrath) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| 2014 | "Hali" (with Pedro Meirelles & Eugene Hütz) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | "Artsakh" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Aurora's Dream" (featuring Veronika Stalder) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Industrialized Overload" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | "The Rough Dog" (with Ara Malikian) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Royal Garage |
| 2019 | "Black Blooms" (with O.R.k.) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ramagehead |
| 2020 | "Introvert (Call Me Crazy)" (with Sebu, mISHØ) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hayastane" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Disarming Time: A Modern Piano Concerto" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cool Gardens Poetry Suite |
| 2022 | "Amber" (with Sevak Amroyan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2024 | "A.F. Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Foundations |
| "Justice Will Shine On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Promotional singles
edit| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Honking Antelope"[15] | Elect the Dead |
| 2010 | "Borders Are..."[16] | Imperfect Harmonies |
| "Yes, It's Genocide"[17] | ||
| 2011 | "Deserving?"[18] | |
| "Goodbye – Gate 21" (featuring Tom Morello)[19] |
Imperfect Remixes |
As featured artist
edit| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Main. [1] | |||
| 2007 | "Mein" (Deftones featuring Serj Tankian) |
40 | Saturday Night Wrist |
| 2013 | "We Are" (Ray Harmony featuring Serj Tankian, Ihsahn, Devin Townsend & Abbie Johnson) |
— | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Shooting Helicopters" (Benny Benassi featuring Serj Tankian) |
— | Danceaholic |
| 2019 | "A Higher Frequency" (Tom Morello featuring Serj Tankian & Attlas) |
— | 10 Years of Mom+Pop |
| 2021 | "Moonhearts in Space" (Tina Guo featuring Serj Tankian) |
— | Dies Irae |
| 2023 | "Black Thunder" (The Hu featuring Serj Tankian & Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz) |
11 | Rumble of Thunder |
Music videos
edit| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "We Are One" (with Buckethead) | Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon |
| 2007 | "The Unthinking Majority" | Tawd B. Dorenfeld |
| "Empty Walls" | Tony Petrossian | |
| "Saving Us" | Kevin Estrada | |
| "Feed Us" | Sevag Vrej | |
| "Lie Lie Lie" | Martha Colburn | |
| "Honking Antelope" | Roger Kupelian | |
| "Elect the Dead" | Gariné Torossian | |
| "Baby" | Isaac "Eye-Sack" Flores | |
| "Sky Is Over" | José Rivera | |
| "Beethoven's Cunt" | Adam Egypt Mortimer | |
| "Money" | Ara Soudjian | |
| "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" | Greg Watermann | |
| 2008 | "Sky Is Over" (Alt Video) | Jose Rivera |
| 2010 | "Left of Center" | Tawd B. Dorenfeld |
| 2011 | "Reconstructive Demonstrations" | Roger Kupelian |
| "Goodbye – Gate 21" (Rock Remix; feat. The FCC & Tom Morello) | Ara Soudjian and George Tonikian | |
| 2012 | "Figure It Out" | Ara Soudjian |
| "Harakiri" | Nico Sabenorio | |
| "Occupied Tears" | Eric Nazarian | |
| "Uneducated Democracy" | Narek Minasyan and Nareh Hovhannissyan | |
| 2013 | "Orca Act I – Victorious Orcinus" (Truncated Studio Version) | Aaron Faulls |
| "Orca Act II – Oceanic Subterfuge" | ||
| 2016 | "Ari Im Sokhag" (feat. Larisa Hovannisian) | Garin Hovannisian |
| "Artsakh" | Rand Courtney | |
| 2017 | "A Fine Morning To Die" (with Iowa) | — |
| 2020 | "Hayastane - Հայաստանը" | Armen Soudjian |
| 2021 | "Elasticity" | Vlad Kaptur |
| "Electric Yerevan" | Garin Hovannisian | |
| "Your Mom" | D.S. Bradford | |
| "Rumi" | Craig Ray | |
| "How Many Times?" | Roger Kupelian | |
| "Disarming Time: A Modern Piano Concerto" | Serj Tankian | |
| 2022 | "Amber" (with Sevak Amroyan) | Hrag Yedalian |
| 2024 | "A.F. Day" | Ara Soudjian |
| "Justice Will Shine On" | Ara Soudjian and Todd Harapiak | |
| "Cartoon Buyer" | ||
| "Appropriations" | ||
| "Life's Revengeful Son" |
Other appearances
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Release and/or explanation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums, soundtracks, and video games | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Limp Bizkit feat. Serj Tankian | "Don't Go Off Wandering" (Demo) | Demo for Significant Other | ||||||||
| 2000 | Hed PE feat. Serj Tankian and Morgan Lander | "Feel Good" | Broke | ||||||||
| Tony Iommi feat. Serj Tankian | "Patterns" | Iommi | |||||||||
| Snot feat. Serj Tankian | "Starlit Eyes" | Strait Up[20] | |||||||||
| 2001 | Dog Fashion Disco feat. Serj Tankian | "Mushroom Cult" | Anarchists of Good Taste | ||||||||
| 2003 | Serj Tankian | "Bird of Paradise" | Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project | ||||||||
| Kittens for Christian feat. Serj Tankian | "Had a Plan" | Privilege of Your Company | |||||||||
| 2004 | Saul Williams feat. Serj Tankian | "Talk to Strangers" | Saul Williams | ||||||||
| Flea, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello, Pete Yorn, Tim Walker, Serj Tankian, Maynard James Keenan, and Jonny Polonsky | "Where the Streets Have No Name" | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 | |||||||||
| Flea, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello, Pete Yorn, and Serj Tankian | "Alice in My Fantasies" | ||||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Piano Improvization" | ||||||||||
| "Charades" | |||||||||||
| Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Wayne Kramer, Flea, and John Dolmayan | "Get Up, Stand Up" | ||||||||||
| Flea, Brad Wilk, and Serj Tankian | "(Free Jam)" | ||||||||||
| Knowledge and Serj Tankian | "Speak on It" | ||||||||||
| Tom Morello, Serj Tankian, Pete Yorn, Flea, and Brad Wilk | "Chimes of Freedom" | ||||||||||
| Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Brian O'Conner | "Jeffrey Are You Listening?" | ||||||||||
| The Nightwatchman, Serj Tankian, Pete Yorn, Brad Wilk, and Jonny Polonsky | "The Road I Must Travel" | ||||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Improvizational Noise" | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Buckethead feat. Serj Tankian | "We Are One" | Enter the Chicken, Masters of Horror soundtrack | ||||||||
| Buckethead feat. Azam Ali and Serj Tankian | "Coma" | Enter the Chicken | |||||||||
| Buckethead feat. Shana Halligan and Serj Tankian | "Waiting Hare" | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Deftones feat. Serj Tankian | "Mein" | Saturday Night Wrist | ||||||||
| 2007 | Les Rita Mitsouko feat. Serj Tankian | "Terminal Beauty" | Variéty | ||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Bug Theme" | Bug soundtrack | |||||||||
| Serj Tankian and Petra Jolly | "Innermission" | ||||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "The Essence of Tequila" | Stranglehold | |||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Chicakong" | ||||||||||
| Wyclef Jean feat. Serj Tankian and Sizzla | "Riot (Trouble Again)" | Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant | |||||||||
| 2008 | Praxis feat. Serj Tankian | "Sulfur and Cheese" | Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)[21] | ||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Beethoven's Cunt" | Downloadable track for Rock Band | |||||||||
| Bitter:Sweet feat. Serj Tankian | "Drama" (Serj Tankian version) | Drama | |||||||||
| The Nightwatchman feat. Serj Tankian | "Lazarus on Down" | The Fabled City | |||||||||
| Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, and Marc Streitenfeld | "Bird's Eye" | Body of Lies[22][23] | |||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Fears" | Written exclusively in support of Amnesty International's Global Write-A-Thon[24] | |||||||||
| 2009 | Khatchadour Tankian feat. Serj Tankian | "Bari Arakeel" | Inchbes Moranank | ||||||||
| "Martigi Yerke" | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Viza feat. Serj Tankian | "Viktor" | Made in Chernobyl | ||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Empty Walls" | Downloadable tracks for Rock Band | |||||||||
| Serj Tankian | "Sky Is Over" | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Serj Tankian | "Total Paranoia" | Batman: Arkham City – The Album[broken anchor] | ||||||||
| "Yellow Snow" | The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011 | ||||||||||
| Jonathan Elias feat. Jim Morrison, Joanne Shenandoah, Leah Shenandoah, Robert Downey Jr., Serj Tankian, Sinéad O'Connor | "Path to Zero" | Prayer Cycle: Path to Zero | |||||||||
| 2012 | Tom Morello, Serj Tankian, Tim McIlrath | "We Are The 99 Percent" | Occupy Anthem | ||||||||
| 2013 | Serj Tankian | Soundtrack of "Morning Star" (Upcoming video game) | Industrial Toys | ||||||||
| Device feat. Serj Tankian and Geezer Butler | "Out of Line" | Device | |||||||||
| Serj Tankian, Ihsahn, Devin Townsend | "We Are" | Revolution Harmony | |||||||||
| Tech N9ne featuring Krizz Kaliko & Serj Tankian | "Straight Out The Gate" | Something Else | |||||||||
| 2014 | Benny Benassi featuring Serj Tankian | "Shooting Helicopters" | Shooting Helicopters – Single | ||||||||
| Pedro Meirelles featuring Serj Tankian & Eugene Hütz | "Hali" | Hali – Single | |||||||||
| Alla Levonyan, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Serj Tankian, Gor Sujian, Tigran Petrosyan, Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Little Singers of Armenia | "Imagine" | IMAGINE Armenia song | |||||||||
| 2015 | Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, Vinny Appice | "Crazy Train" | Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute | ||||||||
| 2022 | Two Feathers, Serj Tankian. | No Tomorrow | Metal: Hellsinger | ||||||||
| 2019 | Ramin Djawadi, Serj Tankian. | The Rains of Castamere | Game of Thrones: Season 8 | ||||||||
| Bear McCreary, Serj Tankian | "Godzilla" | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | |||||||||
| Live performances | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Fear Factory feat. Serj Tankian | "Cars" | |||||||||
| 2000 | Incubus feat. Serj Tankian | Live Improvisation on "Redefine" | |||||||||
| Metallica feat. Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian | "Mastertarium" ("Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" part) | ||||||||||
| 2003 | "Creeping Death" | Reading Festival 2003 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Buckethead feat. Shana Halligan and Serj Tankian | "Waiting Hare" | |||||||||
| 2007 | Tool feat. Serj Tankian | "Sober" (improvisational version) | Big Day Out 2007 (Auckland only) | ||||||||
| Fair to Midland feat. Serj Tankian | "Walls of Jericho" (improvisational version) | Coachella 2007 | |||||||||
| Foo Fighters feat. Serj Tankian | "Holiday in Cambodia" | 2007 MTV Video Music Awards (released on Foo Fighters' single for "Long Road to Ruin") | |||||||||
| 2008 | The Nightwatchman feat. Serj Tankian | "Lazarus on Down" | Big Day Out 2008 (Auckland only) | ||||||||
| 2009 | Visa feat. Serj Tankian | "Viktor" | Feed the Need Event | ||||||||
| 2011 | Tom Morello and Serj Tankian | "Ghost of Tom Joad" | Dimebash 2011 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Serj Tankian, Stewart Copeland, Omar Fadel | "Qakastan – Hymn of the Republic" and "Sunday Nuts" | Sacred Grove | ||||||||
| 2012 | Deftones feat. Serj Tankian | "Root" | Knotfest 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Prophets of Rage feat. Serj Tankian | "Like a Stone" | Rock am Ring 2017 | ||||||||
| 2024 | The Cost feat. Serj Tankian | "Her Eyes" | |||||||||
| Remixes | |||||||||||
| 2005 | MIA | "Galang" (Serj Tankian Remix) | Galang '05 | ||||||||
| 2006 | Dredg | "Ode to the Sun" (Serj Tankian Remix) | Unreleased | ||||||||
| The Notorious B.I.G. | "Who Shot Ya?" (Serj Tankian Remix) | Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure[25] | |||||||||
Production discography
editTankian has also produced a number of albums.
| Year | Album | Artist | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | System of a Down | System of a Down | Producer, credited as System of a Down |
| 2001 | Toxicity | Co-Producer | |
| 2003 | Serart Sampler | Serart | Producer, executive producer, and A&R |
| Serart | |||
| 2004 | Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 | Various artists | Producer and executive producer |
| 2005 | Enter the Chicken | Buckethead & Friends | Producer |
| 2006 | Slow Motion Reign | Slow Motion Reign | |
| The Drawn and Quartered EP | Fair to Midland | ||
| 2007 | Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True | Executive producer | |
| Elect the Dead | Serj Tankian | Producer | |
| 2010 | Elect the Dead Symphony | ||
| Imperfect Harmonies | |||
| 2012 | Harakiri | ||
| 2013 | Orca | ||
| Jazz-Iz-Christ |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Peak position for Serj Tankian in the US:
- "Serj Tankian Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- "Serj Tankian Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- "Serj Tankian Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- All singles in the Hot Mainstream Rock Songs, except Mein: Elect the Dead : Awards at AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- Mein: Saturday Night Wrist : Awards at AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ Peaks in Australia:
- Elect the Dead: "Discography Serj Tankian". australian-charts.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- Imperfect Harmonies: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 275.
- Harakiri: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 July 202" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Australian Web Archive.
- ^ a b "Discographie Serj Tankian" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ a b "Discographie Serj Tankian" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ a b "Chartverfolgung / Serj Tankian / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "Discography Serj Tankian". italiancharts.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "Discografie Serj Tankian" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ a b "Discography Serj Tankian". charts.nz. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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- ^ a b "Chart Log UK: DJ T – Tzant". zobbel.de. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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- ^ "Staind Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Serj Tankian > Singles & EPs > The Unthinking Majority". AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "Chart Highlights: Matchbox Twenty Returns With 'She's So Mean'". Billboard.
- ^ "Serj Tankian – Honking Antelope". discogs. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "Serj Tankian – Borders Are..." discogs.
- ^ "Serj Tankian – Yes, It's Genocide". discogs.
- ^ "Serj Tankian – Deserving?". discogs.
- ^ "Serj Tankian – Goodbye – Gate 21". discogs.
- ^ "Two Hard Rockin' Compilation CDs Set for Release This Fall". NY Rock. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Last accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ Serj To Appear On New Praxis Album Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, by "pwned", SOADFans.com, March 8, 2007
- ^ Serj Tankian: "We Haven't Decided If the Future Contains System or Not" :: SOADFans :: The Official Unofficial System of a Down Site! Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Serj To Collaborate w/ Faith No More Vocalist :: The Official Unofficial System of a Down site![permanent dead link]
- ^ Music for Human Rights
- ^ "Diddy Joins Ecko in Getting Up". IGN. Archived from the original on December 29, 2006. Last accessed November 9, 2007.