American rapper Vanilla Ice has released six studio albums, two compilation albums, one live album, one remix album, and 25 singles. His debut album, To the Extreme, was the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time.[1] His first single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop song to top the Billboard charts, and has been credited with helping to diversify hip hop by introducing it to a mainstream white audience. Soundtrack appearances and a live album, Extremely Live continued the success but a second mainstream studio album Mind Blowin' featured an image change which saw a massive drop in popularity for Ice. Further albums, including Hard to Swallow, Bi-Polar and Platinum Underground, featured a less mainstream rock-oriented sound, and did not chart.
| Vanilla Ice discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 25 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 24 |
| Remix albums | 1 |
In 2008, a remix album titled Vanilla Ice Is Back! was released via Cleopatra Records. The album failed to chart; however, "Ice Ice Baby" was re-released as a single in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 146 on the UK Singles Chart. A sixth studio album, W.T.F. (Wisdom, Tenacity And Focus), was officially released on August 30, 2011, after being delayed for two years.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] |
US R&B [3] |
AUS [4] |
NZ [5] |
SWE [6] |
UK [7] | ||||
| To the Extreme |
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1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Mind Blowin' |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Hard to Swallow |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bi-Polar |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Platinum Underground |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| W.T.F. (Wisdom, Tenacity and Focus) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] |
AUS [4] |
UK [7] | |||
| Extremely Live |
|
30 | 56 | 35 | |
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Back 2 Back Hits |
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| The Best of Vanilla Ice |
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Remix albums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Vanilla Ice Is Back! |
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Video albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Play That Funky Music Whiteboy |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [16] |
US Dance [17] |
US R&B [18] |
US Rap [19] |
AUS [4][20] |
CAN [21] |
GER [22] |
NZ [23] |
UK [7] | ||||||
| 1990 | "Play That Funky Music" | 4 | — | 22 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 10 |
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To the Extreme | ||
| "Ice Ice Baby" | 1 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| "I Love You" | 52 | — | — | — | 103 | — | 65 | 30 | 45 | |||||
| 1991 | "Rollin' in My 5.0" | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | 70 | — | 27 | Extremely Live | |||
| "Satisfaction" | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | 41 | — | 22 | |||||
| "Road to My Riches" | — | — | — | — | 168 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Ninja Rap” | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze OST | ||||
| "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" (featuring Naomi Campbell) |
81 | — | — | — | 171 | — | — | — | — | Cool as Ice OST | ||||
| 1994 | "Roll 'Em Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mind Blowin' | |||
| "The Wrath" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "Get Loose" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | "Too Cold" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hard to Swallow | |||
| 1999 | "S.N.A.F.U." (featuring Jimmy Pop) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | "Nothing Is Real" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bi-Polar | |||
| 2002 | "Get Your Ass Up" (featuring Pearla) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tha Weed Song" (featuring Rahan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Hot Sex" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Elvis Killed Kennedy" (featuring Chuck D and Rahan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2005 | "Survivor" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Platinum Underground | |||
| 2006 | "Tell Me Why" (featuring Gemini and Zeno) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | "Ninja Rap 2” | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | "Ice Ice Baby 2008" (re-recording)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | Vanilla Ice Is Back! | |||
| 2010 | "Turn It Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W.T.F. (Wisdom, Tenacity And Focus) | |||
| "Born On Halloween" (featuring Insane Clown Posse) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | "Jump Around" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Vanilla Ice Is Back! | |||
| 2012 | "Ice Ice Baby (Zumba Remix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRE [30] |
UK [7] | |||
| 2001 | "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (ReAnimator featuring Vanilla Ice) |
— | — | Non-album single |
| 2008 | "Ice Ice Baby 2008" (ReAnimator featuring Big Daddi and Vanilla Ice) |
— | — | Non-album single |
| 2010 | "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" (Jedward featuring Vanilla Ice) |
1 | 2 | Planet Jedward |
| 2011 | "Ice Ice Baby" (MattyB featuring Vanilla Ice) |
— | — | Non-album single |
Guest appearances
edit| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Boom" (Bloodhound Gang featuring Vanilla Ice) |
One Fierce Beer Coaster |
| 2001 | "Size Queen" (Betty Blowtorch featuring Vanilla Ice) |
Are You Man Enough? |
| 2005 | "Swallow This Nut" (Insane Clown Posse featuring Vanilla Ice, Fresh Kid Ice, Fish 'N' Grits & MC Breed) |
Forgotten Freshness Volume 4 |
| 2006 | "Cowboy Style" (Steve Forde & The Flange featuring Vanilla Ice, Barney Rubble & Zeno) |
Rowdy |
| 2012 | "Still Unbreakable" (Des-ROW featuring Vanilla Ice) |
Rhythm Party (Boom Boom Dance) (soundtrack) |
| "BEFREE" (Des-ROW featuring Vanilla Ice) | ||
| 2015 | "Tommy Lee Jones" (Louie Sace featuring Vanilla Ice) |
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| 2017 | "Vanilla Sprite Remix" (Rick Ross featuring Vanilla Ice) |
Forever Blue |
Unreleased and demos
edit| Song | Other notes |
|---|---|
| "Off the Chain" | Unreleased song with 7x70; guest vocals only[31] |
| "Halloween" | Demo instrumental |
| "Where tha Dogs At? (All Night Long)" | Performed live in 1992. Never released. |
| "We Came to Party" | Performed live in 1987-1989. Never released. |
| "Ice" | Performed live in 2015. Originally set to be the first single of his upcoming album. |
Soundtrack appearances
edit| Year | Song | From |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Ninja Rap" | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" | Cool As Ice Soundtrack | |
| "The People's Choice" | ||
| "Never Wanna Be Without You" | ||
| "Get Wit' It" | ||
| 1992 | "Ice Ice Baby" | Alyas Boy Kano |
| 1993 | Beavis and Butt-Head | |
| 1996 | "I Love You" | |
| 1997 | ||
| 1998 | "Ice Ice Baby" | Disturbing Behavior |
| 1999 | "Too Cold" | Behind the Music |
| "S.N.A.F.U." | ||
| "Hooked" | ||
| "Ice Is Workin' It" | ||
| "Play That Funky Music" | ||
| "Stop That Train" | ||
| "Fame" | ||
| "Ninja Rap" | ||
| "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" | ||
| "Ice Ice Baby" | ||
| "Zig Zag Stories" | ||
| "A.D.D." | ||
| "Fuck Me" | ||
| "The Wrath" | ||
| "Ice Ice Baby" | Tuftsablanca | |
| 2003 | "Size Queen" | Betty Blowtorch: And Her Amazing True Life Adventures |
| "Ice Ice Baby" | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd | |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | |
| "Ice Is Workin' It" | Little Black Book | |
| 2005 | "Ice Ice Baby" | I Love the '80s 3-D |
| "Hot Sex" | The Helix...Loaded | |
| 2007 | "Play That Funky Music" | 20 to 1 |
| 2008 | "Ice Ice Baby" | Step Brothers |
| "Swallow This Nut" | Death Racers | |
| "Ice Ice Baby" | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | |
| 2009 | "Ice Ice Baby (Radio Edit)" | Cyprien |
| 2010 | "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" | 15th National Television Awards |
| "Ice Ice Baby" | Live from Studio Five | |
| "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" | ||
| "Ice Ice Baby" | Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series | |
| 2011 | Kinect Sports: Season Two | |
| Formula 1: BBC Sport: 2011 British Grand Prix | ||
| 2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | |
| That's My Boy | ||
| Dance Central 3 | ||
| "Still Unbreakable" | Rhythm Party (Boom Boom Dance) | |
| "BEFREE" |
Music videos
editAs lead artist
edit| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Ice Ice Baby" | Greg Synodis |
| 1991 | "Play That Funky Music" | Greg Synodis |
| "I Love You" | Michael Bay | |
| "Stop That Train" | Greg Synodis | |
| "Rollin in My 5.0" | Greg Synodis | |
| "Satisfaction" | Greg Synodis | |
| "Ninja Rap" | ||
| "Cool as Ice" | David Kellogg | |
| "Get Wit It" | David Kellogg | |
| "The People's Choice" | ||
| 1994 | "Roll 'Em Up | Drew Stone |
| "The Wrath" | Drew Stone | |
| 1998 | "Too Cold" | Cuzzin Myke |
| 2001 | "Nothing Is Real" | |
| 2010 | "Born On Halloween" (featuring Insane Clown Posse) |
V Ice 2 Productions |
| 2011 | "Detonator" | Bjarni Gautur |
| "Rock Star Party" | V Ice 2 Productions | |
| 2012 | "Ice Ice Baby (Zumba Remix)" | Zumba Fitness |
| 2020 | "Ride the Horse" | Ghost |
| 2023 | "Put Your Hands Up" |
As featured artist
edit| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Ice Ice Baby 2001" (ReAnimator featuring Vanilla Ice) |
Stefan Browatzki |
| 2010 | "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" (Jedward featuring Vanilla Ice) |
Dale "Rage" Resteghini |
| 2011 | "Ice Ice Baby" (MattyB featuring Vanilla Ice) |
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| 2015 | "Tommy Lee Jones" (Louie Sace featuring Vanilla Ice) |
NasaBoy EM |
| 2019 | "Vanilla Sprite" (Forgiato Blow featuring Vanilla Ice) |
Ghost |
References
edit- ^ Forman, Murray (2002). "'Welcome to the City'". The 'hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-hop. Wesleyan University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-8195-6397-8.
- ^ a b "Vanilla Ice Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ "Vanilla Ice Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ a b c Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com - Vanilla Ice in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 293.
- ^ "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for releases charting in the United Kingdom:
- "Official Charts > Vanilla Ice". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- "Chart Log UK: V - Vybe". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Vanilla Ice – To the Extreme". Music Canada.
- ^ "The Official NZ Music Charts: Albums (19 May 1991)". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ "British album certifications – Vanilla Ice – To the Extreme". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type To the Extreme in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "American album certifications – Vanilla Ice – To the Extreme". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian albums certifications – Vanilla Ice – Extremely Live". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Vanilla Ice – Extremely Live". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "RIAA Certifications for Vanilla Ice". riaa.com. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Vanilla Ice Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "Vanilla Ice Album & Song Chart History - Dance/Club Play Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "Vanilla Ice Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "Vanilla Ice - Billboard Singles - Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ Peaks below 100 in Australia:
- "I Love You": "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing April 15, 1991". Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- "Road to My Riches": "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing December 16, 1991". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- "Cool As Ice": "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing July 13, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Singles". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: German Charts - Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "American single certifications – Vanilla Ice – Play That Funky Music". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American single certifications – Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby". Music Canada.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vanilla Ice)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ^ "The Official NZ Music Charts: Singles (20 October 2014)". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ "British single certifications – Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Type Ice Ice Baby in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ Peak chart positions for featured singles on the Irish Singles Chart:
- "irishcharts.com - Discography Jedward". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "Iron Maiden drummer comments on collaboration with Vanilla Ice". Blabbermouth. 25 August 2003.