Jay-Z performing at the in 2010 Studio albums 13 Live albums 1 Compilation albums 5 Music videos 82 Singles 115 Soundtrack albums 1 Promotional singles 9 Collaborative albums 4 American rapper has released thirteen solo, four collaboration albums, one, five, one, two, one hundred and fifteen (including forty-five as a featured artist), nine and eighty-two. As of December 2014, Jay-Z sold 55 million studio albums worldwide. Jay-Z began his music career in the 1980s, building a reputation as a fledgling rapper in his hometown of and collaborating with his mentor and fellow rapper.