Janelle Monáe
American singer and actress
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| 2025 | Has upcoming films Golden (post-production) and Is God Is (filming) |
| 2023 | Janelle Monáe both directed and starred in music videos for 'Lipstick Lover' and 'Water Slide' alongside Alan Ferguson. |
| 2023 | Janelle Monáe released the single 'Champagne Shit' featuring Latto and Quavo from the album The Age of Pleasure, which peaked at number 22 on the charts |
| 2023 | Began the Age of Pleasure Tour, promoting her latest musical work. |
| 2023 | Featured on RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked during the 'House of Fashion' episode |
| 2023 | Appeared as herself and served as a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race in the 'House of Fashion' episode |
| July 2023 | In an interview with The Current, Monáe described their new album as 'a movement' and 'a soundtrack to a lifestyle', emphasizing radical joy and queer love. |
| May 11 2023 | Monáe announced their fourth album 'The Age of Pleasure' would be released on June 9. |
| February 16 2023 | Monáe released the single 'Float', featuring horns by Seun Kuti and his band Egypt 80. |
| 2022 | Played dual roles as Cassandra Brand and Helen Brand in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery |
| 2022 | Voiced Claudia in an episode of Human Resources titled 'The Light' |
| December 2022 | Atlantic Records' CEO Craig Kallman announced in a Variety interview that Monáe had new music scheduled for 2023. |
| May 2022 | Reported to be set to act as Josephine Baker in the TV series De La Resistance. |
| April 2022 | Publicly came out as non-binary on Red Table Talk, discussing her understanding of gender and identity, stating 'I'm nonbinary, so I just don't see myself as a woman, solely'. |
| April 2022 | Harper Voyager published her first book, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer. |
| July 4 2021 | We The People, a 10-part series of animated music videos premiered on Netflix, with Monáe performing multiple songs. She won a Children's and Family Emmy Award as one of the writers. |
| 2020 | Appeared in two films: The Glorias as Dorothy Pitman Hughes and Antebellum as Veronica Henley/Eden |
| 2020 | Starred in the television series Homecoming. |
| 2020 | Provided narration for the series Sex, Explained |
| September 2020 | Released music video 'Turntables' as part of Amazon Studios' voter registration campaign. |
| February 9 2020 | Opened the 92nd Academy Awards with a performance featuring Billy Porter, highlighting nominated and snubbed films. |
| January 10 2020 | Monáe tweeted the hashtag #IAmNonbinary, which trended on Twitter, showing support for the nonbinary community. |
| 2019 | Music video for 'Screwed' was planned with director to be announced (TBA). |
| 2019 | Janelle Monáe contributed to the soundtrack of Lady and the Tramp with the song 'What a Shame', co-performed with Nate 'Rocket' Wonder and Roman GianArthur |
| 2019 | Monáe collaborated with Kelly Clarkson on two songs ('All Dolled Up' and 'Unbreakable') for the UglyDolls movie soundtrack |
| 2019 | Released 'That's Enough' for the 'Lady and the Tramp' soundtrack. |
| 2019 | Performed voice roles in UglyDolls and Lady and the Tramp, and appeared in Harriet as Marie Buchanon |
| 2019 | Starred in the film Harriet. |
| March 29 2019 | Inducted Janet Jackson into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Brooklyn, NY. |
| 2018 | Janelle Monáe contributed two songs ('Whatthegirlmuthafuckinwannadoo' and 'Out and Over/Sticky Sunrise') to The Coup's soundtrack for the film Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Janelle Monáe released the single 'Crazy, Classic, Life' from the album Dirty Computer |
| 2018 | Starred in Dirty Computer as Jane 57821 and appeared in Welcome to Marwen as Julie |
| December 2018 | Received a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year for Dirty Computer. |
| December 6 2018 | Received the Trailblazer of the Year award at the Billboard Women in Music event. |
| November 14 2018 | Monáe released the 'Spotify Singles' EP as a digital download through Bad Boy Records. |
| April 27 2018 | Released her third album, Dirty Computer. |
| February 22 2018 | Released singles 'Make Me Feel' and 'Django Jane' from Dirty Computer, with accompanying music videos. |
| 2017 | Monáe featured on Grimes' 'Venus Fly' and contributed to The Get Down soundtrack with 'Hum Along and Dance (Gotta Get Down)'. |
| 2017 | Acted as Alice in the 'Autofac' episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams |
| 2016 | Monáe performed in two significant films: Moonlight (as Teresa) and Hidden Figures (as Mary Jackson) |
| March 15 2016 | Collaborated with Michelle Obama, Kelly Clarkson, Zendaya, and Missy Elliott on the iTunes-exclusive track 'This Is for My Girls', supporting the Let Girls Learn educational initiative. |
| August 14 2015 | Performed the protest song 'Hell You Talmbout' with Wondaland Arts Society, raising awareness about police brutality and naming victims of racial violence, followed by a powerful speech on NBC's Today Show. |
| March 2015 | Released the single 'Yoga' from The Eephus album, which debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. |
| February 2015 | Monáe announced a landmark joint venture partnership with Epic Records, establishing Wondaland Records and becoming one of the few black women to run an independent record label in conjunction with a major record label. |
| 2014 | Monáe co-headlined The Golden Electric Tour with Kimbra. |
| 2014 | Performed 'Goldfinger' and 'Tightrope' at the White House's Women of Soul event |
| 2014 | Appeared on Sesame Street in an episode focused on 'The Power of Yet' |
| April 14 2014 | Received the inaugural Harvard College Women's Center Award for Achievement in Arts and Media and recognized as the 2014 Woman of the Year by the Harvard College Black Men's Forum. |
| April 11 2014 | Voiced the character of veterinarian Dr. Monáe in the movie Rio 2. |
| 2013 | Monáe expressed support for the LGBTQ community and stated she wants to be attractive to both men and women. |
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