2001–2007: Force of Nature, One Man and Sex, Love & Pain In 2001, Tank released his debut album
Force of Nature which spawned the moderate hit
Maybe I Deserve". In 2002, Tank released his second album
One Man and a single of the same name. Tank provided vocals for
I Care 4 U,
Aaliyah's posthumous compilation album, featuring on the album's final single, "
Come Over". Tank released his third solo album,
Sex, Love & Pain, in May 2007. The lead single of the album was the minor hit "
Please Don't Go", which peaked at number 21 on the US
Billboard Hot 100 chart. The group was put on hold due to contractual issues, but signed with
Atlantic Records in September 2012 to release their debut collaborative album,
Three Kings the following year.
2010–2014: Now or Never, This Is How I Feel and Stronger Tank released his fourth studio album,
Now or Never, in December 2010. Tank collaborated with artists who included
Chris Brown,
Drake, on this project. The singles were "
Sex Music", "
I Can't Make You Love Me", and "
Emergency". Tank collaborated with the artists
Chris Brown,
Busta Rhymes,
T.I. and
Kris Stephens on the album. On September 14, 2013, Tank sang the U.S. national anthem before the
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez fight in
Las Vegas, Nevada. His sixth studio album
Stronger was released in August 2014. It featured the singles "You're My Star" and the title track. They did not make the US Hot 100 but both peaked in the Top 20 of the US Urban AC chart. The album marked a slight departure from his previous releases, focusing on a "retro R&B sound" for the album. Following disappointing sales of the release, Tank had claimed the album would be his last.
2015–2020: Sex Love & Pain II and Savage In February 2015, a mixtape album,
If You Were Mine, was released. Later that year, Tank premiered a new single, "You Don't Know", featuring
Wale. It served as the lead single for his seventh studio album
Sex Love & Pain II, released in January 2016. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard R&B chart (marking his 5th album to do so) and #15 on the US Top 200 Albums chart. A second single "#BDAY" followed later that year, in addition to a holiday EP
A Classic Christmas Night in December, released independently. In May 2017, Tank performed at Washington DC's Black Gay Pride event, garnering both praise and criticism and setting off a debate concerning the rare instances male R&B artists perform at LGBT events. In September 2017, Tank released his eighth studio album,
Savage. The album's lead single "
When We", has peaked at number 86 on the
Billboard Hot 100. In October 2019, Tank released his ninth studio album
ELEVATION. He then released a piano-laced EP titled
While You Wait on March 27, 2020. In August 2021, it was announced that Blackground Records would be rereleasing discographies of artists including Tank, Aaliyah,
Toni Braxton and
Timbaland & Magoo. Tank's first three studio albums were reissued on CD, cassette, vinyl, digital download and for the first time, streaming, on September 17, 2021. On October 29, 2021, Tank released "I Deserve" from his upcoming tenth and final album
R&B Money. The single reached the top 10 on the R&B Radio chart. Prior to the release of
R&B Money, Tank announced that it would be his final studio album, triggered in part by
loss of hearing in his right ear in 2021. but saw a wider release to streaming and digital download sites on August 1, 2025. "Gone" peaked at number one on the Adult R&B Airplay Chart, and at number 13 on the R&B/Hip Hop Airplay chart. Following widespread criticism from Aaliyah fans regarding the quality of the single, Tank released a statement, writing, "[The song] featuring myself was supposed to be something good to preserve and continue the legacy of the amazing Aaliyah… This is not it. I’m out [...] The Aaliyah song you are hearing featuring myself, I did out of love for her. I had concerns and I expressed them. From the track to the vocals to the mix and to the visual [...] I still went forward knowing I would at least be able to approve the final products. I haven’t approved one thing you’ve heard or seen [...] Me thinking people had changed was my mistake and I own it [...] Aaliyah deserves better". On November 18, 2025, Tank released the single "Control". == Artistry ==