Editing RuPaul (section)

=== 2014–2016: ''Born Naked'', ''Realness,'' ''Butch Queen'', and television expansion ===
[[File:RuPaul Trending Report 2015.jpg|left|thumb|RuPaul in 2015]]
On January 28, 2014 RuPaul released ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race season 6#Soundtrack|RuPaul Presents The CoverGurlz]]'', a collaborative album featuring new versions of RuPaul songs from 2009 to 2013. His seventh studio album, ''[[Born Naked]]'', was released on February 24, 2014, to coincide with the premiere of the 6th season of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race season 6|RuPaul's Drag Race]]''. ''Born Naked'' placed at number 4 on the US ''Billboard'' dance chart and 85 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. On April 9, 2014, RuPaul and [[Michelle Visage]] released the first episode of their podcast, ''[[RuPaul: What's The Tee?|RuPaul: What's the Tee? with Michelle Visage]]''. In August, he joined the reality competition show ''[[Skin Wars]]'' acting as a judge.

On March 2, 2015, RuPaul released his eighth studio album, ''[[Realness]]''. The release coincided with the premiere of the seventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. In April, he launched and began hosting a new show, ''[[Good Work (TV series)|Good Work]]'', a plastic surgery-themed talk show for [[E!]]. In October he released his second [[Christmas album]], and ninth studio album, ''[[Slay Belles]]''. The album contains ten original Christmas-themed songs and features collaborations with [[Michelle Visage]], [[Siedah Garrett]], [[Todrick Hall]], and [[Big Freedia]]. The album charted at 21 on the US ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Dance]] chart.<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine |title=RuPaul&nbsp;— Chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/369236/rupaul/chart?f=322 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604120238/https://www.billboard.com/artist/369236/rupaul/chart?f=322 |archive-date=June 4, 2015 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 17, 2020 }}</ref>

In January 2016, it was announced RuPaul would present a new game show for [[Logo TV]] called ''[[Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul]]'' which premiered on April 11, 2016, after ''RuPaul's Drag Race''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=January 21, 2016 |title=Logo Greenlights Two New Series Including RuPaul Game Show, Following Year-Over-Year Growth |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/logo-gay-for-play-game-show-rupaul-1201684468/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122309/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/logo-gay-for-play-game-show-rupaul-1201684468/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2016, he released his tenth album, ''[[Butch Queen]]'', just prior to the premiere of the [[RuPaul's Drag Race season 8|eighth season]] of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Avery |first=Dan |date=February 20, 2016 |title=Rupaul Announces New Album, "Butch Queen," Dropping March 7! |url=http://www.newnownext.com/rupaul-announces-new-album-butch-queen-dropping-march-7/02/2016/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220094953/http://www.newnownext.com/rupaul-announces-new-album-butch-queen-dropping-march-7/02/2016/ |archive-date=February 20, 2016 |work=[[NewNowNext]]}}</ref> A song from the album, "U Wear It Well" was featured in the teaser campaigns for the season and was released as its first single. The album charted at number 3 on the US ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Dance]] chart.<ref name="billboard.com"/> "'Be Someone" featuring American singer [[Taylor Dayne]] was released as the album's second and final single. Additionally, ''[[Butch Queen|Butch Queen: The Ru-Mixes]]'' was released.

In July 2016, it was announced that RuPaul was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program]]. He was presented the award at the September [[68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony]]. 2016 also saw the release of the single "Read U Wrote U" that features rap parts by the ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2'' finalists [[Roxxxy Andrews]], [[Katya Zamolodchikova]], [[Alaska Thunderfuck]], and [[Detox Icunt]] with production by [[Ellis Miah]].<ref name="miah">{{cite web |title=Read U Wrote U (Ellis Miah Mix) [feat. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 2] – Single by RuPaul |url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/read-u-wrote-u-ellis-miah-mix-feat-cast-rupauls-drag/1163061808 |publisher=iTunes Store |date=October 12, 2016 |language=en-ca |access-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210908/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/read-u-wrote-u-ellis-miah-mix-feat-cast-rupauls-drag/1163061808 |url-status=live }}</ref>