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{{short description|Jamaican musician, singer and actor}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Jimmy Cliff
| honorific_suffix = {{small|[[Order of Merit (Jamaica)|OM]]}}
| image            = Jimmy Cliff - Festival du Bout du Monde 2012 - 022.jpg
| caption          = Cliff performing in 2012
| landscape        = yes
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = James Chambers
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1944|07|30|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jimmycliffmusic/posts/302724037876235 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/100044159243177/302724037876235 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Jimmy Cliff Official Facebook|website=[[Facebook]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| birth_place      = [[Saint James Parish, Jamaica|St. James]], [[Colony of Jamaica]]
| instrument       = {{hlist|[[Human voice|Vocals]]|[[guitar]]|[[piano]]|[[conga]]|[[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]}}
| genre            = [[Ska]], [[rocksteady]], [[reggae]], [[soul music|soul]]
| occupation       = Musician, singer, actor
| years_active     = 1962–present
| label            = {{hlist|[[Island Records|Island]]|[[JAD Records]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Trojan Records|Trojan]]|[[EMI Records|EMI]]|[[Columbia Records|CBS]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/jimmy-cliff|title=Jimmy Cliff: Biography|publisher=answers.com|access-date=17 November 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104195845/http://www.answers.com/topic/jimmy-cliff|archive-date=4 November 2011}}</ref>
| website          = {{URL|jimmycliff.com}}
}}
'''James Chambers''', [[Jamaican Order of Merit|OM]] (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as '''Jimmy Cliff''', is a Jamaican [[ska]], [[rocksteady]], [[reggae]] and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the [[Jamaican Order of Merit|Order of Merit]], the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the arts and sciences. 

Cliff is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "[[Many Rivers to Cross]]", "[[You Can Get It If You Really Want]]", "[[The Harder They Come (song)|The Harder They Come]]", "[[Reggae Night]]", and "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]", and his [[cover version|covers]] of [[Cat Stevens]]'s "[[Wild World (song)|Wild World]]" and [[Johnny Nash]]'s "[[I Can See Clearly Now]]" from the film ''[[Cool Runnings]]''. He starred in the film ''[[The Harder They Come]]'', which helped popularize reggae around the world,<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |author=Colin Larkin |year=1998 |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae |publisher=Virgin Books |isbn=0-7535-0242-9 }}</ref> and ''[[Club Paradise]]''. Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2010.

==Early life and education==
Jimmy Cliff was born James Chambers on 30 July 1944 in [[Saint James Parish, Jamaica|Saint James]], [[Colony of Jamaica]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Greene|first=Jo-Ann|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-cliff-mn0000295276/biography|title=Jimmy Cliff Biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> He began writing songs while still at primary school in St. James, listening to a neighbour's sound system. When Chambers was 14, his father took him to [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], where he would take up the stage name Jimmy Cliff.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |title=Reggae & Caribbean Music |year=2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=0-87930-655-6|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&q=jimmy+cliff+somerton|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Career==
===1960s and 1970s===
Cliff sought out many producers while still going to school, trying to get his songs recorded without success. He also entered talent contests. "One night I was walking past a record store and restaurant as they were closing, pushed myself in and convinced one of them, [[Leslie Kong]], to go into the recording business, starting with me," he writes in his own website biography.<ref name="Larkin"/> After two singles that failed to make much impression, his career took off when "Hurricane Hattie" became a hit while he was aged 17.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first= Jo-Ann| last= Greene |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-cliff-mn0000295276/biography |title=Jimmy Cliff Biography |publisher=AllMusic|access-date= 2012-12-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914060404/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-cliff-mn0000295276/biography |archive-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> It was produced by Kong, with whom Cliff remained until Kong's death from a heart attack in 1971.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Cliff's later local hit singles included "King of Kings", "Dearest Beverley", "Miss Jamaica", and "Pride and Passion". In 1964, Cliff was chosen as one of Jamaica's representatives at the [[1964 New York World's Fair|World's Fair]] in New York; and in the same year Cliff was featured in a program called "This is [[Ska]]!" alongside [[Prince Buster]], [[Toots and the Maytals]], and [[Byron Lee and the Dragonaires]].<ref>Jw31209. "This Is Ska! (2/4) 1964 Jimmy Cliff/Prince Buster/Toots & The Maytals and More..." YouTube. YouTube, 5 Feb. 2010. Web. <{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB2elK7PVFg |title=This is Ska! (2/4) 1964 Jimmy Cliff/Prince Buster/Toots & the Maytals and more... - YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=2016-12-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501072504/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB2elK7PVFg |archive-date=1 May 2016}}> 2 December 2016.</ref> 

He soon signed to [[Island Records]] and moved to the United Kingdom.<ref name="AMG"/> Island Records initially (and unsuccessfully) tried to sell Cliff to the [[rock music|rock]] audience, but his career took off in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Steve Barrow |author2=Peter Dalton |title=Reggae: The Rough Guide |year=1997 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=1-85828-247-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reggaeroughguide00barro }}</ref> His international debut album was ''Hard Road to Travel'', released in 1967. It received excellent reviews and included "Waterfall" (composed by [[Nirvana (British band)|Nirvana]]'s Alex Spyropoulos and [[Patrick Campbell-Lyons]]), which became a hit in Brazil and won the International Song Festival.<ref name="AMG"/>

"Waterfall" was followed in 1969 by "[[Wonderful World, Beautiful People]]" and "[[Vietnam (song)|Vietnam]]" in 1970, both popular throughout most of the world. [[Bob Dylan]] called "Vietnam" the best [[protest song]] he had ever heard.<ref name="Larkin"/> Also during this period, Cliff released a [[cover version|cover]] of [[Cat Stevens]]' "[[Wild World (song)|Wild World]]" as a single, but it was not included on his ''[[Wonderful World, Beautiful People (album)|Wonderful World, Beautiful People]]'' album.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

In 1972, Cliff starred as Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin in the classic reggae film, ''[[The Harder They Come]]'', directed by [[Perry Henzell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0070155/ |title=The Harder They Come (1972) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222040855/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0070155/ |archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> As the film tells Martin's story, he is a young man without funds. Arriving in Kingston from the country, he tries to make it in the recording business, but without success. Eventually, he turns to a life of crime. The [[The Harder They Come (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] of the film was a huge success that sold well around the world, bringing reggae to an international audience for the first time. It remains one of the most internationally significant films to have come out of Jamaica since independence. The film made its debut at London's [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont]] cinema in [[Notting Hill]] on 1 September 1972.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 1">{{cite book| first= John| last= Tobler| year= 1992| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years| edition= 1st| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd| location= London| page= 242| id= CN 5585}}</ref> 

In 1976, Cliff sang on the [[Saturday Night Live (season 1)|first season]] of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', episode 12, hosted by [[Dick Cavett]]. After a series of albums, Cliff took a break and traveled to Africa (the Nigeria-based Jamaican writer [[Lindsay Barrett]] was instrumental in Cliff's first trip there),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecaribzone.com/entertainment.php |title=Jimmy Cliff planning sequel to The Harder They Come |work=The Caribzone |publisher=thecaribzone.com |date=2009-11-24 |access-date=2014-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001942/http://www.thecaribzone.com/entertainment.php |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> and subsequently converted to [[Islam]], taking the name of El Hadj Naïm Bachir.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Jimmy+Cliff |title=Jimmy Cliff – Découvrez de la musique, des vidéos, des concerts, des stats, & des photos sur Last.fm |publisher=lastfm.fr |access-date=2012-08-13 |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120913194645/http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Jimmy+Cliff |archive-date=13 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purepeople.com/people/jimmy-cliff_p1302#biography |title=Jimmy Cliff - Toute l'actu ! |website= PurePeople.com |access-date=2012-08-13 |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121020000946/http://www.purepeople.com/people/jimmy-cliff_p1302#biography |archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> In a 2021 interview, Cliff expressed a strong affinity with the religious and intellectual knowledge of ancient Egypt, scepticism of government handling of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and denied his earlier conversion to Islam, claiming it "didn't satisfy my soul."<ref>{{Cite news |last=L. |first=S. |date=June 11, 2021 |title=Trip to Egypt helped Jimmy Cliff to see clearly |url=https://jamaica-star.com/article/entertainment/20210611/trip-egypt-helped-jimmy-cliff-see-clearly |work=The Star}}</ref>

===1980s and 1990s===
Cliff quickly returned to music, touring for several years before he recorded with [[Kool & the Gang]]. In 1984, Cliff appeared at the [[Pinkpop Festival]] in [[Landgraaf]], [[Netherlands]]. During [[The River Tour]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]] added Cliff's previously little-known song "[[Trapped (Bruce Springsteen song)|Trapped]]" to their live set; it achieved great prominence when included on 1985's ''[[We Are the World (album)|We Are the World]]'' benefit album. The follow-up, ''[[Cliff Hanger (album)|Cliff Hanger]]'' (1985), won a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album|Best Reggae Album]], though it was his last major success in the United States until 1993. Also in 1985, Cliff contributed to the song "[[Sun City (song)|Sun City]]", a protest song written and composed by [[Steven Van Zandt]] and recorded by [[Artists United Against Apartheid]] to convey opposition to the [[South Africa]]n policy of [[apartheid]].<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 2">{{cite book| first= John| last= Tobler| year= 1992| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years| edition= 1st| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd| location= London| page= 409| id= CN 5585}}</ref>

Cliff then provided [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]] on [[The Rolling Stones]]' 1986 album ''[[Dirty Work (The Rolling Stones album)|Dirty Work]]'', and appeared in the comedy ''[[Club Paradise]]'', co-starring with [[Robin Williams]] and [[Peter O'Toole]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0090856/ |title=Club Paradise (1986) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222040937/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0090856/ |archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> and contributed several songs to the soundtrack, including "Seven Day Weekend", which he sang with [[Elvis Costello]]. In 1988, his song "Shelter of Your Love" was featured in the 1988 film ''[[Cocktail (1988 film)|Cocktail]]''.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Cliff appeared in the film ''[[Marked for Death]]'' in 1990, performing "John Crow" with the Jimmy Cliff Band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0100114/fullcredits#cast |title=Marked for Death (1990) - Full Cast & Crew |publisher=IMDb |access-date=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222041109/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0100114/fullcredits#cast |archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> His recording of "You Can Get It If You Really Want" was used as a [[Political campaign|campaign]] anthem by the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] in the 1990 election in [[Nicaragua]].<ref name= politicsIndependent>{{cite news|last1=Dugan|first1=Emily|title='I always support the lower classes': Jimmy Cliff's response to his adoption by Cameron|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/i-always-support-the-lower-classes-jimmy-cliffs-response-to-his-adoption-by-cameron-396101.html|access-date=24 August 2015|work=The Independent|date=6 October 2007 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925170929/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/i-always-support-the-lower-classes-jimmy-cliffs-response-to-his-adoption-by-cameron-396101.html|archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref> In 1991, he performed at the second [[Rock in Rio]] festival in [[Estádio do Maracanã]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil. He continued to sell well in Jamaica and, to a lesser extent, the UK, returning to the mainstream pop charts in the U.S. and elsewhere ([[List of number-one hits of 1994 (France)|#1]] in [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|France]]) with a version of [[Johnny Nash]]'s "[[I Can See Clearly Now]]" on the ''[[Cool Runnings]]'' film soundtrack in 1993. In 1995, Cliff released the single "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]", a collaboration with [[Lebo M]], a song from the soundtrack of the film ''[[The Lion King]]''. In 1997, Cliff was a guest star in an episode of the [[Cartoon Network]] talk show ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

===2000 to present===
[[File:Jimmy Cliff Picture-On-Festival Bildein 2012-08-10.JPG|thumb|Jimmy Cliff performing in [[Bildein]], [[Austria]], 2012]] 
In 2001, Cliff became an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2002.asp |title=Independent Music Awards - 1st Annual Judges |publisher=independentmusicawards.com |access-date=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130329150729/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2002.asp |archive-date= 29 March 2013 }}</ref> In 2002, Cliff released the album ''Fantastic Plastic People'' in Europe, after first providing free downloads using [[Peer-to-peer file sharing|p2p]] software. This album featured collaborations with [[Joe Strummer]], [[Annie Lennox]], and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] as well as new songs that were very reminiscent of Cliff's original hits. In 2004, Cliff completely reworked the songs, dropping the traditional reggae in favour of an [[electronic music|electronic]] sound, for inclusion in ''Black Magic''. The album also included a recording of "Over the Border" with [[Joe Strummer]]. Cliff performed at the closing ceremony to the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] and in 2003, his song "You Can Get It If You Really Want" was included in the soundtrack to the film, ''[[Something's Gotta Give (film)|Something's Gotta Give]]''. He also appeared in July 2003 at the [[Paléo Festival]] in [[Nyon]], [[Switzerland]]. The Jamaican government under [[P. J. Patterson]] honoured Cliff on 20 October 2003, by awarding him [[Jamaican Order of Merit|The Order of Merit]], the nation's fourth-highest honour, in recognition of his contributions to the film and music of Jamaica. Cliff and [[Mervyn Morris]] are the only currently living figures from the arts to hold this distinction and Cliff is the only living musician to do so.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

In 2007, Cliff performed at the opening ceremony at cricket's [[2007 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]]. In the spring and summer of 2010, Cliff embarked on an extensive tour of the U.S. and Canada. In 2007, "You Can Get It If You Really Want" was adopted by the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] during their annual conference.<ref name=politicsIndependent /> He was quoted in ''The Independent'' as saying, "One of my band mates called me this morning to tell me the news. I can't stop them using the song, but I'm not a supporter of politics. I have heard of Cameron, but I'm not a supporter. I don't support any politician. I just believe in right or wrong."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/i-always-support-the-lower-classes-jimmy-cliffs-response-to-his-adoption-by-cameron-396101.html|title='I always support the lower classes': Jimmy Cliff's response to his|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=6 October 2007}}</ref>

In September 2009, he was nominated for induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], following a campaign on his behalf by the American Charles Earle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090927/ent/ent7.html |title=Jimmy Cliff Still a Musical Rebel |publisher=Jamaica-gleaner.com |access-date= 2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614075940/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090927/ent/ent7.html |archive-date=14 June 2012 }}</ref> Cliff reacted to the news by saying, "This is good for Cliff, good for Jamaican music and good for my country." On 15 December 2009, he was officially announced as an inductee and was inducted on 15 March 2010 by [[Wyclef Jean]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://rockhall.com/inductees/ceremonies/2010/ |title=2010 Induction Ceremony |newspaper=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |publisher=rockhall.com |access-date=24 April 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226082137/http://rockhall.com/inductees/ceremonies/2010/ |archive-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Jimmy Cliff Raggamuffin Music Festival 2011 (5414933359).jpg|thumb|Jimmy Cliff performing at [[Raggamuffin Music Festival#2011|Raggamuffin Music Festival]]]]
Cliff appeared in the 2011 documentary ''Reggae Got Soul: The Story of Toots and the Maytals'' which was featured on [[BBC]] and described as "The untold story of one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica".<ref>"Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul". BBC Four (documentary). Directed by George Scott. UK. 2011. 59 min. Retrieved 15 December 2016. <{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ymljb |title=BBC Four - Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul |access-date=2017-05-02 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160520172432/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ymljb |archive-date=20 May 2016}}></ref><ref>{{cite web| author= Toots & The Maytals| title= Toots & The Maytals - Reggae Got Soul - Documentary Trailer| via= YouTube| date= 15 August 2013| access-date=15 December 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfiNMBhnd8w |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170511184707/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfiNMBhnd8w |archive-date=11 May 2017}}></ref>

In 2011, Cliff worked with producer [[Tim Armstrong]], lead singer of American punk band [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], on the EP ''The Sacred Fire''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.pbs.org/video/2168524258/ |title=Video: Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff |website= [[PBS]].org |access-date=24 April 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130415141546/http://video.pbs.org/video/2168524258/ |archive-date=15 April 2013}}</ref> and the full-length album ''[[Rebirth (Jimmy Cliff album)|Rebirth]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.punknews.org/article/43901/jimmy-cliff-working-on-new-album-with-tim-armstrong|title=Jimmy Cliff working on new album with Tim Armstrong|date=12 August 2011 |publisher=Punknews.org|access-date=13 August 2012| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217010209/http://www.punknews.org/article/43901/jimmy-cliff-working-on-new-album-with-tim-armstrong|archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> ''Rebirth'' won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Jimmy-Cliff-s-Rebirth-nominated-for-Reggae-Grammy-album |title=Jimmy Cliff's Rebirth nominated for Reggae Grammy album |work=[[The Jamaica Observer]] | via= jamaicaobserver.com |date=6 December 2012|access-date=8 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121208015223/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Jimmy-Cliff-s-Rebirth-nominated-for-Reggae-Grammy-album |archive-date=8 December 2012}}</ref> The album was listed at #12 on ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'''s list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying "There's ska, rock steady, roots reggae, a revelatory cover of [[The Clash]]'s "Guns of Brixton" delivered in Cliff's trademark soulful tenor, grittier but still lovely more than 40 years after his debut."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2012-20121205/jimmy-cliff-rebirth-19691231 |title=50 Best Albums of 2012: Jimmy Cliff, 'Rebirth' |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=23 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105113131/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2012-20121205/jimmy-cliff-rebirth-19691231 |archive-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> 

In December 2012, Cliff was named Artist of the Year by digital newspaper the Caribbean Journal, citing his work on ''Rebirth''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.caribjournal.com/2012/12/31/jimmy-cliff-caribbean-journals-artist-of-the-year-for-2012|title=Jimmy Cliff: Caribbean Journal's Artist of the Year for 2012| website= caribjournal.com|access-date=31 December 2012| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130103111655/http://www.caribjournal.com/2012/12/31/jimmy-cliff-caribbean-journals-artist-of-the-year-for-2012/|archive-date=3 January 2013|date=31 December 2012}}</ref>

In August 2022, Cliff released the album ''Refugees''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2022/8/62f36c2c4/reggae-legend-jimmy-cliff-releases-new-album-titled-refugees.html|title=Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff releases new album titled 'Refugees'
| website= unhcr.org|access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Cliff was briefly a member of the [[Rastafari movement]] before converting to [[Islam]] from [[Christianity]].<ref name="LA Record">{{cite journal|last1=Collins|first1=D. M.|title=JIMMY CLIFF: BOOM! SMASH! IT WENT SMASH!|journal=L.A. Record|date=9 April 2012|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2012/04/09/jimmy-cliff-boom-smash-it-went-smash|access-date=23 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329180635/http://larecord.com/interviews/2012/04/09/jimmy-cliff-boom-smash-it-went-smash|archive-date=29 March 2015}}</ref> He now{{when?|date=March 2025}} describes himself as having a "universal outlook on life", and does not align himself with any particular movement or religion,<ref name="LA Record"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://reggaenews.co.uk/interviews/jimmy_cliff.asp |title=Interviews - Jimmy Cliff |publisher=Reggae News |access-date=2013-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509095240/http://www.reggaenews.co.uk/interviews/jimmy_cliff.asp |archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> saying, "now I believe in science".<ref name="LA Record"/> He is married and has a daughter, Lilty Cliff, and a son, Aken Cliff.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/21/jimmy-cliff-family-values |title=Jimmy Cliff: My family values |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Nick McGrath |date=2012-07-21 |access-date=2014-04-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222055126/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/21/jimmy-cliff-family-values |archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-jimmy-cliff-64-reggae-artist-7976572.html |title=My Secret Life: Jimmy Cliff, 64, reggae artist |work=[[The Independent]]|author=Holly Williams |date=2012-07-28 |access-date=2014-04-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004149/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-jimmy-cliff-64-reggae-artist-7976572.html |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> He is also the father of the actress/singer [[Nabiyah Be (actress)|Nabiyah Be]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jamaicans.com/jimmy-cliff-daughter-black-panther/|title=Jimmy Cliff's daughter, Nabiyah Be, Stars in Black Panther movie |date=2018-02-17|work=Jamaicans.com|access-date=2018-06-11|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Title
! colspan="8" |Peak positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
|-
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]</small><br/><ref name="fra albums">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=2014-04-26 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720203219/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php |archive-date=20 July 2015 }}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[MegaCharts|NLD]]</small><br/><ref name="nld">{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discografie Jimmy Cliff |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=2014-04-26 |language=nl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513200459/http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |archive-date=13 May 2014}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]</small><br/><ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discography Jimmy Cliff |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2014-04-26 }}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br/><ref name="swe">{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discography Jimmy Cliff |publisher=swedishcharts.com |access-date=2014-04-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311080103/http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |archive-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]</small><br/><ref name="swi">{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/artist/Jimmy_Cliff |title=Jimmy Cliff |publisher=hitparade.ch |access-date=2014-04-26 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614003526/http://hitparade.ch/artist/Jimmy_Cliff |archive-date=14 June 2014 }}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br/><ref name="uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13810/jimmy-cliff/ |title=JIMMY CLIFF full Official Chart History Official Charts Company |publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2015-08-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824185407/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13810/jimmy-cliff/ |archive-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br/><ref name="us">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-cliff-mn0000295276/awards |title=Jimmy Cliff Awards AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2014-04-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018011427/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-cliff-mn0000295276/awards |archive-date=18 October 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Top Reggae Albums|US<br/>Reggae]]</small><br/><ref name="us"/>
|-
| rowspan="1"|1967
| align="left"|''Hard Road to Travel''{{Ref label|A|A|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1968
| align="left"|''Jimmy Cliff in Brazil''{{Ref label|B|B|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1969
| align="left"|''[[Jimmy Cliff (album)|Jimmy Cliff]]''{{Ref label|C|C|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971
| align="left"|''Wild World''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Goodbye Yesterday''{{Ref label|D|D|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''[[Another Cycle]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1972
| align="left"|''[[The Harder They Come (soundtrack)|The Harder They Come]]''
| — || — || — || 5 || — || — || 140 || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1973
| align="left"|''Unlimited''{{Ref label|E|E|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Struggling Man''{{Ref label|F|F|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1974
| align="left"|''Music Maker''{{Ref label|G|G|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| align="left"|''Brave Warrior''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Follow My Mind''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 195 || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1978
| align="left"|''[[Give Thankx]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1980
| align="left"|''I Am the Living''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1981
| align="left"|''Give the People What They Want''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1982
| align="left"|''[[Special (Jimmy Cliff album)|Special]]''
| — || 29 || — || — || — || — || 186 || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1983
| align="left"|''[[The Power and the Glory (Jimmy Cliff album)|The Power and the Glory]]''
| 17 || 29 || 25 || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
* FRA: Gold<ref name="fra cert">{{cite certification|region=France|type=album|source=infodisc|artist=Jimmy Cliff}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"|1985
| align="left"|''[[Cliff Hanger (album)|Cliff Hanger]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1986
| align="left"|''Club Paradise''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987
| align="left"|''[[Hanging Fire]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Shout for Freedom''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989
| align="left"|''Images''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Save Our Planet Earth''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1992
| align="left"|''Breakout''{{Ref label|H|H|}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1996
| align="left"|''Higher & Higher''{{Ref label|I|I|}}
| 8 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
* FRA: Gold<ref name="fra cert"/>
|-
| rowspan="1"|1998
| align="left"|''Journey of a Lifetime''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1999
| align="left"|''[[Humanitarian (album)|Humanitarian]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002
| align="left"|''Fantastic Plastic People''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|
|-
| align="left"|''We All Are One: The Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || 57 || — || — || —
|
|-
| 2004
| align="left"|''Black Magic''
| 139 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 11 
| 
|-
| 2011
| align="left"|''Sacred Fire EP''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 
| 
|-
| 2012
| align="left"|''[[Rebirth (Jimmy Cliff album)|Rebirth]]''
| — || — || — || — || 71 || 83 || 76 || 1 
|
|-
| 2022
| align="left"|''[[Refugees (Jimmy Cliff album)|Refugees]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|
|}

{{refbegin}}
'''Notes'''
*A. {{note|A}} ''Hard Road to Travel'' was released as ''Can't Get Enough of It'' in Jamaica in 1968 with minor changes in track listing.
*B. {{note|B}} ''Jimmy Cliff in Brazil'' consisted of new recordings as well as songs from ''Hard Road to Travel'' and ''Can't Get Enough of It''.
*C. {{note|C}} ''Jimmy Cliff'' was released as ''Wonderful World, Beautiful People'' in the US in 1970.
*D. {{note|D}} ''Goodbye Yesterday'' was released as ''Two Worlds'' in Jamaica with minor changes in track listing.
*E. {{note|E}} ''Unlimited'' was re-released as ''The King of Reggae'' in 1976.
*F. {{note|F}} ''Struggling Man'' consisted of new recordings as well as songs from ''Wild World''.
*G. {{note|G}} ''Music Maker'' was released as ''House of Exile'' in some territories.
*H. {{note|H}} ''Breakout'' was re-released as ''Samba Reggae'' in some territories in 1999 with minor changes in track listing.
*I. {{note|I}} ''Higher & Higher'' consists of new recordings as well as previously released material.
{{refend}}

===Compilations and live albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Title
! colspan="5" |Peak positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
|-
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Ultratop|BEL<br/>(Wa)]]</small><br/><ref name="bel wa">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discographie Jimmy Cliff |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=2014-04-26 |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622232524/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |archive-date=22 June 2014}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]</small><br/><ref name="fra albums"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Media Control Charts|GER]]</small><br/><ref name="ger">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/ |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=2015-08-09 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531083511/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/ |archive-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br/><ref name="swe"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Top Reggae Albums|US<br/>Reggae]]</small><br/><ref name="us"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| align="left"|''The Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Pop Chronik''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1976
| align="left"|''In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || 21 || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1978
| align="left"|''Many Rivers to Cross''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1979
| align="left"|''Oh Jamaica''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1981
| align="left"|''Collection''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1982
| align="left"|''Reggae Nights: The Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1984
| align="left"|''Many Rivers to Cross''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1985
| align="left"|''Reggae Greats''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1987
| align="left"|''Fundamental Reggay''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1993
| align="left"|''The Best Of''
| — || 7 || — || — || — 
| 
* FRA: 2 × Gold<ref name="fra cert"/>
|-
| rowspan="4"|1994
| align="left"|''Live''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Many Rivers to Cross''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Gold Collection''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Reggae Classics: The Very Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| 47 || — || 57 || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1995
| align="left"|''Definitive Collection''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Reggae Man''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Vol. 2''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1996
| align="left"|''Best of Jimmy Cliff''{{Ref label|J|J|}}
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
* FRA: Platinum<ref name="fra cert"/>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1997
| align="left"|''Super Hits''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''100% Pure Reggae''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1999
| align="left"|''Ultimate Collection''
| — || — || — || — || 8 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Millenium Collection''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Wonderful World Beautiful People''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="6"|2000
| align="left"|''Simply the Best''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Super Best''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Wanted''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''The Messenger: The Very Best of Reggae's Original Soul Star''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Wonderful World''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Live and in the Studio''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|2001
| align="left"|''Les Indispensables de Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|2002
| align="left"|''We All Are One: The Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|2003
| align="left"|''Many Rivers to Cross: The Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Anthology''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Island Reggae Classics''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="5"|2004
| align="left"|''20th Century Masters''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Reggae Night''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''This Is Crucial Reggae''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''The EMI Years 1973–1975''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Timeless Hits''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|2005
| align="left"|''The Harder They Come: The Definitive Collection''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"|2006
| align="left"|''The Essential Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''The Very Best of Jimmy Cliff & Peter Tosh''{{Ref label|J|J|}}
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''The Harder They Come: The Early Years 1962–1972''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Better Days Are Coming: The A&M Years 1969–1971''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2008
| align="left"|''King of Kings: The Very Best of Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Reggae Legends''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="1"|2010
| align="left"|''Harder Road to Travel: The Collection''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|2013
| align="left"|''Jimmy Cliff''
| — || — || — || — || — 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''The KCRW Session''
| — || — || — || — || 4 
| 
|-
| align="left"|''Icon''
| — || — || — || — || 15 
| 
|-
|}

{{refbegin}}
;Notes
*J. {{note|J}} ''Best of Jimmy Cliff'' and ''The Very Best of Jimmy Cliff & Peter Tosh'' charted in French Compilations Chart, at number 1 and 5 respectively.
{{refend}}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Title
! colspan="13" |Peak positions
! rowspan="2" |Album
|-
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discography Jimmy Cliff |publisher=australian-charts.com |access-date=2014-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503155147/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy%2BCliff |archive-date=3 May 2014 }}</ref><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=66}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discographie Jimmy Cliff |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=2014-05-01 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520055351/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy%2BCliff |archive-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Ultratop|BEL<br/>(Vl)]]</small><br/><ref name="bel vl">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discografie Jimmy Cliff |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=2014-05-01 |language=nl}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Ultratop|BEL<br/>(Wa)]]</small><br/><ref name="bel wa"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]</small><br/><ref name="fra singles">{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |title=Discographie Jimmy Cliff |publisher=lescharts.com |access-date=2014-04-25 |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012510/http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Cliff |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_C.php|title=InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par C|first=InfoDisc, Daniel Lesueur, Dominic Durand|last=Lesueur|website=infodisc.fr|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914221017/http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_C.php|archive-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Media Control Charts|GER]]</small><br/><ref name="ger"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=irishcharts.ie |access-date=2014-05-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=2 June 2009}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]</small><br/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[MegaCharts|NLD]]</small><br/><ref name="nld"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]</small><br/><ref name="nz"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]</small><br/><ref name="swi"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br/><ref name="uk"/>
! scope="col" width="30" | <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br/><ref name="us"/>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1962
| align="left"|"Hurricane Hatty"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="6"| single only
|-
| align="left"|"Miss Jamaica"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Since Lately"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1963
| align="left"|"King of Kings"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"My Lucky Day"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"The Man"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1966
| align="left"|"Pride and Passion"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Hard Road to Travel''
|-
| rowspan="3"|1967
| align="left"|"Give and Take"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"I Got a Feeling"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"That's the Way Life Goes"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Jimmy Cliff''
|-
| rowspan="1"|1968
| align="left"|"Vietnam"
| — || — || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || 26 || — || — || 46 || — 
|-
| rowspan="4"|1969
| align="left"|"Waterfall"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
| align="left"|"[[Many Rivers to Cross]]"
| — || — || — || — || 37 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="4"| ''Jimmy Cliff''
|-
| align="left"|"[[Wonderful World, Beautiful People]]"
| 30 || — || 13 || — || — || — || 17 || — || 12 || — || — || 6 || 25 
|-
| align="left"|"Come into My Life"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 21 || — || — || — || — || 89 
|-
| rowspan="5"|1970
| align="left"|"[[Sufferin' in the Land]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 26 || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Where Did It Go"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
| align="left"|"[[Wild World (song)|Wild World]]"
| 31 || 20 || 7 || — || 51 || — || 11 || 17 || 3 || — || 2 || 8 || — 
| ''Wild World''
|-
| align="left"|"[[You Can Get It If You Really Want]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
| align="left"|"Synthetic World"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Goodbye Yesterday''
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971
| align="left"|"Goodbye Yesterday"
| — || — || 30 || — || — || — || — || — || 25 || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Those Good Good Old Days"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Struggling Man''
|-
| align="left"|"Sitting in Limbo"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Another Cycle''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1972
| align="left"|"[[The Harder They Come (song)|The Harder They Come]]"
| — || — || — || — || 32 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''The Harder They Come''
|-
| align="left"|"Struggling Man"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Struggling Man''
|-
| rowspan="4"|1973
| align="left"|"Let's Seize the Time"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"On My Life"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Unlimited''
|-
| align="left"|"Fundamental Reggay"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Oh Jamaica"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="4"|1974
| align="left"|"Music Maker"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Music Maker''
|-
| align="left"|"Look What You Done to My Life, Devil Woman"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Money Won't Save You"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Don't Let It Die"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Brave Warrior''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| align="left"|"Every Tub"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"If I Follow My Mind"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Follow My Mind''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976
| align="left"|"Look at the Mountains"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Dear Mother"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1977
| align="left"|"Material World"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Give the People What They Want''
|-
| align="left"|"Deal with Life"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
| rowspan="3"|1978
| align="left"|"Treat the Youths Right"
| — || — || 22 || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || — || — || — || — 
| ''Special''
|-
| align="left"|"Bongo Man"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Give Thankx''
|-
| align="left"|"Stand Up and Fight Back"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1979
| align="left"|"Love I Need"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1980
| align="left"|"All the Strength We Got"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''I Am the Living''
|-
| align="left"|"Another Summer"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"I Am the Living"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1981
| align="left"|"Son of Man"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Give the People What They Want''
|-
| align="left"|"Shelter of Your Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"My Philosophy"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="6"|1982
| align="left"|"Rub-A-Dub Partner"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="6"| ''Special''
|-
| align="left"|"Love Is All"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Special"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Roots Radical"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Peace Officer"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Love Heights"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1983
| align="left"|"[[Reggae Night]]"
| 55 || — || 5 || — || 2 || 35 || — || 8 || 6 || 1 || — || 91 || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''The Power and the Glory''
|-
| align="left"|"We All Are One"
| — || — || 24 || — ||15 || — || — || — || 33 || 48 || — || 93 || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Sunshine in the Music"
| — || — || 28 || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1984
| align="left"|"Reggae Movement"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| single only
|-
| align="left"|"Black Bess"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"De Youths Dem a Bawl"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1985
| align="left"|"Hot Shot"
| — || — || — || — || 24 || — || — || 42 || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="3"| ''Cliff Hanger''
|-
| align="left"|"American Sweet"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Reggae Street"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1986
| align="left"|"Seven-Day Weekend" <small>(with [[Elvis Costello]])</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Club Paradise''
|-
| align="left"|"Club Paradise"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="5"|1987
| align="left"|"Roots Girl (Step Aside)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
| align="left"|"Rebel in Me"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Images''
|-
| align="left"|"Hanging Fire"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="4"| ''Hanging Fire''
|-
| align="left"|"Reggae Down Babylon"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Soar Like an Eagle"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="1"|1988
| align="left"|"Love Me Love Me"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="4"|1989
| align="left"|"Pressure on Botha" <small>(with [[Josey Wales (singer)|Josey Wales]])</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Images''
|-
| align="left"|"Trapped"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Dance Reggae Dance"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="2"| ''Save Our Planet Earth''
|-
| align="left"|"Save Our Planet Earth"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1992
| align="left"|"Breakout"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 18 || — || — || — || — || — 
| rowspan="4"| ''Breakout''
|-
| align="left"|"I'm a Winner"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"Peace"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1993
| align="left"|"Samba Reggae"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
| align="left"|"[[I Can See Clearly Now]]"
| 17 || — || 32 || — || 1 || 52 || — || — || 39 || 1 || — || 23 || 18 
| ''Cool Runnings: Music from the Motion Picture''
|-
| rowspan="1"|1994
| align="left"|"[[(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || 52 || — || — || — || 31 || — || — || 117 
| ''Higher & Higher''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1995
| align="left"|"[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" <small>(with [[Lebo M]])</small>
| — || — || 46 || 6 || 7 || 77 || — || — || 10 || — || 32 || — || 105
| ''Rhythm of the Pride Lands''
|-
| align="left"|"Melody Tempo Harmony" <small>(with [[Bernard Lavilliers]])</small>
| — || — || — || 22 || 6 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
| rowspan="1"|1999
| align="left"|"[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Humanitarian''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2002
| align="left"|"Fantastic Plastic People"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Fantastic Plastic People''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2004
| align="left"|"Jamaica Time" <small>(with [[David A. Stewart]])</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Black Magic''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2011
| align="left"|"Guns of Brixton"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Sacred Fire EP''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2012
| align="left"|"One More"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| ''Rebirth''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2013
| align="left"|"C'mon Get Happy"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| single only
|-
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Jamaica}}
* [[Caribbean music in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of converts to Islam]]
* [[List of former Island Records artists]]
* [[List of Jamaicans]]
* [[List of reggae musicians]]
* [[List of roots reggae artists]]
* [[List of singer-songwriters]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p2874}}
* {{Discogs artist|63019-Jimmy-Cliff}}
* {{Rockhall}}

{{Jimmy Cliff}}
{{2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}
{{Authority control}}

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