[10] Maitreya's debut solo album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, was released in July 1987.

[1] After the comments leaked to US media outlets, he stated that most of what he said was exaggerated, but that it is sometimes necessary to "hit people over the head" to get their attention.

[citation needed] In 1999, Maitreya collaborated with INXS to replace his friend, the late vocalist Michael Hutchence, so the band could play at the official opening of Stadium Australia.

Initially downloadable for free from the artist's official website,[23] the album received great support from international critics in particular for its single, the song "O Divina".

At the beginning of 2002, Maitreya moved to Milan for love, where he married Italian architect and TV presenter Francesca Francone in 2003, and began his sixth project, Angels & Vampires - Volume I.

The artist initially published the project on the official website in chapters, as the recordings continued, then released it on June 29, 2005, in MP3 format.

The Angels & Vampires album contains 40 songs, including a cover of "Angie", a tribute to the Rolling Stones.

In March 2013, Return to Zooathalon was released, followed in 2015 by the double album The Rise of the Zugebrian Time Lords.

The artist declared that this album has become so important and impressive because through music he has elaborated the mourning for the loss of his great friends and idols, David Bowie, Prince, George Michael, and Tom Petty.

In December 2020, a new live album, Some Sake in Osaka, was released,[27] it showcases a Japan tour with his historic American band.

On March 15, 2021, Maitreya released his 12th studio album, Pandora's PlayHouse, which included three collaborations, the song "Reflecting Light",[28] composed with the Australian duo The Avalanches; "Time Is On My Side" with Irene Grandi and the opening song of the project: "Pandora's Plight" with jazz pianist Antonio Faraò.

In July 2022 Sony UK released the spatial audio and remastered version of his first album, changing the title to Introducing the Hardline According to... and the artist name to Sananda Maitreya.

[33] The entire discography featuring the artistic name Terence Trent D'Arby was renamed to Sananda Maitreya in 2021 by Sony.

Maitreya has a daughter from a previous relationship, London-based musician Seraphina Simone, born in December 1988.

[36][37] In the late 1980s, Maitreya had a relationship[clarification needed] with television presenter and writer Paula Yates; he was a regular musical guest on her UK TV show The Tube.