Ronnie Milsap discography explained

Artist:Ronnie Milsap
Studio:30
Live:2
Compilation:13
Singles:79
Music Videos:13
2Option:42
2Option Name:No. 1 singles overall

The discography of American country music singer Ronnie Milsap consists of 30 albums and 79 singles. Since releasing his first album in 1971, Milsap has had 42 number-one hits on the Billboard country chart and sold over 35 million albums. In addition, 26 of his US number-one hits reached number-one on the RPM Top Country Tracks chart in Canada; three songs that did not reach number-one in the US were number one in Canada; and two of his US number-one country hits also topped the US adult contemporary chart. As of 2000, he has recorded 7 gold albums, 1 platinum album, and 1 double-platinum album.

Studio albums

1970s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
CAN Country
[2]
Ronnie Milsap
Where My Heart Is
  • Release date: September 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
5
Pure Love
  • Release date: April 1974
  • Label: RCA Records
8
A Legend in My Time
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
4138
A Rose By Any Other Name
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
23
Night Things
  • Release date: October 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
2191
20/20 Vision
  • Release date: May 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
3
It Was Almost Like a Song
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
39718
Only One Love in My Life
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: RCA Records
31099
  • US: Gold
Images
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
5989
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
CAN Country
Milsap Magic
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
3137
Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
689
There's No Gettin' Over Me
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
131
  • US: Gold
Inside
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
466
Keyed Up
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: RCA Records
236
One More Try for Love
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
101802
Lost in the Fifties Tonight
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
1121
  • US: Gold
Heart & Soul
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: RCA Records
13
Stranger Things Have Happened
  • Release date: February 28, 1989
  • Label: RCA Records
2020
Back to the Grindstone
  • Release date: March 12, 1991
  • Label: RCA Records
24172
True Believer
Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s, 2010s and 2020s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US Country
US
US Christ
US Jazz
Just for a Thrill 11
My Life
  • Release date: June 27, 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
46
Then Sings My Soul
  • Release date: March 10, 2009
  • Label: StarSong
191278
Country Again
Summer Number Seventeen
Gospel Greats
The Duets
  • Release date: January 18, 2019
  • Label: Riser House/Sony
A Better Word for Love
  • Release date: April 30, 2021
  • Label: Black River Entertainment
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
Ronnie Milsap Live
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
2
  • US: Gold
Ronnie Milsap Live
  • Release date: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Image Entertainment
Blast From The Past
  • Release date: March 12, 2021
  • The Classic 1981 Texas Broadcast
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
136
  • CAN: Platinum
  • US: 2× Platinum
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
1102
  • US: Platinum
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: RCA Records
The Essential Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: RCA Records
Super Hits
  • Release date: May 21, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
40 #1 Hits 19178
  • US: Gold
RCA Country Legends
Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: March 2, 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
All American Country
The Essential Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: August 1, 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: March 24, 2007
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
67
Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: June 17, 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
The RCA Albums Collection[6]
  • Release date: November 4, 2014
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[7]
US
[8]
US R&BUS AC
[9]
CAN Country
CAN
CAN AC
AUS
[10]
1963"Total Disaster"[11] rowspan=10
1965"Never Had It So Good"19[12]
1966"When It Comes to My Baby"
"The End of the World"
"Ain't No Soul Left in These Old Shoes of Mine"
1967"The House of the Rising Sun"
1968"Do What You Gotta Do"
1969"Denver"
1970"Loving You Is a Natural Thing"87
"A Rose by Any Other Name (Is Still a Rose)"
1971"Sunday Rain"Ronnie Milsap
1972"Magic Me Again"align="left"
1973"I Hate You"/"(All Together Now) Let's Fall Apart"1014Where My Heart Is
"That Girl Who Waits on Tables"1114
1974"Pure Love"1271Pure Love
"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"1951
"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"11A Legend in My Time
1975"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry"6391
"Daydreams About Night Things"1235Night Things
"Just in Case"45
1976"What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down"1120/20 Vision
"(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man"11
"Let My Love Be Your Pillow"11Ronnie Milsap Live
1977"It Was Almost Like a Song"1167127681It Was Almost Like a Song
"What a Difference You've Made in My Life"1801919643
1978"Only One Love in My Life"16324183Only One Love in My Life
"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World"1331
1979"Back on My Mind Again"/"Santa Barbara"21
"Nobody Likes Sad Songs"11Images
"In No Time at All"/"Get It Up"6439
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
US
US AC
CAN Country
CAN
CAN AC
AUS
1980"Why Don't You Spend the Night"12Milsap Magic
"My Heart"/"Silent Night (After the Fight)"113
"Cowboys and Clowns"/"Misery Loves Company"110Bronco Billy (soundtrack)
"Smoky Mountain Rain"12418Greatest Hits
1981"Am I Losing You"11Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing
"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"152121198There's No Gettin' Over Me
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World"12031157
1982"Any Day Now"11411196Inside
"He Got You"15915210
"Inside"/"Carolina Dreams"12716
1983"Stranger in My House"52381425555Keyed Up
"Don't You Know How Much I Love You"1581218
"Show Her"11714
1984"Still Losing You"1291One More Try for Love
"Prisoner of the Highway"69
"She Loves My Car"84
1985"She Keeps the Home Fires Burning"11Greatest Hits, Volume 2
"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"1812066
1986"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"1351Lost in the Fifties Tonight
"In Love"11
"How Do I Turn You On"11
1987"Snap Your Fingers"11Heart & Soul
"Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers)1421
"Where Do the Nights Go"11
1988"Old Folks" (with Mike Reid)212
"Button Off My Shirt"44
1989"Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)"12Stranger Things Have Happened
"Houston Solution"412
"A Woman in Love"11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
US AC
CAN Country
1990"Stranger Things Have Happened"21Stranger Things Have Happened
1991"Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You"33Back to the Grindstone
"Since I Don't Have You"6257
"Turn That Radio On"42
1992"All Is Fair in Love and War"1113
"L.A. to the Moon"4573Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
1993"True Believer"30True Believer
"I'm Playing for You"[13]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s-2020s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
US AC
2000"Time, Love and Money"5740 #1 Hits
"Livin' on Love"
2006"Local Girls"54My Life
"You Don't Know My Love" (with Jypsi)
2009"Up to Zion"Then Sings My Soul
"My First Ride" (with Trace Adkins)
2011"If You Don't Want Me To (The Freeze)"Country Again
2013"Summer Number Seventeen"Summer Number Seventeen
2019"Southern Boys and Detroit Wheels" (with Billy Gibbons)The Duets
"Smoky Mountain Rain" (with Dolly Parton)27
2020"Merry Merry Christmas Baby"
2021"Wild Honey" A Better Word For Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As a featured artist

YearSingleArtistPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US CountryUS Country AirplayUSCAN CountryCANAUSSCO
2016"Forever Country"Artists of Then, Now & Forever1332139252629
  • RIAA: Gold
rowspan="2"
2023"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"Deborah Silver

Promotional singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
1975"She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"15A Rose by Any Other Name
"A Rose by Any Other Name" (re-release)77
1976"Crying"79

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1981"(There's) No Getting Over Me"
"It's All I Can Do"
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World"
"Too Big For Words"
1982"Any Day Now"[14] David Hogan
1983"Stranger in My House"
1984"She Loves My Car"
1985"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"
1988"Old Folks"Phran Schwartz
1989"Houston Solution" (Live)Steve Womack
"A Woman in Love"John Lloyd Miller
1991"Since I Don't Have You"Deaton Flanigen
1993"I'm Playing for You"Steven Goldmann
2006"Local Girls"Eric Welch
2011"If You Dont Want Me To (The Freeze)"
2016"Forever Country" (Artists of Then, Now & Forever)Joseph Kahn
2021"Big Bertha" (Lyric Video)" (featuring Vince Gill)

Notes and References

  1. allmusic (((Ronnie Milsap > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))
  2. Search results for "Ronnie Milsap". RPM. 2009-09-13.
  3. Web site: Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum. Canadian Recording Industry Association. 2010-07-29.
  4. Web site: RIAA - Gold & Platinum - July 29, 2010: Ronnie Milsap certified albums. Recording Industry Association of America. 2010-07-29.
  5. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: February 20, 2019. Matt. Bjorke. February 20, 2019. Roughstock. March 1, 2019.
  6. Dauphin. Chuck. Country Legend Ronnie Milsap Releasing 21-Disc Box Set. September 9, 2014. Billboard. September 5, 2014.
  7. Ronnie Milsap - Country Songs. . July 23, 2019.
  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. 608. 2011. 978-0-89820-188-8.
  9. Ronnie Milsap - Adult Contemporary. . July 23, 2019.
  10. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 202.
  11. Roland. Tom. April 23, 1983. Ronnie Milsap & RCA: Still keyed up after 10 years. Cash Box. RM1–RM8.
  12. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (The Week of November 27, 1965) . Billboard.com . Billboard Music . 21 September 2017 .
  13. Single Reviews. Billboard. October 30, 1993.
  14. Web site: Ronnie Milsap Great Video Hits VHS Video Out Of Print RARE. 2015-03-17.