Darius Rucker discography explained

Artist:Darius Rucker
Studio:7
Compilation:1
Singles:22
Music Videos:29
Option:10
Option Name:No. 1 singles (Billboard)

American singer Darius Rucker gained fame as the lead singer of the American roots rock band Hootie & the Blowfish before emerging as a major country music singer in 2008. As a solo artist, his discography comprises seven studio albums, including five for Capitol Nashville. His singles since 2008 have all been released to the country music format, where he has had nine number-one singles on the Country Airplay chart: "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", "It Won't Be Like This for Long", "Alright", "Come Back Song", "This", "Wagon Wheel", "If I Told You", "For the First Time", and "Beers and Sunshine". He also appeared on the number one single "Forever Country".

Studio albums

2000s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US
R&B
[3]
US
Heat

[4]
Back to Then 127431
Learn to Live 15
  • US: 1,298,000[5]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US Country
US
AUS
[6]
CAN
[7]
UK
[8]
Charleston, SC 1966
  • Release date: October 12, 2010
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
1212179
  • US: 489,000[9]
  • RIAA: Gold
True Believers
  • Release date: May 21, 2013
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
121789
  • RIAA: 2x Platinum
Home for the Holidays
  • Release date: October 27, 2014
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
325
Southern Style
  • Release date: March 31, 2015
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
17
When Was the Last Time
  • Release date: October 20, 2017
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
282942
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s

Singles

2000s

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US Country Songs
[15]
US
[16]
CAN Country
[17]
CAN
[18]
2002"Exodus"Back to Then
2003"Wild One"
2008"Don't Think I Don't Think About It"135347
  • RIAA: Platinum
Learn to Live
"It Won't Be Like This for Long"136159
  • RIAA: Platinum
2009"Alright"130261
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
"History in the Making"361373
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s and 2020s

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsSalesAlbum
US Country Songs
[19]
US Country Airplay
US
CAN Country
CAN
2010"Come Back Song"137887
  • RIAA: Platinum
Charleston, SC 1966
"This"151484
  • RIAA: Platinum
2011"I Got Nothin'"178443
2012"True Believers"241746True Believers
2013"Wagon Wheel"1115123
  • RIAA: 11× Platinum
  • MC: 3× Platinum[20]
"Radio"14465682
2014"Miss You"48
"Homegrown Honey"62531176
  • RIAA: Platinum
Southern Style
2015"Southern Style"3833
2016"If I Told You"415323
  • RIAA: Platinum
When Was the Last Time
2017"For the First Time"71586
  • RIAA: Platinum
2018"Straight to Hell"
(featuring Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Charles Kelley)
40
2020"Beers and Sunshine"7142246
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
Carolyn's Boy
2021"My Masterpiece"41
2023"Fires Don't Start Themselves"25Carolyn's Boy
2024"Never Been Over"
(with Jennifer Nettles)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As featured artist

YearSinglePeak chart positions[25] CertificationsAlbum
US Country Songs
[26]
US Country AirplayUSCAN Country
CANAUSSCO
2016"Forever Country"
1332139252629
  • RIAA: Gold
"Karaoke Song"
Lighter in the Dark
2020"Wrong Side of Love"
The Young Bombs Show
2023"To Be a Man"
3253What Is Life?
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs and promotional singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country Songs
[27]
US Country Airplay
[28]
US
US AC
[29]
2009"Winter Wonderland"49Country for Christmas
"Candy Cane Christmas"3216Now That's What I Call Christmas! 4
2011"Together, Anything's Possible"
2014"My Place" 49Kuntry Livin'
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" 13Home for the Holidays
2015"What God Wants for Christmas"46
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"59
2017"Don't"39When Was the Last Time
2022"Same Beer Different Problems"[30] Carolyn's Boy
"Ol' Church Hymn" [31]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

YearSongArtistAlbum
1995"Solitude"Edwin McCainHonor Among Thieves (Edwin McCain album)
1999"Love at the Five and Dime"Nanci GriffithThe Dust Bowl Symphony
2020"Why Things Happen"Jimmie Allen featuring Charley PrideBettie James

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
2002"Exodus"Mark Engal
2003"Wild One"[32] Miles/Future
2008"Don't Think I Don't Think About It"Wayne Isham
"Winter Wonderland"
2009"It Won't Be Like This for Long"
"Alright"
"History in the Making"Shane Drake
2010"Come Back Song"Trey Fanjoy
2011"This"
"Together, Anything Is Possible"John Learning
"I Got Nothin'"Shaun Silva
2012"True Believers"Jim Wright
2013"Wagon Wheel"
2014"Homegrown Honey"[33]
"What God Wants for Christmas"[34]
"My Place" (with Big Smo)Richard Murray
2015"Homegrown Honey"
(acoustic)[35]
Kenny Jackson
"Southern Style"
(acoustic)[36]
"Alright"
(acoustic)[37]
"So I Sang"
(acoustic)[38]
"Southern Style"[39] Peter Zavadil
2016"Forever Country" (Artists of Then, Now & Forever)Joseph Kahn
"If I Told You"[40] Jim Wright
"Love to Hate It"Martin Kahan
"Life on the Line" (With Fiona Culley)[41] Wiley Chandler
2017"For the First Time"Jim Wright
2018"Straight to Hell"
(with Charles Kelley, Luke Bryan & Jason Aldean)
TK McKamy
2020"Beers and Sunshine"Aaron Eisenberg
2021"My Masterpiece"Jim Wright

See also

Notes and References

  1. Darius Rucker Chart History – Country Albums. Billboard. October 17, 2023.
  2. Darius Rucker Chart History – Billboard 200. Billboard. October 17, 2023.
  3. Darius Rucker Chart History – R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Billboard. October 17, 2023.
  4. Darius Rucker Chart History – Top Heatseekers. Billboard. October 17, 2023.
  5. Web site: Lady Antebelllum storms the charts with Need you now . Matt . Bjorke . roughstock.com . 21 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100207005314/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lady-antebellum-storms-the-charts-with-need-you-now- . 7 February 2010 .
  6. Web site: Discography Darius Rucker. australian-charts.com. February 24, 2021.
  7. Darius Rucker Chart History: Canadian Albums. Billboard. February 24, 2021.
  8. Web site: Chart Log UK. TXT. Zobbel.de. April 1, 2022.
  9. Web site: The Country Boys Continue to Dominate the Charts. Roughstock. July 14, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718133532/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/the-country-boys-continue-to-dominate-the-charts. July 18, 2011.
  10. News: Country Album Chart Report For April 8, 2015. Bjorke. Matt. Roughstock. April 8, 2015.
  11. News: *Special Report*: Country Catalog Chart for December 14, 2016 . Matt . Bjorke . December 14, 2016 . Roughstock .
  12. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: September 6, 2016 . Matt . Bjorke . September 6, 2016 . Roughstock.
  13. News: Top 10 Country Albums: April 8, 2019 . Matt . Bjorke . April 8, 2019 . Roughstock . April 12, 2019 .
  14. Web site: Darius Rucker – #1's Vo. 1 (Walmart Exclusive) – Vinyl [Exclusive]]. July 5, 2022. Walmart.com.
  15. Darius Rucker Chart History – Hot Country Songs. Billboard. February 24, 2021.
  16. Darius Rucker Chart History – Hot 100. Billboard. February 24, 2021.
  17. Darius Rucker Chart History – Canada Country. Billboard. March 5, 2024.
  18. Darius Rucker Chart History – Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. February 24, 2021.
  19. Darius Rucker Chart History – Hot Country Songs. Billboard. February 24, 2021.
  20. Canada. Darius Rucker. August 6, 2021.
  21. Web site: Top 30 Country Digital Singles Chart: October 7, 2019. RoughStock. Matt . Bjorke . October 8, 2019 . October 11, 2019 .
  22. Web site: Top 30 Digital Singles – April 22, 2015. Google Docs. 2017-07-21.
  23. News: Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: July 11, 2017 . Roughstock.com. 2017-07-21.
  24. News: Top 30 Digital Country Singles: June 6, 2018 . Roughstock.com. 2018-06-07. en-US.
  25. Making Music with Their Friends: 'Forever Country' Debuts at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs. Billboard. 26 September 2016.
  26. Billboard Country Update. Billboard. November 6, 2023. November 7, 2023.
  27. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=darius rucker|chart=Country Songs}} Darius Rucker Chart History – Country Songs]. Billboard. August 31, 2021.
  28. Darius Rucker Chart History – Country Airplay. Billboard. April 8, 2023.
  29. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=darius rucker|chart=all}} Darius Rucker chart history]. Billboard. 23 December 2010.
  30. Web site: Darius Rucker's New Song is "Same Beer Different Problems" is Out Now . The Country Daily . April 29, 2022 . September 7, 2022.
  31. Web site: Darius Rucker Set to Release New Song Featuring Chapel Hart . DRG News . September 19, 2022 . September 22, 2022.
  32. Web site: CMT : Videos : Darius Rucker : Wild One. https://web.archive.org/web/20081228052103/http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/309962/wild-one.jhtml. dead. December 28, 2008. Country Music Television. September 30, 2011.
  33. Web site: CMT : Videos : Darius Rucker : Homegrown Honey. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085244/http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/1085942/homegrown-honey.jhtml. dead. October 6, 2014. Country Music Television. September 30, 2014.
  34. Web site: CMT : Videos : Darius Rucker : What God Wants For Christmas. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227205219/http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/1102958/what-god-wants-for-christmas.jhtml. dead. December 27, 2014. Country Music Television. December 1, 2014.
  35. Web site: Homegrown Honey (Acoustic) – Darius Rucker. Vevo. February 24, 2016.
  36. Web site: Southern Style (Acoustic) – Darius Rucker. Vevo. February 24, 2016.
  37. Web site: Alright (Acoustic) – Darius Rucker. Vevo. February 24, 2016.
  38. Web site: So I Sang (Acoustic) – Darius Rucker. Vevo. February 24, 2016.
  39. Web site: CMT : Videos : Darius Rucker : Southern Style. https://web.archive.org/web/20150725233054/http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/1220826/southern-style.jhtml. dead. July 25, 2015. Country Music Television. July 20, 2015.
  40. Web site: CMT : Videos : Darius Rucker : If I Told You. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023140221/http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/1570060/if-i-told-you.jhtml. dead. October 23, 2016. Country Music Television. October 22, 2016.
  41. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Life on the Line" Music Video – Fiona Culley Feat. Darius Rucker . YouTube.