George Strait albums discography explained

Artist:George Strait
Studio:30
Live:3
Compilation:12
Soundtrack:1

The George Strait albums discography consists of 30 studio albums, three live albums, and 11 compilation albums by American country music singer George Strait. Of these albums, 36 have received a certification of at least Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America, and five reached No.1 on the Billboard 200. His highest-certified album is the 1992 release Pure Country, which is certified sextuple-platinum for U.S. shipments of six million copies; his highest overall is the 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box, which is certified octuple platinum. Of his studio albums, all but George Strait (2000), Twang (2009), Here for a Good Time (2011), Love Is Everything (2013), and Cold Beer Conversation (2015) are certified platinum or higher. As of June 2014, he has sold 45 million albums in the US since 1991 when SoundScan started tracking album sales,[1] and has amassed more top 10 albums than any other artist in that time.[2]

Studio albums

1981–1990

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications[3]
(sales threshold)
US Country
[4]
US
[5]
Strait Country
  • Release date: September 4, 1981
  • Label: MCA
26

Platinum

Strait from the Heart
  • Release date: June 3, 1982
  • Label: MCA
18
  • RIAA: Platinum[6]
Right or Wrong
  • Release date: October 6, 1983
  • Label: MCA
1163
  • RIAA: Platinum
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
  • Release date: September 26, 1984
  • Label: MCA
1150
  • RIAA: Platinum
Something Special
  • Release date: August 29, 1985
  • Label: MCA
1
  • RIAA: Platinum
  1. 7
  • Release date: May 14, 1986
  • Label: MCA
1127
  • RIAA: Platinum
Ocean Front Property
  • Release date: January 12, 1987
  • Label: MCA
1117
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
  • Release date: February 22, 1988
  • Label: MCA
187
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Beyond the Blue Neon[A]
  • Release date: February 6, 1989
  • Label: MCA
192
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Livin' It Up
  • Release date: May 15, 1990
  • Label: MCA
135
  • RIAA: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1991–2000

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications[7]
US Country
US
AUS
[8]
CAN Country
[9]
CAN
[10]
Chill of an Early Fall
  • Release date: March 19, 1991
  • Label: MCA
445
  • RIAA: Platinum
Holding My Own
  • Release date: April 21, 1992
  • Label: MCA
53317
  • RIAA: Platinum
Easy Come, Easy Go
  • Release date: September 28, 1993
  • Label: MCA
252
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Lead On
  • Release date: November 8, 1994
  • Label: MCA
1263
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Blue Clear Sky
  • Release date: April 23, 1996
  • Label: MCA
17349
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Carrying Your Love with Me 1145128
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
One Step at a Time
  • Release date: April 21, 1998
  • Label: MCA Nashville
12323
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Always Never the Same
  • Release date: March 2, 1999
  • Label: MCA Nashville
26273
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
George Strait
  • Release date: September 19, 2000
  • Label: MCA Nashville
178
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2001–2010

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US Country
US
AUS
[11]
CAN
[12]
The Road Less Traveled
  • Release date: November 6, 2001
  • Label: MCA Nashville
19
  • RIAA: Platinum
Honkytonkville
  • Release date: June 10, 2003
  • Label: MCA Nashville
1595
  • RIAA: Platinum
Somewhere Down in Texas
  • Release date: June 28, 2005
  • Label: MCA Nashville
11
  • RIAA: Platinum
It Just Comes Natural
  • Release date: October 3, 2006
  • Label: MCA Nashville
13
  • RIAA: Platinum
Troubadour
  • Release date: April 1, 2008
  • Label: MCA Nashville
1113
  • RIAA: Platinum
Twang
  • Release date: August 11, 2009
  • Label: MCA Nashville
114
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2011–present

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
US Country
[13]
US
AUS
[14]
CAN
Here for a Good Time
  • Release date: September 6, 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
1312
  • RIAA: Gold
Love Is Everything
  • Release date: May 14, 2013
  • Label: MCA Nashville
12868
  • RIAA: Gold
Cold Beer Conversation
  • Release date: September 25, 2015
  • Label: MCA Nashville
147415
Honky Tonk Time Machine
  • Release date: March 29, 2019
  • Label: MCA Nashville
148093
Cowboys and Dreamers[18]
  • Release date: September 6, 2024
  • Label: MCA Nashville
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

1981–2000

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US Country
US
CAN Country
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: March 4, 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
4157
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Greatest Hits Volume Two
  • Release date: September 7, 1987
  • Label: MCA Records
168
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Ten Strait Hits
  • Release date: December 31, 1991
  • Label: MCA Records
74614
  • RIAA: Platinum
Strait Out of the Box
  • Release date: September 12, 1995
  • Label: MCA Records
9437
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
  • Release date: March 7, 2000
  • Label: MCA Nashville
125
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2001–present

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
/ Sales
US Country
US
CAN
  • Release date: March 26, 2002
  • Label: MCA Nashville
876
  • RIAA: Platinum
50 Number Ones
  • Release date: October 5, 2004
  • Label: MCA Nashville
118
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
22 More Hits
  • Release date: November 13, 2007
  • Label: MCA Nashville
413
  • RIAA: Gold
Icon
  • Release date: September 13, 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
146280
  • CAN: Gold
Icon 2
  • Release date: November 8, 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
16135
Sixty Number Ones
  • Release date: May 14, 2013
  • Label: MCA Nashville
54
  • Release date: November 18, 2016
  • Label: MCA Nashville
320
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
CAN
  • Release date: February 11, 2003
  • Label: MCA Nashville
27
  • RIAA: Gold
Live at Texas Stadium
(with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett)
411
  • Release date: September 16, 2014
  • Label: MCA Nashville
2416
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
/ Sales
US Country
US
CAN
Merry Christmas Strait to You!
  • Release date: September 8, 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
17
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
  • Release date: September 21, 1999
  • Label: MCA Nashville
1078
  • RIAA: Gold
20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection
  • Release date: September 23, 2003
  • Label: MCA Nashville
6093
Fresh Cut Christmas[B]
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • RIAA: Platinum
Classic Christmas
  • Release date: October 7, 2008
  • Label: MCA Nashville
1690
Christmas Time: 15 Holiday Favorites
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
62
Strait for the Holidays
  • Release date: October 28, 2016
  • Label: MCA Nashville
11138
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grein. Paul. Wanna See George Strait's Final Show? It'll Cost You . Chart Watch. May 28, 2014 . June 14, 2014.
  2. News: Week Ending May 19, 2013. Albums: Strait Ties McCartney . Paul Grein . Chart Watch . Yahoo . May 22, 2013 .
  3. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php CRIA Certification Database
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc.. 2007. 241. 978-0-89820-173-4.
  5. George Strait Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. April 9, 2019.
  6. United States. George Strait. August 16, 2022.
  7. https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=George%20Strait&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Strait RIAA Database
  8. Web site: Discography George Strait. australian-charts.com. October 19, 2022.
  9. Web site: RPM magazine archives. RPM. 2010-04-20.
  10. Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian Albums Chart:
  11. 269.
  12. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=george strait|chart=canadian albums}} George Strait Chart History: Canadian Albums]. Billboard. April 9, 2019.
  13. George Strait Chart History: Country Albums. Billboard. April 9, 2019.
  14. Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #519. auspOp. April 6, 2019. April 6, 2019. April 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190406062945/https://www.auspop.com.au/2019/4/aria-chart-watch-519/. dead.
  15. Caulfield . Keith . Vampire Weekend Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . May 22, 2013 . May 22, 2013.
  16. News: Country Album Sales Report – September 3, 2014 . Matt Bjorke . September 3, 2014 . Roughstock . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904072435/http://roughstock.com/news/country-album-sales-report-09-03-2014/ . September 4, 2014 . Sales figure given here here
  17. Web site: Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020 . RoughStock. Matt . Bjorke . March 10, 2020 . March 22, 2020 .
  18. Web site: George Strait Confirms New Album During Indy Stadium Show. Music Row. May 6, 2024.
  19. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 27, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . December 27, 2017 . Roughstock . January 14, 2018 .
  20. News: Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . November 26, 2017 . Roughstock . December 16, 2017 .