Hank Williams Jr. discography explained

Artist:Hank Williams Jr.
Studio:54
Live:2
Compilation:25
Singles:109
Music Videos:25
Option:10
Option Name:No. 1 Singles (USA)
2Option:11
2Option Name:No.1 Single (Overall)

The discography of all albums and singles released by Hank Williams Jr. consists of 54 studio albums and 25 compilation albums. He has released 109 singles and 24 music videos. Eleven of his singles have reached Number One in either the United States or Canada.

Studio albums

1960s

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions[1]
Certifications[2]
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUS
Hank Williams Jr. Sings the Songs of Hank Williams 12
Your Cheatin' Heart
  • Release date: October 1964
  • Label: MGM Records
516
Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr.
Sing Great Country Favorites
  • Release date: November 1964
  • Label: MGM Records
Father & Son
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: MGM Records
8139
Ballads of the Hills and Plains
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: MGM Records
Blues My Name
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: MGM Records
Country Shadows
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: MGM Records
33
Hank Williams/Hank Williams Jr. Again
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: MGM Records
38
My Own Way
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: MGM Records
42
A Time to Sing
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: MGM Records
12189
Luke the Drifter Jr.
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: MGM Records
20
Songs My Father Left Me
  • Release date: February 1969
  • Label: MGM Records
1164
Luke the Drifter Jr. - Vol. 2
  • Release date: April 1969
  • Label: MGM Records
Sunday Morning
  • Release date: October 1969
  • Label: MGM Records
- -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUSCAN Country
Hank Williams Jr. Singing My Songs (Johnny Cash)
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: MGM Records
32
Removing the Shadow
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: MGM Records
21
All for the Love of Sunshine
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: MGM Records
10
I've Got a Right to Cry
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: MGM Records
23
Eleven Roses
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: MGM Records
6
Send Me Lovin' and a Whole Lotta Loving
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: MGM Records
35
The Legend of Hank Williams in Song and Story
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: MGM Records
17
After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
  • Release date: March 1973
  • Label: MGM Records
20
The Last Love Song
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: MGM Records
17
Living Proof
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: MGM Records
31
Insights into Hank Williams in Song and Story
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: MGM Records
37
Bocephus
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: MGM Records
41
Hank Williams Jr. and Friends
  • Release date: December 1975
  • Label: MGM Records
17
One Night Stands 33
New South
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
36
Family Tradition
  • Release date: April 17, 1979
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
3201
  • US: Gold
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
  • Release date: November 1979
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
57
  • US: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUSCAN Country
Habits Old and New
  • Release date: June 1980
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
41547
  • US: Gold
Rowdy
  • Release date: January 1981
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
28220
  • US: Gold
The Pressure Is On
  • Release date: August 1981
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
576
  • US: Platinum
High Notes
  • Release date: April 1982
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
3123
  • US: Gold
Strong Stuff
  • Release date: February 1983
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
764
  • US: Gold
Man of Steel 3116
  • US: Gold
Major Moves
  • Release date: May 1984
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
110020
  • US: Platinum
Five-O
  • Release date: May 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
172
  • US: Gold
Montana Cafe
  • Release date: July 1986
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
193
  • US: Gold
Born to Boogie
  • Release date: July 1987
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
128
  • US: Platinum
Wild Streak
  • Release date: June 21, 1988
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
155
  • US: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUSCAN Country
Lone Wolf
  • Release date: January 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
271
  • US: Gold
Pure Hank
  • Release date: April 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
850
  • US: Gold
Maverick
  • Release date: February 18, 1992
  • Label: Curb Records/Capricorn
75522
  • US: Gold
Out of Left Field
  • Release date: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Curb Records/Capricorn
25121
Hog Wild
  • Release date: January 24, 1995
  • Label: Curb Records
1492
A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
  • Release date: April 4, 1996
  • Label: MCG/Curb Records
40
  • Release date: September 17, 1996
  • Label: Curb Records
29167
Stormy
  • Release date: August 31, 1999
  • Label: Curb Records
21162
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–2020s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
US Country[3] US
[4]
CAN
The Almeria Club Recordings
  • Release date: January 8, 2002
  • Label: Curb
9112
I'm One of You
  • Release date: November 18, 2003
  • Label: Curb
24166
127 Rose Avenue
  • Release date: June 16, 2009
  • Label: Curb
719
Old School New Rules
  • Release date: July 10, 2012
  • Label: Bocephus/Blaster
412
  • US: 100,000[5]
It's About Time
  • Release date: January 15, 2016
  • Label: Nash Icon
21584
Rich White Honky Blues
  • Release date: June 16, 2022
  • Label: Easy Eye Sound
22183
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

1960s–1970s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
The Best of Hank Williams Jr.
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: MGM Records
33
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: MGM Records
7
Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Vol. II
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: MGM Records
15
Fourteen Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: MGM Records
29

1980s–1990s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUSCAN Country
Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
  • Release date: September 1982
  • Label: Elektra Records/Curb
5135
  • US: 5× Platinum
Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
1183
  • US: Platinum
Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
  • Release date: February 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
1612
  • US: Platinum
America (The Way I See It)
  • Release date: October 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
11116
  • US: Gold
The Best of Hank & Hank
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Curb Records
4417926
Living Proof: The MGM Recordings 1963-1975
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: MGM Records
Those Tear Jerking Songs
The Best of Hank Williams, Jr. Volume One:
Roots and Branches
  • Release date: August 4, 1992
  • Label: MGM Records
Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits
  • Release date: September 21, 1993
  • Label: Curb Records
55101
Tribute to My Father
  • Release date: September 21, 1993
  • Label: Curb Records
20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1
  • Release date: November 7, 1995
  • Label: Curb Records
Early Years, Vol. 1
  • Release date: October 6, 1998
  • Label: Curb Records
Early Years, Vol. 2
  • Release date: October 6, 1998
  • Label: Curb Records
The Complete Hank Williams Jr.
  • Release date: April 6, 1999
  • Label: Curb Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–2010s

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
/ Sales
US CountryUS
The Bocephus Box
  • Release date: August 29, 2000
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Release date: June 26, 2006
  • Label: Curb Records
316
  • US: Gold
Hank Jr.: Collector's Edition
  • Release date: May 6, 2008
  • Label: Curb Records
55
Hank Jr. Sings Hank Sr.
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Curb Records
- -
Best Of: All My Rowdy Friends
  • Release date: March 27, 2012
  • Label: Curb Records
23153
35 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: June 16, 2015
  • Label: Curb Records
16121
A Country Boy Can Survive (Box Set)
  • Release date: October 21, 2016
  • Label: Curb Records
50
All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over : Great Tailgating Songs
  • Release date: September 1, 2017
  • Label: Curb Records
The Biggest Hits of Hank Williams Jr.
  • Release date: June 15, 2018
  • Label: Curb Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US CountryUS
Live at Cobo Hall
  • Release date: July 1969
  • Label: MGM Records
3187
Hank Live
  • Release date: January 1987
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records/Curb
171
  • US: Platinum

Singles

1960s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[7]
US
CAN Country
[8]
1964"Long Gone Lonesome Blues"567Sings the Songs of Hank Williams
"Guess What, That's Right, She's Gone"42Country Shadows
"Endless Sleep"4690
1966"Standing in the Shadows"5
"I Can't Take It No Longer"43My Own Way
1967"I'm In No Condition"60
"Nobody's Child"46
1968"I Wouldn't Change a Thing About You (But Your Name)"31My Songs
"The Old Ryman"51
"It's All Over but the Crying"33A Time to Sing
"I Was With Red Foley (The Night He Passed Away)"39Luke the Drifter Jr.
1969"Custody"14Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 2
"A Baby Again"1621Greatest Hits
"Cajun Baby"3Songs My Father Left Me
"Be Careful of Stones That You Throw"37Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 2
"I'd Rather Be Gone"46Greatest Hits
"Something to Think About"3614Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
USCAN Country
1970"I Walked Out on Heaven"1233Greatest Hits Volume 2
"It Don't Take but One Mistake"36Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 3
"Removing the Shadow"
2327Removing the Shadow
"All for the Love of Sunshine"
11All for the Love of Sunshine
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
1210Removing the Shadow
"Rainin' in My Heart"
32All for the Love of Sunshine
1971"I've Got a Right to Cry"617I've Got a Right to Cry / They All Used to Belong to Me
"After All They All Used to Belong to Me"1821
"Ain't That a Shame"
716Sweet Dreams
1972"Send Me Some Lovin'"
1431Send Me Some Lovin
"Eleven Roses"11Eleven Roses
"Pride's Not Hard to Swallow"32After You / Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
"Whole Lotta Loving"
2225Send Me Some Lovin
1973"After You"2310After You / Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
"Hank"1214The Legend of Hank Williams in Song and Story
"The Last Love Song"44The Last Love Song
1974"Rainy Night in Georgia"1321
"I'll Think of Something"72Living Proof
"Angels Are Hard to Find"1937
1975"Where He's Going, I've Already Been" /
"The Kind of Woman I Got"
2636Bocephus
"The Same Old Story"2940
"Stoned at the Jukebox"1917Hank Williams Jr. and Friends
1976"Living Proof"38
1977"Mobile Boogie"279One Night Stand
"I'm Not Responsible" /
"(Honey, Won't You) Call Me"
59
"One Night Stands"47
"Feelin' Better"3840The New South
1978"You Love the Thunder"76
"I Fought the Law"156Family Tradition
"Old Flame, New Fire"54
1979"To Love Somebody"49
"Family Tradition"416
  • US: 3× Platinum
"Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound"21
  • US: Platinum
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearSinglePeak chart positions Album
US Country
CAN Country
1980"Women I've Never Had"59Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
"Kaw-Liga"128Habits, Old and New
"Old Habits"658
1981"Texas Women"122Rowdy
"Dixie on My Mind"141
"All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"11
  • US: Platinum
The Pressure Is On
1982"A Country Boy Can Survive"22
  • US: 4× Platinum
"Honky Tonkin'"16High Notes
"The American Dream" /
"If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie"
5
  • US: Gold
Greatest Hits
1983"Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight"44Strong Stuff
"Leave Them Boys Alone"
67
"Queen of My Heart"56Man of Steel
1984"Man of Steel"34
"Attitude Adjustment"57Major Moves
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"106
  • US: Gold
1985"Major Moves"1014
"I'm for Love"15Five-O
"This Ain't Dallas"422
1986"Ain't Misbehavin'"11
"Country State of Mind"24
  • US: Gold
Montana Cafe
"Mind Your Own Business"
11
1987"When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)"31
"Born to Boogie"11Born to Boogie
"Heaven Can't Be Found"413
1988"Young Country"22
"If the South Woulda Won"822Wild Streak
"Early in the Morning and Late at Night"1414
1989"There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams)79Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
"Finders Are Keepers"65
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
CAN Country
1990"Ain't Nobody's Business"1516Lone Wolf
"Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'"1016
"Man to Man"6252
"Don't Give Us a Reason"27America (The Way I See It)
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over for
Monday Night Football" [9]
1991"I Mean I Love You"3942Lone Wolf
"If It Will, It Will"2624Pure Hank
"Angels Are Hard to Find" 59
1992"Hotel Whiskey" 5482Maverick
"Come On Over to the Country"55
"Lyin' Jukebox"
1993"Everything Comes Down to Money and Love"62Out of Left Field
"Both Sides of Goodbye"[10]
"Diamond Mine"
1994"I Ain't Goin' Peacefully"62Hog Wild
1995"Hog Wild"74
"Wild Thing"
"Daytona Nights"
1996"Houston, We Have a Problem"A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
"Don Juan d'Bubba"
"Move It On Over"
[11]
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
US
2000"Naked Women and Beer" Stormy
2001"America Will Survive"45The Almeria Club Recordings
2002"The 'F' Word"
"Outdoor Lovin' Man"60
2003"I'm One of You"39I'm One of You
2004"Why Can't We All Just Get a Longneck?"36
"Devil in the Bottle"59
2006"That's How They Do It in Dixie"
35That's How They Do It in Dixie:
The Essential Collection
2007"A Country Boy Can Survive" 47
2009"Red White & Pink-Slip Blues"43127 Rose Avenue
"Farm Song"
"All the Roads"
2011"Keep the Change"Old School New Rules
2012"That Ain't Good"
2013"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink"
"Angels Are Hard to Find"Gravity
2015"Are You Ready for the Country?" It's About Time
2016"The Party's On"
2018"Take a Knee, Take a Hike"[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As a featured artist

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
US
CAN Country
1983"The Conversation"
1512Waylon and Company
1985"Two Old Cats Like Us"
1418Friendship
1988"Cajun Baby"
52Hot Diggidy Doug
"That Old Wheel"
21Water from the Wells of Home
1999"A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)"
307566Yes!
2008"Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)"
60Graffiti the World
2013"Redneck Paradise (Remix)"
[13]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other certified songs

YearTitleAlbum
1979"Outlaw Women"
  • US: Gold
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
1980"Dinosaur"
  • US: Platinum
Habits, Old and New
"The Blues Man"
  • US: Gold
1981"Weatherman"
  • US: Gold
The Pressure Is On
1982"If Heaven Ain’t a Lot Like Dixie"
  • US: Gold
High Notes

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1983"Queen of My Heart"
"The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings)David Hogan
1984"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"John Goodhue
1987"My Name Is Bocephus"Fisher & Preachman
"Young Country"Bill Fishman
1989"There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams)Ethan Russell
1991"If It Will, It Will" (with Little Richard)
"Fax Me a Beer"
"Hotel Whiskey" (with Clint Black)Jack Cole
1992"Come on Over to the Country"John Lloyd Miller
"Everything Comes Down to Money and Love"Jim May
1993"Diamond Mine"Joe Gutt/Marc Ball
1994"I Ain't Goin' Peacefully"Martin Kahan
1995"Hog Wild"
1996"Don Juan d'Bubba"Michael Salomon
2000"Naked Women and Beer" (with Kid Rock)Bill Fishman
2001"America Will Survive"
2004"Why Can't We All Just Get a Long Neck?"Deaton Flanigen
2006"That's How They Do It in Dixie"
(with Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Van Zant)
2007"A Country Boy Can Survive (25th Anniversary Remix)"
2008"Bartender Song" (Nashville Country Version) (with Rehab)Frank Borin
2009"Red White & Pink-Slip Blues"Deaton Flanigen
2012"That Ain't Good"Jim Wright
2013"Redneck Paradise (Remix)" (with Kid Rock)[14] Eric Welch
2015"Are You Ready for the Country?" (with Eric Church)[15] Peter Zavadil

Notes and References

  1. allmusic (((Hank Williams Jr. > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))
  2. https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Hank%20WilliamsJr&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Hank Williams Jr.
  3. Peaks on the Country Albums chart from the 2000s to the 2020s:
  4. Peaks on the Billboard 200 from the 2000s to the 2020s:
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151124223021/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . November 24, 2015 . Upcoming Releases . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures .
  6. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: March 12, 2018 . Matt . Bjorke . March 13, 2018 . Roughstock. 14 April 2018 .
  7. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. 2012. 978-0-89820-203-8.
  8. Web site: Hank Williams Jr. - Country Singles. RPM. 17 July 2013 . June 4, 2023.
  9. Single Reviews. Billboard. November 3, 1990.
  10. Single Reviews. Billboard. July 10, 1993.
  11. Single Reviews. Billboard. November 30, 1996.
  12. Web site: Take A Knee, Take A Hike - Single by Hank Williams, Jr.. Spotify. May 26, 2023.
  13. Web site: Redneck Paradise (feat. Hank Williams, Jr.) - Single by Kid Rock. Apple Music. June 4, 2023.
  14. Web site: CMT : Videos : Kid Rock : Redneck Paradise (Remix). https://web.archive.org/web/20130703101132/http://www.cmt.com/videos/kid-rock/930671/redneck-paradise-remix.jhtml. dead. July 3, 2013. Country Music Television. July 1, 2013.
  15. Web site: CMT : Videos : Hank Williams Jr., Eric Church : Are You Ready for the Country. https://web.archive.org/web/20151122033835/http://www.cmt.com/videos/hank-williams-jr/1262454/are-you-ready-for-the-country.jhtml. dead. November 22, 2015. Country Music Television. November 21, 2015.