George Strait discography
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 25 | |
| ↙Live albums | 2 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 13 | |
| ↙Singles | 86 | |
| ↙Music videos | 37 | |
| ↙Soundtracks | 1 | |
| ↙No. 1 Singles | 56 | |
| References and footnotes | ||
This article contains the discography of American country music singer George Strait Since 1981, Strait has issued 24 studio albums, 2 live albums and 13 compilation albums, 24 of which have been certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. Strait has also issued 86 singles since 1981, with 43 reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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[edit] Albums
All studio and compilation albums released on MCA Records/MCA Nashville.
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album | US Country | US 200 | RIAA[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Strait Country | 26 | Platinum | |
| 1982 | Strait from the Heart | 18 | Platinum | |
| 1983 | Right or Wrong | 1 | 163 | Platinum |
| 1984 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | 1 | 150 | Platinum |
| 1985 | Something Special | 1 | Platinum | |
| 1986 | #7 | 1 | 127 | Platinum |
| 1987 | Ocean Front Property | 1 | 117 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| 1988 | If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' | 1 | 87 | Platinum |
| 1989 | Beyond the Blue Neon | 1 | 92 | Platinum |
| 1990 | Livin' It Up | 1 | 35 | Platinum |
| 1991 | Chill of an Early Fall | 4 | 45 | Platinum |
| 1992 | Holding My Own | 5 | 33 | Platinum |
| Pure Country | 1 | 6 | 6× Multi-Platinum | |
| 1993 | Easy Come, Easy Go | 2 | 5 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| 1994 | Lead On | 1 | 26 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| 1996 | Blue Clear Sky | 1 | 7 | 3× Multi-Platinum |
| 1997 | Carrying Your Love with Me | 1 | 1 | 3× Multi-Platinum |
| 1998 | One Step at a Time | 1 | 2 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| 1999 | Always Never the Same | 2 | 6 | Platinum |
| 2000 | George Strait | 1 | 7 | Gold |
| 2001 | The Road Less Traveled | 1 | 9 | Platinum |
| 2003 | Honkytonkville | 1 | 5 | Platinum |
| 2005 | Somewhere Down in Texas | 1 | 1 | Platinum |
| 2006 | It Just Comes Natural | 1 | 3 | Platinum |
| 2008 | Troubadour | 1 | 1 | Gold |
[edit] Compilations and specialty albums
| Year | Album | US Country | US 200 | RIAA[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Greatest Hits | 4 | 157 | 4× Multi-Platinum |
| 1986 | Merry Christmas Strait to You | 17 | 2× Multi-Platinum | |
| 1987 | Greatest Hits Volume Two | 1 | 68 | 3× Multi-Platinum |
| 1991 | Ten Strait Hits | 7 | Platinum | |
| 1995 | Strait Out of the Box | 9 | 43 | 8× Multi-Platinum |
| 1998 | Pure Strait | Platinum | ||
| 1999 | Merry Christmas Wherever You Are | 10 | 78 | Gold |
| 2000 | Latest Greatest Straitest Hits | 1 | 2 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| 2002 | 20th Century Masters: The Best of George Strait | 8 | 76 | Platinum |
| 2003 | For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome | 2 | 7 | Gold |
| 2004 | 50 Number Ones | 1 | 1 | 7× Multi-Platinum |
| 2006 | Strait Hits | Platinum | ||
| Fresh Cut Christmas | Platinum | |||
| 2007 | Live at Texas Stadium (w/ Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett) | 4 | 11 | |
| 22 More Hits | 4 | 13 | Gold |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Hot 100 | US Pop 100 | US Digital | CAN Country | CAN Hot 100 | |||
| 1981 | "Unwound" | 6 | Strait Country | |||||
| "Down and Out" | 16 | 14 | ||||||
| 1982 | "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" |
3 | 2 | |||||
| "Fool Hearted Memory" | 1 | 1 | Strait from the Heart | |||||
| "Marina del Rey" | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 1983 | "Amarillo by Morning" | 4 | 1 | |||||
| "A Fire I Can't Put Out" | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| "You Look So Good in Love" | 1 | 1 | Right or Wrong | |||||
| 1984 | "Right Or Wrong" | 1 | 1 | |||||
| "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1985 | "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" | 1 | 10 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | ||||
| "The Cowboy Rides Away" | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| "The Fireman" | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| "The Chair" | 1 | 1 | Something Special | |||||
| 1986 | "You're Something Special to Me" | 4 | 4 | |||||
| "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" | 1 | 1 | #7 | |||||
| "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 1987 | "Ocean Front Property" | 1 | 1 | Ocean Front Property | ||||
| "All My Ex's Live in Texas" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| "Am I Blue" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1988 | "Famous Last Words of a Fool" | 1 | 1 | If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | ||||
| "Baby Blue" | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" | 1 | |||||||
| 1989 | "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" | 1 | Beyond the Blue Neon | |||||
| "What's Going on in Your World" | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| "Ace in the Hole" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1990 | "Overnight Success" | 8 | 7 | |||||
| "Love Without End, Amen" | 1 | 1 | Livin' It Up | |||||
| "Drinking Champagne" | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| "I've Come to Expect it From You" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1991 | "If I Know Me" | 1 | 2 | Chill of an Early Fall | ||||
| "You Know Me Better Than That" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| "The Chill of an Early Fall" | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 1992 | "Lovesick Blues" | 24 | 23 | |||||
| "Gone as a Girl Can Get" | 5 | 6 | Holding My Own | |||||
| "So Much Like My Dad" | 3 | |||||||
| "I Cross My Heart" | 1 | Pure Country | ||||||
| 1993 | "Heartland" | 1 | ||||||
| "When Did You Stop Loving Me" | 6 | |||||||
| "Easy Come, Easy Go" | 1 | 71 | Easy Come, Easy Go | |||||
| 1994 | "I'd Like to Have That One Back" | 3 | 109 | |||||
| "Lovebug" | 8 | 114 | ||||||
| "The Man in Love with You" | 4 | 112 | ||||||
| "The Big One" | 1 | Lead On | ||||||
| 1995 | "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" | 1 | 111 | |||||
| "Adalida" | 3 | |||||||
| "Lead On" | 7 | |||||||
| "Check Yes or No" | 1 | Strait Out of the Box | ||||||
| 1996 | "I Know She Still Loves Me" | 5 | ||||||
| "Blue Clear Sky" | 1 | Blue Clear Sky | ||||||
| "Carried Away" | 1 | |||||||
| "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" | 4 | |||||||
| 1997 | "King of the Mountain" | 19 | ||||||
| "One Night at a Time" | 1 | 59 | Carrying Your Love with Me | |||||
| "Carrying Your Love With Me" | 1 | |||||||
| "Today My World Slipped Away" | 3 | |||||||
| 1998 | "Round About Way" | 1 | ||||||
| "I Just Want to Dance with You" | 1 | 61 | One Step at a Time | |||||
| "True" | 2 | |||||||
| "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" | 4 | 44 | ||||||
| 1999 | "Meanwhile" | 4 | 38 | Always Never the Same | ||||
| "Write This Down" | 1 | 27 | ||||||
| "What Do You Say to That" | 4 | 45 | ||||||
| 2000 | "The Best Day" | 1 | 31 | Latest Greatest Straitest Hits | ||||
| "Go On" | 2 | 40 | George Strait | |||||
| 2001 | "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" | 17 | 102 | |||||
| "If You Can Do Anything Else" | 5 | 51 | ||||||
| "Run" | 2 | 34 | The Road Less Traveled | |||||
| 2002 | "Living and Living Well" | 1 | 27 | |||||
| "She'll Leave You With a Smile" | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| 2003 | "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" | 11 | 69 | Honkytonkville | ||||
| "Cowboys Like Us" | 2 | 38 | ||||||
| 2004 | "Desperately" | 6 | 44 | |||||
| "I Hate Everything" | 1 | 35 | 3 | 50 Number Ones | ||||
| 2005 | "You'll Be There" | 4 | 54 | 87 | 5 | Somewhere Down in Texas | ||
| "She Let Herself Go" | 1 | 54 | 3 | |||||
| 2006 | "The Seashores of Old Mexico" | 11 | 85 | 7 | ||||
| "Give It Away" | 1 | 35 | 47 | 23 | 1 | It Just Comes Natural | ||
| "It Just Comes Natural" | 1 | 58 | 1 | |||||
| 2007 | "Wrapped" | 2 | 71 | 1 | 63 | |||
| "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls" | 3 | 49 | 3 | 67 | ||||
| 2008 | "I Saw God Today" | 1 | 33 | 65 | 49 | 1 | 60 | Troubadour |
| "Troubadour"B | 34 | |||||||
[edit] Guest singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Hot 100 | CAN Country | CAN Hot 100 | |||
| 2004 | "Hey Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, and Toby Keith) |
8 | 63 | License to Chill (Jimmy Buffett album) | ||
| 2007 | "Shiftwork" (w/ Kenny Chesney)A | 2 | 47 | 2 | 61 | Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Kenny Chesney album) |
[edit] Other charted songs
The following songs all entered the Hot Country Songs charts from unsolicited airplay.
| Year | Title | US Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Hollywood Squares" | 67 | Beyond the Blue Neon |
| 1992 | "Overnight Male" | 70 | Pure Country |
| 1997 | "Do the Right Thing" | 69 | Blue Clear Sky |
| 1998 | "Merry Christmas Strait to You" | 58 | Merry Christmas Strait to You |
| "You Haven't Left Me Yet" | 59 | One Step at a Time | |
| 1999 | "You Haven't Left Me Yet" (re-entry) | 59 | |
| "I Look at You" | 75 | Always Never the Same | |
| "Peace of Mind" | 74 | ||
| "One of You" | 73 | ||
| "Always Never the Same" | 69 | ||
| 2000 | "I Know What I Want for Christmas" | 73 | Merry Christmas Wherever You Are |
| "Jingle Bell Rock" | 69 | ||
| "Murder on Music Row" (w/ Alan Jackson) | 38 | Latest Greatest Straitest Hits | |
| 2001 | "Old Time Christmas" | 62 | Merry Christmas Wherever You Are |
| 2002 | "Christmas Cookies" | 33 | A Country Christmas 1999 |
| "Designated Drinker" (w/ Alan Jackson) | 48 | Drive (Alan Jackson album) | |
| "Stars on the Water" | 50 | The Road Less Traveled | |
| 2003 | "The Real Thing" | 60 | |
| 2004 | "Honk If You Honky Tonk" | 45 | Honkytonkville |
| 2005 | "Texas" | 35 | Somewhere Down in Texas |
| 2007 | "Shiftwork" (w/ Kenny Chesney)A | 42 | Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Kenny Chesney album) |
- A "Shiftwork" charted from unsolicited airplay in 2007 which brought it to #42 on the country charts. Upon official release, the song was credited only to Chesney until February 2008.
- B Current single.
[edit] Number one singles
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To date, George Strait has had a total of 56 songs reach No. 1 in a single chart format, including all genres of music, in the United States.[2] The following table indicates which of his songs have hit Number One on at least one of these charts. (An X indicates that the song reached Number One on that chart.)
| # | Title | Chart | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard | R & R (Mediabase) |
Gavin Report |
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| 1 | Fool Hearted Memory | X | 1982 | ||
| 2 | A Fire I Can't Put Out | X | 1983 | ||
| 3 | You Look So Good in Love | X | 1984 | ||
| 4 | Right or Wrong | X | 1984 | ||
| 5 | Let's Fall to Pieces Together | X | X | 1984 | |
| 6 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | X | 1985 | ||
| 7 | The Chair | X | 1985 | ||
| 8 | Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her | X | X | 1986 | |
| 9 | It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You | X | X | 1986 | |
| 10 | Ocean Front Property | X | X | 1987 | |
| 11 | All My Ex's Live in Texas | X | 1987 | ||
| 12 | Am I Blue | X | 1987 | ||
| 13 | Famous Last Words of a Fool | X | X | 1988 | |
| 14 | Baby Blue | X | X | 1988 | |
| 15 | If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') | X | 1988 | ||
| 16 | Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye | X | X | 1989 | |
| 17 | What's Going On in Your World | X | X | 1989 | |
| 18 | Ace in the Hole | X | X | 1989 | |
| 19 | Love Without End, Amen | X | X | X | 1990 |
| 20 | I've Come to Expect It From You | X | X | 1990 | |
| 21 | If I Know Me | X | X | X | 1991 |
| 22 | You Know Me Better Than That | X | X | X | 1991 |
| 23 | The Chill of an Early Fall | X | X | 1991 | |
| 24 | So Much Like My Dad | X | 1992 | ||
| 25 | I Cross My Heart | X | X | X | 1992 |
| 26 | Heartland | X | X | X | 1993 |
| 27 | Easy Come, Easy Go | X | X | X | 1993 |
| 28 | I'd Like to Have That One Back | X | X | 1994 | |
| 29 | The Man in Love with You | X | 1994 | ||
| 30 | The Big One | X | X | 1994 | |
| 31 | You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody | X | X | X | 1995 |
| 32 | Lead On | X | 1995 | ||
| 33 | Check Yes or No | X | X | X | 1995 |
| 34 | I Know She Still Loves Me | X | 1996 | ||
| 35 | Blue Clear Sky | X | X | X | 1996 |
| 36 | Carried Away | X | X | X | 1996 |
| 37 | I Can Still Make Cheyenne | X | 1996 | ||
| 38 | One Night at a Time | X | X | X | 1997 |
| 39 | Carrying Your Love with Me | X | X | X | 1997 |
| 40 | Today My World Slipped Away | X | X | 1997 | |
| 41 | Round About Way | X | X | X | 1998 |
| 42 | I Just Want to Dance With You | X | X | X | 1998 |
| 43 | True | X | X | 1998 | |
| 44 | We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This | X | 1998 | ||
| 45 | Write This Down | X | X | X | 1999 |
| 46 | The Best Day | X | X | X | 2000 |
| 47 | Go On | X | 2000 | ||
| 48 | Run | X | 2001 | ||
| 49 | Living and Living Well | X | X | 2002 | |
| 50 | She'll Leave You With a Smile | X | X | 2002 | |
| 51 | I Hate Everything | X | X | 2004 | |
| 52 | She Let Herself Go | X | X | 2006 | |
| 53 | Give It Away | X | X | 2006 | |
| 54 | It Just Comes Natural | X | X | 2007 | |
| 55 | Wrapped | X | 2007 | ||
| 56 | I Saw God Today | X | X | 2008 | |
- Radio & Records was merged into Billboard in 2006, shortly before "Give It Away" reached No. 1. From 2006 onward, this column indicates chart peaks on Mediabase/Country Aircheck, which was previously the Radio & Records charts.
- Gavin Report ceased publication in 2002.
Total No. 1s per publication:
- Billboard: 43
- Radio & Records: 40 (including post-merger Mediabase peaks)
- Gavin Report: 27
