Billy Ray Cyrus performing the Kids Inaugural Concert, January 19, 2009. |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 12 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 8 | |
| ↙EPs | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 39 | |
| ↙Music videos | 41 | |
| ↙Remix albums | 1 | |
| ↙Other singles | 6 | |
| ↙No. 1 Singles | 3 | |
Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon.[1][2][3] He has released twelve studio albums since 1992, released forty-four singles, best known for his Number One single "Achy Breaky Heart", that became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia and the 1992's best selling single in the same country.[4][5] Thanks to the video of this hit, there was the explosion of the linedance into the mainstream, becoming a worldwide craze.[6][7][8][9][10] Cyrus, a multi-platinum selling recording artist, has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart. His most successful album to date is the debut of Some Gave All, which has been certified 9× Multi-Platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist at Number One on the Billboard 200 (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the SoundScan era.[11][12] It's the only album (from any genre) in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at Number One and is also the top-ranking debut album by a male country artist. It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by only one country album in history, Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks.[13] Some Gave All was also the first debut album to enter at the number 1 in the Billboard Country Albums.[14] The album has also sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the Best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist. Some Gave All was also the best-selling album of 1992 in the US with 4,832,000 copies.[15][16] In his career, he has released 35 charted singles, of which 15 charted in the Top 40.
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| US Country [17] |
US [18] |
CAN Country [19] |
CAN [20] |
AUS [21] |
NL [22] |
NOR [23] |
NZ [24] |
SWE [25] |
SWI [26] |
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| Some Gave All |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 34 | |||
| It Won't Be the Last |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 86 | 18 | 43 | 33 | 27 | |||
| Storm in the Heartland |
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11 | 73 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | |||
| Trail of Tears |
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20 | 125 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | |||
| Shot Full of Love |
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32 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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| US Country [17] |
US [18] |
US Christ [35] |
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| Southern Rain[A] |
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13 | 102 | — | |||||
| Time Flies |
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56 | — | — | |||||
| The Other Side |
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18 | 131 | 5 | |||||
| Wanna Be Your Joe |
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24 | 113 | — | |||||
| Home at Last |
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3 | 20 | — | |||||
| Back to Tennessee |
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13 | 41 | — | |||||
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| US Country [17] |
US [18] |
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| I'm American |
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24 | 153 |
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| US Country [17] |
CAN Country [36] |
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| The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover |
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| Achy Breaky Heart |
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| The Millennium Collection |
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| The Definitive Collection |
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| The Collection |
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| Love Songs |
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| The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus |
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| Icon |
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| iTunes Live from London |
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| Heartland Live |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| US Country [37] |
US [38] |
CAN Country [39] |
CAN [39] |
AUS [40] |
NL [41] |
NZ [42] |
UK [43] |
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| 1992 | "Achy Breaky Heart" | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | Some Gave All | ||||
| "Could've Been Me" | 2 | 72 | 1 | 72 | 43 | 28 | 7 | 24 | ||||||
| "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" | 23 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 42 | 63 | ||||||
| 1993 | "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" | 6 | 70 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "In the Heart of a Woman" | 3 | 76 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | It Won't Be the Last | |||||
| "Somebody New" | 9 | 104 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1994 | "Words by Heart" | 12 | 119 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Talk Some" | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Storm in the Heartland" | 33 | 108 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | Storm in the Heartland | |||||
| 1995 | "Deja Blue" | 66 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "One Last Thrill" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "The Fastest One in a One Horse Town" | 75 | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | Runnin' Wide Open | |||||
| 1996 | "Trail of Tears" | 69 | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | Trail of Tears | ||||
| 1997 | "Three Little Words" | 65 | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "It's All the Same to Me" | 19 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | Cover to Cover | |||||
| 1998 | "Time for Letting Go" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shot Full of Love | ||||
| "Busy Man" | 3 | 46 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1999 | "Give My Heart to You" | 41 | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
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| US Country [37] |
US [38] |
CAN [39] |
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| 2000 | "You Won't Be Lonely Now"[B] | 17 | 80 | — | Southern Rain | |||||||||
| "We the People" | 60 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2001 | "Burn Down the Trailer Park" | 43 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" | 58 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Southern Rain" | 45 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2002 | "Bread Alone" | — | — | — | Time Flies | |||||||||
| "What Else Is There" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2003 | "Back to Memphis" | 60 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Always Sixteen" | — | — | — | The Other Side | ||||||||||
| 2004 | "Face of God" | 54 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "The Other Side" | 45 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2006 | "Wanna Be Your Joe" | — | — | — | Wanna Be Your Joe | |||||||||
| "I Want My Mullet Back" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2007 | "Ready, Set, Don't Go" | 47 | 85 | — | Home at Last | |||||||||
| "Ready, Set, Don't Go" (with Miley Cyrus)[C] | 4 | 37 | 47 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | "Somebody Said a Prayer" | 33 | — | — | Back to Tennessee | |||||||||
| 2009 | "Back to Tennessee" | 47 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "A Good Day" | 59 | — | — | |||||||||||
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| US Country [37] |
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| 2011 | "Runway Lights" | — | I'm American | ||||||
| "Nineteen" | 58 | ||||||||
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| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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| US Country [46] |
US [46] |
CAN Country [39] |
UK [47] |
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| 1991 | "Let's Open Up Our Hearts" | Various | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| 1992 | "Achy Breaky Heart" | Alvin and the Chipmunks | — | — | — | 53 | Chipmunks in Low Places | ||
| 1993 | "Romeo" | Dolly Parton (with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis, and Tanya Tucker) |
27 | 50 | 33 | — | Slow Dancing with the Moon | ||
| 2003 | "When I Leave This House" | Adam Gregory | — | — | — | — | Workin' on It | ||
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| US Country [48] |
US [49] |
CAN Country [39] |
CAN [49] |
AUS [50] |
UK [43] |
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| 1992 | "Some Gave All"[D] | 52 | — | 86 | — | — | — | Some Gave All | |||
| 2009 | "Butterfly Fly Away" (with Miley Cyrus) | — | 56 | — | 50 | 56 | 78 | Back to Tennessee | |||
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| Billy Ray Cyrus |
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| Live on Tour |
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| The Video Collection |
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| One on One |
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| Complete Video Collection |
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| 20th Century Masters - The DVD Collection: The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus |
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| Year | Video[56] | Director |
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| 1992 | "Achy Breaky Heart" | Marc Ball |
| "Could've Been Me" | Marc Ball/Kitty Moon | |
| "Wher'm I Gonna Live?"[57] | Marc Ball | |
| 1993 | "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" | |
| "Some Gave All" | Charley Randazzo | |
| "In the Heart of a Woman" | ||
| "Somebody New" | ||
| "When I'm Gone" | Marc Ball | |
| 1994 | "Words by Heart" | Charley Randazzo |
| "Ain't Your Dog No More" | ||
| "Talk Some" | ||
| "Storm in the Heartland" | ||
| 1995 | "Deja Blue" | |
| "Fastest Horse in a One Horse Town" | ||
| "One Last Thrill" | ||
| 1996 | "Trail of Tears"[58] | Richard Murray |
| 1997 | "Three Little Words" | Michael McNamara |
| 1998 | "Under the Hood" | Peter Zavadil |
| "Time for Letting Go" | Charley Randazzo | |
| "Busy Man" | ||
| 1999 | "Give My Heart to You" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 2000 | "You Won't Be Lonely Now" | Jim Shea |
| "We the People"[59] | Deb Haus | |
| 2001 | "Burn Down the Trailer Park" | Peter Zavadil |
| 2002 | "What Else Is There" | |
| "Back to Memphis" | ||
| 2003 | "When I Leave This House" (with Adam Gregory) | |
| "Always Sixteen" | Marc Ball | |
| 2004 | "Face of God" | |
| 2006 | "Wanna Be Your Joe" | Greg Chwerchak |
| "I Want My Mullet Back" | Mick Akins/Matt Smith | |
| 2007 | "Stand" (with Miley Cyrus) | Matt Smith |
| "Ready, Set, Don't Go" | Elliot Lester | |
| 2008 | "Real Gone" | Trey Fanjoy |
| "Somebody Said a Prayer" | Roman White | |
| 2009 | "Back to Tennessee" | Declan Whitebloom |
| "Thrillbilly" | ||
| "We'll Get By Somehow (We Always Do)" | ||
| 2011 | "Runway Lights" | |
| "I'm American" |
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 1993 | "Romeo" (with Dolly Parton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea and Tanya Tucker) |
Randee St. Nicholas |
| Year | Song | Album |
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| 1992 | "Achy Breaky Heart" (with Alvin and the Chipmunks) | Chipmunks in Low Places |
| 1993 | "Romeo" | Slow Dancing with the Moon |
| 1994 | "Pictures Don't Lie" | Red Hot + Country |
| 1995 | "Fastest Horse in a One-Horse Town" | NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open |
| "Achy Breaky Heart" | Fifty Years of Country Music from Mercury | |
| 1996 | "Romeo" | I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits |
| 1997 | "Bluegrass State of Mind" | The Real Deal: Country, Alternative and In-Between |
| 2001 | "Let's Go to the PBR" | Dancin' with Thunder |
| 2003 | "When I Leave This House" (with Adam Gregory) | Workin' on It |
| 2005 | "Some Gave All" | Patriotic Country, Vol. 2 |
| 2006 | "I Learned from You" (with Miley Cyrus) | Hannah Montana |
| "I Wonder" | Charlotte's Web | |
| 2007 | "Just As I Am" | Kneel at the Cross |
| "Run Rudolph Run" | Disney Channel Holiday | |
| 2008 | "Real Gone" | Country Sings Disney |
| Disneymania 6 | ||
| 2009 | "Back to Tennessee" | Hannah Montana: The Movie |
| "Butterfly Fly Away" (with Miley Cyrus) | ||
| 2010 | "Love That Let's Go" (with Hannah Montana) | Hannah Montana Forever |
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