Chely Wright performing for the U.S. Marines in North Carolina in 2000. |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 7 | |
| ↙Live albums | 1 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 2 | |
| ↙EPs | 2 | |
| ↙Singles | 22 | |
| ↙Video albums | 1 | |
| ↙Music videos | 17 | |
| ↙Other appearances | 6 | |
| ↙No. 1 Singles | 1 | |
The discography of Chely Wright, an American country artist, consists of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one video album, two extended plays, and twenty two singles. After securing a publishing contract in the early 1990s, Wright signed with Polydor Nashville Records in 1994.[1]
Wright's debut album Woman in the Moon was released by Polydor Nashville in August 1994 and spawned the singles "He's a Good Ole Boy", "Till I Was Loved By You", and "Sea of Cowboy Hats".[2] The album did not peak on any Billboard chart and did not sell many copies.[3] In early 1996, Wright's second studio album Right in the Middle of It was released and issued three singles, including "The Love That We Lost" which only peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1996.[4] In September 1997, Let Me In was released under MCA Nashville Records. The album's lead single "Shut Up and Drive" reached #14 on the Billboard Country Singles chart[1] and the album itself peaked at #25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #171 on the Billboard 200 albums listing.[5] Wright's fourth studio album, Single White Female was released in May 1999, becoming her most successful release. The album's title track not only reached number one[1] on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but is also her only Top Ten single to date; it also reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] It peaked at #15 on the Top Country Albums chart, #124 on the Billboard 200,[7] and was certified gold in the United States.[8]
In September 2001, her fifth album Never Love You Enough was released[3] and became her first album to peak within the Top 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums list, while also reaching #62 on the Billboard 200. It spawned the title track and "Jezebel" as its two singles, both of which reached the Top 30 on Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart.[1] After leaving MCA Nashville and recording an extended play in 2004, Wright issued her sixth studio album in February 2005 titled The Metropolitan Hotel under Dualtone Records and her own Painted Red Music Group.[1] It debuted at #18 on the Top Country Albums chart and #96 on the Billboard 200 albums list, spawning the lead single "The Bumper of My SUV", which reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 2005.[9] After a five-year hiatus, Wright released her seventh studio album in May 2010 entitled Lifted Off the Ground, which discussed her own personal struggles[10] and debuted at #32 on the country albums chart.[11] Chely Wright has sold over 1,000,000 records according to Nielsen Soundscan.[12]
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| US Country [13] |
US [14] |
CAN Country [15] |
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| Woman in the Moon | — | — | — | ||
| Right in the Middle of It |
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— | — | — | |
| Let Me In |
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25 | 171 | 23 | |
| Single White Female |
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15 | 124 | 16 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country [13] |
US [14] |
US Indie [17] |
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| Never Love You Enough |
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4 | 62 | — |
| The Metropolitan Hotel |
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18 | 96 | 7 |
| Lifted Off the Ground | 32 | 200 | 35 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Title | Album details |
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| 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection |
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| The Definitive Collection |
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| Title | Album details |
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| Everything |
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| Chely Wright Live |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [18] |
US [19] |
CAN Country [20] |
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| 1994 | "He's a Good Ole Boy" | 58 | — | 55 | Woman in the Moon |
| "Till I Was Loved by You" | 48 | — | 66 | ||
| 1995 | "Sea of Cowboy Hats" | 56 | — | 74 | |
| "Listenin' to the Radio" | 66 | — | 84 | Right in the Middle of It | |
| 1996 | "The Love That We Lost" | 41 | — | 51 | |
| "The Love He Left Behind" | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Shut Up and Drive" | 14 | 112 | 21 | Let Me In |
| "Just Another Heartache" | 39 | — | 51 | ||
| 1998 | "I Already Do" | 36 | — | 59 | |
| 1999 | "Single White Female" | 1 | 36 | 1 | Single White Female |
| "It Was" | 11 | 64 | 52 | ||
| 2000 | "She Went Out for Cigarettes" | 49 | — | 84 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album |
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| US Country [18] |
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| 2001 | "Never Love You Enough" | 26 | Never Love You Enough |
| "Jezebel" | 23 | ||
| 2004 | "Back of the Bottom Drawer" | 40 | Everything |
| "Everything" | — | ||
| "The Bumper of My SUV" | 54 | The Metropolitan Hotel | |
| 2005 | "The Bumper of My SUV" (re-release) | 35 | |
| "The River" | — | ||
| "C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell)" | — | ||
| 2010 | "Broken" | — | Lifted Off the Ground |
| "Lifted Off the Ground" | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Damn Liar" (Dance Remix)[A] | Non-album song |
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [18] |
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| 2000 | "Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife" (with Brad Paisley) | 68 | Grand Ole Opry 75th Anniversary, Vol. 2 |
| Year | Title | Artist | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [18] |
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| 2003 | "Scary Old World"[B] | Radney Foster | 52 | Another Way to Go |
| Year | Album details |
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| 2004 | 20th Century Masters - The Best of Chely Wright
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| Year | Song | Director(s) [21][22] |
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| 1994 | "He's a Good Ole Boy" | Mary Newman-Said |
| "Till I Was Loved by You" | Bill Young | |
| 1995 | "Sea of Cowboy Hats" | |
| "Listenin' to the Radio" | Steven Goldmann | |
| 1996 | "The Love That He Lost" | unknown |
| "The Love He Left Behind" | Allen Coulter | |
| 1997 | "Shut Up and Drive" | Charley Randazzo |
| "Just Another Heartache" | Steven Goldmann | |
| 1998 | "I Already Do" | Gerry Wenner |
| 1999 | "Single White Female" | Deaton Flanigen |
| "It Was" | ||
| 2000 | "She Went Out for Cigarettes" | |
| 2001 | "Never Love You Enough" | Trey Fanjoy |
| 2002 | "Jezebel" | |
| 2004 | "Back of the Bottom Drawer" | |
| "The Bumper of My SUV" | unknown | |
| 2005 | "The River" | Brent Hedgecock |
| Year | Song | Album appearance |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Part of Your World" | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea[23] |
| "The Edge of Forever" (with Richard Marx) | Days in Avalon[24] | |
| 2001 | "Angel Band" (with Ralph Stanley) | Clinch Mountain Sweethearts[25] |
| "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Christmas Cookies[26] | |
| "I'm Trying" (with Diamond Rio) | One More Day[27] | |
| 2002 | "Scary Old World" (with Radney Foster) | Another Way to Go[28] |
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