Diamond Rio discography

Diamond Rio discography

Diamond Rio performing live for service members
of 8th Fighter Wing Airmen in February 2006
Releases
↙Studio albums 8
↙Compilation albums 3
↙Singles 34
↙Music videos 19
↙Other appearances 7
↙No.1 Single (USA) 5
↙No.1 Single (Overall) 8

Diamond Rio is an American country music band founded in 1984 by Gene Johnson, Dana Williams, Jimmy Olander, Brian Prout, Marty Roe, and Dan Truman. Their discography consists of eight studio albums, 34 singles, three compilation albums, and nineteen music videos. Founded in 1984, Diamond Rio released their self-titled debut album in 1991. "Meet in the Middle", the lead-off single, reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart, making Diamond Rio the first country group in history to have their debut single reach that position.[1]

Diamond Rio charted four additional #1 hits: "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" (1997), "One More Day" (2001), "Beautiful Mess" (2002), and "I Believe" (2003). The latter three charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, as did 1999's "Unbelievable", which was a #2 on the country chart. Besides their five #1 hits, 14 more charted in the Top 10 on the country format, while "One More Day" was also a Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Diamond Rio has also recorded eight studio albums, counting a Christmas release. Two of their studio albums (their 1991 self-titled debut and 1994's Love a Little Stronger) have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and five have been certified gold. They have also issued two greatest hits packages, of which the first (1997's Greatest Hits) was certified platinum.

Studio albums

1990s

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[2]		 US
[3]		 CAN Country
[4]
Diamond Rio 13 83 —
Close to the Edge
  • Release date: October 27, 1992
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 24 87 —
Love a Little Stronger
  • Release date: July 19, 1994
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 13 100 7
  • US: Platinum[5]
IV
  • Release date: February 27, 1996
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 14 92 4
Unbelievable
  • Release date: July 28, 1998
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 9 70 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[2]		 US
[3]		 US Christ
[6]
One More Day
  • Release date: June 2, 2001
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD
 5 36 —
Completely
  • Release date: September 7, 2002
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD
 3 23 —
The Reason 41 — 17
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[2]		 US
[3]		 GER
[7]
Greatest Hits
  • Release date; August 9, 1997
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 8 75 60
  • US: Platinum[5]
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Release date: June 17, 2006
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
 12 62 —
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: February 23, 2008
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
 63 — —
Live
  • Release date: November 18, 2014
  • Label: Rio Hot Records
  • Formats: CD, music download, DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Holiday albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US Country
[2]		 US Christ
[6]		 US Holiday
[8]
A Diamond Rio Christmas:
The Star Still Shines
  • Release date: November 24, 2007
  • Label: Word Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
 56 28 18

Singles

1990s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[9]		 US
[10]		 CAN Country
[11]
1991 "Meet in the Middle" 1 — 1 Diamond Rio
"Mirror, Mirror" 3 — 4
"Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" 9 — 9
1992 "Norma Jean Riley" 2 — 3
"Nowhere Bound" 7 — 15
"In a Week or Two" 2 — 3 Close to the Edge
1993 "Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby" 5 — 8
"This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet" 13 — 5
"Sawmill Road" 21 — 20
1994 "Love a Little Stronger" 2 — 6 Love a Little Stronger
"Night Is Fallin' in My Heart" 9 107 6
1995 "Bubba Hyde" 16 102 12
"Finish What We Started" 19 — 23
"Walkin' Away" 2 — 2 IV
1996 "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" 4 — 19
"It's All in Your Head" 15 — 17
"Holdin'" 4 — 5
1997 "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" 1 — 1 Greatest Hits
"Imagine That" 4 — 4
1998 "You're Gone" 4 — 5 Unbelievable
"Unbelievable" 2 36 1
1999 "I Know How the River Feels" 33 — 28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[9]		 US
[10]		 US AC
[12]
2000 "Stuff"[A] 36 — — One More Day
"One More Day" 1 29 6
2001 "Sweet Summer" 18 104 —
"That's Just That" 42 — —
2002 "Beautiful Mess" 1 28 — Completely
"I Believe" 1 31 —
2003 "Wrinkles" 16 107 —
2004 "We All Fall Down" 45 — —
2005 "Can't You Tell" 43 — — Can't You Tell
"One Believer" 42 — —
"In God We Still Trust" — — — Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
2006 "God Only Cries" 30 — —
2009 "God Is There" — — — The Reason
2010 "This Is My Life" — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Featured singles

Year Single Artist Peak positions Album
US Country
1994 "Workin' Man's Blues" Jed Zeppelin[B] 48 Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard

Music videos

Year Title Director[13]
1991 "Meet in the Middle" Eric Straton
"Mirror, Mirror" Michael Merriman
1992 "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me"
"Nowhere Bound"
1993 "In a Week or Two" John Lloyd Miller
"This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet" Deaton-Flanigen
1994 "Love a Little Stronger"
"Workin' Man's Blues"
(with Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner;
credited as Jed Zeppelin)
1995 "Bubba Hyde"
"Finish What We Started"
1996 "Walkin' Away"
"It's All in Your Head"
1997 "How Your Love Makes Me Feel"
1998 "You're Gone" Peter Zavadil
1999 "Unbelievable" Deaton-Flanigen
2000 "Stuff"
2001 "One More Day"
2002 "Beautiful Mess"
2003 "I Believe"
2006 "God Only Cries" Traci Goudie

Other appearances

The following table denotes other contributions made by Diamond Rio for various compilation albums that were not directly related to the band.

Year Song Album
1993 "Lyin' Eyes" Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles[14]
1994 "Ten Feet Away" Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album[15]
"Workin' Man Blues"
(with Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner;
credited to Jed Zeppelin)		 Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard[16]
1996 "Beauty and the Beast" The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney[17]
"Christmas Spirit" Star of Wonder: A Country Christmas Collection[18]
1997 "Walkin' in Jerusalem" Peace in the Valley: A Country Music Journey Through Gospel Music[19]
2002 "Man of Constant Borrow" (with Cledus T. Judd) Cledus Envy[20]

Notes

  • A^ "Stuff" also reached number 40 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[11]
  • B ^ Jed Zeppelin was an all-star group featuring Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, and Steve Wariner.

References

  1. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Diamond Rio biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Diamond Rio Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Diamond Rio Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Diamond Rio Album & Song Chart History - Christian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Diamond Rio - German Albums Charts - Media Control Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Diamond Rio Album & Song Chart History - Holiday Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Diamond Rio Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Billboard Hot 100:
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Diamond Rio Album & Song Chart History - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Diamond Rio videos". CMT. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  14. ↑ "Various Artists > Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  15. ↑ "Various Artists > Keith Whitley: Tribute". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  16. ↑ "Various Artists > Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute to Merle Haggard". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  17. ↑ "Various Artists > The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  18. ↑ "Various Artists > Star of Wonder: A Country Christmas Collection". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  19. ↑ "Various Artists > Peace in the Valley". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  20. ↑ Cledus Envy (CD liner notes). Cledus T. Judd. Nashville, Tennessee: Monument Records. 2008. 85897.

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