George Strait albums discography

George Strait discography
George Strait on The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, February 23, 2013
Studio albums	31
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	12

The George Strait albums discography consists of 31 studio albums, three live albums, and 11 compilation albums by American country music singer George Strait. Of these albums, 36 have received a certification of at least Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America, and five reached No.1 on the Billboard 200. His highest-certified album is the 1992 release Pure Country , which is certified sextuple-platinum for U.S. shipments of six million copies; his highest overall is the 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box , which is certified octuple platinum. Of his studio albums, all but George Strait (2000), Twang (2009), Here for a Good Time (2011), Love Is Everything (2013), and Cold Beer Conversation (2015) are certified platinum or higher. As of June 2014, he has sold 45 million albums in the US since 1991 when SoundScan started tracking album sales, ^[1] and has amassed more top 10 albums than any other artist in that time. ^[2]

Studio albums

1981–1990

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications [3] (sales threshold)
		US [4]	US Country [5]
Strait Country	Release date: September 4, 1981 Label: MCA	—	26	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Strait from the Heart	Release date: June 3, 1982 Label: MCA	—	18	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Right or Wrong	Release date: October 6, 1983 Label: MCA	163	1	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	Release date: September 26, 1984 Label: MCA	150	1	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Something Special	Release date: August 29, 1985 Label: MCA	—	1	RIAA: Platinum [6]
#7	Release date: May 14, 1986 Label: MCA	127	1	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Ocean Front Property	Release date: January 12, 1987 Label: MCA	117	1	RIAA: 2× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'	Release date: February 22, 1988 Label: MCA	87	1	RIAA: Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
Beyond the Blue Neon [A]	Release date: February 6, 1989 Label: MCA	92	1	RIAA: Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
Livin' It Up	Release date: May 15, 1990 Label: MCA	35	1	RIAA: Platinum [6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1991–2000

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Certifications [7] [3]
		US [4]	US Country [5]	AUS [8]	CAN [9]	CAN Country [10]
Chill of an Early Fall	Release date: March 19, 1991 Label: MCA	45	4	—	—	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Holding My Own	Release date: April 21, 1992 Label: MCA	33	5	—	—	17	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Easy Come, Easy Go	Release date: September 28, 1993 Label: MCA	5	2	—	—	2	RIAA: 2× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
Lead On	Release date: November 8, 1994 Label: MCA	26	1	—	—	3	RIAA: 2× Platinum [6]
Blue Clear Sky	Release date: April 23, 1996 Label: MCA	7	1	—	49	3	RIAA: 3× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
Carrying Your Love with Me	Release date: April 22, 1997 Label: MCA Nashville	1	1	45	28	1	RIAA: 3× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
One Step at a Time	Release date: April 21, 1998 Label: MCA Nashville	2	1	—	23	3	RIAA: 2× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
Always Never the Same	Release date: March 2, 1999 Label: MCA Nashville	6	2	—	73	2	RIAA: Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
George Strait	Release date: September 19, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville	7	1	—	—	8	RIAA: Gold [6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2001–2010

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications [7] [3]
		US [4]	US Country [5]	AUS [11]	CAN [12]
The Road Less Traveled	Release date: November 6, 2001 Label: MCA Nashville	9	1	—	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Honkytonkville	Release date: June 10, 2003 Label: MCA Nashville	5	1	95	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Somewhere Down in Texas	Release date: June 28, 2005 Label: MCA Nashville	1	1	—	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
It Just Comes Natural	Release date: October 3, 2006 Label: MCA Nashville	3	1	—	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Troubadour	Release date: April 1, 2008 Label: MCA Nashville	1	1	—	13	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Twang	Release date: August 11, 2009 Label: MCA Nashville	1	1	—	4	RIAA: Gold [6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2011–present

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications [7] [3]	Sales
		US [4]	US Country [13]	AUS [14]	CAN [4]
Here for a Good Time	Release date: September 6, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	3	1	—	12	RIAA: Gold [6]	US: 298,000 [15]
Love Is Everything	Release date: May 14, 2013 Label: MCA Nashville	2	1	86	8	RIAA: Gold [6]	US: 456,000 [16]
Cold Beer Conversation	Release date: September 25, 2015 Label: MCA Nashville	4	1	74	15
Honky Tonk Time Machine	Release date: March 29, 2019 Label: MCA Nashville	4	1	80	93		US: 143,200 [17]
Cowboys and Dreamers	Release date: September 6, 2024 Label: MCA Nashville	14	6	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

1985–2000

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications [7] [3]
		US [4]	US Country [5]	CAN Country [10]
Greatest Hits	Release date: March 4, 1985 Label: MCA	157	4	—	RIAA: 4× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
Greatest Hits Volume Two	Release date: September 7, 1987 Label: MCA	68	1	—	RIAA: 3× Platinum [6]
Ten Strait Hits	Release date: December 31, 1991 Label: MCA	46	7	14	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Strait Out of the Box	Release date: September 12, 1995 Label: MCA	43	9	7	RIAA: 8× Platinum [6]
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits	Release date: March 7, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville	2	1	5	RIAA: 2× Platinum [6] CAN: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2002–present

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications [7] [3] / Sales
		US [4]	US Country [5]	CAN [4]
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait	Release date: March 26, 2002 Label: MCA Nashville	76	8	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
50 Number Ones	Release date: October 5, 2004 Label: MCA Nashville	1	1	8	RIAA: 7× Platinum [6] CAN: Platinum
22 More Hits	Release date: November 13, 2007 Label: MCA Nashville	13	4	—	RIAA: Gold [6]
Icon	Release date: September 13, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	62	14	80	CAN: Gold [18]
Icon 2	Release date: November 8, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	135	16	—
Sixty Number Ones	Release date: May 14, 2013 Label: MCA Nashville	—	54	—
Strait Out of the Box: Part 2	Release date: November 18, 2016 Label: MCA Nashville	20	3	—	US: 109,100 [19]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications [7] (sales threshold)
		US [4]	US Country [5]	CAN [4]
For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome	Release date: February 11, 2003 Label: MCA Nashville	7	2	—	RIAA: Gold [6]
Live at Texas Stadium (with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett)	Release date: April 3, 2007 Label: Mailboat Records	11	4	—
The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium	Release date: September 16, 2014 Label: MCA Nashville	4	2	16
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications [7] / Sales
		US [4]	US Country [5]	CAN [4]
Merry Christmas Strait to You!	Release date: September 8, 1986 Label: MCA	—	17	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum [6]
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are	Release date: September 21, 1999 Label: MCA Nashville	78	10	—	RIAA: Gold [6]
20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection	Release date: September 23, 2003 Label: MCA Nashville	—	60	93
Fresh Cut Christmas [B]	Release date: 2006 Label: MCA Nashville	—	—	—	RIAA: Platinum [6]
Classic Christmas	Release date: October 7, 2008 Label: MCA Nashville	90	16	—
Christmas Time: 15 Holiday Favorites	Release date: 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	—	62	—
Strait for the Holidays	Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: MCA Nashville	138	11	—	US: 48,300 [20]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions [4]				Certifications [7] [3] (sales threshold)
		US [4]	US Country [5]	CAN [9]	CAN Country [10]
Pure Country	Release date: September 15, 1992 Label: MCA	6	1	32	1	RIAA: 6× Platinum [6] CAN: Platinum

Notes

• A ^ Beyond the Blue Neon also peaked at number 5 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada. ^[10]
• B ^ Unable to chart due to being only available at one retailer (Hallmark Gold Crown).

References

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3. CRIA Certification Database Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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5. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Hot Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 241. ISBN   978-0-89820-173-4.
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9. Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian Albums Chart:
   • "May 27, 1996 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
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   • "March 29, 1999 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
   • "December 26, 1992 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
10. "RPM magazine archives". RPM . Retrieved April 20, 2010.
11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 269.
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20. Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.