John Michael Montgomery discography

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John Michael Montgomery discography
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Studio albums11
Compilation albums3
Singles36
Music videos22
No. 1 singles7

John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. His discography comprises 11 studio albums, three compilation albums and 36 singles. Of his albums, six studio albums and his 1997 Greatest Hits album are all certified gold or higher by the RIAA, with the highest-certified being 1994's Kickin' It Up and his 1995 self-titled album, both at 4×Multi-Platinum certification for shipping four million copies. The former is also his highest-certified in Canada at 2× Platinum by the CRIA. Montgomery's first seven albums were all issued via Atlantic Records Nashville, with Pictures in 2002 being his first release for Warner Bros. Records after Atlantic closed its Nashville branch. His Christmas album Mr. Snowman and 2004's Letters from Home were also issued by Warner Bros., and his most recent album (2008's Time Flies) was released via Stringtown Records, his own label.

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Of Montgomery's thirty-six singles, seven have reached Number One on the Billboard country singles charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me" (1993), "I Swear" (1994), "Be My Baby Tonight" (1994), "If You've Got Love" (1994), "I Can Love You Like That" (1995), "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) (1995), and "The Little Girl" (2000). "I Swear" and "Sold" were also the Number One country singles of 1994 and 1995, respectively, according to the Billboard Year-End charts. Besides his seven Number Ones, Montgomery has had thirteen more Top Ten country hits in the US. One of these, "Friends" (1997), was also a Number One on the RPM country charts in Canada, as were all of his US Number Ones except "If You've Got Love" and "I Can Love You Like That". Several of Montgomery's singles also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, including three which reached Top 40 on that chart: 1998's "Hold On to Me" (#4 country, #33 pop), 2000's "The Little Girl" (#35 pop), and 2004's "Letters from Home" (#2 country, #24 pop).

Studio albums

1992–2000

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
Life's a Dance 4276
Kickin' It Up
  • Release date: January 25, 1994
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
11123
  • US: 4× Platinum [7]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum [8]
John Michael Montgomery
  • Release date: March 28, 1995
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
15133
  • US: 4× Platinum [9]
  • CAN: Platinum [10]
What I Do the Best
  • Release date: September 24, 1996
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
53914
Leave a Mark
  • Release date: May 5, 1998
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
159526
Home to You
  • Release date: May 25, 1999
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1613511
Brand New Me
  • Release date: September 19, 2000
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2154
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2002–present

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US
Indie

[14]
Pictures 13110
Mr. Snowman
  • Release date: October 7, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
  • Formats: CD
Letters from Home
  • Release date: April 20, 2004
  • Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
331
Time Flies
  • Release date: October 14, 2008
  • Label: Stringtown Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
3517227
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
Greatest Hits [a]
  • Release date: October 14, 1997
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
533
Love Songs
  • Release date: February 5, 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
  • Formats: CD
27
The Very Best of
John Michael Montgomery
  • Release date: August 26, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
  • Formats: CD
1177
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1992–2000

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US Country
[16]
US
[17]
CAN Country
[18]
1992"Life's a Dance"43Life's a Dance
1993"I Love the Way You Love Me"1601
"Beer and Bones"21 [b] 13
"I Swear"1421Kickin' It Up
1994"Rope the Moon"4 [c] 2
"Be My Baby Tonight"1731
"If You've Got Love"12
1995"I Can Love You Like That"13John Michael Montgomery
"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"11
"No Man's Land"3 [d] 2
"Cowboy Love"44
1996"Long as I Live"44
"Ain't Got Nothin' on Us"15 [e] 3What I Do the Best
"Friends"2691
1997"I Miss You a Little"6 [f] 5
"How Was I to Know"28
"Angel in My Eyes"46Greatest Hits
1998"Love Working on You"14 [g] 8Leave a Mark
"Cover You in Kisses"3912
"Hold On to Me"4334
1999"Hello L.O.V.E."157111Home to You
"Home to You"2458
2000"Nothing Catches Jesus by Surprise"5080
"You Are"4869
"The Little Girl"1351Brand New Me
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2001–present

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[16]
US
[17]
2001"That's What I Like About You"44Brand New Me
"Even Then"59
2002"'Til Nothing Comes Between Us"19 [h] Pictures
2003"Country Thang"45
"Four-Wheel Drive"52
"Cool" [21] The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery
2004"Letters from Home"224Letters from Home
"Goes Good with Beer"51
2008"Mad Cowboy Disease" [22] Time Flies
"If You Ever Went Away" [23]
"Forever"28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Guest singles

YearSingleArtistPeak positionsAlbum
US Country [19]
1994"Amazing Grace"The Maverick Choir Maverick (soundtrack)
1997"Warning Signs" Bill Engvall 56
2009"Ride Through the Country" Colt Ford 57 Ride Through the Country

Other charted songs

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country [19]
1994"Kick It Up"72Kickin' It Up

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1992"Life's a Dance"Marc Ball
1993"I Love the Way You Love Me"
"Beer and Bones"
"I Swear"
1994"Amazing Grace" (The Maverick Choir)Gil Bettman
"Rope the Moon"Marc Ball
"Be My Baby Tonight"
1995"I Can Love You Like That"
"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"Martin Kahan
"No Man's Land"Marc Ball
"Cowboy Love"
1996"Ain't Got Nothin' on Us"Martin Kahan
1997"I Miss You a Little"Lou Chanatry
"How Was I to Know"
"Warning Signs" (with Bill Engvall) Peter Zavadil
1998"Angel in My Eyes"Jim Shea
"Love Working on You"
1999"Hold on to Me"
"Hello L.O.V.E."
"Home to You"
2000"The Little Girl"Roger Pistole
2004"Letters from Home"Darrin Dickerson
2008"If You Ever Went Away"Jason Epperson

Notes

  1. Greatest Hits also peaked at number 11 on the RPM Country Albums chart. [3]
  2. "Beer and Bones" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]
  3. "Rope the Moon" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]
  4. "No Man's Land" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]
  5. "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]
  6. "I Miss You a Little" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]
  7. "Love Working on You" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]
  8. "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [19]

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