Lonestar discography | |
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Studio albums | 12 |
Compilation albums | 5 |
Music videos | 20 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 35 |
Lonestar is an American country music band founded in 1992 by Richie McDonald, John Rich, Keech Rainwater, Michael Britt and Dean Sams. The band has released 12 studio albums, five compilation albums, and 35 singles. Lonestar's first five releases for BNA Records are all certified Gold or higher by the RIAA, and their 2003 greatest hits album is certified Platinum. The band's highest-certified album is 1999's Lonely Grill at 3× Platinum. An eighth album, Party Heard Around the World, was released in April 2010. This was also the only album to feature lead singer Cody Collins, who replaced McDonald and served as lead vocalist from 2008 to 2011.
Lonestar has also charted 35 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Nine reached No. 1 on the Billboard country singles charts: "No News", "Come Cryin' to Me", "Amazed", "Smile", "What About Now", "Tell Her", "I'm Already There", "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Mr. Mom". "Amazed", the longest-lasting at eight weeks, was the No. 1 country song of 1999 according to the Billboard Year-End charts. It also became the first song to top the country singles charts and Billboard Hot 100 charts since Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' "Islands in the Stream" in 1983. All of the band's No. 1 hits except "No News" have also been Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, as have "Not a Day Goes By" and "Let's Be Us Again", which respectively reached No. 3 and No. 4 on the country charts. Both "Amazed" and "I'm Already There" reached No. 2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and the former was a No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart. "Amazed", "I'm Already There", "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Mr. Mom" are all certified as gold singles by the RIAA.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
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US Country [1] | US [2] | CAN Country [3] | UK [4] | |||
Lonestar |
| 11 | 69 | 2 | — | |
Crazy Nights |
| 16 | 166 | 28 | — | |
Lonely Grill |
| 3 | 28 | 2 | 80 | |
This Christmas Time |
| 11 | 95 | — | — | |
I'm Already There |
| 1 | 9 | — | 149 | |
Let's Be Us Again |
| 2 | 14 | — | — |
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Coming Home |
| 3 | 26 | — | — | |
Mountains |
| 10 | 37 | — | — | |
My Christmas List [lower-alpha 1] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Party Heard Around the World |
| 20 | 103 | — | — | |
Life as We Know It |
| 33 | 148 | — | — | |
Never Enders |
| 48 | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
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US Country [1] | US [2] | |||
From There to Here: Greatest Hits |
| 1 | 7 | |
16 Biggest Hits |
| — | — | |
Super Hits |
| — | — | |
Playlist: The Very Best of Lonestar |
| 73 | — | |
Country: Lonestar |
| 75 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | Album details |
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Lonestar Live |
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Simply the Hits |
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | ||||||
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US Country [7] | US [8] | US AC [9] | US Adult Pop [10] | CAN Country [11] | CAN [12] | UK [4] | ||||
1995 | "Tequila Talkin'" | 8 | — [lower-alpha 2] | — | — | 11 | — | — | Lonestar | |
1996 | "No News" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
"Runnin' Away with My Heart" | 8 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | |||
"When Cowboys Didn't Dance" | 45 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | |||
"Heartbroke Every Day" | 18 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | |||
1997 | "Come Cryin' to Me" | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | Crazy Nights | |
"You Walked In" | 12 | 93 | — | — | 4 | — | — | |||
1998 | "Say When" | 13 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | ||
"Everything's Changed" | 2 | 95 | — | — | 3 | — | — | |||
1999 | "Saturday Night" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lonely Grill | |
"Amazed" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
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"Smile" | 1 | 39 | — | — | 1 | — | 55 | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | ||||
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US Country [7] | US [8] | US AC [9] | US Adult Pop [10] | UK [4] | ||||
2000 | "What About Now" [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 30 | — | — | — | Lonely Grill | |
"Tell Her" | 1 | 39 | — | — | — | |||
2001 | "I'm Already There" | 1 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 81 |
| I'm Already There |
"With Me" | 10 | 63 | — | — | — | |||
2002 | "Not a Day Goes By" | 3 | 36 | — | — | — | ||
"Unusually Unusual" | 12 | 66 | — | — | — | |||
2003 | "My Front Porch Looking In" | 1 | 23 | — | — | — |
| From There to Here: Greatest Hits |
"Walking in Memphis" | 8 | 61 | — | — | — | |||
2004 | "Let's Be Us Again" | 4 | 38 | — | — | — | Let's Be Us Again | |
"Mr. Mom" | 1 | 33 | — | — | — |
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2005 | "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" | 16 | 97 | — | — | — | ||
"You're Like Comin' Home" | 8 | 63 | — | — | — | Coming Home | ||
2006 | "I'll Die Tryin'" | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||
"Mountains" | 10 | 77 | — | — | — | Mountains | ||
2007 | "Nothing to Prove" | 51 | — | — | — | — | ||
2008 | "Let Me Love You" | 50 | — | — | — | — | Party Heard Around the World | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country [7] | US Country Airplay [15] | |||
2010 | "You're the Reason Why" | — | Party Heard Around the World | |
2012 | "The Countdown" | 52 | Life as We Know It | |
2013 | "Maybe Someday" | — | 56 | |
"Party All Day" | — | — | ||
2014 | "Just the Rain" | — | — | |
"Pretty Good Day" | — | — | ||
2016 | "Never Enders" | — | — | Never Enders |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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US Country [13] | |||
2001 | "America the Beautiful" [lower-alpha 4] | 58 | Non-album single |
The following songs charted on the Hot Country Songs charts from unsolicited airplay.
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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US Country [13] | |||
1997 | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | 75 | Country Cares for Kids |
1999 | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (re-entry) | 59 | |
"All My Love for Christmas" | 61 | Country Christmas Classics | |
2000 | "Winter Wonderland" | 72 | This Christmas Time |
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 71 | ||
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 67 | ||
"The Little Drummer Boy" | 46 | ||
2004 | "Somebody's Someone" | 53 | Let's Be Us Again |
Year | Video | Director |
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1996 | "No News" | Deaton-Flanigen |
"When Cowboys Didn't Dance" | ||
1997 | "You Walked In" | Steven Goldmann |
"Come Cryin' to Me" | Roger Pistole | |
1998 | "Everything's Changed" | Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano |
1999 | "Amazed" | Trey Fanjoy |
"Smile" | ||
2001 | "I'm Already There" | Michael Salomon |
"America the Beautiful" | Marc Ball | |
"With Me" | Keech Rainwater | |
2002 | "Not a Day Goes By" | Lawrence Carroll |
2003 | "My Front Porch Looking In" | Trey Fanjoy |
"Walking in Memphis" | Milton Lage | |
2004 | "Mr. Mom" | Roman White |
2005 | "You're Like Comin' Home" | Trey Fanjoy |
2006 | "Mountains" | Kristin Barlowe |
2008 | "Let Me Love You" | Glenn Sweitzer |
2013 | "Maybe Someday" [16] | Lonestar |
2014 | "Just the Rain" [17] | Jacob Moyer |
2016 | "Never Enders" |
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