| 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, and has amassed more top 10 albums than any other artist in that time.
Studio albums
1981–1990
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country | ||||
| Strait Country |
|
— | 26 |
| |
| Strait from the Heart |
|
— | 18 |
| |
| Right or Wrong |
|
163 | 1 |
| |
| Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind |
|
150 | 1 |
| |
| Something Special |
|
— | 1 |
| |
| #7 |
|
127 | 1 |
| |
| Ocean Front Property |
|
117 | 1 |
| |
| If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' |
|
87 | 1 |
| |
| Beyond the Blue Neon |
|
92 | 1 |
| |
| Livin' It Up |
|
35 | 1 |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1991–2000
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
AUS |
CAN |
CAN Country | |||
| Chill of an Early Fall |
|
45 | 4 | — | — | — |
|
| Holding My Own |
|
33 | 5 | — | — | 17 |
|
| Easy Come, Easy Go |
|
5 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
|
| Lead On |
|
26 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
|
| Blue Clear Sky |
|
7 | 1 | — | 49 | 3 |
|
| Carrying Your Love with Me |
|
1 | 1 | 45 | 28 | 1 |
|
| One Step at a Time |
|
2 | 1 | — | 23 | 3 |
|
| Always Never the Same |
|
6 | 2 | — | 73 | 2 |
|
| George Strait |
|
7 | 1 | — | — | 8 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
2001–2010
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
AUS |
CAN | |||
| The Road Less Traveled |
|
9 | 1 | — | — |
|
| Honkytonkville |
|
5 | 1 | 95 | — |
|
| Somewhere Down in Texas |
|
1 | 1 | — | — |
|
| It Just Comes Natural |
|
3 | 1 | — | — |
|
| Troubadour |
|
1 | 1 | — | 13 |
|
| Twang |
|
1 | 1 | — | 4 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
2011–present
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
AUS |
CAN | ||||
| Here for a Good Time |
|
3 | 1 | — | 12 |
|
|
| Love Is Everything |
|
2 | 1 | 86 | 8 |
|
|
| Cold Beer Conversation |
|
4 | 1 | 74 | 15 | ||
| Honky Tonk Time Machine |
|
4 | 1 | 80 | 93 |
| |
| Cowboys and Dreamers |
|
14 | 6 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Compilations
1981–2000
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
CAN Country | |||
| Greatest Hits |
|
157 | 4 | — |
|
| Greatest Hits Volume Two |
|
68 | 1 | — |
|
| Ten Strait Hits |
|
46 | 7 | 14 |
|
| Strait Out of the Box |
|
43 | 9 | 7 |
|
| Latest Greatest Straitest Hits |
|
2 | 1 | 5 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
2001–present
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications / Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
CAN | |||
| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait |
|
76 | 8 | — |
|
| 50 Number Ones |
|
1 | 1 | 8 |
|
| 22 More Hits |
|
13 | 4 | — |
|
| Icon |
|
62 | 14 | 80 |
|
| Icon 2 |
|
135 | 16 | — | |
| Sixty Number Ones |
|
— | 54 | — | |
| Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 |
|
20 | 3 | — |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
CAN | |||
| For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome |
|
7 | 2 | — |
|
| Live at Texas Stadium (with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett) |
|
11 | 4 | — | |
| The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium |
|
4 | 2 | 16 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Christmas albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications / Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
CAN | |||
| Merry Christmas Strait to You! |
|
— | 17 | — |
|
| Merry Christmas Wherever You Are |
|
78 | 10 | — |
|
| 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection |
|
— | 60 | 93 | |
| Fresh Cut Christmas |
|
— | — | — |
|
| Classic Christmas |
|
90 | 16 | — | |
| Christmas Time: 15 Holiday Favorites |
|
— | 62 | — | |
| Strait for the Holidays |
|
138 | 11 | — |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Soundtracks
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country |
CAN |
CAN Country | |||
| Pure Country |
|
6 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
|
Notes
- A Beyond the Blue Neon also peaked at number 5 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.
- B Unable to chart due to being only available at one retailer (Hallmark Gold Crown).
References
- Grein, Paul (May 28, 2014). "Wanna See George Strait's Final Show? It'll Cost You". Chart Watch. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- Paul Grein (May 22, 2013). "Week Ending May 19, 2013. Albums: Strait Ties McCartney". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
- ^ CRIA Certification Database Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "George Strait Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Hot Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-89820-173-4.
- ^ "American certifications – George Strait". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Strait RIAA Database
- "Discography George Strait". australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian Albums Chart:
- "May 27, 1996 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- "May 11, 1998 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- "May 19, 1997 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- "March 29, 1999 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- "December 26, 1992 Canadian Albums Chart 1964-2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "RPM magazine archives". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 269.
- "George Strait Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- "George Strait Chart History: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- "ARIA Chart Watch #519". auspOp. April 6, 2019. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (May 22, 2013). "Vampire Weekend Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- Matt Bjorke (September 3, 2014). "Country Album Sales Report – September 3, 2014". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Sales figure given here here
- Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- "Canadian album certifications – George Strait – Icon". Music Canada.
- Bjorke, Matt (December 27, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 27, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 16, 2017.