George Strait albums discography

The George Strait albums discography consists of 30 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]

George Strait discography
George Strait on The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, February 23, 2013
Studio albums	29
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	12
Soundtrack albums	1

Studio albums

1981–1990

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

1991–2000

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

2001–2010

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

2011–present

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications[3][4]	Sales
		US Country [10]	US [6]	AUS [11]	CAN [6]
Here for a Good Time	Release date: September 6, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	1	3	—	12		US: 298,000[12]
Love Is Everything	Release date: May 14, 2013 Label: MCA Nashville	1	2	86	8	US: Gold	US: 456,000[13]
Cold Beer Conversation	Release date: September 25, 2015 Label: MCA Nashville	1	4	74	15
Honky Tonk Time Machine	Release date: March 29, 2019[14] Label: MCA Nashville	1	4	80	93		US: 143,200[15]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

1981–2000

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

2001–present

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications[3][4] / Sales
		US Country [5]	US [6]	CAN [6]
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait	Release date: March 26, 2002 Label: MCA Nashville	8	76	—	US: Platinum
50 Number Ones	Release date: October 5, 2004 Label: MCA Nashville	1	1	8	US: 7× Platinum CAN: Platinum
22 More Hits	Release date: November 13, 2007 Label: MCA Nashville	4	13	—	US: Gold
Icon	Release date: September 13, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	14	62	80	CAN: Gold[16]
Icon 2	Release date: November 8, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	16	135	—
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	3	20	—	US: 109,100[17]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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

Christmas albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications[3] / Sales
		US Country [5]	US [6]	CAN [6]
Merry Christmas Strait to You!	Release date: September 8, 1986 Label: MCA Records	17	—	—	US: 2× Platinum
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are	Release date: September 21, 1999 Label: MCA Nashville	10	78	—	US: Gold
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	—	—	—	US: Platinum
Classic Christmas	Release date: October 7, 2008 Label: MCA Nashville	16	90	—
Christmas Time: 15 Holiday Favorites	Release date: 2011 Label: MCA Nashville	62	—	—
Strait for the Holidays	Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: MCA Nashville	11	138	—	US: 48,300[18]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions[6]				Certifications[3][4] (sales threshold)
		US Country [5]	US [6]	CAN Country [7]	CAN [8]
Pure Country	Release date: September 15, 1992 Label: MCA Records	1	6	1	32	US: 6× Platinum CAN: Platinum

Notes

• A ^ Beyond the Blue Neon also peaked at number 5 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.[7]
• B ^ Unable to chart due to being only available at one retailer (Hallmark Gold Crown).

References

1. Grein, Paul (May 28, 2014). "Wanna See George Strait's Final Show? It'll Cost You". Chart Watch. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
2. Paul Grein (May 22, 2013). "Week Ending May 19, 2013. Albums: Strait Ties McCartney". Chart Watch. Yahoo.
3. RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Strait RIAA Database
4. CRIA Certification Database Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
5. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Hot Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 241. ISBN 0-89820-173-X.
6. "George Strait Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
7. "RPM magazine archives". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
8. 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.
9. "George Strait Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
10. "George Strait Chart History: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
11. "ARIA Chart Watch #519". auspOp. April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
12. Caulfield, Keith (May 22, 2013). "Vampire Weekend Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
13. 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
14. "George Strait's 'Honky-Tonk Time Machine' Album Is Coming". Taste of Country. December 10, 2018.
15. Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
16. "Canadian album certifications – George Strait – Icon". Music Canada.
17. Bjorke, Matt (December 27, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 27, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
18. Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 16, 2017.