George Strait discography
George Strait on The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, February 23, 2013
Studio albums29
Live albums3
Compilation albums12
Soundtrack albums1

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]

Studio albums

1981–1990

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

1991–2000

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

2001–2010

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[7][3]
US Country
[4] 		US
[5] 		AUS
[11] 		CAN
[12]
The Road Less Traveled
  • Release date: November 6, 2001
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 1 9 — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[6]
Honkytonkville
  • Release date: June 10, 2003
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 1 5 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
 1 3 — —
  • 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
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2011–present

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[7][3] Sales
US Country
[13] 		US
[5] 		AUS
[14] 		CAN
[5]
Here for a Good Time
  • Release date: September 6, 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 1 3 — 12
Love Is Everything
  • Release date: May 14, 2013
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 1 2 86 8
Cold Beer Conversation
  • Release date: September 25, 2015
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 1 4 74 15
Honky Tonk Time Machine
  • Release date: March 29, 2019[17]
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 1 4 80 93
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

1981–2000

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

2001–present

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[7][3]
/ Sales
US Country
[4] 		US
[5] 		CAN
[5]
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait
  • Release date: March 26, 2002
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 8 76 —
  • 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
 4 13 —
Icon
  • Release date: September 13, 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 14 62 80
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 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[7]
(sales threshold)
US Country
[4] 		US
[5] 		CAN
[5]
For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome
  • Release date: February 11, 2003
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 2 7 —
Live at Texas Stadium
(with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett) 		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[7]
/ Sales
US Country
[4] 		US
[5] 		CAN
[5]
Merry Christmas Strait to You!
  • Release date: September 8, 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
 17 — —
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[6]
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
  • Release date: September 21, 1999
  • Label: MCA Nashville
 10 78 —
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
 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 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtracks

Title Album details Peak chart positions[5] Certifications[7][3]
(sales threshold)
US Country
[4] 		US
[5] 		CAN Country
[9] 		CAN
[10]
Pure Country
  • Release date: September 15, 1992
  • Label: MCA Records
 1 6 1 32
  • 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.[9]
  • 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. ^ a b c d e f g CRIA Certification Database Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Whitburn, Joel (2007). Hot Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-89820-173-4.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "George Strait Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "American certifications – George Strait". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Strait RIAA Database
  8. ^ "Discography George Strait". australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "RPM magazine archives". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  10. ^ a b Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian Albums Chart:
  11. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 269.
  12. ^ "George Strait Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "George Strait Chart History: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  14. ^ "ARIA Chart Watch #519". auspOp. April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  15. ^ Caulfield, Keith (May 22, 2013). "Vampire Weekend Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  16. ^ 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
  17. ^ "George Strait's 'Honky-Tonk Time Machine' Album Is Coming". Taste of Country. December 10, 2018.
  18. ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  19. ^ "Canadian album certifications – George Strait – Icon". Music Canada.
  20. ^ Bjorke, Matt (December 27, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 27, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  21. ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
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