Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist. He has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, and is best known for his debut single "Achy Breaky Heart". 32 of his singles have charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 1992 and 2011.
Cyrus' most successful album to date is his debut album Some Gave All, which has been certified 9× multi-platinum in the United States. The album has also sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist and remains one of the biggest selling albums of all time.
Studio albums 1990s Title Album details Peak positions Certifications US Country US CAN Country CAN AUS Change My Mind: NL NOR NZ SWE SWI Some Gave All Release date: May 19, 1992 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 1 1 1 1 58 5 2 42 34 RIAA: 9× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Diamond RMNZ: Platinum It Won't Be the Last Release date: June 22, 1993 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette 1 3 1 11 20 86 18 43 33 27 RIAA: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum Storm in the Heartland Release date: November 8, 1994 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette 11 73 6 — — — — — — 40 RIAA: Gold MC: Gold Trail of Tears Release date: August 20, 1996 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette 20 125 14 — — — — — — 50 Shot Full of Love Release date: November 3, 1998 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 32 — 9 — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Title Album details Peak positions US Country US US Christ CAN Country Southern Rain Release date: October 17, 2000 Label: Monument Records Formats: CD, cassette 13 102 — 24 Time Flies Release date: June 10, 2003 Label: Madacy Entertainment Formats: CD 56 — — — The Other Side Release date: October 28, 2003 Label: Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Formats: CD 18 131 5 — Wanna Be Your Joe Release date: July 17, 2006 Label: New Door Records Formats: CD, download 24 113 — — Home at Last Release date: July 24, 2007 Label: Walt Disney Records Formats: CD, download 3 20 — — Back to Tennessee Release date: April 7, 2009 Label: Lyric Street Records Formats: CD, download 13 41 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s Title Album details Peak positions US Country US US Indie AUS I'm American Release date: June 28, 2011 Label: Buena Vista Records Formats: CD, download 24 153 — — Change My Mind Release date: October 23, 2012 Label: Blue Cadillac Music Formats: CD, download 38 — — 75 Thin Line Release date: September 9, 2016 Label: Blue Cadillac Music Formats: CD, download 49 — — 20 Set the Record Straight Release date: November 10, 2017 Label: Flatwoods Productions Formats: CD, download — — 43 — The SnakeDoctor Circus Release date: May 24, 2019 Label: Broken Bow Records Formats: LP, CD, download — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak positions US Country CAN Country The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus:Cover to Cover Release date: June 24, 1997 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 23 8 20th Century Masters –The Millennium Collection Release date: March 23, 2003 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD 59 — The Definitive Collection Release date: June 30, 2004 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, download — — The Collection Release date: August 2, 2005 Label: Madacy Entertainment Formats: CD — — Love Songs Release date: January 29, 2008 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, download 63 — The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus Release date: 2009 Label: Universal Music Canada Formats: CD, music download — — Icon Release date: March 1, 2011 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, music download — — The Definitive Collection Release date: April 7, 2014 Label: Hump Head Records Formats: CD, download — — Icon: The Distance Release date: June 3, 2014 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, download — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Extended plays Title Album details iTunes Live from London Release date: May 12, 2009 Label: iTunes UK Formats: Music download
Singles 1990s Year Title Peak positions Certifications Album US Country US BEL FL CAN Country CAN AUS NL NZ UK 1992 "Achy Breaky Heart" 1 4 6 1 4 1 25 1 3 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum Some Gave All "Could've Been Me" 2 72 40 1 72 43 29 7 24 "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" 23 — — 16 — — — — — "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" — — 32 — — 115 27 42 63 1993 "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" 6 70 — 3 — — — — — "Some Gave All" 52 — — 86 — — — — — "In the Heart of a Woman" 3 76 — 1 — 77 — — — It Won't Be the Last "Somebody New" 9 — — 14 — — — — — 1994 "Words by Heart" 12 — — 14 — — — — — "Talk Some" 63 — — — — — — — — "Storm in the Heartland" 33 — — 17 — — — — — Storm in the Heartland 1995 "Deja Blue" 66 — — 60 — — — — — "One Last Thrill" — — — — — — — — — "The Fastest Horse in a One Horse Town" 75 — — 73 — — — — — NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open 1996 "Trail of Tears" 69 — — 59 — — — — — Trail of Tears 1997 "Three Little Words" 65 — — 61 — — — — — "It's All the Same to Me" 19 — — 14 — — — — — The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus:Cover to Cover 1998 "Time for Letting Go" 70 — — — — — — — — Shot Full of Love "Busy Man" 3 46 — 5 — — — — — 1999 "Give My Heart to You" 41 — — 63 — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Year Title Peak positions Album US Country US CAN Country CAN 2000 "You Won't Be Lonely Now" 17 80 33 — Southern Rain "We the People" 60 — — — 2001 "Burn Down the Trailer Park" 43 — — — "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" 58 — — — "Southern Rain" 45 — — — 2003 "Back to Memphis" 60 — — — Time Flies "Always Sixteen" — — — — The Other Side 2004 "Face of God" 54 — — — "I Need You Now" — — — — 2006 "Wanna Be Your Joe" — — — — Wanna Be Your Joe "I Want My Mullet Back" — — — — 2007 "Ready, Set, Don't Go" 4 37 7 47 Home at Last 2008 "Somebody Said a Prayer" 33 — — — Back to Tennessee 2009 "Back to Tennessee" 47 — — — "A Good Day" 59 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s Year Title Peakpositions Album US Country 2011 "Runway Lights" — I'm American "Nineteen" 58 2012 "Change My Mind" — Change My Mind 2013 "Hillbilly Heart (Keeping It Country)" — "Hope Is Just Ahead" — 2014 "Country Music Has the Blues" — Icon: The Distance "The Distance" — 2016 "Hey Elvis" — Thin Line "Thin Line" — 2017 "Achy Breaky Heart 25"(featuring Brett Kissel and Ronnie Milsap) — Set the Record Straight 2019 "Chevys and Fords"(with Johnny McGuire) — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2020s Year Title Peak chartpositions Album USAC US Adult 2021 "Roll That Rock" — — rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;" "New Day" 19 37 2023 "Plans" 16 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Country US US R&B/H-H BEL FL BEL Wa CAN Country CAN NL NZ UK 1992 "Achy Breaky Heart" 71 — — — — — — — — 53 Chipmunks in Low Places 1993 "Romeo" 27 50 — — — 33 — — — — Slow Dancing with the Moon 2003 "When I Leave This House" — — — — — — — — — — Workin' on It 2014 "Achy Breaky 2" — 80 — — — — — — — — rowspan=1 2019 "Old Town Road (Remix)" 19 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 — RIAA: 17× Platinum RMNZ: 4× Platinum 7 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other charted songs Year Title Peak positionsCertifications Album US CAN AUS UK 2009 "Butterfly Fly Away" (with Miley Cyrus) 56 50 56 78 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold Hannah Montana: The Movie
Videography Video albums Title Album details Certifications Billy Ray Cyrus Release date: 1993 Label: PolyGram Video Formats: VHS RIAA: 4× Platinum MC: 4× Platinum Live on Tour Release date: 1993 Label: PolyGram Video Formats: VHS RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum The Video Collection Release date: September 27, 1994 Label: PolyGram Video Formats: VHS RIAA: Platinum One on One Release date: November 8, 1994 Label: PolyGram Video Formats: VHS Complete Video Collection Release date: July 1, 1997 Label: PolyGram Video Formats: VHS 20th Century Masters –The DVD Collection Release date: February 24, 2004 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: DVD
Music videos Year Video Director 1992 "Achy Breaky Heart" Marc Ball "Could've Been Me" Marc Ball/Kitty Moon "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" Marc Ball 1993 "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" "Some Gave All" Charley Randazzo "In the Heart of a Woman" "When I'm Gone" Marc Ball 1994 "Words by Heart" Charley Randazzo "Ain't Your Dog No More" "Talk Some" "Storm in the Heartland" 1995 "Deja Blue" "Fastest Horse in a One Horse Town" "One Last Thrill" 1996 "Trail of Tears" Richard Murray "Harper Valley PTA" Steven Monroe 1997 "Three Little Words" Michael McNamara 1998 "Under the Hood" Peter Zavadil "Time for Letting Go" Charley Randazzo 1999 "Give My Heart to You" John Lloyd Miller 2000 "You Won't Be Lonely Now" Jim Shea "We the People" Deb Haus 2001 "Burn Down the Trailer Park" Peter Zavadil 2002 "What Else Is There" Marc Lostracco "Back to Memphis" 2003 "When I Leave This House" (with Adam Gregory) "Always Sixteen" Marc Ball 2004 "Face of God" 2006 "Wanna Be Your Joe" Greg Chwerchak "I Want My Mullet Back" Mick Akins/Matt Smith 2007 "Stand" (with Miley Cyrus) Matt Smith "Ready, Set, Don't Go" Elliot Lester 2008 "Real Gone" Trey Fanjoy "Somebody Said a Prayer" Roman White 2009 "Back to Tennessee" Declan Whitebloom "Thrillbilly" "We'll Get By Somehow (We Always Do)" 2011 "Runway Lights" "I'm American" 2012 "Change My Mind" Michael Maxxis 2013 "Milkman's Eyes" (with Bobby Cyrus) John Lloyd Miller 2014 "Achy Breaky 2" (with Buck 22) Ben Griffin/Damon Elliott "Hope Is Just Ahead" Jenn Page "Like a Country Song" Johnny Remo 2016 "Hey Elvis" (with Bryan Adams and Glenn Hughes) Troy Clark "Thin Line" Blake Judd
Guest appearances Year Video Director 1993 "Romeo" Randee St. Nicholas
Album appearances Year Song Album 1992 "Achy Breaky Heart" Chipmunks in Low Places 1993 "Romeo" Slow Dancing with the Moon 1994 "Pictures Don't Lie" Red Hot + Country 1995 "Fastest Horse in a One-Horse Town" NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open 1997 "Bluegrass State of Mind" The Real Deal: Country, Alternative and In-Between 1999 "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost 2001 "Let's Go to the PBR" Dancin' with Thunder 2003 "When I Leave This House" Workin' on It 2006 "I Learned from You" Hannah Montana "I Wonder" Charlotte's Web 2007 "Just As I Am" Kneel at the Cross "Run Rudolph Run" Disney Channel Holiday 2008 "Real Gone" Country Sings Disney 2009 "Butterfly Fly Away" Hannah Montana: The Movie 2010 "Love That Let's Go" Hannah Montana Forever 2019 "Old Town Road" 7
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