The discography of American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett consists of 32 studio albums, 11 compilation albums, 14 live albums, one soundtrack album, and 67 singles. Buffett was known for his unique style of music called "Gulf and Western", which combines elements of country, folk rock, pop, and Caribbean, with tropical lyrical themes. Buffett has sold over 20 million albums worldwide and had a net worth of $550 million.
Studio albums 1970s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US Country AUS CAN Down to Earth Release date: August 11, 1970 Label: Barnaby Records — — — — High Cumberland Jubilee Release date: 1971 Label: Barnaby Records — — — — A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Release date: June 1973 Label: ABC Records 205 43 — — Living and Dying in 3/4 Time Release date: February 1974 Label: ABC Records 176 — 46 — A1A Release date: December 1974 Label: ABC Records 25 — 43 25 Havana Daydreamin' Release date: January 1976 Label: ABC Records 65 21 — — Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Release date: January 1977 Label: ABC Records 12 2 — 43 RIAA: Platinum Son of a Son of a Sailor Release date: March 1978 Label: ABC Records 10 6 52 7 RIAA: Platinum Volcano Release date: August 1979 Label: MCA Records 14 13 50 26 RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Title Album details Peak chart positions US US Country AUS CAN Coconut Telegraph Release date: February 1981 Label: MCA Records 30 — 51 — Somewhere over China Release date: January 1982 Label: MCA Records 31 — 72 43 One Particular Harbour Release date: September 1983 Label: MCA Records 59 35 — — Riddles in the Sand Release date: September 1984 Label: MCA Records 95 18 — — Last Mango in Paris Release date: June 1985 Label: MCA Records 53 7 — — Floridays Release date: June 1986 Label: MCA Records 67 29 88 91 Hot Water Release date: June 20, 1988 Label: MCA Records 46 — 85 — Off to See the Lizard Release date: June 19, 1989 Label: MCA Records 57 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US CAN Fruitcakes Release date: May 24, 1994 Label: Maragaritaville/MCA Records 5 48 RIAA: Platinum Barometer Soup Release date: August 1, 1995 Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records 6 — RIAA: Gold Banana Wind Release date: June 4, 1996 Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records 4 — RIAA: Platinum Christmas Island Release date: October 8, 1996 Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records 27 — RIAA: Platinum Don't Stop the Carnival Release date: April 28, 1998 Label: Margaritaville/Island Records 15 — RIAA: Gold Beach House on the Moon Release date: May 24, 1999 Label: Margaritaville/Island Records 8 — RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s–2020s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US Country US Rock CANPeak positions for Jimmy Buffett's 2000s studio albums on Canadian Albums Chart: Buffet Hotel: Songs from St. Somewhere: Far Side of the World Release date: March 19, 2002 Label: Mailboat Records 5 — — — License to Chill Release date: July 13, 2004 Label: Mailboat/RCA Nashville 1 1 — — RIAA: Platinum Take the Weather with You Release date: October 10, 2006 Label: Mailboat/RCA Nashville 4 1 — — RIAA: Gold Buffet Hotel Release date: December 8, 2009 Label: Mailboat Records 17 — 2 65 Songs from St. Somewhere Release date: August 20, 2013 Label: Mailboat Records 4 — — 22 'Tis the SeaSon Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: Mailboat Records 50 6 6 — Life on the Flip Side Release date: May 29, 2020 Label: Mailboat Records 2 1 — — Songs You Don't Know by Heart Release date: November 27, 2020 Label: Mailboat Records — 32 — — Equal Strain on All Parts Release date: November 3, 2023 Label: Mailboat Records 6 2 1 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US US Country Before the Salt Release date: 1979 Label: Barnaby/Janus — — Songs You Know by Heart Release date: October 28, 1985 Label: MCA Records 4 3 RIAA: 7× Platinum Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads Release date: 1992 Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records 53 — RIAA: 4× Platinum Before the Beach Release date: May 1993 Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records 169 — Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu Release date: 1993 Label: MCA Records — — Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Gumbo Release date: 1995 Label: Mailboat Records — — Great American Summer Funwith Jimmy Buffett Release date: 1996 Label: MCA Records — — Biloxi Release date: June 30, 1998 Label: Premium Music — — Meet Me in Margaritaville:The Ultimate Collection Release date: April 15, 2003 Label: UTV/MCA/Mailboat Records 9 — RIAA: 2× Platinum Now Yer Squawkin' Release date: March 28, 2005 Label: Recall Records — — Buried Treasure: Volume One Release date: November 17, 2017 Label: Mailboat Records 85 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US Country CAN You Had to Be There Release date: October 1978 Label: ABC Records 72 29 80 RIAA: Gold Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! Release date: October 1990 Label: MCA Records 68 — — RIAA: Gold Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Release date: November 9, 1999 Label: Mailboat Records 37 — — RIAA: Gold Live in Auburn, WA Release date: November 4, 2003 Label: Mailboat Records — — — Live in Las Vegas, NV Release date: November 2003 Label: Mailboat Records — — — Live in Mansfield, MA Release date: January 2004 Label: Mailboat Records — — — Live in Cincinnati, OH Release date: January 2004 Label: Mailboat Records — — — Live in Hawaii Release date: March 2005 Label: Mailboat Records 66 — — Live at Fenway Park Release date: November 15, 2005 Label: Mailboat Records 41 — — Live at Texas Stadium(with George Strait and Alan Jackson) Release date: April 3, 2007 Label: Mailboat Records 11 4 — Live in Anguilla Release date: November 2007 Label: Mailboat Records 54 — — Encores Release date: April 20, 2010 Label: Mailboat Records 7 — — Volcano (Live 2011) Release date: September 9, 2011 Label: Mailboat Records — — — Welcome to Fin City: Live in Las Vegas Release date: June 19, 2012 Label: Mailboat Records — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Soundtrack albums Title Album details Rancho Deluxe Release date: 1975 Label: United Artists Records Hoot Release date: 2006 Label: Mailboat Records
Singles 1960s and 1970s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US US AC US Country AUS CAN CAN AC CAN Country 1969 "Abandoned on Tuesday" — — — — — — — 1970 "The Christian?" — — — — — — — Down to Earth "Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free)" — — — — — — — "Captain America" — — — — — — — 1973 "The Great Filling Station Holdup" — — 58 — — — — A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean "Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit" — 23 — — — 47 — "He Went to Paris" — — — — — — — 1974 "Saxophones" — — — — — — — Living and Dying in ¾ Time "Come Monday" 30 3 58 19 23 — — "Pencil Thin Mustache" — 44 — 99 75 22 — 1975 "A Pirate Looks at Forty" — — — — — — — A1A "Door Number Three" — — 88 — — — — "Havana Daydreamin'" — — — — — — — Havana Daydreamin''' |- | rowspan="2"| 1976 ! scope="row"| "The Captain and the Kid" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"| "Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1977 ! scope="row"| "Margaritaville" | 8 | 1 | 13 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 8 | rowspan="2"| Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes|- ! scope="row"| "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" | 37 | 11 | 24 | — | 34 | 6 | 21 |- | rowspan="3"| 1978 ! scope="row"| "Cheeseburger in Paradise" | 32 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | rowspan="3"| Son of a Son of a Sailor|- ! scope="row"| "Livingston Saturday Night" | 52 | — | 91 | — | 66 | 25 | — |- ! scope="row"| "Mañana" | 84 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — |- | rowspan="4"| 1979 ! scope="row"| "Fins" | 35 | 42 | — | 100 | 64 | 35 | 62 | rowspan="4"| Volcano'' "Dreamsicle" — — — — — — — "Volcano" 66 43 — — — 1 — "Chanson pour les petits enfants" — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US US AC US Country US Main. Rock CAN AC CAN Country 1980 "Survive" 77 — — — — 10 Volcano "Hello Texas" — — — — — — Urban Cowboy 1981 "It's My Job" 57 32 — 51 — — Coconut Telegraph "Stars Fell on Alabama" — — — — — — 1982 "It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet" — — — 32 — — Somewhere Over China "Where's the Party" — — — — — — "I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)" — — — — — — Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1983 "One Particular Harbour" — 22 — — 4 — One Particular Harbour "Brown Eyed Girl" — 13 — — — — 1984 "When the Wild Life Betrays Me" — — 42 — — 34 Riddles in the Sand "Bigger Than the Both of Us" — — 58 — — — "Who's the Blonde Stranger?" — — 37 — — 39 1985 "Gypsies in the Palace" — — 56 — — — Last Mango in Paris "If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" — 37 16 — — 45 "Christmas in the Caribbean" — — — — — — Tennessee Christmas 1986 "Please Bypass This Heart" — — 50 — — — Last Mango in Paris "I Love the Now" — — — — — — Floridays "Creola" — — — — — — 1987 "Take It Back" — — — — — — 1988 "Homemade Music" — — — — — — Hot Water "Bring Back the Magic" — 24 — — — — 1989 "Take Another Road" — 18 — — — — Off to See the Lizard "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s–2020s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US US AC US Country US Rock CAN CAN AC 1993 "Another Saturday Night" — 29 74 — — — Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu 1994 "Fruitcakes" — 29 — — — — Fruitcakes "Frenchman for the Night" — — — — — — 1995 "Mexico" — 25 — — 50 38 Barometer Soup "Bank of Bad Habits" — — — — — — 1998 "Island Fever" — — — — — — Don't Stop the Carnival 1999 "Pacing the Cage" — — — — — 79 Beach House on the Moon "I Will Play for Gumbo" — — — — — — "Southern Cross" — — — — — — Buffet Live: Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays 2002 "Savannah Fare You Well" — — — — — — Far Side of the World "Far Side of the World" — — — — — — 2004 "Hey, Good Lookin'" 63 — 8 — — — License to Chill "Trip Around the Sun" — — 20 — — — 2005 "Piece of Work" — — — — — — 2006 "Barefootin'" — — — — — — Hoot "Bama Breeze" — — 58 — — — Take the Weather with You "Here We Are" — — — — — — 2007 "Everybody's on the Phone" — — — — — — "Getting the Picture" — — — — — — 2009 "Summerzcool" — — — — — — Buffet Hotel 2015 "The Ever Elusive Future" — — — — — — 2023 "Bubbles Up" — 17 — 45 — — Equal Strain on All Parts "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US AC US Country CAN 1991 "Voices That Care" 11 6 — 61 2003 "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" 17 — 1 — RIAA: 5× Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold Greatest Hits Volume II 2011 "Knee Deep" 18 — 1 42 CAN: Gold RIAA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum You Get What You Give "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other charted songs Year Single Peak positions Album US Digital US Country 1999 "Margaritaville" — 63 Under the Influence 2023 "Why Don't We Get Drunk" 44 — A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean "Brown Eyed Girl" 48 — Buffett Live: Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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