American country music artist Jo Dee Messina contains eight studio albums, three compilation albums, three extended plays, and 37 singles. She signed with Curb Records and released her self-titled debut album in 1996. The album spawned two top-ten hits: "Heads Carolina, Tails California" and "You're Not in Kansas Anymore". Messina's second studio album I'm Alright was released in March 1998. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 61 on the Billboard 200 list. The album produced three number one Billboard Hot Country Songs singles: "Bye Bye, "I'm Alright", and "Stand Beside Me". Messina's third studio release Burn was issued in August 2000. Not only becoming her first number-one album on the country albums chart, it also peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200. It would later certify platinum from the RIAA. The album's lead single "That's the Way" became her fourth number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. Burn also spawned "Bring on the Rain" (which included vocals from Tim McGraw) and became Messina's fifth number-one country song.
After the release of a holiday album in 2002 and a greatest hits project in 2003, Messina went on a temporary recording hiatus. In April 2005, she issued her fifth studio album Delicious Surprise, which certified gold from the RIAA and debuted at number one on the Billboard country albums chart. The album's lead single "My Give a Damn's Busted" became her sixth number one single on the Billboard country songs chart. Messina then issued a series of minor hit singles and was anticipating the release of a new album entitled Unmistakable. The album went unreleased and was replaced with a series of extended plays in 2010. Leaving Curb Records, she established a Kickstarter campaign to fund her sixth studio album. Me was released in March 2014 and debuted at number 19 on the Top Country Albums chart.
Albums Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsUSUSCou.USInd.CANCANCou. Jo Dee Messina Released: March 26, 1996 Label: Curb Formats: Cassette, CD 146 22 — — 8 RIAA: Gold I'm Alright Released: March 17, 1998 Label: Curb Formats: Cassette, CD 61 5 — 96 5 MC: Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum Burn Released: August 1, 2000 Label: Curb Formats: Cassette, CD 19 1 — — 1 MC: Gold RIAA: Platinum A Joyful Noise Released: October 29, 2002 Label: Curb Formats: CD 147 18 — — — Delicious Surprise Released: April 26, 2005 Label: Curb Formats: CD, music download 7 1 — — — RIAA: Gold Me Released: March 18, 2014 Label: Dreambound Formats: CD, music download 156 19 31 — — Bridges Released: June 5, 2026 Label: Dreambound Formats: CD, LP, music download — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Album details Peak chartpositions CertificationsUSUSCou. Greatest Hits Released: May 20, 2003 Label: Curb Formats: CD 14 1 RIAA: Gold All-Time Greatest Hits Released: July 28, 2017 Label: Curb Formats: CD — — Heads Carolina, Tails California: The Best of Jo Dee Messina Released: March 10, 2023 Label: Curb Formats: LP, CD — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Extended plays + List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Album details Peak chartpositionsUSUSCou. Unmistakable: Love Released: April 27, 2010 Label: Curb Formats: CD, music download 106 21 Unmistakable: Drive Released: November 9, 2010 Label: Curb Formats: Music download — — Unmistakable: Inspiration Released: November 9, 2010 Label: Curb Formats: Music download — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles As lead artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumUSUSCou.USACCANCou.Peak chart positions for country singles of Jo Dee Messina in Canada: Singles released from 1996 to 2000 – "My Give a Damn's Busted" – "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" – "Heads Carolina, Tails California" 1996 — 2 — 3 RIAA: Platinum Jo Dee Messina "You're Not in Kansas Anymore" — 7 — 22 "Do You Wanna Make Something of It" — 53 — 29 "He'd Never Seen Julie Cry" 1997 — 64 — — "Bye Bye" 1998 43 1 — 1 RIAA: 2× Platinum I'm Alright "I'm Alright" 43 1 — 1 RIAA: 2× Platinum "Stand Beside Me" 34 1 — 1 "Lesson in Leavin'" 1999 28 2 — 2 RIAA: Gold "Because You Love Me" 53 8 — 11 "That's the Way" 2000 25 1 — 1 Burn "Burn" 42 2 17 49 "Downtime" 2001 46 5 — — "Bring On the Rain" 36 1 6 — RIAA: Gold "Dare to Dream" 2002 — 23 — — "Was That My Life" 2003 — 21 — — Greatest Hits "I Wish" 75 15 — — "My Give a Damn's Busted" 2005 63 1 — 1 RIAA: Gold Delicious Surprise "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" — 23 — 24 "Not Going Down" — 28 — — "It's Too Late to Worry" 2006 — 33 — — "Biker Chick" 2007 — 48 — — Unmistakable: Drive "I'm Done" 2008 — 34 — — rowspan="2" "Shine" 2009 — — — — "That's God" 2010 — — — — Unmistakable: Inspiration "Carry Me" 2011 — — — — rowspan="2" "Unbreakable" 2013 — — — — "Peace Sign" — — — — Me "A Woman's Rant" 2014 — — — — "He's Messed Up" — — — — "Will You Love Me" 2015 — — — — rowspan="6" "Noel" — — — — "Bigger Than This" 2018 — — — — "Reckless Love" — — — — "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" 2022 — — — — "Just to Be Loved" 2023 — — — — "Some Bridges" 2026 — — — — Bridges "Message in a Bottle" — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, showing all relevant details Title Year Album "Closer" 2001 Burn "Don't Let Them Hide Your Beautiful" 2026 Bridges "Can Anybody"
Other charted songs + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chartpositions AlbumUSCou.USAC "No Time for Tears" 1999 75 — I'm Alright "A Joyful Noise" 2002 — 16 A Joyful Noise "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Videography Video albums Title Details The Video Collection Released: February 12, 2002 Label: Curb Formats: DVD
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s) "Heads Carolina, Tails California" 1996 Roger Pistole "Do You Wanna Make Something of It" Chris Rogers "Bye Bye" 1998 Jon Small "I'm Alright" "Stand Beside Me" Jim Shea "Because You Love Me" 1999 Lawrence Carroll "That's the Way" 2000 Thom Oliphant "Burn" "Bring on the Rain" 2001 Morgan Lawley "Dare to Dream" 2002 "My Give a Damn's Busted" 2005 Peter Zavadil "Delicious Surprise" "It's Too Late to Worry" 2006 "Some Bridges" 2026 "Can Anybody" "Message in a Bottle"
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External links Jo Dee Messina full discography at Discogs