Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo composed of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. Signed to Arista Nashville, Brooks & Dunn has released 13 studio albums and seven compilation albums for the label. The duo has also charted 51 singles on the Billboard country charts, including 20 Number One hits. Two of their Number Ones have been declared by Billboard as the country single of the year: a cover of B.W. Stevenson's "My Maria" in 1996, and "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" (which is also their longest-lasting Number One, at six weeks) in 2001.
Studio albums 1990s Title Details Peak positions Certifications US Country US CAN Country CAN Brand New Man Release date: August 13, 1991 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 3 10 5 — RIAA: 7× Platinum MC: 3× Platinum Hard Workin' Man Release date: February 23, 1993 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 2 9 1 41 RIAA: 5× Platinum MC: 3× Platinum Waitin' on Sundown Release date: September 27, 1994 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 1 15 1 31 RIAA: 3× Platinum MC: Platinum Borderline Release date: April 16, 1996 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 1 5 1 37 RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Gold If You See Her Release date: June 2, 1998 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 4 11 7 42 RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Gold Tight Rope Release date: September 21, 1999 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 6 31 6 — RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s and 2010s Title Details Peak positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US AUS Steers & Stripes Release date: April 17, 2001 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 1 4 — RIAA: Platinum MC: Platinum It Won't Be Christmas Without You Release date: October 8, 2002 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 12 81 — MC: Platinum Red Dirt Road Release date: July 15, 2003 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 1 4 76 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold Hillbilly Deluxe Release date: August 30, 2005 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 1 3 79 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold Cowboy Town Release date: October 2, 2007 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 4 13 23 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold Reboot Release date: April 5, 2019 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, vinyl, download, streaming 1 8 15 RIAA: Gold MC: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2020s Title Details Peak positions US USCountry CAN Reboot II Release date: November 15, 2024 Label: Sony Music Nashville 25 5 61
Compilation albums Title Details Peak positions Certifications US Country US AUS CAN The Greatest Hits Collection Release date: September 16, 1997 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 2 4 68 15 RIAA: 4× Platinum ARIA: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum Super Hits Release date: March 23, 1999 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 43 — — — The Greatest Hits Collection II Release date: October 19, 2004 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 2 7 — — RIAA: Platinum Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn Release date: December 2, 2008 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 48 — — — ARIA: Gold #1s… and Then Some Release date: September 8, 2009 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 1 5 85 10 RIAA: Platinum The Essential Brooks & Dunn Release date: April 17, 2012 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, download 59 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1990s Year Single Peak positionsCertifications Album US Country US CAN CountryPeak chart positions for country singles of Brooks & Dunn in Canada: Singles released between 1991 and 2000 – "That's What She Gets for Loving Me" – "That's What It's All About" – "It's Getting Better All The Time" – "Play Something Country" – "Believe" – All other singles – "Believe" (re-recording): 1991 "Brand New Man" 1 — 1 RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: Gold Brand New Man "My Next Broken Heart" 1 — 3 1992 "Neon Moon" 1 — 1 RIAA: 8× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum "Boot Scootin' Boogie" 1 50 1 RIAA: 5× Platinum MC: 4× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Lost and Found" 6 — 6 1993 "Hard Workin' Man" 4 — 1 RIAA: Platinum Hard Workin' Man "We'll Burn That Bridge" 2 — 1 "She Used to Be Mine" 1 — 1 RIAA: Gold "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" 2 97 1 1994 "That Ain't No Way to Go" 1 — 3 RIAA: Gold "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" 1 — 1 RIAA: Platinum Waitin' on Sundown "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" 6 — 2 1995 "Little Miss Honky Tonk" 1 — 1 "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" 1 — 1 RIAA: Platinum "Whiskey Under the Bridge" 5 — 3 1996 "My Maria" 1 79 1 RIAA: 3× Platinum MC: 3× Platinum Borderline "I Am That Man" 2 — 3 "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" 13 — 8 "A Man This Lonely" 1 — 4 1997 "Why Would I Say Goodbye" 8 — 9 "Honky Tonk Truth" 3 — 3 The Greatest Hits Collection "He's Got You" 2 — 3 1998 "If You See Him/If You See Her" 1 — 1 RIAA: Gold If You See Her "How Long Gone" 1 — 1 "Husbands and Wives" 1 36 2 1999 "I Can't Get Over You" 5 51 2 "South of Santa Fe" 41 — 45 "Missing You" 15 75 6 Tight Rope "Beer Thirty" 19 — 12 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s-2020s Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album US Country US CAN Country CAN 2000 "You'll Always Be Loved by Me" 5 55 7 — Tight Rope 2001 "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" 1 25 * — RIAA: 2× Platinum Steers & Stripes "Only in America" 1 33 * — RIAA: Gold "The Long Goodbye" 1 39 * — 2002 "My Heart Is Lost to You" 5 48 * — "Every River" 12 75 * — 2003 "Red Dirt Road" 1 25 * — RIAA: 3× Platinum MC: 2× Platinum Red Dirt Road "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" 3 39 * — 2004 "That's What She Gets for Loving Me" 6 53 2 — "That's What It's All About" 2 38 2 — The Greatest Hits Collection II "It's Getting Better All the Time" 1 56 3 — 2005 "Play Something Country" 1 37 1 — RIAA: Platinum Hillbilly Deluxe "Believe" 8 60 21 — RIAA: Platinum 2006 "Building Bridges" 4 66 2 — "Hillbilly Deluxe" 16 86 20 — RIAA: Platinum 2007 "Proud of the House We Built" 4 57 1 60 Cowboy Town "God Must Be Busy" 11 78 11 92 2008 "Put a Girl in It" 3 54 1 62 "Cowgirls Don't Cry" 2 44 1 49 RIAA: 2× Platinum 2009 "Indian Summer" 16 — 13 74 #1s… and Then Some "Honky Tonk Stomp" 16 96 8 — 2019 "Brand New Man" 30 — 40 — RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum Reboot 2024 "Believe" — — 58 — Reboot II "—" denotes releases that did not chart"*" denotes releases where no chart existed at the time
As a featured artist Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN 1994 "Corrine, Corrina" 73 — — — Tribute to the Music ofBob Wills and the Texas Playboys 2002 "Words Are Your Wheels" — — — — rowspan="2" 2016 "Forever Country" 1 33 21 34 25 RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other charted and certified songs Year Title Peakpositions Certifications Album US US Country 1994 "Ride 'Em High, Ride 'Em Low" — 73 8 Seconds: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1999 "Against the Wind" — 53 King of the Hill 2000 "Goin' Under Gettin' over You" — 60 Tight Rope 2002 "Hangin' 'Round the Mistletoe" — 47 It Won't Be Christmas Without You "It Won't Be Christmas Without You" — 41 2003 "Rockin' Little Christmas" — 57 "Winter Wonderland" — 57 2007 "Cowboy Town" — 56 Cowboy Town 2009 "Over the Next Hill" — 55 Billy: The Early Years 2019 "Believe" — 42 Reboot "Neon Moon" — 30 RIAA: Platinum MC: 3× Platinum "1, 2 Many" 97 20 RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Silver MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum What You See Is What You Get 2024 "Neon Moon" 97 24Reboot II
Music videos Year Title Director 1991 "Brand New Man" Michael Merriman "My Next Broken Heart" 1992 "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found" 1993 "Hard Workin' Man" Sherman Halsey 1994 "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" Michael Parks "That Ain't No Way to Go" Piers Plowden "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" 1995 "Little Miss Honky Tonk" Sherman Halsey "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" Michael Oblowitz 1996 "My Maria" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" 1997 "A Man This Lonely" "Honky Tonk Truth" Sherman Halsey "He's Got You" Steven Goldmann 1998 "If You See Him/If You See Her" Deaton-Flanigen "How Long Gone" Steven Goldmann 1999 "South of Santa Fe" Michael Merriman "Missing You" Deaton-Flanigen "Beer Thirty" Michael Merriman 2001 "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" Trey Fanjoy "Only in America" Michael Merriman 2002 "My Heart Is Lost to You" Shaun Silva "It Won't Be Christmas Without You" Jon Small 2003 "Red Dirt Road" Steven Goldmann "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" Michael Salomon 2004 "That's What It's All About" 2005 "Play Something Country" "Believe" Deaton-Flanigen 2006 "Building Bridges" Shaun Silva "Hillbilly Deluxe" Michael Salomon 2007 "Proud of the House We Built" Sam Erickson "God Must Be Busy" Paul Miller 2008 "Put a Girl In It" Wes Edwards "Cowgirls Don't Cry" Deaton-Flanigen 2009 "Indian Summer" Shaun Silva "Honky Tonk Stomp" Thien Phan 2016 "Forever Country" Joseph Kahn 2019 "Brand New Man" (re-recording) (with Luke Combs) Marty Callner "1, 2 Many" (with Luke Combs) Dean Lent
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