Lonestar is an American country music band founded in 1992 by Richie McDonald, John Rich, Keech Rainwater, Michael Britt and Dean Sams. The band has released 12 studio albums, five compilation albums, and 35 singles. Lonestar's first five releases for BNA Records are all certified Gold or higher by the RIAA, and their 2003 greatest hits album is certified Platinum. The band's highest-certified album is 1999's Lonely Grill at 3× Platinum. An eighth album, Party Heard Around the World, was released in April 2010. This was also the only album to feature lead singer Cody Collins, who replaced McDonald and served as lead vocalist from 2008 to 2011.
Lonestar has also charted 35 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Nine reached No. 1 on the Billboard country singles charts: "No News", "Come Cryin' to Me", "Amazed", "Smile", "What About Now", "Tell Her", "I'm Already There", "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Mr. Mom". "Amazed", the longest-lasting at eight weeks, was the No. 1 country song of 1999 according to the Billboard Year-End charts. It also became the first song to top the country singles charts and Billboard Hot 100 charts since Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' "Islands in the Stream" in 1983. All of the band's No. 1 hits except "No News" and "Come Cryin' to Me" have also been Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, as have "Not a Day Goes By" and "Let's Be Us Again", which respectively reached No. 3 and No. 4 on the country charts. Both "Amazed" and "I'm Already There" reached No. 2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and the former was a No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart. "Amazed", "I'm Already There", "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Mr. Mom" are all certified as gold singles by the RIAA.
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US CAN Country UKPeaks in the UK: All except noted: I'm Already There: Lonestar Release date: October 10, 1995 Label: BNA 11 69 2 — RIAA: GoldRIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Lonestar MC: GoldCRIA search results for Lonestar Crazy Nights Release date: June 17, 1997 Label: BNA 16 166 28 — RIAA: Gold MC: Gold Lonely Grill Release date: June 1, 1999 Label: BNA 3 28 2 80 RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Silver MC: 3× Platinum This Christmas Time Release date: September 12, 2000 Label: BNA 11 95 — — I'm Already There Release date: June 19, 2001 Label: BNA 1 9 — 149 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold Let's Be Us Again Release date: May 25, 2004 Label: BNA 2 14 — — RIAA: Gold Coming Home Release date: September 13, 2005 Label: BNA 3 26 — — Mountains Release date: October 17, 2006 Label: BNA 10 37 — — My Christmas List Release date: November 6, 2007 Label: Cracker Barrel — — — — Party Heard Around the World Release date: April 27, 2010 Label: Saguaro Road 20 103 — — Life as We Know It Release date: June 4, 2013 Label: 4 Star 33 148 — — Never Enders Release date: April 29, 2016 Label: Shanachie 48 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US From There to Here: Greatest Hits Release date: June 3, 2003 Label: BNA 1 7 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold 16 Biggest Hits Release date: September 12, 2006 Label: BNA / Legacy — — Super Hits Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: Sony BMG Special Markets — — Playlist: The Very Best of Lonestar Release date: June 17, 2008 Label: BNA / Legacy 73 — Country: Lonestar Release date: 2013 Label: Legacy 75 — Ten to 1 Release date: June 2, 2023 Label: Band Cave Records — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Extended plays Title Album details Lonestar Live Release date: May 27, 1994 Label: self-released Simply the Hits Release date: April 19, 2011 Label: Saguaro Road Iconic, Vol. 1 Release date: January 24, 2025 Label: Band Cave Records
Singles 1990s Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Album US Country US US AC US Adult Pop CAN Country CAN UK 1995 "Tequila Talkin'" 8 — — — 11 — — Lonestar 1996 "No News" 1 — — 1 — — "Runnin' Away with My Heart" 8 — — — 9 — — "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" 45 — — — 18 — — "Heartbroke Every Day" 18 — — — 22 — — 1997 "Come Cryin' to Me" 1 — — — 3 — — Crazy Nights "You Walked In" 12 93 — — 4 — — 1998 "Say When" 13 — — — 23 — — "Everything's Changed" 2 95 — — 3 — — 1999 "Saturday Night" 47 — — — — — — Lonely Grill "Amazed" 1 1 2 7 1 7 21 RIAA: Gold BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Smile" 1 39 — — 1 — 55 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Album US Country US US AC US Adult Pop UK 2000 "What About Now" 1 30 — — — Lonely Grill "Tell Her" 1 39 — — — 2001 "I'm Already There" 1 24 2 29 81 RIAA: Gold I'm Already There "With Me" 10 63 — — — 2002 "Not a Day Goes By" 3 36 — — — "Unusually Unusual" 12 66 — — — 2003 "My Front Porch Looking In" 1 23 — — — RIAA: Gold From There to Here: Greatest Hits "Walking in Memphis" 8 61 — — — 2004 "Let's Be Us Again" 4 38 — — — Let's Be Us Again "Mr. Mom" 1 33 — — — RIAA: Gold 2005 "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" 16 97 — — — "You're Like Comin' Home" 8 63 — — — Coming Home 2006 "I'll Die Tryin'" 43 — — — — "Mountains" 10 77 — — — Mountains 2007 "Nothing to Prove" 51 — — — — 2008 "Let Me Love You" 50 — — — — Party Heard Around the World "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country US Country Airplay 2010 "You're the Reason Why" — Party Heard Around the World 2012 "The Countdown" 52 Life as We Know It 2013 "Maybe Someday" — 56 "Party All Day" — — 2014 "Just the Rain" — — "Pretty Good Day" — — 2016 "Never Enders" — — Never Enders "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 2001 "America the Beautiful" 58
Other charted songs The following songs charted on the Hot Country Songs charts from unsolicited airplay. Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1997 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 75 Country Cares for Kids 1999 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (re-entry) 59 "All My Love for Christmas" 61 Country Christmas Classics 2000 "Winter Wonderland" 72 This Christmas Time "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 71 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" 67 "The Little Drummer Boy" 46 2004 "Somebody's Someone" 53 Let's Be Us Again
Music videos Year Video Director 1996 "No News" Deaton-Flanigen "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" 1997 "You Walked In" Steven Goldmann "Come Cryin' to Me" Roger Pistole 1998 "Everything's Changed" Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano 1999 "Amazed" Trey Fanjoy "Smile" 2001 "I'm Already There" Michael Salomon "America the Beautiful" Marc Ball "With Me" Keech Rainwater 2002 "Not a Day Goes By" Lawrence Carroll 2003 "My Front Porch Looking In" Trey Fanjoy "Walking in Memphis" Milton Lage 2004 "Mr. Mom" Roman White 2005 "You're Like Comin' Home" Trey Fanjoy 2006 "Mountains" Kristin Barlowe 2008 "Let Me Love You" Glenn Sweitzer 2013 "Maybe Someday" Lonestar 2014 "Just the Rain" Jacob Moyer 2016 "Never Enders"
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