Dwight Yoakam is an American country music singer-songwriter. Since his debut in 1984, Yoakam has released 17 studio albums. His debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, while This Time is certified triple-platinum by the same organization. Yoakam achieved the greatest success of his career in the 1980s and 1990s, however, in the 2000s, he left Reprise Records/Warner Bros. Nashville for an independent record label Audium/Koch Records in 2003 and released Population Me. In 2005, he released Blame the Vain on New West Records. The album was a commercial success on the charts, however, no singles that were released cracked the Top 40 of the Hot Country Songs chart.
In addition to releasing his studio albums, Yoakam has also released numerous compilation albums on various record labels, with a vast majority of them reaching success on the charts. His 1989 album Just Lookin' for a Hit is his best-selling compilation album.
Studio albums 1980s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country CAN AUS For Just Lookin' for a Hit, If There Was a Way and This Time NZ SWE UK Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.[A] Release date: March 3, 1986 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 61 — — 89 — — — US: 2× Platinum AUS: Gold Hillbilly Deluxe Release date: July 7, 1987 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 55 — 27 55 17 33 51 AUS: Gold US: Platinum Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room Release date: August 2, 1988 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 68 17 47 91 37 37 87 US: Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country CAN AUSPeaks in Australia: Gone: Under the Covers: If There Was a Way Release date: October 30, 1990 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP 7 96 — — 147 CAN: Platinum US: Platinum This Time Release date: March 23, 1993 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 4 25 1 19 121 CAN: 2× Platinum US: 3× Platinum Gone Release date: October 31, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 5 30 5 42 17 CAN: Gold US: Gold Under the Covers Release date: July 15, 1997 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 8 92 — 8 74 Come On Christmas Release date: August 26, 1997 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 32 — — — — A Long Way Home Release date: June 9, 1998 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 11 60 12 67 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Title Details Peak chart positions US Country US US Indie SWE Tomorrow's Sounds Today[B] Release date: October 31, 2000 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 7 68 — — South of Heaven, West of Hell Release date: October 2, 2001 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 59 — — — Population Me Release date: June 24, 2003 Label: Koch-Audium Records Formats: CD, cassette 8 75 3 — Blame the Vain Release date: June 14, 2005 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download 8 54 3 47 Dwight Sings Buck Release date: October 23, 2007 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download 11 42 1 11 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s - 2020s Title Details Peak chart positions US Country US AUS 3 Pears Release date: September 18, 2012 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, LP, music download 3 18 — Second Hand Heart Release date: April 14, 2015 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, LP, music download 2 18 46 Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... Release date: September 23, 2016 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, LP, music download 6 62 — Brighter Days Release date: November 15, 2024 Label: Via/Thirty Tigers Formats: CD, music download — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country CAN NOR Just Lookin' for a Hit Release date: September 20, 1989 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP 3 68 — 64 — US: Platinum This Is Dwight Yoakam Release date: 1990 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — La Croix D'Amour Release date: September 28, 1992 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — Last Chance for a Thousand Years:Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's Release date: May 18, 1999 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 10 80 5 — — AUS: Gold US: Gold Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Release date: November 19, 2002 Label: Reprise Records Formats: 4-CD Box set — — — — — In Others' Words Released: September 23, 2003 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 59 — — — — Dwight's Used Records Release date: June 29, 2004 Label: Koch-Audium Records Formats: CD, music download 57 — 43 — — The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam Release date: July 27, 2004 Label: Rhino Records Formats: CD, music download 10 87 — — 14 US: Platinum The Platinum Collection Release date: 2006 (UK and Australia) Label: Warner Platinum Formats: CD — — — — — ARIA: Gold 21st Century Hits: Best of 2000–2012 Release date: October 1, 2013 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, music download 59 — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country
Live albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country Dwight Live Release date: May 23, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 8 56 4 US: Gold dwightyoakamacoustic.net Release date: May 30, 2000 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette 24 195 6 Live from Austin, TX Release date: November 1, 2005 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP — — —
Extended plays Title Details Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Release date: 1984 Label: Oak Formats: LP, cassette Bring Home the Holidays Release date: November 2003 Label: Koch-Audium Records/Mervyn's Formats: CD
Notes A^ Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. was re-issued in 2006 with extra bonus demos and live tracks. B^ Tomorrow's Sounds Today also peaked at number 28 on the Canadian RPM Country Albums chart.
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