The George Strait albums discography consists of 31 studio albums, three live albums, and 11 compilation albums by American country music singer George Strait. Of these albums, 36 have received a certification of at least Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America, and five reached No.1 on the Billboard 200. His highest-certified album is the 1992 release Pure Country, which is certified sextuple-platinum for U.S. shipments of six million copies; his highest overall is the 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box, which is certified octuple platinum. Of his studio albums, all but George Strait (2000), Twang (2009), Here for a Good Time (2011), Love Is Everything (2013), and Cold Beer Conversation (2015) are certified platinum or higher. As of June 2014, he has sold 45 million albums in the US since 1991 when SoundScan started tracking album sales, and has amassed more top 10 albums than any other artist in that time.
Studio albums
1981–1990 Title Album details Peak chartpositions CertificationsCRIA Certification Database (sales threshold) US US Country Strait Country Release date: September 4, 1981 Label: MCA — 26RIAA: Platinum Strait from the Heart Release date: June 3, 1982 Label: MCA — 18RIAA: Platinum Right or Wrong Release date: October 6, 1983 Label: MCA 163 1RIAA: Platinum Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind Release date: September 26, 1984 Label: MCA 150 1RIAA: Platinum Something Special Release date: August 29, 1985 Label: MCA — 1RIAA: Platinum #7 Release date: May 14, 1986 Label: MCA 127 1RIAA: Platinum Ocean Front Property Release date: January 12, 1987 Label: MCA 117 1 RIAA: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' Release date: February 22, 1988 Label: MCA 87 1 RIAA: Platinum CAN: Gold Beyond the Blue Neon[A] Release date: February 6, 1989 Label: MCA 92 1 RIAA: Platinum CAN: Gold Livin' It Up Release date: May 15, 1990 Label: MCA 35 1RIAA: Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1991–2000 Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsRIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by George Strait RIAA Database US US Country AUS CANPeak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian Albums Chart:
CAN Country Chill of an Early Fall Release date: March 19, 1991 Label: MCA 45 4 — — —RIAA: Platinum Holding My Own Release date: April 21, 1992 Label: MCA 33 5 — — 17RIAA: Platinum Easy Come, Easy Go Release date: September 28, 1993 Label: MCA 5 2 — — 2 RIAA: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold Lead On Release date: November 8, 1994 Label: MCA 26 1 — — 3 RIAA: 2× Platinum Blue Clear Sky Release date: April 23, 1996 Label: MCA 7 1 — 49 3 RIAA: 3× Platinum CAN: Gold Carrying Your Love with Me Release date: April 22, 1997 Label: MCA Nashville 1 1 45 28 1 RIAA: 3× Platinum CAN: Gold One Step at a Time Release date: April 21, 1998 Label: MCA Nashville 2 1 — 23 3 RIAA: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold Always Never the Same Release date: March 2, 1999 Label: MCA Nashville 6 2 — 73 2 RIAA: Platinum CAN: Gold George Strait Release date: September 19, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville 7 1 — — 8RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2001–2010 Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US Country AUS CAN The Road Less Traveled Release date: November 6, 2001 Label: MCA Nashville 9 1 — —RIAA: Platinum Honkytonkville Release date: June 10, 2003 Label: MCA Nashville 5 1 95 —RIAA: Platinum Somewhere Down in Texas Release date: June 28, 2005 Label: MCA Nashville 1 1 — —RIAA: Platinum It Just Comes Natural Release date: October 3, 2006 Label: MCA Nashville 3 1 — —RIAA: Platinum Troubadour Release date: April 1, 2008 Label: MCA Nashville 1 1 — 13RIAA: Platinum Twang Release date: August 11, 2009 Label: MCA Nashville 1 1 — 4 RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2011–present Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales US US Country AUS CAN Here for a Good Time Release date: September 6, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville 3 1 — 12RIAA: Gold US: 298,000 Love Is Everything Release date: May 14, 2013 Label: MCA Nashville 2 1 86 8 RIAA: Gold US: 456,000 Sales figure given here here Cold Beer Conversation Release date: September 25, 2015 Label: MCA Nashville 4 1 74 15 Honky Tonk Time Machine Release date: March 29, 2019 Label: MCA Nashville 4 1 80 93 US: 143,200 Cowboys and Dreamers Release date: September 6, 2024 Label: MCA Nashville 14 6 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilations
1985–2000 Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US Country CAN Country Greatest Hits Release date: March 4, 1985 Label: MCA 157 4 — RIAA: 4× Platinum CAN: Gold Greatest Hits Volume Two Release date: September 7, 1987 Label: MCA 68 1 — RIAA: 3× Platinum Ten Strait Hits Release date: December 31, 1991 Label: MCA 46 7 14RIAA: Platinum Strait Out of the Box Release date: September 12, 1995 Label: MCA 43 9 7 RIAA: 8× Platinum Latest Greatest Straitest Hits Release date: March 7, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville 2 1 5 RIAA: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2002–present Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications/ Sales US US Country CAN 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait Release date: March 26, 2002 Label: MCA Nashville 76 8 —RIAA: Platinum 50 Number Ones Release date: October 5, 2004 Label: MCA Nashville 1 1 8 RIAA: 7× Platinum CAN: Platinum 22 More Hits Release date: November 13, 2007 Label: MCA Nashville 13 4 —RIAA: Gold Icon Release date: September 13, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville 62 14 80 CAN: Gold Icon 2 Release date: November 8, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville 135 16 — Sixty Number Ones Release date: May 14, 2013 Label: MCA Nashville — 54 — Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 Release date: November 18, 2016 Label: MCA Nashville 20 3 —US: 109,100 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US US Country CAN For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome Release date: February 11, 2003 Label: MCA Nashville 7 2 —RIAA: Gold Live at Texas Stadium(with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett) Release date: April 3, 2007 Label: Mailboat Records 11 4 — The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium Release date: September 16, 2014 Label: MCA Nashville 4 2 16 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Christmas albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications/ Sales US US Country CAN Merry Christmas Strait to You! Release date: September 8, 1986 Label: MCA — 17 —RIAA: 2× Platinum Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Release date: September 21, 1999 Label: MCA Nashville 78 10 —RIAA: Gold 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection Release date: September 23, 2003 Label: MCA Nashville — 60 93 Fresh Cut Christmas[B] Release date: 2006 Label: MCA Nashville — — —RIAA: Platinum Classic Christmas Release date: October 7, 2008 Label: MCA Nashville 90 16 — Christmas Time: 15 Holiday Favorites Release date: 2011 Label: MCA Nashville — 62 — Strait for the Holidays Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: MCA Nashville 138 11 — US: 48,300 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Soundtracks Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US US Country CAN CAN Country Pure Country Release date: September 15, 1992 Label: MCA 6 1 32 1 RIAA: 6× Platinum CAN: Platinum
Notes
A ^ Beyond the Blue Neon also peaked at number 5 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada. B ^ Unable to chart due to being only available at one retailer (Hallmark Gold Crown).
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