American country music singer Kenny Chesney has released twenty studio albums (including a Christmas album), two live albums, and two greatest hits albums. Ten of his albums consecutively reached number one on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Fourteen of them have been certified gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His highest-certified albums are No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002), When the Sun Goes Down (2004), and his first Greatest Hits compilation, each certified 4× Platinum for shipping four million copies in the US. Chesney has recorded for four labels: Capricorn Records, BNA Records, Columbia Records Nashville, and Warner Records Nashville. Since 2008's Lucky Old Sun, his albums have been released in association with his own label, Blue Chair Records.
Studio albums
1990s albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
US Heat. [3] |
CAN Country [4] | |||
| In My Wildest Dreams | — | — | 37 | — | ||
| All I Need to Know |
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39 | — | 9 | — | |
| Me and You |
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9 | 78 | 1 | — |
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| I Will Stand |
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10 | 95 | — | — |
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| Everywhere We Go |
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5 | 51 | — | 5 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
2000s albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
CAN [10] | ||||
| No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems |
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1 | 1 | — |
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| All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan |
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4 | 42 | — |
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| When the Sun Goes Down |
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1 | 1 | — |
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| Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) |
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1 | 1 | — |
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| The Road and the Radio |
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1 | 1 | — |
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| Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates |
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1 | 3 | 7 |
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| Lucky Old Sun |
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1 | 1 | 10 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
2010s albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Sales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
AUS [19] |
CAN [10] |
NOR [20] | ||||
| Hemingway's Whiskey |
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1 | 1 | 73 | 10 | 37 |
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| Welcome to the Fishbowl |
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1 | 2 | 34 | 5 | — |
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| Life on a Rock |
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1 | 1 | 47 | 4 | — |
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| The Big Revival |
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1 | 2 | 31 | 6 | — |
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| Cosmic Hallelujah |
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1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | — | •RIAA:
Gold |
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| Songs for the Saints |
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1 | 2 | 51 | 8 | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
2020s albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
AUS [19] |
CAN [10] | |||
| Here and Now |
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1 | 1 | 83 | 2 |
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| Born |
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5 | 20 | — | — | |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
CAN [10] | ||||
| Live: Live Those Songs Again |
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1 | 4 | — |
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| Live in No Shoes Nation |
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1 | 1 | 18 [36] |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
CAN [10] | ||||
| Greatest Hits[a] |
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1 | 13 | — | ||
| Super Hits |
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52 | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits II |
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1 | 3 | 14 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – All I Need to Know". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Me and You". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – I Will Stand". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Everywhere We Go". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Everywhere We Go". Music Canada.
- ^ a b c d e "Kenny Chesney Chart History – Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – When the Sun Goes Down". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ a b Wete, Brad (October 1, 2013). "Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' & 12 More Two-Album/One-Year Releases". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Be as You Are". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – The Road and the Radio". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Just Who I Am". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Lucky Old Sun". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ a b Peak positions for albums in Australia:
- All except noted: "Discography Kenny Chesney". australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- For Hemingway's Whiskey: "Chartifacts - 11 October 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- For Songs for the Saints: "ARIA Chart Watch #484". auspOp. August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- For Here and Now: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 11 May 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. No. 1575. May 11, 2020.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Hemingway%27s Whiskey". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Father's Day Brings Strong Sales For Country Aritsts". Roughstock. June 22, 2011. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Welcome to the Fishbowl". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Matt Bjorke (January 3, 2013). "Country Album Chart News For January 3, 2013: Taylor Swift Still #1; Hunter Hayes Gold". Roughstock. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Life on a Rock". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (December 4, 2013). "Country Album Chart News: The Week of December 4, 2013: Featuring Scotty McCreery, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Cassadee Pope, Duck Dynasty's Robertson Family". Roughstock. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – The Big Revival". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (December 27, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 27, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ "Kenny Chesney's New Album, 'Songs for the Saints,' Coming This July". Taste of Country. April 30, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Songs for the Saints". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (July 26, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: July 21, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ Rowley, Glenn (March 4, 2020). "Kenny Chesney Announces Release Date For 19th Studio Album 'Here And Now'". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Here and Now". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Live Those Songs Again". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Downie, The Hip, Kelly Clarkson Hot On The Albums Chart This Week". FYIMusicNews. November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Live in No Shoes Nation". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 8, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums: April 8, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Greatest Hits II". Recording Industry Association of America.
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