Dwight Yoakam albums discography

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.

Dwight Yoakam discography
Dwight Yoakam at San Diego County Fair
Studio albums	17
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	9

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 [1]	US [2]	CAN Country [3]	CAN [4]	AUS[5]	NZ [6]	SWE [7]	UK [8]
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.^[A]	Release date: March 3, 1986 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	61	—	—	89	—	—	—	US: 2× Platinum[9]
Hillbilly Deluxe	Release date: July 7, 1987 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	55	—	27	55	17	33	51	AUS: Gold[10] US: Platinum[9]
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room	Release date: August 2, 1988 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	68	17	47	—	37	37	87	US: Platinum[9]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	US [2]	CAN Country [3]	CAN [4]	AUS [11][12]
If There Was a Way	Release date: October 30, 1990 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP	7	96	—	—	—	CAN: Platinum[13] US: Platinum[9]
This Time	Release date: March 23, 1993 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette	4	25	1	19	—	CAN: 2× Platinum[13] US: 3× Platinum[9]
Gone	Release date: October 31, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette	5	30	5	42	17	CAN: Gold[13] US: Gold[9]
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 [1]	US [2]	US Indie [14]	SWE [7]
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

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US [2]	AUS [11]
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...[15]	Release date: September 23, 2016 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, LP, music download	6	62	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	US [2]	CAN Country [3]	CAN [4]	NOR [16]
Just Lookin' for a Hit	Release date: September 20, 1989 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP	3	68	—	64	—	US: Platinum[9]
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[17] US: Gold[9]
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[9]
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 [1]	US [2]	CAN Country [3]
Dwight Live	Release date: May 23, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette	8	56	4	US: Gold[9]
dwightyoakamacoustic.net	Release date: May 30, 2000 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette	24	195	6

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 demo and live tracks.
• B^ Tomorrow's Sounds Today also peaked at number 28 on the Canadian RPM Country Albums chart.[3]

References

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12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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15. Shelburne, Craig (August 2, 2016). "Dwight Yoakam Plans Bluegrass Album With Sugar Hill Records". MusicRow. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
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