Tammy Wynette albums discography
The albums discography of American country music artist Tammy Wynette contains 33 studio albums, 21 compilation albums, 1 box set and has appeared on 6 additional albums. In 1966, Wynette signed a recording contract with Epic Records.[1] The following year, her debut studio album entitled Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad was issued, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The same year, she collaborated with David Houston on the studio album My Elusive Dreams, which reached number 11 on the same chart.[2] The following year, her fourth studio album D-I-V-O-R-C-E peaked at number 1 on the Country Albums list, spending two weeks at the top spot.[3] Wynette's fifth studio record Stand by Your Man (1969) reached number 2 on the country albums chart[4] and peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200 albums list.[5] Wynette's first compilation released entitled Tammy's Greatest Hits (1969) would spend 61 weeks on the Billboard 200 before peaking at number 37.[6]
Tammy Wynette albums discography | |
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Tammy Wynette, 1977 | |
Studio albums | 33 |
Compilation albums | 21 |
Box sets | 1 |
Other album appearances | 6 |
Into the 1970s, Wynette released several studio albums per year. Reaching the top ten on the Top Country Albums chart during this time included Tammy's Touch (1970),[7] The Ways to Love a Man (1970)[8] and My Man (1972).[9] After several more studio releases, her 1976 albums, 'Til I Can Make It on My Own and You and Me, reached the top five of the Country Albums chart. Wynette issued four more studio albums before the end of decade, including One of a Kind (1977) and Just Tammy (1979).[2]
By the 1980s, Wynette's commercial success began to decline.[1] Her highest-charting studio releases peaked within top forty positions on the Country Albums chart: Only Lonely Sometimes (1980), Soft Touch (1982) and Sometimes When We Touch (1985).[2] Her 1987 studio album Higher Ground was critically acclaimed and featured collaborations with various music artists.[10] In 1993, Wynette collaborated with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette on the studio release Honky Tonk Angels. The album was certified gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America for exceeding 500,000 units. Her final studio album was 1994's Without Walls, which featured collaborations with Sting and Elton John.[11]
Studio albums
1960s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [12] |
US Country [2] |
UK [13] | |||
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad |
|
— | 7 | — | |
My Elusive Dreams (with David Houston) |
|
— | 11 | — | |
Take Me to Your World / I Don't Wanna Play House |
|
— | 3 | — | |
D-I-V-O-R-C-E |
|
147 | 1 | — | |
Stand by Your Man |
|
43 | 2 | 13 | |
Inspiration |
|
189 | 19 | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
1970s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [12] |
US Country [2] |
CAN [15] |
CAN Country [16] | |||
The Ways to Love a Man |
|
83 | 3 | — | — | |
Tammy's Touch |
|
85 | 1 | — | — | |
The First Lady |
|
119 | 2 | — | — | |
Christmas with Tammy |
|
— | — | — | — | |
We Sure Can Love Each Other |
|
115 | 8 | 11 | — | |
Bedtime Story |
|
133 | 7 | — | — | |
My Man |
|
201 | 2 | — | — | |
Another Lonely Song |
|
— | 8 | — | — | |
Woman to Woman |
|
— | 21 | — | — | |
I Still Believe in Fairy Tales |
|
— | 24 | — | — | |
'Til I Can Make It on My Own |
|
— | 3 | — | — | |
You and Me |
|
— | 4 | — | — | |
Let's Get Together |
|
— | 19 | — | — | |
One of a Kind |
|
— | 32 | — | — | |
Womanhood |
|
— | 14 | — | 8 | |
Just Tammy |
|
— | 25 | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
1980s–1990s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [12] |
US Country [2] |
CAN [15] |
CAN Country [16] | |||
Only Lonely Sometimes |
|
— | 37 | — | — | |
You Brought Me Back |
|
— | — | — | — | |
Soft Touch |
|
— | 31 | — | — | |
Good Love & Heartbreak |
|
— | 62 | — | — | |
Even the Strong Get Lonely |
|
— | 66 | — | — | |
Sometimes When We Touch |
|
— | 32 | — | — | |
Higher Ground |
|
— | 43 | — | — | |
Next to You |
|
— | 42 | — | — | |
Heart Over Mind |
|
— | 64 | — | — | |
Honky Tonk Angels (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) |
|
42 | 6 | 44 | 6 | |
Without Walls[lower-alpha 1] |
|
— | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [12] |
US Country [2] |
AUS [20][21] |
UK [13] | |||
Tammy's Greatest Hits |
|
37 | 2 | — | — | |
The World of Tammy Wynette |
|
145 | 8 | — | — | |
First Songs of the First Lady |
|
— | 17 | — | — | |
Tammy's Greatest Hits, Volume II |
|
118 | 5 | — | — |
|
Straight from the Heart (with David Houston) |
|
— | — | — | — | |
Kids Say the Darndest Things |
|
— | 3 | — | — | |
Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 |
|
— | 28 | — | — | |
The Best of Tammy Wynette |
|
— | — | — | 4 | |
Tammy |
|
— | — | 43 | — | |
20 Country Classics |
|
— | — | — | 3 |
|
Greatest Hits, Volume 4 |
|
— | 37 | — | — | |
Encore |
|
— | 44 | — | — | |
Biggest Hits |
|
— | 64 | — | — | |
Anniversary: 20 Years of Hits |
|
— | — | — | 45 |
|
The Very Best of Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette (with Patsy Cline) |
|
— | — | 76 | — | |
Best Loved Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | |
The Best of Tammy Wynette |
|
— | — | — | — | |
Tammy Wynette: Collector's Edition |
|
— | — | — | — | |
16 Biggest Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | |
The Definitive Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | |
The Essential Tammy Wynette |
|
— | — | — | — | |
Stand by Your Man: The Best of Tammy Wynette |
|
— | — | — | 23 | |
Playlist: The Best of Tammy Wynette |
|
— | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Box sets
Title | Album details |
---|---|
Tears of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection |
|
Other album appearances
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
"If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" | 1991 | Charlie Louvin | And That's the Gospel | [26] |
"Bedtime Story" | 1992 | Branson Brothers | Heartmender | [27] |
"A Christmas Festival Medley" | 1993 | Lorrie Morgan | Merry Christmas from London | [28] |
"A Woman's Needs" | Elton John | Duets | [29] | |
"Golden Ring" | 1994 | George Jones | Bradley Barn Sessions | [30] |
"Away in a Manger" | 1995 | David Foster | The Christmas Album | [31] |
Notes
References
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- "Tammy Wynette Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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- "Tammy Wynette -- Tammy's Touch Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Tammy Wynette -- The Ways to Love a Man Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Tammy Wynette -- My Man Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- Gleason, Holly. "BUSY WYNETTE BACK ON 'HIGHER GROUND'". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- Wilson, Claire. "Tammy Wynette". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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- "The Official Charts Company - Tammy Wynette (select "Albums" or "Singles")". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- "British album certifications – Tammy Wynette – Stand by Your Man". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type Stand by Your Man in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Top Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- "Canadian albums certifications – Tammy Wynette – Honky Tonk Angels". Music Canada.
- "American album certifications – Tammy Wynette – Honky Tonk Angels". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- "Tammy Wynette: Australian Charts Portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 344. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Canadian album certifications – Tammy Wynette – Tammy's Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
- "American album certifications – Tammy Wynette – Tammy's Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- "British album certifications – Tammy Wynette – 20 Country Classics". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type 20 Country Classics in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- "British album certifications – Tammy Wynette – Anniversary". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type Anniversary in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- "And That's the Gospel - Charlie Louvin: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Heartmender -- Branson Brothers: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Merry Christmas from London -- Lorrie Morgan: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Duets -- Elton John: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Bradley Barn Sessions -- George Jones: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "The Christmas Album -- David Foster: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2019.