Chely Wright discography

Chely Wright discography

Chely Wright in concert, 2009.
Studio albums 7
Compilation albums 3
Video albums 1
Music videos 19
EPs 2
Singles 23
Other appearances 8

American country artist Chely Wright has released seven studio albums, three compilation albums, one video album, two extended plays, twenty three singles, nineteen music videos, and appeared on eight albums. Wright first issued two unsuccessful studio albums under Polydor Records: Woman in the Moon (1994) and Right in the Middle of It (1996). Both albums were critically acclaimed despite their lack of success.[1] Her third studio album Let Me In (1997) reached the twenty-fifth position on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and spawned the hit single "Shut Up and Drive".[2][3] It was Wright's fourth studio album that brought forth her biggest success, Single White Female.[4] Released in May 1999, it reached number fifteen on country albums chart, number one hundred twenty four on the Billboard 200, and certified gold from the Recording Industry Association of America.[5][6] The title track reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1999 and was followed by the top twenty hit "It Was".[5][1]

Wright's fifth studio record Never Love You Enough (2001) reached the top ten of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Both the title track and "Jezebel" were top thirty hit singles on the country songs chart.[1] After releasing an extended play, Wright launched her sixth studio album in February 2005, The Metropolitan Hotel.[7] She took a five-year hiatus between the latter and her seventh studio album Lifted Off the Ground (2010).[1] Spending thirteen weeks on the country albums chart, it peaked at number thirty two and also charted within the Billboard 200.[2][8] Chely Wright has sold over one million records according to Nielsen Soundscan.[9]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, certifications, and other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
Country
[10]		 US
[11]		 US
Indie
[12]		 CAN
Country
[13]		 UK
Country
[10]
Woman in the Moon — — — — —
Right in the Middle of It
  • Released: January 9, 1996
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, music download
 — — — — —
Let Me In
  • Released: September 9, 1997
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, music download
 25 171 — 23 7
Single White Female
  • Released: May 18, 1999
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, music download
 15 124 — 16 8
Never Love You Enough
  • Released: September 4, 2001
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, music download
 4 62 — — 7
The Metropolitan Hotel
  • Released: February 22, 2005
  • Label: Dualtone/Painted Red
  • Formats: CD, music download
 18 96 7 — 3
Lifted Off the Ground
  • Released: May 4, 2010
  • Label: EMI/Vanguard
  • Formats: CD, music download
 32 200 35 — 8
I Am the Rain
  • To be released: September 2016
  • Label: MRI/Sony
  • Formats: CD, music download
 To be released
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, showing relevant details
Title Album details
20th Century Masters –
The Millennium Collection
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: March 13, 2007
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: October 6, 2008
  • Label: Humphead
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing relevant details
Title Album details
Everything
  • Released: October 26, 2004
  • Label: Painted Red
  • Formats: CD
Chely Wright Live
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Dualtone
  • Formats: CD
Damn Liar – The Dance Remix
  • Released: March 25, 2011
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Formats: Music download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Country
[15]		 US
[16]		 CAN
Country
[17]
"He's a Good Ole Boy" 1994 58 — 55 Woman in the Moon
"Till I Was Loved By You" 48 — 66
"Sea of Cowboy Hats" 1995 56 — 74
"Listening to the Radio" 66 — 84 Right in the Middle of It
"The Love That We Lost" 1996 41 — 51
"The Love He Left Behind" — — —
"Shut Up and Drive" 1997 14 —[A] 21 Let Me In
"Just Another Heartache" 39 — 51
"I Already Do" 1998 36 — 59
"Single White Female" 1999 1 36 1 Single White Female
"It Was" 11 64 37
"She Went Out for Cigarettes" 2000 49 — 84
"Never Love You Enough" 2001 26 — — Never Love You Enough
"Jezebel" 23 — —
"Back of the Bottom Drawer" 2004 40 — — Everything
"Everything" — — —
"The Bumper of My SUV" 54 — — The Metropolitan Hotel
"The Bumper of My SUV"
(re-release)		 2005 35 — —
"The River" — — —
"C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell)" — — —
"Broken" 2010 — — — Lifted Off the Ground
"Damn Liar" 2011 — — — Damn Liar – The Dance Remix
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Year Peak
chart
positions		 Album
US
Country
[15]
"Scary Old World"[B]
(with Radney Foster)		 2003 52 Another Way to Go

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Year Peak
chart
positions		 Album
US
Country
[15]
"Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife"
(with Brad Paisley)		 2000 68 Grand Ole Opry 75th Anniversary, Vol. 2

Videography

Video albums

List of video albums, showing relevant details
Title Album details
20th Century Masters – The Best of Chely Wright
  • Released: April 20, 2004
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"He's a Good Ole Boy"[18] 1994 Mary Newman-Said
"Till I Was Loved By You"[19] Bill Young
"Sea of Cowboy Hats"[20] 1995
"Listening to the Radio"[21] Steven Goldmann
"The Love That We Lost" 1996 N/A
"The Love He Left Behind"[22] Allen Coulter
"Shut Up and Drive"[22] 1997 Charley Randazzo
"Just Another Heartache"[22] Steven Goldmann
"I Already Do"[22] 1998 Gerry Wenner
"Single White Female"[22] 1999 Deaton-Flanigen
"It Was"[22]
"She Went Out for Cigarettes"[22] 2000
"Never Love You Enough"[23] 2001 Trey Fanjoy
"Jezebel"[24]
"Back of the Bottom Drawer"[25] 2004
"The Bumper of My SUV"[22] N/A
"The River"[22] 2005 Brent Hedgecock
"Sex and Gasoline"[26]
(with Rodney Crowell)		 2008 Rodney Crowell
"Sister, Oh Sister"[27]
(Rosanne Cash featuring Chely Wright)		 2012 Devereux Milburn

Other appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife"[28] 2000 Brad Paisley Grand Ole Opry 7th Anniversary, Vol. 2
"Part of Your World"[29] N/A The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
"The Edge of Forever"[30] Richard Marx Days in Avalon
"Angel Band"[31] 2001 Ralph Stanley Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"[32] N/A Christmas Cookies
"I'm Trying"[33] Diamond Rio One More Day
"Scary Old World"[34] 2002 Radney Foster Another Way to Go
"Sister, Oh Sister"[35] 2012 Rosanne Cash Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell

Notes

  • A^ "Shut Up and Drive" did not enter the Hot 100, but charted at number 12 on U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[36]
  • B^ Chely Wright is featured only on the album version of "Scary Old World"; the radio edit was a duet with Georgia Middleman. This song was credited to "Radney Foster with Chely Wright or Georgia Middleman".[36]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Huey, Steve. "Chely Wright: Biography and History". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Chely Wright - Singer". Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Let Me In: Chely Wright: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Lankford, Jr., Ronald D. "Chely Wright Biography". Musician Guide. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Single White Female: Chely Wright: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Williams, Kay. "Chely Wright Strikes Gold". Broadcast Music, Inc.. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Uria, Deirdre. "Chely Wright and Wife Expecting Identical Twins". Parent Society. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Lifted Off the Ground: Chely Wright: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Walsh, Chris M. (May 4, 2010). "Chely Wright Comes Out As Country Music's First Openly Gay Singer". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  10. 1 2 "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Search results for "Chely Wright" under "Country Albums/CD's"". RPM.
  14. ↑ "American certifications – Chely Wright – Single White Female". Recording Industry Association of America.
  15. 1 2 3 "Chely Wright Album & Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  16. ↑ "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Search results for "Chely Wright" under "Country Singles"". RPM. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  18. ↑ ""He's a Good Ole Boy" -- Chely Wright". YouTube. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  19. ↑ ""Till I Was Loved By You" -- Chely Wright". YouTube. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  20. ↑ ""Sea of Cowboy Hats" -- Chely Wright". YouTube. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  21. ↑ ""Listening to the Radio" -- Chely Wright". YouTube. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Chely Wright's music videos". MVD Base. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  23. ↑ "CMT: Videos: Chely Wright: Never Love You Enough". Country Music Television.
  24. ↑ "CMT: Videos: Chely Wright: Jezebel". Country Music Television. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  25. ↑ "CMT: Videos: Chely Wright: Back of the Bottom Drawer". Country Music Television. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  26. ↑ ""Sex and Gasoline" -- Rodney Crowell". YouTube. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  27. ↑ ""Sister, Oh Sister" -- Rosanne Cash featuring Chely Wright". Vimeo. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  28. ↑ "Grand Ole Opry 75th Anniversary, Vol. 2". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  29. ↑ "Soundtracks for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea". Billboard. 2000. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  30. ↑ "Days in Avalon > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  31. ↑ "Clinch Mountain Sweethearts > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  32. ↑ "Christmas Cookies". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  33. ↑ "One More Day > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  34. ↑ "Another Way to Go > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  35. ↑ "Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  36. 1 2 Peak chart positions for songs charting on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles:
    • Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.

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