# Ricky Skaggs discography

Ricky Skaggs is an American country music and bluegrass singer, musician, producer and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo.

## Studio albums
### 1970s–1980s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| That's It! | Release date: 1975 Label: Rebel Records | — | — | — | — | |
| Sweet Temptation | Release date: 1979 Label: Sugar Hill Records | — | — | — | — | |
| Waitin' for the Sun to Shine | Release date: May 1981 Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records | 2 | 77 | — | — | US: Gold CAN: Platinum |
| Family & Friends | Release date: June 1982 Label: Rounder Records | 52 | — | — | — | |
| Highways & Heartaches | Release date: September 1982 Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records | 1 | 61 | — | — | US: Platinum CAN: Platinum |
| Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | Release date: October 1983 Label: Sugar Hill/Epic Records | 1 | — | 1 | 87 | US: Gold CAN: Platinum |
| Country Boy | Release date: October 1984 Label: Epic Records | 1 | 180 | — | — | US: Gold CAN: Gold |
| Love's Gonna Get Ya! | Release date: October 1986 Label: Epic Records | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Comin' Home to Stay | Release date: March 28, 1988 Label: Epic Records | 12 | — | — | — | |
| Kentucky Thunder | Release date: May 26, 1989 Label: Epic Records | 18 | — | 27 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

### 1990s–2010s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US Grass | US Indie |
| My Father's Son | Release date: September 10, 1991 Label: Epic Records | 68 | — | — |
| Solid Ground | Release date: November 7, 1995 Label: Atlantic Records | 72 | — | — |
| Life Is a Journey | Release date: July 29, 1997 Label: Atlantic Records | — | — | — |
| Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) | Release date: September 15, 2009 Label: Skaggs Family | 39 | 1 | 46 |
| Mosaic | Release date: August 24, 2010 Label: Skaggs Family | 50 | — | — |
| Country Hits Bluegrass Style | Release date: July 19, 2011 Label: Skaggs Family | 51 | 3 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Collaborative albums

| Title | Album details | Artist | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | Artist | US Country | US | US Grass | US Indie |
| Second Generation Bluegrass | Release date: 1971 Label: Rebel Records | Keith Whitley | — | — | — | — |
| That Down Home Feeling | Release date: 1977 Label: Ridge Runner Records | Buck White & The Down Home Folks | — | — | — | — |
| One Way Track | Release date: 1978 Label: Sugar Hill Records | Boone Creek | — | — | — | — |
| Skaggs & Rice | Release date: 1980 Label: Sugar Hill Records | Tony Rice | — | — | — | — |
| Bluegrass Rules! | Release date: October 21, 1997 Label: Rounder Records | Kentucky Thunder | 45 | — | — | — |
| Ancient Tones | Release date: January 26, 1999 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 46 | — | — | — |
| Soldier of the Cross | Release date: September 14, 1999 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 65 | — | — | — |
| Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe | Release date: August 29, 2000 Label: Skaggs Family | Various Artists | 42 | — | — | 34 |
| History of the Future | Release date: September 11, 2001 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 35 | — | 10 | — |
| Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe | Release date: February 26, 2002 Label: Lyric Street Records | Various Artists | 36 | — | 11 | — |
| The Three Pickers | Release date: July 15, 2003 Label: Rounder Records | Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson | 24 | 179 | 2 | — |
| Brand New Strings | Release date: September 28, 2004 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 60 | — | 1 | — |
| Instrumentals | Release date: August 1, 2006 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 73 | — | 1 | — |
| Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby | Release date: March 20, 2007 Label: Legacy Recordings | Bruce Hornsby | 37 | — | 1 | — |
| Salt of the Earth | Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: Skaggs Family | The Whites | 45 | — | 1 | 47 |
| Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 | Release date: March 25, 2008 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 29 | 191 | 1 | 26 |
| Music to My Ears | Release date: September 25, 2012 Label: Skaggs Family | Kentucky Thunder | 52 | — | 2 | — |
| Hearts Like Ours | Release date: September 30, 2014 Label: Skaggs Family | Sharon White | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

## Christmas albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
| Title | Album details | US Grass |
| A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One | Release date: October 18, 2005 Label: Skaggs Family | — |
| A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume Two | Release date: September 27, 2011 Label: Skaggs Family | 3 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US Grass | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Live in London | Release date: October 1985 Label: Epic Records | 1 | — | US: Gold |
| Live at the Charleston Music Hall (with Kentucky Thunder) | Release date: March 25, 2003 Label: Skaggs Family | 32 | 2 | |
| Cluck Ol' Hen (with Bruce Hornsby) | Release date: August 20, 2013 Label: Skaggs Family | 38 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US |
| Favorite Country Songs | Release date: February 1985 Label: Epic Records | 24 | 181 |
| Personal Choice | Release date: 1987 Label: Epic Records | — | — |
| Super Hits | Release date: August 31, 1993 Label: Epic Records | — | — |
| Country Pride | Release date: April 12, 1995 Label: Sony Music Special Products | — | — |
| Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs | Release date: January 27, 1998 Label: Epic Records | — | — |
| 16 Biggest Hits | Release date: September 16, 2000 Label: Epic Records | — | — |
| The Essential Ricky Skaggs | Release date: April 1, 2003 Label: Epic Records | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

## Singles
### 1970s–1980s

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1979 | "I'll Take the Blame" | 86 | — | Sweet Temptation |
| 1981 | "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" | 16 | 47 | Waitin' for the Sun to Shine |
| 1981 | "You May See Me Walkin'" | 9 | 16 | Waitin' for the Sun to Shine |
| 1981 | "Crying My Heart Out Over You" | 1 | 3 | Waitin' for the Sun to Shine |
| 1982 | "I Don't Care" | 1 | 2 | Waitin' for the Sun to Shine |
| 1982 | "Heartbroke" | 1 | 1 | Highways and Heartaches |
| 1982 | "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" | 1 | 1 | Highways and Heartaches |
| 1983 | "Highway 40 Blues" | 1 | 1 | Highways and Heartaches |
| 1983 | "You've Got a Lover" | 2 | 1 | Highways and Heartaches |
| 1983 | "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" | 1 | 1 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown |
| 1984 | "Honey (Open That Door)" | 1 | 1 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown |
| 1984 | "Uncle Pen" | 1 | 1 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown |
| 1984 | "Something in My Heart" | 2 | 1 | Country Boy |
| 1985 | "Country Boy" | 1 | 1 | Country Boy |
| 1985 | "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" | 7 | 8 | Live in London |
| 1986 | "Cajun Moon" | 1 | 1 | Live in London |
| 1986 | "I've Got a New Heartache" | 10 | 7 | Live in London |
| 1986 | "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" | 4 | 1 | Love's Gonna Get Ya! |
| 1987 | "I Wonder If I Care as Much" | 30 | 21 | Love's Gonna Get Ya! |
| 1987 | "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White) | 10 | 7 | Love's Gonna Get Ya! |
| 1987 | "I'm Tired" | 18 | 6 | Comin' Home to Stay |
| 1988 | "(Angel on My Mind) That's Why I'm Walkin'" | 33 | 30 | Comin' Home to Stay |
| 1988 | "Thanks Again" | 17 | 10 | Comin' Home to Stay |
| 1988 | "Old Kind of Love" | 30 | * | Comin' Home to Stay |
| 1989 | "Lovin' Only Me" | 1 | 1 | Kentucky Thunder |
| 1989 | "Let It Be You" | 5 | 3 | Kentucky Thunder |
| 1989 | "Heartbreak Hurricane" | 13 | 5 | Kentucky Thunder |
| * denotes unknown peak positions |||||

### 1990s–2010s

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1990 | "Hummingbird" | 20 | 15 | Kentucky Thunder |
| 1990 | "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)" | 25 | 6 | Kentucky Thunder |
| 1991 | "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" | 37 | 15 | My Father's Son |
| 1991 | "Same Ol' Love" | 12 | 23 | My Father's Son |
| 1992 | "From the Word Love" | 43 | 58 | My Father's Son |
| 1995 | "Solid Ground" | 57 | 56 | Solid Ground |
| 1996 | "Back Where We Belong" | — | — | Solid Ground |
| 1996 | "Cat's in the Cradle" | 45 | 44 | Solid Ground |
| 1996 | "When" | — | — | Solid Ground |
| 2002 | "Halfway Home Cafe" | 56 | — | History of the Future |
| 2003 | "A Simple Life" | — | — | Live at the Charleston Music Hall |
| 2004 | "Spread a Little Love Around" | — | — | Brand New Strings |
| 2005 | "Enjoy the Ride" | — | — | Brand New Strings |
| 2010 | "Someday Soon" | — | — | Mosaic |
| 2014 | "Forever's Not Long Enough" (with Sharon White) | — | — | Hearts Like Ours |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Other singles
### Guest singles

| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | Artist | US Country | CAN Country | CAN | Album |
| 1991 | "Restless" | Mark O'Connor (with Vince Gill and Steve Wariner) | 25 | 19 | — | The New Nashville Cats |
| 1998 | "Same Old Train" | Various Artists | 59 | — | — | Tribute to Tradition |
| 2014 | "Make You Mine" | High Valley | — | 5 | 58 | County Line |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1981 | "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" | |
| 1982 | "Heartbroke" | |
| 1984 | "Honey (Open That Door)" | Martin Kahan |
| 1985 | "Country Boy" (with Bill Monroe) | Martin Kahan |
| 1985 | "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" | |
| 1986 | "Cajun Moon" | |
| 1986 | "New Star Shining" (with James Taylor) | Jon Small |
| 1989 | "Let It Be You" | Jack Cole |
| 1991 | "Restless" (with Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner) | |
| 1991 | "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" | Doug Freel |
| 1992 | "Same Ol' Love" | Steve Gebhardt |
| 1992 | "From the Word Love" | Wayne Miller |
| 1994 | "The Mind of Christ" | Stan Strickland |
| 1995 | "Solid Ground" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1996 | "Step of Faith" (with Carman) | Steve Yake |
| 1996 | "Cat's in the Cradle" | Daniel Pearl/Ricky Skaggs/Stan Strickland |
| 1998 | "Same Old Train" (Various Artists) | Steve Boyle |
| 2005 | "Love Came Gently" | Marie Najame |
| 2008 | "Old Enough" (with The Raconteurs and Ashley Monroe) | Autumn de Wilde |
| 2011 | "Somebody's Prayin' | |