# 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.
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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | AUS | NZ | SWE | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. | Release date: March 3, 1986 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 1 | 61 | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | US: 2× Platinum AUS: Gold |
| Hillbilly Deluxe | Release date: July 7, 1987 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 1 | 55 | — | 27 | 55 | 17 | 33 | 51 | AUS: Gold US: Platinum |
| Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room | Release date: August 2, 1988 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 1 | 68 | 17 | 47 | 91 | 37 | 37 | 87 | US: Platinum |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||

### 1990s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | AUS | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| If There Was a Way | Release date: October 30, 1990 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 7 | 96 | — | — | 147 | CAN: Platinum US: Platinum |
| This Time | Release date: March 23, 1993 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette | 4 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 121 | CAN: 2× Platinum US: 3× Platinum |
| Gone | Release date: October 31, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette | 5 | 30 | 5 | 42 | 17 | CAN: Gold US: Gold |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | US Indie | SWE |
| Tomorrow's Sounds Today | 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-and-2020s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | AUS |
| 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... | Release date: September 23, 2016 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, LP, music download | 6 | 62 | — |
| Brighter Days | Release date: November 15, 2024 Label: Via/Thirty Tigers Formats: CD, music download | | | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | NOR | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Just Lookin' for a Hit | Release date: September 20, 1989 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 3 | 68 | — | 64 | — | US: Platinum |
| 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 US: Gold |
| 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 |
| The Platinum Collection | Release date: 2006 (UK and Australia) Label: Warner Platinum Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | ARIA: Gold |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | CAN Country | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Dwight Live | Release date: May 23, 1995 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette | 8 | 56 | 4 | US: Gold |
| dwightyoakamacoustic.net | Release date: May 30, 2000 Label: Reprise Records Formats: CD, cassette | 24 | 195 | 6 | |
| Live from Austin, TX | Release date: November 1, 2005 Label: New West Records Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — |

## 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 |