# Emmylou Harris albums discography

The albums discography of American singer–songwriter Emmylou Harris contains 28 studio albums: 22 of which were solo releases while six were released collaboratively with other artists. Her albums discography also includes 15 compilation albums, five live albums, one soundtrack album, four video albums and two box sets. Harris's first studio album Gliding Bird was released in 1969 by Jubilee Records.
In 1975, Reprise Records released her second studio collection titled Pieces of the Sky. It reached the top ten of the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the top 50 of the Billboard 200 all-genre chart. It was among seven studio albums released during the 1970s and 1980s that certified gold from the Recording Industry Association of America. It was followed in December 1975 by Elite Hotel, which topped the Billboard country albums chart and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200. It also reached the top 20 on the UK Albums Chart and the top five on the Dutch Albums Chart. Her fourth studio collection Luxury Liner was issued in December 1976, which also topped the American country chart and made similar international chart positions. It was also her second album to certify silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
In January 1978, her fifth studio collection Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town reached number three on the Top Country Albums list, her third top 40 Billboard 200 entry and her second charting disc in Australia. It was followed in April 1979 by her sixth album titled Blue Kentucky Girl which made similar Billboard chart positions and was her first to enter Canada's RPM Country Albums chart. Her next two studio releases, Roses in the Snow and Evangeline, certified gold in sales from the RIAA. Both collections and 1981's Cimarron reached the Billboard country top five. Harris release five more solo studio efforts during the 1980s, along with the charting compilation Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris. In 1987, she collaborated alongside Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt for the album Trio. It certified platinum in sales, while topping the Billboard country chart and reached number six on the Billboard 200.
In 1992, Harris's second live album At the Ryman was released and marked her final disc for Warner Bros. Records. In 1993, the Asylum/Elektra labels issued Cowgirl's Prayer and also released Wrecking Ball in 1995. The latter reached chart positions in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway. It was followed by the live album Spyboy in 1998. During the 2000s, the Nonesuch label released a series of Harris's studio discs. This began with Red Dirt Girl in 2000, which returned Harris to the Billboard country top five. In 2003 came the release of Stumble into Grace, which reached similar chart positions. Two more solo studio albums followed through 2011.
Collaboratively, Harris reunited with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt for the 1999 gold-selling album Trio II. Harris and Ronstadt collaborated separately the same year on Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions. Both releases reached top ten Billboard country positions. In 2006, Harris joined Mark Knopfler for All the Roadrunning. It reached the top 20 of the Billboard 200, while also reaching top ten positions in the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A corresponding live album and video album were released in conjunction with the studio disc. In 2013, Harris joined Rodney Crowell for the album Old Yellow Moon via Nonesuch Records. The album reached the Billboard country top five and number 29 on the Billboard 200. The duo released The Traveling Kind in 2015, which made similar chart positions.

## Studio albums
### Studio albums as lead artist

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Album 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Cou. | AUS | BEL | CAN | CAN Cou. | NED | NOR | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| Gliding Bird | Released: 1970 Label: Jubilee Formats: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pieces of the Sky | Released: February 7, 1975 Label: Reprise Formats: LP, cassette | 45 | 7 | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Elite Hotel | Released: December 29, 1975 Label: Reprise Formats: LP, cassette | 25 | 1 | — | — | 64 | — | 3 | 18 | — | 17 | BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold |
| Luxury Liner | Released: December 28, 1976 Label: Reprise Formats: LP, cassette | 21 | 1 | 96 | — | 40 | — | 3 | — | 15 | 17 | BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold |
| Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town | Released: January 6, 1978 Label: Reprise Formats: LP, cassette | 29 | 3 | 55 | — | 26 | 8 | 10 | — | 31 | 40 | RIAA: Gold |
| Blue Kentucky Girl | Released: April 13, 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 43 | 3 | 61 | — | — | 6 | 21 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Light of the Stable | Released: November 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 102 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Roses in the Snow | Released: April 30, 1980 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 26 | 2 | 88 | — | — | 2 | 47 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Evangeline | Released: January 1981 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 22 | 5 | 40 | — | — | — | 43 | 19 | — | 53 | RIAA: Gold |
| Cimarron | Released: November 1981 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 46 | 6 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| White Shoes | Released: October 1983 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 116 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Ballad of Sally Rose | Released: February 22, 1985 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 171 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Thirteen | Released: February 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 157 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Angel Band | Released: July 7, 1987 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 166 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bluebird | Released: January 10, 1989 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — | 15 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| Brand New Dance | Released: October 16, 1990 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cowgirl's Prayer | Released: September 28, 1993 Label: Asylum/Elektra Formats: CD, cassette | 152 | 34 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| Wrecking Ball | Released: September 26, 1995 Label: Elektra Formats: CD, cassette | 94 | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | 30 | 27 | 46 | |
| Red Dirt Girl | Released: September 12, 2000 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, cassette | 54 | 5 | 93 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 77 | 5 | 5 | 45 | |
| Stumble into Grace | Released: September 23, 2003 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD | 58 | 6 | 92 | 32 | — | — | 42 | 11 | 12 | 52 | |
| All I Intended to Be | Released: June 10, 2008 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, music download | 22 | 4 | 58 | 20 | 24 | — | 41 | 7 | 10 | 40 | |
| Hard Bargain | Released: April 26, 2011 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, music download | 18 | 3 | — | 39 | 19 | — | 15 | 11 | 15 | 30 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### Studio albums as a collaborative artist

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Album 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 | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Cou. | AUS | CAN | CAN Cou. | NED | NOR | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) | Released: March 2, 1987 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 22 | — | 29 | 60 | RIAA: Platinum |
| Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) | Released: February 9, 1999 Label: Asylum Formats: CD, cassette | 62 | 4 | 66 | — | 4 | 69 | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) | Released: August 24, 1999 Label: Asylum Formats: CD, cassette | 73 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 41 | — | |
| All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) | Released: April 24, 2006 Label: Mercury/Warner Bros. Formats: CD | 17 | — | 41 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI (NOR): Platinum IFPI (SWI): Platinum |
| Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell) | Released: February 26, 2013 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, music download | 29 | 4 | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | 12 | 42 | |
| The Traveling Kind (with Rodney Crowell) | Released: March 12, 2015 Label: Nonesuch Formats: LP, CD, music download | 78 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

## Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Cou. | UK | Certifications |
| Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris | Released: November 1978 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 81 | 9 | — | MC: Gold RIAA: Gold |
| Her Best Songs | Released: 1980 Label: K-tel Formats: LP, cassette | — | — | 36 | |
| Collection | Released: 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP | — | — | — | |
| Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris | Released: September 17, 1984 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 176 | 24 | — | |
| Duets | Released: July 24, 1990 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — | 24 | — | |
| Songs of the West | Released: January 1, 1994 Label: Warner Western Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | |
| Selections from Portraits | Released: 1996 Label: Reprise Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years | Released: May 1, 2001 Label: Rhino/Warner Bros. Formats: CD | — | 53 | — | |
| Producer's Cut | Released: February 25, 2003 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways | Released: July 19, 2005 Label: Rhino/Warner Bros. Formats: CD | 133 | 23 | — | |
| Original Album Series | Released: April 5, 2011 Label: Rhino Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| Original Album Series, Vol. 2 | Released: September 2, 2013 Label: Rhino Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Complete Trio Collection (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) | Released: September 9, 2016 Label: Rhino Formats: CD | 125 | 7 | 47 | |
| Farther Along (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) | Released: September 9, 2016 Label: Rhino Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Studio Albums: 1980–1983 | Released: April 13, 2019 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

## Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Album 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 |
| Title | Album details | US | US Cou. | BEL | NED | GER | NOR | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| Last Date | Released: October 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette | 65 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| At the Ryman | Released: January 10, 1992 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette | 184 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Spyboy | Released: August 11, 1998 Label: Eminent Formats: CD, cassette | 180 | 27 | — | 100 | — | 31 | 46 | 57 | |
| Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) | Released: November 14, 2006 Label: Mercury/Warner Bros. Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | BVMI: Gold |
| Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert | Released: September 3, 2021 Label: Nonesuch Formats: LP, CD | — | — | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||

## Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Cou. | AUS | CAN | CAN Cou. | Certifications |
| Honeysuckle Rose (credited as "Willie Nelson and Family") | Released: July 18, 1980 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 11 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 4 | MC: Gold RIAA: Platinum |

## Video albums

List of video albums, showing all relevant details :
| Title | Album details |
| At the Ryman | Released: March 13, 1992 Label: Warner/Reprise Video Formats: LaserDisc, VHS |
| 20th Anniversary (with The Hot Band) | Released: 1997 Label: Grapevine Formats: VHS |
| Spyboy – Live from the Legendary Exit/In | Released: February 9, 1999 Label: Eminent/Grapevine Formats: DVD, VHS |
| Real Live Roadrunning | Released: November 14, 2006 Label: Mercury/Universal Formats: DVD |

## Box sets

List of box sets, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country |
| Portraits | Released: October 8, 1996 Label: Rhino/Warner Bros. Formats: CD | — |
| Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems | Released: September 18, 2007 Label: Rhino Formats: CD | 49 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||