# John Denver discography

This page is a comprehensive discography of American folk musician John Denver. Denver had four number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, all achieved between 1973 and 1975: "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry". Three of his albums were also number one sellers: "Back Home Again", "Windsong" and "John Denver's Greatest Hits", again all released between 1973 and 1975.
Denver's studio albums categories list separately his early albums with the Mitchell Trio, and then his own studio albums by decade, live albums, Christmas albums, and compilation albums. These charts also include their certifications for sales data. His singles are arranged by decade and include several specialty categories—among them his Christmas singles, his single from his collaboration album with Plácido Domingo, and his single from his collaboration as a guest performer with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The charts are inclusive of their peak positions by country of sale.

## Studio albums
### With the Mitchell Trio

| Title | Album details |
| That's the Way It's Gonna Be (John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier) | Release date: August 1965 Label: Mercury Records |
| Violets of Dawn (John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier) | Release date: December 1965 Label: Mercury Records |
| Alive (John Denver, Mike Kobluk, David Boise) | Release date: 1967 Label: Reprise Records |
| Beginnings: John Denver with the Mitchell Trio (John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier) | Release date: 1974 Label: Mercury Records |

### 1960s albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| John Denver Sings | Release date: 1966 Label: self-released | — | — | |
| Rhymes & Reasons | Release date: October 1969 Label: RCA Records | 148 | 21 | UK: Silver |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

### 1970s albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | AUS | CAN | NZ | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Take Me to Tomorrow | Release date: May 1970 Label: RCA Records | — | 197 | — | — | — | — | |
| Whose Garden Was This | Release date: October 1970 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poems, Prayers & Promises | Release date: May 1971 Label: RCA Records | 6 | 15 | — | 9 | — | 19 | US: Platinum |
| Aerie | Release date: December 1971 Label: RCA Records | 37 | 75 | 48 | 33 | — | — | US: Gold |
| Rocky Mountain High | Release date: September 15, 1972 Label: RCA Records | 40 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 11 | US: 2× Platinum UK: Gold |
| Farewell Andromeda | Release date: June 1973 Label: RCA Records | — | 16 | — | 23 | — | — | US: Gold |
| Back Home Again | Release date: June 1974 Label: RCA Records | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | US: 3× Platinum UK: Silver CAN: Gold |
| Windsong | Release date: September 1975 Label: RCA Records | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | US: 2× Platinum AUS: Gold CAN: Platinum |
| Spirit | Release date: August 1976 Label: RCA Records | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 9 | US: Platinum |
| I Want to Live | Release date: November 1977 Label: RCA Records | 10 | 45 | 16 | 38 | — | 25 | US: Platinum |
| John Denver | Release date: January 1979 Label: RCA Records | 10 | 25 | 94 | 25 | — | 68 | US: Gold |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

### 1980s albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN | AUS | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Autograph | Release date: February 1980 Label: RCA Records | 28 | 39 | 72 | 56 | — | |
| Some Days Are Diamonds | Release date: June 1981 Label: RCA Records | 7 | 32 | — | 20 | — | US: Gold |
| Seasons of the Heart | Release date: May 4, 1982 Label: RCA Records | 18 | 39 | — | 65 | — | US: Gold |
| It's About Time | Release date: November 15, 1983 Label: RCA Records | 55 | 61 | 92 | 19 | 90 | |
| Dreamland Express | Release date: June 1985 Label: RCA Records | 48 | 90 | — | 71 | — | |
| One World | Release date: June 1986 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — | 90 | 91 | |
| Higher Ground | Release date: June 26, 1988 Label: Windstar Records | 49 | — | — | 5 | — | ARIA: Gold |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||

### 1990s albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | AUS |
| Earth Songs | Release date: June 1990 Label: Windstar Records | — | — | 62 |
| Stonehaven Sunrise / The Flower That Shattered the Stone | Release date: September 1990 Label: Windstar Records | — | 185 | 113 |
| Different Directions | Release date: September 24, 1991 Label: Windstar Records | — | — | 71 |
| Love Again | Release date: 1996 Label: CMC Records | 16 | 130 | 118 |
| All Aboard! | Release date: August 26, 1997 Label: Sony Wonder | — | 165 | 158 |
| Forever, John | Release date: September 29, 1998 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN | AUS | NZ | UK | Certifications |
| An Evening with John Denver | Release date: January 29, 1975 Label: RCA Records | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 31 | US: 3× Platinum CAN: Gold |
| Live in London | Release date: 1976 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Live at the Sydney Opera House | Release date: 1978 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Wildlife Concert | Release date: 1995 Label: Legacy Recordings | — | 104 | — | 45 | — | — | US: Gold AUS: 4× Platinum (video) |
| The Best of John Denver Live | Release date: 1997 Label: Legacy Recordings | 8 | 52 | — | — | — | — | US: Gold |
| Sing Australia | Release date: July 2001 Label: BMG Australia Limited | — | — | — | 109 | — | — | |
| Christmas in Concert | Release date: September 2001 Label: RCA Records | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Harbor Lights Concert | Release date: April 2002 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live in the U.S.S.R. | Release date: 2007 Label: AAO Music | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at Cedar Rapids | Release date: 2010 Label: Collectors' Choice Music | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

## Christmas albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | AUS | CAN | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Rocky Mountain Christmas | Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Records | — | 14 | 40 | 40 | US: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold |
| John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Release date: October 1979 Label: RCA Records | 13 | 26 | — | 45 | US: Platinum CAN: Gold |
| Christmas, Like a Lullaby | Release date: December 1990 Label: Windstar Records | — | — | 59 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | 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 | Album details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | AUS | NZ | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| John Denver's Greatest Hits | Release date: November 1973 Label: RCA Records | 47 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 17 | 7 | US: 9× Platinum AUS: Platinum CAN: 5× Platinum UK: Silver |
| John Denver's Greatest Hits Volume 2 | Release date: March 1977 Label: RCA Records | 7 | 6 | — | 24 | 3 | 17 | 9 | US: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold |
| John Denver's Greatest Hits Volume 3 | Release date: November 1984 Label: RCA Records | — | 203 | — | — | — | — | — | US: Gold |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads and Other Hits | Release date: 1991 Label: BMG/RCA | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | |
| Favorites | Release date: August 1992 Label: RCA | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | ARIA: Gold |
| A Portrait | Release date: 1994 Label: BMG/RCA | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | US: Platinum ARIA: Gold |
| The John Denver Collection | Release date: 1995 Label: Delta | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Rocky Mountain Collection | Release date: 1996 Label: RCA Records | 50 | — | — | — | 49 | 19 | 19 | US: Platinum UK: Gold |
| Reflections: Songs of Love & Life | Release date: 1996 Label: RCA Records | 36 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | |
| Country Roads Collection | Release date: 1997 Label: RCA Records | 33 | — | — | — | 148 | — | — | |
| The Best of John Denver | Release date: 1998 Label: Madacy Records | 38 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | US: Platinum UK: Gold |
| Greatest Country Hits | Release date: 1998 Label: RCA Records | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Legendary John Denver | Release date: 1999 Label: BMG RCA | — | — | — | — | 108 | — | — | ARIA: 2× Platinum |
| John Denver Christmas | Release date: 1999 Label: LaserLight | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of John Denver | Release date: June 2001 Label: BMG RCA | — | — | — | — | 133 | — | — | |
| Songs for America | Release date: September 2002 Label: Sony BMG | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Essential John Denver | Release date: 2004 Label: Sony BMG | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits | Release date: 2004 Label: RCA Records | 9 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | US: Gold |
| A Song's Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver | Release date: 2004 Label: RCA Records | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 18 | |
| 16 Biggest Hits | Release date: 2006 Label: RCA Records | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Essential John Denver | Release date: 2007 Label: RCA Records | 55 | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | |
| Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver | Release date: 2008 Label: Legacy Recordings | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Ultimate Collection | Release date: 2011 Label: Sony BMG | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 5 | |
| The Classic Christmas Album | Release date: October 2, 2012 Label: RCA Records | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| All of My Memories: The John Denver Collection | Release date: November 4, 2014 Label: Legacy Recordings | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Windstar Greatest Hits | Release date: December 1, 2017 Label: Windstar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Gold | Release date: December 8, 2019 Label: Banquet | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |
| The Last Recordings | Release date: November 17, 2023 Label: Windstar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||||

## Collaboration albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | CAN |
| Perhaps Love (with Plácido Domingo) | Release date: 1981 Label: CBS Masterworks | — | 19 |
| Rocky Mountain Holiday (with the Muppets) | Release date: May 1983 Label: RCA Records | 202 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

## Singles
### 1960s and 1970s

| Year | Single | 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) | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | US AC | AUS | CAN Country | CAN | CAN AC | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album |
| 1969 | "Daydream" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Rhymes & Reasons |
| 1970 | "Anthem-Revelation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Take Me to Tomorrow |
| 1970 | "Follow Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Take Me to Tomorrow |
| 1970 | "Sail Away Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Whose Garden Was This |
| 1970 | "Mr. Bojangles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Whose Garden Was This |
| 1971 | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | 50 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | — | US: Platinum UK: 2× Platinum | Poems, Prayers, and Promises |
| 1971 | "Friends with You" | — | 47 | 4 | 73 | — | 34 | 5 | — | | Aerie |
| 1972 | "Everyday" | — | 81 | 21 | — | — | 77 | 16 | — | | Aerie |
| 1972 | "Goodbye Again" | — | 88 | 23 | — | — | — | 12 | — | | Rocky Mountain High |
| 1972 | "Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners)" | — | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Rocky Mountain High |
| 1972 | "Rocky Mountain High" | — | 9 | 3 | 39 | — | 8 | 2 | — | | Rocky Mountain High |
| 1972 | "Victory Is Peace" (with Bill and Taffy Danoff) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — |
| 1973 | "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)" | — | 62 | 25 | — | 67 | 75 | 58 | — | | Farewell Andromeda |
| 1973 | "Farewell, Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" | — | 89 | 20 | — | — | — | 26 | — | | Farewell Andromeda |
| 1973 | "Please, Daddy" | 69 | 69 | — | — | 68 | 82 | — | — | | Farewell Andromeda |
| 1973 | "Sunshine on My Shoulders" | 42 | 1 | 1 | 40 | — | 1 | 2 | — | US: Gold | Greatest Hits |
| 1974 | "Annie's Song" | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | US: Gold UK: Platinum | Back Home Again |
| 1974 | "Back Home Again" | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | US: Gold | Back Home Again |
| 1974 | "Sweet Surrender" | 7 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 38 | 1 | — | | An Evening with John Denver |
| 1975 | "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" | 1 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | US: Gold | An Evening with John Denver |
| 1975 | "I'm Sorry" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | US: Gold | Windsong |
| 1975 | "Fly Away" (with Olivia Newton-John) | 12 | 13 | 1 | — | 28 | 13 | 2 | — | | Windsong |
| 1976 | "Looking for Space" | 30 | 29 | 1 | — | 23 | 63 | 4 | — | | Windsong |
| 1976 | "It Makes Me Giggle" | 70 | 60 | 9 | — | 39 | 83 | 22 | — | | Spirit |
| 1976 | "Like a Sad Song" | 34 | 36 | 1 | — | 8 | 63 | 4 | — | | Spirit |
| 1976 | "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" | 22 | 65 | 13 | — | 20 | 89 | 15 | — | | Spirit |
| 1977 | "My Sweet Lady" | 62 | 32 | 13 | — | — | 52 | 15 | — | | Greatest Hits 2 |
| 1977 | "How Can I Leave You Again" | 22 | 44 | 2 | — | 6 | 40 | 10 | — | | I Want to Live |
| 1977 | "I Want to Live" | — | 55 | 10 | — | — | 81 | 9 | — | | I Want to Live |
| 1977 | "Bet on the Blues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | I Want to Live |
| 1978 | "It Amazes Me" | 72 | 59 | 9 | — | — | 72 | 15 | — | | I Want to Live |
| 1979 | "Downhill Stuff" | 64 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | John Denver |
| 1979 | "What's On Your Mind" | 47 | 107 | 10 | — | 25 | — | 29 | — | | John Denver |
| 1979 | "Garden Song" | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | 7 | — | | John Denver |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||

### 1980s-2010s

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | US AC | AUS | CAN Country | CAN AC | Album |
| 1980 | "Autograph" | 84 | 52 | 20 | — | — | 2 | Autograph |
| 1980 | "Dancing with the Mountains" | — | 97 | 43 | — | — | — | Autograph |
| 1981 | "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" | 10 | 36 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 1 | Some Days Are Diamonds |
| 1981 | "The Cowboy and the Lady" | 50 | 66 | — | — | — | — | Some Days Are Diamonds |
| 1982 | "Shanghai Breezes" | — | 31 | 1 | — | — | 1 | Seasons of the Heart |
| 1982 | "Seasons of the Heart" | — | 78 | 23 | — | — | 16 | Seasons of the Heart |
| 1982 | "Opposite Tables" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Seasons of the Heart |
| 1983 | "Wild Montana Skies" (with Emmylou Harris) | 14 | — | 26 | — | 15 | 14 | It's About Time |
| 1983 | "Hold On Tightly" | — | — | — | — | — | — | It's About Time |
| 1984 | "It's About Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | It's About Time |
| 1984 | "Just a Dream Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | "The Gold and Beyond" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits 3 |
| 1984 | "Love Again" (with Sylvie Vartan) | — | 85 | 30 | — | — | 21 | Greatest Hits 3 |
| 1985 | "Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight" | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | Dreamland Express |
| 1985 | "Dreamland Express" | 9 | — | 34 | 187 | 17 | 23 | Dreamland Express |
| 1986 | "Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird)" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | One World |
| 1986 | "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | One World |
| 1986 | "We Are One: Sister Cities" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | "For You" | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | Higher Ground |
| 1988 | "Country Girl in Paris" | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | Higher Ground |
| 1988 | "Never a Doubt" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Higher Ground |
| 1989 | "The One World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | "The Flower That Shattered the Stone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Flower That Shattered the Stone |
| 1990 | "Eagles and Horses" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Flower That Shattered the Stone |
| 1990 | "Wish You Were Here (Postcard from Paris)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Flower That Shattered the Stone |
| 1992 | "18 Holes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | "Calypso" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wildlife Concert |
| 1995 | "For You" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wildlife Concert |
| 1996 | "Perhaps Love (Liefde Is...)" (with Justine Pelmelay) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Again |
| 2004 | "Annie's Song/Follow Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Song's Best Friend |
| 2017 | "The Blizzard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

## Other singles
### Christmas singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US | CAN | CAN AC | Album |
| 1975 | "Christmas for Cowboys" | 58 | 77 | 26 | Rocky Mountain Christmas |
| 1979 | "A Baby Just Like You" (with the Muppets) | — | — | — | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### Singles from collaboration albums

| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | Artist | US | US AC | AUS | UK | Album |
| 1982 | "Perhaps Love" | Plácido Domingo | 59 | 22 | 28 | 46 | Perhaps Love |

### Guest singles

| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | Artist | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1989 | "And So It Goes" | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 14 | 29 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| 2024 | "Country Roads, Take Me Home (2024 Mix)" | Dzeko | — | — | |

## Charted B-sides

| Year | B-side | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Original A-side |
| Year | B-side | US Country | US | CAN | Original A-side |
| 1975 | "Calypso" | — | 2 | 29 | "I'm Sorry" |
| 1979 | "Sweet Melinda" | flip | — | — | "What's On Your Mind" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||