- Chely Wright discography
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Chely Wright discography 
Chely Wright performing for the U.S. Marines in North Carolina in 2000.Releases ↙Studio albums 7 ↙Live albums 1 ↙Compilation albums 2 ↙EPs 2 ↙Singles 22 ↙Video albums 1 ↙Music videos 17 ↙Other appearances 6 ↙No. 1 Singles 1 The discography of Chely Wright, an American country artist, consists of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one video album, two extended plays, and twenty two singles. After securing a publishing contract in the early 1990s, Wright signed with Polydor Nashville Records in 1994.[1]
Wright's debut album Woman in the Moon was released by Polydor Nashville in August 1994 and spawned the singles "He's a Good Ole Boy", "Till I Was Loved By You", and "Sea of Cowboy Hats".[2] The album did not peak on any Billboard chart and did not sell many copies.[3] In early 1996, Wright's second studio album Right in the Middle of It was released and issued three singles, including "The Love That We Lost" which only peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1996.[4] In September 1997, Let Me In was released under MCA Nashville Records. The album's lead single "Shut Up and Drive" reached #14 on the Billboard Country Singles chart[1] and the album itself peaked at #25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #171 on the Billboard 200 albums listing.[5] Wright's fourth studio album, Single White Female was released in May 1999, becoming her most successful release. The album's title track not only reached number one[1] on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but is also her only Top Ten single to date; it also reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] It peaked at #15 on the Top Country Albums chart, #124 on the Billboard 200,[7] and was certified gold in the United States.[8]
In September 2001, her fifth album Never Love You Enough was released[3] and became her first album to peak within the Top 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums list, while also reaching #62 on the Billboard 200. It spawned the title track and "Jezebel" as its two singles, both of which reached the Top 30 on Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart.[1] After leaving MCA Nashville and recording an extended play in 2004, Wright issued her sixth studio album in February 2005 titled The Metropolitan Hotel under Dualtone Records and her own Painted Red Music Group.[1] It debuted at #18 on the Top Country Albums chart and #96 on the Billboard 200 albums list, spawning the lead single "The Bumper of My SUV", which reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 2005.[9] After a five-year hiatus, Wright released her seventh studio album in May 2010 entitled Lifted Off the Ground, which discussed her own personal struggles[10] and debuted at #32 on the country albums chart.[11] Chely Wright has sold over 1,000,000 records according to Nielsen Soundscan.[12]
Contents
Studio albums
1990s
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)US Country
[13]US
[14]CAN Country
[15]Woman in the Moon — — — Right in the Middle of It - Release date: January 9, 1996
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: Cassette, CD
— — — Let Me In - Release date: September 9, 1997
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Formats: Cassette, CD
25 171 23 Single White Female - Release date: May 18, 1999
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Formats: Cassette, CD
15 124 16 "—" denotes releases that did not chart 2000s
Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country
[13]US
[14]US
Indie
[17]Never Love You Enough - Release date: September 4, 2001
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Formats: Cassette, CD
4 62 — The Metropolitan Hotel - Release date: February 22, 2005
- Label: Dualtone/Painted Red
- Formats: CD, music download
18 96 7 Lifted Off the Ground 32 200 35 "—" denotes releases that did not chart Compilation albums
Title Album details 20th Century Masters
- The Millennium Collection- Release date: September 23, 2003
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Formats: CD, music download
The Definitive Collection - Release date: March 13, 2007
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Formats: CD, music download
Extended plays
Title Album details Everything - Release date: October 26, 2004
- Label: Painted Red
- Formats: CD
Chely Wright Live - Release date: 2008
- Label: Dualtone
- Formats: CD
Singles
1991–2000
Year Title Peak chart positions Album US Country
[18]US
[19]CAN Country
[20]1994 "He's a Good Ole Boy" 58 — 55 Woman in the Moon "Till I Was Loved by You" 48 — 66 1995 "Sea of Cowboy Hats" 56 — 74 "Listenin' to the Radio" 66 — 84 Right in the Middle of It 1996 "The Love That We Lost" 41 — 51 "The Love He Left Behind" — — — 1997 "Shut Up and Drive" 14 112 21 Let Me In "Just Another Heartache" 39 — 51 1998 "I Already Do" 36 — 59 1999 "Single White Female" 1 36 1 Single White Female "It Was" 11 64 52 2000 "She Went Out for Cigarettes" 49 — 84 "—" denotes releases that did not chart 2001–2010
Year Title Peak positions Album US Country
[18]2001 "Never Love You Enough" 26 Never Love You Enough "Jezebel" 23 2004 "Back of the Bottom Drawer" 40 Everything "Everything" — "The Bumper of My SUV" 54 The Metropolitan Hotel 2005 "The Bumper of My SUV" (re-release) 35 "The River" — "C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell)" — 2010 "Broken" — Lifted Off the Ground "Lifted Off the Ground" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart 2011–2020
Year Title Album 2011 "Damn Liar" (Dance Remix)[A] Non-album song Other singles
Other charted songs
Year Title Peak positions Album US Country
[18]2000 "Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife" (with Brad Paisley) 68 Grand Ole Opry 75th Anniversary, Vol. 2 Featured singles
Year Title Artist Peak positions Album US Country
[18]2003 "Scary Old World"[B] Radney Foster 52 Another Way to Go Video albums
Year Album details 2004 20th Century Masters - The Best of Chely Wright - Released: April 20, 2004
- Label: MCA Nashville Records
Music videos
Year Song Director(s)
[21][22]1994 "He's a Good Ole Boy" Mary Newman-Said "Till I Was Loved by You" Bill Young 1995 "Sea of Cowboy Hats" "Listenin' to the Radio" Steven Goldmann 1996 "The Love That He Lost" unknown "The Love He Left Behind" Allen Coulter 1997 "Shut Up and Drive" Charley Randazzo "Just Another Heartache" Steven Goldmann 1998 "I Already Do" Gerry Wenner 1999 "Single White Female" Deaton Flanigen "It Was" 2000 "She Went Out for Cigarettes" 2001 "Never Love You Enough" Trey Fanjoy 2002 "Jezebel" 2004 "Back of the Bottom Drawer" "The Bumper of My SUV" unknown 2005 "The River" Brent Hedgecock Other appearances
Year Song Album appearance 2000 "Part of Your World" The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea[23] "The Edge of Forever" (with Richard Marx) Days in Avalon[24] 2001 "Angel Band" (with Ralph Stanley) Clinch Mountain Sweethearts[25] "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Christmas Cookies[26] "I'm Trying" (with Diamond Rio) One More Day[27] 2002 "Scary Old World" (with Radney Foster) Another Way to Go[28] Notes
References
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- ^ "Woman in the Moon charts> singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r205843. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ a b Lankford, Ronald D, Jr.. "Chely Wright Biography". Musician Guide. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003164/Chely-Wright.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Right in the Middle Of It charts> singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r231201. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Let Me In album charts". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r315557. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Single White Female charts > singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r415194. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Single White Female album charts". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r415194. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Chely Wright album search". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=chely%20wright&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25.
- ^ "The Metropolitan Hotel album charts". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r728565. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ Lee, Kristen "Boom Boom". "Chely Wright - Lifted Off the Ground". Hellbomb. http://www.hellbombinc.com/index.php/albumReviews/2010/06/16/chely-wright-lifted-off-the-ground. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Lifted Off the Ground album charts". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1746164. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ Walsh, Chris M. (May 4, 2010). "Chely Wright Comes Out As Country Music's First Openly Gay Singer". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/chely-wright-comes-out-as-country-music-1004088503.story. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ a b "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130?f=320&g=Albums. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ "Search results for "Chely Wright" under "Country Albums/CD's"". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=chely+wright&q2=Country+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20.
- ^ "American certifications – Chely Wright – Single White Female". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Single+White+Female%22.
- ^ "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130?f=326&g=Albums. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Chely Wright Album & Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130#/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "Chely Wright Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130#/artist/chely-wright/chart-history/117130. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "Search results for "Chely Wright" under "Country Singles"". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=chely+wright&q2=&interval=20. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Chely Wright's music videos". MVD Base. http://mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Wright&first=Chely. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Chely Wright: Videos". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wright_chely/videos.jhtml. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Soundtracks for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea". Billboard. 2000. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240684/soundtrack. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
- ^ "Days in Avalon > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r503175. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Clinch Mountain Sweethearts > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r552847. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Christmas Cookies". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r557705. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "One More Day > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r517915. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Another Way to Go > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r603998. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
Studio albums Woman in the Moon · Right in the Middle of It · Let Me In · Single White Female · Never Love You Enough · The Metropolitan Hotel · Lifted Off the GroundCompilation albums The Definitive CollectionExtended plays Everything · Chely Wright LiveNotable singles Related topics Discography · Vanguard RecordsCategories:- Country music discographies
- Discographies of American artists
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