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The singles discography of American country music singer George Strait comprises 125 charted singles, starting with "Unwound" in 1981. He has 44 No. 1s on the Billboard country chart, the most of any artist. [1] Strait has also amassed 86 Top 10 hits on Billboard ' s Hot Country Songs, second only to Eddy Arnold, who had 92. [2]
Strait holds the record for most number-one albums and singles, gold albums, platinum albums, and multiplatinum albums in the history of country music, and is 11th in the most number-one albums in all other genres. Strait is third only to Elvis Presley and The Beatles with the most gold and platinum albums in the history of music. [85]
[5] [6] He gained 28 number-one songs, a record that would stand until 1980, when it was broken by Conway Twitty, who ultimately gained 40 number ones. George Strait broke Twitty's record in 2006 and by 2021 had achieved 44 chart-toppers. [7] Long runs at number one became increasingly uncommon after the 1960s; in the entirety of the 1980s, no ...
In 1982, Strait released his second album, Strait From the Heart, and got his first No. 1 single with "Fool Hearted Memory." It's only been up from there: Strait became a heartthrob in the country ...
50 Number Ones is the sixth compilation album by American country music singer George Strait, released on October 5, 2004. It is a 2-CD compilation of his first 50 number-one country music singles, starting with 1982's " Fool Hearted Memory " and presented in chronological order.
This is nothing new for Strait, who has notched more number ones than anyone else in Country music. 15 of the past 16 albums that he has released over the past 25 years have ascended to the top ...
"The Chair" is widely considered one of Strait's greatest songs. Billboard and American Songwriter ranked the song number one and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest George Strait songs. [3] [4] In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #124 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [5]
The Road Less Traveled is the twenty-first studio album by American country music artist George Strait released by MCA Nashville on November 6, 2001. Certified platinum for sales of one million copies, the album produced the hits "Run", "She'll Leave You with a Smile" and "Living and Living Well", the latter two of which were number 1 hits on the Billboard country charts.