Ronnie Milsap discography
Studio albums30
Live albums2
Compilation albums13
Music videos13
Singles79
No. 1 singles overall42

The discography of American country music singer Ronnie Milsap consists of 30 albums and 79 singles. Since releasing his first album in 1971, Milsap has had 36 number-one hits on the Billboard country chart and sold over 35 million albums. In addition, 26 of his US number-one hits reached number-one on the RPM Top Country Tracks chart in Canada; three songs that did not reach number-one in the US were number one in Canada; and two of his US number-one country hits also topped the US adult contemporary chart. As of 2000, he has recorded 7 gold albums, 1 platinum album, and 1 double-platinum album.

Studio albums

1970s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
Ronnie Milsap
Where My Heart Is 5
Pure Love
  • Release date: April 1974
  • Label: RCA Records
8
A Legend in My Time
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
4 138
A Rose By Any Other Name
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
23
Night Things
  • Release date: October 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
2 191
20/20 Vision
  • Release date: May 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
3
It Was Almost Like a Song
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
3 97 18
Only One Love in My Life
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: RCA Records
3 109 9
Images
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
5 98 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
Milsap Magic
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
3 137
Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
6 89
There's No Gettin' Over Me
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
1 31
Inside
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
4 66
Keyed Up
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: RCA Records
2 36
One More Try for Love
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
10 180 2
Lost in the Fifties Tonight
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
1 121
Heart & Soul
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: RCA Records
13
Stranger Things Have Happened
  • Release date: February 28, 1989
  • Label: RCA Records
20 20
Back to the Grindstone
  • Release date: March 12, 1991
  • Label: RCA Records
24 172
True Believer
Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s, 2010s and 2020s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
US Christ
[1]
US Jazz
[1]
Just for a Thrill 11
My Life
  • Release date: June 27, 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
46
Then Sings My Soul
  • Release date: March 10, 2009
  • Label: StarSong
19 127 8
Country Again
Summer Number Seventeen
Gospel Greats
The Duets
  • Release date: January 18, 2019
  • Label: Riser House/Sony
A Better Word for Love
  • Release date: April 30, 2021
  • Label: Black River Entertainment
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
[1]
Christmas with Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: RCA Records
65

Live albums

Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
Ronnie Milsap Live
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
2
Ronnie Milsap Live
  • Release date: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Image Entertainment
Blast From The Past
  • Release date: March 12, 2021
  • The Classic 1981 Texas Broadcast
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
Greatest Hits[lower-alpha 1]
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
1 36
  • CAN: Platinum[3]
  • US: 2× Platinum[4]
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
1 102
  • US: Platinum[4]
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: RCA Records
The Essential Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: RCA Records
Super Hits
  • Release date: May 21, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
40 #1 Hits 19 178
RCA Country Legends
Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: March 2, 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
All American Country
The Essential Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: August 1, 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: March 24, 2007
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
67
Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Milsap
  • Release date: June 17, 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
The RCA Albums Collection[6]
  • Release date: November 4, 2014
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[7]
US
[8]
US R&B US AC
[9]
CAN Country
[2]
CAN
[2]
CAN AC
[2]
AUS
[10]
1963 "Total Disaster"[11]
1965 "Never Had It So Good" [lower-alpha 2] 19[12]
1966 "When It Comes to My Baby"[11]
"The End of the World"[11]
"Ain't No Soul Left in These Old Shoes of Mine"[11]
1967 "The House of the Rising Sun"[11]
1968 "Do What You Gotta Do"[11]
1969 "Denver" [lower-alpha 3]
1970 "Loving You Is a Natural Thing" 87
"A Rose by Any Other Name (Is Still a Rose)" [lower-alpha 4]
1971 "Sunday Rain"[11] Ronnie Milsap
1972 "Magic Me Again"[11]
1973 "I Hate You"/"(All Together Now) Let's Fall Apart"[lower-alpha 5] 10 14 Where My Heart Is
"That Girl Who Waits on Tables" 11 14
1974 "Pure Love" 1 2 71 Pure Love
"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" 1 95 1
"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" 1 1 A Legend in My Time
1975 "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" 6 [lower-alpha 6] 3 91
"Daydreams About Night Things" 1 2 35 Night Things
"Just in Case" 4 5
1976 "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" 1 1 20/20 Vision
"(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" 1 1
"Let My Love Be Your Pillow" 1 1 Ronnie Milsap Live
1977 "It Was Almost Like a Song" 1 16 7 12 7 6 81 It Was Almost Like a Song
"What a Difference You've Made in My Life" 1 80 19 1 96 43
1978 "Only One Love in My Life" 1 63 24 1 83 Only One Love in My Life
"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" 1 33 1
1979 "Back on My Mind Again"/"Santa Barbara"[lower-alpha 5] 2 1
"Nobody Likes Sad Songs" 1 1 Images
"In No Time at All"/"Get It Up" 6 43[lower-alpha 7] 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[7]
US
[8]
US AC
[9]
CAN Country
[2]
CAN
[2]
CAN AC
[2]
AUS
[10]
1980 "Why Don't You Spend the Night" 1 2 Milsap Magic
"My Heart"/"Silent Night (After the Fight)"[lower-alpha 5] 1 13
"Cowboys and Clowns"/"Misery Loves Company"[lower-alpha 5] 1 [lower-alpha 8] 10 Bronco Billy (soundtrack)
"Smoky Mountain Rain" 1 24 1 8 Greatest Hits
1981 "Am I Losing You" 1 1 Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing
"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" 1 5 2 1 21 1 98 There's No Gettin' Over Me
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" 1 20 3 1 1 57
1982 "Any Day Now" 1 14 1 1 1 96 Inside
"He Got You" 1 59 15 2 10
"Inside"/"Carolina Dreams"[lower-alpha 5] 1 27 1 6
1983 "Stranger in My House" 5 23 8 1 42 55 55 Keyed Up
"Don't You Know How Much I Love You" 1 58 12 1 8
"Show Her" 1 [lower-alpha 9] 17 1 4
1984 "Still Losing You" 1 29 1 One More Try for Love
"Prisoner of the Highway" 6 9
"She Loves My Car" 84
1985 "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" 1 1 Greatest Hits, Volume 2
"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" 1 8 1 20 66
1986 "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" 1 35 1 Lost in the Fifties Tonight
"In Love" 1 1
"How Do I Turn You On" 1 1
1987 "Snap Your Fingers" 1 1 Heart & Soul
"Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) 1 42 1
"Where Do the Nights Go" 1 1
1988 "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) 2 12
"Button Off My Shirt" 4 4
1989 "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" 1 2 Stranger Things Have Happened
"Houston Solution" 4 12
"A Woman in Love" 1 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[7]
US AC
[9]
CAN Country
[2]
1990 "Stranger Things Have Happened" 2 1 Stranger Things Have Happened
1991 "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" 3 3 Back to the Grindstone
"Since I Don't Have You" 6 25 7
"Turn That Radio On" 4 2
1992 "All Is Fair in Love and War" 11 13
"L.A. to the Moon" 45 73 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
1993 "True Believer" 30 True Believer
"I'm Playing for You"[13]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s-2020s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[7]
US AC
[9]
2000 "Time, Love and Money" 57 40 #1 Hits
"Livin' on Love"
2006 "Local Girls" 54 My Life
"You Don't Know My Love" (with Jypsi)
2009 "Up to Zion" Then Sings My Soul
"My First Ride" (with Trace Adkins)
2011 "If You Don't Want Me To (The Freeze)" Country Again
2013 "Summer Number Seventeen" Summer Number Seventeen
2019 "Southern Boys and Detroit Wheels" (with Billy Gibbons) The Duets
"Smoky Mountain Rain" (with Dolly Parton) 27
2020 "Merry Merry Christmas Baby"
2021 "Wild Honey" A Better Word For Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Year Single Artist Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN AUS SCO
2016 "Forever Country" Artists of Then, Now & Forever 1 33 21 39 25 26 29
  • RIAA: Gold
Non-album singles
2023 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Deborah Silver

Promotional singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[7]
1975 "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" 15 A Rose by Any Other Name
"A Rose by Any Other Name" (re-release) 77
1976 "Crying" 79

Music videos

Year Video Director
1981 "(There's) No Getting Over Me"
"It's All I Can Do"
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World"
"Too Big For Words"
1982 "Any Day Now"[14] David Hogan
1983 "Stranger in My House"
1984 "She Loves My Car"
1985 "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"[14]
1988 "Old Folks"[14] Phran Schwartz
1989 "Houston Solution" (Live)[14] Steve Womack
"A Woman in Love"[14] John Lloyd Miller
1991 "Since I Don't Have You" Deaton Flanigen
1993 "I'm Playing for You" Steven Goldmann
2006 "Local Girls" Eric Welch
2011 "If You Dont Want Me To (The Freeze)"
2016 "Forever Country" (Artists of Then, Now & Forever) Joseph Kahn
2021 "Big Bertha" (Lyric Video)" (featuring Vince Gill)

Notes

  1. Greatest Hits also peaked at number 10 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.[2]
  2. "Never Had It So Good" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[11]
  3. "Denver" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[11]
  4. "A Rose by Any Other Name (Is Still a Rose)" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[11]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Single was released as a double A-side.
  6. "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[8]
  7. "In No Time at All" and "Get It Up" charted as a double A-Side on the Hot Country Songs charts; on the Hot 100, only "Get It Up" charted.[8]
  8. "Cowboys and Clowns" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[8]
  9. "Show Her" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 allmusic ((( Ronnie Milsap > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Search results for "Ronnie Milsap"". RPM. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  3. 1 2 "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - July 29, 2010: Ronnie Milsap certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  5. Bjorke, Matt (February 20, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: February 20, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  6. Dauphin, Chuck (September 5, 2014). "Country Legend Ronnie Milsap Releasing 21-Disc Box Set". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ronnie Milsap - Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 608. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Ronnie Milsap - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  10. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 202. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Roland, Tom (April 23, 1983). "Ronnie Milsap & RCA: Still keyed up after 10 years" (PDF). Cash Box: RM1–RM8.
  12. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (The Week of November 27, 1965)". Billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  13. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. October 30, 1993.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ronnie Milsap Great Video Hits VHS Video Out Of Print RARE". Retrieved 2015-03-17.
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