Waylon Jennings albums discography
| Waylon Jennings discography | |
|---|---|
 Jennings in 1973 | |
| Studio albums | 47 |
| Soundtrack albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 11 |
| Compilation albums | 33 |
| Collaborations | 13 |
The following is a complete albums discography of American country music artist Waylon Jennings. For the singles, see Waylon Jennings singles discography. For a discography as a member of The Highwaymen, see The Highwaymen discography.
Studio albums
1960s
| Title | Details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Waylon at JD's |
|
— |
| Folk-Country |
|
9 |
| Leavin' Town |
|
3 |
| Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan |
|
32 |
| Love of the Common People |
|
3 |
| The One and Only |
|
19 |
| Hangin' On |
|
9 |
| Only the Greatest |
|
12 |
| Jewels |
|
6 |
| Just to Satisfy You |
|
7 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
1970s
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| Waylon |
|
14 | 192 | — | — | |
| Singer of Sad Songs |
|
23 | — | — | — | |
| The Taker/Tulsa |
|
12 | — | — | — | |
| Cedartown, Georgia |
|
27 | — | — | — | |
| Good Hearted Woman |
|
7 | — | — | — | |
| Ladies Love Outlaws |
|
11 | — | — | — | |
| Lonesome, On'ry and Mean |
|
8 | 214 | — | — | |
| Honky Tonk Heroes |
|
14 | 185 | — | — | |
| This Time |
|
4 | — | — | — | |
| The Ramblin' Man |
|
3 | 105 | — | — | |
| Dreaming My Dreams |
|
1 | 49 | — | — |
|
| Are You Ready for the Country |
|
1 | 34 | — | — |
|
| Ol' Waylon |
|
1 | 15 | — | 65 |
|
| I've Always Been Crazy |
|
1 | 48 | 1 | 71 |
|
| What Goes Around Comes Around |
|
2 | 49 | 3 | 58 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
1980s
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| Music Man |
|
1 | 36 | 1 | 46 |
|
| Black on Black |
|
3 | 39 | — | — | |
| It's Only Rock + Roll |
|
10 | 109 | — | — | |
| Waylon and Company |
|
12 | — | — | — | |
| Never Could Toe the Mark |
|
20 | 208 | — | — | |
| Turn the Page |
|
23 | — | — | — | |
| Sweet Mother Texas |
|
— | — | — | — | |
| Will the Wolf Survive |
|
1 | — | — | — | |
| Hangin' Tough |
|
19 | — | — | — | |
| A Man Called Hoss |
|
22 | — | — | — | |
| Full Circle |
|
37 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
1990s
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US | ||
| The Eagle |
|
9 | 172 |
| Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A. |
|
70 | — |
| Ol' Waylon Sings Ol' Hank |
|
— | — |
| Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt |
|
— | — |
| Waymore's Blues (Part II) |
|
63 | — |
| Right for the Time |
|
— | — |
| Closing In on the Fire |
|
71 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
2000s - 2020s
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Country | ||
| Waylon Forever (with Shooter Jennings and the .357's) |
|
142 | 28 |
| Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings |
|
67 | 14 |
| Songbird |
|
116 | 17 |
| Diamonds |
|
—* | —* |
Live albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||||
| Waylon Live |
|
1 | 46 |
|
|
| The Restless Kid: Live at JD's |
|
— | — | ||
| Never Say Die: Live |
|
71 | — | ||
| Live from Austin, TX '89 |
|
— | — | ||
| Never Say Die: The Final Concert |
|
67 | — | ||
| Live from Austin, TX '84 |
|
— | — | ||
| Setlist: The Very Best Of Waylon Jennings Live |
|
— | — | ||
| Live At the US Festival, 1983 |
|
— | — | ||
| Live In Concert (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1995) |
|
— | — | ||
| Live at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN, August 12, 1978 |
|
— | — | ||
| Live In Concert Vol. 2 (Omaha, Nebraska 1979) |
|
— | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilations
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | AUS | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| Waylon Jennings |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Waylon Jennings |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Don't Think Twice |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Heartaches by the Number |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits |
|
1 | 28 | 75 | 1 | 20 |
|
| Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
|
27 | 202 | — | — | — | |
| The Collector's Series |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Waylon Files, Vol. 1–15 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Waylon |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Early Years |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| New Classic Waylon |
|
48 | — | — | — | — | |
| Waylon Jennings – The RCA Years – Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Essential Waylon Jennings |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Super Hits |
|
66 | — | — | — | — | |
| Super Hits II |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Waylon Jennings |
|
67 | — | — | — | — | |
| RCA Country Legends |
|
19 | 155 | — | — | — | |
| Ultimate Waylon Jennings |
|
16 | 139 | — | — | — | |
| The Complete MCA Recordings |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
|
42 | — | — | — | — | |
| Nashville Rebel |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Waylon Sings Hank Williams |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Covered By Waylon |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Essential Waylon Jennings |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Waylon Jennings |
|
53 | — | — | — | — | |
| Super Hits II |
|
74 | — | — | — | — | |
| Country: Waylon Jennings |
|
62 | — | — | — | — | |
| Live 55 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Lost Nashville Sessions |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| New Stuff |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| When the Balladeer Met the Dukes |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Collaborations
With Willie Nelson
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | AUS | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| Waylon & Willie |
|
1 | 12 | — | 7 | 11 |
|
| WWII |
|
3 | 57 | 92 | — | — |
|
| Take It to the Limit |
|
3 | 60 | — | — | — |
|
| Clean Shirt |
|
28 | 193 | — | — | — | |
| Waylon and Willie Super Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Other collaborations
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN | |||
| Country-Folk (with the Kimberlys) |
|
13 | 169 | — | |
| Wanted! The Outlaws (with Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser) |
|
1 | 10 | 59 |
|
| White Mansions (with Jessi Colter, John Dillon and Steve Cash) |
|
— | — | — | |
| Leather and Lace (with Jessi Colter) |
|
11 | 43 | — |
|
| Heroes (with Johnny Cash) |
|
13 | — | — | |
| Old Dogs (with Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed, Mel Tillis) |
|
61 | — | — | |
| The Crickets and Their Buddies (with the Crickets and various artists) |
|
— | — | — | |
| Old 97's & Waylon Jennings (with Old 97's) |
|
65 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN | |||
| Nashville Rebel |
|
4 | — | — | |
| Ned Kelly |
|
— | — | — | |
| Mackintosh & T.J. |
|
16 | 189 | — | |
| The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper |
|
— | — | — | |
| Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird |
|
— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's top country albums 1964-1997. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 78.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Dreaming My Dreams". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Are You Ready for the Country". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Ol%27 Waylon". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Ol' Waylon". Music Canada.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – I%27ve Always Been Crazy". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – What Goes Around". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Music Man". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Waylon Live". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings - Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition". No Depression. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings — Waylon Live". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "The Restless Kid: Live at JD's". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2026.
- ↑ "Never Say Die: Live". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2026.
- ↑ "Flashback: Waylon Jennings Takes 'Luckenbach' to 'Austin City Limits'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings' 1989 Performance of 'America' is the Perfect Tribute to the USA". Wide Open Country. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Never Say Die: The Complete Final Concert". Legacy Recordings. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings Live from Austin, TX '84". PopMatters. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Setlist: The Very Best Of Waylon Jennings Live". Legacy Recordings. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson: Live at the US Festival". PopMatters. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Live Concerts Coming to DVD". The Boot. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings - Live in Concert (Myrtle Beach, SC - March 19, 1995)". Amazon. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Live At Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee 12Th Aug 1978 (Remastered)". Qobuz. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Hear Waylon Jennings Sing 'Outlaw Bit' on Tour in 1979". Rolling Stone. November 27, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Waylon Jennings - Live In Concert Vol. 2". Black Country Rock Media. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Waylon and Willie". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Waylon and Willie". Music Canada.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – WW II". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Take It to the Limit". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – The Outlaws". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – The Outlaws". Music Canada.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Leather & Lace". Recording Industry Association of America.