| Year |
Title |
US Country |
US |
Label |
RIAA |
| 1965 |
Strangers |
9 |
|
Capitol |
|
| 1966 |
Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens) |
4 |
|
|
| 1966 |
Swinging Doors/The Bottle Let Me Down |
1 |
|
|
| 1967 |
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive |
3 |
165 |
|
| 1967 |
Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose |
1 |
167 |
|
| 1968 |
Sing Me Back Home |
1 |
|
|
| 1968 |
The Legend of Bonnie And Clyde |
6 |
|
|
| 1968 |
Mama Tried |
4 |
|
|
| 1969 |
Pride in What I Am |
11 |
189 |
|
| 1969 |
Same Train a Different Time (Jimmie Rodgers tribute) |
1 |
67 |
|
| 1969 |
A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
3 |
99 |
|
| 1969 |
Okie from Muskogee (live) |
1 |
46 |
Platinum |
| 1970 |
The Fightin' Side of Me (live) |
1 |
68 |
Gold |
| 1970 |
Introducing My Friends The Strangers |
1 |
68 |
|
| 1970 |
Getting To Know The Strangers (instrumental album) |
44 |
|
|
| 1970 |
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or My Salute to Bob Wills) |
2 |
58 |
|
| 1971 |
Hag |
1 |
66 |
|
| 1971 |
Honky Tonkin' With The Strangers |
34 |
|
|
| 1971 |
The Land of Many Churches (live gospel album) |
15 |
|
|
| 1971 |
Someday We'll Look Back |
4 |
108 |
|
| 1972 |
Let Me Tell You About a Song |
7 |
166 |
|
| 1972 |
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) |
1 |
|
|
| 1973 |
Totally Instrumental...With One Exception (instrumental album) |
23 |
|
|
| 1973 |
I Love Dixie Blues, So I Recorded Live in New Orleans |
1 |
126 |
|
| 1973 |
A Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New) |
4 |
|
|
| 1974 |
If We Make It Through December |
4 |
190 |
|
| 1974 |
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
1 |
|
|
| 1975 |
Keep Movin' On |
1 |
129 |
|
| 1975 |
It's All in the Movies |
1 |
|
|
| 1976 |
My Love Affair With Trains |
7 |
|
|
| 1976 |
The Roots of My Raising |
8 |
|
|
| 1977 |
Ramblin' Fever |
5 |
|
MCA |
|
| 1977 |
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
28 |
|
Capitol |
|
| 1977 |
My Farewell to Elvis (Elvis Presley tribute) |
6 |
133 |
MCA |
|
| 1978 |
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
17 |
|
|
| 1979 |
Serving 190 Proof |
17 |
|
|
| 1980 |
The Way I Am |
16 |
|
|
| 1980 |
Back to the Barrooms |
8 |
|
|
| 1981 |
Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium |
4 |
|
|
| 1981 |
Songs for the Mama That Tried (gospel album) |
46 |
|
|
| 1981 |
Big City |
3 |
|
Epic |
Gold |
| 1982 |
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) |
|
123 |
|
| 1982 |
Going Where the Lonely Go |
3 |
|
|
| 1982 |
Goin' Home for Christmas |
41 |
|
|
| 1982 |
Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) |
1 |
37 |
Platinum |
| 1983 |
Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) |
44 |
|
Mercury |
|
| 1983 |
That's the Way Love Goes |
8 |
|
Epic |
|
| 1983 |
The Epic Collection Recorded Live |
44 |
|
|
| 1984 |
It's All in the Game |
1 |
|
|
| 1985 |
Kern River |
8 |
|
|
| 1985 |
Amber Waves of Grain (live) |
25 |
|
|
| 1986 |
Out Among the Stars |
15 |
|
|
| 1986 |
A Friend in California |
2 |
|
|
| 1987 |
Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) |
31 |
|
|
| 1987 |
Chill Factor |
8 |
|
|
| 1989 |
5:01 Blues |
8 |
|
|
| 1990 |
Blue Jungle |
47 |
|
Curb |
|
| 1994 |
1994 |
60 |
|
|
| 1996 |
1996 |
|
|
|
| 1999 |
Live at Billybobs Texas |
61 |
|
Smith Music |
|
| 2000 |
If I Could Only Fly |
26 |
|
Anti |
|
| 2001 |
Roots (Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams and Hank Thompson tribute) |
47 |
|
|
| 2001 |
A Cabin in the Hills (gospel album) |
|
|
Compendia |
|
| 2001 |
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley; gospel album) |
|
|
|
| 2002 |
The Peer Sessions |
|
|
Audium |
|
| 2003 |
Haggard Like Never Before |
40 |
|
Hag |
|
| 2004 |
Live at Billybobs Texas: Ol Country Singer |
|
|
Smith Music |
|
| 2004 |
I Wish I Was Santa Claus |
|
|
|
| 2004 |
Unforgettable (collection of standards) |
39 |
|
Capitol |
|
| 2005 |
Chicago Wind |
54 |
|
|
| 2006 |
Live From Austin Texas (recorded October 1985) |
|
|
New West |
|
| 2006 |
Kicking out the Footlights... Again (with George Jones) |
25 |
|
Bandit |
|
| 2007 |
Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) |
7 |
|
Lost Highway |
|
| 2007 |
A Working Man's Journey (Cracker Barrel exclusive; 6 new songs) |
|
|
Cracker Barrel |
|
| 2007 |
The Bluegrass Sessions (re-recordings with bluegrass touch; 4 new songs) |
43 |
|
McCoury |
|
| Year |
Title |
US Country |
US |
Label |
RIAA Certification |
| 1968 |
The Best of Merle Haggard |
3 |
|
Capitol |
|
| 1969 |
Close Up |
|
|
|
| 1971 |
Sing a Sad Song |
|
|
|
| 1971 |
High on a Hilltop |
|
|
|
| 1972 |
The Best of The Best of Merle Haggard |
1 |
137 |
Platinum |
| 1976 |
Songs I'll Always Sing |
15 |
|
|
| 1978 |
Eleven Winners |
9 |
|
|
| 1978 |
The Way It Was in '51 |
30 |
|
|
| 1982 |
Greatest Hits |
|
|
MCA |
|
| 1984 |
His Epic Hits, The First Eleven...To Be Continued |
41 |
|
Epic |
Platinum |
| 1985 |
His Best |
|
|
MCA |
|
| 1990 |
Greatest Hits of the 80s |
|
|
Epic |
|
| 1990 |
Best of Country Blues |
|
|
Curb |
|
| 1990 |
Capitol Collector's Series |
|
|
Capitol |
|
| 1991 |
Best of the Early Years |
|
|
Curb |
|
| 1991 |
All Night Long |
|
|
|
| 1991 |
18 Rare Classics |
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Super Hits |
|
|
Epic |
|
| 1994 |
Super Hits Vol. 2 |
|
|
Gold |
| 1994 |
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 |
|
|
Curb |
|
| 1994 |
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (re-recordings) |
|
|
|
| 1995 |
Untamed Hawk, Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (box set) |
|
|
Bear Family |
|
| 1995 |
Super Hits Vol.3 (re-recordings) |
|
|
Epic |
|
| 1995 |
20 Hits, Special Collection (re-recordings) |
|
|
Curb |
|
| 1995 |
Vintage Collections (2 previously unreleased songs) |
|
|
Capitol |
|
| 1996 |
Down Every Road (box set career spanning 1963-1994) |
|
|
|
| 1996 |
This Is for You |
|
|
Epic |
|
| 1998 |
16 Biggest Hits (re-recordings) |
55 |
|
Gold |
| 1999 |
For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits (re-recordings; plus 4 new duets) |
38 |
|
BNA |
Gold |
| 1999 |
A&E Biography |
|
|
Capitol |
|
| 2000 |
Best of the 90s Vol. 1 |
|
|
Curb |
|
| 2000 |
Best of the 90s Vol. 2 |
|
|
|
| 2000 |
20th Century Masters |
|
|
MCA |
|
| 2001 |
Hurtin' |
|
|
Capitol |
|
| 2001 |
Cheatin' |
|
|
|
| 2001 |
Drinkin' |
|
|
|
| 2001 |
Prison |
|
|
|
| 2002 |
20 Greatest Hits |
|
|
|
| 2004 |
Award Winning Gospel Hits |
|
|
Compendia |
|
| 2004 |
40 #1s |
60 |
|
Capitol |
|
| 2004 |
The Essential Merle Haggard, The Epic Years |
|
|
Epic |
|
| 2006 |
Hag, The Best of Merle Haggard |
59 |
|
Capitol |
|
| 2007 |
The Definitive Collection |
|
|
MCA |
|
| 2007 |
Hag The Studio Recordings 1968-1976 (box set) |
|
|
Bear Family |
|
| 2007 |
Legends of American Music: The Original Outlaw (box set) |
|
|
Time–Life |
|
| 2007 |
Ultimate Live (compilation of live at billybobs texas albums) |
|
|
Smith Music |
|
| 2008 |
Hag: Concepts, Live and The Strangers (box set) |
|
|
Bear Family |
|
| Year |
Title |
US Country |
US |
Album |
Label |
| 1963 |
Sing a Sad Song |
19 |
|
Strangers |
Tally |
| 1964 |
Sam Hill |
45 |
|
Strangers |
| (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers |
10 |
|
Strangers |
| Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens) |
28 |
|
Just Between the Two of Us |
| 1965 |
I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can |
42 |
|
Strangers |
Capitol |
| 1966 |
Swinging Doors |
5 |
|
Swinging Doors |
| The Bottle Let Me Down |
3 |
|
Swinging Doors |
| I'm a Lonesome Fugitive |
1 |
|
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive |
| 1967 |
Someone Told My Story |
32 |
|
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive |
| I Threw Away the Rose |
2 |
|
Branded Man |
| Branded Man |
1 |
|
Branded Man |
| 1968 |
Sing Me Back Home |
1 |
|
Sing Me Back Home |
| The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde |
1 |
|
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde |
| Mama Tried |
1 |
|
Mama Tried |
| I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am |
3 |
|
Pride in What I Am |
| 1969 |
Hungry Eyes |
1 |
|
A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
| Workin' Man's Blues |
1 |
|
A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
| Okie From Muskogee |
1 |
41 |
Okie from Muskogee |
| 1970 |
The Fightin' Side of Me |
1 |
92 |
The Fightin' Side of Me |
| Street Singer |
9 |
|
Introducing My Friends The Strangers |
| Jesus, Take a Hold |
3 |
|
Hag |
| I Can't Be Myself |
3 |
|
Hag |
| 1971 |
Soldiers Last Letter |
3 |
90 |
Hag |
| Sidewalks of Chicago |
3 |
|
Hag |
| Someday We'll Look Back |
2 |
|
Someday We'll Look Back |
| Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) |
1 |
|
Let Me Tell You About a Song |
| Carolyn |
1 |
58 |
Someday We'll Look Back |
| 1972 |
Grandma Harp |
1 |
|
Let Me Tell You About a Song |
| It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) |
1 |
|
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) |
| I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me |
1 |
|
I Love Dixie Blues |
| 1973 |
The Emptiest Arms in the World |
3 |
|
I Love Dixie Blues |
| Everybody's Had the Blues |
1 |
62 |
I Love Dixie Blues |
| If We Make It Through December |
1 |
28 |
If We Make It Through December |
| 1974 |
Things Aren't Funny Anymore |
1 |
|
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
| Old Man From The Mountain |
1 |
|
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
| Kentucky Gambler |
1 |
|
Keep Movin' On |
| 1975 |
Always Wanting You |
1 |
|
Keep Movin' On |
| Movin' On |
1 |
|
Keep Movin' On |
| It's All in the Movies |
1 |
|
It's All in the Movies |
| The Roots of My Raising |
1 |
|
The Roots of My Raising |
| 1976 |
Here Comes the Freedom Train |
10 |
|
My Love Affair with Trains |
| Cherokee Maiden |
1 |
|
The Roots of My Raising |
| 1977 |
If We're Not Back in Love By Monday |
2 |
|
Ramblin' Fever |
MCA |
| Ramblin' Fever |
2 |
|
Ramblin' Fever |
| A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
16 |
|
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
Capitol |
| From Graceland to the Promised Land |
4 |
58 |
My Farewell to Elvis |
MCA |
| Running Kind |
12 |
|
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
Capitol |
| Making Believe |
12 |
|
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
| 1978 |
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
2 |
|
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
MCA |
| It's Been a Great Afternoon |
2 |
|
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
| The Bull & The Beaver (with Leona Williams) |
8 |
|
|
| 1979 |
Red Bandana |
4 |
|
Serving 190 Proof |
| My Own Kind of Hat |
4 |
|
Serving 190 Proof |
| 1980 |
The Way I Am |
2 |
|
The Way I Am |
| Barroom Buddies (with Clint Eastwood) |
1 |
|
Bronco Billy Soundtrack |
Elektra |
| I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink |
1 |
|
Back to the Barrooms |
MCA |
| Misery and Gin |
3 |
|
Back to the Barrooms |
| Leonard |
9 |
|
Back to the Barrooms |
| 1981 |
Rainbow Stew (live) |
4 |
|
Rainbow Stew |
| My Favorite Memory |
1 |
|
Big City |
Epic |
| Big City |
1 |
|
Big City |
| Are the Good Times Really Over |
2 |
|
Big City |
| 1982 |
Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) |
1 |
|
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
| Going Where the Lonely Go |
1 |
|
Going Where the Lonely Go |
| C.C. Waterback (with George Jones) |
10 |
|
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
| Reasons to Quit (with Willie Nelson) |
6 |
|
Pancho and Lefty |
| You Take Me for Granted |
1 |
|
Going Where the Lonely Go |
| 1983 |
Pancho and Lefty (with Willie Nelson) |
1 |
|
Pancho and Lefty |
| We're Strangers Again (with Leona Williams) |
42 |
|
Heart to Heart |
Mercury |
| That's the Way Love Goes |
1 |
|
That's the Way Love Goes |
Epic |
| What Am I Gonna Do (With The Rest Of My Life) |
3 |
|
That's the Way Love Goes |
| It's All in the Game |
54 |
|
It's All in the Game |
MCA |
| 1984 |
Someday When Things Are Good |
1 |
|
His Epic Hits |
Epic |
| Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room |
1 |
|
It's All in the Game |
| A Place to Fall Apart (featuring Janie Fricke) |
1 |
|
It's All in the Game |
| 1985 |
Natural High |
1 |
|
It's All in the Game |
| Kern River |
10 |
|
Kern River |
| Amber Waves of Grain |
36 |
|
Amber Waves of Grain |
| American Waltz |
60 |
|
Amber Waves of Grain |
| Make Up and Faded Blue Jeans |
55 |
|
Back to the Barrooms |
MCA |
| 1986 |
Out Among the Stars |
21 |
|
Out Among the Stars |
Epic |
| Almost Persuaded |
58 |
|
Out Among the Stars |
| I Had a Beautiful Time |
5 |
|
Friend in California |
| A Friend in California |
9 |
|
Friend in California |
| 1987 |
If I Could Only Fly (with Willie Nelson) |
58 |
|
Seashores of Old Mexico |
| Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star |
1 |
|
Chill Factor |
| 1988 |
Chill Factor |
9 |
|
Chill Factor |
| We Never Touch At All |
22 |
|
Chill Factor |
| You Babe |
23 |
|
Chill Factor |
| 1989 |
A Better Love Next Time |
4 |
|
5:01 Blues |
| 5:01 Blues |
18 |
|
5:01 Blues |
| If You Want to be My Woman |
23 |
|
5:01 Blues |
| 1990 |
When It Rains It Pours |
60 |
|
Blue Jungle |
Curb |
| 1994 |
In My Next Life |
58 |
|
1994 |
| 1999 |
That's the Way Love Goes (with Jewel) |
54 |
|
For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
BNA |
| 2005 |
Politically Uncorrect (with Gretchen Wilson) |
23 |
|
All Jacked Up (Gretchen Wilson album) |
Epic |
