Clint Black is an American country music singer. His discography consists of 14 studio albums, eight compilation albums, one extended play and 50 singles. Black debuted in 1989 with the single "A Better Man", the first of four consecutive Number One country hits from his album Killin' Time for RCA Nashville. Over the next decade, he released six more albums for RCA and two more on his own label, Equity Music Group. Black's RCA albums are all certified gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He has sold 19 million albums worldwide.
Among his singles, Black has sent 13 cuts to Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts and 15 other singles within Top 10 on the same. His longest-lasting Number Ones are "Nobody's Home" and "Like the Rain" at three weeks each.
Studio albums 1980s–1990s Title Album details Peak positions Certifications US Country US CAN Country CAN Killin' Time Release date: May 2, 1989 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, LP, cassette 1 31 6 93 CAN: Platinum RIAA: 3× Platinum Put Yourself in My Shoes Release date: November 27, 1990 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 1 18 — — CAN: Platinum RIAA: 3× Platinum The Hard Way Release date: July 14, 1992 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 2 8 3 47 CAN: Gold RIAA: Platinum No Time to Kill Release date: July 13, 1993 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 2 14 3 59 CAN: Gold RIAA: Platinum One Emotion Release date: October 4, 1994 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 8 37 — — CAN: Platinum RIAA: Platinum Looking for Christmas Release date: October 17, 1995 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 25 138 — — Nothin' but the Taillights Release date: July 29, 1997 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 4 43 5 — CAN: Gold RIAA: Platinum D'lectrified Release date: September 28, 1999 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 7 75 7 — RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s–2020s Title Album details Peak positions US Country US US Indie Spend My Time Release date: March 2, 2004 Label: Equity Music Group Formats: CD, music download 3 27 1 Christmas with You Release date: September 14, 2004 Label: Equity Music Group Formats: CD, music download 46 — 24 Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic Release date: October 4, 2005 Label: Equity Music Group Formats: CD, music download 36 — 22 The Love Songs Release date: January 30, 2007 Label: Equity Music Group Formats: CD, music download 37 — 24 On Purpose Release date: September 25, 2015 Label: Blacktop / Thirty Tigers Formats: CD, music download 13 — 20 Out of Sane Release date: June 19, 2020 Label: Blacktop / Thirty Tigers Formats: CD, music download ——— "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Still Killin' Time Release date: November 8, 2019 Label: Blacktop / Thirty Tigers Formats: CD, music download
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak positions Certifications US Country US USIndie CAN Country CAN Greatest Hits Release date: September 24, 1996 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 2 12 — 5 81 CAN: Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum Super Hits Release date: October 27, 1998 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — Greatest Hits II Release date: October 30, 2001 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 8 97 — — — Super Hits Release date: January 21, 2003 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD 53 — — — — Ultimate Clint Black Release date: September 23, 2003 Label: RCA Nashville / BMG Heritage Formats: CD 39 — — — — 16 Biggest Hits Release date: April 11, 2006 Label: RCA Records Nashville Formats: CD, music download 72 — — — — When I Said I Do Release date: August 5, 2013 Label: Cracker Barrel Formats: CD 30 162 30 — — The Clint Black Christmas Collection Release date: November 30, 2018 Label: Blacktop Formats: CD, music download — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Extended plays Title EP details The Long Cool EP Release date: March 11, 2008 Label: Equity Music Group Formats: music download
Singles 1980s–1990s Year Single Peak positionsCertifications Album US Country US CAN Country CAN AC 1989 "A Better Man" 1 — 1 — RIAA: Gold Killin' Time "Killin' Time" 1 — 1 — RIAA: Platinum "Nobody's Home" 1 — 1 — 1990 "Walkin' Away" 1 — 1 — "Nothing's News" 3 — 1 — "Put Yourself in My Shoes" 4 — 3 — Put Yourself in My Shoes 1991 "Loving Blind" 1 — 1 — "One More Payment" 7 — 7 — "Where Are You Now" 1 — 1 — 1992 "We Tell Ourselves" 2 — 1 — The Hard Way "Burn One Down" 4 — 2 — 1993 "When My Ship Comes In" 1 — 1 — "A Bad Goodbye" 2 43 1 — No Time to Kill "No Time to Kill" 3 — 2 — "State of Mind" 2 — 2 — 1994 "A Good Run of Bad Luck" 1 — 1 — "Half the Man" 4 — 5 — "Untanglin' My Mind" 4 — 3 — One Emotion 1995 "Wherever You Go" 3 — 4 — "Summer's Comin'" 1 — 1 — "One Emotion" 2 — 1 — "Life Gets Away" 4 — 1 — 1996 "Like the Rain" 1 — 1 47 RIAA: Gold Greatest Hits "Half Way Up" 6 — 4 — 1997 "Still Holding On" 11 — 1 50 Nothin' but the Taillights "Something That We Do" 2 76 4 — 1998 "Nothin' but the Taillights" 1 — 1 — "The Shoes You're Wearing" 1 — 1 — "Loosen Up My Strings" 12 — 6 — 1999 "You Don't Need Me Now" 29 — 31 — "When I Said I Do" 1 31 1 — RIAA: Gold D'lectrified "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s–2020s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country US CAN Country 2000 "Been There" 5 44 1 D'lectrified "Love She Can't Live Without" 30 — 45 2001 "Easy for Me to Say" 27 — — Greatest Hits II 2002 "Money or Love" 50 — — 2003 "Iraq and Roll" 42 — — "Spend My Time" 16 — — Spend My Time 2004 "The Boogie Man" 51 — — "My Imagination" 42 — — 2005 "Rainbow in the Rain" 44 — — Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic "Code of the West" — — — 2006 "Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic" 54 — — "Heartaches" — — — 2007 "The Strong One" 37 — — The Long Cool EP 2008 "Long Cool Woman" 58 — — 2015 "Time for That" — — — On Purpose 2016 "You Still Get to Me" — — — "Still Calling It News" — — — 2019 "This Old House" — — — Still Killin' Time 2020 "America (Still in Love with You)" — — — Out of Sane "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Christmas singles Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1990 "Til' Santa's Gone (I Just Can't Wait)" 34 Home for the Holidays 1995 "The Kid" 67 Looking for Christmas 2004 "Christmas with You" 54 Christmas with You
As a featured artist Year Single Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1991 "Hold On Partner" 42 48 Tribute 1992 "Hotel Whiskey" 54 82 Maverick 1994 "Amazing Grace" — — Maverick (soundtrack) 1998 "Same Old Train" 59 — Tribute to Tradition 2004 "Hey Good Lookin'" 8 — License to Chill 2005 "Grain of Salt" — — Livin' the Dream "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other charted songs Year Title Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1991 "This Nightlife" 61 — Put Yourself in My Shoes 1993 "Desperado" 54 52 Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles "—" denotes releases that did not chart
B-sides Year Title Peak positions A-side US Country 1994 "Tuckered Out" 74 "State of Mind"
Music videos Year Video Director 1989 "A Better Man" Bill Young "Killin' Time" 1990 "Walkin' Away" Jim May "Put Yourself in My Shoes" Dean Lent 1991 "Loving Blind" Bill Young 1992 "We Tell Ourselves" Michael Patterson/Candace Reckinger 1993 "When My Ship Comes In" Steven Goldmann "A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) Peter Nydrle 1994 "State of Mind" Palomar Pictures "A Good Run of Bad Luck" Clint Black "Untanglin' My Mind" 1995 "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" 1997 "Something That We Do" Timothy White/Clint Black 1998 "Cadillac Jack Favor" Clint Black "The Shoes You're Wearing" Clint Black/Brent Hedgecock 1999 "When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) Clint Black 2000 "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) 2001 "Easy for Me to Say" (with Lisa Hartman Black) 2002 "Money or Love" 2003 "Spend My Time" 2007 "The Strong One" Shaun Silva 2016 "You Still Get to Me" (with Lisa Hartman Black) Ben Boutwell "Still Calling It News" Ethan Russell 2019 "This Old House" (with Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans, Cody Jinks,Michael Ray, Darius Rucker, Travis Tritt, and Steve Wariner) Ben Boutwell 2020 "America (Still in Love with You)" Clint Black/Ben Boutwell
Guest appearances Year Video Director 1991 "Hold On, Partner" (with Roy Rogers) Jack Cole "Hotel Whiskey" (with Hank Williams, Jr.) 1992 "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"(George Jones and Friends) Marc Ball 1994 "Amazing Grace" (Maverick Choir) Gil Bettman 1998 "Same Old Train" (various) Steve Boyle 2004 "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson,Toby Keith and George Strait) Trey Fanjoy/Stan Kellam
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