Trace Adkins is an American country music singer. His discography consists of fourteen studio albums and six greatest hits albums. Of his 14 studio albums, six have been certified by the RIAA: 1997's Big Time is certified Gold, as are 2001's Chrome, and 2006's Dangerous Man. His 1996 debut Dreamin' Out Loud and 2003's Comin' On Strong are certified Platinum. 2005's Songs About Me is his best-selling album, certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. Two of Adkins' compilation albums, Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 and American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II are certified Platinum
Adkins has also released 40 singles to country radio, all but seven of which have reached Top 40 on the Billboard country charts. This total includes four Number Ones: "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" (1997), "Ladies Love Country Boys" (2007), "You're Gonna Miss This" (2008), which is also his highest Billboard Hot 100 peak at number 12, and "Hillbilly Bone" (2009-2010), a duet with Blake Shelton. Ten more of his singles are Top 10 hits on the country charts, including the number 2 "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" from late 2005-early 2006, which is also his only other Top 40 pop hit at number 30. "You're Gonna Miss This" and 2004's "Rough & Ready" are both gold-certified digital singles, and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" is certified platinum as a mastertone.
Studio albums
1990s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US Country US USHeat CAN Country Dreamin' Out Loud Release date: June 25, 1996 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 6 53 1 16 RIAA: Platinum Big Time Release date: October 21, 1997 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 7 50 — 26 RIAA: Gold More… Release date: November 2, 1999 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 9 82 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
2000s Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US Country US Chrome Release date: October 9, 2001 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 4 59 RIAA: Gold Comin' On Strong Release date: December 2, 2003 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD 3 31 RIAA: Platinum Songs About Me Release date: March 22, 2005 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 1 11 RIAA: 2× Platinum Dangerous Man Release date: August 15, 2006 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 1 3 RIAA: Gold X Release date: November 25, 2008 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 7 32
2010s and 2020s Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country US US Indie Cowboy's Back in Town Release date: August 17, 2010 Label: Show Dog-Universal Music Formats: CD, music download 1 5 — Proud to Be Here Release date: August 2, 2011 Label: Show Dog-Universal Music Formats: CD, music download 2 3 — Love Will... Release date: May 14, 2013 Label: Show Dog-Universal Music Formats: CD, music download 6 14 — The King's Gift Release date: October 29, 2013 Label: Caliburn Formats: CD, music download 12 75 11 Something's Going On Release date: March 31, 2017 Label: Wheelhouse Formats: CD, music download 5 35 3 The Way I Wanna GoRelease date: August 27, 2021 Label: Verge Format: CD, digital download 41 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US Country US Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 Release date: July 8, 2003 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD 1 9 RIAA: Platinum Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Release date: June 26, 2006 Label: EMI International Formats: CD — — American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II Release date: December 4, 2007 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 3 22 RIAA: Platinum The Definitive Greatest Hits:'Til the Last Shot's Fired Release date: October 12, 2010 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 12 62 10 Great Songs Release date: April 3, 2012 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 38 — Icon Release date: March 19, 2013 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 55 — 10 Great Songs: 20th Century Masters:The Millennium Collection Release date: April 1, 2014 Label: Universal Music Group Formats: CD 43 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Extended plays Title Album details Ain't That Kind of Cowboy Release date: October 16, 2020 Label: Verge Records Formats: Digital download
Singles
1990s Year Single Peak chart positionsCertifications Album US Country Songs US CAN CountryPeak chart positions for country singles of Trace Adkins in Canada: Singles released 1996 to 2000 – "Rough & Ready" – "Songs About Me" – "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" – All other singles – 1996 "There's a Girl in Texas" 20 — 33 Dreamin' Out Loud "Every Light in the House" 3 78 10 RIAA: Gold 1997 "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" 1 — 1 "I Left Something Turned On at Home" 2 — 1 "The Rest of Mine" 4 70 5 Big Time 1998 "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" 11 — 10 "Big Time" 27 — 22 1999 "Don't Lie" 27 — 45 More… "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Country Songs US CAN Country CAN 2000 "More" 10 65 4 — More… "I'm Gonna Love You Anyway" 36 — 71 — 2001 "I'm Tryin'" 6 44 x — Chrome 2002 "Help Me Understand" 17 80 x — "Chrome" 10 74 x — 2003 "Then They Do" 9 52 x — Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1 "Hot Mama" 5 51 x — Comin' On Strong 2004 "Rough & Ready" 13 75 28 — RIAA: Gold "Songs About Me" 2 59 15 — RIAA: Gold Songs About Me 2005 "Arlington" 16 — — — "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" 2 30 8 — RIAA: 3× Platinum 2006 "Swing" 20 76 35 — RIAA: Gold Dangerous Man "Ladies Love Country Boys" 1 61 14 — RIAA: Platinum 2007 "I Wanna Feel Something" 25 — — — "I Got My Game On" 34 — — — American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II 2008 "You're Gonna Miss This" 1 12 1 11 RIAA: 2× Platinum "Muddy Water" 22 — 24 — X 2009 "Marry for Money" 14 98 5 84 "All I Ask For Anymore" 14 95 31 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart"x" indicates that no relevant chart existed or was archived
2010s–2020s Year Single Peak chart positions Certifiations Album US Country Songs US Country Airplay US CAN Country 2010 "Ala-Freakin-Bama" 49 — — Cowboy's Back in Town "This Ain't No Love Song" 15 88 44 2011 "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" 39 — — "Just Fishin'" 6 61 19 RIAA: Gold Proud to Be Here "Million Dollar View" 38 — — 2012 "Them Lips (On Mine)" 52 — — 2013 "Watch the World End" — 57 — — Love Will... 2016 "Jesus and Jones" — 41 — — Something's Going On "Lit" — — — — 2017 "Watered Down" — 55 — — "Still a Soldier" — — — — 2020 "Better Off" — — — — Ain't That Kind of Cowboy 2021 "Where the County Girls At" — — — — The Way I Wanna Go "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Country Songs US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN 2001 "America the Beautiful" 58 — — — rowspan="2" 2009 "My First Ride" — — — — "We've Got a Pulse" — — — — A Taste of the Truth "Hillbilly Bone" 1 40 8 84 RIAA: Platinum Hillbilly Bone 2013 "Working on a Building" — — — — — Working on a Building 2019 "Hell Right" 14 18 99 36 — RIAA: Gold Fully Loaded: God's Country "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Other charted songs Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country Songs US Bubbling 1998 "The Christmas Song" 64 — Dillard's Country Christmas Collection 1999 2005 "Honky Tonk Badonk Adonk" 58 — Songs About Me 2009 "Til the Last Shot's Fired" 50 5 X "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Videography Music videos Year Video Director 1996 "There's a Girl in Texas" Michael Merriman "Every Light in the House" 1997 "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" "The Rest of Mine" 1998 "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" 1999 "Don't Lie" Peter Zavadil 2000 "More" Steven Goldmann 2001 "I'm Tryin'" 2002 "Help Me Understand" Trey Fanjoy "Chrome" Michael Salomon 2003 "Then They Do" Deaton Flanigen "Hot Mama" Michael Salomon 2004 "Rough & Ready" 2005 "Songs About Me" "Arlington" Trey Fanjoy "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" Michael Salomon 2006 "Swing" "Ladies Love Country Boys" 2007 "I Wanna Feel Something" Wes Edwards "I Got My Game On" Michael Salomon 2008 "You're Gonna Miss This" Peter Zavadil "Muddy Water" Trey Fanjoy "I Can't Outrun You" David Poag 2009 "Marry for Money" Michael Salomon "All I Ask for Anymore" Deaton Flanigen 2010 "This Ain't No Love Song" Michael Salomon 2011 "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow" "Just Fishin'" Trey Fanjoy 2012 "Tough People Do" Heflin Bros. 2013 "Watch the World End" (with Colbie Caillat) Emily Hawkins 2016 "Jesus and Jones" Peter Zavadil 2017 "Watered Down" Jim Shea "Lit" Todd Tue 2018 "Still a Soldier" Jon Small
Guest appearances Year Video Director 2001 "America the Beautiful" (Various) Marc Ball 2009 "Hillbilly Bone" (with Blake Shelton) Roman White 2019 "Hell Right" (with Blake Shelton) Sophie Muller
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