Mark Wills is an American country music singer. His discography comprises six studio albums, five compilation albums, one live album, and twenty-four singles. Signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 1996, he has charted nineteen times on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts (all 16 of his singles signed to Mercury Nashville making the top 40), reaching Number One with "Wish You Were Here" and "19 Somethin'," from 1999 and 2002-2003 respectively. Besides these two songs, he has sent six more into the top ten of the same chart: his 1996 debut single "Jacob's Ladder," 1997's "Places I've Never Been," "I Do (Cherish You)" and "Don't Laugh at Me" from 1998, "She's in Love" from 1999, and a cover version of Brian McKnight's "Back at One" in 2000. "Back at One" is also Wills' only Number One on the Canadian country singles charts.
Of his studio albums, 1998's Wish You Were Here is certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and 2000's Permanently is certified gold. The latter is also his highest-charting album on Top Country Albums, at number 3.
Studio albums
1990s albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US US Heat Mark Wills Release date: June 11, 1996 Label: PolyGram/Mercury Records 38 — 26 Wish You Were Here Release date: May 5, 1998 Label: Mercury Nashville 8 74 1 US: Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US Permanently[A] Release date: January 11, 2000 Label: Mercury Nashville 3 23 US: Gold Loving Every Minute Release date: August 21, 2001 Label: Mercury Nashville 10 93 And the Crowd Goes Wild Release date: October 21, 2003 Label: Mercury Nashville 5 68 Familiar Stranger Release date: November 4, 2008 Label: Tenacity Records — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s albums Title Album details Peak positions US Country Looking for America Release date: April 24, 2011 Label: Gracie Productions 55 The Legend Of... Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: Three Kids Music (self-released) - 19 Something Release date: July 2, 2014 Label: Dance Plant Records -
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country US Greatest Hits Release date: November 5, 2002 Label: Mercury Nashville 16 140 The Best of Mark Wills Release date: September 16, 2003 Label: Mercury Nashville — — 20th Century Masters:The Millennium Collection Release date: March 9, 2004 Label: Mercury Nashville — — Live at Billy Bob's Texas Release date: June 28, 2005 Label: Smith Music Group — — The Definitive Collection Release date: March 13, 2007 Label: Mercury Nashville — — 2nd Time Around Release date: June 16, 2009 Label: Tenacity Records — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1990s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US CAN Country 1996 "Jacob's Ladder" 6 — 6 Mark Wills "High Low and In Between" 33 — 48 1997 "Places I've Never Been" 5 — 7 1998 "I Do (Cherish You)" 2 72 3 Wish You Were Here "Don't Laugh at Me" 2 73 2 1999 "Wish You Were Here" 1 34 4 "She's in Love" 7 60 18 "Back at One" 2 36 1 Permanently "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s and 2010s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country US 2000 "Almost Doesn't Count"[B] 19 —[C] Permanently "I Want to Know (Everything There Is to Know About You)" 33 — 2001 "Loving Every Minute" 18 —[D] Loving Every Minute "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (with Jamie O'Neal) 31 — 2002 "19 Somethin'" 1 23 Greatest Hits 2003 "When You Think of Me" 28 — "And the Crowd Goes Wild" 29 — And the Crowd Goes Wild "That's a Woman" 40 — 2006 "Hank" 46 — "Take It All Out on Me" 47 — Familiar Stranger 2007 "Days of Thunder" 50 — 2008 "The Things We Forget" — — 2009 "Entertaining Angels" — — "Crazy White Boy" — — 2011 "Looking for America" — — Looking for America "Crazy Being Home" — — 2016 "You're My Home" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other singles
Other charted songs Year Single Peak positions Album US Digital 2006 "What Hurts the Most" 51 And the Crowd Goes Wild
Videography
Music videos Year Video Director 1996 "High Low and in Between" David Abbott 1997 "Places I've Never Been" Steven Goldmann 1998 "I Do (Cherish You)" Peter Zavadil "Don't Laugh at Me" Jim Hershleder 1999 "She's in Love" Charley Randazzo "Back at One" Jim Hershleder 2000 "Almost Doesn't Count" Michael Salomon "I Want to Know (Everything There Is to Know About You)" David Abbott 2001 "Loving Every Minute" Trey Fanjoy 2002 "19 Somethin'" Eric Welch 2003 "And the Crowd Goes Wild" Peter Zavadil 2006 "Hank" 2008 "The Things We Forget" Glenn Sweitzer 2009 "Crazy White Boy" (Version 1) "Don't Laugh at Me" (Children's Miracle Network) "Crazy White Boy" (Version 2) (featuring Chris Brackett) 2011 "Looking for America" Matt McQueen
Notes
A^ Permanently also peaked at number 8 on the RPM Country Albums chart. B^ "Almost Doesn't Count" also peaked at number 38 on the RPM Country Tracks chart. C^ "Almost Doesn't Count" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. D^ "Loving Every Minute" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 7 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.
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