Willie Nelson albums discography

Willie Nelson discography
Studio albums102
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums14
Compilation albums51
Video albums41

The following is a detailed discography of all albums released by country music singer Willie Nelson, since his professional debut in 1962. Nelson's discography includes 102 studio albums (consisting of 76 solo studio albums and 26 collaborative studio albums), 14 live albums, 51 compilation albums and 41 video albums as well as the soundtracks of The Electric Horseman and Honeysuckle Rose. According to Courier Journal, Nelson's 2024 album The Border was his 152nd album.[1]

His albums have been successful in many countries, especially New Zealand, Australia and some European countries. Nelson has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States alone.

Studio albums

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1960s

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Title Details Peak positions[2]
US Country
...And Then I Wrote
Here's Willie Nelson
  • Release date: July 1, 1963
  • Label: Liberty Records
Country Willie – His Own Songs
Country Favorites – Willie Nelson Style
  • Release date: April 18, 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
9
Make Way for Willie Nelson
  • Release date: April 24, 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
7
The Party's Over
  • Release date: September 18, 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
9
Texas in My Soul
  • Release date: April 1, 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
Good Times
  • Release date: October 14, 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
29
My Own Peculiar Way
  • Release date: February 10, 1969
  • Label: RCA Records
39
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
CAN Country CAN NZ
Both Sides Now
Laying My Burdens Down
  • Release date: September 14, 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
Willie Nelson and Family
  • Release date: March 1, 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
43
Yesterday's Wine
  • Release date: November 15, 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
43
The Words Don't Fit the Picture
  • Release date: February 7, 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
The Willie Way
  • Release date: July 17, 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
34
Shotgun Willie
  • Release date: June 11, 1973
  • Label: Atlantic
41 205
Phases and Stages
  • Release date: February 25, 1974
  • Label: Atlantic
34 187
Red Headed Stranger
  • Release date: May 26, 1975
  • Label: Columbia
1 28 88 7 90
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
The Sound in Your Mind
  • Release date: March 1, 1976
  • Label: Columbia
1 48
  • US: Platinum
The Troublemaker
  • Release date: September 20, 1976
  • Label: Columbia
1 60
  • US: Gold
To Lefty from Willie
  • Release date: June 13, 1977
  • Label: Columbia
2 91
Waylon & Willie
(with Waylon Jennings)
  • Release date: January 9, 1978
  • Label: RCA Victor
1 12 7 11
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
Stardust
  • Release date: April 17, 1978
  • Label: Columbia
1 30 5 1 28 1
  • US: 5× Platinum
  • AUS: Platinum[6]
  • NZ: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
One for the Road
(with Leon Russell)
  • Release date: June 11, 1979
  • Label: Columbia
3 25 85 1 28 11
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
  • NZ: Gold
Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson
  • Release date: October 22, 1979
  • Label: Columbia
5 42 1 64
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Pretty Paper
  • Release date: November 5, 1979
  • Label: Columbia
11 73 99
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

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Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
CAN Country CAN
San Antonio Rose
(with Ray Price)
  • Release date: May 19, 1980
  • Label: Columbia
3 70 1
  • US: Gold
Family Bible
  • Release date: September 1, 1980
  • Label: Songbird
26
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • Release date: February 23, 1981
  • Label: Columbia
1 31 30 23
Always on My Mind
  • Release date: March 1, 1982
  • Label: Columbia
1 2 60 20
  • US: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
Old Friends
(with Roger Miller)
  • Release date: May 17, 1982
  • Label: Columbia
In the Jailhouse Now
(with Webb Pierce)
  • Release date: June 28, 1982
  • Label: Columbia
WWII
(with Waylon Jennings)
  • Release date: September 27, 1982
  • Label: RCA
3 57 92
  • US: Gold
Pancho & Lefty
(with Merle Haggard)
  • Release date: January 10, 1983
  • Label: Epic
1 37
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Tougher Than Leather
  • Release date: February 14, 1983
  • Label: Columbia
4 39 48
Take It to the Limit
(with Waylon Jennings)
  • Release date: April 18, 1983
  • Label: Columbia
3 60
  • US: Gold
Without a Song
  • Release date: October 24, 1983
  • Label: Columbia
3 54 85 2 35
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Angel Eyes
  • Release date: May 7, 1984
  • Label: Columbia
116
City of New Orleans
  • Release date: July 16, 1984
  • Label: Columbia
1 69 24 62
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Music from Songwriter
(with Kris Kristofferson)
  • Release date: October 8, 1984
  • Label: Columbia
21 152
Me and Paul
  • Release date: February 25, 1985
  • Label: Columbia
3 152
Funny How Time Slips Away
(with Faron Young)
  • Release date: April 22, 1985
  • Label: Columbia
Brand on My Heart
(with Hank Snow)
  • Release date: April 22, 1985
  • Label: Columbia
The Promiseland
  • Release date: March 10, 1986
  • Label: Columbia
1
Partners
  • Release date: October 6, 1986
  • Label: Columbia
13
Island in the Sea
  • Release date: June 29, 1987
  • Label: Columbia
14
Seashores of Old Mexico
(with Merle Haggard)
  • Release date: October 13, 1987
  • Label: Epic
31
What a Wonderful World
  • Release date: September 20, 1988
  • Label: Columbia
6 70
  • NZ: Gold
A Horse Called Music
  • Release date: July 31, 1989
  • Label: Columbia
2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

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Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
CAN Country NOR SWE
Born for Trouble
  • Release date: September 24, 1990
  • Label: Columbia
31
The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?
  • Release date: June 10, 1991[7]
  • Label: Sony
Clean Shirt
(with Waylon Jennings)
  • Release date: July 2, 1991
  • Label: Epic
29 193
Across the Borderline
  • Release date: March 23, 1993
  • Label: Columbia
15 75 53 5 4
Moonlight Becomes You
  • Release date: February 15, 1994
  • Label: Justice
37 188 20 14
Six Hours at Pedernales
(with Curtis Potter)
  • Release date: August 2, 1994
  • Label: Step One
Healing Hands of Time
  • Release date: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
17 103 15
Just One Love
Augusta
(with Don Cherry)
  • Release date: December 12, 1995
  • Label: Sundown
Spirit
  • Release date: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Island
20 132 4 17
How Great Thou Art
(with Bobbie Nelson)
  • Release date: July 9, 1996
  • Label: Finer Arts
Hill Country Christmas
(with Bobbie Nelson)
  • Release date: October 14, 1997
  • Label: Finer Arts
60
Teatro
  • Release date: September 1, 1998
  • Label: Island
17 104 15 58
Night and Day
  • Release date: July 13, 1999
  • Label: Free Falls Entertainment
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

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Title Details Peak chart positions[2]
US Country US AUS
[5]
NOR SWE NZ
Me and the Drummer
  • Release date: June 6, 2000
  • Label: Luck
Milk Cow Blues[A]
  • Release date: September 19, 2000
  • Label: Island
83
Rainbow Connection
  • Release date: June 12, 2001
  • Label: Island
52
The Great Divide 5 43 23
The Eyes of Texas
(with Don Cherry)
  • Release date: June 10, 2002
  • Label: Wildflower
Run That by Me One More Time
(with Ray Price)
  • Release date: July 1, 2003
  • Label: Lost Highway
62
Nacogdoches
  • Release date: April 29, 2004
  • Label: Texas Roadhouse
It Always Will Be
  • Release date: October 26, 2004
  • Label: Lost Highway
12 75
Countryman
  • Release date: August 2, 2005
  • Label: Lost Highway
6 46
You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
  • Release date: March 14, 2006
  • Label: Lost Highway
24 114
Songbird
  • Release date: October 31, 2006
  • Label: Lost Highway
19 87 34 46
Last of the Breed
(with Merle Haggard and Ray Price)
  • Release date: March 20, 2007
  • Label: Lost Highway
7 64
It's Magic
(with Don Cherry)
  • Release date: October 9, 2007
  • Label: Diamonddisc
Moment of Forever
  • Release date: January 29, 2008
  • Label: Lost Highway
8 56
Willie and the Wheel
(with Asleep at the Wheel)
  • Release date: February 3, 2009
  • Label: Bismeaux
13 90
American Classic[B]
  • Release date: August 25, 2009
  • Label: Blue Note
14 43 52 16
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

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Title Details Peak chart positions[2]
US Country US AUS[8] CAN DEN SWE
Country Music
  • Release date: April 20, 2010
  • Label: Rounder
4 20 41
Remember Me, Vol. 1
  • Release date: November 22, 2011
  • Label: R&J
40
Heroes 4 18 26 51
Let's Face the Music and Dance
  • Release date: April 16, 2013
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
16 49
To All the Girls...
  • Release date: October 15, 2013
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
2 9 21
Band of Brothers
  • Release date: June 17, 2014
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
1 5
December Day: Willie's Stash, Vol. 1
(with Bobbie Nelson)
  • Release date: December 2, 2014
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
26
Django & Jimmie
(with Merle Haggard)
  • Release date: June 2, 2015
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
1 7 16
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
  • Release date: February 26, 2016
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
40 82
For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price
  • Release date: September 19, 2016
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
5 84
God's Problem Child
  • Release date: April 28, 2017
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
1 10 38 30
Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash, Vol. 2
(with Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson)
  • Release date: October 20, 2017
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
19 134
Last Man Standing
  • Release date: April 27, 2018
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
3 14 52
My Way
  • Release date: September 14, 2018
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
36
Ride Me Back Home
  • Release date: June 21, 2019
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
2 18
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s

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Title Details Peak chart
positions[2]
US US Country AUS
[9]
First Rose of Spring 49 5 68
That's Life
  • Release date: February 26, 2021
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
58
The Willie Nelson Family
(with Amy, Bobbie, Lukas, Micah, and Paula Nelson)
  • Release date: November 19, 2021
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
A Beautiful Time
  • Release date: April 29, 2022
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
100 13
I Don't Know a Thing About Love
  • Release date: March 3, 2023
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
Bluegrass
  • Release date: September 15, 2023
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
The Border
  • Release date: May 31, 2024
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
50 39
Last Leaf on the Tree
  • Release date: November 1, 2024
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart
positions[2]
Certifications[3][4]
US Country US
Country Music Concert
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: RCA Records
32
5
Willie and Family Live[C]
  • Release date: November 1978
  • Label: Columbia Records
1 32
  • US: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
VH1 Storytellers (with Johnny Cash) 25 56
All of Me – Live in Concert
  • Release date: October 15, 2002
  • Label: BCI Music
Willie Nelson & Friends -
Stars & Guitars
  • Release date: November 5, 2002
  • Label: Lost Highway Records
18 133
Live and Kickin'
  • Release date: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Lost Highway Records
4 42
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
  • Release date: May 4, 2004
  • Label: Smith Music Group
27 168
Outlaws and Angels
  • Release date: September 21, 2004
  • Label: Lost Highway Records
10 69
Songs for Tsunami Relief:
Austin to South Asia
  • Release date: April 12, 2005
  • Label: Lost Highway Records
57
Live from Austin, TX
Two Men with the Blues

(with Wynton Marsalis)

  • Release date: July 8, 2008
  • Label: Blue Note
20
Here We Go Again: Celebrating
the Genius of Ray Charles

(with Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones)
  • Release date: March 29, 2011
  • Label: Blue Note Records
Willie Nelson & Friends - Live at Third Man Records
Willie Nelson Live at Budokan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

[edit]

1970s

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart
positions[2]
Certifications[3][4]
US Country US
Columbus Stockade Blues
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
Country Winners
The Best Of
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: United Artists Records
Spotlight on Willie Nelson
Country Willie
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: United Artists Records
14
What Can You Do to Me Now
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
5 196
Wanted! The Outlaws
(with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser)
  • Release date: January 12, 1976
  • Label: RCA Victor
1 10
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
The Longhorn Jamboree Presents:
Willie Nelson & His Friends
41
Willie – Before His Time
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
3 78
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight 46
Hello Walls
  • Release Date: 1978
  • Label: Pickwick Records
- -
Face of a Fighter
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Lone Star Records
42
Sweet Memories
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
6 154
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
NZ
Danny Davis & Willie Nelson with the Nashville Brass[12]
  • Release date: February 11, 1980
  • RCA Victor
14
Always
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Sony
4 7
  • AUS: Platinum[6]
  • NZ: Platinum
His Very Best
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Time Music
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Columbia Records
1 27
  • US: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
The Minstrel Man
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
39 148
Everybody's Talkin'
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: JB
25
  • AUS: Gold
The Best of Willie Nelson
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Capitol Records
62 201
20 of the Best
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
The Winning Hand (with Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton and Brenda Lee)
  • Release date: December 1982
  • Label: Monument
4 109
Songs from My Heart
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
Collectors Series
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
62
Half Nelson
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Columbia Records
10 178
  • US: Platinum
Love Songs
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: EMD International
22
  • AUS: Gold
Walking the Line (with George Jones and Merle Haggard)
  • Release date: June 16, 1987
  • Label: Epic
39
Collection
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: CBS Records
Evergreens
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Columbia Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
CAN Country
A Lifetime of Love Songs
  • Release date: February 1990
  • Label: J&B (JB401)
83
Yours Always
Any Old Arms Won't Do
  • Release date: October 6, 1992
  • Label: Sound Solutions
Gospel Favorites
Super Hits 34 98 6
  • US: 2× Platinum
The Essential Willie Nelson
  • Release date: August 1, 1995
  • Label: RCA Victor
Super Hits, Volume 2
  • Release date: September 5, 1995
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
Revolutions of Time...
The Journey 1975/1993
  • Note: Titled The Greatest Hits in Australia
  • Release date: November 14, 1995
  • Label: Columbia Records
59
Willie Standard Time
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Sony
Nashville Was the Roughest...
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: July 14, 1998
  • Label: Columbia Records
29
  • US: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
DEN NZ UK
Good Ol' Country Singin'
  • Release date: September 19, 2000
  • Label: RCA Camden
All the Songs I've Loved Before:
40 Unforgettable Songs
  • Release date: July 6, 2001
  • Label: Columbia Records
8 4
  • AUS: Gold[5]
  • NZ: Platinum
  • SWE: Gold
Crazy: The Demo Sessions 32
Willie Nelson and Friends

(with Asleep at the Wheel, Tanya Tucker, and Shirley Collie)

  • Release date: 2003
  • EMI Gold
39
The Essential Willie Nelson
  • Release date: April 1, 2003
  • Label: Sony BMG
24 179
It's Been Rough and Rocky Travelin′
  • Release date: September 2, 2003
  • Bear Family Records
Songs
  • Release date: February 15, 2005
  • Label: Lost Highway Records
13 64
The Complete Atlantic Sessions 80
Natural Renegade: Opus Collection
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
61
16 Biggest Hits, Volume II
  • Release date: August 7, 2007
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
One Hell of a Ride
  • Release date: April 1, 2008
  • Label: Columbia Records
46
Playlist: The Very Best
of Willie Nelson
  • Release date: April 29, 2008
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
61
Legend: The Best of Willie Nelson
  • Release date: May 5, 2008
  • Label: RCA Records
49 3 3 16
  • UK: Gold
  • NZ: Gold
Naked Willie
  • Release date: March 17, 2009
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
29 193
Lost Highway
  • Release date: August 11, 2009
  • Label: Lost Highway Records
29 173
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s and 2020s

[edit]
Title Details Peak positions[2]
US Country
The Classic Christmas Album
  • Release date: October 2, 2012
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
27
Country: Willie Nelson
  • Release date: November 27, 2012
  • Label: Legacy
63
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 3, 2023
  • Label: Legacy
34

Soundtrack albums

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart positions[2] Certifications[3][4]
US Country US AUS
[5]
CAN Country CAN
The Electric Horseman
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Columbia Records
3 52 3
  • US: Gold
Honeysuckle Rose
(credited as "Willie Nelson and Family")
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Columbia Records
1 11 34 4 24

Video albums and television specials

[edit]
Title Details Certifications[3][4]
Willie Nelson at Lake Tahoe
  • Release date: February 11, 1979 (TV)
  • Label: HBO
Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration
The Willie Nelson Show with Ray Charles
Greatest Hits Live
  • Release date: 1986 (VHS) / 1999 (DVD)
  • Label: Texas Pyramid
Willie Nelson, Texas Style
  • Release date: March 5, 1988 (TV)
  • Label: CBS
Some Enchanted Evening with Willie Nelson
  • Release date: August 1, 1989; 2001 (VHS) / 2004; February 8, 2005 (DVD)
  • Label: Lionsgate / Echo Bridge
The Highwaymen Live! American Outlaws
Willie Nelson and Friends: Nashville Superstar - The Great Outlaw Valentine Concert / On the Road Again
  • Release date: February 14, 1991 (VHS) / 2002, 2008 (DVD)
  • Label: MVD Visual
Willie Nelson: My Life
  • Release date: 1991 (Film) / 1997 (VHS) / 2002 (DVD)
  • Label: Cargo Films
On the Road Again - Includes Songs from the I.R.S. Tapes
  • Release date: June 8, 1992 (VHS)
  • Label: Wild Oak Pictures
The Big Six-0
  • Release date: May 22, 1993 (VHS)
  • Label: CBS Video
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began w/ Roger Miller & Kris Kristofferson
  • Release date: September 25, 1995 (VHS) / July 26, 2005 (DVD)
  • Label: Kultur Video / White Star
Willie: The Life and Music of Willie Nelson
  • Release date: 1996 (CD-Rom)
  • Label: Graphix Zone
VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
  • Release date: May 12, 1997 (TV)
  • Label: VH1
Willie Nelson: Down Home
  • Release date: August 14, 1997 (TV)
  • Label: TV Special
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Austin City Limits: Willie Nelson and Family with Leon Russell
  • Release date: February 26, 2000 (TV)
  • Label: PBS
Live in Amsterdam
Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving
Willie Nelson & Friends – Stars & Guitars
Willie Nelson and Friends - Live and Kickin'
  • Release date: May 26, 2003 (TV) / August 23, 2005 (DVD)
  • Label: Lost Highway
The Highwaymen - On the Road Again
  • Release date: July 15, 2003 (DVD)
  • Label: White Star
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
  • Release date: May 4, 2004 (CD/DVD)
  • Label: Image / Smith Music Group
Willie Nelson and Friends - Outlaws and Angels
Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
The Life and Times of Willie Nelson: Red-Headed Stranger
  • Release date: 2005 (DVD)
  • Label: Immortal
Live Forever – In the Studio with the Highwaymen
Live from Austin, TX
From Willie With Love
  • Release date: October 17, 2006 (DVD)
  • Label: Immortal
Last of the Breed - Live in Concert
Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC w/ Wynton Marsalis
  • Release date: October 28, 2008 (DVD)
  • Label: Eagle Rock
Willie and the Wheel w/ Asleep at the Wheel
  • Release date: 2008 (Film)
  • Label: The Zalman King Company
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
  • Release date: October 20, 2009 (DVD)
  • Label: A&E Home Video
Live at Soundstage
  • Release date: February 25, 2010 (DVD)
  • Label: Soundstage
Live at the US Festival 1983
Legends in Concert
  • Release date: 2012 (DVD)
  • Label: One Media
Live in Concert
  • Release date: January 15, 2013 (DVD)
  • Label: Imv. / Blueline Prod.
Willie Nelson & Friends from Third Man Records
Live
  • Release date: December 3, 2013 (DVD)
  • Label: Imv. / Blueline Prod.
On The Road Again: A Music Documentary
  • Release date: December 2, 2014 (DVD)
  • Label: Imv. / Blueline Prod.
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
  • Release date: May 27, 2016 (TV)
  • Label: American Masters

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Other appearances

[edit]
Year Song Album
1992 "Blue Hawaii" Honeymoon in Vegas
1994 "Today I Started Loving You Again" Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard
1995 "Bird on a Wire" Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
"One After 909" Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles
1997 "Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia" The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
1999 "Ride 'em Jewboy" Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman
2001 "Marie" Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
2002 "She Loves My Automobile" Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top
"American Tune" Celebrate America!: Songs for the American Spirit
"That's Me Without You" Caught in the Webb: A Tribute to the Legendary Webb Pierce
2003 "Please Come Home for Christmas" A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
2004 "You Are My Flower" The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family
2005 "Motormouth" (with Jamie Oldaker and JJ Cale) Mad Dogs and Okies
"He Was a Friend of Mine" Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2006 "The Legend" The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson
"This Time I Almost Made It" (with Shelby Lynne) She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool: A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell
"If I Could Only Fly" (with Merle Haggard) If I Could Only Fly: A Tribute to Blaze Foley
2007 "Imagine" Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
"I Hear You Knockin'" Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
"If I Were a Carpenter" (with Sheryl Crow) Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
2008 "What a Difference a Day Makes" The Imus Ranch Record
2011 "Desperados Waiting for a Train" This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark
2012 "A Peaceful Solution" Occupy This Album
2016 "Forever Country" (with Artists of Then, Now, & Forever) single only
2017 "The Only Man Wilder Than Me" (with Merle Haggard) Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Old Fashioned Love" (with Merle Haggard)
2018 "Border Song" Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin
2022 "Live Forever" Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

Live

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Year Song Album
1993 "What Was it You Wanted" The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
2000 "Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia" Farm Aid: Keep America Growing, Vol. 1
"Sitting in Limbo"
2001 "America the Beautiful" America: A Tribute to Heroes
2007 "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (with Vince Gill and Albert Lee) Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
"On the Road Again" (with Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill and Albert Lee)
2011 "The Great Divide" The Bridge School Concerts: 25th Anniversary Edition
2012 "I Still Miss Someone" We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
"If I Were a Carpenter" (with Sheryl Crow)
"Highwayman" (with Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson and Shooter Jennings)

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Year Song Album
1977 "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (with Waylon Jennings) Ol' Waylon
1978 "One Paper Kid" (with Emmylou Harris) Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
1979 "Waltz Across Texas" (with Ernest Tubb) The Legend and the Legacy
1983 "Just to Satisfy You (with Waylon Jennings) Waylon and Company
1984 "Seven Spanish Angels" (with Ray Charles) Friendship
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (with Julio Iglesias) 1100 Bel Air Place
1985 "Are There Any More Real Cowboys" (with Neil Young) Old Ways
1986 "I Hate Love" (with David Allan Coe and Waylon Jennings) Son of the South
1987 "I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (with Jack Walrath) Master of Suspense
1994 "A Foggy Day" (with Frank Sinatra) Duets II
"Man with the Blues" (with Buckwheat Zydeco) Five Card Stud
1995 "Rainy Day Blues" (with Tab Benoit) Standing on the Bank
"These Eyes" (with Ray Wylie Hubbard) Lost Train of Thought
"Fire to Fire" (with Tanya Tucker) Fire to Fire
1996 "The Warmth of the Sun" (with The Beach Boys) Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
"Give Me Back My Job" (with Carl Perkins, Bono, Johnny Cash & Tom Petty)
Go Cat Go[17]
"Matchbox (with Carl Perkins)
"Wild Texas Wind" (with Carl Perkins)
"All Night Long" (with Jimmy Sturr) Polka! All Night Long
"Big Ball in Cowtown" (with Jimmy Sturr)
"Tavern in the Town" (with Jimmy Sturr)
"Nickel and a Spoon" (with Alejandro Escovedo) With These Hands
1997 "Pretty Paper" (with Asleep at the Wheel) Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all
"Silent Night" (with Asleep at the Wheel and Don Walser)
"Night Life" (with B.B. King) Deuces Wild
1998 "The Borderline" (with Chris Ledoux) One Road Man
"The Oldest Baby in the World" (with Donnie Fritts) Lucky 13
"It Don't Get Any Better Than This" (with George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and Johnny Cash) It Don't Get Any Better Than This
"Slow Dancing" (with U2) If God Will Send His Angels
"Okie from Muskogee" (with Leon Russell) Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson, Vol. 3
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (with Leon Russell)
1999 "Two Sleepy People" (with Crystal Gayle) Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael
"Where Has My Country Gone" (with Ondar) Back Tuva Future
"Life's Railway to Heaven" (with Patsy Cline) Duets, Vol. 1
"Old Friends" (with Jeannie Seely) Been There...Sung That!
"Going Away Party" (with Asleep at the Wheel and The Manhattan Transfer) Ride with Bob
2000 "On the Other Side" (with Janis Ian) God and the FBI
2001 "The Thrill is Gone" (with B.B. King) Here & There: The Uncollected B.B. King
"Marie" (with Townes Van Zandt) Texas Rain
"No Lonesome Tune" (with Townes Van Zandt)
"Threadbare Gypsy Soul" (with Pat Green) Three Days
2002 "Goodnight Irene" (with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Tom Petty) Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
"Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith) Unleashed
"Silver Eagle Meets the Great Speckled Bird" (with Porter Wagoner) Unplugged
"Family Bible" (with Porter Wagoner)
"Whiskey River" (with Trick Pony) On a Mission
"Pretty Paper" (with Carly Simon) Christmas Is Almost Here
2003 "For What It's Worth" (with Bill Evans) Big Fun
"If Teardrops Were Diamonds" (with Dwight Yoakam) Population Me
"Write One for Me" (with Ringo Starr) Ringo Rama
"A Showman's Life" (with Gary Allan) See if I Care
"Time Goes By" (with The Mavericks) The Mavericks
"Like a Soldier" (with Johnny Cash) Unearthed
"Pretty Paper" (with Kenny Chesney) All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
2004 "It Was a Very Good Year (with Ray Charles) Genius Loves Company
"Reno Blues (Philadelphia Lawyer)" (with Merle Haggard) Haggard Like Never Before
"Homesick Blues" (with Bobby Charles) Last Train to Memphis
"Full Moon on the Bayou" (with Bobby Charles and Neil Young)
"I Remember When" (with Bobby Charles)
"Ambushin' Bastard" (with Bobby Charles)
"I Don't See Me" (with Bobby Charles)
"La Contestación" (with Los Lonely Boys) Los Lonely Boys
"Such a Much" (with Dr. John and Snooks Eaglin) N'Awlinz: Dis, Dat or D'udda
"Time Marches On" (with Dr. John, B.B. King and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
"One More Cowboy" (with Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks) Selected Shorts
"She is Still Moving to Me" (with Toots and the Maytals) True Love
2005 "Busted" (with Ray Charles) Genius & Friends
"Blueberry Hill" (with Jimmy Sturr) Shake, Rattle, & Polka!
"Stormy Sky" (with Daniel Lanois and Emmylou Harris) Rockets
"Rainbow Connection" (with Paul Williams) I'm Going Back There Someday
"Guardian Angel" (with The Bellamy Brothers) Angels and Outlaws, vol. 1
2006 "In Your Hands" (with Nils Lofgren) Sacred Weapon
"Outlaws" (with Los Lonely Boys) Sacred
"Family Bible" (with Charley Pride) Pride and Joy: A Gospel Music Collection
"Couple More Years" (with Jerry Lee Lewis) Last Man Standing
"I Never Cared for You" (with Del Castillo) Brotherhood
2007 "The Lord Knows I'm Drinkin'" (with Bill Anderson) Whisperin' Bluegrass
"On the Road Again" (with Deana Carter) The Chain
"Pancho and Lefty" (with Johnny Bush) Kashmere Gardens Mud: A Tribute to Houston's Country Soul
"Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" (with Johnny Bush)
"Willie's Guitar" (with John Anderson and Merle Haggard) Easy Money
"Back to Earth" (with Bobbie Nelson) Audiobiography
"If I Were a Carpenter" (with Sheryl Crow) Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
"Pretty Paper" (with Asleep at the Wheel) Santa Loves to Boogie
2008 "The Willie Waltz" (with Greta Gaines) Whiskey Thoughts
"Lost Highway" (with Kurt Nilsen) Rise to the Occasion
"That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day" (with Kenny Chesney) Lucky Old Sun
"Promises, Promises" (with Dr. John) City that Care Forgot
2009 "Back to Earth" (with Melonie Cannon) And the Wheels Turn
"Rose in Paradise" (with Chris Young) The Man I Want to Be
"The One That Got Away" (with Gail Swanson) Simple Truth
"Half a Heart" (with Gail Swanson)
"This Train" (with Ziggy Marley) Family Time
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" (with Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom) Friends and Family of Hawaii
"Little Dealer Boy" (with Stephen Colbert) A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" (with Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, and John Legend)
2010 "I Know We Won" (with The Doobie Brothers) World Gone Crazy
"Sound of Your Memory" (with Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) Promise of the Real
"Fathers and Mothers" (with Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real)
"Homegrown" (with Mishka) Talk About
"Whiskey River" (with Jerry Lee Lewis) Mean Old Man
"If You See Me Getting Smaller" (with Jimmy Webb) Just Across the River
"Truck Driver's Blues" (with Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Rausch) It's a Good Day
"Merry Christmas Baby" (with Jessica Simpson) Happy Christmas
"Touch Me" (with Juice Newton) Duets: Friends & Memories
"Funny How Time Slips Away" (with Juice Newton)
"Lady Be Good" (with Johnny Gimble) Celebrating with Friends
"King Cotton Blues" (with 7 Walkers) 7 Walkers
2011 "Working Man Blues" (with Merle Haggard) Working in Tennessee
"Don't Call Me" (with Heather Myles) In the Wind
"I'll Shut Up Now (with The Dirt Drifters) This Is Our Blood
"Family Bible" (with The Blind Boys of Alabama) Take the High Road
"Behind Me Now" (with Amos Lee) Mission Bell
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" (with Tony Bennett) Duets II
"Superman" (with Snoop Dogg) Doggumentary
"Road to Surrender" (with Randy Travis and Kris Kristofferson) Anniversary Celebration
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (with Julio Iglesias) 1
2012 Easy" (with Lionel Richie) Tuskegee
"Ragged Company" (with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals) The Lion the Beast the Beat
"Honky Tonk Kid" (with Aaron Watson) Real Good Time
"Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" (with Jamey Johnson) Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
"Everything But You" (with Jamey Johnson, Vince Gill and Leon Russell)
"Living for a Song" (with Jamey Johnson, Hank Cochran, Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson)
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (with Jack Johnson and Ben Harper) Jack Johnson and Friends – Best of Kokua Festival
2013 "Hard to Be a Hippie" (with Billy Currington) We Are Tonight
"Coconut Tree" (with Kenny Chesney) Life on a Rock
"Crazy" (with Paul Anka) Duets
2014 "Solo Un Momento" (with Vicentico) Ultimo Acto
"Songbird" (with Eric Clapton) The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
"Starbound" (with Eric Clapton and Derek Trucks)
"Only Me" (with Rhonda Vincent) Only Me
"Hard to Be an Outlaw" (with Billy Joe Shaver) Long in the Tooth
"Bubba Garcia's" (with Bill Anderson) Life!
"Make You Feel My Love" (with Engelbert Humperdinck) Engelbert Calling
"Troublesome Waters" (with Carlene Carter) Carter Girl
"It Ain't You" (with Ray Benson) A Little Piece
2015 "Bloody Mary Morning" (with Kinky Friedman) The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
"When I Go" (with Judy Collins) Strangers Again
"Navajo Trail" (with Asleep at the Wheel and The Quebe Sisters Band) Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
"Are You Sure" (with Kacey Musgraves) Pageant Material
"In Texas" (with T.G. Sheppard) Legendary Friends & Country Duets
"Twelve Days of Christmas" (with Rhonda Vincent) Christmas Time
2016 "Sinner" (with Aaron Lewis) Sinner
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (with Charles Lloyd & the Marvels) I Long to See You
"Lay Me Down" (with Loretta Lynn) Full Circle
"I Want to Spend My Life with You" (with Frankie Miller) Frankie Miller's Double Take
"Night Life" (with Cyndi Lauper) Detour
"A Willie Nice Christmas" (with Kacey Musgraves) A Very Kacey Christmas
2024 "SMOKE HOUR ★ WILLIE NELSON" (with Beyoncé) Cowboy Carter
"SMOKE HOUR II" (with Beyoncé)

Notes

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  • A^ Milk Cow Blues peaked at number 9 on the RPM Country Albums chart.
  • B^ American Classic peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[18]
  • C^ Willie and Family Live peaked at number 1 on the RPM Country Albums chart and number 35 on the RPM Top Albums chart.

References

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    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 214. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Willie Nelson in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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