We Tracked Down the Top Albums from Country Music's Biggest Stars (2024)

Any list of country stars has got to include the fellow who has sold more albums (157 million and counting) than any solo artist in history, full stop. The the first-ever seven-time recipient of the Country Music Awards (CMA) Entertainer of the Year accolade, Garth received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2021.

After Garth's debut effort No Fences sold 17 million copies, it might have seemed for a spell like he could never top it. But then came Double Live in 1998, which went 21x platinum, becoming the best-selling live album in history.

Carrie Underwood has parlayed her 2005 win on American Idol into a massive career, selling more than 66 million records and reaching No. 1 with 28 singles. A seven-time Grammy Award winner, Carrie is currently in the midst of a Las Vegas residency at Resorts World Theatre.

Carrie's 2005 debut album couldn't have been much bigger. Certified 9x platinum, it was 2006's best-selling album in any any genre, and the best-selling country album of 2006 and 2007. It contained the number one country singles, "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Don't Forget to Remember Me," "Wasted," and "Before He Cheats."

Thanks to her tales of young heartbreak that comfortably straddle the line between country and pop, Taylor has been awarded three Grammys for Album of the Year, the only female solo artist to achieve this feat. She's also the first artist ever to have the top-selling U.S. album of the year five times.

It's a toss-up between which of Taylor's albums is bigger, with both Fearless and 1989 selling more than 10 million copies. But we'll go with 2008's Fearless,which won Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Country Album. After Taylor re-released Fearless in 2021, it promptly became the only re-recorded album to ever reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200.

The legendary Johnny Cash, who died in 2003, sold some 90 million records over the course of his half-century-long career, making him one of music's best-selling artists. Johnny's also been inducted in to Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.

Album of the Year winner at the 2003 CMAs, American IV: The Man Comes Around also earned platinum status for Johnny. It includes the haunting cover of NIN's song "Hurt" and "Give My Love to Rose," for which Johnny snared the Best Male Country Vocal Performance Grammy.

Faith Hill's longtime hubby (the pair netted Grammys in 2001 and 2006 for their duos "Let's Make Love" and "Like We Never Loved At All"), Tim McGraw has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

While Tim's 2000 Greatest Hits album has also been certified 6x platinum, we'll choose Not a Moment Too Soon, his sophom*ore effort, as his top album. Released in 1994, it also sold six million-some copies, spending two weeks atop the Billboard 200 album chart and 29 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart.

With three consecutive albums that have sold more than 10 million copies each, Shania Twain remains (excusing Taylor), the undisputed Queen of Country Pop. She's also a five-time Grammy winner with two Vegas residencies under her belt.

The best-selling album by a female artist in any genre, 1997's Come on Over spent a mind-blowing 50 weeks total at the peak of the Top Country Albums chart. Three singles from the record hit No. 1, and five more made it inside the top ten on both the country and Hot 100 Singles chart.

He may be just as famous at this point for his stint on The Voice (and his swoony marriage to Gwen Stefani), but Blake Shelton continues to be one of country's biggest stars. A nine-time Grammy nominee, he has sold more than 10 million albums.

Released in 2013, Blake's Based on a True Story... debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It went on to become the best-selling album of year and has sold more than 1.4 million copies. Singles include "Sure Be Cool If You Did," which hit No. 1 on the country chart.

American Idol judge Luke Bryan has racked up the award wins, scoring Entertainer of the Year three times from the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and twice from the CMA. Luke was also named Billboard's Top Country Artist of the 2010s, and has sold more than 12.5 million albums.

The fourth studio album from Luke, 2013's Crash My Party debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart as well as the Billboard 200. With more than four million copies sold, it was received the first-ever Album of the Decade award from the ACM.

One of the few people to be nominated at least once for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award, universally beloved country music luminary Dolly Parton has also been named a Living Legend from the Library of Congress and received a Kennedy Center Honor and as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She's sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

With more than 50 albums to her name, The Queen of Country Music has released more than 40 Top 10 country albums. Dolly has a number of albums that have reached platinum status, but we'll pick Blue Smoke as her top effort. Released in 2014, it's her only album that to land inside the Billboard 200 top ten.

Boasting seven certified-platinum albums and 26 No. 1 hits, Jason Aldean has sold more than 20 million albums and has three ACM “Entertainer of the Year” awards to his credit. His new one, Georgia, will be released in 2022.

While Jason has no problems cranking out platinum-selling albums, My Kinda Party remains his biggest. With sales in excess of three million, the 2010 release featured five top five singles, including including "Don't You Wanna Stay," a duet with Kelly Clarkson.