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Jimmy Buffett discography
Buffett performing in 2010
Studio albums32
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums14
Compilation albums11
Singles67
Music videos19
No. 1 singles4

The discography of American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett consists of 32 studio albums, 11 compilations albums, 14 live albums, one soundtrack album, and 67 singles. Buffett was known for his unique style of music called "Gulf and Western", which combines elements of country, folk rock, pop, and Caribbean, with tropical lyrical themes. Buffett has sold over 20 million albums worldwide[1] and had a net worth of $550 million.[2]

Studio albums

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1970s

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[3]
US Country
[4]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[6]
Down to Earth
High Cumberland Jubilee
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Barnaby Records
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean 205 43
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
  • Release date: February 1974
  • Label: ABC Records
176 46
A1A
  • Release date: December 1974
  • Label: ABC Records
25 43 25
Havana Daydreamin'
  • Release date: January 1976
  • Label: ABC Records
65 21
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
  • Release date: January 1977
  • Label: ABC Records
12 2 43
Son of a Son of a Sailor
  • Release date: March 1978
  • Label: ABC Records
10 6 52 7
  • RIAA: Platinum[7]
Volcano[a] 14 13 50 26
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3]
US Country
[4]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[6]
Coconut Telegraph
  • Release date: February 1981
  • Label: MCA Records
30 51
Somewhere over China
  • Release date: January 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
31 72 43
One Particular Harbour
  • Release date: September 1983
  • Label: MCA Records
59 35
Riddles in the Sand
  • Release date: September 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
95 18
Last Mango in Paris
  • Release date: June 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
53 7
Floridays
  • Release date: June 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
67 29 88 91
Hot Water
  • Release date: June 20, 1988
  • Label: MCA Records
46 85
Off to See the Lizard
  • Release date: June 19, 1989
  • Label: MCA Records
57
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

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Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[3]
CAN
[6]
Fruitcakes
  • Release date: May 24, 1994
  • Label: Maragaritaville/MCA Records
5 48
  • RIAA: Platinum[7]
Barometer Soup
  • Release date: August 1, 1995
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
6
Banana Wind
  • Release date: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
4
  • RIAA: Platinum[7]
Christmas Island
  • Release date: October 8, 1996
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
27
  • RIAA: Platinum[7]
Don't Stop the Carnival 15
Beach House on the Moon
  • Release date: May 24, 1999
  • Label: Margaritaville/Island Records
8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–2020s

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[3]
US Country
[4]
US Rock
[9]
CAN
[10]
Far Side of the World 5
License to Chill 1 1
  • RIAA: Platinum[7]
Take the Weather with You
  • Release date: October 10, 2006
  • Label: Mailboat/RCA Nashville
4 1
Buffet Hotel
  • Release date: December 8, 2009
  • Label: Mailboat Records
17 2
Songs from St. Somewhere
  • Release date: August 20, 2013
  • Label: Mailboat Records
4 22
'Tis the SeaSon
  • Release date: October 28, 2016
  • Label: Mailboat Records
50 6 6
Life on the Flip Side
  • Release date: May 29, 2020
  • Label: Mailboat Records
2 1
Songs You Don't Know by Heart
  • Release date: November 27, 2020
  • Label: Mailboat Records
32
Equal Strain on All Parts
  • Release date: November 3, 2023
  • Label: Mailboat Records
6 2 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[3]
US Country
[4]
Before the Salt
Songs You Know by Heart
  • Release date: January 1, 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
4 3
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
(4-disc boxed set)
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
53
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[7]
Before the Beach
  • Release date: May 1993
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
169
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: MCA Records
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Gumbo
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Great American Summer Fun
with Jimmy Buffett
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: MCA Records
Biloxi
  • Release date: June 30, 1998
  • Label: Premium Music
Meet Me in Margaritaville:
The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: April 15, 2003
  • Label: UTV/MCA/Mailboat Records
9
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[7]
Now Yer Squawkin'
  • Release date: March 28, 2005
  • Label: Recall Records
Buried Treasure: Volume One
  • Release date: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Mailboat Records
85
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[3]
US Country
[4]
CAN
[6]
You Had to Be There
  • Release date: October 1978
  • Label: ABC Records
72 29 80
Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live!
  • Release date: October 1990
  • Label: MCA Records
68
Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
  • Release date: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Mailboat Records
37
Live in Auburn, WA
  • Release date: November 4, 2003
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Las Vegas, NV
  • Release date: November 2003
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Mansfield, MA
  • Release date: January 2004
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Cincinnati, OH
  • Release date: January 2004
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Hawaii
  • Release date: March 2005
  • Label: Mailboat Records
66
Live at Fenway Park
  • Release date: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Mailboat Records
41
Live at Texas Stadium
(with George Strait and Alan Jackson)
  • Release date: April 3, 2007
  • Label: Mailboat Records
11 4
Live in Anguilla
  • Release date: November 2007
  • Label: Mailboat Records
54
Encores
  • Release date: April 20, 2010
  • Label: Mailboat Records
7
Volcano (Live 2011)
  • Release date: September 9, 2011
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Welcome to Fin City: Live in Las Vegas
  • Release date: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Mailboat Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtrack albums

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Title Album details
Rancho Deluxe

Singles

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1960s and 1970s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[11]
US AC
[12]
US Country
[13]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[14]
CAN AC
[15]
CAN Country
[16]
1969 "Abandoned on Tuesday"[17] Non-album single
1970 "The Christian?"[18] Down to Earth
"Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free)"[19]
"Captain America"[20]
1973 "The Great Filling Station Holdup" 58 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
"Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit" 23 47
"He Went to Paris"
1974 "Saxophones" [b] Living and Dying in ¾ Time
"Come Monday" 30 3 58 19 23
"Pencil Thin Mustache" [c] 44 99 75 22
1975 "A Pirate Looks at Forty" [d] A1A
"Door Number Three" [e] 88
"Havana Daydreamin'"[22] Havana Daydreamin'
1976 "The Captain and the Kid"[23]
"Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street"[24]
1977 "Margaritaville" 8 1 13 98 4 1 8 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" 37 11 24 34 6 21
1978 "Cheeseburger in Paradise" 32 27 Son of a Son of a Sailor
"Livingston Saturday Night" 52 91 66 25
"Mañana" 84 97
1979 "Fins" 35 42 100 64 35 62 Volcano
"Dreamsicle"[25]
"Volcano" 66 43 [f] 1
"Chanson pour les petits enfants"[27]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[11]
US AC
[12]
US Country
[13]
US Main. Rock
[28]
CAN AC
[15]
CAN Country
[16]
1980 "Survive" 77 10 Volcano
"Hello Texas"[29] Urban Cowboy
1981 "It's My Job" 57 32 51 Coconut Telegraph
"Stars Fell on Alabama"[30]
1982 "It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet" 32 Somewhere Over China
"Where's the Party"[31]
"I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)"[32] Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1983 "One Particular Harbour" 22 4 One Particular Harbour
"Brown Eyed Girl" 13
1984 "When the Wild Life Betrays Me" 42 34 Riddles in the Sand
"Bigger Than the Both of Us" 58
"Who's the Blonde Stranger?" 37 39
1985 "Gypsies in the Palace" 56 Last Mango in Paris
"If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" 37 16 45
"Christmas in the Caribbean"[33] Tennessee Christmas
1986 "Please Bypass This Heart" 50 Last Mango in Paris
"I Love the Now"[34] Floridays
"Creola"[35]
1987 "Take It Back"[36] Non-album single
1988 "Homemade Music"[37] Hot Water
"Bring Back the Magic" 24
1989 "Take Another Road" 18 Off to See the Lizard
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2020s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[11]
US AC
[12]
US Country
[13]
US Rock
[38]
CAN
[14]
CAN AC
[15]
1993 "Another Saturday Night" 29 74 Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu
1994 "Fruitcakes" 29 Fruitcakes
"Frenchman for the Night"[39]
1995 "Mexico" 25 50 38 Barometer Soup
"Bank of Bad Habits"
1998 "Island Fever" Don't Stop the Carnival
1999 "Pacing the Cage" 79 Beach House on the Moon
"I Will Play for Gumbo"
"Southern Cross" (Live) [g] Buffet Live: Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays
2002 "Savannah Fare You Well"[41] Far Side of the World
"Far Side of the World"[42]
2004 "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, and George Strait) 63 8 License to Chill
"Trip Around the Sun" (with Martina McBride) [h] 20
2005 "Piece of Work"[43]
2006 "Barefootin'" (with Alan Jackson) Hoot
"Bama Breeze" 58 Take the Weather with You
"Here We Are"
2007 "Everybody's on the Phone"
"Getting the Picture" Non-album single
2009 "Summerzcool" [i] Buffet Hotel
2015 "The Ever Elusive Future"[44] Non-album single
2023 "Bubbles Up" 17 45 Equal Strain on All Parts
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[11]
US AC
[12]
US Country
[13]
CAN
[14][45]
1991 "Voices That Care" (Various artists) 11 6 61 Non-album single
2003 "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
(Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett)
17 1 Greatest Hits Volume II
2011 "Knee Deep"
(Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffett)
18 1 42 You Get What You Give
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

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Year Single Peak positions Album
US Digital
[40]
US Country
[13]
1999 "Margaritaville"
(Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett)
63 Under the Influence
2023 "Why Don't We Get Drunk" 44 [j] A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
"Brown Eyed Girl" (Live) 48 Buffett Live: Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

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Year Video Director(s)
1973 "Pencil Thin Moustache" Rick Trow
"Come Monday"
"He Went to Paris"
"Nautical Wheelers"
1983 "Livin' It Up" Michael Nesmith
"One Particular Harbour" Frank Martin
1985 "La Vie Dansante" Michael Nesmith
"Who's the Blonde Stranger" Rick Bennett
1988 "Homemade Music" Jeff Stein
1989 "Take Another Road" Jim Shea
1990 "Jamaica Farewell"
1991 "Voices That Care" (Various) David S. Jackson
1993 "Another Saturday Night" Bret Redman
1994 "Fruitcakes" Jim Shea
1999 "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" Stan Kellam/Mike Ramos/Kevin McGrath
"The City" Mike Ramos
2003 "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" (with Alan Jackson) Trey Fanjoy
2004 "Hey Good Lookin'" (with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney,
Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait)
Trey Fanjoy/Stan Kellam
"Trip Around the Sun" (with Martina McBride) Trey Fanjoy
2006 "Bama Breeze"
2011 "Knee Deep" (with Zac Brown Band) Darren Doane
2013 "Too Drunk to Karaoke" (with Toby Keith)[49] Michael Salomon

Notes

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  1. ^ Volcano also peaked at number 9 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.[8]
  2. ^ "Saxophones" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number five on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[21]
  3. ^ "Pencil Thin Mustache" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number one on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[21]
  4. ^ "A Pirate Looks at Forty" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number one on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[21]
  5. ^ "Door Number Three" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number two on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[21]
  6. ^ "Volcano" did not enter Hot Country Songs, but peaked at number 22 on Country Digital Song Sales in 2023.[26]
  7. ^ "Southern Cross" did not chart on the Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on Digital Songs in 2023.[40]
  8. ^ "Trip Around the Sun" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[21]
  9. ^ "Summerzcool" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[21]
  10. ^ "Why Don't We Get Drunk" did not enter Hot Country Songs, but peaked at number 20 on Country Digital Song Sales in 2023.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Walk of Fame Honorees". msarts.org. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ Price, Emily (February 8, 2018). "Jimmy Buffett Is More Business Than Booze These Days". Fortune. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 49. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ a b c d "Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Top Albums/CDs". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "American Standard certifications – Jimmy Buffett". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Billboard Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Top Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  15. ^ a b c "Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Adult Contemporary". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  17. ^ "Abandoned on Tuesday" / "Don't Bring Me Candy" (7" vinyl single). Audio Mobile. 1969. 500.
  18. ^ "The Christian?" / "Richard Frost" (7" vinyl single). Barnaby Records. 1970. ZS7 2013.
  19. ^ "He Ain't Free" / "There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times" (7" vinyl single). Barnaby Records. 1970. ZS7 2019.
  20. ^ "Captain America" / "Truckstop Salvation" (7" vinyl single). Barnaby Records. 1970. ZS7 2023.
  21. ^ a b c d e f "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  22. ^ "Havana Daydreamin'" / "Big Rig" (7" vinyl single). ABC Records. 1975. 12143.
  23. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. April 10, 1976. p. 65.
  24. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. August 7, 1976. p. 72.
  25. ^ "Dreamsicle" / " Dreamsicle" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1979. S45-1845.
  26. ^ a b "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Country Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  27. ^ "Chanson pour les petits enfants" / "Boat Drinks" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1979. MCA 540.
  28. ^ "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  29. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. October 25, 1980. p. 85.
  30. ^ "Stars Fell on Alabama" / "Growing Older but Not Up" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1981. MCA-51105.
  31. ^ "Where's the Party" / "If I Could Just Get It On Paper" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1982. MCA-52050.
  32. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. November 6, 1982. p. 62.
  33. ^ "Christmas in the Caribbean" / "Christmas in the Caribbean" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1985. S45-17084.
  34. ^ "I Love the Now" / "No Plane on Sunday" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1986. MCA-52849.
  35. ^ "Creola" / "You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1986. MCA-52932.
  36. ^ "Take It Back" / "Floridays" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1987. MCA-53035.
  37. ^ "Homemade Music" / "L'Air de la Louisiane" (7" vinyl single). MCA Records. 1988. MCA-53360.
  38. ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  39. ^ "Single Reviews". Billboard. October 29, 1994. p. 75.
  40. ^ a b "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  41. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. March 15, 2002. p. 31.
  42. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. June 21, 2002. p. 33.
  43. ^ "New Year, New Music". Radio & Records. January 7, 2005. p. 35.
  44. ^ "The Ever Elusive Future - Single by Jimmy Buffett". Apple Music. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  45. ^ "Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Billboard Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  46. ^ "American single certifications – Alan Jackson – It%27s Five O%27Clock Somewhere". Recording Industry Association of America.
  47. ^ "Canadian digital certifications – Zac Brown Band – Knee Deep". Music Canada.
  48. ^ "American single certifications – Zac Brown Band – Knee Deep". Recording Industry Association of America.
  49. ^ "CMT : Videos : Jimmy Buffett : Too Drunk to Karaoke". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
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