WILLIE NELSON albums and sales

Updated: November 1, 2024

WILLIE NELSON sold over 39.9 million albums. The best-selling album by WILLIE NELSON is STARDUST, which sold over 5.25 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, WILLIE NELSON is the 76th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of WILLIE NELSON have sold over 62,500 units, led by LIVE FROM AUSTIN, TX with over 50,000 units sold.

WILLIE NELSON albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	STARDUST WILLIE NELSON 1978	1978	5,250,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 13 73 659
2	ALWAYS ON MY MIND WILLIE NELSON 1982	1982	4,245,000	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 14 171 914
3	GREATEST HITS (AND SOME THAT WILL BE) WILLIE NELSON 1981	1981	4,100,000	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 13 191 981
4	WAYLON & WILLIE WAYLON JENNINGS & WILLIE NELSON 1978	1978	2,100,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 37 250 2,380
5	THE OUTLAWS WAYLON JENNINGS, WILLIE NELSON, JESSI COLTER & TOMPALL GLASER 1976	1976	2,100,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 35 254 2,384
6	HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (SOUNDTRACK) WILLIE NELSON 1980	1980	2,050,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 35 444 2,525
7	WILLIE & FAMILY LIVE WILLIE NELSON 1978	1978	2,050,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 39 279 2,527
8	RED HEADED STRANGER WILLIE NELSON 1975	1975	2,050,000	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 31 288 2,536
9	SUPER HITS WILLIE NELSON 1994	1994	2,000,000	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 113 960 2,736
10	WITHOUT A SONG WILLIE NELSON 1983	1983	1,079,030	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 86 880 4,940
11	CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WILLIE NELSON 1984	1984	1,050,000	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 88 950 5,350
12	PANCHO & LEFTY MERLE HAGGARD & WILLIE NELSON 1983	1983	1,050,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 93 953 5,353
13	PRETTY PAPER WILLIE NELSON 1979	1979	1,050,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 76 576 5,366
14	WILLIE NELSON SINGS KRISTOFFERSON WILLIE NELSON 1979	1979	1,050,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 77 577 5,367
15	16 BIGGEST HITS WILLIE NELSON 1998	1998	1,000,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 250 1,871 6,197
16	HALF NELSON WILLIE NELSON 1985	1985	1,000,000	Rank in 1985 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 113 1,104 6,589
17	SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW WILLIE NELSON 1981	1981	1,000,000	Rank in 1981 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 92 1,159 6,644
18	THE SOUND IN YOUR MIND WILLIE NELSON 1976	1976	1,000,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 90 702 6,732
19	VH1 STORYTELLERS JOHNNY CASH & WILLIE NELSON 1998	1998	590,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 332 2,775 9,007
20	THE ESSENTIAL WILLIE NELSON WILLIE NELSON 2003	2003	560,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 245 2,202 9,252
21	ONE FOR THE ROAD WILLIE NELSON & LEON RUSSELL 1979	1979	557,500	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 133 1,028 9,364
22	TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT WAYLON JENNINGS & WILLIE NELSON 1983	1983	500,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 192 2,133 12,539
23	WW II WAYLON JENNINGS & WILLIE NELSON 1982	1982	500,000	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 199 2,180 12,586
24	SAN ANTONIO ROSE WILLIE NELSON & RAY PRICE 1980	1980	500,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 183 2,264 12,670
25	ELECTRIC HORSEMAN (SOUNDTRACK) WILLIE NELSON 1979	1979	500,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 212 1,220 12,738
26	THE TROUBLEMAKER WILLIE NELSON 1976	1976	500,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 173 1,380 12,898
27	HIS VERY BEST WILLIE NELSON 1980	1980	200,000	Rank in 1980 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 264 3,300 20,804
28	LEGEND - THE BEST OF WILLIE NELSON 2008	2008	107,500	Rank in 2008 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 424 6,191 23,690
29	THE BEST OF WILLIE NELSON 1996	1996	100,000	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 991 7,981 29,727
30	ALL THE SONGS I'VE LOVED BEFORE WILLIE NELSON 2001	2001	82,500	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,101 9,340 33,564
31	ACROSS THE BORDER LINE WILLIE NELSON 1993	1993	25,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,187 13,238 51,508

WILLIE NELSON videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		LIVE FROM AUSTIN, TX WILLIE NELSON 2006	2006	50,000	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 100 937 1,887
2		OUTLAWS AND ANGELS WILLIE NELSON 2004	2004	12,500	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 275 1,930 3,667

WILLIE NELSON sales by country

WILLIE NELSON album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by WILLIE NELSON are the United States (38 million), Canada (1.38 million) and the United Kingdom (260,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	70,000	2
2	Canada	1,380,000	15
3	Japan	29,030	1
4	New Zealand	52,500	5
5	Norway	25,000	1
6	Sweden	40,000	1
7	United Kingdom	260,000	3
8	United States	38,090,000	26

WILLIE NELSON video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by WILLIE NELSON are the United States (50,000), Australia (7,500) and Canada (5,000).