Clay Walker

Clay Walker

Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker, Jr. (born August 19, 1969 in Beaumont , Texas ) is an American country singer.

Life

Walker was discovered and promoted by music producer James Stroud, who also signed him for his Giant Records label. Walker's debut single What's To You reached number one on the country charts in 1993, as did the subsequent Live Until I Die . Both singles and another number 1 hit were extracts from the album Clay Walker , which went platinum .

A year later his second album came out: If I Could Make A Living , which was almost as successful as the first. One single became a number 1 hit, another made it to fifth place. The third album Hypnotize The Moon also reached platinum status. The theme song became Walker's seventh number 1 hit. The success remained constant at the highest level in 1997 with the next album Rumor Has It . Again there was platinum and again two number 1 singles were released.

In addition to the lengthy studio work, Clay Walker often appeared at concerts, once in 1995 in front of over 50,000 spectators in Houston. In 2003, the Texan split from Giant Records and signed a contract with RCA . The first CD to be released under the new label was A Few Questions . The title song, like I Can't Sleep, made it into the top ten.

His latest album, Fall , was released in April 2007.

Walker has sold more than eight million records and is one of the few artists who has made it into Billboard's top ten country music for five consecutive years.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1993	Clay Walker	US52 platinum (57 weeks)US	Country8 (86 weeks) Country
1994	If I Could Make a Living	US42 platinum (43 weeks)US	Country4 (52 weeks) Country
1995	Hypnotize the moon	US57 platinum (34 weeks)US	Country10 (69 weeks) Country
1997	Rumor Has It	US32 platinum (46 weeks)US	Country4 (69 weeks) Country
1999	Live, Laugh, Love	US55 gold (21 weeks)US	Country5 (67 weeks) Country
2001	Say no more	US129 (3 weeks) US	Country14 (24 weeks) Country
2002	Christmas	-	Country54 (4 weeks) Country	Christmas album
2003	A few questions	US23 (13 weeks) US	Country3 (52 weeks) Country
2007	case	US15 (22 weeks) US	Country5 (63 weeks) Country
2010	She won't be lonely long	US16 (7 weeks) US	Country5 (22 weeks) Country

More albums

• 2019: Long Live the Cowboy

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1998	Greatest hits	US41 gold (19 weeks)US	Country9 (92 weeks) Country

More compilations

• 1996: Self Portrait
• 2007: Platinum Collection
• 2010: Top 10
• 2014: Best of Clay Walker

EPs

• 2010: She Won't Be Lonely Long

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1993	What's It to You Clay Walker	US73 (15 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Live Until I Die Clay Walker	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1994	Where Do I Fit in the Picture Clay Walker	-	Country11 (20 weeks) Country
	Dreaming with My Eyes Open Clay Walker	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	If I Could Make a Living If I Could Make a Living	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	This Woman and This Man If I Could Make a Living	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1995	My Heart Will Never Know If I Could Make a Living	-	Country16 (20 weeks) Country
	Who Needs You Baby Hypnotize the Moon	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1995	Hypnotize the Moon Hypnotize the Moon	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	Only on Days That End in "Y" Hypnotize the Moon	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
	Bury the Shovel Hypnotize the Moon	-	Country18 (19 weeks) Country
1997	Rumor Has It Rumor Has It	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	One, Two, I Love You Rumor Has It	-	Country18 (20 weeks) Country
	Watch This Rumor Has It	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
1998	Then what? Rumor Has It	US65 (18 weeks) US	Country2 (27 weeks) Country
	Ordinary People Greatest Hits	-	Country35 (20 weeks) Country
	You're Beginning to Get to Me Greatest Hits	US39 (13 weeks) US	Country2 (27 weeks) Country
1999	She's Always Right Live, Laugh, Love	US74 (6 weeks) US	Country16 (22 weeks) Country
	Live, Laugh, Love Live, Laugh, Love	US74 (11 weeks) US	Country11 (27 weeks) Country
2000	The Chain of Love Live, Laugh, Love	US40 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (34 weeks) Country
	Once in a Lifetime Love Live, Laugh, Love	-	Country50 (18 weeks) Country
2001	Say No More, Say No More	-	Country33 (13 weeks) Country
	If You Ever Feel Like Lovin 'Me Again Say No More	-	Country27 (20 weeks) Country
2003	A Few Questions A Few Questions	US55 (13 weeks) US	Country9 (27 weeks) Country
2004	I Can't Sleep A Few Questions	US61 (7 weeks) US	Country9 (29 weeks) Country
	Jesus Was a Country Boy A Few Questions	-	Country31 (15 weeks) Country
2007	Fore She Was Mama Case	-	Country21 (26 weeks) Country
	Case case	US55 (18 weeks) US	Country5 (37 weeks) Country
2008	She Likes It in the Morning Fall	-	Country43 (16 weeks) Country
2009	She Won't Be Lonely Long She Won't Be Lonely Long	US53 (18 weeks) US	Country4 (36 weeks) Country
2010	Where Do I Go from You She Won't Be Lonely Long	-	Country26 (31 weeks) Country
2011	Like We Never Said Goodbye She Won't Be Lonely Long	-	Country46 (14 weeks) Country
2012	Jesse James She Won't Be Lonely Long	-	Country57 (1 week) Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
1994	White Palace Clay Walker	-	Country67 (3 weeks) Country
1998	Holding Her and Loving You (Live)	-	Country68 (9 weeks) Country
2000	Blue Christmas Believe: A Christmas Collection	-	Country51 (6 weeks) Country
2001	Cowboy Christmas Believe: A Christmas Collection	-	Country70 (1 week) Country
2003	Feliz Navidad Christmas	-	Country49 (2 weeks) Country

More singles

• 2015: Right Now
• 2018: Working on Me
• 2019: Change

Video albums

• 1998: Video hits

Web links

• Walker's website

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US
2. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for Music Sales: US