Patsy Cline posthumous discography

The posthumous discography of Patsy Cline, an American country music artist, consists of three studio albums, three live albums, nineteen compilation albums, one soundtrack, four video albums, and thirty five singles. For material released during the artist's lifetime, see Patsy Cline discography.

Between January and February 1963, Cline had been recording new material intended for a fourth studio album to be released in April entitled, Faded Love. Because of her death on March 5, 1963, her label, Decca instead released the double compilation album, The Patsy Cline Story that June. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums list and #74 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, certifying platinum in United States by the 1980s. Three singles released that year became Top 10 hits on the country chart in 1963: "Leavin' on Your Mind", "Sweet Dreams (of You)", and "Faded Love". Decca also released two posthumous studio albums in 1964 of previously unreleased material: A Portrait of Patsy Cline and That's How a Heartache Begins. The latter produced the charting single, "He Called Me Baby," released at the end of 1964. In 1967, Decca issued Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits, which debuted at #17 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. The album became the highest-selling female country album for the twenty eight years until Shania Twain surpassed her record in 1995. Greatest Hits was reissued three additional times and eventually was certified diamond in sales in the United States. Cline's label would continually release singles between 1965 and 1973, including a cover version of "Anytime," which was her only charting single from those releases.

In 1980, MCA Records (which Decca later was called) overdubbed Cline's original vocals on selected songs for the album, Always. It spawned a version of "Always," which reached #18 on the Billboard Country Chart. In 1981, RCA and MCA records created electronically produced duets between Cline and deceased country artist, Jim Reeves. Their cover of Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a cover of Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces" from the compilation, Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves reached #54. In 1985 a biopic about Cline's life entitled, Sweet Dreams was released, spawning a soundtrack of the same name to be issued, which certified gold in the United States. Cline's vocals were again overdubbed on the film's soundtrack. The movie brought renewed interest to her recordings, and MCA therefore issued a series of compilations during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. This included 1985's Heartaches (which certified platinum), Songwriter's Tribute (1986), The Last Sessions (1988), and Faded Love (1988). MCA also released an album of live material recorded at the Grand Ole Opry, which was entitled, Live at the Opry. In 1991, MCA released the box set, The Patsy Cline Collection, which certified platinum and also peaked at #29 on Billboard Top Country Albums and #166 on the Billboard 200 charts. Today it is one of highest-selling country music box sets.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, additional labels released compilation albums of Cline's material. In 1989, Rhino Records released three separate volumes of her 1950s recordings at Four Star Records. In 1990, her original version of "Crazy" reached #14 in the United Kingdom, and "I Fall to Pieces" peaked at #87. Both songs were then included on her 1992 British compilation, The Definitive Patsy Cline. In 1995 the MCA compilation, Patsy Cline Sings Songs of Love sold one million records in the United States. In 1999, Mercury Records released Patsy Cline Duets, Volume 1, which peaked at #67 on the Top Country Albums chart. In addition it spawned two singles including an overdubbed version of "There He Goes" with John Berry, which peaked at #70. In 2004, MCA's The Definitive Collection peaked at #52 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and Patsy Cline Gold (2005) reached #43. Patsy Cline has sold 15 million records posthumously according to the Recording Industry Association of America.