Editing Collin Raye (section)

===''In This Life'' and ''Extremes''===
Raye's second album, titled ''[[In This Life (Collin Raye album)|In This Life]]'', was released in 1992. The album's [[In This Life (Collin Raye song)|title track]], which served as its lead-off single, spent two weeks at number 1 and crossed over to the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] charts with a peak of number 21. In late 1992, Raye made an appearance on the [[Carl Weathers]] television drama series "[[Street Justice]]", where he gave a live performance of "In This Life". The second-season episode, entitled "Country Justice", was directed by [[David Winning]].  The album produced three additional Top Ten country hits in "[[I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)]]", "[[Somebody Else's Moon]]", and "[[That Was a River]]",<ref name="whitburn"/> in addition to achieving his second platinum certification.

''[[Extremes (album)|Extremes]]'', Raye's third album, was released in 1993. It was his first to be produced by [[Paul Worley]] and Ed Seay, the latter of whom would serve as Raye's co-producer until 2000. The lead single, "[[That's My Story (song)|That's My Story]]", was co-written by [[Lee Roy Parnell]], who recorded for [[Arista Nashville]] at the time. Following it was "[[Little Rock (Collin Raye song)|Little Rock]]", a song about a recovering alcoholic.<ref name="oldies">{{cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Collin-Raye.html |title=Collin Raye Biography |access-date=2007-11-02 |work=Oldies.com}} From Larkin, Colin, ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''.</ref> The song's accompanying music video also promoted [[Al-Anon]], an international support group for friends and family of alcoholics.<ref name="allmusic"/> Also released from the album were the Top 10 hits "[[Man of My Word]]", "[[My Kind of Girl (Colin Raye song)|My Kind of Girl]]", and "[[If I Were You (Collin Raye song)|If I Were You]]". "My Kind of Girl" became Raye's third number 1 hit, while the other two singles reached Top 10 as well.<ref name="whitburn"/>

Also in 1993, he was nominated by the [[Academy of Country Music]] for Top New Male Vocalist, along with [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] and [[Tracy Lawrence]], but lost to Tracy.