The_Greatest_Hits_Collection_(Brooks_&_Dunn_album)

<i>The Greatest Hits Collection</i> (Brooks & Dunn album)

The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)

1997 greatest hits album by Brooks & Dunn


The Greatest Hits Collection is the first compilation album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Arista Nashville, and it chronicles the greatest hits from their first four studio albums: 1991's Brand New Man, 1993's Hard Workin' Man, 1994's Waitin' on Sundown, and 1996's Borderline. The album also includes three new tracks, two of which were released as singles: "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You", which respectively reached #3 and #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In 2004, a sequel, The Greatest Hits Collection II, was released.

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The album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA on July 21, 2005.[2] It has sold 4,608,400 copies in the United States as of April 2017.[3]

Track listing

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  • ANewly recorded tracks.
  • BPreviously Unreleased

Personnel on new tracks

Compiled from the liner notes.[4]

Brooks & Dunn

  • Kix Brooks – lead vocals on "Days of Thunder", background vocals on "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You"
  • Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals on "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You", background vocals on "Days of Thunder"

Additional musicians

Chart performance

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Certifications

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References

  1. "American album certifications – Brooks Dunn – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  3. The Greatest Hits Collection (CD). Brooks & Dunn. Arista Records. 1997. 07822 18852-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 42.
  5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  6. "1997 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 52. December 27, 1997. p. YE-48. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  7. "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-36. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  8. "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-58. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  9. "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-64. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  10. "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  11. "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  12. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  13. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

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