16 Biggest Hits (Johnny Cash album) explained

16 Biggest Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Johnny Cash
Cover:16 Biggest Hits Johnny Cash.jpg
Released:February 1999
Recorded:1956–1979
Genre:
Length:54:51
Label:Sony
Prev Title:The Man In Black - His Greatest Hits
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Love, God and Murder
Next Year:2000

16 Biggest Hits is a compilation album by country singer Johnny Cash released in 1999.

The album is made of the biggest hits of Cash's career like "Ring of Fire", "Understand Your Man", and "A Boy Named Sue". The album also contains several songs which were not hits such as "I Still Miss Someone", and "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer".

Cash had 13 US #1 country hits between the years 1956 and 1976, with this album containing only 8 of them.[1]

The album was certified 2× Platinum in 2005 by the RIAA. It has sold 3,203,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.[2]

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Top Country Albums18
Billboard 20065

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. allmusic (((16 Biggest Hits > Overview)))
  2. News: Week Ending May 5, 2013. Albums: Kenny Closes In On Garth . Paul Grein . Yahoo Music (Chart Watch) . May 8, 2013 . May 16, 2013 .
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html. July 1, 2002. Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html. December 4, 2003. Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.