50 Number Ones Explained

50 Number Ones
Type:	Greatest Hits
Artist:	George Strait
Cover:	strait50.jpg
Genre:	Neotraditional country honky-tonk^[1]
Length:	154:48
Label:	MCA Nashville
Producer:	Ray Baker Jimmy Bowen Tony Brown Blake Mevis George Strait
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Somewhere Down in Texas
Next Year:	2005

50 Number Ones is the sixth compilation album by American country music singer George Strait, released on October 5, 2004. It is a compilation of his first 50 number-one country music singles, starting with 1982's "Fool Hearted Memory" and presented in chronological order. A new track, "I Hate Everything", was also included and became his 51st overall number one in 2004. The figure of "50 Number Ones" includes not just songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart but also those that topped the Radio & Records and Gavin Report charts.

Commercial performance

The album was certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA on December 13, 2007 for 3.5 million copies shipped.^[2] It has sold 3,791,500 copies in the US as of April 2015,^[3] and 5,531,000 units including tracks and streams as of January 2020.^[4]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	65
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	11
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)^[7]	31
Chart (2005)	Position
US Billboard 200^[8]	31
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	6
Chart (2006)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	44
Chart (2017)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	97
Chart (2018)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[12]	46
Chart (2019)	Position
US Billboard 200^[13]	188
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[14]	20
Chart (2020)	Position
US Billboard 200^[15]	175
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[16]	23
Chart (2021)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[17]	37
Chart (2022)	Position
US Billboard 200^[18]	155
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[19]	19
Chart (2023)	Position
US Billboard 200^[20]	144
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[21]	23

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Strait - 50 Number Ones . Sputnik Music . December 4, 2022.
2. United States . George Strait . album. 50 #1's.
3. News: Country Album Chart Report For April 1, 2015. Bjorke. Matt . Roughstock . April 1, 2015 . Sales figure given here
4. Web site: Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: January 23, 2020 . Matt . Bjorke . January 25, 2020 . Roughstock . February 8, 2020 .
5. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. November 8, 2020.
6. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. November 8, 2020.
7. Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2004 . . February 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003944/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2004.pdf . November 17, 2008.
8. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005. Billboard. November 8, 2020.
9. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005. Billboard. November 8, 2020.
10. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. November 8, 2020.
11. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. December 5, 2021.
12. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. November 8, 2020.
13. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. November 22, 2020.
14. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. November 22, 2020.
15. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 4, 2020.
16. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 4, 2020.
17. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 12, 2021.
18. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 3, 2022.
19. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 4, 2022.
20. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.
21. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.