Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits explained

Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Hank Williams Jr.
Cover:HankJrGreatest.jpg
Length:33:10
Label:Elektra/Curb
Prev Title:High Notes
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Strong Stuff
Next Year:1983

Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. The album features ten tracks, nine of which are singles originally released from the studio albums Family Tradition, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, Habits Old and New, Rowdy and The Pressure Is On. The only original single from the album was "The American Dream", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

The album was released by Elektra/Curb Records in 1982 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in January 1983.[1] [2] The album has been Williams' most commercially successful album to date, having been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA by 2003. It has sold 3,410,700 copies in the US as of April 2017 in the SoundScan era when sales figure started to be tracked in 1991.[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Hank Williams Jr. except where indicated.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=hank-williams-jrs-greatest-hits-warner-brothers-r94770/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ''Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits'' Charts ]. . 16 February 2011.
  2. Web site: Billboard 200 . January 22, 1983 . Billboard.
  3. News: Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . April 18, 2017 . Roughstock . April 27, 2017 . September 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170922083346/http://roughstock.com/news/2017/04/41722-top-country-catalog-album-sales-chart-april-18-2017 . dead .