Super Hits (Willie Nelson album) explained

Super Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Willie Nelson
Cover:Willie-Nelson-Super-Hits.jpg
Released:1994
Genre:Country
Label:Legacy
Producer:Willie Nelson, Sydney Pollack, Merle Haggard, Fred Foster, Booker T. Jones, Chips Moman
Prev Title:Half Nelson
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Super Hits, Volume 2
Next Year:1995

Super Hits is the first of two compilation albums in the Super Hits series featuring songs by country singer Willie Nelson.The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million copies.[1] As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,919,300 copies in the United States.[2]

Critical reception

Super Hits received three out of five stars from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. Erlewine concludes that the album is "not bad" but "far from definitive."

Chart performance

Super Hits peaked at No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of July 22, 1995.[3]

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 60
Chart (1996)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 55
Chart (2001)Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[6] 70
Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 36

Super Hits, Volume 2

Super Hits, Volume 2
Type:greatest
Artist:Willie Nelson
Released:1995
Genre:Country
Label:Legacy
Prev Title:Super Hits
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993
Next Year:1995

The success of the album resulted in the release of a second volume in 1995. This volume did not repeat the success of the first.

Track listing

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Top Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 176. 978-0-89820-173-4.
  2. News: Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . April 18, 2017 . Roughstock .
  3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=willie nelson|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Super Hits'']. Billboard. September 24, 2010.
  4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995. Billboard. December 24, 2020.
  5. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. April 26, 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.