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Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits

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Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released1982 (1982)
Genre
Length33:10
LabelElektra/Curb
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
High Notes
(1982)
Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
(1982)
Strong Stuff
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.[2][3] The album has been Williams' most commercially successful album to date, having been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA by 2003.[4] 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.[5]

Track listing

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

Chart performance

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 107
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 4

References

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  1. ^ a b Owens, Thom. "Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. January 22, 1983.
  4. ^ "American album certifications – Hank Williams Jr – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. January 22, 1983.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. July 20, 1985.