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16 Biggest Hits (Johnny Cash album)

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16 Biggest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 1999
Recorded1956–1979
Genre
Length54:51
LabelSony
Johnny Cash chronology
The Man In Black - His Greatest Hits
(1999)
16 Biggest Hits
(1999)
Love, God and Murder
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

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.[2]

The album was certified 2× Platinum in 2005 by the RIAA.[3] It has sold 3,203,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Johnny Cash, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Walk the Line" 2:43
2."I Still Miss Someone"Cash, Roy Cash2:36
3."The Legend of John Henry's Hammer"Cash, June Carter Cash8:26
4."Don't Take Your Guns to Town" 3:02
5."In the Jailhouse Now"Jimmie Rodgers2:22
6."Ring of Fire"June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore2:36
7."Understand Your Man" 2:43
8."The Ballad of Ira Hayes"Peter La Farge4:08
9."Folsom Prison Blues" (Live) 2:45
10."Daddy Sang Bass"Carl Perkins2:23
11."A Boy Named Sue" (Live)Shel Silverstein3:44
12."Sunday Morning Coming Down"Kris Kristofferson4:09
13."Flesh and Blood" 2:37
14."Man in Black" 2:52
15."One Piece at a Time"Wayne Kemp4:02
16."(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"Stan Jones3:43

Charts

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Album - Billboard (United States)

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Top Country Albums 18
Billboard 200 65

Year-end charts

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Chart (2001) Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[5] 75
Chart (2002) Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[6] 53

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r387963
  2. ^ allmusic ((( 16 Biggest Hits > Overview )))
  3. ^ a b "American album certifications – Johnny Cash – 16 Biggest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Paul Grein (May 8, 2013). "Week Ending May 5, 2013. Albums: Kenny Closes In On Garth". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.