''50 Number Ones'' is the sixth compilation album by American

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singer

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, released on October 5, 2004. It is a 2-CD compilation of his first 50 number-one country music singles, starting with 1982's "

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" 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 ''

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chart but also those that topped the ''

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'' charts. Some of the songs have been edited for red-book standard purposes to fit all the songs on the discs. It had a companion album called '' 22 More Hits'' released in 2007 that featured Strait's hits and fan-favorites that otherwise did not reach number-one any trade charts.

Commercial performance

The album was certified 7× Platinum by the

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on December 13, 2007 for 3.5 million copies shipped. It has sold 3,791,500 copies in the US as of April 2015, and 5,531,000

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including tracks and streams as of January 2020.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2004 compilation albums George Strait compilation albums MCA Records compilation albums Compilation albums of number-one songs