16 Biggest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | February 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1956–1979 | |||
Genre | Country, rock and roll | |||
Length | 54:51 | |||
Label | Sony | |||
Johnny Cash chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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]
All tracks are written by Johnny Cash, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " I Walk the Line" | 2:43 | |
2. | " I Still Miss Someone" | Cash, Roy Cash | 2:36 |
3. | "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" | Cash, June Carter Cash | 8:26 |
4. | " Don't Take Your Guns to Town" | 3:02 | |
5. | " In the Jailhouse Now" | Jimmie Rodgers | 2:22 |
6. | " Ring of Fire" | June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore | 2:36 |
7. | " Understand Your Man" | 2:43 | |
8. | " The Ballad of Ira Hayes" | Peter La Farge | 4:08 |
9. | " Folsom Prison Blues" (Live) | 2:45 | |
10. | " Daddy Sang Bass" | Carl Perkins | 2:23 |
11. | " A Boy Named Sue" (Live) | Shel Silverstein | 3:44 |
12. | " Sunday Morning Coming Down" | Kris Kristofferson | 4:09 |
13. | " Flesh and Blood" | 2:37 | |
14. | " Man in Black" | 2:52 | |
15. | " One Piece at a Time" | Wayne Kemp | 4:02 |
16. | " (Ghost) Riders in the Sky" | Stan Jones | 3:43 |
Album - Billboard (United States)
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Top Country Albums | 18 |
Billboard 200 | 65 |
Chart (2001) | Position |
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Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [5] | 75 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [6] | 53 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [3] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |