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Super Hits (George Jones album)

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Super Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released1987
GenreCountry
Length28:55
LabelEpic
ProducerBilly Sherrill
George Jones compilation albums chronology
First Time Live
(1984)
Super Hits
(1987)
Super Hits, Volume 2
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

Super Hits is an album by American country music singer George Jones, released in 1987 on the Epic Records label. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1992, and double platinum in 2002.[2] It has sold 2,289,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.[3]

This is the first of Sony Music's long-running Super Hits series of budget-priced compilations.

Track listing

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Chart performance

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26
Chart (2013) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 56

Year-end charts

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[4] 98

Certifications

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

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "George Jones". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 438. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ a b "American album certifications – George Jones – Super Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ Bjorke, Matt (2013-05-29). "Country Album Chart News For May 29, 2013: Darius Rucker "True Believers" Debuts At Number One, Features "Wagon Wheel" Single". Roughstock. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
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