''Hits Volume 1'' (sometimes referred to as ''YouTube Hits Vol. 1'') is the debut studio album by American musical group

The Piano Guys The Piano Guys is an American musical group consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer Al van der Beek. Originating in Utah, they gained popularity through YouTube, where in ...

. It was self-released in December 2011 as a means to distribute high quality audio recordings of their most popular

YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...

videos at the time. Many of the songs have since been re-released on ''

'' and ''

The Piano Guys 2 ''The Piano Guys 2'' is the third studio album by American musical group The Piano Guys. It was released on May 7, 2013, by Portrait (a division of Sony Masterworks). The album made its chart début at number 38 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The ...

''. The final two tracks are listed as only available on the Limited Founder's Edition, but following The Piano Guys' record deal with

Sony Masterworks Sony Music Masterworks (Sony Masterworks) is a record label, the result of a restructuring of Sony Music's classical music division. Before the acquisition of Bertelsmann's shares in the former Sony BMG, the label was known as Sony BMG Masterwor ...

, no other version of the album was released.

Track listing

;Notes

Personnel

''Per liner notes'' ;The Piano Guys *

Steven Sharp Nelson Steven Sharp Nelson (born July 5, 1977) is an American cellist. He is best known as "The Cello Guy" of the classical new-age musical group The Piano Guys, with whom he has released eight number-one albums and dozens of music videos. He also has ...

– Cello Guy * Jon Schmidt – Piano Guy *Al van der Beek – Music Guy *Paul Anderson – "The" Guy *Tel Stewart – Video Guy *Shaye Scott – Video Guy ;Additional musicians *Julie Nelson, Catherine Bohman, Alyssa Powers, Amy Talbot –

Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

on "O Fortuna"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2011 debut albums 2011 classical albums Self-released albums The Piano Guys albums