''My Way'' is the 68th solo studio album by

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...

. It was released on September 14, 2018, by

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. The album is a tribute to

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, who was a close friend of Nelson's. The album received the

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, marking Nelson's 13th career Grammy win.

Background

Nelson first teased the album on April 27, 2018, while promoting his album '' Last Man Standing'' in an article published by ''

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'', saying that the

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"is a deep well, because good songs never die. If it was good a hundred years ago, it's still good today." The album was formally announced on July 19, 2018. It is a collection of songs closely associated with

, whom Nelson first heard at 10 years old when Sinatra joined the radio program ''

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''. Nelson and Sinatra were close friends and mutual admirers of each other's work. In the 1980s, the pair performed on the same bill at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and appeared together in a public service announcement for the

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. The album's first single, "Summer Wind", was released on the same day, along with its accompanying music video. On August 24, 2018, "I'll Be Around" was released as the album's second single, with its music video premiering the same day. The third single from the album, "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)", was released on September 10, 2018, along with its music video.

Track listing

Charts

References

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