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

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singer

George Strait George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. In the 1980s, he was credited for ...

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

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'' 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 units 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