16 Biggest Hits (Willie Nelson album)

16 Biggest Hits
Greatest hits album by Willie Nelson
Released	July 14, 1998
Recorded	February 9, 1975 – February 2, 1989
Genre	Country
Length	54:41
Label	Columbia, Legacy
Producer	Willie Nelson, Sydney Pollack, Chips Moman, Booker T. Jones III
Willie Nelson chronology
Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993 (1995) 16 Biggest Hits (1998) Good Ol' Country Singin' (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

16 Biggest Hits is a compilation album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was released on July 14, 1998.^[2]

The album was certified Platinum in 2002 by the RIAA.^[3] It has sold 1,852,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Willie Nelson, unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"	Fred Rose	Red Headed Stranger (1975)	2:20
2.	"If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time"	Lefty Frizzell Jimmy Beck	The Sound in Your Mind (1976)	2:03
3.	"Georgia on My Mind"	Hoagy Carmichael Stuart Gorrell	Stardust (1978)	4:19
4.	"Blue Skies"	Irving Berlin	Stardust	3:34
5.	"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"	Sharon Vaughn	The Electric Horseman (1979)	3:03
6.	"On the Road Again"		Honeysuckle Rose (1980)	2:33
7.	"Always on My Mind"	Mark James Johnny Christopher Wayne Carson	Always on My Mind (1982)	3:33
8.	"City of New Orleans"	Steve Goodman	City of New Orleans (1984)	4:49
9.	"Forgiving You Was Easy"		Me & Paul (1985)	2:47
10.	"Living in the Promiseland"	David Lynn Jones	The Promiseland (1986)	3:20
11.	"Midnight Rider"	Gregg Allman Robert Kim Payne	The Electric Horseman	2:50
12.	"Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)"	Scotty Wiseman	Red Headed Stranger	2:50
13.	"Uncloudy Day"		The Troublemaker (1976)	4:39
14.	"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"		Honeysuckle Rose	4:24
15.	"Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning"	Gary P. Nunn Donna Farar	Always on My Mind	4:20
16.	"Nothing I Can Do About It Now"	Beth Nielsen Chapman	A Horse Called Music (1989)	3:17
Total length:				54:41

Chart performance

16 Biggest Hits peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of July 3, 1999.^[5]

Weekly charts Chart (1998–1999) Peak position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 29

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 59

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r366312
2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "16 Biggest Hits > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
3. "American album certifications – Willie Nelson – 16 Biggest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
4. Paul Grein (May 8, 2013). "Week Ending May 5, 2013. Albums: Kenny Closes In On Garth". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved May 16, 2013.
5. "Chart listing for 16 Biggest Hits". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
6. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2020.