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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = 50 Number Ones
| name = 50 Number Ones
| type = Greatest Hits
| type = Greatest Hits
| artist = [[George Strait]]
| artist = [[George Strait]]
| cover = strait50.jpg
| cover = strait50.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2004|10|5}}
| released = {{start date|2004|10|5}}
| recorded =
| recorded = 1982–2004
| venue =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = * [[Neotraditional country]]<ref name="sputnik"/>
* [[Honky tonk music|honky-tonk]]<ref name="sputnik">{{cite web |title=George Strait - 50 Number Ones |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/14158/George-Strait-50-Number-Ones/ |website=Sputnik Music |access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref>
| length = 2:34:59
| label = [[Universal Music Group Nashville|MCA Nashville]]
| length = 154:48
| label = [[Universal Music Group Nashville|MCA Nashville]]
| producer = [[Ray Baker (music producer)|Ray Baker]]<br />[[Jimmy Bowen]]<br />[[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]]<br />Blake Mevis<br />George Strait
| producer = [[Ray Baker (music producer)|Ray Baker]]<br />[[Jimmy Bowen]]<br />[[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]]<br />Blake Mevis<br />George Strait
| prev_title = [[20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait]]
| prev_title = [[20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait]]
| prev_year = 2003
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Somewhere Down in Texas]]
| next_title = [[Somewhere Down in Texas]]
| next_year = 2005
| next_year = 2005
| Misc = {{Singles
| misc = {{Singles
| Name = 50 Number Ones
| name = 50 Number Ones
| Type = Studio
| type = greatest
| Single 1 = [[I Hate Everything (song)|I Hate Everything]]
| single1 = [[I Hate Everything]]
| Single 1 date = July 5, 2004
| single1date = July 5, 2004
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[About.com]]
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/50-number-ones-mw0000301994 |title=George Strait: 50 Number Ones |author= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=AllMusic}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/gr/blstrait50no1s.htm link]
|rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev2 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev2score = (average)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/recyc/jackson-05.php |title=Recyclables |work=Robert Christgau |date=August 9, 2005}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/album/50-number-ones-mw0000301994 link]
|rev3 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev3score = (average) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/recyc/jackson-05.php link]
}}
}}
'''''50 Number Ones''''' is a compilation album, released in 2004, by American [[country music]] singer [[George Strait]]. 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 (song)|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 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] charts, but also of those that topped the ''[[Radio & Records]]'' and ''[[Gavin Report]]'' charts. The album has been certified 7 &times; Multi-Platinum by the [[RIAA]]. It has sold 3,791,500 copies in the US as of April 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Country Album Chart Report For April 1, 2015|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/04/33971-country-album-chart-report-april-1-2015/|last= Bjorke|first=Matt |publisher=Roughstock |date= April 1, 2015 }} Sales figure given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1goiv8VEJT5SrnXu3_fJMbDyTQr2MhYwHN914iflIH7g/edit#gid=0 here]</ref>
'''''50 Number Ones''''' is the sixth compilation album by American [[country music]] singer [[George Strait]], released on October 5, 2004. It is a 2-CD 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 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart but also those that topped the ''[[Radio & Records]]'' and ''[[Gavin Report]]'' charts.


Some of the songs have been edited for [[Compact Disc Digital Audio#Storage capacity and playing time|red-book standard]] purposes to fit all the songs on the discs. It had a companion album called ''[[22 More Hits]]'' released in 2007 that featured Strait's hits and fan-favorites that otherwise did not reach number-one any trade charts.
Many of the songs were edited from their album versions to make all the songs fit on two discs. Many of these cuts were unnecessary, however. With a capacity of 80 minutes for each disc, 5:01 of which was left over, and 6:50 of edits made, only 1:49 of cuts were actually required. Therefore, the only alterations necessary were to the songs' export settings.{{clarify|date=July 2017}}

==Commercial performance==
The album was certified 7× Platinum by the [[RIAA]] on December 13, 2007 for 3.5 million copies shipped.<ref>{{Cite certification |region=United States |artist=George Strait |type=album|title=50 #1's}}</ref> It has sold 3,791,500 copies in the US as of April 2015,<ref>{{cite news|title=Country Album Chart Report For April 1, 2015|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/04/33971-country-album-chart-report-april-1-2015/|last= Bjorke|first=Matt |publisher=Roughstock |date= April 1, 2015 }} Sales figure given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1goiv8VEJT5SrnXu3_fJMbDyTQr2MhYwHN914iflIH7g/edit#gid=0 here]</ref> and 5,531,000 [[album-equivalent unit|units]] including tracks and streams as of January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2020/01/44112-country-musics-most-consumed-albums-chart-january-23-2020 |title=Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: January 23, 2020 |first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date= January 25, 2020 |work=Roughstock |access-date=February 8, 2020 }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklisting
| headline = Disc one
| total_length = 77:18
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = [[I Hate Everything]]
| writer1 = [[Gary Harrison]], [[Keith Stegall]]
| extra1 = Previously unreleased
| length1 = 3:55
| title2 = [[Fool Hearted Memory]]
| writer2 = [[Byron Hill]], Blake Mevis
| extra2 = ''[[Strait from the Heart]]'' (1982)
| note2 = single version
| length2 = 2:12
| title3 = [[A Fire I Can't Put Out]]
| writer3 = Darryl Staedtler
| extra3 = ''Strait from the Heart''
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = [[You Look So Good in Love]]
| writer4 = [[Rory Bourke]], [[Glen Ballard]], [[Kerry Chater]]
| extra4 = ''[[Right or Wrong (George Strait album)|Right or Wrong]]'' (1983)
| note4 = single version
| length4 = 2:57
| title5 = [[Right or Wrong (1921 song)|Right or Wrong]]
| writer5 = Arthur L. Sizemore, [[Haven Gillespie]], Paul Biese
| extra5 = ''Right or Wrong''
| length5 = 2:03
| title6 = [[Let's Fall to Pieces Together]]
| writer6 = [[Dickey Lee]], Tommy Rocco, [[Johnny Russell (singer)|Johnny Russell]]
| extra6 = ''Right or Wrong''
| note6 = single version
| length6 = 2:21
| title7 = [[Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (song)|Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind]]
| writer7 = [[Sanger D. Shafer]], Darlene Shafer
| extra7 = ''[[Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind]]'' (1984)
| note7 = single version
| length7 = 3:05
| title8 = [[The Chair (song)|The Chair]]
| writer8 = [[Hank Cochran]], [[Dean Dillon]]
| extra8 = ''[[Something Special (George Strait album)|Something Special]]'' (1985)
| length8 = 2:48
| title9 = [[Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her]]
| writer9 = Dillon
| extra9 = ''[[7 (George Strait album)|#7]]'' (1986)
| length9 = 2:49
| title10 = [[It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You]]
| writer10 = Dillon, Royce Porter
| extra10 = ''#7''
| note10 = single version
| length10 = 2:38
| title11 = [[Ocean Front Property (song)|Ocean Front Property]]
| writer11 = Dillon, Cochran, Porter
| extra11 = ''[[Ocean Front Property]]'' (1987)
| note11 = single version
| length11 = 2:40
| title12 = [[All My Ex's Live in Texas]]
| writer12 = S. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer
| extra12 = ''Ocean Front Property''
| length12 = 3:17
| title13 = [[Am I Blue (George Strait song)|Am I Blue]]
| writer13 = David Chamberlain
| extra13 = ''Ocean Front Property''
| length13 = 3:04
| title14 = [[Famous Last Words of a Fool]]
| writer14 = Dillon, Rex Huston
| extra14 = ''[[If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin']]'' (1988)
| note14 = single version
| length14 = 3:19
| title15 = [[Baby Blue (George Strait song)|Baby Blue]]
| writer15 = [[Aaron Barker]]
| extra15 = ''If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'''
| length15 = 3:29
| title16 = [[If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')]]
| writer16 = [[Tommy Collins (singer)|Tommy Collins]]
| extra16 = ''If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' ''
| length16 = 2:17
| title17 = [[Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye]]
| writer17 = [[Tony Martin (songwriter)|Tony Martin]], Troy Martin
| extra17 = ''[[Beyond the Blue Neon]]'' (1989)
| note17 = single version
| length17 = 2:55
| title18 = [[What's Going On in Your World]]
| writer18 = Chamberlain, Porter, [[Red Steagall]]
| extra18 = ''Beyond the Blue Neon''
| length18 = 3:26
| title19 = [[Ace in the Hole (George Strait song)|Ace in the Hole]]
| writer19 = Dennis Adkins
| extra19 = ''Beyond the Blue Neon''
| length19 = 2:34
| title20 = [[Love Without End, Amen]]
| writer20 = Aaron Barker
| extra20 = ''[[Livin' It Up (album)|Livin' It Up]]'' (1990)
| length20 = 3:05
| title21 = [[I've Come to Expect It from You]]
| writer21 = Dillon, [[Buddy Cannon]]
| extra21 = ''Livin' It Up''
| length21 = 3:42
| title22 = [[If I Know Me]]
| writer22 = Dillon, Pam Belford
| extra22 = ''[[Chill of an Early Fall]]'' (1991)
| length22 = 2:41
| title23 = [[You Know Me Better Than That]]
| writer23 = Tony Haselden, Anna Lisa Graham
| extra23 = ''Chill of an Early Fall''
| length23 = 3:00
| title24 = [[The Chill of an Early Fall]]
| writer24 = Green Daniel, [[Gretchen Peters]]
| extra24 = ''Chill of an Early Fall''
| length24 = 3:16
| title25 = [[So Much Like My Dad]]
| writer25 = [[Chips Moman]], [[Bobby Emmons]]
| extra25 = ''[[Holding My Own]]'' (1992)
| length25 = 3:19
| title26 = [[I Cross My Heart]]
| writer26 = [[Steve Dorff]], [[Eric Kaz]]
| extra26 = ''[[Pure Country (soundtrack)|Pure Country]]'' (1992)
| length26 = 3:29
| note24 = single version
}}


{{tracklisting
===Disc one===
| headline = Disc two
# "[[I Hate Everything (song)|I Hate Everything]]" ([[Gary Harrison]], [[Keith Stegall]])&nbsp;– 3:55
| total_length = 77:30
# "[[Fool Hearted Memory]]" ([[Byron Hill]], Alan R. Mevis)&nbsp;– 2:12 (From ''[[Strait from the Heart]]'')
| extra_column = Original album
# "[[A Fire I Can't Put Out]]" (Darryl Staedtler)&nbsp;– 2:57
| title1 = [[Heartland (George Strait song)|Heartland]]
# "[[You Look So Good in Love]]" ([[Rory Bourke]], [[Glen Ballard]], [[Kerry Chater]])&nbsp;– 2:57 (From ''[[Right or Wrong (George Strait album)|Right or Wrong]]'')
| writer1 = Dorff, [[John Bettis]]
# "[[Right or Wrong (song)|Right or Wrong]]" (Arthur L. Sizemore, [[Haven Gillespie]], Paul Biese)&nbsp;– 2:03
| extra1 = ''Pure Country''
# "[[Let's Fall to Pieces Together]]" ([[Dickey Lee]], Tommy Rocco, [[Johnny Russell (singer)|Johnny Russell]])&nbsp;– 2:21 (From ''[[Right or Wrong (George Strait album)|Right or Wrong]]'')
| length1 = 2:16
# "[[Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (song)|Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind]]" ([[Sanger D. Shafer]], Darlene Shafer)&nbsp;– 3:05 (From ''[[Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind]]'')
| title2 = [[Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait song)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]
# "[[The Chair (song)|The Chair]]" ([[Hank Cochran]], [[Dean Dillon]])&nbsp;– 2:48
| writer2 = Barker, Dillon
# "[[Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her]]" (Dillon)&nbsp;– 2:49
# "[[It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You]]" (Dillon, Royce Porter)&nbsp;– 2:38 (From ''[[7 (George Strait album)|#7]]'')
| extra2 = ''[[Easy Come Easy Go (George Strait album)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (1993)
| note2 = single version
# "[[Ocean Front Property (song)|Ocean Front Property]]" (Dillon, Cochran, Porter)&nbsp;– 2:40 (From ''[[Ocean Front Property]]'')
| length2 = 2:35
# "[[All My Ex's Live in Texas]]" (S. D. Shafer, Lyndia J. Shafer)&nbsp;– 3:17
| title3 = [[I'd Like to Have That One Back]]
# "[[Am I Blue (George Strait song)|Am I Blue]]" (David Chamberlain)&nbsp;– 3:04
| writer3 = Bill Shore, Rick West, Aaron Barker
# "[[Famous Last Words of a Fool]]" (Dillon, Rex Huston)&nbsp;– 3:19 (From ''[[If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin']]'')
| extra3 = ''Easy Come, Easy Go''
# "[[Baby Blue (George Strait song)|Baby Blue]]" ([[Aaron Barker]])&nbsp;– 3:29
| length3 = 3:48
# "[[If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')]]" (Tommy Collins)&nbsp;– 2:17
| title4 = [[The Man in Love with You]]
# "[[Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye]]" (Tony Martin, Troy Martin)&nbsp;– 2:55 (From ''[[Beyond the Blue Neon]]'')
| writer4 = Dorff, Gary Harju
# "[[What's Going On in Your World]]" (D. Chamberlain, Porter)&nbsp;– 3:26
| extra4 = ''Easy Come, Easy Go''
# "[[Ace in the Hole (George Strait song)|Ace in the Hole]]" (Dennis Adkins)&nbsp;– 2:34
| length4 = 3:18
# "[[Love Without End, Amen]]" (Barker)&nbsp;– 3:05
| title5 = [[The Big One (George Strait song)|The Big One]]
# "[[I've Come to Expect It from You]]" (Dillon, [[Buddy Cannon]])&nbsp;– 2:42 (From ''[[Livin' It Up (album)|Livin' It Up]]'')
| writer5 = [[Gerry House]], Devon O'Day
# "[[If I Know Me]]" (Dillon, Pam Belford)&nbsp;– 2:41
| extra5 = ''[[Lead On]]'' (1994)
# "[[You Know Me Better Than That]]" (Tony Haselden, Anna Lisa Graham)&nbsp;– 3:00
| length5 = 2:05
# "[[The Chill of an Early Fall]]" (Green Daniel, [[Gretchen Peters]])&nbsp;– 3:16 (From ''[[Chill of an Early Fall]]'')
| title6 = [[You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody]]
# "[[So Much Like My Dad]]" ([[Chips Moman]], Bobby Emmon)&nbsp;– 3:19
# "[[I Cross My Heart]]" ([[Steve Dorff]], [[Eric Kaz]])&nbsp;– 3:29
| writer6 = Steve Clark, [[Johnny MacRae]]
| extra6 = ''Lead On''

| note6 = single version
===Disc two===
| length6 = 2:48
# "[[Heartland (George Strait song)|Heartland]]" (Dorff, John Bettis)&nbsp;– 2:16
| title7 = [[Lead On (song)|Lead On]]
# "[[Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait song)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]" (Barker, Dillon)&nbsp;– 2:35 (From ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait album)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'')
| writer7 = Dillon, Teddy Gentry
# "[[I'd Like to Have That One Back]]" (Bill Shore, Rick West, Barker)&nbsp;– 3:48
| extra7 = ''Lead On''
# "[[The Man in Love with You]]" (Dorff, Gary Harju)&nbsp;– 3:18
| length7 = 3:21
# "[[The Big One (song)|The Big One]]" ([[Gerry House]], [[Devon O'Day]])&nbsp;– 2:05
| title8 = [[Check Yes or No]]
# "[[You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody]]" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae)&nbsp;– 2:48 (From ''[[Lead On]]'')
| writer8 = Danny Wells, Dana Hunt Black
# "[[Lead On (song)|Lead On]]" (Dillon, Teddy Gentry)&nbsp;– 3:21
# "[[Check Yes or No]]" (Danny M. Wells, Dana Hunt Oglesby)&nbsp;– 3:10 (From ''[[Strait Out of the Box]]'')
| extra8 = ''[[Strait Out of the Box]]'' (1995)
| length8 = 3:10
# "[[I Know She Still Loves Me]]" (Barker, [[Monty Holmes]])&nbsp;– 3:04
| title9 = [[I Know She Still Loves Me]]
# "[[Blue Clear Sky (song)|Blue Clear Sky]]" (Mark D. Sanders, [[John Jarrard]], [[Bob DiPiero]])&nbsp;– 2:34 (From ''[[Blue Clear Sky]]'')
| writer9 = Barker, [[Monty Holmes]]
# "[[Carried Away (George Strait song)|Carried Away]]" (Steve Bogard, Jeff Stevens)&nbsp;– 2:58 (From ''[[Blue Clear Sky]]'')
| extra9 = ''Strait Out of the Box''
# "[[I Can Still Make Cheyenne]]" (Barker, Erv Woolsey)&nbsp;– 4:11
| length9 = 3:04
# "[[One Night at a Time]]" ([[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]], Eddie Kilgallon, Earl Bud Lee)&nbsp;– 3:19 (From ''[[Carrying Your Love With Me]]'')
| title10 = [[Blue Clear Sky (song)|Blue Clear Sky]]
# "[[Carrying Your Love with Me (song)|Carrying Your Love with Me]]" (Stevens, Bogard)&nbsp;– 3:07 (From ''[[Carrying Your Love With Me]]'')
| writer10 = [[Mark D. Sanders]], [[John Jarrard]], [[Bob DiPiero]]
# "[[Today My World Slipped Away]]" ([[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]], [[Vern Gosdin]])&nbsp;– 3:05 (From ''[[Carrying Your Love With Me]]'')
| extra10 = ''[[Blue Clear Sky]]'' (1996)
# "[[Round About Way]]" (Steve Dean, Wil Nance)&nbsp;– 2:50 (From ''[[Carrying Your Love With Me]]'')
| note10 = single version
# "[[I Just Want to Dance with You]]" (Cook, [[John Prine]])&nbsp;– 3:18 (From ''[[One Step at a Time (George Strait album)|One Step at a Time]]'')
| length10 = 2:34
# "[[True (George Strait song)|True]]" ([[Marv Green]], Stevens)&nbsp;– 3:12 (From ''[[One Step at a Time (George Strait album)|One Step at a Time]]'')
| title11 = [[Carried Away (George Strait song)|Carried Away]]
# "[[We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This]]" ([[Jim Lauderdale]])&nbsp;– 2:23
| writer11 = Steve Bogard, [[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]]
# "[[Write This Down (song)|Write This Down]]" (Dana Hunt, [[Kent Robbins]])&nbsp;– 3:33
| extra11 = ''Blue Clear Sky''
# "[[The Best Day (George Strait song)|The Best Day]]" ([[Carson Chamberlain]], Dillon)&nbsp;– 3:18
| note11 = single version
# "[[Go On (song)|Go On]]" ([[Tony Martin (songwriter)|Tony Martin]], [[Mark Nesler]])&nbsp;– 3:21 (From ''[[George Strait (album)|George Strait]]'')
| length11 = 2:58
# "[[Run (George Strait song)|Run]]" (Tony Lane, [[Anthony Smith (singer)|Anthony Smith]])&nbsp;– 3:46 (From ''[[The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)|The Road Less Traveled]]'')
| title12 = [[I Can Still Make Cheyenne]]
# "[[Living and Living Well]]" (Tony Martin, Nesler, [[Tom Shapiro]])&nbsp;– 3:26 (From ''[[The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)|The Road Less Traveled]]'')
| writer12 = Barker, Erv Woolsey
# "[[She'll Leave You with a Smile]]" (Odie Blackmon, Jay Knowles)&nbsp;– 2:44
| extra12 = ''Blue Clear Sky''
| length12 = 4:11
| title13 = [[One Night at a Time]]
| writer13 = [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]], Eddie Kilgallon, Earl Bud Lee
| extra13 = ''[[Carrying Your Love With Me]]'' (1997)
| note13 = single version
| length13 = 3:19
| title14 = [[Carrying Your Love with Me (song)|Carrying Your Love with Me]]
| writer14 = Bogard, Stevens
| extra14 = ''Carrying Your Love With Me''
| note14 = single version
| length14 = 3:07
| title15 = [[Today My World Slipped Away]]
| writer15 = [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]], [[Vern Gosdin]]
| extra15 = ''Carrying Your Love With Me''
| length15 = 3:05
| title16 = [[Round About Way]]
| writer16 = Steve Dean, Wil Nance
| extra16 = ''Carrying Your Love With Me''
| note16 = single version
| length16 = 2:50
| title17 = [[I Just Want to Dance with You]]
| writer17 = Cook, [[John Prine]]
| extra17 = ''[[One Step at a Time (George Strait album)|One Step at a Time]]'' (1998)
| note17 = single version
| length17 = 3:18
| title18 = [[True (George Strait song)|True]]
| writer18 = [[Marv Green]], Stevens
| extra18 = ''One Step at a Time''
| note18 = single version
| length18 = 3:12
| title19 = [[We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This]]
| writer19 = [[Jim Lauderdale]]
| extra19 = ''One Step at a Time''
| length19 = 2:23
| title20 = [[Write This Down (song)|Write This Down]]
| writer20 = Black, [[Kent Robbins]]
| extra20 = ''[[Always Never the Same (George Strait album)|Always Never the Same]]'' (1999)
| length20 = 3:33
| title21 = [[The Best Day (George Strait song)|The Best Day]]
| writer21 = [[Carson Chamberlain]], Dillon
| extra21 = ''[[Latest Greatest Straitest Hits]]'' (2000)
| length21 = 3:18
| title22 = [[Go On (George Strait song)|Go On]]
| writer22 = Tony Martin, [[Mark Nesler]]
| extra22 = ''[[George Strait (album)|George Strait]]'' (2000)
| length22 = 3:21
| title23 = [[Run (George Strait song)|Run]]
| writer23 = Tony Lane, [[Anthony Smith (singer)|Anthony Smith]]
| extra23 = ''[[The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)|The Road Less Traveled]]'' (2001)
| length23 = 3:46
| title24 = [[Living and Living Well]]
| writer24 = Tony Martin, [[Mark Nesler]], [[Tom Shapiro]]
| extra24 = ''The Road Less Traveled''
| length24 = 3:27
| title25 = [[She'll Leave You with a Smile]]
| writer25 = Odie Blackmon, Jay Knowles
| extra25 = ''The Road Less Traveled''
| length25 = 2:44
| note22 = single version
| note23 = single version
| note24 = single version
| note25 = single version
}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{col-2}}
! Chart (2004)

! Peak<br />position
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|8|artist=George Strait|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=George Strait|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=George Strait|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 65
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="row"|Worldwide Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2004.pdf |title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2004 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003944/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2004.pdf |archive-date=November 17, 2008}}</ref>
|31
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 31
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 6
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 44
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>
| 97
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! scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018|work=Billboard|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 46
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! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
| 188
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
| 20
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
| 175
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
| 23
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021|work=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
| 37
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref>
| 155
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref>
| 19
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref>
| 144
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref>
| 23
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
| 120
| align="center"| 1
|-
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref>
| Canadian Albums Chart
| 25
| align="center"| 8
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[[Category:2004 compilation albums]]
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 3 January 2025

50 Number Ones
Greatest hits album by
George Strait
ReleasedOctober 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
Recorded1982–2004
Genre
Length154:48
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerRay Baker
Jimmy Bowen
Tony Brown
Blake Mevis
George Strait
George Strait chronology
20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait
(2003) 		50 Number Ones
(2004) 		Somewhere Down in Texas
(2005)
Singles from 50 Number Ones
  1. "I Hate Everything"
    Released: July 5, 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Village Voice(average)[3]

50 Number Ones is the sixth compilation album by American country music singer George Strait, released on October 5, 2004. It is a 2-CD 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 Billboard Hot Country Songs chart but also those that topped the Radio & Records and Gavin Report charts.

Some of the songs have been edited for red-book standard purposes to fit all the songs on the discs. It had a companion album called 22 More Hits released in 2007 that featured Strait's hits and fan-favorites that otherwise did not reach number-one any trade charts.

Commercial performance

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The album was certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA on December 13, 2007 for 3.5 million copies shipped.[4] It has sold 3,791,500 copies in the US as of April 2015,[5] and 5,531,000 units including tracks and streams as of January 2020.[6]

Track listing

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."I Hate Everything"Gary Harrison, Keith StegallPreviously unreleased3:55
2."Fool Hearted Memory" (single version)Byron Hill, Blake MevisStrait from the Heart (1982)2:12
3."A Fire I Can't Put Out"Darryl StaedtlerStrait from the Heart2:57
4."You Look So Good in Love" (single version)Rory Bourke, Glen Ballard, Kerry ChaterRight or Wrong (1983)2:57
5."Right or Wrong"Arthur L. Sizemore, Haven Gillespie, Paul BieseRight or Wrong2:03
6."Let's Fall to Pieces Together" (single version)Dickey Lee, Tommy Rocco, Johnny RussellRight or Wrong2:21
7."Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" (single version)Sanger D. Shafer, Darlene ShaferDoes Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)3:05
8."The Chair"Hank Cochran, Dean DillonSomething Special (1985)2:48
9."Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her"Dillon#7 (1986)2:49
10."It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" (single version)Dillon, Royce Porter#72:38
11."Ocean Front Property" (single version)Dillon, Cochran, PorterOcean Front Property (1987)2:40
12."All My Ex's Live in Texas"S. Shafer, Lyndia J. ShaferOcean Front Property3:17
13."Am I Blue"David ChamberlainOcean Front Property3:04
14."Famous Last Words of a Fool" (single version)Dillon, Rex HustonIf You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (1988)3:19
15."Baby Blue"Aaron BarkerIf You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'3:29
16."If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"Tommy CollinsIf You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' 2:17
17."Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" (single version)Tony Martin, Troy MartinBeyond the Blue Neon (1989)2:55
18."What's Going On in Your World"Chamberlain, Porter, Red SteagallBeyond the Blue Neon3:26
19."Ace in the Hole"Dennis AdkinsBeyond the Blue Neon2:34
20."Love Without End, Amen"Aaron BarkerLivin' It Up (1990)3:05
21."I've Come to Expect It from You"Dillon, Buddy CannonLivin' It Up3:42
22."If I Know Me"Dillon, Pam BelfordChill of an Early Fall (1991)2:41
23."You Know Me Better Than That"Tony Haselden, Anna Lisa GrahamChill of an Early Fall3:00
24."The Chill of an Early Fall" (single version)Green Daniel, Gretchen PetersChill of an Early Fall3:16
25."So Much Like My Dad"Chips Moman, Bobby EmmonsHolding My Own (1992)3:19
26."I Cross My Heart"Steve Dorff, Eric KazPure Country (1992)3:29
Total length:77:18
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Heartland"Dorff, John BettisPure Country2:16
2."Easy Come, Easy Go" (single version)Barker, DillonEasy Come, Easy Go (1993)2:35
3."I'd Like to Have That One Back"Bill Shore, Rick West, Aaron BarkerEasy Come, Easy Go3:48
4."The Man in Love with You"Dorff, Gary HarjuEasy Come, Easy Go3:18
5."The Big One"Gerry House, Devon O'DayLead On (1994)2:05
6."You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" (single version)Steve Clark, Johnny MacRaeLead On2:48
7."Lead On"Dillon, Teddy GentryLead On3:21
8."Check Yes or No"Danny Wells, Dana Hunt BlackStrait Out of the Box (1995)3:10
9."I Know She Still Loves Me"Barker, Monty HolmesStrait Out of the Box3:04
10."Blue Clear Sky" (single version)Mark D. Sanders, John Jarrard, Bob DiPieroBlue Clear Sky (1996)2:34
11."Carried Away" (single version)Steve Bogard, Jeff StevensBlue Clear Sky2:58
12."I Can Still Make Cheyenne"Barker, Erv WoolseyBlue Clear Sky4:11
13."One Night at a Time" (single version)Roger Cook, Eddie Kilgallon, Earl Bud LeeCarrying Your Love With Me (1997)3:19
14."Carrying Your Love with Me" (single version)Bogard, StevensCarrying Your Love With Me3:07
15."Today My World Slipped Away"Mark Wright, Vern GosdinCarrying Your Love With Me3:05
16."Round About Way" (single version)Steve Dean, Wil NanceCarrying Your Love With Me2:50
17."I Just Want to Dance with You" (single version)Cook, John PrineOne Step at a Time (1998)3:18
18."True" (single version)Marv Green, StevensOne Step at a Time3:12
19."We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This"Jim LauderdaleOne Step at a Time2:23
20."Write This Down"Black, Kent RobbinsAlways Never the Same (1999)3:33
21."The Best Day"Carson Chamberlain, DillonLatest Greatest Straitest Hits (2000)3:18
22."Go On" (single version)Tony Martin, Mark NeslerGeorge Strait (2000)3:21
23."Run" (single version)Tony Lane, Anthony SmithThe Road Less Traveled (2001)3:46
24."Living and Living Well" (single version)Tony Martin, Mark Nesler, Tom ShapiroThe Road Less Traveled3:27
25."She'll Leave You with a Smile" (single version)Odie Blackmon, Jay KnowlesThe Road Less Traveled2:44
Total length:77:30

Charts

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References

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  5. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 1, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report For April 1, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  6. ^ Bjorke, Matt (January 25, 2020). "Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: January 23, 2020". Roughstock. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
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