The Greatest Hits Collection is the first compilation album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Arista Nashville, and it chronicles the greatest hits from their first four studio albums: 1991's Brand New Man, 1993's Hard Workin' Man, 1994's Waitin' on Sundown, and 1996's Borderline. The album also includes three new tracks, two of which were released as singles: "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You", which respectively reached #3 and #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In 2004, a sequel, The Greatest Hits Collection II, was released.

The album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA on July 21, 2005. It has sold 4,608,400 copies in the United States as of April 2017.

The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)

Track listing

ANewly recorded tracks. BPreviously Unreleased

The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)

Personnel on new tracks

Compiled from the liner notes.

The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)

Brooks & Dunn

Kix Brooks – lead vocals on "Days of Thunder", background vocals on "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You" Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals on "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You", background vocals on "Days of Thunder"

Additional musicians

Bruce Bouton – steel guitar

Dennis Burnside – Hammond organ

Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar

Rob Hajacos – fiddle

Wes Hightower – background vocals

David Hungate – bass guitar

John Barlow Jarvis – piano

Liana Manis – background vocals

Brent Mason – electric guitar

Terry McBride – background vocals

John Wesley Ryles – background vocals

Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1997 greatest hits albums

Brooks & Dunn albums

Arista Records compilation albums