Greatest Hits: Decade Number 1

Greatest Hits: Decade #1
Greatest hits album by Carrie Underwood
Released December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09)
Recorded 2005–14
Genre
Label Arista Nashville
Producer
Carrie Underwood chronology
Blown Away
(2012)		 Greatest Hits: Decade #1
(2014)		 Storyteller
(2015)
Singles from Greatest Hits: Decade #1
  1. "Something in the Water"
    Released: September 29, 2014
  2. "Little Toy Guns"
    Released: February 16, 2015

Greatest Hits: Decade #1 is the first greatest hits album by American singer Carrie Underwood, released on December 9, 2014, by Arista Nashville.[1] A two-disc set, the release contains every single from Underwood's first four studio albums: Some Hearts (2005), Carnival Ride (2007), Play On (2009), and Blown Away (2012), except "Some Hearts" from its album of the same name. Two newly recorded songs were included: "Something in the Water" and "Little Toy Guns". The album also contains four additional tracks.

The compilation debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums charts, and set several records upon release, including having the biggest sales debut for a hits collection in any genre of music in more than six years and the biggest first-week sales for a female hits album in any genre in over nine years. It went on to become the largest selling greatest hits album of 2015, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

The album's first single, "Something in the Water" won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance. The following year, "Little Toy Guns" was nominated for the same award.

Background

“I can’t believe it’s been a decade since I auditioned for American Idol. Looking back at the songs I’ve released over the years lets me relive my amazing journey. Even better I get to include new music for the fans! So much has happened since then. In some ways it feels like it was a million years ago; in some ways it feels like it was just yesterday. I remember as a kid just being so excited whenever someone would come out with a greatest hits because it was all my favorites in one little package. I’m honored that I’ve had that much love and support over the past 10 years that I get to have one. I’m blessed, and I’m so happy that I still get to do what I love.”

Underwood on her first decade in the business and her first compilation.[2][3]

On September 26, 2014, during an appearance on The Today Show, Underwood announced her plans to release Greatest Hits: Decade #1 on December 9, 2014 as a celebration of her tenth anniversary of winning the fourth season of American Idol.[1] The same day, she announced the compilation's first single, "Something in the Water".[4] About the content of the compilation, Underwood said "I don’t think it would be quite as exciting if I didn’t have something new for the album".[3] The compilation contains 25 tracks in two discs, 19 of which are previously released singles. It comes with two newly recorded songs, "Something in the Water" and "Little Toy Guns". It also features four additional tracks, including her previously unreleased, live version of "How Great Thou Art" with Vince Gill, a song they performed together for the ACM Presents: Girls’ Night Out TV concert. About including "How Great Thou Art" on her collection, Underwood stated: "'How Great Thou Art' kind of took on a life of its own. I hear people all the time come up to me and tell me, 'I love that, I look at it online all the time', so I thought it was important to make that available on an album. That was a really amazing moment – I think for myself and for Vince – and we felt it".[3][5][6] The other three additional tracks are songwriting worktape versions of "So Small", "Last Name" and "Mama's Song". On including these songwriting worktapes, Underwood said "I wanted to do something different with extras, so we’re including three worktapes that were recorded the day we wrote the songs – which I think is pretty special".[3]

Singles

"Something in the Water" was released as the first single from the compilation. The song was written by Underwood along with Chris DeStefano and Brett James, and produced by Underwood's longtime producer Mark Bright. It also has a sample of "Amazing Grace" at the end of the song, sung by Underwood.[7] It became a crossover success, having topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for seven weeks and the Hot Christian Songs chart for twenty six consecutive weeks.[8] It also reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[9] On August 10, 2015, "Something in the Water" was certified Platinum by RIAA.[10] At the 57th Grammy Awards, the song won the Grammy award for Best Country Solo Performance.

In February 2015,"Little Toy Guns" was released as the second single from the compilation.[11] The song was released to country radio on February 16, 2015.[12] The track peaked at number six on Billboard's Hot Country Songs, number two on the Country Airplay Chart and number 47 on the Hot 100. On August 10, 2015, "Little Toy Guns" was certified Gold by RIAA.[10] The song was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Commercial performance

Greatest Hits: Decade Number #1 sold 103,000 copies including pure albums, on-demand streaming and digital tracks sold in its first week, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums charts, thus setting several records upon release. It is the biggest sales debut for a hits collection in any genre of music in more than six years, when Frank Sinatra's Nothing But the Best arrived in May 2008.[13] It is the biggest first-week sales for a female hits album in any genre in over nine years, when Reba McEntire's Reba #1's opened in November 2005.[14] It is also the biggest debut sales week for a country best-of title since Toby Keith's 35 Biggest Hits debuted in May 2008.[15] It also logs the biggest sales week for a best-of since Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits shifted 112,000 on the chart dated March 17, 2012.[13] The album was certified Platinum on January 8, 2016.[16] Greatest Hits: Decade #1 became the largest-selling greatest hits album of 2015.[17] As of October 2016, the album has sold 532,700 copies in the US.[18]

In terms of chart positions, on the Billboard 200, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 has the highest ranking for a newly released greatest hits album since Kenny Chesney's Greatest Hits II debuted and peaked at number three in May 2009.[19] It’s the highest-charting greatest hits album since Frank Sinatra's 2008 collection Nothing but the Best rebounded to number three in August 2012.[13] On the Top Country Albums chart, Underwood scored her fifth consecutive number one bow, of five career releases, as Greatest Hits: Decade #1 debuted atop the chart. She is only the second artist to arrive with five number one debuts on Top Country Albums (which premiered in 1964), with Miranda Lambert being the other one.[15] Underwood is first female artist to debut at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with a greatest hits album since Shania Twain's Greatest Hits had 11 weeks on top from November 2004 to January 2005.[19] In the United Kingdom, the collection debuted at number two on the Country Compilation Album chart and a year later it reached number one, on November 13, 2015.[20]

Track listing

Disc one
No. TitleWriter(s)Album Length
1. "Something in the Water"  
Previously Unreleased 3:58
2. "Little Toy Guns"  
Previously Unreleased 3:31
3. "Inside Your Heaven"  
Non-Album Single 4:04
4. "Jesus, Take the Wheel"  
Some Hearts 3:46
5. "Don't Forget to Remember Me"  
Some Hearts 4:00
6. "Before He Cheats"  
Some Hearts 3:20
7. "Wasted"  
Some Hearts 4:34
8. "So Small"  
Carnival Ride 3:46
9. "All-American Girl"  
  • Underwood
  • Gorley
  • Lovelace
Carnival Ride 3:33
10. "Last Name"  
  • Underwood
  • Lindsey
  • Laird
Carnival Ride 4:02
11. "Just a Dream"  
Carnival Ride 4:45
12. "I Told You So" (featuring Randy Travis)Randy TravisCarnival Ride 4:17
Total length:
 47:29
Disc two
No. TitleWriter(s)Album Length
1. "Cowboy Casanova"  
Play On 3:56
2. "Temporary Home"  
  • Underwood
  • Laird
  • Zac Maloy
Play On 4:28
3. "Undo It"  
Play On 2:57
4. "Mama's Song"  
  • Underwood
  • Laird
  • DioGuardi
  • Frederiksen
Play On 4:01
5. "Remind Me" (duet with Brad Paisley)
This Is Country Music 4:14
6. "Good Girl"  
  • Underwood
  • DeStefano
  • Gorley
Blown Away 3:25
7. "Blown Away"  
  • Kear
  • Tompkins
Blown Away 4:00
8. "Two Black Cadillacs"  
  • Underwood
  • Kear
  • Lindsey
Blown Away 4:58
9. "See You Again"  
Blown Away 4:07
10. "How Great Thou Art" (with Vince Gill) (Live from ACM Presents: Girls Night Out)
Previously Unreleased 4:47
11. "So Small" (Writing Session Worktape 1/24/07) Previously Unreleased 4:07
12. "Last Name" (Writing Session Worktape 1/22/07) Previously Unreleased 4:00
13. "Mama's Song" (Writing Session Worktape 2/5/09) Previously Unreleased 3:51
Total length:
 52:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[22]

Musicians
Technical personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
scope="row" Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 49
scope="row" Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 15
UK Country Compilation Albums (OCC)[25] 1
scope="row" US Billboard 200[26] 4
scope="row" US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[27] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[28] 27
US Billboard 200[29] 28
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[30] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[16] Platinum 532,700[31]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 All news postings concerning the announcement of Greatest Hits: Decade #1:
  2. ↑ Betts, Stephen L. (September 26, 2014). "CARRIE UNDERWOOD ANNOUNCES GREATEST HITS ALBUM". Rolling Stone. Rollingstone.com. Jann Wenner LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Carrie Underwood Biography". carrieunderwoodofficial.com.
  4. ↑ "Carrie Underwood Is Making History with "Something in the Water"!". Sony Music, Nashville. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ Stephen L. Betts (October 31, 2014). "Carrie Underwood reveals songs on double disc 'Greatest Hits'". Rolling Stone.
  6. ↑ Jason Scott (Oct 31, 2014). "Carrie Underwood readies two-disc 'Greatest Hits' collection: See the tracklist". AXS.
  7. ↑ Menyes, Carolyn (September 29, 2014). "Carrie Underwood Finds Jesus in Inspirational New Song 'Something In The Water' [LISTEN]". Music Times. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ Wade Jessen (January 8, 2014). "Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean & Garth Brooks Scale Country Charts". Billboard.
  9. ↑ Wade Jessen (October 15, 2014). "Carrie Underwood's 'Water' Splashes Onto Hot Country Songs, Hot Christian Songs Charts". Billboard.
  10. 1 2 "RIAA Search - Carrie Underwood". Riaa.com. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  11. ↑ Parton, Chris (January 29, 2015). "New Single: Carrie Underwood's "Little Toy Guns"". United States: CMT.com (Viacom). Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 Keith Caulfield (December 17, 2014). "J. Cole Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  14. ↑ Cindy Watts (December 17, 2014). "Carrie Underwood's new greatest hits package sets bar". The Tennessean.
  15. 1 2 Wade Jessen (December 18, 2014). "Carrie Underwood, 'Voice' Winner Craig Wayne Boyd Debut on Country Charts". Billboard.
  16. 1 2 "American album certifications – Carrie Underwood – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  17. ↑ McDonnell, Brandy (January 13, 2016). "Carrie Underwood's 'Greatest Hits: Decade #1' certified platinum". NewsOK.com.
  18. ↑ "Special Report: Catalog Country Album Sales: October 2, 2016 | RoughStock". roughstock.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  19. 1 2 Paul Grein (December 17, 2014). "Carrie Underwood's 'Greatest' Is Doing Great".
  20. ↑ "Official Country Compilations Chart Top 20 | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Greatest Hits: Decade #1 by Carrie Underwood". iTunes Stores. Apple Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Carrie Underwood – Greatest Hits: Decade #1". Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Carrie Underwood – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Carrie Underwood.
  25. ↑ "2014-12-20 Top 40 Country Compilation Albums Archive - Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  26. ↑ "Carrie Underwood – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Carrie Underwood.
  27. ↑ "Carrie Underwood – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Carrie Underwood.
  28. ↑ "Top 50 Country Albums 2015". ARIA. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums: Year End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Top Country Albums: 2015 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  31. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (May 18, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: October 31, 2016". Roughstock.
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