On November 30th, Curb Records will release, Number One Hits, a two-disc set featuring 22 of Tim McGraw’s chart-topping singles.
The collection will also feature two bonus tracks – a dance mix of his breakthrough 1994 hit, “Indian Outlaw,” and “Felt Good on My Lips,” McGraw’s latest single. Written by Brett Warren, Brad Warren, Brett Beavers and Jim Beavers, “Felt Good on My Lips” has jumped to No. 21*, with the biggest spin and audience increase on the Mediabase Country chart for the third straight week.
Number One Hits traces McGraw’s remarkable career – from his very first chart-topper, 1994′s “Don’t Take The Girl,” which was subsequently certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA, to this year’s “Southern Voice,” the title track from his 10th studio album, which was used in the Academy Award-nominated film The Blind Side, which co-starred Sandra Bullock and McGraw.
The collection also includes three singles that ranked as the No. 1 country hits of their respective years on Billboard’s Year-End charts: 1997′s “It’s Your Love,” a duet with McGraw’s wife, Faith Hill, “Just to See You Smile” (which hit No. 1 in 1998) and “Live Like You Were Dying” (2004). “It’s Your Love” was certified 2x Platinum,won four ACM Awards (including Video of the Year), a CMA Award and a CMT Award and received two GRAMMY® nominations. Charting for 42 weeks, six of which were at No. 1, “Just to See You Smile” was the longest-charting country single of the 1990′s. McGraw won a GRAMMY award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for “Live Like You Were Dying,” the title track from his 4x Platinum 2004 album.
Nashville’s hit man has become Hollywood’s “It” man. McGraw co-stars alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester in Country Strong. The film, which was written and directed by Shana Feste (The Greatest), will be released in theatres nationwide on January 7th, 2011. McGraw duets with Paltrow on “Me And Tennessee,” a song written by Paltrow’s husband, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and included on the Country Strong soundtrack, due out October 26th. You can check out the trailer for Country Strong at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90MdsHIk6po
He appears with Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen and Dwight Yoakam in the independent comedy Dirty Girl. The film, which marks the feature debut of writer/director Abe Sylvia, recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. McGraw’s previous films include Friday Night Lights (2004), Flicka (2006), The Kingdom (2007), Four Christmases (2008) and The Blind Side (2009).
McGraw, who will be releasing a new studio album next year,has sold over 40 million units and dominated the charts with 31 #1 singles. He’s won three GRAMMY® Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, 10 American Music Awards, three People’s Choice Awards and numerous other honors. With 7.8 million spins at radio, McGraw was the most-played artist of the past decade. He ranked as the #1 country artist and the fifth overall on the 2010 Harris Poll of America’s Favorite Musical Acts.In addition to his three highly successful NBC specials, he has made numerous network television appearances, including hosting “Saturday Night Live.”
The track listing for Number One Hits is as follows:
Disc 1:
1. Live Like You Were Dying
2. Don’t Take The Girl
3. It’s Your Love (with Faith Hill)
4. Just to See You Smile
5. Something Like That
6. My Next Thirty Years
7. The Cowboy in Me
8. She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart
9. I Like It, I Love It
10. Watch the Wind Blow By
11. Please Remember Me
12. Real Good Man
Disc 2:
1. Southern Voice
2. My Best Friend
3. Everywhere
4. Grown Men Don’t Cry
5. Back When
6. Angry All the Time
7. Last Dollar (Fly Away)
8. Unbroken
9. Where the Green Grass Grows
10. Not a Moment Too Soon
11. Indian Outlaw (Dance Mix) (Bonus Track)
12. Felt Good on My Lips (Bonus Track)
