Barbara Mandrell – The Best of Barbara Mandrell

"The Best of Barbara Mandrell" is a compilation album by the acclaimed American country music singer Barbara Mandrell, released on January 19, 1979. This album marks her first compilation in her discography, presenting a collection of her most successful hits from the mid-to-late 1970s. It features the chart-topping single "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed," along with other beloved Top 10 hits such as "Tonight," "Standing Room Only," and "Woman to Woman." The album also includes charted favorites like "Hold Me" and "Love Is Thin Ice," plus "After the Lovin'," which garnered a Grammy nomination.

Commercially, "The Best of Barbara Mandrell" was one of Mandrell's top-selling albums at the time, quickly achieving RIAA gold certification shortly after its 1979 release. On the Billboard charts, the album reached a peak position of #170 on the US Billboard 200 and #13 on the US Top Country Albums chart in 1978–1979. It further solidified its success by ranking #26 on the US Top Country Albums year-end chart for 1979.

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