20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album by James Brown containing 20 of his most famous recordings. Released by Polydor in 1991 as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time four-CD box set, it features 20 songs recorded between 1956 and 1976. Sixteen of the songs from the album had previously topped the US R&B charts. The album itself peaked at number 99 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after its release. Europe and the UK received an alternate release to promote Star Time, Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown.
In 2003, it was ranked #414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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Personnel Credits for 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! adapted from Allmusic. John Bobbit – composer Deanna Brown – composer Deidra Brown – composer James Brown – composer, vocals James Razor Brown – producer Yamma Brown – composer Alfred Ellis – composer Pee Wee Ellis – composer D. Jenkins – composer David Lindup – composer Mims, Joe – composer Lowman Pauling – composer Fred Wesley – composer Isabelle Wong – design
Charts Chart (1993) Peakposition US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)20 All-Time Greatest Hits! – James Brown > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2011. 99
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