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Greatest Hits by  ReleasedDecember 1, 1976Recorded1967, 1970, 1973-1976, , Length37:33various chronology
(1976)Greatest Hits
(1976)
(1977)Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingB+

Greatest Hits is 's first major , released at the end of 1976 for the holiday shopping season. It includes material from both her  and  output, and goes back to 1967 for ' hit "."

It remains the biggest-selling album of Ronstadt's career, being certified seven times  (over 7 million US copies shipped) by the  in America alone, with 1.87 million units consumed after 1991 when  started tracking sales. It peaked at No. 6 on the main  album chart and also reached No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, where it remained for over three years.

The album was criticized by the  for being "premature," as Ronstadt continued to have record-breaking mainstream successes for many years following this release. By the time this collection came out, however, Ronstadt had already been recording hit records (as a solo artist and with the ) for a decade, and there were many examples of other artists releasing greatest hits albums much sooner, such as .

In terms of being released while the performer was still in the midst of their career, this collection is unusual for a major artist in that it compiled works from two unrelated labels thanks to, as the sleeve states, a "special arrangement" between Asylum and Capitol; this overlap mirrors the situation in which Ronstadt briefly alternated releasing albums between Capitol and Asylum in 1973–74 in order to fulfil her contract with Capitol.

Track listing Original release Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1.""3:442."", 2:203."", 3:304.""2:465."", , 2:326.""Gary White4:21 Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."" (with )2:452.""2:053."Love Has No Pride", 4:104.""2:465.""3:266."", , 3:12