|producer = [[Bob Singleton]]|Succeeded by = [[Barney's Favorites Vol. 2]]|length = 40:23}}'''''Barney's Favorites, Volume 1''''' is a compilation of songs from the [[Barney & Friends|television show]] and the first entry in the [[Barney's Favorites]] line. It was released on August 31, [[1993]].
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|producer = [[Bob Singleton]]|Succeeded by = [[Barney's Favorites Vol. 2]]|length = 40:23}}'''''Barney's Favorites, Volume 1''''' is the debut album of Barney. It was released on August 31, 1993 on CD and cassette by SBK Records. The album features a compilation of songs from the [[Season 1|first]] and [[Season 2|second season]] of the [[Barney & Friends|television show]] and was the first entry in the [[Barney's Favorites]] line.
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In the same year as the album was released, the album commercially entered at number nine on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7825473/barney-dinosaur-david-joyner-interview/# Barney Tells All: David Joyner Talks Being the Man in the Purple Dinosaur Costume for 10 Years]</ref>
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In the same year as the album was released, the album commercially entered at number nine on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7825473/barney-dinosaur-david-joyner-interview/# Barney Tells All: David Joyner Talks Being the Man in the Purple Dinosaur Costume for 10 Years]</ref><ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/barney/chart-history/billboard-200/# Barney Billboard 200 Chart History]</ref> On March 11, 1997, the album commercially went on to peak at number one on Billboard's Top Kid's Albums on March 22, 1997, the same date that ''[[Run, Jump, Skip and Sing]]'' peaked at number three on the same chart.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/barney/chart-history/kids-albums/# Barney Kid Albums Chart History]</ref>
In [[1998]], the album went triple platinum (selling over three million units), making it the most successful Barney album to date.
In [[1998]], the album went triple platinum (selling over three million units), making it the most successful Barney album to date.
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Following the release of ''Barney's Favorites, Vol. 1'' a [[Barney's Favorites Vol. 2|sequel]] was released the following year and a spanish language version, titled ''[[Las Canciones de Barney]]'', was released in 1998.
== Songs ==
== Songs ==
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==Trivia ==
==Trivia ==
*[[Dennis DeShazer]] was nominated a Grammy for his work on this album.
*[[Dennis DeShazer]] was nominated a Grammy for his work on this album.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Las Canciones de Barney]]
*[[Las Canciones de Barney]]
Revision as of 14:00, 19 March 2019
Barney's Favorites, Volume 1 is the debut album of Barney. It was released on August 31, 1993 on CD and cassette by SBK Records. The album features a compilation of songs from the first and second season of the television show and was the first entry in the Barney's Favorites line.
In the same year as the album was released, the album commercially entered at number nine on the Billboard 200.[1][2] On March 11, 1997, the album commercially went on to peak at number one on Billboard's Top Kid's Albums on March 22, 1997, the same date that Run, Jump, Skip and Sing peaked at number three on the same chart.[3]
In 1998, the album went triple platinum (selling over three million units), making it the most successful Barney album to date.
Following the release of Barney's Favorites, Vol. 1 a sequel was released the following year and a spanish language version, titled Las Canciones de Barney, was released in 1998.
