Alan Jackson: The Very Best of Alan Jackson is a greatest hits album by American country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released on October 2, 2001, by Arista Nashville and contains 18 of Jackson’s biggest hits from the 1990s, including “Chattahoochee”, “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”, “Gone Country”, “Livin’ on Love”, “Midnight in Montgomery”, “Pop a Top”, “Summertime Blues”, and “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”. The album was a commercial success, reaching number one on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over 6 million copies in the United States.
The album’s release coincided with the 10th anniversary of Jackson’s debut album, Here in the Real World. Jackson selected the songs for The Very Best of Alan Jackson himself, and he wanted to include songs that represented his entire career up to that point. The album includes a mix of Jackson’s signature ballads and up-tempo hits, and it provides a comprehensive overview of his work.