Claim: James Taylor released a compilation album.

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor . Released on November 1 , 1976 . To this day , it is the best-selling album of his career .   The album took place in the context of Taylor 's end of his recording contract with Warner Brothers . It features redone versions of `` Carolina in My Mind '' and `` Something in the Way She Moves '' , both of which had been previously included on Taylor 's self-titled debut album in 1968 . It also includes previously unavailable live version of `` Steamroller '' .   The album did not rise higher than # 23 on the Billboard albums chart on its original release . However it became a steady seller for many years , and Greatest Hits has sold over 11,000,000 copies certifying it as a Platinum album eleven times over , and a diamond album once -LRB- for 10 million copies -RRB- .   In August 2012 , the album re-entered the Billboard albums chart at # 15 , which gave the album a new peak .