Encore: More Greatest Hits is the second major label compilation album

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 by American

United States

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 folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 duo America

America (band)

America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...

, released by Rhino Records on June 24, 1991

1991 in music

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Warner Bros. Records

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 released America's initial greatest hits offering in 1975. Entitled History: America's Greatest Hits

History: America's Greatest Hits

History: America's Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. It was a success in the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard album chart and being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA...

, the collection remained a consistent seller and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

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 in October 1986. Although History contains many of America's most recognizable hits, it omits many of the group's fan favorites and all of its post-1975 material.