Jarryd Hayne

Jarryd Lee Hayne (born 15 February 1988) is an Australian American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to joining the NFL, Hayne played rugby league for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Hayne earned representative honours at All Star, state and international levels (Australia and Fiji) throughout his rugby league career. He was awarded the Dally M Medal in 2009 and 2014 as the NRL's player of the year. In 2009, Hayne won the Rugby League International Federation's International Player of the Year award.

Background

Hayne was born on 15 February 1988. He is the son of a Fijian father, Manoa Thompson, and an Australian mother, Jodie. His father played professional rugby league for South Sydney, Western Suburbs and the Auckland Warriors while also representing Fiji. Hayne was one of three children raised by his single mother and grew up in a red brick Campbelltown housing commission house in Minto He attended school at John Warby Public School, Leumeah High and Westfields Sports High School but dropped out of high school early to pursue a career in rugby league. Hayne was a national schoolboys champion in the 100-metre hurdles without even training.

Greatest hits album

A greatest hits album, sometimes called a "best of" album or a catalog album, is a compilation of songs by a particular artist or band. Most often the track list contains previously released recordings with a high degree of notability. However, to increase the appeal, especially to people who already own the original release, it is common to include remixes and/or alternate takes of popular songs; even new material (previously unreleased). At times a greatest hits compilation is the original release for songs that have themselves been released as a single and charted successfully.

Notable compilations

Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the best selling greatest hits compilation by a solo artist; all of the songs on it are presented in different versions than the original hit versions. The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) is the best selling greatest hits compilation by a group and also one of the ten best selling albums in history. Greatest hits albums are typically produced after an artist has had enough successful songs to fill out an album release. Some artists, such as Mariah Carey, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Kenny Rogers, Aerosmith, Kiss, U2, Dolly Parton, Journey, Los Tigres del Norte, Queen, Kylie Minogue and Billy Joel, have released multiple greatest hits albums through their long careers. Some greatest hits albums are released only at the end of the artist or group's career. For example, My Chemical Romance released a greatest hits album after they disbanded. Other artists, like Eminem have released hits albums in the center of their success. He released Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005 and then Shady XV as a compilation album in 2014.