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.

The Best Of: 1994–1999

The Best of: '94-'99 is a greatest hits double album by British post-grunge band Bush. Disc one consists of the band's hit songs, while disc two is their performance at Woodstock '99. The collection omits their final singles, "The People That We Love" and "Inflatable", due to lack of licensing rights.

Track listing

Disc one

Tracks 1-5 originally from the album Sixteen Stone. Tracks 6-7 originally from the album Razorblade Suitcase. Tracks 8-10 originally from the album The Science of Things. Tracks 11-13 originally from the remix album Deconstructed.

Disc two

The Best of 2008-2012

The Best of 2008–2012 is the first compilation album of G.E.M. The first edition was released on 27 March 2013. On 4 July, the limited edition was released. This album was ranked 39 in United World Chart,and it was the first album recorded in China or Hong Kong to achieve this honour.

Versions

iTunes

Hong Kong

Taiwan

China

Track lists

First Edition

The album contains 24 songs,including live version of A.I.N.Y. and 情人

Limited Edition

The album captures the 26 songs, including the re-issued version of 你把我灌醉 INTOXICATED and Acoustic Mix of 奇蹟 Miracles .

Chart Performance

（*）represents still on chart

Bolded Word represents the no.1 song

Sales

References