Greatest Hits (Journey album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)[1]
Recorded1977–1986
Genre
Length61:14
Label
Producer
Journey chronology
Raised on Radio
(1986)
Greatest Hits
(1988)
The Ballade
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Journey, originally released in 1988 by Columbia Records.[3] It is the band's best-selling career disc, spending 832 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart (more than any other compilation album, except for Bob Marley and the Wailers' Legend, in history).[4] Additionally, as of November 2024, it has logged 1,468 weeks on Billboard's Catalog Albums chart.[4]

On 26 January 2024, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Greatest Hits 18× Platinum for sales of 18 million copies in the United States.[5] As of January 2024, it was reported to have been the third highest certified 'greatest hits' package in the United States according to the RIAA, behind only similar collections by the Eagles and Billy Joel compilations.[6]

It continues to be one of the most popular 'best of' packages, at times selling close to 500,000 copies globally per year. The album has been reissued several times and was digitally remastered for compact disc by Legacy Recordings, issued on August 1, 2006, with "When You Love a Woman" featured as a bonus track. In Japan, the album has been reissued as Open Arms: Greatest Hits with the song "Open Arms" appearing as the first song on the album. A second Journey compilation album, Greatest Hits 2, was released in 2011.

  1. ^ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. ^ Greatest Hits (CD liner). Journey. New York City, New York, United States: Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings. 2006 [1988]. 82876 85889 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Journey's Greatest Hits – Journey". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Journey Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum Advanced Search" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Top Tallies: Top 100 Albums" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

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