Back أفضل الأعمال (موسيقى) Arabic Зборнік найлепшых песень Byelorussian Best-of-Album German Álbum de grandes éxitos Spanish Greatest Hits Estonian אלבום להיטים HE Album hit terbaik ID Greatest Hits Italian ベスト・アルバム Japanese საუკეთესო ჰიტების ალბომი Georgian

Greatest hits album

"Greatest Hits" and "Best of" redirect here. For a list of greatest hits albums, see List of greatest hits albums. For other uses, see Greatest Hits (disambiguation).

A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band.[1] While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be created by record companies without express approval from the original artist as a means to generate sales.[2] They are typically regarded as a good starting point for new fans of an artist, but are sometimes criticized by longtime fans as not inclusive enough or necessary at all.[3]

It is also common for greatest hits albums to include new recordings, remixes or unreleased alternate takes of the hit songs, plus other new material as bonus tracks to increase appeal for longtime fans (who might otherwise already own the recordings included). At times, a greatest hits compilation marks the first album appearance of a successful single that was never attached to a previous studio album. Greatest hits albums usually are released after an artist or band's contract with a major label is completed, they've been dropped or died, with next releases following on new labels.

  1. ^ Plummer, Robert (2 February 2018). "Is the greatest hits album dead?". BBC. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ Perpetua, Matthew (24 July 2019). "Everything Hits: Spoon Releases An Old School Greatest Hits Album into A Digital Age". NPR. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ Pfleegor, Dan (13 November 2013). "The 10 Essential Greatest Hits Albums". Consequence. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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