Number Ones (Bee Gees album)

Number Ones
Compilation album by
Released1 November 2004
RecordedAugust 1967 – September 2001
GenrePop, rock, rhythm and blues, disco
Length77:29
LabelUniversal
ProducerBee Gees, Various
The Bee Gees chronology
Their Greatest Hits: The Record
(2001)
Number Ones
(2004)
Love Songs
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Number Ones is a compilation album by the Bee Gees released in 2004. It includes 18 of their greatest hits and a tribute to band member Maurice Gibb, who died in 2003. It is the final Bee Gees album released by Universal Records.

Rhino Records re-released Number Ones worldwide in 2008 using the European track list. Combining sales of versions issued by two different record companies, it has sold 1,236,000 copies in the US as of August 2012.[2] The set, which peaked at No. 23 in the US on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart in 2004, re-entered the charts peaking at No. 5 in 2012. The following week, after peaking at No. 5, the album plummeted to No. 195, the second-greatest drop for an album that still remained on the chart in Billboard album history.[3] This gives the group a span of 44 years, 9 months since their first Top 10 album, 1967's Bee Gees' 1st, which peaked at No. 7 in November 1967. The only other groups with longer spans are the Beach Boys (49 years 1 week), the Beatles (47 years 7 months), and the Rolling Stones (45 years 6 months).[4]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Grein, Paul (8 August 2012). "Week Ending Aug. 5, 2012. Albums: Sale Boosts Bee Gees". Yahoo Music. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. ^ Trust, Gary (14 June 2012). "Beach Boys Beat the Beatles for Billboard 200 Record – Chart Beat". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2012.