| Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | November 8, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–2004 | |||
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| Length | 77:45 (North American edition) 77:07 (International edition) | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| PopMatters |   [2] |
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Canadian country-pop singer Shania Twain, released on November 8, 2004, by Mercury Nashville. The album contains seventeen of Twain's top ten hits, including all of her seven number one hits on the Hot Country Songs. Excluded from the track list is Twain's self-titled debut album, of which no songs were included. Some songs are included in their pop versions such as "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!".
Three new songs were recorded specifically for the compilation and were all released as singles: "Party for Two" (featuring either Mark McGrath or Billy Currington), "Don't!", and "I Ain't No Quitter". "Party for Two" went on to peak at number seven on the Hot Country Songs chart and peaked within the top ten in six other countries. "Don't!" was a moderate hit, peaking within the top twenty on the Adult Contemporary chart and the top 40 in the UK. "I Ain't No Quitter" was one of Twain's least successful singles, becoming her first since "God Bless the Child" to miss the top 40 at US country.
Greatest Hits was a commercial success; It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with 530,000 copies sold, staying there for eleven consecutive weeks. The album was also the highest selling country album in the US for 2005, and was certified 4× platinum in the US and 3× platinum in the UK. Additionally, Greatest Hits was recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling greatest hits album by a female artist in the US.[3] As of December 2019, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US.[4] Greatest Hits also debuted at number one in Canada with first-week sales of 92,600.[5]
Greatest Hits was released on vinyl for the first time on November 17, 2023. It is available in four versions: a standard black vinyl, and three limited editions vinyls: opaque blue, baby pink, and Coke bottle clear. The vinyl release contains two additional songs from Twain's studio albums released after Greatest Hits initial release: "Life's About to Get Good" from Twain's fifth studio album Now (2017) and "Giddy Up!" from her sixth studio album Queen of Me (2023).[6]
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
- ^ "Shania Twain: Greatest Hits < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Guinness World Records".
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ Williams, John (November 17, 2004). "Shania, Eminem rule Cdn. charts". Canoe Jam!. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
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