The Best (Ariana Grande album)

The Best
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)
Recorded2013 – 2017
Length64:18
LabelUniversal Music Japan
Ariana Grande chronology
Dangerous Woman
(2016)
The Best
(2017)
Sweetener
(2018)

The Best is the first greatest hits album by American singer Ariana Grande, released exclusively in Japan. It features songs from her first three studio albums: Yours Truly (2013), My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), as well as her duet with John Legend, "Beauty and the Beast" for the Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) and "Faith" with Stevie Wonder for the Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016).[1] It was released, digitally and physically, only in Japan on September 27, 2017, by Universal Music Japan.[2]

In Japan, the album sold 24,764 copies in its opening week, where it peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart.[3][4] It ranked at numbers 68 and 73 on the Oricon year-end listings for 2017 and 2018, respectively.

  1. ^ "The Best". Apple Music. Japan. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ariana Grande – The Best". Universal Music Japan. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Japan Top Album Sales". Billboard (in Japanese). October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2017-10-09". Oricon (in Japanese). October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.