The Best of Anita Baker

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The Best of Anita Baker
Greatest hits album by Anita Baker
Released	June 18, 2002
Recorded	1983–2002
Genre	R&B soul smooth jazz soul jazz
Length	US 79:21
Label	Rhino Records
Anita Baker chronology
Rhythm of Love (1994) The Best of Anita Baker (2002) My Everything (2004)

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The Best of Anita Baker is a compilation album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was released on June 18, 2002, in the United States by Rhino Records, and compiles material from Baker's career spanning 1983–2002. As of March 2004, the album has sold 402,000 copies and been certified Gold by the RIAA. The album spent 92 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming the longest-charting album by a female artist on the chart and 16 weeks on the Billboard 200.

The album was released in the UK as Sweet Love: The Very Best of Anita Baker, with a slightly different track listing and running order.