NEW YORK -- A greatest-hits album once stood as a watershed, a milestone chronicling a collection of top-rated hits, culturally significant songs or the end of a stellar career. But a flood of "best ...

A customer browses vinyl records at the HMV Record Shop in Tokyo, Japan, in 2016. Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever.

From Elton John to The Beatles and Queen, greatest hits albums continue to play an important role in securing an artist's ...

Greatest hits albums are a relic of a bygone era. Back in the day, most major artists were expected to have a greatest hits album. Not just because they served as easy to digest intros to an artist ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Delighted: Queen in The Netherlands in April 1982, having collected gold disc awards for the ...

Contrary to what their names imply, “greatest hits” albums often include one or two new tracks that have never previously been in a band or artist’s discography. In some cases, a band might use the ...

RCA Records is releasing the first authoritative compilation spanning the late singer's career. By Keith Caulfield, Billboard Houston's debut self-titled album was released in February 1985, shooting ...

A career retrospective album didn’t sound that appealing to Gavin Rossdale, the singer and rhythm guitarist for venerable British rockers Bush. “I really didn’t want to have that, because the greatest ...

Avril Lavigne performs at the Sunse Stage during the Rock in Rio Festival at Cidade do Rock on September 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The 39-year-old pop-punk star announced on Friday, May 10, that ...

If there’s something that the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t lacking, it's hit songs. The California foursome has remained among the most successful rock bands of all time for decades, outliving most of ...

Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever. As of September, two dozen had made it onto the music industry’s list of the 200 ...