Greatest Hits (Eternal album)

Greatest Hits (released internationally as The Best) is the first compilation album by the British girl group Eternal, released in October 1997. The album contains their fourteen consecutive Top 15 hit singles, which at the time was an unprecedented record for a British girl group. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified 3x Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 900,000 copies.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Eternal
Released20 October 1997
Recorded1992–1997
LabelEMI
Producer
Eternal chronology
Before the Rain
(1997)		 Greatest Hits
(1997)		 Eternal
(1999)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Angel of Mine"
    Released: 29 September 1997

In January 2014, following the announcement of the group's reformation for the second series of ITV reality show The Big Reunion, the album entered at number 1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop chart.

Track listing
# Title Length
1. "Angel of Mine" - new song 4:21
2. "Stay" - Always & Forever 4:01
3. "Save Our Love" - Always & Forever 3:46
4. "Just a Step from Heaven" - Always & Forever 3:57
5. "So Good" - Always & Forever 3:49
6. "Oh Baby I" - Always & Forever 4:33
7. "Crazy" - Always & Forever 3:57
8. "Power of a Woman" (Radio Edit) - Power of a Woman 3:57
9. "I Am Blessed" - Power of a Woman 4:22
10. "Good Thing" (radio mix) - Power of a Woman 3:51
11. "Someday" (Eric Clapton version) - Before the Rain 4:21
12. "Secrets" (remix) - Power of a Woman 3:06
13. "Don't You Love Me" (radio mix) - Before the Rain 3:49
14. "I Wanna Be the Only One" (featuring Bebe Winans) (Radio Edit) - Before the Rain 3:38
15. "Who Are You?" - Power of a Woman 3:16
16. "Finally" - Before the Rain (Japanese Version) 3:20
17. "Might as Well Be Me" - New Song 4:02
18. "Think About Me" - Before the Rain (Included on Japanese version) 4:39
19. "Talk About It" - New Song (Included on Japanese version and Angel of Mine single) 4:49

Charts
Chart (1997–98) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[1] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[2] 50
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[3] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 9
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 47
Irish Albums (IRMA)[7] 5
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 35
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[12] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 21
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 2
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[16] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1997) Position
Dutch Albums Chart[17] 51
UK Albums Chart[18] 9
Chart (1998) Position
Dutch Albums Chart[19] 67
UK Albums Chart[18] 92

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[20] Gold 100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[21] 24,360^
Netherlands (NVPI)[22] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[24] Platinum 50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] 3× Platinum 900,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[26] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  2. "Ultratop.be – Eternal – Greatest Hits" (in French). Hung Medien.
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  11. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. "Spanishcharts.com – Eternal – The Best". Hung Medien.
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  14. "Swisscharts.com – Eternal – The Best". Hung Medien.
  15. "Eternal | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  16. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  17. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jahreshitparade 1997". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  18. "Chart Archive – 1990s Albums". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  19. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jahreshitparade 1998". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  20. "French album certifications – Eternal – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  21. "Japanese album certifications – Eternal – Greatest Hits" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  22. "Dutch album certifications – Eternal – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Enter Greatest Hits in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  23. "New Zealand album certifications – Eternal – The Best". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  24. "Norwegian album certifications – Eternal – The Greatest". IFPI Norway. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  25. "British album certifications – Eternal – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  26. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
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