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List of greatest hits albums

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Greatest Hits is a common name for a compilation album of an artist's most popular songs. The first such album was Johnny's Greatest Hits by Johnny Mathis in 1958.

This page is a disambiguation page. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather a navigation aid. As such it should include those albums that are likely to be confused for each other and not every album containing the words Greatest Hits. If you think that an editor would accidentally link to the Greatest Hits page, when they meant to link to the album pages you're working on, or a reader is likely to type in "Greatest Hits" it belongs on this page I.E., the following types of albums should be included on this page:

The following albums do not belong on this page:

  • 1. Albums entitled The Best of X, The Essential X, The Ultimate X, The X Anthology, The Definitive X Collection, where X is a bands name.
  • 2. Albums entitled Greatest Hits: x y ... z or x y ... z: Greatest Hits, where x y ... z represents a significant modification to the title name, which serves to disambiguate it from other Greatest Hits albums. E.G., Greatest Hits: My Prerogative by Britney Spears and Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. (This exclusion invites debate which should go to the discussion page).

They include, alphabetically by band name (minus "the") or artist's last name:

See also

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