Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams album)

Although Williams admitted on his website to being "perplexed at the prospect" of a greatest hits album, saying, "I rarely, if at all, look back over my career", he took the opportunity to also reveal two new songs he had been working on with his new collaborator, Stephen Duffy.{{cite web|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/|title=RobbieWilliams.com}} Both were released as singles. "Radio", the compilation's first single, was released in October 2004, debuting at number-one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Williams' sixth number-one hit selling 41,732 copies.[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=994 "Radio" first week sales in the United Kingdom] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112175947/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=994 |date=12 November 2006 }} The song was also a number-one hit in Denmark and Portugal, and it hit the top ten around the world. The album's second single, the ballad "Misunderstood", was included on the soundtrack of the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and hit the top ten around the world in December of that year.

Debuting at number one, the album sold 320,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling greatest-hits album ever released in the United Kingdom. The album hit the top spot in 18 countries: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the aforementioned United Kingdom, Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland among others. The album became the best-selling album of the year in the United Kingdom, becoming the 61st best-selling album in UK music history, with sales of 2 million copies, being certified 8× Platinum by the BPI.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32340 |title=BPI Certification for "Greatest Hits" |access-date=19 March 2007 |archive-date=16 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516092546/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32340 |url-status=dead }}

Greatest Hits also became the best selling album of the year in Europe, being certified 5× Platinum for over 5 million copies sold[http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/platinum/plat2006.html IFPI Certiciation for "Greatest Hits"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517065514/http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/platinum/plat2006.html |date=17 May 2011 }} worldwide. The album ended up selling slightly under 8.5 million copies, becoming one of Williams' best-selling albums ever. In Germany, the album debuted at number one and reached this position in total nine times non-consecutively, Williams' second album to do so, the other one being Swing When You're Winning. With 102 weeks on the German Albums Chart it's his second longest chart one, just behind Sing When You're Winning, with 106 weeks. By selling 900,000 copies and reaching 9× Gold, Greatest Hits is the 20th best-selling album of the decade 2000–2009 in Germany and his 5th album to reach a position in the top twenty of the best-selling album of the decade, the others being Swing When You're Winning (4th best-selling), Escapology (5th best-selling), Intensive Care (8th best-selling) and Live at Knebworth (19th best-selling).{{cite web |url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Williams%2CRobbie/?type=longplay |title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche |publisher=musicline.de |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102173721/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Williams,Robbie/?type=longplay |archive-date=2 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Robbie Williams|best=no}}

{{track listing

| headline = UK edition

| total_length =

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = Old Before I Die

| extra1 = Life thru a Lens, 1997

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Lazy Days

| extra2 = Life thru a Lens

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Angels

| extra3 = Life thru a Lens

| length3 = 4:25

| title4 = Let Me Entertain You

| extra4 = Life thru a Lens

| length4 = 4:22

| title5 = Millennium

| extra5 = I've Been Expecting You, 1998

| note5 = Radio Edit

| length5 = 3:46

| title6 = No Regrets

| extra6 = I've Been Expecting You

| note6 = Radio Edit

| length6 = 4:43

| title7 = Strong

| extra7 = I've Been Expecting You

| note7 = Radio Edit

| length7 = 4:19

| title8 = She's the One

| extra8 = I've Been Expecting You

| length8 = 4:18

| title9 = Rock DJ

| extra9 = Sing When You're Winning, 2000

| length9 = 4:16

| title10 = Kids

| note10 = with Kylie Minogue

| extra10 = Sing When You're Winning and Light Years, both 2000

| length10 = 4:19

| title11 = Supreme

| extra11 = Sing When You're Winning

| length11 = 4:18

| title12 = Let Love Be Your Energy

| extra12 = Sing When You're Winning

| length12 = 4:06

| note12 = Radio Edit

| title13 = Eternity

| extra13 = Non-album single, 2001

| length13 = 5:00

| title14 = The Road to Mandalay

| note14 = Radio Edit

| extra14 = Sing When You're Winning

| length14 = 3:18

| title15 = Feel

| extra15 = Escapology, 2002

| note15 = Radio Edit

| length15 = 3:43

| title16 = Come Undone

| extra16 = Escapology

| note16 = Radio Edit

| length16 = 3:54

| title17 = Sexed Up

| extra17 = Escapology

| note17 = Radio Edit

| length17 = 4:10

| title18 = Radio

| extra18 = Previously unreleased, 2004

| length18 = 3:52

| title19 = Misunderstood

| extra19 = Previously unreleased

| length19 = 4:01

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{{track listing

| headline = Asian edition

| extra_column = Original album

| total_length =

| title2 = Angels

| length2 = 4:25

| title3 = Let Me Entertain You

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Millennium

| length4 = 4:07

| title5 = No Regrets

| length5 = 5:10

| title6 = Strong

| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = She's the One

| length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Rock DJ

| length8 = 4:18

| title9 = Kids

| note9 = With Kylie Minogue

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Supreme

| length10 = 4:18

| title11 = Let Love Be Your Energy

| length11 = 4:59

| title12 = Eternity

| length12 = 5:00

| title13 = The Road to Mandalay

| length13 = 4:03

| title14 = Better Man

| extra14 = Sing When You're Winning

| length14 = 3:22

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Australian edition

| extra_column = Original album

| total_length =

| title2 = Angels

| length2 = 4:25

| title3 = Let Me Entertain You

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Millennium

| length4 = 4:07

| title5 = No Regrets

| length5 = 5:10

| title6 = Strong

| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = She's the One

| length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Rock DJ

| length8 = 4:18

| title9 = Kids

| note9 = with Kylie Minogue

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Supreme

| length10 = 4:18

| title11 = Better Man

| length11 = 3:22

| title12 = Let Love Be Your Energy

| length12 = 4:59

| title13 = Feel

| length13 = 4:23

| title14 = Come Undone

| length14 = 4:38

| title15 = Sexed Up

| length15 = 4:21

| title16 = Something Beautiful

| extra16 = Escapology

| length16 = 4:48

| title17 = Monsoon

| extra17 = Escapology

| length17 = 3:46

}}

{{track listing

| headline = New Zealand edition

| extra_column = Original album

| total_length =

| title1 = Angels

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Let Me Entertain You

| length2 = 4:22

| title3 = Millennium

| length3 = 4:07

| title4 = No Regrets

| length4 = 5:10

| title5 = Strong

| length5 = 4:39

| title6 = She's the One

| length6 = 4:18

| title7 = Win Some Lose Some

| extra7 = I've Been Expecting You

| length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Rock DJ

| length8 = 4:18

| title9 = Kids

| note9 = with Kylie Minogue

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Supreme

| length10 = 4:18

| title11 = Let Love Be Your Energy

| length11 = 4:59

| title12 = Eternity

| length12 = 5:00

| title13 = Better Man

| length13 = 3:22

| title14 = Feel

| length14 = 4:23

| title15 = Come Undone

| length15 = 4:38

| title16 = Something Beautiful

| length16 = 4:48

}}

{{track listing

| headline = South American edition

| extra_column = Original album

| total_length =

| title2 = Angels

| length2 = 4:25

| title3 = Let Me Entertain You

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Millennium

| length4 = 4:07

| title5 = No Regrets

| length5 = 5:10

| title6 = Strong

| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = She's the One

| length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Angels

| note8 = Spanish Version

| length8 = 4:25

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Argentine edition

| extra_column = Original album

| total_length =

| title2 = Angels

| length2 = 4:27

| title3 = Let Me Entertain You

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Millennium

| length4 = 3:46

| title5 = No Regrets

| length5 = 4:43

| title6 = Strong

| length6 = 4:19

| title7 = Angels

| note7 = Spanish Version

| length7 = 4:28

| title8 = Rock DJ

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = Kids

| note9 = with Kylie Minogue

| length9 = 4:19

| title10 = Better Man

| length10 = 3:21

| title11 = Supreme

| length11 = 4:15

| title12 = Let Love Be Your Energy

| length12 = 4:06

| title13 = Eternity

| length13 = 5:00

| title14 = The Road To Mandalay

| length14 = 3:18

| title15 = Better Man

| note15 = Spanish Version

| length15 = 3:21

| title16 = Feel

| length16 = 3:43

| title17 = Come Undone

| length17 = 3:54

}}

{{track listing

| headline = French edition

| extra_column = Original album

| total_length =

| title11 = Supreme

| note11 = French Version

| length11 = 4:18

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = The Best So Far

| type = greatest

| artist = Robbie Williams

| cover = Robbie-williams-the-best-so-far.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2 September 2006

| recorded = 1997–2004

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 58:47

| label = Som Livre

| producer =

| prev_title = Intensive Care

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Rudebox

| next_year = 2006

}}

The Best So Far is an updated version of Greatest Hits, released exclusively in Brazil to celebrate Robbie's Close Encounters tour. Even with Greatest Hits being released in Brazil, The Best So Far updates the track listing slightly, adding "Sin Sin Sin", "Advertising Space" and "Tripping", but removing earlier hits such as "Old Before I Die", "Lazy Days" and "She's the One".

;Track listing{{Cite web |title=Release “The Best So Far” by Robbie Williams - MusicBrainz |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/4f15c83d-ebf9-4710-bb8e-8ee5e39ba480 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=musicbrainz.org}}

1. "Sin Sin Sin" – 4:05
2. "Advertising Space" – 4:37
3. "Feel" – 3:43
4. "Angels" – 4:25
5. "Sexed Up" – 4:10
6. "Millennium" – 3:47
7. "Come Undone" – 3:54
8. "Rock DJ" – 4:16
9. "Supreme" – 4:15
10. "Tripping" – 4:36
11. "No Regrets" – 4:44
12. "Radio" – 3:51
13. "Misunderstood" – 4:02
14. "Let Me Entertain You" – 4:21

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