The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
| type = greatest
| artist = Celine Dion
| cover = The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition.jpg
| border = yes
| released = {{Start date|2018|05|30|df=yes}}
| recorded = 1993–2013
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=74|s=56}}
| label = Columbia
| producer =
- Walter Afanasieff
- Peer Åström
- Erick Benzi
- David Foster
- Jean-Jacques Goldman
- Kristian Lundin
- Vito Luprano
- Max Martin
- Ben Moody
- Christopher Neil
- Aldo Nova
- Rick Nowels
- Sham & Motesart
- John Shanks
- Billy Steinberg
- Jim Steinman
- Ric Wake
| prev_title = Un peu de nous
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Courage
| next_year = 2019
}}
The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition is the fourth English-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records in Asia-Pacific to coincide with Dion's 2018 tour in this part of the world. The album was issued in Japan on 30 May 2018, in Australia on 6 July 2018 and in New Zealand on 20 July 2018. It includes studio versions of 17 hits from the years 1993 to 2013. The album artwork consists of a photo taken during Dion's previous 2017 tour. The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition peaked at number four in Australia and New Zealand, and number 24 in Japan.
Content
The album includes Dion's greatest hits from the years 1993 to 2013, many of which she performed during her Celine Dion Live 2018 tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07C2J91K7/|title=The Best so Far...2018 Tour Edition|publisher=Amazon|access-date=25 April 2018|language=Japanese}} It contains Australian number-ones: "The Power of Love", "Because You Loved Me" and "My Heart Will Go On", and also other Australian hits: "Think Twice" (number two), "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (number eight), "Falling into You" (number 12), "That's the Way It Is" (number 14), "A New Day Has Come" (number 19), "I Drove All Night" (number 22), "Immortality" and "All by Myself" (both peaking at number 38), and "Taking Chances" (number 60). Many of these songs also charted in New Zealand, including top ten hits: "Because You Loved Me", "The Power of Love", "That's the Way It Is" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition also features Japanese number one, "To Love You More".{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/CelineDion/info/493883|title=セリーヌ・ディオン、約10年ぶりの来日公演を記念した最新ベスト・アルバムをリリース!|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|date=20 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018|language=Japanese}}
Commercial performance
The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition debuted at number ten in Australia and became Dion's fourth 'best of' to chart on the ARIA Albums Chart since her first All the Way... A Decade of Song in 1999, while her last was My Love: Essential Collection in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-drake-scorpion-is-number-one-for-a-second-week-20180714|title=Australian Charts: Drake 'Scorpion' Is Number One for a Second Week|publisher=noise11.com|date=14 July 2018|access-date=24 July 2018}} Overall, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition became Dion's ninth top ten album in Australia since her first in 1994, The Colour of My Love. In the fourth week, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition moved up to a new peak position at number four. It also topped the ARIA Physical Albums Chart in August 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1485.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20180820140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20180821-0000/Issue1485.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2018|title="Issue 1485" Australian Top 100 Physical Albums Chart|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2018}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In other countries, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition peaked at number four in New Zealand and number 24 in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/98172/rank/album/p/2/|script-title=ja:セリーヌ・ディオンのアルバム売り上げランキング|language=Japanese|publisher=Oricon|access-date=7 June 2018}} In the latter, it also reached number four on the Oricon International Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/w/2018-06-11/|script-title=ja:週間 洋楽アルバムランキング|language=Japanese|publisher=Oricon|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613133208/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/w/2018-06-11/|archive-date=13 June 2018|access-date=13 June 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition track listing
| total_length = {{duration|m=74|s=56}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = My Heart Will Go On
| writer1 = {{hlist|James Horner|Will Jennings}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Walter Afanasieff|Horner{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1 = 4:41
| title2 = To Love You More
| note2 = radio edit
| writer2 = {{hlist|David Foster|Junior Miles}}
| extra2 = Foster
| length2 = 4:41
| title3 = Immortality
| note3 = featuring the Bee Gees
| writer3 = {{hlist|Barry Gibb|Robin Gibb|Maurice Gibb}}
| extra3 = Afanasieff
| length3 = 4:12
| title4 = Falling into You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Billy Steinberg|Rick Nowels|Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Nowels|Steinberg}}
| length4 = 4:20
| title5 = The Power of Love
| note5 = radio edit
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gunther Mende|Candy DeRouge|Jennifer Rush|Mary Susan Applegate}}
| extra5 = Foster
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = It's All Coming Back to Me Now
| note6 = radio edit
| writer6 = Jim Steinman
| extra6 = {{hlist|Steinman|Steven Rinkoff{{ref|a|[a]}}|Roy Bittan{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length6 = 5:32
| title7 = That's the Way It Is
| writer7 = {{hlist|Max Martin|Kristian Lundin|Andreas Carlsson}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Martin|Lundin}}
| length7 = 4:03
| title8 = Pour que tu m'aimes encore
| writer8 = Jean-Jacques Goldman
| extra8 = {{hlist|Goldman|Erick Benzi}}
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
| writer9 = Ewan MacColl
| extra9 = Foster
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Think Twice
| writer10 = {{hlist|Andy Hill|Peter Sinfield}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Christopher Neil|Aldo Nova{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length10 = 4:49
| title11 = Because You Loved Me
| writer11 = Diane Warren
| extra11 = Foster
| length11 = 4:34
| title12 = I Drove All Night
| writer12 = {{hlist|Steinberg|Tom Kelly}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Peer Åström|Vito Luprano}}
| length12 = 4:00
| title13 = A New Day Has Come
| note13 = radio remix
| writer13 = {{hlist|Nova|Stephan Moccio}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Ric Wake|Afanasieff|Nova|Richie Jones{{ref|b|[b]}}|Christian van Burkholder{{ref|b|[b]}}|Marc Dold{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length13 = 4:21
| title14 = Alone
| writer14 = {{hlist|Steinberg|Kelly}}
| extra14 = Ben Moody
| length14 = 3:26
| title15 = Taking Chances
| writer15 = {{hlist|Kara DioGuardi|Dave Stewart}}
| extra15 = John Shanks
| length15 = 4:03
| title16 = Loved Me Back to Life
| writer16 = {{hlist|Hasham Hussain|Denarius Motes|Sia Furler}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Sham & Motesart|Hussain{{ref|c|[c]}}}}
| length16 = 3:52
| title17 = All by Myself
| writer17 = {{hlist|Eric Carmen|Sergei Rachmaninoff}}
| extra17 = Foster
| length17 = 5:11
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition Japanese edition track listing
| total_length = {{duration|m=79|s=06}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title18 = River Deep, Mountain High
| writer18 = {{hlist|Ellie Greenwich|Jeff Barry|Phil Spector}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Steinman|Rinkoff{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length18 = 4:10
}}
Notes
- {{sup|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies a co-producer
- {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies an additional producer
- {{sup|{{note|c|c}}}} signifies a vocal producer
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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|+ Weekly chart performance for The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak |
{{album chart|Australia|4|artist=Céline Dion|album=The Best So Far - 2018 Tour Edition|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2018|refname=aria}} |
{{album chart|Oricon|24|date=2018-06-11|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2019}} |
scope="row"| Japanese International Albums (Oricon)
| 4 |
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scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2018&month=06&day=11|title=Hot Albums|publisher=Billboard Japan|access-date=18 June 2018}}
| 31 |
{{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Céline Dion|album=The Best So Far - 2018 Tour Edition|rowheader=true|access-date=17 August 2018|refname=nzchart}} |
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= Year-end charts =
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|+ Year-end chart performance for The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Position |
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2018/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums for 2018|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=10 January 2019}}
| 86 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=The Best So Far: 2018 Tour Edition|artist=Celine Dion|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|source=radioscope|access-date=21 December 2024}}
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Release history
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|1371280|The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition}}
{{Celine Dion}}
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