The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition

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Released30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)
Recorded1993–2013
Length74:56
The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
Greatest hits album by
Released30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)
Recorded1993–2013
GenrePop
Length74:56
LabelColumbia
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
Un peu de nous
(2017)
The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
(2018)
Courage
(2019)

The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition is the fourth English-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records in selected Asia-Pacific countries to coincide with Dion's 2018 tour. 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 songs recorded between 1993 and 2013. The album artwork uses a photograph taken during Dion's previous 2017 tour. The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition reached number four in both Australia and New Zealand, and number 24 in Japan.

The album includes Dion's most successful songs from 1993 to 2013, many of which she performed during her Celine Dion Live 2018 tour.[1][2] It contains Australian number-one singles: "The Power of Love", "Because You Loved Me", and "My Heart Will Go On". Other Australian chart entries include: "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 tracks also charted in New Zealand, including top 10 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 album also includes the Japanese number-one single "To Love You More".[3]

Commercial performance

The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition debuted at number 10 in Australia and became Dion's fourth 'best of' release to enter the ARIA Albums Chart since her first, All the Way... A Decade of Song, in 1999, while her previous compilation was My Love: Essential Collection in 2008.[4] Overall, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition became Dion's ninth top 10 album in Australia since her 1994 release, The Colour of My Love.[4] In its fourth week, the album rose to a new peak of number four.[5] It also topped the ARIA Physical Albums Chart in August 2018.[6] In other markets, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition reached number four in New Zealand and number 24 in Japan.[7][8] In Japan, it also peaked at number four on the Oricon International Albums Chart.[9]

Track listing

Notes

  • ^a signifies a co-producer
  • ^b signifies an additional producer
  • ^c signifies a vocal producer
  • The Japanese edition includes a bonus track, "River Deep, Mountain High".

Charts

Certifications

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] Gold 7,500

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan[14][15] 30 May 2018 SMEJ SICP-31172
  • Blu-spec CD2 with a handkerchief
  • digital
  • streaming
SICP-31170 〜 SICP-31171
Taiwan[16] 1 June 2018 Columbia
  • CD with a poster and a notebook
  • digital
  • streaming
19075842342
Thailand[17] 15 June 2018
  • CD
  • digital
  • streaming
Australia[1] 6 July 2018
New Zealand[18] 20 July 2018

See also

References

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