“The Singles Collection” is the second greatest hits album from Britney Spears, in honor of her 10th anniversary with Jive Records.
There will be two versions released: the standard version and the ultimate fan box set. The standard version, released on Nov. 10, contains 17 of her chart-topping favorites along with the new hit “3.”
The ultimate fan box set includes all of Spears’ 29 singles, each encased in an individual sleeve with original art. Each disc will also have an additional B-side or a remix of the track. It includes never-before-seen photographs and iconic images of the pop star. There is also a DVD containing her music videos in chronological order. This box set will be released on Nov. 23.
“The Singles Collection” comes five years after Spears released her first greatest hits collection, “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative,” that includes four studio albums. She has only had two studio albums, “Blackout” and “Circus,” since the 2004 greatest hits album. “My Prerogative” had also included a DVD of her music videos up until her “In the Zone” album. This new greatest hits album only offers a few more songs and music videos than the last one.
The collection is missing some important and well-loved singles, such as “Sometimes,” “From the Bottom of My Broken Heart,” “Lucky,” “Overprotected,” “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman,” “Outrageous,” “My Prerogative,” and “Break the Ice.” “The Singles Collection” also does not include any unreleased songs, which would appeal more to owners of her first greatest hits album or fans that own all six of her studio albums.
Spears has had a long and successful music career, and to try to put her best songs on one album is a difficult task. Although this is a good compilation of her songs, the standard edition may not be worth the buy for those fans that have been following Spears since her 1999 debut. “The Singles Collection” is good to get if you want to have most of Spears’ best hits on one CD, or if you do not have the first greatest hits collection or any one of her albums.
Spears’ newest single “3” was released in September 2009 and was her third No. 1 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Hit-maker Max Martin produced the album’s lead single. Martin was the man responsible for starting it all off with writing and producing Spears’ first hit in 1999, “…Baby One More Time.”
Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the last decade and has sold over 63 million albums worldwide. During her 10-year career, Spears has had five albums debut at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 Album chart and 23 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart.
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