Greatest Hits (Eternal album)

Greatest Hits (released internationally as The Best) is the first compilation album by the British girl group Eternal, released in October 1997. The album contains their fourteen consecutive Top 15 hit singles, which at the time was an unprecedented record for a British girl group. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified 3× Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 900,000 copies.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Eternal
Released	20 October 1997
Recorded	1992–1997
Label	EMI 1st Avenue
Producer	Dennis Charles Ronnie Wilson Nigel Lowis Simon Climie Rhett Lawrence BeBe Winans Debra Killings Arnold Hennings Dallas Austin Harvey Mason
Eternal chronology
Before the Rain (1997) Greatest Hits (1997) Eternal (1999)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Angel of Mine" Released: 29 September 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Music Week	^[2]

In January 2014, following the announcement of the group's reformation for the second series of ITV reality show The Big Reunion, the album entered at number 1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop chart.

Track listing

#	Title	Length
1.	"Angel of Mine" - new song	4:21
2.	"Stay" - Always & Forever	4:01
3.	"Save Our Love" - Always & Forever	3:46
4.	"Just a Step from Heaven" - Always & Forever	3:57
5.	"So Good" - Always & Forever	3:49
6.	"Oh Baby I" - Always & Forever	4:33
7.	"Crazy" - Always & Forever	3:57
8.	"Power of a Woman" (Radio Edit) - Power of a Woman	3:57
9.	"I Am Blessed" - Power of a Woman	4:22
10.	"Good Thing" (Radio Mix) - Power of a Woman	3:51
11.	"Someday" (Eric Clapton version) - Before the Rain	4:21
12.	"Secrets" (Remix) - Power of a Woman	3:06
13.	"Don't You Love Me" (Radio Mix) - Before the Rain	3:49
14.	"I Wanna Be the Only One" (featuring Bebe Winans) (Radio Edit) - Before the Rain	3:38
15.	"Who Are You?" - Power of a Woman	3:16
16.	"Finally" - Before the Rain (Japanese Version)	3:20
17.	"Might as Well Be Me" - New Song	4:02
18.	"Think About Me" - Before the Rain (Included on Japanese version)	4:39
19.	"Talk About It" - New Song (Included on Japanese version and "Angel of Mine" single)	4:49

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997–98) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3] 31 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[4] 50 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[5] 8 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6] 9 European Albums (Top 100)^[7] 14 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[8] 31 French Albums (SNEP)^[9] 6 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10] 47 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[11] 5 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[12] 35 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[13] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[14] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[15] 6 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[16] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[17] 20 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[18] 21 UK Albums (OCC)^[19] 2 UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[20] 1 Chart (2014) Peak position UK Album Downloads (OCC)^[21] 93 UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[22] 16 Chart (2022) Peak position UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[23] 34

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[24] 51 UK Albums (OCC)^[25] 9 Chart (1998) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[26] 67 UK Albums (OCC)^[27] 92

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)^[28]	Gold	100,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)^[29]	Gold	50,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[30]	Platinum	15,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[31]	Platinum	50,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)^[32]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[33]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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27. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 1998 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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29. "Dutch album certifications – Eternal – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Enter Greatest Hits in the "Artiest of titel" box.
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31. (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
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