Greatest Hits (Journey album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Journey
Cover:Jgreatesthits.jpg
Released:[1]
Recorded:1977–1986
Prev Title:Raised on Radio
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:The Ballade
Next Year:1991

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Journey, originally released in 1988 by Columbia Records. It is the band's best-selling career disc, spending 818 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart (more than any other compilation album, except for Bob Marley and the Wailers' Legend, in history).[2] Additionally, as of August 2024, it has logged 1,454 weeks on Billboard's Catalog Albums chart.

On 26 January 2024, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Greatest Hits 18× Platinum for sales of 18 million copies in the United States.[3] As of January 2024, it was reported to have been the third highest certified 'greatest hits' package in the United States according to the RIAA, behind only similar collections by the Eagles and Billy Joel compilations.[4]

It continues to be one of the most popular 'best of' packages, at times selling close to 500,000 copies globally per year. The album has been reissued several times and was digitally remastered for compact disc by Legacy Recordings, issued on August 1, 2006, with "When You Love a Woman" featured as a bonus track. In Japan, the album has been reissued as Open Arms: Greatest Hits with the song "Open Arms" appearing as the first song on the album. A second Journey compilation album, Greatest Hits 2, was released in 2011.

Track listing

2004 CD Open Arms: Greatest Hits - Japanese edition

  1. "Open Arms" - 3:19
  2. "Only the Young" - 4:05
  3. "Don't Stop Believin" - 4:10
  4. "Wheel in the Sky" (album version) - 4:12
  5. "Faithfully" - 4:27
  6. "I'll Be Alright Without You" (album version) - 4:50
  7. "Any Way You Want It" - 3:23
  8. "Ask the Lonely" - 3:54
  9. "Who's Crying Now" - 5:02
  10. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - 5:26
  11. "Lights" - 3:10
  12. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin" - 3:54
  13. "Girl Can't Help It" - 3:50
  14. "Send Her My Love" - 3:55
  15. "Be Good to Yourself" - 3:51
  16. "When You Love a Woman" - 4:07

Total length: 65:41

Personnel

Production personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988–2020)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 82

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)! scope="col"
Position
US Billboard 200[6] 39
Chart (2010)Position
US Billboard 200[7] 106
Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard 200[8] 102
Chart (2012)Position
US Billboard 200[9] 117
Chart (2013)Position
US Billboard 200[10] 145
Chart (2014)Position
US Billboard 200[11] 103
Chart (2015)Position
US Billboard 200[12] 78
Chart (2016)Position
US Billboard 200[13] 88
Chart (2017)Position
US Billboard 200[14] 92
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[15] 11
Chart (2018)Position
US Billboard 200[16] 90
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[17] 8
Chart (2019)Position
US Billboard 200[18] 70
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[19] 11
Chart (2020)Position
US Billboard 200[20] 71
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[21] 6
Chart (2021)Position
US Billboard 200[22] 66
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] 6
Chart (2022)Position
US Billboard 200[24] 93
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[25] 11
Chart (2023)Position
US Billboard 200[26] 87
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[27] 11

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RIAA certifications. .
  2. Journey Chart History . Billboard. 20 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Gold & Platinum Advanced Search . . PHP . April 20, 2024.
  4. Web site: Top Tallies: Top 100 Albums . . PHP . April 20, 2024.
  5. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/84198/ranking/cd_album/. ja:ジャーニー – クイーンズライクのアルバム売り上げランキング . February 17, 2013 . . ja.
  6. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  7. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2010. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  8. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  9. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  10. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2013. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  11. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2014. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  12. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  13. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  14. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  15. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  16. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  17. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  18. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  19. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  20. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 4, 2020.
  21. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. March 17, 2021.
  22. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 3, 2021.
  23. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 3, 2021.
  24. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 3, 2022.
  25. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 3, 2022.
  26. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 23, 2023.
  27. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 23, 2023.

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