Greatest Hits (Safri Duo album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Safri Duo
Cover:Safri Duo - Greatest Hits.jpg
Label:Universal
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Danish percussion duo Safri Duo released on 21 June 2010. It is released nearly ten years after Safri Duo scored an international hit single with "Played-A-Live" in 2001, which became the fourth fastest selling single ever in Europe,[1] selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide.[2] The compilation album contains songs from the duo's three commercial studio albums, Episode II (2001), 3.0 (2003), and Origins (2008). It includes the new song, "Helele", which features South African singer Velile Mchunu, and is the official trailer song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on German television channel RTL in June–July.[3] The album peaked at number thirty-two in Germany and twenty-three in Switzerland.

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
German Albums Chart[4] 32
Swiss Albums Chart[5] 23

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Denmark[6] 21 June 2010UniversalCD, digital download
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Germany25 June 2010[7] Digital download
2 July 2010[8] CD

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Danes Hit the Charts . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233519/http://www.danishmusic.info/index.php?id=1310&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=454&no_cache=1 . dead . 30 March 2019 . Fuglsang . Jens . Danish Arts Agency/Music Centre . Danish . 11 June 2010 .
  2. Safri Duo: 3.0 (Anmeldelse). Lausten. Morten Schwarz. 2003. Gaffa. Danish. 11 June 2010. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190345/http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/20243. dead.
  3. Web site: Der offizielle RTL WM-Hit 2010: "Helele". 27 May 2010. RTL. 11 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100617151447/http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/musik/wm-hit-2010.html?startid=322332. 17 June 2010. dead.
  4. Web site: Musicline.de – Chartverfolgung – SAFRI DUO. German. Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. 31 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009084541/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/SAFRI+DUO/?type=longplay. 9 October 2012. dead.
  5. Web site: Safri Duo – Greatest Hits swisscharts.com. German. Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien. 31 July 2010.
  6. Web site: Greatest Hits – Safri Duo – Music – CDON.COM. CDON.COM. 11 June 2010.
  7. Web site: Greatest Hits: Safri Duo: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads. German. Amazon. 31 July 2010.
  8. Web site: Greatest Hits: Safri Duo: Amazon.de: Musik. German. Amazon. 31 July 2010.