Greatest Hits (Simply Red album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Simply Red
Cover:	simplyredgh.jpg
Released:	7 October 1996
Recorded:	1985–1996
Genre:	Pop
Length:	63:15
Label:	EastWest
Producer:	Stewart Levine
Prev Title:	Life
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Blue
Next Year:	1998

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in 1996, which contained material from their first five studio albums (Picture Book, Men and Women, A New Flame, Stars and Life) and included a newer track, a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1973 classic, "Angel".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996–99)! scope="col"

Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[1]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)!scope="column"

Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	32
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	43
German Albums Chart^[6]	49
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	32
UK Albums (OCC)^[9]	8

Chart (1997)!scope="column"

Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[10]	48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[11]	85
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[12]	50
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)^[13]	46
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	66

Chart (1999)! scope="col"

Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	200

Notes and References

1. Web site: Classifica settimanale WK 47 (dal 15.11.1996 al 21.11.1996). it. FIMI. 30 May 2022.
2. Web site: http://www.2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5116 . ru:Россия Top 25: Centr – Эфир в норме . 2M-online.ru . 13 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724033024/http://www.2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5116 . 24 July 2011 . 30 August 2016 . ru . dead.
3. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1996. ARIA. 17 December 2020.
4. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1996. de. Austriancharts.at. 17 December 2020.
5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1996. nl. DutchCharts.nl. 17 December 2020.
6. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de . GfK Entertainment. 8 September 2016.
7. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1996. The Official NZ Music Charts. 17 December 2020.
8. Web site: Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 1996. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 23 January 2021.
9. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996. Official Charts Company. 5 April 2017.
10. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997. ARIA. 17 December 2020.
11. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1997. nl. Ultratop. 19 December 2020.
12. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997. nl. DutchCharts.nl. 17 December 2020.
13. Eurochart Top 100 Albums 1997. 1 November 2019 . .
14. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1998. Official Charts Company. 19 December 2020.
15. Web site: Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1999r . pl . Z archiwum...rocka . 28 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927005415/http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201999.html . 27 September 2012 .