The Very Best (INXS album) explained

The Very Best
Type:greatest
Artist:INXS
Cover:INXS - The Very Best.png
Released:21 October 2011
Recorded:1980–2011
Genre:
Length:1:16:26
Label:Universal Music Australia
Prev Title:Original Sin
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Live at Wembley Stadium 1991
Next Year:2014

The Very Best is a greatest hits album released by Australian band INXS in 2011. It initially peaked at number 39 in Australia.

Following the screening of , an Australian miniseries about INXS that commenced on 9 February 2014 on the Seven Network,[1] the album re-entered the charts, peaking at number one.[2] When the miniseries screened in New Zealand in August 2014, the album also charted, similarly peaking at number one.[3]

Track listing

The album was released in three formats; a single-disc version, a double-disc version and a double-disc version with a DVD.[4] The first disc of the deluxe edition is the same as the standard edition.

Chart performance

The Very Best debuted and peaked at number 39 in Australia on 6 November 2011. When promotion began for the mini-series, it re-entered the charts at number 13 on 10 November 2013. With the airing on the mini-series in February 2014, the album slowly rose to number-one on 17 February 2014.[5] It became the first INXS "best of" album to reach number-one in Australia.[6]

The Very Best took 77 weeks before it reached number-one and holds the record for the longest number of weeks to rise to number one, in ARIA chart history.[7]

The Very Best was the highest selling album in Australia by an Australian artist in 2014 and the fourth overall.[8]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart! scope="col"
YearPosition
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 201344
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 20144
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 17
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 201529
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 201645
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 201724
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 201835
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 201928
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 202034
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 202135
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 202240
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 202358

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 11
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)1

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INXS Never Tear Us Apart on Channel 7 on February 9 . Byrnes . Holly . 2 February 2014 . Herald Sun . News Ltd . 17 February 2014.
  2. Web site: INXS dominates ARIA albums chart. The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 February 2014 .
  3. Web site: 25 August 2014. The Official NZ Music Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 29 August 2014.
  4. Web site: The Very Best. Discogs. 17 February 2014.
  5. Web site: ARIA Charts. ARIA. 17 February 2014.
  6. Web site: INXS Chart History. Australian Charts. 17 February 2014.
  7. Web site: ARIA Albums: Sam Smith Has The Number One Album In Australia. Noise11. Gavin Ryan. 25 April 2015. 25 April 2015.
  8. Web site: INXS, Sheppard Top Selling Aussie Acts Of 2014. themusic.com.au. 7 January 2015. 9 January 2015.
  9. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums 2013 . . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107111232/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2013.htm . 7 January 2014 .
  10. Web site: End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014. ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 January 2015.
  11. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 2014. Recorded Music NZ. 2 January 2015.
  12. Web site: ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2015. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2016.
  13. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums 2016. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2017.
  14. Web site: ARIA End of Year Albums 2017. Australian Recording Industry Association. 5 January 2018.
  15. Web site: ARIA End of Year Albums 2018. Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 January 2019.
  16. Web site: ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019. Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 January 2021.
  17. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020. Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 January 2021.
  18. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021. Australian Recording Industry Association. 13 January 2022.
  19. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2022. Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 January 2023.
  20. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2023. Australian Recording Industry Association. 12 January 2024.
  21. Web site: 2019 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart. January 2020. 17 January 2020.

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