The Very Best of Sheryl Crow explained

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
Type:greatest
Artist:Sheryl Crow
Cover:Sheryl Crow - The Very Best of Sheryl Crow.png
Released:October 13, 2003 (UK)
November 24, 2003 (DVD)
Recorded:1993–2003
Length:77:41 (UK)
77:18 (US)
57 minutes (DVD)
Label:A&M
Prev Title:C'mon, C'mon
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Wildflower
Next Year:2005

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow is a greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on October 13, 2003, in the United Kingdom and November 4, 2003, in the United States. The album was a commercial success, reaching  2 on both the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, selling four million units in the US as of January 2008.[1] The album also received a platinum accreditation by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales of over one million copies in Europe.

Track listing

International release

Internationally some tracks were changed:

DVD release

The DVD features 14 video tracks, missing out "Light in Your Eyes", "Picture", "C'mon C'mon" and "I Shall Believe". Sound is PCM stereo.

Digital release

Digital US versions of the album at Amazon.com and the iTunes Store omit track 11, "Picture". All the subsequent tracks shift their numbering back accordingly.[2] Internationally, the song is still available digitally, but only when the album is purchased as a whole.

The songs included on each international version and format are summarized below, sortable using the position within an edition.

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[3] 12
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[4] 20
Canadian Albums Chart[5] 2
Danish Albums Chart[6] 35
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 72
French SNEP Compilations Chart[8] 6
German Media Control Albums Chart[9] 17
Japanese Albums Chart[10] 11
New Zealand Albums Chart[11] 6
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[12] 9
Scottish Albums Chart[13] 3
Spanish Albums Chart[14] 94
Swedish Albums Chart[15] 26
Swiss Albums Chart[16] 7
UK Albums Chart2
US Billboard 200[17] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 65
UK Albums Chart[19] 32
US Billboard 200[20] 179
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[21] 22
Chart (2004)Position
US Billboard 200[22] 9

Accolades

Grammys|-| style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|2005
[23] || "The First Cut Is the Deepest" || Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|| |-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Good' Is Not So Good . Keith . Caulfield . 25 January 2008 . Ask Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20080129181247/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp . January 29, 2008 . live . 6 November 2011 .
  2. Web site: The Very Best Of (Digital): Sheryl Crow . . 30 August 2009.
  3. Web site: austriancharts.at Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Hung Medien. German. ASP. 2012-03-04.
  4. Web site: ultratop.be Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Dutch. Ultratop. Hung Medien. ASP. 2012-03-04.
  5. Web site: Sheryl Crow Chart History: Canadian Albums. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
  6. Web site: danishcharts.dk Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. danishcharts.dk. ASP. 2012-03-04.
  7. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. MegaCharts. Hung Medien. ASP. 2012-03-04.
  8. Web site: InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste – Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste . French . infodisc.fr . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150711144234/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php . 2015-07-11 .
  9. Web site: Album Search: Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150135/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Sheryl+Crow&title=The+Very+Best+Of+Sheryl+Crow&cat=a&country=de. dead. April 2, 2015. German. Media Control. 2012-03-04.
  10. Web site: ザ・ヴェリー・ベスト・オブ・シェリル・クロウ. ja. Oricon. October 4, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231004081113/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/75791/products/521373/1/. October 4, 2023.
  11. Web site: charts.nz Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ASP. 2012-02-04.
  12. Web site: norwegiancharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Hung Medien. VG-lista. ASP. 2012-02-04.
  13. Web site: The Official Charts Company – Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. Official Charts Company. PHP. 2012-03-03.
  14. Web site: spanishcharts.com – Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. ASP. Hung Medien . 2012-03-04.
  15. Web site: swedishcharts.com Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. ASP. Swedish. 2012-03-04.
  16. Web site: Sheryl Crow – The Very Best of Sheryl Crow – hitparade.ch. German. Hung Medien. ASP. Swiss Music Charts. 2012-03-04.
  17. Web site: Sheryl Crow Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
  18. Web site: Hitparade.ch – Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003 . Hung Medien . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040204154136/http://www.hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2003 . February 4, 2004 .
  19. Web site: Complete UK Year-End Album Charts . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310085043/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21-15.html . 2012-03-10 .
  20. Web site: Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
  21. Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2003 . . February 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003117/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2003.pdf . November 17, 2008.
  22. Web site: Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. 2020-05-13.
  23. News: THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS: The complete list of nominees. Los Angeles Times. 2012-03-04. 2004-12-08.