Greatest Hits (Eternal album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Eternal
Released	20 October 1997
Recorded	1992-1997
Genre	R&B, pop
Label	EMI
Producer	Dennis Charles, Ronnie Wilson, Nigel Lowis, Simon Climie, Rhett Lawrence, Bebe Winans, Debra Killings, Arnold Hennings, Dallas Austin, Harvey Mason
Eternal chronology
Before the Rain (1997) Greatest Hits (1997) Eternal (1999)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Angel of Mine" Released: September 29, 1997

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the British R&B girl group Eternal, released in October 1997. The album contains their fourteen consecutive Top 15 hit singles, which at the time was an unprecedented record for a British girl group. Louise Nurding's vocals appeared on the album, however she was not featured on the cover. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified 3x Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 900,000 copies.

In January 2014, following the announcement of the group's reformation for the second series of ITV reality show The Big Reunion, the album entered at number 1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop chart.

Track listing

#	Title	Length
1.	"Angel of Mine" - new song	4:21
2.	"Stay" - Always & Forever	4:01
3.	"Save Our Love" - Always & Forever	3:46
4.	"Just a Step from Heaven" - Always & Forever	3:57
5.	"So Good" - Always & Forever	3:49
6.	"Oh Baby I" - Always & Forever	4:33
7.	"Crazy" - Always & Forever	3:57
8.	"Power of a Woman" - Power of a Woman	3:57
9.	"I Am Blessed" - Power of a Woman	4:22
10.	"Good Thing" (radio mix) - Power of a Woman	3:51
11.	"Someday" (Eric Clapton version) - Before the Rain	4:21
12.	"Secrets" (remix) - Power of a Woman	3:06
13.	"Don't You Love Me" (radio mix) - Before the Rain	3:49
14.	"I Wanna Be the Only One" (featuring Bebe Winans) - Before the Rain	3:38
15.	"Who Are You?" - Power of a Woman	3:16
16.	"Finally" - Before the Rain (Japanese Version)	3:20
17.	"Might as Well Be Me" - New Song	4:02
18.	"Think About Me" - Before the Rain (Included on Japanese version)	4:39
19.	"Talk About It" - New Song (Included on Japanese version and Angel of Mine single)	4:49

Peak positions

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[1]	31
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[1]	50
Danish Albums Chart[2]	8
Dutch Albums Chart[1]	9
European Albums Chart[3]	14
Finnish Albums Chart[4]	31
French Albums Chart[5]	6
German Albums Chart[4]	47
Irish Albums Chart[6]	5
Japanese Albums Chart[7]	35
New Zealand Albums Chart[4]	4
Norwegian Albums Chart[4]	4
Scottish Albums Chart[8]	6
Spanish Albums Chart[9]	4
Swedish Albums Chart[4]	20
Swiss Albums Chart[4]	21
UK Albums Chart[10]	2

Peak positions

Chart (2014)	Peak position
ITunes Hip-Hop Chart	1
ITunes Official Chart	27

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Dutch Albums Chart[11]	51
UK Albums Chart[12]	9
Chart (1998)	Position
Dutch Albums Chart[13]	67
UK Albums Chart[12]	92

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[14]	Gold	100,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)[15]	N/A	24,360^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[16]	Gold	50,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[17]	Platinum	50,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[20]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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