Avril Lavigne will revisit The Best Damn Thing and her best damn songs on the upcoming compilation album Greatest Hits, out June 21. The record will span two decades of releases from the musician, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. Typically, hits album titles generally lack originality in ...

For years, the Eagles have had the bestselling U.S. album of all time. Now, the classic rock legends have made history once more, as Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 becomes the first album to receive a ...

If there’s something that the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t lacking, it's hit songs. The California foursome has remained among the most successful rock bands of all time for decades, outliving most of ...

Strangely, greatest hits albums can be polarizing. Some music “purists” out there believe that true fans should dive into each record a band released and appreciate all their songs—not just the top ...

What does it take for an album to gain RIAA diamond status? Well, for those albums lucky enough to sell over 10 million copies or songs, they enter a select group at the Recording Industry Association ...

Here are 11 greatest hits albums from alternative rock acts that every serious vinyl collector needs on their shelf. Sure, greatest hits albums can be a quick cash grab for artists repacking their ...

At the first prime time of the vinyl albums (and cassettes too), greatest hits albums and all their variants by specific artists were like a Swiss knife of the music industry, serving as a ...

Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever. As of September, two dozen had made it onto the music industry’s list of the 200 ...