Greatest Hits (Eternal album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Eternal
Released	20 October 1997
Recorded	1992–1997
Label	EMI 1st Avenue
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: 29 September 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Music Week	[2]

Greatest Hits (released internationally as The Best) is the first compilation album by the British 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. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified 3× 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Angel of Mine"	Rhett Lawrence Travon Potts	Previously unreleased, 1997	4:21
2.	"Stay"	Bob Khozouri Mark Stevens	Always & Forever , 1993	4:01
3.	"Save Our Love"	Eddie Chacon Scott Cutler Anne Preven	Always & Forever	3:46
4.	"Just a Step from Heaven"	Wayne Cohen Sheppard Solomon	Always & Forever	3:57
5.	"So Good"	Easther Bennett Vernie Bennett Kéllé Bryan Louise Nurding	Always & Forever	3:49
6.	"Oh Baby I..."	Tommy Faragher Lotti Golden	Always & Forever	4:33
7.	"Crazy"	BeBe Winans	Always & Forever	3:57
8.	"Power of a Woman" (radio edit)	Evan Rogers Carl Sturken	Power of a Woman , 1995	3:57
9.	"I Am Blessed"	Marsha Malamet Mark Mueller	Power of a Woman	4:22
10.	"Good Thing" (radio mix)	David Frank Jeff Pescetto	Power of a Woman	3:51
11.	"Someday" (Eric Clapton version)	Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz	Before the Rain	4:21
12.	"Secrets" (remix)	Debra Killings	Power of a Woman	3:06
13.	"Don't You Love Me" (radio mix)	Cynthia Biggs Terence Dudley Christopher Kellum Carolyn Mitchell	Before the Rain, 1997	3:49
14.	"I Wanna Be the Only One" (featuring Bebe Winans) (radio edit)	Lawrence Winans	Before the Rain	3:38
15.	"Who Are You?"	Ronnie Wilson	Power of a Woman	3:16
16.	"Finally"	E. Bennett V. Bennett Dennis Charles	Before the Rain Japanese edition	3:20
17.	"Might as Well Be Me"	E. Bennett Derek Bennett	Previously unreleased, 1997	4:02

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
18.	"Think About Me"	Michelle Lewis	Before the Rain	4:39
19.	"Talk About It"	Emosia Cathy Liggett Mike Lorello	"Angel of Mine" B-side, 1997	4:49

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997–98) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 31 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 50 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [5] 8 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 9 European Albums (Top 100) [7] 14 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [8] 31 French Albums (SNEP) [9] 6 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 47 Irish Albums (IRMA) [11] 5 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 35 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [13] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 6 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [16] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 20 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 21 UK Albums (OCC) [19] 2 UK R&B Albums (OCC) [20] 1 Chart (2014) Peak position UK Album Downloads (OCC) [21] 93 UK R&B Albums (OCC) [22] 16 Chart (2022) Peak position UK R&B Albums (OCC) [23] 34

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 51 UK Albums (OCC) [25] 9 Chart (1998) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [26] 67 UK Albums (OCC) [27] 92

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [28]	Gold	100,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [29]	Gold	100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [30]	Gold	50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [31]	Platinum	15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [32]	Platinum	50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [33]	3× Platinum	900,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [34]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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