The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition

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The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
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Greatest hits album by
Released30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)
Recorded1993–2013
Genre Pop
Length74:56
Label Columbia
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
Un peu de nous
(2017)
The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
(2018)
Courage
(2019)

The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition is the fourth English-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records in Asia-Pacific to coincide with Dion's 2018 tour in this part of the world. The album was issued in Japan on 30 May 2018, in Australia on 6 July 2018 and in New Zealand on 20 July 2018. It includes studio versions of 17 hits from the years 1993 to 2013. The album artwork consists of a photo taken during Dion's previous 2017 tour. The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition peaked at number four in Australia and New Zealand, and number 24 in Japan.

Contents

Content

The album includes Dion's greatest hits from the years 1993 to 2013, many of which she performed during her Celine Dion Live 2018 tour. [1] [2] It contains Australian number-ones: "The Power of Love", "Because You Loved Me" and "My Heart Will Go On", and also other Australian hits: "Think Twice" (number two), "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (number eight), "Falling into You" (number 12), "That's the Way It Is" (number 14), "A New Day Has Come" (number 19), "I Drove All Night" (number 22), "Immortality" and "All by Myself" (both peaking at number 38), and "Taking Chances" (number 60). Many of these songs also charted in New Zealand, including top ten hits: "Because You Loved Me", "The Power of Love", "That's the Way It Is" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition also features Japanese number one, "To Love You More". [3]

Commercial performance

The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition debuted at number ten in Australia and became Dion's fourth 'best of' to chart on the ARIA Albums Chart since her first All the Way... A Decade of Song in 1999, while her last was My Love: Essential Collection in 2008. [4] Overall, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition became Dion's ninth top ten album in Australia since her first in 1994, The Colour of My Love . [4] In the fourth week, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition moved up to a new peak position at number four. [5] It also topped the ARIA Physical Albums Chart in August 2018. [6] In other countries, The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition peaked at number four in New Zealand and number 24 in Japan. [7] [8] In the latter, it also reached number four on the Oricon International Albums Chart. [9]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My Heart Will Go On"4:41
2."To Love You More" (radio edit)Foster4:41
3."Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees)Afanasieff4:12
4."Falling into You"
  • Nowels
  • Steinberg
4:20
5."The Power of Love" (radio edit)Foster4:48
6."It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (radio edit) Jim Steinman 5:32
7."That's the Way It Is"
  • Martin
  • Lundin
4:03
8."Pour que tu m'aimes encore" Jean-Jacques Goldman
4:14
9."The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Ewan MacColl Foster4:09
10."Think Twice"4:49
11."Because You Loved Me" Diane Warren Foster4:34
12."I Drove All Night"
4:00
13."A New Day Has Come" (radio remix)
4:21
14."Alone"
  • Steinberg
  • Kelly
Ben Moody 3:26
15."Taking Chances" John Shanks 4:03
16."Loved Me Back to Life"
  • Sham & Motesart
  • Hussain [c]
3:52
17."All by Myself"Foster5:11
Total length:74:56
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."River Deep, Mountain High"
  • Steinman
  • Rinkoff [a]
4:10
Total length:79:06

Notes

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [13] Gold7,500

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan [14] [15] 30 May 2018 SMEJ SICP-31172
  • Blu-spec CD2 (with a handkerchief)
  • digital download
  • streaming
SICP-31170 ~ SICP-31171
Taiwan [16] 1 June 2018 Columbia
  • CD (with poster and a notebook)
  • digital download
  • streaming
19075842342
Thailand [17] 15 June 2018
  • CD
  • digital download
  • streaming
Australia [1] 6 July 2018
New Zealand [18] 20 July 2018

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