Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Shania Twain, released on November 8, 2004 by Mercury Nashville. The album contains seventeen hits from each of all of her studio albums (with the exception of Twain's self-titled debut album), and three new tracks, with each of them becoming singles; "Party for Two", which hit the top ten in US country, UK and Germany, "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter".
Greatest Hits was commercially successful; It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with 530,000 copies sold, staying there for 11 consecutive weeks. The album was also the highest selling country album in the US for 2005, and was certified 4× platinum in the US and 3× platinum in the UK. Additionally, Greatest Hits was recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling greatest hits album by a female artist in the US. As of December 2019, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US.
In late September 2023, in response to requests from fans, Twain announced that Greatest Hits would be released on vinyl for the first time. It will be available in four versions: a standard black vinyl, and three limited editions vinyls: opaque blue, baby pink, and Coke bottle clear. In addition, two new tracks are added: "Giddy Up" and "Life's About to Get Good". The Greatest Hits vinyl is set to be released on November 17, 2023.
Track listing
Music videos
"Party for Two" "Don't!" "I Ain't No Quitter"
Personnel
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
Larry Byrom – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Joe Chemay – bass guitar, fretless bass
B.J. Cole – dobro, pedal steel guitar
Billy Crain – slide guitar
Billy Currington – duet vocals on "Party for Two" (country version) Diamond Duggal – percussion Simon Duggal – percussion Glen Duncan – fiddle Stuart Duncan – fiddle Larry Franklin – fiddle Paul Franklin – pedabro, pedal steel guitar Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor Gavin Greenaway – string arrangements Rob Hajacos – fiddle David Hamilton – string arrangements, strings Aubrey Haynie – fiddle John Hobbs – organ, Wurlitzer Dann Huff – six-string bass guitar, 12-string electric guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, sound effects, talk box guitar, tic tac bass, wah-wah guitar Ronn Huff – string arrangements John Hughey – pedal steel guitar David Hungate – bass guitar The Irish Film Orchestra – strings John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer Nick Jeca – clapping Robert John "Mutt" Lange – clapping, background vocals Paul Leim – drums, percussion, door slam Mark McGrath – duet vocals on "Party for Two" (pop version) Terry McMillan – cowbell, harmonica, harp, stomping Carl Marsh – string arrangements, strings Brent Mason – electric guitar Joey Miskulin – accordion The Nashville String Machine – strings Michael Omartian – piano Matt Rollings – piano Olle Romo – programming Joe Spivey – fiddle Aurther Stead – organ, piano, Wurlitzer Michael Thompson – bouzouki, e-bow, electric guitar, slide guitar Shania Twain – clapping, footsteps, lead vocals, background vocals Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar John Willis – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, mandolin Jonathan Yudkin – cello, fiddle, mandolin, violin