The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition

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The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
Greatest hits album by
Celine Dion
Released30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)
Recorded1993–2013
GenrePop
Length74:56
LabelColumbia
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.

Content[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 MacCollFoster4:09
10."Think Twice"
4:49
11."Because You Loved Me"Diane WarrenFoster4:34
12."I Drove All Night"
4:00
13."A New Day Has Come" (radio remix)
4:21
14."Alone"
  • Steinberg
  • Kelly
Ben Moody3:26
15."Taking Chances"
John Shanks4:03
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

  • ^a signifies a co-producer
  • ^b signifies an additional producer
  • ^c signifies a vocal producer

Charts[edit]

Release history[edit]

Release history for The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan[13][14] 30 May 2018 SMEJ
SICP-31172
  • Blu-spec CD2 (with a handkerchief)
  • digital download
  • streaming
 SICP-31170 ～ SICP-31171
Taiwan[15] 1 June 2018 Columbia
  • CD (with poster and a notebook)
  • digital download
  • streaming
 19075842342
Thailand[16] 15 June 2018
  • CD
  • digital download
  • streaming
Australia[1] 6 July 2018
New Zealand[17] 20 July 2018

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition". themusicvault.com.au. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ^ "The Best so Far...2018 Tour Edition" (in Japanese). Amazon. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "セリーヌ・ディオン、約10年ぶりの来日公演を記念した最新ベスト・アルバムをリリース！" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Australian Charts: Drake 'Scorpion' Is Number One for a Second Week". noise11.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Australiancharts.com – Céline Dion – The Best So Far - 2018 Tour Edition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ^ ""Issue 1485" Australian Top 100 Physical Albums Chart" (PDF). National Library of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Charts.nz – Céline Dion – The Best So Far - 2018 Tour Edition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ^ セリーヌ・ディオンのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b 週間 洋楽アルバムランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2018-06-11" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Hot Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  12. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums for 2018". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  13. ^ "ザ・ベスト・ソー・ファー…2018ツアー・エディション" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. ^ "ザ・ベスト・ソー・ファー…2018ツアー・エディション【初回生産限定盤】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  15. ^ "#2018亞洲巡演限定精選" (in Chinese). Sony Music Taiwan. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Celine Dion - The Best So Far...2018 Tour Edition (CD)" (in Thai). Sony Music Thailand. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  17. ^ "Best So Far, The: 2018 Tour Edition". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

External links[edit]

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