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The Singles Collection is the second greatest hits album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on November 10, 2009, through Jive Records to commemorate her ten-year anniversary since entering the music industry. The compilation was released in many different formats, including a one-disc edition, a CD+DVD edition and a box set, which contained twenty-nine singles, each packaged in its own slip case with original cover art. The CD+DVD edition, as well as the box set, contains a DVD with Spears's music videos. The album includes a new song, "3", produced by Max Martin and Shellback.

The Singles Collection
One-disc edition cover artwork[lower-alpha 1]
Greatest hits album and box set by Britney Spears
Released	November 10, 2009 (2009-11-10)
Recorded	August 1997 – July 2009
Genre	Dance-pop[2]
Length	60:58
Label	Jive
Producer	Jim Beanz Benny Blanco Bloodshy & Avant Larry "Rock" Campbell The Clutch Dr. Luke Danja Keri Hilson Rodney Jerkins Brian Kierulf David Kreuger The Outsyders Kristian Lundin Steve Lunt Penelope Magnet Per Magnusson Max Martin The Neptunes R. Kelly Rami J.R. Rotem Josh Schwartz Shellback Guy Sigsworth Trixster Eric Foster White
Britney Spears chronology
Circus (2008) The Singles Collection (2009) Femme Fatale (2011)
Singles from The Singles Collection
"3" Released: September 29, 2009

The Singles Collection received widespread acclaim from the music critics, who noted Spears's impact and influence on pop music during her first decade in the music industry. The album entered the top ten in France and Japan, and peaked at number twenty-two on the US Billboard 200. "3" was released as the lead and only single from the album. In the United States, it debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.

Release

On July 12, 2009, Spears confirmed through her Twitter account that she had begun recording new material, stating she was going into the studio with Swedish songwriter and producer Max Martin.[3] On September 23, 2009, Jive Records officially announced the release of a greatest hits titled The Singles Collection through Spears's official website, in celebration of Spears's ten-year anniversary in the music industry. The album followed her previous greatest hits album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004). The release date was confirmed to be November 24, 2009 and the album included a new song titled "3", produced by Martin. The compilation was available in two main editions, a standard edition as well as a box set. The standard version contained a single CD with seventeen tracks, including "3". The boxset contained her twenty-nine singles including "3", with each single packaged in its own slip case with original cover art, accompanied by an original b-side or remix. It also included a booklet featuring iconic images and facts about each track as well as a DVD featuring all of Spears's music videos to date in chronological order.[4]

On October 14, 2009, Jive Records announced in a new press release that the date for the standard edition was moved up to November 10, 2009. The date for the release of the box set remained the same.[5] The following day, a CD+DVD edition was announced to be released on November 10, 2009, outside North America. This edition included the standard edition track listing as well as the single "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".[6]

Singles

"3" was confirmed as the only single from the album, released on October 6, 2009, along with the announcement of The Singles Collection.[4] It was released to radio stations on September 29, 2009.[7] The song received positive reviews from critics,[8][9] and debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, breaking many chart records. It made Spears the first artist in over three years to debut at the top position and the only non-American Idol artist in eleven years to do so.[10] It was the sixteenth song in the chart history to debut at the top position and also the shortest title for a song reaching the top of the chart.[11] "3" also debuted at number one in Canada and reached the top ten in Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[12][13][14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Digital Spy	[15]
IGN	8.2/10[16]
PopMatters	6/10[17]

The compilation album received universal critical acclaim. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the collection five stars and compared it to Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, saying that although they had the same length, they were "different listening experiences". He also noted that the more recent tracks "help push The Singles away from teen pop and toward pure dance-pop bliss. [...] It does result in a stronger overall listen, since there are no slow patches here, just a parade of relentless hooks and rhythms that wound up defining the sound of a decade".[2] Mayer Nissim of Digital Spy also gave the album five stars stating that "[it] perfectly captures the career of one of the best singles artists of the last ten years. Running from '...Baby One More Time' to 'Radar', you get a single-disc timeline that shows a progression in style and substance from school uniform-wearing pop ingénue to sultry motorik saucepot. [...] The only arguable weak link is the Madonna-featuring 'Me Against the Music', but in this context what once looked like a respectful passing of the baton now seems like an unconditional surrender of pop Queendom to its rightful heir." The reviewer also noted the impact on popular culture and pop music of Spears, highlighting "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic" and "Stronger".[15]

Brian Linder of IGN commented "2004's Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [...] captured the highlights from Britney's heyday, but lacks the more mature club-oriented material that she's churned out in recent years. That helps make this collection a justifiable fan purchase".[16] Mike Diver of BBC Online called it "the definitive Britney album" and added that "these songs don't just make a mark, lingering in the memory – they are essential pieces of the past ten years of pop history, and deserve better than dismissal by so-called discerning listeners".[18] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters called the album "a high-gloss collection of tunes that selectively sums up the career of one of the biggest female pop singers of the past decade. It's a disc that's light on filler [...] and heavy on Spears' more high-energy cuts, which, without question, play to her strengths as a performer".[17]

Commercial performance

In the United States, The Singles Collection debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200, selling 26,800 copies in its first week.[19] The album has sold over 250,000 copies in the United States.[20] In Canada, the album was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for sales over 40,000 copies.[21] The album debuted at number 15 in Mexico and was certified gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) for shipments over 30,000 units.[22] On November 23, 2009, the album debuted on the Australian Albums Chart at number twenty-three.[23] The same week, it debuted at number 22 in New Zealand.[24] The album reached the top forty in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Greece, New Zealand and Norway, and also charted in Belgium (Flanders), Finland, Spain and the Netherlands.[25] In January 2011, The Singles Collection re-entered the charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom, at numbers 51 and 47, respectively.[26][27] In 2021, the album saw a resurgence in popularity on the UK Albums Chart, charting for 39 consecutive weeks throughout the year.[28]

Track listing

Greatest hits album

Box set

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^b} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{^c} signifies a remixer

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[52]	Gold	35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[53]	Gold	40,000^
Japan	—	48,495[54]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[55]	Gold	30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[56]	Platinum	300,000
United States	—	268,000[57]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, edition(s), format(s), record label(s) and reference(s).

Region	Date	Edition(s)	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Canada	November 10, 2009	Standard	CD digital download	Sony Music	[58]
United States				Jive	[59]
Australia	November 13, 2009	Limited	CD+DVD	Sony Music	[60]
Germany	November 20, 2009				[61]
		Deluxe	29×CD+DVD		[62]
		Standard	CD digital download		[63]
United Kingdom	November 23, 2009			RCA	[64]
		Limited	CD+DVD		[65]
		Deluxe	29×CD+DVD		[66]
Canada				Sony Music	[67]
United States				Jive	[68]
Japan	November 25, 2009	Standard limited	CD CD+DVD	Sony Music Japan	[69][70]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website

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[de] The Singles Collection

The Singles Collection ist die zweite Kompilation der US-amerikanischen Pop-Sängerin Britney Spears. Die Collection wurde als Erinnerung an ihr zehnjähriges Bestehen mit ihrer Plattenfirma Jive Records veröffentlicht. Die Zusammenstellung wurde in vielen verschiedenen Formaten, darunter eine Einzel-Disc-Edition, eine CD+DVD-Edition und ein Boxset das 29 Singles in einem Schuber mit Original-Cover verpackt enthält. Die CD+DVD-Edition sowie das Boxset enthalten eine DVD mit Musikvideos. Das Album enthält außerdem einen neuen Track: 3, der von Max Martin und Shellback produziert wurde.

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- [en] The Singles Collection (Britney Spears album)

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[es] The Singles Collection (álbum de Britney Spears)

The Singles Collection es el segundo álbum recopilatorio de la cantante estadounidense Britney Spears, publicado en noviembre de 2009[1][2][3] por Jive Records y Sony Music Entertainment como conmemoración de los diez primeros años desde la publicación de su álbum debut ...Baby One More Time (1999).[4] El álbum contó con tres ediciones y fue creado durante el segundo semestre de 2009, período en el que se grabó su única canción original, «3». Su edición principal recopila diecisiete sencillos de los seis primeros álbumes de estudio de la cantante, mientras que sus otras ediciones son una edición CD/DVD, cuyo segundo formato recopila dieciséis videos musicales, y una edición para fans y coleccionistas llamada Ultimate Fan Box Set, que recopila su discografía casi completa de sencillos hasta 2009.

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[ru] The Singles Collection

The Singles Collection — второй сборник лучших хитов американской певицы Бритни Спирс, выпущенный 10 ноября 2009 года лейблом Jive Records.[1] Сборник был выпущен в следующих форматах: издание на 1 диске, CD+DVD и в виде бокс-сета, который содержал 29 синглов (каждый имел свою обложку). Издание CD+DVD так же как и бокс-сет содержали DVD с видеоклипами Бритни Спирс. Альбом содержал новую композицию «3», спродюсированную Максом Мартином и Shellback.

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