A customer browses vinyl records at the HMV Record Shop in Tokyo, Japan, in 2016. Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever.

NEW YORK -- A greatest-hits album once stood as a watershed, a milestone chronicling a collection of top-rated hits, culturally significant songs or the end of a stellar career. But a flood of "best ...

Greatest hits albums are a relic of a bygone era. Back in the day, most major artists were expected to have a greatest hits album. Not just because they served as easy to digest intros to an artist ...

Contrary to what their names imply, “greatest hits” albums often include one or two new tracks that have never previously been in a band or artist’s discography. In some cases, a band might use the ...

A career retrospective album didn’t sound that appealing to Gavin Rossdale, the singer and rhythm guitarist for venerable British rockers Bush. “I really didn’t want to have that, because the greatest ...

Josh Turner is exploring some of his biggest hits on a new compilation album. On September 8, the baritone singer will release his first greatest hits album, Josh Turner: Greatest Hits, which ...

Beloved island-rock troubadour Jimmy Buffett died earlier this month, leaving behind—if absolutely nothing else—a legacy of some damn good songs that perfectly capture and define a specific laidback, ...

The late #2Pac still remains a force in the music industry. Even though he died in September 1996, Tupac Amaru Shakur is still one of the most talked about rap stars on the planet. 2Pac’s legion of ...

Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever. As of September, two dozen had made it onto the music industry’s list of the 200 ...