Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album

Album

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 by American

United States

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 country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...

, released in the United States

United States

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 on November 8, 2003 (see 2003 in music

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

) by Curb Records

Curb Records

Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...

.

The album contains 2 new songs: "This Love", which Rimes co-wrote alongside Marc Beeson and Jim Collins

Jim Collins (singer)

Jim Collins is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1985 and 1998, Collins released three studio albums. He also charted seven singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart...

 and speaks about her love for her then husband, Dean Sheremet, "Last Thing on My Mind

Last Thing on My Mind (Ronan Keating song)

"Last Thing on My Mind" is the third and final single released from Irish singer/songwriter Ronan Keating's third studio album, Turn It On. It was also included on LeAnn Rimes' Greatest Hits album as well as her Best of album...

", a duet with Irish

Ireland

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 pop

Pop music

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 singer Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

, and included "We Can

We Can

We Can is the twenty-fourth single by American country pop singer LeAnn Rimes, released on October 28, 2003 by Curb Records from the Legally Blonde 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack and was included on Rimes' Greatest Hits album....

", which had been previously released as a single for the Legally Blonde 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack. "This Love" was the sole single released from the album.

The album was originally released with a limited edition bonus track and DVD. The limited edition bonus track of "O Holy Night

O Holy Night

"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...

" was used to promote her 2004, What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World (LeAnn Rimes album)

What a Wonderful World is a Holiday/Christmas album by LeAnn Rimes. This is a jazz inspired holiday album. Rimes released four singles from this album: "O Holy Night", "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, and "A Different Kind Of Christmas." LeAnn also...

, holiday album. The limited edition DVD contained three music videos ("Blue

Blue (LeAnn Rimes song)

"Blue" is the title of the debut single released by American country music singer, LeAnn Rimes, released in 1996 from her debut album of the same name . The song propelled Rimes to fame at thirteen years old....

", "How Do I Live

How Do I Live

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", and "We Can") and the Music in High Places performance of "Can't Fight the Moonlight

Can't Fight the Moonlight

"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a song written by Diane Warren, recorded by LeAnn Rimes and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly, and in the film itself...

". The DVD also contained four twenty-one second sound bites each of which Rimes describes the making of the music videos and her enjoyment of her Music in High Places performance of "Can't Fight the Moonlight".

Track listing

Charts

Greatest Hits debuted at #24 on Billboard 200 with 70,686 copies sold in its first week.

Peak positions

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	30
Australian Top Country Albums	1
Canadian Albums Chart	45
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	68
New Zealand Albums Chart	19
US Billboard 200	24
US Billboard Top Country Albums	3

Year-end chart

Chart (2003)	Position
Australian Top Country Albums	17
Chart (2004)	Position
Australian Top Country Albums	17
US Billboard 200	142
US Billboard Top Country Albums	19
Chart (2005)	Position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	58

Sales