The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition

The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition
Greatest hits album by Celine Dion
Released	30 May 2018
Recorded	1993–2013
Genre	Pop
Length	74:56
Label	Columbia
Producer	Walter Afanasieff; Peer Åström; Erick Benzi; David Foster; Jean-Jacques Goldman; Kristian Lundin; Vito Luprano; Max Martin; Ben Moody; Christopher Neil; Aldo Nova; Rick Nowels; Sham & Motesart; John Shanks; Billy Steinberg; Jim Steinman; Ric Wake;
Celine Dion chronology

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

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

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

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My Heart Will Go On"	James Horner Will Jennings	Walter Afanasieff Horner^[a]	4:41
2.	"To Love You More" (radio edit)	David Foster Junior Miles	Foster	4:41
3.	"Immortality" (featuring the Bee Gees)	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	Afanasieff	4:12
4.	"Falling into You"	Billy Steinberg Rick Nowels Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo	Nowels Steinberg	4:20
5.	"The Power of Love" (radio edit)	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate	Foster	4:48
6.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (radio edit)	Jim Steinman	Steinman Steven Rinkoff^[a] Roy Bittan^[a]	5:32
7.	"That's the Way It Is"	Max Martin Kristian Lundin Andreas Carlsson	Martin Lundin	4:03
8.	"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"	Jean-Jacques Goldman	Goldman Erick Benzi	4:14
9.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	Foster	4:09
10.	"Think Twice"	Andy Hill Peter Sinfield	Christopher Neil Aldo Nova^[b]	4:49
11.	"Because You Loved Me"	Diane Warren	Foster	4:34
12.	"I Drove All Night"	Steinberg Tom Kelly	Peer Åström Vito Luprano	4:00
13.	"A New Day Has Come" (radio remix)	Nova Stephan Moccio	Ric Wake Afanasieff Nova Richie Jones^[b] Christian van Burkholder^[b] Marc Dold^[b]	4:21
14.	"Alone"	Steinberg Kelly	Ben Moody	3:26
15.	"Taking Chances"	Kara DioGuardi Dave Stewart	John Shanks	4:03
16.	"Loved Me Back to Life"	Hasham Hussain Denarius Motes Sia Furler	Sham & Motesart Hussain^[c]	3:52
17.	"All by Myself"	Eric Carmen Sergei Rachmaninoff	Foster	5:11
Total length:				74:56

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"River Deep, Mountain High"	Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry Phil Spector	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

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition*
Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	4
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[10]	24
Japanese International Albums (Oricon)^[9]	4
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[11]	31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	4

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition*
Chart (2018)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[12]	86

Release history

Release history for *The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan^[13]^[14]	30 May 2018	SMEJ	Blu-spec CD2 digital download streaming	SICP-31172
Japan^[13]^[14]	30 May 2018	SMEJ	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

References

^ ^a ^b "The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition". themusicvault.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ "The Best so Far...2018 Tour Edition" (in Japanese). Amazon. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Australian Charts: Drake 'Scorpion' Is Number One for a Second Week". noise11.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Australiancharts.com – Céline Dion – The Best So Far - 2018 Tour Edition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ ""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.
^ ^a ^b "Charts.nz – Céline Dion – The Best So Far - 2018 Tour Edition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2018-06-11" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "Hot Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums for 2018". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "#2018亞洲巡演限定精選" (in Chinese). Sony Music Taiwan. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ "Celine Dion - The Best So Far...2018 Tour Edition (CD)" (in Thai). Sony Music Thailand. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ "Best So Far, The: 2018 Tour Edition". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

External links

The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition at Discogs (list of releases)

[australia-1] "The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition". themusicvault.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. 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.

[noise-4] "Australian Charts: Drake 'Scorpion' Is Number One for a Second Week". noise11.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[aria-5] "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.

[nzchart-7] "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.

[JapanInternational-9] 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.

[ac_Oricon_-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.

[nz-17] "Best So Far, The: 2018 Tour Edition". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

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