Best or The Best may refer to:

People

Best (surname) Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname: * Adam Best (actor) (born 1983), British actor * Adolfo "Fito" Best (1891–1964), Mexican painter, film director and screen ...

, people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer

Companies and organizations

* Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain *

Best Lock Corporation Best Lock Corporation was an American publicly traded door hardware and lock manufacturer. Founded in 1925 as Best Universal Lock Company by Frank Ellison Best, the privately held company relocated from Seattle, Washington, to Indianapolis, Ind ...

, a lock manufacturer *

Best Manufacturing Company The Best Manufacturing Company (sometimes known as the ''Daniel Best Company'') of San Leandro, California was a manufacturer of farm machinery, known for its steam tractors. History The company was formed in 1871 by Daniel Best. The company' ...

, a farm machinery company *

Best Products Best Products Company, Inc., or simply Best, was a chain of United States, American catalog showroom retail stores founded by Sydney and Frances Lewis in 1957 and formerly headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company was in existence for four ...

, a chain of catalog showroom retail stores *

Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) is a civic transport and electricity provider public body based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was originally set up in 1873 as a tramway company called "Bombay Tramway Co ...

, a public transport and utility provider *

Best High School (disambiguation) Best High School may refer to: * Best High School (Ahmedabad), India * BEST High School (Kirkland, Washington) B.E.S.T. High School is an alternative high school in the Houghton neighborhood of Kirkland, Washington, operated by the Lake Washingt ...

Acronyms

Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Berkeley Earth is a Berkeley, California-based independent 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on land temperature data analysis for climate science. Berkeley Earth was founded in early 2010 (originally called the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature pro ...

, a project to assess global temperature records *

BEST Robotics BEST (''Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology'') is a national six-week robotics competition in the United States held each fall, designed to help interest middle school and high school students in possible engineering careers. The games a ...

, a student competition *

BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport (BEST) was a four-year project financially supported by the European Union for promoting the introduction and market penetration of bioethanol as a vehicle fuel, and the introduction and wider use of flexible-f ...

Bootstrap error-adjusted single-sample technique In statistics, the bootstrap error-adjusted single-sample technique (BEST or the BEAST) is a Non-parametric statistics, non-parametric method that is intended to allow an assessment to be made of the validity of a single sample. It is based on est ...

, a statistical method *

Bringing Examination and Search Together The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ''ex parte'', administrative procedure, which includes the filing of a European patent application, the examination of formalities, the establishment of a search report, the publica ...

, a European Patent Office initiative * Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training, a program of the Sustainable South Bronx organization *

Smart BEST The Smart BEST is an experimental Japanese two-car self-charging battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) train developed and manufactured by Kinki Sharyo in 2012 to demonstrate the feasibility of battery train technology for use on non-electrified ...

, a Japanese experimental train *

, in Mumbai, India

Film and television

* ''Best'' (film), a 2000 George Best biopic * ''The Best'' (TV series), a 2002 British cooking programme * '' Best: His Mother's Son'', a 2009 made-for-TV drama about George Best's mother

Music

The Best (band) The Best were an English–American supergroup originally formed in London in 1990, featuring Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer) on keyboards, John Entwistle (of the Who) on bass and vocals, Joe Walsh (Eagles, James Gang, and solo fame) ...

, a music supergroup featuring Keith Emerson, John Entwistle and others *

Best (band) Mclusky (often stylized as mclusky), originally known as Best, are a Welsh three-piece post-hardcore group formed in Cardiff. The group originally consisted of Englishman Andrew Falkous (vocals, guitar) from Newcastle upon Tyne, Geraint Bevan ...

, now known as Mclusky

Albums

* ''Best'' (After School album), 2015 * ''Best'' (Akina Nakamori album), 1986 * ''Best'' (Garnet Crow album), 2005 * ''Best'' (High and Mighty Color album), 2008 * ''Best'' (Kenny G album), 2006 * ''Best'' (Mika Nakashima album), 2005 * ''Best'' (Robert Earl Keen album), 2006 * ''Best!'' (Jellyfish album), 2006 * ''

A Best ''A Best'' (stylized as ''BEST'') is the first greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on March 28, 2001, by Avex Trax and Avex Music Creative Inc. Hamasaki had originally planned to release the greates ...

'', by Ayumi Hamasaki, 2001 * ''The Best'' (Ana Gabriel album), 1992 * ''The Best'' (Ariana Grande album), 2017 * ''The Best'' (Bonnie Tyler album) or the 1988 title song (see below), 1993 * ''The Best'' (Dan Seals album), 1987 * ''The Best'' (David Lee Roth album), 1997 * ''The Best'' (Despina Vandi album), 2001 * ''The Best'' (Edmond Leung album), 1994 * ''The Best'' (George Clinton album), 1995 * ''The Best'' (Girls' Generation album), 2014 * ''The Best'' (James Reyne album), 1992 * ''The Best'' (Janet Jackson album) or ''Number Ones'', 2009 * ''The Best'' (Leo Kottke album), 1976 * ''The Best'' (t.A.T.u. album), 2006 * ''The Best'' (Yōko Oginome album), 1985 * ''The Best'' (video), by Bonfire, 1993 * ''

Aya Matsuura Best 1 is Aya Matsuura's 'best of' album. It was released on March 24, 2005, and has sold 110,367 copies. Fans were invited to vote on which songs would appear on the album. 12 out of the 16 tracks are former singles. The album was certified gold by th ...

'', 2005 * '' Best... I'', by the Smiths, 1992 * '' ...Best II'', by the Smiths, 1992 * ''

Best 1991–2004 ''Best 1991–2004'' is a 2004 compilation album by Seal, released by Warner Bros. Records. Several different versions of this album were released: one as a single disc containing Seal's greatest hits; a second (titled ''The Ultimate Collection' ...

'', by Seal, 2004 * '' Best: Bounce & Lovers'', by Koda Kumi, 2007 * '' Best: Fan's Selection'', by X Japan, 2001 * '' Best: First Things'', by Koda Kumi, 2005 * '' Best: Second Session'', by Koda Kumi, 2006 * '' Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7'', 2003 * '' Best: Third Universe'', by Koda Kumi, 2010 * ''

Best! Morning Musume 1 is the first "best of" compilation from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oric ...

'', 2001 * ''

Best! Morning Musume 2 is the second "best of" compilation from the Japanese female idol group Morning Musume and it was released March 31, 2004, selling a total of 180,897 copies. It contains ten of the A-sides released since the release of Best! Morning Musume 1 in 2 ...

'', 2004 * ''

Best! Morning Musume 20th Anniversary is a compilation album by Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume. It was the group's 8th compilation album and was released in Japan on March 20, 2019 with three versions: one regular edition and two limited editions. It includes members from th ...

'', 2019 * '' The Best!: Updated Morning Musume'', 2013 * ''

The Best '03–'09 ''The Best'' is Yūko Andō's first compilation album, released on April 15, 2009. It was released in two formats: 2CD and CD+DVD. All the songs were re-mastered by Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering eng ...

'', by Yuko Ando, 2009 * '' The Best: Make the Music Go Bang!'', by X, 2004 * '' The Best: Sittin' in Again'', by Loggins and Messina, 2005 * ''Best'', by

the Clark Sisters The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group consisting of five sisters: Jacky Clark Chisholm (born 1948), Denise "Niecy" Clark-Bradford (born 1953), Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark (born 1954), Dorinda Clark-Cole (born 1957), and Karen Cla ...

, 1986

Songs

* "The Best" (song), by Bonnie Tyler, 1988; covered by Tina Turner, 1989 * "The Best", by …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead from '' Worlds Apart'', 2005 * "The Best", by Anthony Ramos from the soundtrack of the film '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', 2021 * "The Best", by Awolnation from ''

Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders ''Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Awolnation, and their first release since ''Here Come the Runts'' in 2018. It is also their first release under Better Noise Music. It was released on Apr ...

'', 2020

Other uses

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, an Internet top-level domain *

The Best FIFA Football Awards The Best FIFA Football Awards is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA. The first awarding ceremony was held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland. The award is aimed at reviving the FIFA Wo ...

Best, Netherlands Best () is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. It is situated northwest of the city Eindhoven, and is also part of the agglomeration of this city. The headquarters of Europe's largest meat processor Vion NV are located in B ...

, a municipality in the southern Netherlands *

Best bitter Bitter is an English style of pale ale that varies in colour from gold to dark amber, and in strength typically from 3% to 5.5% alcohol by volume. History The term "bitter" has been used in England to describe pale ale since the early 19th c ...

, a type of beer *

Best disease Vitelliform macular dystrophy is an irregular autosomal dominant eye disorder which can cause progressive vision loss. This disorder affects the retina, specifically cells in a small area near the center of the retina called the macula. The macu ...

, a disease of the eye *

The Best (PlayStation) The Best is a Sony PlayStation budget range in Japan and parts of Asia. Similar budget ranges include Greatest Hits in North America, Essentials in PAL regions and BigHit Series in Korea. For the PlayStation, The Best was followed by PS one Boo ...

, PlayStation budget range in Japan * ''Best'' magazine, a UK weekly woman's magazine