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compilation released by British singer-songwriter

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on 18 October 2004. The album includes two new songs, "

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" and " Misunderstood", which were both released as singles. The album is his seventh overall released in the United Kingdom. ''Greatest Hits'' was one of the fastest selling albums upon release in the UK, where it debuted at the number-one spot with first week sales of over 320,000 copies. Certain versions of the album feature a picture of Williams in a pose exposing his

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on the cover, and in the booklet is the Latin phase "...si quid habet mammas vel rotas, res habebis difficiles aliquando", translating into "if it has tits or wheels, it makes life difficult." A special edition box set, containing all of Williams' singles, was released on the same day.

Singles

Although Williams admitted on his website to being "perplexed at the prospect" of a greatest hits album, saying, "I rarely, if at all, look back over my career", he took the opportunity to also reveal two new songs he had been working on with his new collaborator,

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. Both were released as singles. "

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, becoming Williams' sixth number-one hit selling 41,732 copies. The song was also a number-one hit in

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and

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, and it hit the top ten around the world. The album's second single, the ballad " Misunderstood", was included on the soundtrack of the film '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'', and hit the top ten around the world in December of that year.

Commercial performance

Debuting at number one, the album sold 320,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest selling greatest hits album ever released in the United Kingdom. The album hit the top spot in 18 countries:

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, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the aforementioned United Kingdom, Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland among others. The album became the best selling album of the year in the United Kingdom, becoming the 61st best selling album in UK music history, with sales of 2 million copies, being certified 8× Platinum by the BPI. ''Greatest Hits'' also became the best selling album of the year in

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being certified 5× Platinum for over 5 million copies sold worldwide. The album ended up selling slightly under 8.5 million copies becoming one of Williams' best selling albums ever. In Germany, the album debuted at number one and reached this position in total nine times non-consecutively, Williams' second album to do so, the other one being ''

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''. With 102 weeks on the

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it's his second longest chart one, just behind ''

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'', with 106 weeks. By selling 900,000 copies and reaching 9× Gold, ''Greatest Hits'' is the 20th best-selling album of the decade 2000–2009 in Germany and his 5th album to reach a position in the top twenty of the best-selling album of the decade, the others being ''Swing When You're Winning'' (4th best-selling), ''

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'' (5th best-selling), ''

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'' (8th best-selling) and ''

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'' (19th best-selling).

Track listing

''The Best So Far''

''The Best So Far'' is an updated version of ''Greatest Hits'', released exclusively in

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to celebrate Robbie's ''Close Encounters'' tour. Even with ''Greatest Hits'' being released in Brazil, ''The Best So Far'' updates the track listing slightly, adding "Sin Sin Sin", "Advertising Space" and "Tripping", but removing earlier hits such as "Old Before I Die", "Lazy Days" and "She's the One". ;Track listing #"

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

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