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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Oh yeah, I forgot they released that lame excuse.
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It's not an excuse. You probably don't know what a "Greatest Hit's" record is, so here you go:
GREATEST HITS DEFINITION:
A greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. To increase the appeal of the album – especially to people who already own the previously released material – it is common to include remixes or alternate takes of these popular songs or new material, with new songs often being released as singles (and themselves sometimes becoming successful)...
BEST OF DEFINITION: (AKA: "Most Wanted")
Similar to a "Greatest Hits" album is a "Best of". Though there is no requirement for songs included on a greatest hits record to be high-charting singles, the term "best of" is generally used when the songs were not literally "hits". An example of this is John Prine's Prime Prine: The Best of John Prine. Occasionally, artists have both a "best of" and a greatest hits album with the greatest hits album limited to songs that made the singles chart while a Best of album is more oriented towards fan favorites and album tracks.
What Jennifer Lopez is doing is releasing a "Greatest Hits" record, because ALL songs will be songs that appeared on the singles charts and are certified hits, while having new material.