The Best is the first greatest hits album by American singer Ariana Grande, released exclusively in Japan. It features songs from her first three studio albums: Yours Truly (2013), My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), as well as her duet with John Legend, "Beauty and the Beast" for the Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) and "Faith" with Stevie Wonder for the Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016). It was released, digitally and physically, only in Japan on September 27, 2017, by Universal Music Japan.
In Japan, the album sold 24,764 copies in its opening week, where it peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart. It ranked at numbers 68 and 73 on the Oricon year-end listings for 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Release and artwork The Best was released on September 27, 2017, by Universal Music Japan, in four different formats. The standard edition (which was also released digitally) features eighteen tracks. The deluxe edition features the eighteen tracks CD and a bonus DVD including four music videos while the Blu-ray version of the album contains ten music videos.
Commercial performance Commercially, The Best charted strongly upon release in Japan. The album opened with 24,764 copies sold in its first week, allowing it to peak at number two the Oricon Albums Chart, while debuting at number one on the Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)
The Best charted at numbers 68 and 73 on the Oricon Albums Chart Year-End listings for 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Track listing
Personnel
Vocals
Ariana Grande – vocals Iggy Azalea – vocals Jessie J – vocals Nicki Minaj – vocals Mac Miller – vocals The Weeknd – vocals Future – vocals Big Sean – vocals Stevie Wonder – vocals John Legend – vocals
Production
Max Martin – production , vocal production Zedd – production Ilya – production , vocal production , co-production Peter Carlsson – vocal production Shellback – production Antonio Dixon – production Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds – production Kuk Harrell – vocal production Rickard Göransson – production Carl Falk – production Giorgio Tuinfort – co-production Rami – production Savan Kotecha – vocal production Ariana Grande – vocal production Harmony – production Sauce – vocal production Tommy Brown – production Twice as Nice – production Ali Payami – production Peter Svensson – production Jo Blaq – vocal production Mikey – additional production Mo-Keyz – additional production Johan Carlsson – production , vocal production Key Wane – production Benny Blanco – production Harvey Mason Jr. – vocal production Ryan Tedder – production Ron Fair – production
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2017–2019) PeakpositionJapan Hot Albums (Billboard) 1
Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 68
Chart (2018) PositionJapan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 73
Release history Region Date Format Label Ref.Japan September 27, 2017Republic
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