Jump to content

Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 Track listing 2 Charts 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year-end charts 3 Certifications 4 References

Greatest Hits (The Notorious B.I.G. album)

●Deutsch ●Español ●Français ●Italiano ●日本語 ●Português ●Русский Edit links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Greatest Hits

Greatest hits album by

The Notorious B.I.G.

Released

March 6, 2007

Recorded

1994–2005

Genre

Hip hop^[1]

Length

76:08

Label

The Notorious B.I.G. chronology

Duets: The Final Chapter
(2005)

Greatest Hits
(2007)

Notorious
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
AllMusic	^[3]
RapReviews	(8/10)^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[1]
The Skinny	^[5]
Stylus Magazine	B−^[6]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Notorious B.I.G. The album was released on March 6, 2007 by Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records, three days before the 10th anniversary of his death.

The album was criticized for not containing many of the Notorious B.I.G.'s biggest hits, including: "Mo Money Mo Problems", "Going Back to Cali", "Player's Anthem" and "Sky's the Limit".^[3] It was also criticized as an unnecessary release, given the limited amount of material which the Notorious B.I.G. released in his lifetime and the inferior quality of his posthumously-published work.^[1]

Greatest Hits debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number one in the issue dated March 14, 2007, with 100,000 copies sold in its first week of release.^[7] As of 2019, it is the last greatest hits album to debut at the number one position on the Billboard 200. It is B.I.G's 3rd US #1 on the Billboard 200.

The album sold 178,702 units in four weeks. The album has been certified Platinum by both the BPI and RIAA and has sold over 1,003,000 copies in the US to date.^[8]

Track listing

[edit]

No.	Title	Source album	Length
1.	"Juicy"	Ready to Die (1994)	5:02
2.	"Big Poppa"	Ready to Die	4:10
3.	"Hypnotize" (featuring Pam from Total)	Life After Death (1997)	3:50
4.	"One More Chance (Stay With Me Remix)" (featuring Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige)	Bad Boy's Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1998) (originally from Ready to Die)	4:28
5.	"Get Money" (with Junior M.A.F.I.A.)	Conspiracy (1995)	4:35
6.	"Warning"	Ready to Die	3:39
7.	"Dead Wrong" (featuring Eminem)	Born Again (1999)	4:58
8.	"Who Shot Ya?"	Ready to Die - The Remaster and Born Again	5:17
9.	"Ten Crack Commandments"	Life After Death	3:24
10.	"Notorious Thugs" (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)	Life After Death	6:08
11.	"Notorious B.I.G." (featuring Lil' Kim and Diddy)	Born Again	3:12
12.	"Nasty Girl" (featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, and Avery Storm)	Duets: The Final Chapter (2005)	4:47
13.	"Unbelievable"	Ready to Die	3:40
14.	"Niggas Bleed"	Life After Death	4:52
15.	"Running Your Mouth" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Fabolous, Nate Dogg, and Busta Rhymes)	previously unreleased	3:33
16.	"Want That Old Thing Back" (featuring Ja Rule and Ralph Tresvant)	previously unreleased	4:59
17.	"Fuck You Tonight" (featuring R. Kelly)	Life After Death	5:45
Total length:			76:19

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Source album	Length
18.	"Mo Money Mo Problems" (featuring Puff Daddy and Mase)	Life After Death	4:17
Total length:			80:36

Charts

[edit]

Weekly charts

[edit]

Weekly chart performance for *Greatest Hits*
Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[9]	36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[10]	105
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[11]	21
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)^[12]	27
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	57
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[14]	4
USBillboard 200^[15]	1
USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[16]	1
USTop Rap Albums (Billboard)^[17]	1

Year-end charts

[edit]

Year-end chart performance for *Greatest Hits*
Chart (2007)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[18]	60
Chart (2017)	Position
USBillboard 200^[19]	169
Chart (2018)	Position
USBillboard 200^[20]	133
Chart (2019)	Position
USBillboard 200^[21]	144
Chart (2020)	Position
USBillboard 200^[22]	118
Chart (2021)	Position
USBillboard 200^[23]	105
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[24]	75
Chart (2023)	Position
USBillboard 200^[25]	197
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[26]	68

Certifications

[edit]

Certifications for *Greatest Hits*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[27]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[28]	2× Platinum	600,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[29]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Notorious B.I.G.: Greatest Hits : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. March 12, 2008. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

^ "Gary Allan - Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2012-12-31.

^ ^a ^b AllMusic review

^ "RapReviews.com Feature for March 13, 2007 - Notorious B.I.G.'s "Greatest Hits"". www.rapreviews.com.

^ "The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits - The Skinny".

^ "Stylus Magazine review". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-12-31.

^ Sisario, Ben (March 15, 2007). "Arts, Briefly; Notorious B.I.G. on Top". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2011.

^ "The Notorious B.I.G. Scores Fifth Million-Selling Album". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

^ "Australiancharts.com – The Notorious B.I.G. – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Ultratop.be – The Notorious B.I.G. – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

^ "The Notorious B.I.G. Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2023. 29. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "The Notorious B.I.G. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "The Notorious B.I.G. Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "The Notorious B.I.G. Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2023.

^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2023.

^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

^ "British album certifications – Notorious Big – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 11, 2023.

^ "American album certifications – Notorious B.I.G. – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

v t e The Notorious B.I.G.
Songs Discography Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	Ready to Die Life After Death
Posthumous albums	Born Again Duets: The Final Chapter The King &I
Compilations	Greatest Hits Notorious: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Singles	"Party and Bullshit" "Juicy" "Big Poppa" / "Who Shot Ya?" "One More Chance" "Hypnotize" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Sky's the Limit" "Dead Wrong" "Notorious B.I.G." "Nasty Girl" "Spit Your Game" "Old Thing Back"
Featured singles	"Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)" "Can't You See" "The Points" "Runnin' from tha Police" "This Time Around" "It's All About the Benjamins" "Victory" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)"
Other songs	"Just Playing (Dreams)" "Notorious Thugs" "Going Back to Cali" "Ten Crack Commandments"
Related articles	Bad Boy Entertainment Sean Combs Faith Evans Junior M.A.F.I.A. Conspiracy "Player's Anthem" "I Need You Tonight" "Get Money" Lil' Cease Lil' Kim East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry "I'll Be Missing You" Biggie & Tupac Notorious City of Lies

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greatest_Hits_(The_Notorious_B.I.G._album)&oldid=1224314101" Categories: ●2007 greatest hits albums ●The Notorious B.I.G. albums ●Albums produced by DJ Premier ●Albums produced by Jazze Pha ●Albums produced by Soopafly ●Compilation albums published posthumously ●Bad Boy Records compilation albums Hidden categories: ●CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ●Articles with short description ●Short description is different from Wikidata ●Articles with hAudio microformats ●Album articles lacking alt text for covers ●Album chart usages for Australia ●Album chart usages for Flanders ●Album chart usages for BillboardCanada ●Album chart usages for UK2 ●Album chart usages for UKR&B ●Album chart usages for Billboard200 ●Album chart usages for BillboardRandBHipHop ●Album chart usages for BillboardRap ●Certification Table Entry usages for Australia ●Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures ●Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom ●Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures ●Certification Table Entry usages for United States ●Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote ●Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote ●Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers ●This page was last edited on 17 May 2024, at 16:33 (UTC). ●Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. ●Privacy policy ●About Wikipedia ●Disclaimers ●Contact Wikipedia ●Code of Conduct ●Developers ●Statistics ●Cookie statement ●Mobile view