The Singles Collection is the second greatest hits album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on November 10, 2009 through Jive Records to commemorate her ten-year anniversary since entering the music industry. The compilation was released in many different formats, including a one-disc edition, a CD+DVD edition and a box set, which contained twenty-nine singles, each packaged in its own slip case with original cover art. The CD+DVD edition, as well as the box set, contains a DVD with Spears's music videos. The album includes a new song "3" produced by Max Martin and Shellback.
The Singles Collection was praised by contemporary music critics, who noted Spears's impact and influence on pop music during her first decade in the music industry. The album entered the top ten in France and Japan, and peaked at number twenty-two on the US Billboard 200. "3" was released as the only single from the album. In the United States, it debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.
On July 12, 2009, Spears confirmed through her Twitter account that she had begun recording new material, stating she was going into the studio with Swedish songwriter and producer Max Martin.[3] On September 23, 2009, Jive Records officially announced the release of a greatest hits titled The Singles Collection through Spears's official website, in celebration of Spears's ten-year anniversary in the music industry. The album followed her previous greatest hits album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004). The release date was confirmed to be November 24, 2009 and the album included a new song titled "3", produced by Martin. The compilation was available in two main editions, a standard edition as well as a box set. The standard version contained a single CD with seventeen tracks, including "3". The boxset contained her twenty-nine singles including "3", with each single packaged in its own slip case with original cover art, accompanied by an original b-side or remix. It also included a booklet featuring iconic images and facts about each track as well as a DVD featuring all of Spears's music videos to date in chronological order.[4]
On October 14, 2009, Jive Records announced in a new press release that the date for the standard edition was moved up to November 10, 2009. The date for the release of the box set remained the same.[5] The following day, a CD+DVD edition was announced to be released on November 10, 2009 outside North America. This edition included the standard edition track listing as well as the single "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".[6]
Singles[edit]
"3" was confirmed as the only single from the album, released on October 6, 2009 along with the announcement of The Singles Collection.[4] It was released to radio stations on September 29, 2009.[7] The song received positive reviews from critics,[8][9] and debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, breaking many chart records. It made Spears the first artist in over three years to debut at the top position and the only non-American Idol artist in eleven years to do so.[10] It was the sixteenth song in the chart history to debut at the top position and also the shortest title for a song reaching the top of the chart.[11] "3" also debuted at number one in Canada and reached the top ten in Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[12][13][14]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[2]
BBC
(positive)[16]
Digital Spy
[17]
IGN
(8.2/10)[18]
PopMatters
[19]
The compilation album received universal critical acclaim. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the collection five stars and compared it to Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, saying that although they had the same length, they were "different listening experiences". He also noted that the more recent tracks "help push The Singles away from teen pop and toward pure dance-pop bliss. [...] It does result in a stronger overall listen, since there are no slow patches here, just a parade of relentless hooks and rhythms that wound up defining the sound of a decade".[2] Mayer Nissim of Digital Spy also gave the album five stars stating that "[it] perfectly captures the career of one of the best singles artists of the last ten years. Running from '...Baby One More Time' to 'Radar', you get a single-disc timeline that shows a progression in style and substance from school uniform-wearing pop ingénue to sultry motorik saucepot. [...] The only arguable weak link is the Madonna-featuring 'Me Against the Music', but in this context what once looked like a respectful passing of the baton now seems like an unconditional surrender of pop Queendom to its rightful heir." The reviewer also noted the impact on popular culture and pop music of Spears, highlighting "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic" and "Stronger".[17]
Brian Linder of IGN commented "2004's Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [...] captured the highlights from Britney's heyday, but lacks the more mature club-oriented material that she's churned out in recent years. That helps make this collection a justifiable fan purchase".[18] Mike Diver of BBC Online called it "the definitive Britney album" and added that "these songs don't just make a mark, lingering in the memory – they are essential pieces of the past ten years of pop history, and deserve better than dismissal by so-called discerning listeners".[16] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters called the album "a high-gloss collection of tunes that selectively sums up the career of one of the biggest female pop singers of the past decade. It's a disc that's light on filler [...] and heavy on Spears' more high-energy cuts, which, without question, play to her strengths as a performer".[19]
Commercial performance[edit]
In the United States, The Singles Collection debuted at number twenty-two in the Billboard 200, selling 26,800 copies in its first week.[20] The album has sold over 250,000 copies in the United States.[21] In Canada, the album was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for sales over 40,000 copies.[22] The album debuted at number fifteen in Mexico and was certified gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) for shipments over 30,000 units.[23] On November 23, 2009, the album debuted on the Australian Albums Chart at number twenty-three.[24] The same week, it debuted at number twenty-two in New Zealand.[25] The album reached the top forty in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Greece, New Zealand and Norway, and also charted in Belgium (Flanders), Finland, Spain and the Netherlands.[26] In January 2011, The Singles Collection re-entered the charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom, at numbers fifty-one and forty-seven, respectively.[27][28] In 2021, the album saw a resurgence in popularity on the UK Album Charts and has been charting for 13 consecutive weeks to date, in it's 2021 run.[29]
Track listing[edit]
International edition
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Original album
Length
1.
"3"
Max Martin
Shellback
Tiffany Amber
Previously unreleased, 2009
3:25
2.
"...Baby One More Time"
Martin
...Baby One More Time, 1999
3:31
3.
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)
Martin
Jörgen Elofsson
Per Magnusson
David Kreuger
Drive Me Crazy, 1999
3:17
4.
"Born to Make You Happy" (Radio edit)
Andreas Carlsson
Kristian Lundin
...Baby One More Time
3:35
5.
"Oops!... I Did It Again"
Martin
Rami
Oops!... I Did It Again, 2000
3:31
6.
"Stronger"
Martin
Rami
Oops!... I Did It Again
3:23
7.
"I'm a Slave 4 U"
Chad Hugo
Pharrell Williams
Britney, 2001
3:25
8.
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
Martin
Rami
Dido
Britney
3:51
9.
"Boys" (The Co-Ed Remix) (featuring Pharrell Williams)
Hugo
Williams
Britney and Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2002
3:46
10.
"Me Against the Music" (featuring Madonna)
Britney Spears
Madonna
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
Thabiso "Tab" Nikhereanye
Penelope Magnet
Terius Nash
Gary O'Brien
In the Zone, 2003
3:45
11.
"Toxic"
Cathy Dennis
Christian Karlsson
Pontus Winnberg
Henrik Jonback
In the Zone
3:20
12.
"Everytime"
Spears
Annette Stamatelatos
In the Zone
3:50
13.
"Gimme More"
Nate Hills
James Washington
Keri Hilson
Marcella Araica
Blackout, 2007
4:11
14.
"Piece of Me"
Karlsson
Winnberg
Klas Åhlund
Blackout
3:32
15.
"Womanizer"
Nikesha Briscoe
Rafael Akinyemi
Circus, 2008
3:43
16.
"Circus"
Lukasz Gottwald
Claude Kelly
Benjamin Levin
Circus
3:11
17.
"If U Seek Amy"
Martin
Shellback
Savan Kotecha
Alexander Kronlund
Circus
3:36
18.
"Radar"
Karlsson
Winnberg
Jonback
Balewa Muhammad
Candice Nelson
Ezekiel Lewis
Patrick Smith
Blackout and Circus
3:48
Total length:
64:49
iTunes Store deluxe edition
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
19.
"Lucky"
Martin
Rami
Kronlund
Oops!... I Did It Again
3:24
20.
"Sometimes"
Elofsson
...Baby One More Time
3:55
21.
"Overprotected"
Martin
Rami
Britney
3:18
22.
"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain
Keith Scott
Oops!... I Did It Again
3:50
23.
"Break the Ice"
Hills
Washington
Hilson
Araica
Blackout
3:15
Total length:
81:01
International limited edition (bonus DVD)
No.
Title
Director(s)
Length
1.
"...Baby One More Time"
Nigel Dick
3:59
2.
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)
Dick
3:20
3.
"Born to Make You Happy"
Bille Woodruff
3:39
4.
"Oops!... I Did It Again"
Dick
4:12
5.
"Stronger"
Joseph Kahn
3:38
6.
"I'm a Slave 4 U"
Francis Lawrence
3:24
7.
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
Wayne Isham
3:49
8.
"Me Against the Music" (featuring Madonna)
Paul Hunter
4:03
9.
"Toxic"
Kahn
3:33
10.
"Everytime"
David LaChapelle
4:07
11.
"Gimme More"
Jake Sarfaty
4:01
12.
"Piece of Me"
Isham
3:10
13.
"Womanizer"
Kahn
3:46
14.
"Circus"
Lawrence
3:34
15.
"If U Seek Amy"
Jake Nava
3:46
16.
"Radar"
Dave Meyers
3:41
Total length:
60:18
Deluxe box set: Disc 1
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"...Baby One More Time"
Max Martin
Martin
Rami
3:30
2.
"Autumn Goodbye"
Eric Foster White
White
3:40
Disc 2
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Sometimes" (Radio edit)
Jörgen Elofsson
David Kreuger
Per Magnusson
Elofson[a]
3:55
2.
"I'm So Curious"
Britney Spears
White
White
3:35
Disc 3
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)
Martin
Kreuger
Magnusson
Elofsson
Martin
Rami
3:16
2.
"I'll Never Stop Loving You"
Jason Blume
Steve Diamond
Kreuger
Magnusson
3:41
Disc 4
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Born to Make You Happy" (Radio edit)
Kristian Lundin
Andreas Carlsson
Lundin
3:35
2.
"Born to Make You Happy" (Bonus remix)
Lundin
Carlsson
Lundin
3:40
Disc 5
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" (Radio edit)
White
White
4:34
2.
"Thinkin' About You"
White
Mikey Bassie
White
3:35
Disc 6
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Oops!... I Did It Again"
Martin
Rami
Martin
Rami
3:30
2.
"Deep in My Heart"
Kreuger
Magnusson
Carlsson
Kreuger
Magnusson
3:34
Disc 7
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Lucky"
Martin
Rami
Alexander Kronlund
Martin
Rami
3:24
2.
"Heart"
George Teren
Eugene Wilde
Steve Lunt
Larry "Rock" Campbell
3:00
Disc 8
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Stronger"
Martin
Rami
Martin
Rami
3:23
2.
"Walk on By"
Kreuger
Elofsson
Kreuger
Magnusson
3:34
Disc 9
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain
Keith Scott
Lange
3:50
2.
"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" (Hex Hector radio mix)
Lange
Twain
Scott
Lange
Hex Hector[c]
3:50
Disc 10
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"I'm a Slave 4 U"
Chad Hugo
Pharrell Williams
The Neptunes
3:23
2.
"Intimidated"
Spears
Rodney Jerkins
Josh Schwartz
Brian Kierulf
Jerkins
3:17
Disc 11
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Overprotected"
Martin
Rami
Martin
Rami
3:19
2.
"Overprotected" (The Darkchild remix)
Martin
Rami
Martin
Rami
Jerkins[c]
3:18
Disc 12
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
Martin
Rami
Dido
Martin
Rami
3:51
2.
"I Run Away"
Schwartz
Kierulf
Schwartz
Kierulf
4:05
Disc 13
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Jake Hooker
Alan Merrill
Jerkins
3:05
2.
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix – radio edit)
Martin
Rami
Dido
Martin
Rami
Mark Taylor[c]
Jeff Taylor[c]
3:29
Disc 14
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Boys" (The Co-Ed remix) (featuring Pharrell Williams)
Hugo
Williams
The Neptunes
3:45
2.
"Boys" (Album version)
Hugo
Williams
The Neptunes
3:26
Disc 15
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Me Against the Music" (Video mix) (featuring Madonna)
Spears
Madonna
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
Thabiso "Tab" Nikhereanye
Penelope Magnet
Terius Nash
Gary O'Brien
Trixster
Magnet[a]
3:44
2.
"Me Against the Music" (Passengerz vs. the Club) (featuring Madonna)
Spears
Madonna
Stewart
Nikhereanye
Magnet
Nash
O'Brien
Trixster
Magnet[a]
Sean Gill[c]
Josh Harrison[c]
Omar Galeano[c]
7:34
Disc 16
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Toxic"
Cathy Dennis
Christian Karlsson
Pontus Winnberg
Henrik Jonback
Bloodshy & Avant
3:19
2.
"Toxic" (Bloodshy & Avant's intoxicated remix)
Dennis
Karlsson
Winnberg
Jonback
Bloodshy & Avant
5:35
Disc 17
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Everytime"
Spears
Annet Stamatelatos
Guy Sigsworth
3:50
2.
"Everytime" (Above & Beyond's club mix)
Spears
Stamatelatos
Sigsworth
Jono Grant[c]
Tony McGuinness[c]
Paavo Siljamäki[c]
8:46
Disc 18
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Outrageous"
R. Kelly
Kelly
Trixster[b]
Magnet[b]
3:20
2.
"Outrageous" (Junkie XL's dancehall mix)
Kelly
Kelly
Trixster[b]
Magnet[b]
Junkie XL[c]
2:55
Disc 19
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"My Prerogative"
Bobby Brown
Gene Griffin
Edward Riley
Bloodshy & Avant
3:34
2.
"My Prerogative" (Armand Van Helden remix)
Brown
Griffin
Riley
Bloodshy & Avant
Armand Van Helden[c]
7:48
Disc 20
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Do Somethin'"
Karlsson
Winnberg
Jonback
Angela Hunte
Bloodshy & Avant
3:23
2.
"Do Somethin'" (Thick vocal mix)
Karlsson
Winnberg
Jonback
Hunte
Bloodshy & Avant
E Smoove[c]
7:59
Disc 21
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Someday (I Will Understand)"
Spears
Sigsworth
3:37
2.
"Mona Lisa"
Spears
Teddy Campbell
David Kochanski
Bloodshy & Avant
3:26
Disc 22
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Gimme More"
Nate Hills
James Washington
Keri Hilson
Marcella Araica
Danja
Jim Beanz[b]
Hilson[b]
4:11
2.
"Gimme More" (Paul Oakenfold mix)
Hills
Washington
Hilson
Araica
Danja
Beanz[b]
Hilson[b]
Paul Oakenfold[c]
6:08
Disc 23
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Piece of Me"
Karlsson
Winnberg
Klas Åhlund
Bloodshy & Avant
3:31
2.
"Piece of Me" (Bloodshy & Avant's Böz O Lö remix)
Karlsson
Winnberg
Åhlund
Bloodshy & Avant
4:53
Disc 24
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Break the Ice"
Hills
Washington
Hilson
Araica
Danja
Beanz[b]
3:16
2.
"Everybody"
Jonathan Rotem
E. Kidd Bogart
Annie Lennox
Dave Stewart
Rotem
3:16
Disc 25
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Womanizer"
Nikesha Briscoe
Rafael Akinyemi
The Outsyders
3:43
2.
"Womanizer" (Kaskade remix)
Briscoe
Akinyemi
The Outsyders
Kaskade[c]
5:31
Disc 26
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Circus"
Lukasz Gottwald
Claude Kelly
Benjamin Levin
Dr. Luke
Benny Blanco
3:12
2.
"Circus" (Tom Neville's ringleader remix)
Gottwald
Kelly
Levin
Dr. Luke
Blanco
Tom Neville[c]
7:52
Disc 27
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"If U Seek Amy"
Martin
Shellback
Savan Kotecha
Alexander Kronlund
Martin
3:37
2.
"If U Seek Amy" (Crookers remix)
Martin
Shellback
Kotecha
Kronlund
Martin
Andrea Fratangelo[c]
Francesco Barbaglia[c]
4:29
Disc 28
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Radar"
Karlsson
Winnberg
Jonback
Balewa Muhammad
Candice Nelson
Ezekiel Lewis
Patrick Smith
Bloodshy & Avant
The Clutch[a]
3:49
2.
"Radar" (Bloodshy & Avant remix)
Karlsson
Winnberg
Jonback
Muhammad
Nelson
Lewis
Smith
Bloodshy & Avant
The Clutch[a]
5:43
Disc 29
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"3"
Martin
Shellback
Tiffany Amber
Martin
Shellback
3:33
2.
"3" (Groove Police club mix)
Martin
Shellback
Amber
Martin
Shellback
Matt Masurka[c]
7:12
Disc 30 (DVD)
No.
Title
Director(s)
Length
1.
"...Baby One More Time"
Nigel Dick
3:59
2.
"Sometimes"
Dick
3:53
3.
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)
Dick
3:20
4.
"Born to Make You Happy"
Bille Woodruff
3:39
5.
"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
Gregory Dark
4:30
6.
"Oops!... I Did It Again"
Dick
4:12
7.
"Lucky"
Dave Meyers
4:08
8.
"Stronger"
Joseph Kahn
3:38
9.
"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
Herb Ritts
3:52
10.
"I'm a Slave 4 U"
Francis Lawrence
3:24
11.
"Overprotected" (The Darkchild Remix)
Chris Applebaum
3:35
12.
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
Wayne Isham
3:49
13.
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Applebaum
3:07
14.
"Me Against the Music" (featuring Madonna)
Paul Hunter
4:03
15.
"Toxic"
Kahn
3:33
16.
"Everytime"
David LaChapelle
4:07
17.
"My Prerogative"
Jake Nava
3:48
18.
"Do Somethin'"
Woodruff
3:22
19.
"Someday (I Will Understand)"
Michael Haussman
3:42
20.
"Gimme More"
Sarfaty
4:01
21.
"Piece of Me"
Isham
3:10
22.
"Break the Ice"
Robert Hales
3:21
23.
"Womanizer"
Kahn
3:46
24.
"Circus"
Lawrence
3:34
25.
"If U Seek Amy"
Nava
3:46
26.
"Radar"
Meyers
3:41
Total length:
97:54
Notes
^a signifies a co-producer
^b signifies a vocal producer
^c signifies a remixer
The North American standard edition removes "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" from the track list.
The tracklist of the Disc 29 in the boxset (the "3" single) lists "3 (Donni Hotwheel Megamix)" as a third track, although no third track exists in the disc. Said megamix was never officially released.
Charts[edit]
Chart (2009–2021)
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[30]
23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[31]
50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[32]
23
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[33]
19
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[34]
30
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[35]
77
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[36]
49
French Albums (SNEP)[37]
10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[38]
80
Greek Albums (IFPI)[39]
40
Irish Albums (OCC)[40]
24
Italian Albums (FIMI)[41]
27
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[42]
8
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[43]
15
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[44]
22
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[45]
36
Scottish Albums (OCC)[46]
43
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[47]
11
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[48]
43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[49]
51
UK Albums (OCC)[50]
38
US Billboard 200[51]
22
Certifications and sales[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[52]
Gold
35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[53]
Gold
40,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[54]
Gold
30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[55]
Gold
100,000^
United States
—
268,000[56]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Release history[edit]
List of release dates, showing region, edition(s), format(s), record label(s) and reference(s).
Region
Date
Edition(s)
Format(s)
Label(s)
Ref.
Canada
November 10, 2009
Standard
CD
digital download
Sony Music
[57]
United States
Jive
[58]
Australia
November 13, 2009
Limited
CD+DVD
Sony Music
[59]
Germany
November 20, 2009
[60]
Deluxe
29×CD+DVD
[61]
Standard
CD
digital download
[62]
United Kingdom
November 23, 2009
RCA
[63]
Limited
CD+DVD
[64]
Deluxe
29×CD+DVD
[65]
Canada
Sony Music
[66]
United States
Jive
[67]
Japan
November 25, 2009
Standard
limited
CD
CD+DVD
Sony Music Japan
[68][69]
Notes[edit]
^The box set cover artwork doesn't feature Spears but a black background and a blue heart.[1]
References[edit]
^"The Singles Collection [Box Set] – Britney Spears". AllMusic. November 24, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
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