Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears

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Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears
Greatest hits album by
Britney Spears
ReleasedNovember 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
Recorded1998–2010
GenrePop
Length51:14
Label
Producer
Britney Spears chronology
Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears
(2012) 		Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears
(2012) 		The Essential Britney Spears
(2013)

Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears is the fourth greatest hits album by American artist Britney Spears. It was released on November 6, 2012.[1] The album contains a selection of remastered recordings, and is part of a series of similar Playlist albums issued by Legacy Recordings.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic said the album "covers much of the same ground as 2009's The Singles Collection but does take into account 2011's Femme Fatale, adding "Till the World Ends" and "Hold It Against Me." What was cut from Singles is generally not missed, as the big songs are here—"Baby One More Time," "You Drive Me Crazy," "Oops...I Did It Again," "I'm a Slave 4 U," "Toxic"—making this arguably a preferable comp to its full-price predecessor."[2]

Commercial performance[edit]

It debuted at number 111 on the Billboard 200 on the week of December 8, 2012 with 11,000 copies.[3][4] That week the album was priced for $1.99 at some retailers for a limited time. However, as the set was less than four weeks old, those sales were not counted, per Billboard's pricing policy, which didn't affect other albums from the Playlist series, such as Playlist: The Very Best of Destiny's Child, which were older.[5]

Track listing[edit]

Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."...Baby One More Time"Max Martin...Baby One More Time3:32
2."(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Martin...Baby One More Time3:17
3."Oops!... I Did It Again"Martin, Rami YacoubOops!... I Did It Again3:31
4."Stronger"Martin, YacoubOops!... I Did It Again3:23
5."I'm a Slave 4 U"Chad Hugo, Pharrell WilliamsBritney3:25
6."Toxic"Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik JonbackIn the Zone3:20
7."Gimme More"Nate Hills, James Washington, Keri Hilson, Marcella AraicaBlackout4:11
8."Womanizer"The OutsydersCircus3:44
9."Hold It Against Me"Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKeeFemme Fatale3:49
10."Till the World Ends"Gottwald, Alexander Kronlund, Martin, Kesha SebertFemme Fatale3:59
11."If U Seek Amy"Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, KronlundCircus3:36
12."I Wanna Go"Martin, Kotecha, ShellbackFemme Fatale3:30
13."Piece of Me"Karlsson, Winnberg, Klas ÅhlundBlackout3:32
14."Circus" (Diplo Circus Remix)Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Benjamin LevinPreviously unreleased on CD4:25
Total length:51:14

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears
Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 111

Release history[edit]

List of release dates, showing region, format(s), record label(s) and reference(s).
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Various November 6, 2012 CD Jive [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Playlist: The Very Best Of Britney Spears". SBME SPECIAL MKTS. 2015. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Britney Spears – Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears: Reviews". Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  3. ^ Cabison, Rosalie (2013-01-02). "Billboard 200™". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  4. ^ "Britney Spears | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  5. ^ Caulfield, Keith (30 November 2012). "Chart Moves: Nicki Minaj's 'Roman' Reissue Spurs 591% Gain, Sony's 'Playlist' Series Sizzles (at $1.99)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Britney Spears Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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