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Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Greatest hits by Britney Spears
Released	November 1, 2004 November 8, 2004 November 9, 2004
Recorded	1998–2004
Genre	Pop, dance-pop
Length	60:55 (American edition) 67:43 (worldwide edition) 71:25 (British edition)
Label	Jive
Producer	R. Kelly, Bloodshy, Avant, The Neptunes, Max Martin, Rami, Trixster, Guy Sigsworth, Per Magnusson, David Krueger, Rodney Jerkins,
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link BBC Music (positive) link Blender link NME link
Britney Spears chronology
In the Zone (2003) Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004) Blackout (2007)
Singles from Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
"My Prerogative" Released: September 23, 2004 "Chris Cox Megamix" Released: December 21, 2004 "Do Somethin'" Released: February 13, 2005

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative is the first greatest hits album by pop singer Britney Spears. The album was released on November 1, 2004 in Japan, on November 8, 2004 around the world and on November 9, 2004 in the United States and Canada.

The set includes most of Spears' hit singles, from "...Baby One More Time" to "Outrageous", and almost everything in between. Included are three new songs; a cover of Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" (which was featured as the lead single and has gone on to be an international number-one hit), and two previously unreleased songs entitled "Do Somethin'" (which was later released as a single) and "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)", the latter of which also appeared on the In the Zone DVD.

Rumors abounded that her record company were to release a greatest hits at the end of 2004 in early March, around the time of the massive success of "Toxic." The album was officially announced later on in the year, with the UK leg of her label taking it upon themselves to launch a promotional campaign entitled "I Love Britney"; with badges, T-shirts, bags and CDs being sent out to promote the album (such a collage appears in the liner notes, with the album cover included as well), and an exhibition at a London art gallery officially launching the album in the UK.

Bobby Brown, original performer of "My Prerogative", has worked with Spears before as an assistant engineer on her previous smash hit album "Oops!...I Did It Again." Spears also wrote additional lyrics for the song (the spoken part at the start), but is not credited normally.

On February 16, 2007 the compilation was re-printed in Europe in the low-priced budget card pack format, with the liner notes made from recycled paper. In it, one of the new songs, "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)", accidentally has the "My" removed from the title.

Contents 1 Limited Edition 2 Significance 3 Album design 4 Track listing 5 Singles 6 Chart performance 6.1 Charts and certification 7 References in pop culture 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Limited Edition

The limited edition of the album was printed in a digipak, wherein its cover is the same as the standard edition, but the colors look darker because of the shining effect. There is a collage of all of Britney's albums and singles covers in the limited edition. It also contains a second disc with unreleased remixes and the Chris Cox Megamix (see below for track listing).

[edit] Significance

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative was released only a mere five years after Spears first released ...Baby One More Time. While it is somewhat common for artists to release compilations after four studio albums (compare with Madonna's The Immaculate Collection), Spears released her hits album before she turned 23 years old. This age is considered young for an artist to release a greatest hits album (compare with LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits).

[edit] Album design

The album's liner notes, in addition to the aforementioned collage, contains snapshots of Spears in her music videos. The inside front and back covers also have a "Poster Choice", with various shots of Spears throughout her career, symbolizing the transition she underwent between the releases of her second and third albums.

[edit] Track listing

Only the UK edition provides a complete compilation of all the singles released in that country. The Australian release omits "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" (it is replaced by the Europe-only single, "Born to Make You Happy"); the European release omits "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" (the Brazilian and French version also omitting "Anticipating," but including "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"), the American version omitting "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know."

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" is excluded altogether from the album for reasons unknown.

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [Import Bonus CD] Disc 1

1. "My Prerogative" (Riley, E.T./Brown, B./Griffin, G.) – 3:33
2. "Toxic" (Karlsson, C./Winnberg, P./Dennis, C./Jonback, H.) – 3:19
3. "I'm a Slave 4 U" (Williams, P./Hugo, C.) – 3:25
4. "Oops!... I Did It Again" (Max Martin, Rami) – 3:33
5. "Me Against the Music" (featuring Madonna) (Nash, T./Nkhereanye, T. "Tab"/O'Brien, G./Madonna/Stewart, Chris "Tricky"/Spears, B/Magnet, P.) – 3:45
6. "Stronger" (Max Martin, Rami) – 3:23
7. "Everytime" (Stamatelatos, A./Spears, B.) – 3:51
8. "...Baby One More Time" (Max Martin) – 3:32
9. "(You Drive Me) Crazy(The Stop Remix)" (Max Martin, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Jorgen Elofsson) – 3:18
10. "Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (featuring Pharrell) (Williams, P./Hugo, C.) – 3:47
11. "Sometimes" (Elofsson, Jorgen) – 4:05
12. "Overprotected¹ (Max Martin, Rami) – 3:20
13. "Lucky" (Max Martin, Rami) – 3:25
14. "Outrageous" (R. Kelly) – 3:21
15. "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" (R. J. Lange, S. Twain, K. Scott) – 3:50 (Only In UK & Japan Edition)
16. "Born To Make You Happy¹ (Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson) – 4:03 (Non-US & Latinamerica Editions)
17. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Hooker, Merrill) – 3:06 (Non-US & Latinamerica Editions)
18. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Max Martin, Dido, Rami) – 3:51
19. "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" (Karlsson, C./Winnberg, P./Spears, B./Jonback, H./Bell, M. ) – 3:23
20. "Do Somethin'" (Hunte, A./Karlsson, C./Winnberg, P./Jonback, H.) – 3:22

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [Import Bonus CD] Disc 2

• Limited Edition: Remix Bonus Disc

1. "Toxic" [Armand Van Helden Remix Edit] – 6:24
2. "Everytime" [Hi-Bias Radio Remix] – 3:26
3. "Breathe on Me" [Jacques Lu Cont Mix] (Greene, L./Lee, S./Anderson, S.) – 8:08
4. "Outrageous" [Junkie Xl's Dancehall Mix] – 2:56
5. "Stronger" [Miguel "Migs" Vocal Mix] – 6:31 (Non-US & Latinamerica Editions)
6. "I'm a Slave 4 U" [Thunderpuss Club Mix] – 8:46 (Non-US & Latinamerica Editions)
7. "Chris Cox Megamix" – 4:57

• ¹ Appears as the DarkChild Remix on US edition and misprinted as such on the International Deluxe Editions.

[edit] Singles

• "My Prerogative." Having given Britney a massive number-one hit in "Toxic," Bloodshy & Avant were Britney's producers of choice for her cover of Bobby Brown's 1989 hit, "My Prerogative," the lead single from her first greatest hits collection. Having received criticism for her marriage to Kevin Federline a few months previous, scenes of which are re-enacted in the Jake Nava-directed video (chosen as the best music video of 2004 by Rolling Stone magazine), the lyrics to the track were incredibly apt. "My Prerogative" hit No. 3 in the UK and Germany, but unfortunately U.S. radio once again failed to pick up on the single, where it charted at number-one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.
• "Chris Cox Megamix." Chris Cox was commissioned to produce a megamix of Britney's most memorable hits to promote "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative," to be included on the limited edition bonus remix CD, and to be sent out to radio, TV and clubs. There are three different edits of the megamix; the full megamix incorporates "...Baby One More Time," "(You Drive Me) Crazy," "I'm a Slave 4 U," "Outrageous," "Oops!... I Did It Again," "Stronger," "Everytime," "Overprotected" and "Toxic"; the radio edit omits "Outrageous" and "Overprotected," and the version included on "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" omits "Outrageous."
• It was never intended that "Do Somethin'" — the other new song for Britney's greatest hits collection — be released as a single, but Britney decided she wanted to make a video for the track, so, in January 2005, Britney did just that. Directed by Britney herself (under the alias, Mona Lisa), alongside Billy Woodruff, her label decided to release the track outside the U.S. and Canada to further promote the album, with it entering at No. 6 in the UK. MTV U.S. play-listed the video, which led to fans of the song legally downloading it, sales from which were now included in the Billboard Hot 100, causing it to enter at No. 100.

[edit] Chart performance

"Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" is a career-spanning collection which debuted at number-four on sales of 255,000 copies.^[1] The album has sold over 1.6 million copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan and it has been certified Platinum according to the RIAA.^[2] In Canada it debuted at number-three.^[3]

In Japan, it became her first number-one album opening with 173,200 copies,^[4] after a few months it earned double-platinum certification (500,000+ units) and it has sold 705,000+ to date.^[5]

Within a month of its release date the album receives its first Platinum Europe Award for achieving sales of one million across Europe.^[6] for shipments of one million copies inside Europe. The album debuted at number-two in the United Kingdom selling 115,341 copies during its first week, the chart-topper that week was Eminem's "Encore" with two-day sales total of 122,459 copies were enough to overtake the full-week tally Britney Spears' "Greatest Hits".^[7] And it has sold over 750,000 copies in the UK earning double-platinum certification.^[8] Also, It become in her third number-one album in France^[9], where it's been certified Gold (over 100,000 copies).^[10] It is also 2x Platinum in Australia^[11] where it debuted at number-two.^[9] The album has sold 8 million copies worldwide.

The album has reached the Billboard year-end charts twice: No. 98 in 2004, and No. 74 in 2005.

[edit] Charts and certification

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/ shipments
U.S.[2]	RIAA	4	Platinum	1,600,000+
Europe[6]	IFPI	1	Platinum	1,3 million
Argentinian	CAPIF	1	Gold[12]	20,000+
Australia [11]	ARIA	2	2× Platinum	140,000+
Austria [13]	IFPI	4	Gold[14]	10,000+
Belgium Albums Chart	IFPI Belgium	5	Gold[citation needed]	15,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[3]	Nielsen SoundScan	3	Gold [15]	50,000+
Czech Republic Albums Chart	IFPI Czech Republic	1	Platinum[citation needed]	6,000+
Denmark Albums Chart	IFPI Denmark	7	Gold[citation needed]	20,000+
Ecuador	-	1	Platinum[citation needed]	15,000+
Finland	GLF	2	Platinum[16]	30,000+
France[10]	SNEP/IFOP	1	2x Gold[17]	200,000+
German Albums Chart	Media Control	4	[18]
Hong Kong Albums Chart	IFPI	-	Platinum[citation needed]	20,000+
Hungary Albums Chart	MAHASZ	-	Gold[19]	3,000+
India		1	Platinum[citation needed]	20,000+
Indonesia Albums Chart	IRIA	1	2× Platinum[citation needed]	100,000+
Ireland Albums Chart	IRMA	1	6× Platinum[citation needed]	100,000+
Italy Albums Chart	FIMI	7	Platinum[citation needed]	80,000+
Japan	Oricon	1	3× Platinum[citation needed]	850,000
Malaysia		-	Gold[citation needed]	15,000+
Mexican Albums Chart	AMPROFON	3	Gold[20]	50,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart [21]	RIANZ	17	Gold [22]	7,500+
Norwegian Albums Chart	VG Nett	4	Gold [23]	15,000+
Portugal Albums Chart	AFP	1	Platinum[citation needed]	20,000+
Singapore Albums Chart	RIAS	-	2× Platinum[citation needed]	15,000+
South Africa Albums Chart	RISA	-	Platinum[citation needed]	50,000+
South Korea Albums Chart	RIAC	1	3xPlatinum[citation needed]	90,000+
Swedish Albums Chart	GLF	14	[24]
Taiwan Albums Chart	IFPI Taiwan	1	3× Platinum[citation needed]	90,000+
Thailand Albums Chart	RIAT	1	Platinum[citation needed]	50,000+
U.K.[8]	BPI	2	2× Platinum	886,000 +[25]

• Total America sales: 1,635,000
• Total Europe sales: 1,300,000
• Total Oceania sales: 148,000
• Total Asia sales: 1,150,000
• Total Africa sales: 50,000
• Total Worldwide sales: 5,000,000

[edit] References in pop culture

• In the music video for Daft Punk's song "The Prime Time of Your Life", at least 2 minutes into the video there is a scene where a girl looks at herself in her bathroom mirror. In that scene, for a split second, if you look into the mirror a poster for "My Prerogative" is visible reflected in the mirror, except Spears' face is blocked out by a skull head.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Britney Spears — official web site.

v • d • e Britney Spears Studio albums …Baby One More Time (1999) · Oops!… I Did It Again (2000) · Britney (2001) · In the Zone (2003) · Blackout (2007) Other albums Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004) · Britney & Kevin: Chaotic EP (2005) · B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005) Singles "…Baby One More Time" · "Sometimes" · "(You Drive Me) Crazy" · "Born to Make You Happy" · "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" · "Oops!… I Did It Again" · "Lucky" · "Stronger" · "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" · "I'm a Slave 4 U" · "Overprotected" · "Overprotected (Darkchild Remix)" · "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" · "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" · "Anticipating" · "Boys" · "That's Where You Take Me" "Me Against the Music" · "Toxic" · "Everytime" · "Outrageous" · My Prerogative" · "Chris Cox Megamix" · "Do Somethin'" · "Someday (I Will Understand)" · "And Then We Kiss" · "Gimme More" · "Piece of Me" · "Break the Ice" · "Radar" DVD's Time Out with Britney Spears · Live and More! · Britney: The Videos · Live from Las Vegas · Crossroads · In the Zone · Greatest Hits: My Prerogative · Britney & Kevin: Chaotic Tours …Baby One More Time Tour · Oops!… I Did It Again World Tour · Dream Within a Dream Tour · The Onyx Hotel Tour · The M+M's Tour Related topics Discography · Songs · Awards · Videography · Tours · Products · Max Martin · Bloodshy & Avant · Lynne Spears · Jamie Lynn Spears · Kevin Federline · Jive Records