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greatest hits album

compilation of songs by a particular artist or band
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Summary

greatest hits album is an album type[1]. It draws 1,022 Wikipedia views per month (album_type category, ranking #5 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • greatest hits album's instance of is recorded as album type[3].
  • greatest hits album's instance of is recorded as music release attribute[4].
  • greatest hits album's instance of is recorded as recording industry term[5].
  • greatest hits album is a type of compilation album[6].
  • greatest hits album's said to be the same as is recorded as compilation album[7].
  • greatest hits album is the opposite of B-sides compilation album[8].
  • greatest hits album's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Greatest hits albums[9].
  • greatest hits album's has list is recorded as list of greatest hits albums[10].
  • greatest hits album's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Music[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include album type[3], music release attribute[4], and recording industry term[5]. greatest hits album is a type of compilation album[6]. It is the opposite of B-sides compilation album[8].

Why It Matters

greatest hits album draws 1,022 Wikipedia views per month (album_type category, ranking #5 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → compilation album
    Opposite of → B-sides compilation album
    Has list → list of greatest hits albums
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: Main/GreatestHitsAlbum"
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