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''Number Ones'' is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on November 17, 2003 by Epic Records and Sony Music. ''Number Ones'' was Jackson's first proper compilation album with Sony, after the release of ''HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I'' in 1995 (and after the re-release of that album as ''Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I'' a single-CD, only-hits edition in 2001). The album included Jackson singles that reportedly reached number 1 in charts around the world. The album also features the last original single released during Jackson's lifetime,"One More Chance" on November 20, 2003. ''Number Ones'' was successful around the world, originally reaching number 1 in the UK and number 13 in the United States. It proved to be an enduring catalog seller, eventually returning to the top spot in the UK and US charts in 2009 after Jackson's sudden death. It stayed as the number one selling album in the United States for six non consecutive weeks and for twenty-seven weeks on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. However, as a 'catalog' title, ''Number Ones'' was excluded from the ''Billboard'' 200 denying Jackson a seventh solo No. 1 album on the chart. The rules preventing titles older than 18 months to chart in the ''Billboard'' 200 were subsequently changed in the fall of 2009 due to the posthumous success of Jackson and The Beatles re-mastered re-releases. At the 2009 American Music Awards, ''Number Ones'' claimed two awards - Favorite Rock/Pop Album and Favorite Soul/Rhythm and Blues Album. ==Background== In 2003, Sony released ''Number Ones'', which was different from ''Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I'' in several ways. The latter sold over 5 million copies, comprised fifteen singles (fourteen of them ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Top 10 hits): three from ''Off the Wall'', five from ''Thriller'', four from ''Bad'' and three from ''Dangerous''. The versions of those songs were included exactly as they appeared on the original albums, whereas ''Number Ones'' included radio edits, single versions and new edits. ''Number Ones'' also offered singles from the second disc of ''HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I'', plus the title track from ''Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix'' and "You Rock My World", the hit single from ''Invincible''. The album also included two bonus tracks: "Break of Dawn" (a song from ''Invincible'' that Jackson planned to release as a single) and the new, previously unreleased single, "One More Chance", which became his final hit single during his lifetime. The beat-heavy ballad "One More Chance", which was written for Jackson by R. Kelly, was recorded exclusively for this collection. The U.S. release also included another track, a live rendition of "Ben". The ''Number Ones'' title is a bit of a misnomer, as "Thriller" only went to number 1 on the US Dance/Club charts (it did, however, go to number 1 in Belgium and France) and "Smooth Criminal" only went to number 1 in Belgium. There were four covers for the ''Number Ones'' album: a shot from the "Bad" music video, a shot from the "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" music video, one where he is suspended on his toes while performing his song "Billie Jean," and the final cover shows him holding his signature fedora, in the midst of a kick (from the music video of "Black or White"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Number Ones (Michael Jackson album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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