Initially peaking at number 11 in October 2002 on the UK Albums Chart, the album entered the top 10 for the first time in January 2016, following Bowie's death. In 2004, to coincide with Bowie's A Reality Tour reaching the Far East, an "Asian Tour Edition" was released that combined the original UK release with the bonus DVD as well. In November 2003, the US/Canada single-disc version was re-released to include a new bonus DVD which included new audio and video remixes from Club Bowie (2003). The videos for " China Girl", " Loving the Alien" and " Day-In Day-Out" are the censored versions of the original videos. Going beyond just including official video releases, the DVD included extensive easter eggs including live, remixed and alternate versions of some songs, hidden by navigating the DVD in specific ways.
This release superseded previous video releases (such as Bowie – The Video Collection (1993)) and was, at the time, described as the "most extensive collection of Bowie videos yet released." Videos were restored and remastered at Abbey Road Interactive. Some regions included rare versions of some songs, such as the New Zealand version, which included a previously unreleased 4:01 edit of " Magic Dance" (1986) (mis-labeled as the 'single version'), and the Chilean edition which included the first-ever CD release of the single version of " Underground" (1986). The country the edition came from can be identified by a small national flag on the spine, except for the Argentine/Mexican, Eastern European and UK editions, which are "flag-less". In all, 63 tracks appear in at least one of the different releases. In some countries, two versions were available – single-disc and double-disc versions. In each of the 21 territories that Best of Bowie was released, it was given its own track listing, based upon which songs were most popular in that region. 5.4 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.Best of Bowie has been certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 1,200,000. It also became the first album to reach number 1 in the UK due to streaming. Initially peaking at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart upon release in October 2002, the album entered the top 10 for the first time in January 2016, after Bowie's death, and reached a new peak of number 1, marking Bowie's eleventh UK number-one album. Released in October after the critical and commercial success of the Heathen album released four months earlier, the songs range from his second album, David Bowie (1969) to Heathen (2002). Best of Bowie is a 2002 greatest hits album by English recording artist David Bowie.
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