The Best (Ariana Grande album)

The Best is a greatest hits album by American singer Ariana Grande that released only in Japan. It features the singles from her first three studio albums: Yours Truly (2013), My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), plus her duet with John Legend, "Beauty and the Beast", for the Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) and "Faith" with Stevie Wonder for the Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016).[1] It was released, digitally and physically, exclusively only in Japan on September 27, 2017, by Universal Music Japan.[2] In Japan, the album sold 24,764 copies in its first week peaking at number two.[3][4]

The Best
Greatest hits album by Ariana Grande
Released	September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27) (Japan)
Length	64:41
Label	Universal Music Japan
Ariana Grande chronology
Dangerous Woman (2016) The Best (2017) Sweetener (2018)

Release and artwork

The Best was released on September 27, 2017, by Universal Music Japan, in four different formats. The standard edition (which was also released digitally)[5] features eighteen tracks. The Deluxe edition features the eighteen tracks CD and a bonus DVD including four music videos while the Blu-ray version of the album contains ten music videos.[6] Each physical version comes with a store exclusive gift. Albums bought at HMV stores include an A4 Clear file, albums bought at Tower Records stores include a can badge, albums bought at Tsutaya Records includes a post card, and albums bought at Universal Music Store include a B2 notification poster.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from iTunes.[7]

The Best – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Break Free" (featuring Zedd)	Savan Kotecha Max Martin Anton Zaslavski	My Everything, 2014	3:35
2.	"Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea)	Kotecha Martin Ariana Grande Iggy Azalea Ilya Salmanzadeh	My Everything	3:13
3.	"Baby I"	Kenneth Edmonds Antonio Dixon Patrick Smith	Yours Truly, 2013	3:17
4.	"Into You"	Kotecha Martin Grande Alexander Kronlund Salmanzadeh	Dangerous Woman, 2016	4:04
5.	"Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj)	Kotecha Martin Onika Maraj Rickard Göransson	My Everything	3:18
6.	"Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj)	Kotecha Martin Grande Maraj Kronlund Salmanzadeh	Dangerous Woman	3:46
7.	"One Last Time"	Kotecha David Guetta Giorgio Tuinfort Rami Yacoub Carl Falk	My Everything	3:17
8.	"The Way" (featuring Mac Miller)	Harmony Samuels Amber Streeter Al Sherrod Lambert Jordin Sparks Malcolm McCormick Brenda Russell	Yours Truly	3:47
9.	"Be Alright"	Grande Thomas Brown Victoria McCants Khaled Rohaim Nicholas Audino Lewis Hughes Willie Tafa Neo Joshua Alexander Crossan	Dangerous Woman	2:59
10.	"Love Me Harder" (with The Weeknd)	Kotecha Martin Peter Svensson Ali Payami Abel Tesfaye Ahmad Balshe	My Everything	3:56
11.	"Everyday" (featuring Future)	Grande Kotecha Salmanzadeh Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn	Dangerous Woman	3:14
12.	"Right There" (featuring Big Sean)	Grande H. Samuels Helen Culver Joseph Bereal James Smith Lambert Sean Anderson Jeff Lorber	Yours Truly	4:07
13.	"Greedy"	Kotecha Martin Kronlund Salmanzadeh	Dangerous Woman	3:34
14.	"Piano"	Grande H. Samuels Jahmaal Noel Fyffe Parker Ighile Anisa Moghaddam Moses Ayo Samuels Olaniyi Michael Akinkunmi	Yours Truly	3:54
15.	"Dangerous Woman"	Martin Johan Carlsson Ross Golan	Dangerous Woman	3:55
16.	"Best Mistake" (featuring Big Sean)	Grande Anderson Dwane Weir	My Everything	3:53
17.	"Faith" (Stevie Wonder featuring Ariana Grande)	Ryan Tedder Stevie Wonder Francis Farewell Starlite	Sing, 2016	2:42
18.	"Beauty and the Beast" (with John Legend)	Alan Menken Howard Ashman	Beauty and the Beast, 2017	3:47

Deluxe Edition – DVD

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Baby I" (music video)	Ryan Pallotta
2.	"Break Free" (music video)	Chris Marrs Piliero
3.	"Into You" (music video)	Hannah Lux Davis
4.	"Side to Side" (music video)	Davis

Limited Release – Blu-ray

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Baby I" (music video)	Ryan Pallotta
2.	"The Way" (music video)	Jones Crow
3.	"Right There" (music video)	Nev Todorovic
4.	"Break Free" (music video)	Chris Marrs Piliero
5.	"Bang Bang" (music video)	Hannah Lux Davis
6.	"Love Me Harder" (music video)	Davis
7.	"One Last Time" (music video)	Max Landis
8.	"Dangerous Woman" (music video)	The Young Astronauts
9.	"Into You" (music video)	Davis
10.	"Everyday" (music video)	Piliero

Personnel

Vocals

• Ariana Grande – vocals (all tracks)
• Nicki Minaj – vocals (tracks 5, 6)
• Big Sean – vocals (tracks 12, 16)
• Iggy Azalea – vocals (track 2)
• Jessie J – vocals (track 5)
• Mac Miller – vocals (track 8)
• The Weeknd – vocals (track 10)
• Future – vocals (track 11)
• Stevie Wonder – vocals (track 17)
• John Legend – vocals (track 18)

Production

• Ariana Grande – vocal production (track 8)
• Max Martin – production (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 13, 15);
  vocal production (tracks 11, 15)
• Ilya – production (tracks 2, 4-6, 11, 13);
  vocal production (tracks 7, 11); co-production (track 7)
• Harmony – production (tracks 8, 12, 14)
• Peter Carlsson – vocal production (tracks 2, 10)
• Sauce – vocal production (tracks 8, 16)
• Jo Blaq – vocal production (tracks 12, 14)
• Johan Carlsson – production & vocal production (track 15)
• Zedd – production (track 1)
• Shellback – production (track 2)
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds – production (track 3)
• Antonio Dixon – production (track 3)
• Rickard Göransson – production (track 5)
• Kuk Harrell – vocal production (track 5)
• Carl Falk – production (track 7)
• Rami – production (track 7)
• Giorgio Tuinfort – co-production (track 7)
• Savan Kotecha – vocal production (track 7)
• Twice as Nice – production (track 9)
• Tommy Brown – production (track 9)
• Ali Payami – production (track 10)
• Peter Svensson – production (track 10)
• Mo-Keyz – additional production (track 12)
• Mikey – additional production (track 12)
• Key Wane – production (track 16)
• Ryan Tedder – production (track 17)
• Benny Blanco – production (track 17)
• Harvey Mason Jr. – vocal production (track 17)
• Ron Fair – production (track 18)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Japan Download Albums (Billboard)[8] 1 Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)[9] 1 Japan Top Album Sales (Billboard)[3] 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 68 Chart (2018) Position Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[12] 73

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Japan	September 27, 2017	CD CD and DVD Blu-ray digital download	Republic	[13]

References

1. "The Best". iTunes Store. Japan: Apple. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
2. "Ariana Grande – The Best". Universal Music Japan. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
3. "Japan Top Album Sales". Billboard (in Japanese). October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
4. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2017-10-09" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 13, 2017
5. "The Best by Ariana Grande on iTunes". iTunes Store (Japan). September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
6. "Ariana Grande 'The Best' Special Site". Universal Music (Japan). Retrieved September 26, 2017.
7. The Best by Ariana Grande (in Japanese), retrieved 2019-04-22
8. "Japan Download Albums". Billboard (in Japanese). October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
9. "Japan Hot Albums". Billboard (in Japanese). October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
10. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2017-10-09" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
11. 年間アルバムヒットチャート 2017年(平成29年) (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
12. "Hot Albums 2018 Year End". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved December 6, 2018.
13. "Discography - Ariana Grande". Universal Music Japan. Retrieved September 26, 2017.