Ladies and Gentlemen: Best Of

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Canadian album certifications – George Michael – Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael". Music Canada . Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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Caulfield, Keith (3 January 2017). "George Michael's U.S. Music Sales Up 2,678% Following Death". Billboard . Retrieved 5 January 2018. Michael additionally charts one more solo set on the list, the 1998 greatest hits compilation Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael, at No. 84 (11,000 units; up 3,291 percent, with 7,000 sold; up 5,257 percent). Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Eurochart Hot 100 Albums 1998" (PDF). Music & Media. 19 December 1998. p.8. OCLC 29800226 . Retrieved 1 November 2019. ARIA End of Year Albums 2017". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 5 January 2018.

New Releases – For Week Starting 1 March, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 February 1999. p.25 . Retrieved 28 July 2021.In the United Kingdom the album opened at No.1 on 21 November 1998 and stayed at the top of the chart for eight weeks, it dropped to No.2 on 16 January 1999 and was present in the top 10 for 23 weeks. [9] It remained on the chart for 119 weeks. [9] It was certified 9× Platinum by the BPI on 11 January 2019 denoting shipments of 2.7 million units. [10] The week following Michael's death, the album had a 5,625% surge in sales and streams and re-entered the UK Albums Chart at No.8; two weeks later it moved to No.4 and stayed there for two weeks. [11] [9] In 2017 alone, it was on the chart for 23 weeks. [9] Italian album certifications – George Michael – Ladies & Gentlemen...The Best of George Michael" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 30 September 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Ladies & Gentlemen...The Best of George Michael" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". New Zealand album certifications – George Michael – Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 27 October 2017.

Topp 40 Album Julen 1998" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014 . Retrieved 18 May 2016. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Austrian album certifications – George Michael – Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael" (in German). IFPI Austria . Retrieved 19 October 2017. After his death in December 2016, it was revealed by Michael's friend Geri Halliwell on The One Show that all of the British profits from the album went to the charity Terrence Higgins Trust. Swedishcharts.com – George Michael – Ladies and Gentlemen – The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 May 2016.a b "British album certifications – George Michael – Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 27 October 2017. Swiss Year-end Charts 1999". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014 . Retrieved 18 May 2016. Classement Albums – année 1999" (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013 . Retrieved 18 May 2016. IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2004". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 27 October 2017. The first George Michael solo greatest hits collection released in 1998. The collection of 28 songs (29-31 songs are included on the European and Australian releases depending which version) are separated into two halves, with each containing a particular theme and mood. The first CD, titled "For the Heart", predominantly contains ballads; the second CD, "For the Feet", consists mainly of dance tunes. It was released through Sony Music Entertainment as a condition of severing contractual ties with the label.